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   Williã Stevens & William Thorne or either of you to be Judge as Liber B No. 1
   aforesaid unlesse some one of or Councell be then in Court; And [p. 261
   therefore wee Comand you tht you dilligently intend the keeping of
   the peace Lawes & ordrs & all & singuler other the prmisses & att
   certaine dayes & places which you or any such foure or more of you
   as is aforesd shall in tht behalfe appoynte yee make inquires upon the
   prmisses & pforme & fullfill the same in forme aforesd doeing therein
   tht wch to Justice apperteineth according to the Lawes ordrs & rea
   sonable Customes of this or province; Saveing to us the the amceamts
   & other things thereof to us belonging; And wee Comand the sherriffe
   of yor said County for the time being by vertue of theis prsents tht
   att certaine dayes & places wch you or any such foure or more of you
   as aforesaid, shall make knowne to him to giue his attendance on you
   & it need require to cause to come before you or any such foure or
   more of you as aforesaid such & as many good & Lawfull men of yor
   County by whome the truth in the prmisses may be the better knowne
   & inquired of; And Lastly wee haue appointed Edmund Beauchamp
   Clarke & Keeper of the records of proceedings in this yor County
   Court & therefore you shall cause to be brought before you att the
   said dayes & places the writts prcepts process & Indictmts to yor Court
   & Juridiction belonging so the same may be inspected & by due Course
   determined as aforesaid; Given undr the great scale of this or pvince
   of Maryland the two & twenty day of August in the flue & thirtieth
   yeare of or dominion over the sd pvince & in the yeare of Or Lord one
   thousand six hundred sixty six Wittnes our dear sonne Charles Cal
   vert esqr or Leiutenant generall chiefe Governor & chiefe Justice of
   or said province of Maryland

        The Commissioners oath
     You shall swear tht as a Commissioner in the County of Sommer
   sett in all articles in his Lordps Commission to you directed you shall
   doe equall right to the poor as to the ritch to tW best of yoT Cunning
   witt & power & after the prcidents & Customes of this pvince & acts
   of assembly thereof made & tht you hold yor session or Courts as you
   are directed in yor Comission or according to the act of assembly
   pvideing in tht behalf e & all fine & amercemts tht shall happen to be
   made & all forfeitures wch shall fall before you yee shall cause to be
   entred without any Concealemt & Certifie the same to his Lordps
   receiuer of this pvince You shall not debarr nor hinder the psecucon
   of Justice or take any guift bribe or Fee to tht Intent or delaying of
   Judgemt but shall behaue yor selfe Justly & truly to the best of yor
   understanding & power soe long as you shall psist in this office &
   untill you shall be by lawfull authority discharged therefrom so help
   you God
   entred the 27th August 1666

     The Indorssmt on the Backside of the Commission by the Right [p. 27]
   Honble Charles Calvert Esqr Leiut: generall