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     your oath in your County Court and giuen securitie as in your Corn- Liber B
     mission is prouided for And whearas the Commissioners of yr County
     doe not intend to hould Court in your County untill sum time in
     iune next befor which time the list of taxable persons must bee re-
     turned according to a speciall warrant to you derected for that purpos
     Thees are thearfor in the name of the Right honoble Lord Proprie-
     tarie of this Prouince to will and Requir and Lickwise to impower
     you Zacherie Waed that forthwith upon sight hearof you warne and
     Convene together at a Certaine day to bee by yu appoynted Mr Henry
     Addames Mr Thomas Mathews Mr Walter Beane and Mr William
     Marshall or any to of them together with the Clarke of your County [p. 282]
     Court and that befor them you tacke your oath belonging to Sheriff
     as is to your Commission affixed and giue bond Lickwis as Pro-
     scribed by act of assembly in that behalf and that thearupon you doe
     all things belonging to your office of Sheriffe without further delay
     Lastly that you Cause the Clarke of your Counti Court to send downe
     to the liuetennant Generall and Councell with what speed hee may his
     certificate of the proceeding hearin giuen under my hand this day
     of Aprill Ao 1664               Charles Caluert
     To Mr Zachery Waed

      This executed by Mr Henry Addarnes & Mr Thomas Mathews this
     26th of Aprill Ao 1664 as witnes thear hands
                         Henry Addames Thos Mathews

      Caecilius absolute Lord and Proprietarie of the Prouince of Man-
     land And Auolon Lord Baron of Baltemor &c know yea that wee
     reposing speciall confidence and trust in you Zachery wade and for
     that the County Court of Char!eses County haue presented you
     amongst three to sarue as sheriff e for the sayd County for this ensu-
     ing year haue Constituted ordained and appoynted and doe by thees
     presents Constitut ordayne and appoynt you sheriffe of the sayd
     County and to bane all such Priuiledges and benefits as any other
     sheriff within this owr Prouince now hath or any other sheriff of
     your sayd County euer haue had held or enioyed or of Right ought
     to haue had held and enioyd to haue and to howld the sayd office or
     imployment for one whole year to bee Computed from the day of
     the daet hearof and after till an other sheriff by your sayd Countie
     Court to bee presented shall bee Lawfully by patten constituted Pro-
     uided that hee the sayd Zacheny Waed doe in open Court in his sayd [p. 283]
     County tacke the oath of sheriff hearunto anexed and giue securitie
     for the well discharging his office and trust according to act of As-
     sembly in that Case prouided giuen at saint Maries under owr lesser
     seale of owr sayd Prouince of Mariland this first day of Aprill in the
     too and thirtith yeare of own dominion ouer owr sayd Prouince of
     Mariland Annoq Domini one thowsand six hundered sixty foure