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27 and 28 CÆCILIUS Lord BALTIMORE
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At a GENERAL ASSEMBLY, begun and held at
St. Leonard's, on the 27th April
1658. |
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JOSIAS FENDALL, Esq; Governor.
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CHAP. I.
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Acts made and enacted by JOSIAS FENDALL, Esq; Governor, with
the Advice
and Consent of the Upper and Lower Houses, at
a General Session of Assembly,
held at St. Leonard's, beginning the 27th
April,
Anno Domini 1658. Lib.
C and WH. fol. 134.
Lib.
WH. fol. 154. and Lib. WH and L. fol.
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Confirmed among the perpetual Laws,
by 1676, ch. 2.
N.B. This Act recites
in the Preamble, his Lordship's Commission, and Instructions to his
Lieutenant and Secretary, dated 18th November
1657, impowering them to treat with the Commissioners,
in whose Hands the Government then was; who, upon Articles
agreed on, dated
24th March 1657, delivered up the Government into
the Hands of the said Lieutenant and Secretary.
The above mentioned Articles are inserted at large, in
the Body of the Act, and confirmed
thereby.
By the Oath of these Articles, the
Oath of Fidelity prescribed in the Act of 1650, ch. 29, was
not to be pressed upon the Residents within the Province;
but instead thereof an Engagement to
be taken and subscribed, in the Manner and Form directed
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CHAP. II.
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An Act concerning the Gauge of Tobacco Hogsheads. Lib. C
and
WH.
fol. 137.
and Lib. WH and L. fol. 19.
REP. 1676, ch. 2. |
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For 3 Years, &c. Continued by several reviving
Acts, till its Repeal in 1676.
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CHAP. III.
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An Act for the Killing of Wolves. Lib. C and WH.
fol. 137. and Lib. WH
and L. fol. 19. REP. 1676,
ch. 2. |
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For 3 Years, &c. Continued by several reviving
Acts, till repealed as above.
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CHAP. IV.
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An Act prohibiting Ground-Leaves and Seconds. Lib. C and
WH.
fol. 138. and
Lib. WH and L. fol. 19. REP. 1676,
ch. 2. |
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For 3 Years, &c. Continued by various reviving
Acts, till repealed.
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CHAP. V.
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An Act concerning a Register of Births, Marriages and Burials.
Lib. WH. fol.
14. REP. 1678, ch. 10. |
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For 3 Years, &c. Continued by several reviving
Acts, till its Repeal.
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CHAP. VI.
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| An Act concerning Servants that have Bastards. EXP. |
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For 3 Years, &c. A new Law made 1662, ch.
4.
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CHAP. VII.
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| An Act for the Publication of Marriages. EXP. |
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For 3 Years, &c. A new Act, 1662,
ch.
5.
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CHAP. VIII.
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An Act for the Advancement of Childrens Estates. Lib. C
and
WH.
fol. 138.
and Lib. WH and L. fol. 19.
REP. 1678, ch. 10. |
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For 3 Years, &c. Continued by several
reviving Acts, till its Repeal.
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CHAP. IX.
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| An Act concerning Drunkenness. EXP. |
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For 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. X.
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| An Act concerning Ferries. EXP. |
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For 3 Years, &c.
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CHAP. XI.
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An Act for the Burgessess Charges. OBS.
N.B. An
Assembly met on the 28th February 1659, at the House of Mr. Thomas
Gerrard,
pursuant to Writs issued for that Purpose, bearing Date
the 12th January preceding; and adjourned
on the 1st of March, to the House of Mr. Robert
Slye, where they continued to sit till the
12th Instant, when the Burgesses sent up the following
Paper:
" TO THE HONOURABLE THE GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL..
" That this Assembly of Burgesses,
judging themselves to be a lawful Assembly, without Dependence on
" any other Power in the Province, now in Being, is
the Highest Court of Judicature. And if any Objection
" can be made to the contrary, we desire to hear it.
ROGER ISHAM, Clerk of the Assembly."
This Paper was answered by certain
Queries sent down to the Lower House, who thereupon
demanded a Conference, which was granted, and held that
Day. On the 13th, Governor Fendall
(in pursuance of his before projected Scheme) declared
his Judgment to be, that "the |
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