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Provincial Court Land Records, 1699-1707
Volume 718, Page 742   View pdf image
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       Parliament made in the twenty fifth year of the Reigne of King Charles
       the Second Entituled an act for Preventing dangers which may happen
       from Popish Recusants together with an oath for the due execution of
       the office and trust of our Cap.t Generall and Governour in Chief in and
       over our Said Province and territories of Maryland as well with regard
       to the Equall and Impartial Administration of Justice in all Cases y.t shall
       Come before you as otherwise  And likewise the oath required to be taken
       by Governours of plantations to do their Uttmost y.t the Laws relating to
       the Plantations be observed All which our Council in the said Province
       or any three of the members hereof have hereby full power and authority
       and are required to administer under you you shall administer to each
       of the members of our said act Entituled an act to declare the
       of Parliament to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy
       And y.e oath Mentioned in the said act Entituled An Act to declare the
       Alteration of the oath appointed to be taken by the act Entitled an act
       for the further Security of his Majties Person and the Succession of
       the Crown in the protestant line and for the Extinguishing the hopes
       of the pretended Prince of Wales and all other pretenders and their open &
       secret abettors and for declaring the association to be determined as the
       forementioned test and y.e oath for their due Executions of their places
       and trusts  And we do hereby give and Grant unto you full Power and
       Authority to suspend any of the members of our Said Council from setling
       Voting or assisting therein if you shall find Just Cause for so doing
       And if it shall at Any time happen y.t by the death departure out of our
       Said province Suspension of any of our said Councellors or otherwise their
       shall be a Vacancy in the said Councill (any three whereof we do hereby appoint
       to be a Quorum) you are to signify the same unto us by the first opertunity
       y.t we May under our Signet and Signe Manual Constitute and appoint others
       in their stead  But That our affaires at that distance may not suffer for want
       of a due Number of Councellors if ever it shall happen y.t there be less
       than nine of the said Councellors residing in our Said Province We do hereby
       Give and Grant unto you the said John Seymour full power and authority
       to Choose as many Psons out of the principal freeholders inhabitants thereof
       as will make up the full number of our Said Councell to be mine
                                                                                                    (and


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