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861) 887 William The Thrd By Y.e Grace of God of England Scotland France and Ireland King Defend.r of y.e Faith &c.a To Our Trusty and well beloved Nathaniell Blackiston Esq.r Greeting Know Yee that Wee Reposing Especiall Trust and Confidence in y.e Prudence Courge and Loyallty of you y.e said Nathaniell Blackiston of our especiall Grace certaine Knowledge & meere motion Have Thought fitt To Constitute and Appoint And by these p.rsents doe Constitute you y.e said Nathaniell Blackiston our Cap.t Gen.ll and Govern.r in Chiefe in and over our Province and Teritory of Maryland in America And Wee doe hereby require and Comand you to Doe and Execute all things in due manner that shall be long unto y.e said Comand and y.e Trust reposed in you according to y.e severall Powers and Directions granted or appointed you by This Comission and y.e Instructions herewith given you or by each further Power Instruction and Authority as shall at any Time hereafter be granted and appointed you under our signett and signe manuell or by any order in our Privy Councill and according to each reasonable Law and Statutes as are now in force or hereafter shall be made and agreed upon by you w.th the Advice and Consent of y.e Councill and Assembly of y.e said Province under your Governm.t in such manner and forme as is hereafter Expressed And our Will and Pleasure is that you The Said Nathaniel Blackston having (after y.e Publication of these our Letters Pattents first Taken y.e Oathes appointed by Act of Parliam.t to be Taken instead of y.e Oathes of alligiance and suppremacy as alsoe y.e Test menconed In y.e Act of Parliament made in y.e Twenty fifth year of y.e Reigne of King Charles the second Entituled an Act for y.e Preventing abuses which may happen from popish reusants Together w.th the Oath for y.e Due Execution of y.e Office and Trust of our Captan Gen.ll and Govern.r in Chiefe in and over our said Province and Teritory of Maryland All w.ch our Councill in y.e said Province or any five of them members thereof have hereby full power and authority and are required to administer unto And having Likwise subscribed y.e Assotiation mencond in an Act of Parliam.t made y.e seaventh and eight years of our Reigne entituled An Act for the better securing his Maj.ties Royall person and Governm.t you shall Administer to each of y.e members of of our said Councill as well y.e Oathes appointed received by Act of Parliam.t to be taken in stead of y.e Oathes of Allegiance and Suppremacy as y.e aformenconed Test and y.e Oath for y.e Due Execution of their places and Trusts And Likewise require them to subscribe y.e Foremenconed Assotiacon And Wee doe hereby Give and Grant unto you full Power and Authority to suspend any of y.e members of the said Councill from sitting voating and assisting therin if you shall find Just Cause for soe doeing And if it shall att any time happen by y.e Death departure out of the Province suspencon of any of y.e Councellors or Otherwise There shall be a vacancy in y.e said Councill Any three Whereof are hereby appointed to be a Quoram you are to signifie y.e same unto us by y.e first oppertunity That wee may under our signett and signe manuell Constitute and Appoint others in their stead But that our Affaires at this Distance may not suffer for want of a Due number of councellors if ever it shall happen that there be left then seaven of them Residing in the said Province Wee Doe hereby give and Grant unto you full Power and Authority to choose soe many persons out of y.e ^Principall^ Freeholders Inhabitants thereof as will make up y.e full number of y.e said Councill to be seaven and noe more which persons by virtue of such choice shall be to all Intents and purposes Coun.rs in y.e said Province untill they shall be confirmed by us Or that by y.r nomination of others by us Und.r our signe manuell or signett y.e said Councill shall have seaven or more persons in it And Wee doe Hereby Give and Grant unto you full Power and Authority with y.e Advice and Consent of our said Councill from time to time as need shall require to Summon and Call Gen.ll Assemblyes of y.e free holders within our Government according to y.e Usage of our Province and Teritory of Maryland And our will & pleasure is that the persons thereupon duly ellected by y.e Major Partie of y.e freeholders of y.e respective Countys and places and soe returned and having before their sitting taken y.e Oathes appointed by Act of Parliament to be Taken instead of y.e Oathes of Allegiance and Suppremacy and also y.e foremenconed Test and Likewise subscribed y.e aforemenconed assotiacon Which Oathes you shall Comissionate fitt psons under y.e Seale of Maryland to administer unto them And without the Taking of which Oathes and Test and subscribe which assotiation none shall be capable of sitting the elected shall be elected and held y.e Gen.ll Assembly of that Province And that you y.e said Nathaniell Blackston by and w.th y.e advice and consent of our said Councill and Assembly or the major Part of them Respectively have full Power and Authority to make constitute and ordaine Lawes Statutes and ordinances for y.e Publique peace well faire and Good Governm.t of our said Province & the Inhabitants and such others as shall resort thereto for the benefitt of us our heires and successors Which said Laws Statutes and ordinances are to be as neare as may be Agreeable to the Laws and Statutes of this our Kingdom of England Provided that such Laws Statutes and Ordinances of what Nature or Duration soever be Within |
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