Chancery Court Proceedings, 1672.  79

    ing before you to the next provinciall Court to be holden for this Liber C D
    our province whensoever or whereSoever to be ho!den, there to be
    Tryed And further we do hereby Authorize you to Issue writts
    process arrests and attachments, to hold place to hear and Deter-
    mined according to the Laws orders and Reasonable Customs of
    this our province after Judgm.t Execution to Award on all Cases
    Civi!l 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, Ordaine and (fol. 88)
    appoint you the Said Henry Smith, ffrancis Jenkins, Thomas Jones
    and John Winder to be Judges as aforesaid unless Some one of our
    Councill be then in Court, And therefore We Comand you that you
    di!igently Intend the keeping of the peace Laws and orders and all
    & Singular other the premisses and at Certain days appointed
    according to the Act of Assembly in that Case provided And Such
    places as your or any four on more of you as aforesd Shall on that
    behalf appoint you make Inquiries upon the premisses & perform and
    fullfi!l the Same in form af.d doing therein what to Justice apper-
    taineth according to the Laws Orders and Reasonable Customs of
    this or province Saveing to us the Amerciaments and other things p. 69 (fol. 88)
    thereof to us belonging, And therefore We Command you the (o. )
    Sheriff of the S.” County by virtue of these presents that at the
    days and places aforesaid which you or any Such four or more of
    you as aforesaid, Shall make known to 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
    and Lawfull men of your County by whom the Truth in the prem-
    isses may the better be known and Enquired of, Given at our City
    of S.t maries this nineteenth day of June in the fortieth year of our
    Dominion over our Said province of Maryland Annoq Domini one
    Thousand Six hundred Seventy two

      Caecilius &c To our Trusty and Well beloved Francis Jenkins &
    Henry Smith Gent Greeting Whereas we have Lately by our Com-
    mission under our Great Seale of our s.d province nominated Con-
    stituted and appointed you the Said ffrancis Jenkins and Henry
    Smith and the Severall other persons in the s.d Comission named
    to be Commissioners & Justices for the keeping of our peace in and
    for our County of Worcester County with full power & Authority
    to keep our County Court there at Such days and times as by the
    Law in that Case made is provided Now know ye that we Re- (fol. 89)
    poseing Great Trust and Confidence in your ffidelities & prudent
    Circumspections have assigned you and by virtue of these presents
    do Give unto you full power & Authority you the Said Henry Smith
    having first taken the usuall oath of Commissioner and Justice of
    the peace of our Said County upon the holy Evangelists which