Preamble.
On Death or
Absence of/
the Governor,
the First
Person named
in his Lordship's
Commission
to be
of the Council,
then living,
&c.
shall take upon
him the
Administration. |
WHEREAS his Excellency john Hart, Esq; our present Governor,
(on Reflection of the many violent and dangerous Fits of Sickness
he has been afflicted with, since his Arriving to the Government
of this Province, especially the last, from which he is not yet perfectly
recovered,)
has represented to this General Assembly, That the Right Honourable
the Lord Proprietary of this province, hath not sent in any Instructions,
or otherwise signified his Pleasure, where the Power of this Government
shall
be lodged, in case of the Death o Absence of his lordship's Governor, for
the Time being, either of which Accidents might involve the Inhabitants
of/
this Province, not only in very confused Circumstances, but manifestly
endanger
the Peace and Welfare thereof: This General Assembly do pray that
it
may be Enacted,
II. And be it
Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, by and
with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Governor, and the Upper and
Lower
Houses of Assembly, and by the Authority of the same, That in case
of the Death
or Absence of his Lordship's Governor, for the Time being, the First person
named by the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary, and in his Lordship's
Commission, to be of his Lordship's Honourable Council, for the Time being,
then living, and actually residing in this Province, and upon his Death
or Absence, the next Person likewise named of his Lordship's said Council
actually living and residing as aforesaid, successively, shall immediately
take
upon him the Administration of the Government of this Province, and shall,
with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's Council, for the Time being,
Execute all the Powers and Authorities which were or shall be given to
such
Governor, in relation to the Government, until the Return of such Governor,
if absent, or until his Lordship's Pleasure shall be farther known, or
that he otherwise directs therein.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
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| 1717. |
At a Session of ASSEMBLY, begun and held at the
City of Annapolis, in the County of Ann-Arundel,
the 28th Day of May, in the Second Year
of the
Dominion of the Right Honourable CHARLES, absolute
Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of
Maryland and Avalon, Lord Baron of Baltimore,
&c.
and ended the 8th Day of June following,
in the
Third Year of his Lordship's Dominion, Annoque
Domini 1717, were enacted the following Laws, viz. |
