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568 Appendix. Prov. Ct. there Elect & chuse by ye Major vote of such of them as shall be LiberFF then psnt one other of the Aldermen of ye sd Citty for ye Tyme No.3 being to be Mayor of the said Citty for the ensueing yeare And upon decease or removeall of the sd Mayor of the said Citty for the Tyme being or upon any decease or deceases Removeall or Removealls of the sd Recorder or Aldermen or one of them or within one month after any such respective decease or deceases removeall or removealls ye Residue of the said Aldermen together & with ye sd Mayor if he shall be liveing or ye Major pte of them shall at a sett Tyme by them to be appointed within the sd Citty & pcincts elect & nominate Some other pson or psons to be Mayor Recorder Alderman or Aldermen of ye sd Citty in ye place & places of such pson or psons soe deceased or removed respectively as ye case shall require So as ye sd Mayor soe to be Elected & nominated be att ye tyme of such Elecon & nominacon Actually one of ye Aldermen of ye sd Citty & so as ye sd Recorder soe to be elected & nominated be a pson learned in ye Lawes & soe as ye sd Alderman or Aldermen soe to be elected & nominated be actually at ye Tyme of such eleccon & nominacon of the Comon Councell of the said Citty the sd Mayor Recorder Alderman or Aldermen soe to be Elected & nominated first takeing ye sevrall & respective Oathes herein before menconed to be appointed to be by ym sevrally & respectively taken as aforesd And shall likewise then fill up by ye like Eleccon out of from & Among ye Inhabitants of ye sd Citty ye full number of Tenn psons to be Comon Councellmen ye sd psons hereby appointed & named or hereafter to be Elected & nominated Major Recorder or Aldermen to be Justices of the Peace within ye sd Citty Precincts & Territories having first taken ye usuall Oath appointed to be taken by ye Justices of peace And the said Major Recorder & Aldermen hereby named & appointed or hereafter to be Elected or nominated or any three of them whereof the sd p. 647 Mayor or Recorder for ye tyme being shall be one shall have within the precincts of the sd Citty full power & authority to make Con- stables & other necessary officers & to rule order & Govrne the Inhabitants thereof as Justices of peace are authorized to doe & shall have power to execute all ye Lawes Ordinances & Statutes in that behalfe made as fully & amply as if they were authorized thereunto by expresse Comission & named therein Willing and Comanding that noe other of our Justices of Peace or Quorum within our sd County or pvince doe att any tyme hereafter take upon them or any of them to execute ye office of a Justice of Peace within the sd Citty thereof notwithstanding any Comission att Large authoriseing them thereunto And further wee will & Grant unto ye sd Major Recorder Aldermen & Comon Councell of ye sd Citty for ye tyme being full power & authority to make Order & appoint such by lawes & Ordinances Among themselves for ye |
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