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Provincial Court Land Records, 1699-1707
Volume 718, Page 857   View pdf image
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       the Vice admiralty in the Province of Maryland for the time being Robert
       Quary and the Judge of the Vice admiralty in our Province of Pensilvania
       for the time being the Captains and Commanders of our signs of warr within the
       Admiralty Jurisdiction of the Provinces of Maryland and of of Pensilvania
       for the time being S.r Thomas Laurence and the Secretary of our Province of
       Maryland for the time being the Surveyor Generall of our customes in America
       for the time being the Receiver of our Revenue for the district of Patuxent
       in the Province of Maryland for the time being the Receiver of our Revenue
       for the district of Potomock in the Province of Maryland for the time
       being And the Collectors of our Plantations Duties in Maryland an din
       Pensilvania for the time being Our Commissioners at and for our provinces
       of Maryland and Pensilvania in America for the Purposes herein above
       mentioned we do make ordaine and constitute by these presents hereby giving
       and granting unto your our said Commissioners Joyntly or severally
       or any one of you by Warrant under the hand and Seale of you or any
       one of you full Power and Authority to committ to safe custody any Pson
       or Psons against whom information of Piracy Robbery or felony upon the sea
       shall be given upon oath which oath you or any one of you shall have full
       Power and are hereby required to administer And to call and assemble a
       Court of Admiralty on shipboard or upon the Land when and as often as occasion
       shall require which Court our Wills and pleasure it shall Consist of seven Psons
       at the least  And if so many of you our Said Commissioners Cannot
       Conveniently be assembled Any three or more of you whereof You the
       said John Seymour or the Governour or Commander in Chief of our
       Province of Maryland for the time being or you the said William Penn
       or the Proprietor and Governour or Commander in Chief of Pensilvania
       for the time being Allways to be one shall have full power and authority
       by Virtue of the said Act and of these presents to call and assemble any
       other persons on shipboard ^or up^on the land to make up the Number of seven
       provided that no persons but such as are know merchants Factors
       or Planters or such as are Captaines Lieutenants or Warrant Officers in
       any of our ships of warr or Captaines matters or Mates of some English
       shipps shall be capable of being so called and sitting and Voting in the
       said Court  And our farther pleasure is and we do hereby Expressly
                                                                                           (declare


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