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         By his Excellency the Generall          Liber JJ
     Maryland ss
       I doe hereby ordr & appointe yow Peter sawyer a deputy Surveyr (Locus
     in the County of Kent to run out mens lines according to warrent or
     patent and the same office of a Deputy Surveyr to use Exercise & Calvert
     per forme in the said County of Kent in as full & ample manner as
     any other deputy Surveyt in this province may might or Could doe by
     vertue of any Comission from the surveyr Generall and for yor soe [r. 541
     doeing this shalbe yor warnt Given undr my hand & seale at Armes
     this Ninetenth day of Aprill in the 39th yeare of the dominion of
     Caecilius &c Annoq doth 1671

       Baker Brooke Esqr Surveyr Genll of the Province of Maryland To
     Georg Yates of the County of Ann Arundell in the said Province of
     Maryland Gentt Greeting whereas his Excellency Charles Calvert
     Esqr Capt Gen” and Cheife Governor of this Province hath by A
     Comission undr his hand and Seale att Armes Bearing Date the
     last Day of March last Deputed Constituted & apointed me Sur-
     veyr Gene” of this Province and hath given and granted unto me the
     Said Baker Brooke all Fees Dues vailes Regards pffits & Perquisites
     to the Said Office belonging or in any waies arising or becoming
     due and the Same to Execute by my Selfe or my Sufficient Deputy or
     Deputies And I Reposing my Trust and Confidence in you the Said
     Georg Yate in yor Arte and skill in laying out of Lands Runing out
     of Lines and in the Art of Surveying By virtue of the Comission
     before menconed from his Excellency as Aforesaid have Deputed
     Constituted and appointed And doe by these prsents depute Constitute
     and Appoint yow the Said Georg Yate to be a deputy Surveyr in the
     Said County of Ann Arundell And doe hereby further give yow the
     Said Georg Yate my Full power strength & Authority to Runn out
     mens Lines Survey Lands according to warrant or Patent and to use
     and Excercise the Office of A Deputy Surveyr in Full & ample man-
     ner in the County of Ann Arundell Aforesaid To have & to hold the
     Said Office of A deputy Surveyr in Ann Arundell County as afore-
     said During Pleasure Provided allwaies that yow the Said Georg
     Yate shall Receive & Obey and Comply with all Such Orders and In-
     struccons as from Time to Time I the Said Baker Brooke shall under
     my hand appointe order and direct and moreover it is and be it hereby
     Further Provided that yow the Said Yate shall be contented with
     one halfe of the Fees or Proffits arising or becoming Due by Reason
     or means of the Said Imploimt hereby graunted to yow And shalbe
     Accomptable to me the Said Baker Brooke for the other halfe Once
     Every yeare att Least and Further I grant unto my Said deputy as
     Full and Ample power as is herein Expressed to Survey and Lay out
     the Just Quantity of Two Thowsand Acres of Land in the County of
     Baltemore Either in psells or whole Provided the Said Land by Sur