362 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION [1776.

grants run thus: "The State of Maryland, &c." and shall be signed
by the governor and attested by the chancellor with the seal of the
state annexed: except military and militia commissions, which shall
not be attested by the chancellor or have the seal of the state
annexed: That all writs shall run in the same style, and be tested,
sealed, and signed as usual: That all indictments shall conclude:
" Against the peace, government and dignity of the state."

58. "That all penalties and forfeitures, heretofore going to the
king or proprietary, shall go to the state, save only such as the gene-
ral assembly may abolish or otherwise provide for.

59. " That this form of government, and the declaration of rights,
and no part thereof, shall be altered, changed or abolished, unless a
bill so to alter, change, or abolish the same, shall pass the general
assembly and be published at least three months before a new election,
and shall be confirmed by the general assembly after a new elec-
tion of delegates, in the first session after such new election; pro-
vided that nothing in this form of government which relates to the
eastern shore particularly shall at any time hereafter be altered,
unless for the alteration and confirmation thereof at least two thirds
of all the members "of each branch of the general assembly shall
concur.

60. That every bill passed by the general assembly when engross-
ed, shall be presented by the speaker of the house of delegates, in
the senate, to the governor, for the time being, who shall sign the
same, and thereto affix the great seal, in the presence of the mem-
bers of both houses: every law shall be recorded in the general
court office of the western shore, and in due time printed, publish-
ed and certified under the great seal, to the several county courts,
in the same manner as hath been heretofore used in this state.

61. " That to introduce the new government, an election be held
for the electors of the senate on Monday the twenty-fifth of Novem-
ber in this present year, and that the electors of the senate meet at
Annapolis on Monday the ninth of December in this present year,
and there choose senators, and that an election be held on Wednes-
day the eighteenth of December for delegates to serve in general
assembly, and for sheriffs; and that the said elections be made by
such persons in the same manner and under the same qualifications
as such elections are herein before directed to be made at the pe-
riodical times before mentioned; the returns of all which first elec-
tions shall be made to the council of safety for the time being, and
the general assembly shall meet at Annapolis on Monday the tenth
of February next, and shall in their then session, or in such future
session as they shall think proper, choose a governor and council