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18 CÆCILIUS Lord BALTIMORE
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For St. Mary's Hundred,2
St. Inegoe's, - - - - - 1
St. Michael's,- - - - -2
St. George's, - - - - 2
Newtown, - -- - - - - 3
St. Clement's - - - - - 1
Kent-Island, - - - - - 1
Providence, - - - -- - 2
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The Separation of this Assembly into
Two distinct Houses, was confirmed by an Act passed
the first Day of their sitting, a Copy whereof is here
inserted; and the Lower House chose
Mr. James Cox, one of the Burgesses for Providence,
to be their Speaker, and William Bretton for
their Clerk. |
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CHAP. I.
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Passed 29th
April 1650.
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An Act for settling of this present Assembly. L.O. Lib. N°
3. fol. 49.
BE IT ENACTED by the Lord Proprietary, with the Advice
and Consent of the Council and Burgesses
of this Province now assembled, That the
present Assembly, during the continuance thereof,
be held by Way of Upper and Lower House, to sit in two
distinct Houses, apart, for the more
convenient Dispatch of the Business therein to be consulted
of: And that Mr. John Hatch, Mr. Walter
Beane, Mr. John Medley, Mr. William
Broughe, Mr. Robert Robins, Mr. Francis Posie, Mr.
Philip
Land, Mr. Francis Brooke, Mr. Thomas
Matthews, Mr. Thomas Sterman, Mr. George Manners, Burgesses
for St. Mary's County, Capt. Robert Vaughan,
Commander and Burgess for the Isle of Kent
County, Mr. George Puddington, and Mr. James
Cox, Burgesses of that Part of the Country now
called Providence, or any Five or more of them,
for the Lower House, together with the Clerk of
that house for the Time being, who shall from Time to
Time assemble themselves, at the Time
and Place to be by the Governor (or whomsoever of the
Council he shall, by Writing under his
Hand, depute for that purpose) from Time to Time appointed,
during this present Assembly, shall
have the full Power of, and be, Two Houses, or the major
Part of both of them, and Enacted
or Ordained by the Governor, shall be Laws of the Province,
after Publication thereof under
the Hand of the Governor, and the Great Seal of the Province,
as fully, to all Effects in Law, as
if they were Advised and Assented unto by all the Freemen
of the Province personally. |
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CHAP. II.
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Passed 29th
April 1650. |
An Act for Punishment of certain Offences, as Swearing, Cursing,
Adultery, &c.
Lib. WH. fol. 123. Lib. C
and WH. fol. 129. and Lib. WH and L. fol. 14. |
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Confirmed among the perpetual Laws, 1676, ch.
2.
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CHAP. III.
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| Ditto. |
An Act for Punishment of some other Offences. Lib. WH.
fol. 123. Lib. C and
WH. fol. 129. and Lib. WH
and L. fol. 14. |
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Confirmed among the perpetual Laws, 1676, ch.
2.
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CHAP. IV.
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| Ditto. |
An Act prohibiting all Compliance with Capt. William Cleyborne,
in opposition
of his Lordship's Right and Dominion over this
Province. Lib. WH. fol. 124.
Lib. C and WH. fol. 130.
and Lib. WH and L. fol. 14. |
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Confirmed among the perpetual Laws, 1676, ch.2.
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CHAP. V.
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| Ditto. |
An Act concerning deserted Plantations. Lib. WH fol.
125.
Lib C and WH.
fol. 132. and Lib. WH and L.
fol.
16. |
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Confirmed among the perpetual Laws,
1676, ch. 2.
N.B. By this Law, (1.)
His Lordship was enabled, for all Manors, lands, &c. heretofore
taken up or seated, and for four Years last past or longer
deserted or left uninhabited, and
his Lordship's Rents not paid (unless the Persons claiming
Right to such Lands (orphans under
16 excepted) should before the 25th of next March
make out their Claims, take Grants thereof
under the Great Seal, where such Grants had not heretofore
been legally passed, and satisfy his
Lordship's Arrears of Rent,) to grant the same, or any
part thereof, to any other Persons desiring
the same, &c. (2.) And that for all other
Manors, Lands and Plantations already taken
up or seated within this Province (not belonging to any
Orphans under 16 Years of Age) which
shall happen to be deserted or left uninhabited, by such
as shall then have or may claim to have
any Right or Title thereto, and his Lordship, or his
Heirs lords and Proprietaries of this Province,
his or their Rents due for the same not paid for three
Years together, it shall in like manner,
at any Time after the expiration of the said three Years,
be lawful for his Lordship, &c. to
grant the same, or any part thereof, to any other Person
or Persons, who shall desire Grants
thereof according to the Conditions of Plantations then
in Force, &c. |
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CHAP. VI.
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| Ditto. |
An Act concerning the Secretary's and Sheriff's Fees. REP.
1676,
ch. 2. |
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An explanatory Act 1661, ch. 9.
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CHAP. VII.
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| Ditto. |
An Act prohibiting any Indians to come into Kent or
Ann-Arundel Counties, without
Notice thereof given. REP. 1676, ch.
2. |
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