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parture of any shipping, or
the exportation of any com-
modities, for any time not
exceeding thirty days in any
one year, summoning the
general assembly to meet
within the time of the con-
tinuance of such embargo,
and may also order and com-
pel any vessel to ride quar-
antine, if such vessel, or the
port from which she shall
have come, shall, on strong
grounds, be suspected to be
infected with the plague; but
the governor shall not, under
any pretence, exercise any
power or prerogative, by vir-
tue of any law, statute, or
custom of 'England or Great-
Britain.
26, That the senators and
delegates, on the second
Tuesday of November 1777,
and annually on the second
Tuesday of November for
ever thereafter, elect by joint
ballot, in the same manner
as senators are directed to be
chosen, five of the most sen-
sible, discreet, and experi-
enced men, above twenty-
five»years of age, residents in
the State above three years
next preceding the election,
and having therein a free-
hold of lands and tenements,
above the value of one thou-
sand pounds current money,
to be the council to the gov-
ernor, whose proceedings
shall be always entered on
record, to any part whereof
any member may enter his
dissent, and their advice, if
so required by the governor,
or any member of the coun-
cil, shall be given in writing,
and signed by the members
giving the same respectively:
which proceedings of the
council shall be laid before
the senate, or house of dele-
gates, when called for by
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act as Governor, shall be
again eligible for the next
succeeding term.
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