my great seal in manner aforesaid, either a part or upon surrender of the grant of the lands on such resurvey, to include by a new grant the surplus in the whole, regarding what usually has been done in such cases heretofore. And the said Henry Darnall to do all other act and acts, thing and things pursuant to the conditions of plantation aforenamed, and to execute all and every the powers, authorities and instructions by me last given and granted to my said committee for land affairs, commonly called the council for lands in as full and ample manner as the said committee might or ought by virtue of the said powers authorities and instructions to have done, and as if the same had been here particularly mentioned and named; hereby revoking annulling and making void all former commissions authorities powers and instructions touching the premises to any other person or persons by me or my authority formerly given: This commission and the powers hereby granted to continue during my pleasure. Given at London under my greater seal at arms the thirtieth day of December in the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ one thousand six hundred ninety and five.     LIBER W. R. C. No. 1, fol. 761. Court of Appeals W.         Shore. ¾¾ C. BALTIMORE.     " Instructions power and authority to be observed and pursued by Charles Carroll my agent and receiver generall in Maryland, given him by me this twelfth day of September one thousand seven hundred and twelve.     " Upon your arrivall in Maryland you are to publish my directions to you for opening the land office, and that for the future, the caution usuall paid for land warrants in tobacco according to my last condicon of plantations is to be paid in money, upon the taking out of such warrants at the rate of one penny per pound; and that having found a great inconveniency in the parcelling out warrants by the people obtaining the same, so as noe account could be kept regularly when such warrants were out, but severall surveyors have returned certificates for more land than was contained in the warrants upon which they grounded their surveys, being chiefly occasioned by severall little petty assignments made out of the said warrant; wherefore for the future noe warrants must be so parcelled out by assignment, but the whole warrant may be assigned, or after a survey is made by virtue of part of it, the remainder of the said warrant may be assigned. And this you are to express in proper terms to be inserted in all warrants.     " And whereas by the methods heretofore taken by the surveyor, in menconing a great many bounders in the certificate