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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 30
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within the Province of Maryland, or in Trust for any Popish Priest
or Jesuit, within the said Province, on the said first Day of October,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty One, and that without
Favour, Affection, Fraud or Covin, and to the utmost of your Power,
and cause Entry to be made thereof in the Book of Records, by you
and the other Commissioners to be kept, as also the Evidence which
you shall receive to prove the same; and further, that you will make
the most in your Power by the Sale of such Lands and Tenements as
shall come to your Hands, in Virtue of the said Act, for the Uses of
the same Act: So help you God." And that the Clerk to the said Com-
missioners shall take the several Oaths to the Government, by Law
prescribed, and repeat and sign the Test, and take the following Oath
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p. 463
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of Office, before some Provincial Justice, viz. " You A. B. as Clerk
to the Commissioners, appointed by Act of Assembly, entituled, An
Act for the Security of his Majesty's Dominion, and to prevent the
Growth of Popery within this Province, shall and will, in every
Respect, as Clerk, make true Entries, as you shall be ordered and
intrusted by the said Commissioners, or the major Part of them,
and their Secrets you will keep, and in every other Respect behave
as becometh an able and faithful Clerk and Servant in your said
Office. So help you God."
And it is hereby further Enacted, by the Authority, Advice and
Consent aforesaid, That the said Commissioners, or the major Part
of them, shall and may meet and adjourn at the said City of An-
napolis from Time to Time, and proceed to take Depositions of any
Person or Persons to the Purposes of this Act, in Order to make the
best and fullest Discovery of all Lands and Tenements belonging to
Popish Priests or Jesuits within this Province, and shall and may
issue Summons, under the Seal of their Office, attested by the Clerk
of the said Commissioners, to any Person or Persons, to appear before
them, at such Time and Place as to them shall seem meet and fitting,
and all Sheriffs and their Deputies, Coroners and Constables, within
this Province, are hereby ordered and directed to serve and return
such Summons, as shall be by them issued, and otherwise to be aiding
and assisting, to the said Commissioners, in the Execution of their
Office, and for any Neglect in such Sheriffs, or their Deputies, or
Coroners, or Constables, or any Witness, or Witnesses, not attending
after being summoned, they shall and are hereby made liable to any
Fine which shall be imposed by the said Commissioners, or the
major Part of them, not exceeding the Sum of Five Pounds Current
Money, for any one Offence, to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or In-
formation, in the County Court where the Offender shall reside,
wherein no Essoin, Protection, Wager of Law, or more than one
Imparlance shall be allowed, and applied towards the Discharge of
the Execution of this Act, of which the Clerk of the said Commis-
sioners shall keep an Account; and the several and respective Sheriffs
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