Acts. 675

the said Province, after due and public Notice or Proclamation given
or made of the Death or Demise of such Proprietary, by such Person
or Persons as shall be properly and legally authorized and appointed
thereto; and that Variance, touching the same Process, between the
Names of the Proprietaries, shall not be any wise material, as con-
cerning any Default to be alleged or objected therefore: And that
all Writs, Precepts, Actions, Suits, Pleas, Process, and Judicial Pro-
ceedings whatsoever, that shall be hereafter issued, had, done, con-
tinued, or executed in the Name of any Proprietary having legal
Right to the Government of the said Province, after the Death or
Demise of such Proprietary, and before due and public Notice or
Proclamation thereof given and made, in the respective Counties
within this Province, by such Person or Persons as shall be properly
and legally authorized and appointed thereto, shall be good, effectual,
and available in Law, to all Intents, Constructions, and Purposes
whatsoever; the Death or Demise of such Proprietary notwith-
standing.

Liber B. L. C.

And be it further Enacted, That from henceforth the Commis-
sion, Power or Authority of the Lieutenant Governor, or Com-
mander in Chief of this Province for the Time being, shall not be
determined or dissolved, by the Death or Demise of the Right Hon-
ourable the Proprietary that now is, or any of his Heirs or Succes-
sors, having legal Right to the Government of the said Province;
but that such Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief shall con-
tinue and act as such, until he shall be lawfully removed or dis-
charged, or his Commission superseded or determined by the next
Successor. And that hereafter all Judges, Justices, Magistrates, Min-
isters of Justice, and all and every Person and Persons in any of the
Offices, Places, and Employments within this Province, shall con-
tinue and act in their respective Offices, Places, and Employments,
according to their respective Functions, Duties, and Stations, not-
withstanding the Death or Demise of the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary that now is, his Heirs or Successors, until they shall be
lawfully removed or discharged, or their respective Commissions
superseded or determined by the next Successor, or the Lieutenant
Governor or Commander in. Chief, for the Time being; any Law,
Usage, or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

[Commission
of the
Governor
for the
Time being,
Judges,
Justices, &c.
to be con-
tinued not-
withstanding
the Death
of the said
Lord
Baltimore.]

14^th December 1751
Read and Assented to
by the Lower House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
M. Macnemara Cl lo ho.

On behalf of the Right
Honourable the Lord Pro-
prietary of this Province
J will this be a Law.
Sam: Ogle

The Great Seal in
Wax Append^t

14. December 1751
Read and Assented to
by the Upper House of
Assembly
Signed p Order
J Ross Cl Up. H.