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     offending against the form of any the Laws and orders of this or Liber C D
     province or any of them in Baltemore County afores.d according to
     the form of the Said Laws & orders Shall be fitt to be done, We have
     also Constituted and Ordained you & Every four or more of you
     of which you the S.d Thomas Howell, Nathaniell Styles, George
     Utye, George Wells, John Vanheck & James ffnisby unless one of
     our Councill be present are always to be one, To be Commission.rs
     to Enquire by the Oaths of Good & Lawfull men of our County p.65
     aforesaid of all manner of ifelonies Witchcrafts & Enchantments, (foE. 82)
     Sorceries Magick Act, Trespasses forestalling, Ingrossing, Extor-
     tions whatsoever and of all and Singular misdeeds and offences of
     which Justices of the peace in England may or ought Lawfully to
     Enquire by whomsoever or whensoev.r done or Perpetrated or
     which hereafter Shall happen to be done or perpetrated in the County
     afores.d against the Laws & Orders of this province Provided that
     you proceed not in any the Cases aforesaid to take life or member,
     But that in Every such Case you Send the prisoners with their
     Indictm.ts and the whole matter depending before you to the next (fol. 83)
     Provinciall Court To be holden for this our province whensoever or
     wheresoever To be holden there to be Tryed, And further We hereby
     Authorize you to issue writts pcess Arrests & attachm.ts To hold
     plea of hear & Determine & according to the Laws ord.rs & Reason-
     able. Customs W.Ch in this our province after Judgm.t Execution
     to Award in all Cases Civill whether in Actions Reall or personall
     where the thing in Action doth not Exceed the value of Three
     thousand pounds of Tobacco in which Cases Civill So to be Tryed
     We do Constitute Ordain & appoint you the Said Thomas Howell,
     Nathaniell Styles, George Uty George Wells, John Vanheck James
     ffrisby to be Judges as af.d unless Someone of our Council be there
     present in Court And therefore We Command you that you diligently
     Intend the keeping of the peace Laws and orders & all & Singular
     other the prmisses And at Certain days appointed according to Act
     of Assembly in that Case provided and Such places as you or only
     four or more of you as aforesaid Shall on that behalf appoint you
     make Inquiry upon the premisses & pform and fullfill the Same in
     form aforesaid doing therein what to Justice Appertaineth according
     to the Laws orders and Reasonable Customs of this our province
     Saving to us the Amerciaments & other things thereof to us belong-
     ing, And therefore We Command the Sheriff of the s.d County by
     virtue of these presents that at the days and places afores.d you
     or any Such four or more of you as afores.d Shall make known
     unto him to give his attendance on you and if need require to Cause
     to Come before you or any Such four or more of you as aforesaid
     Such and So many Good & Lawfull men of your County by whom
     the truth in the prmisses may the better be known & Enquired of
     And Lastly we have appointed Thomas Salmon Clerke and keeper