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262) Parliament to be taken instead of the oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy and the Oath menconed in the afd act entituled An Act to declare the alteration in the oath appointed to be taken by the act entituled An Act for the further security of his majestys person and the succession of the Crown in the protestant Line and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretented Prince of Wales and all other pretenders and their open and secret abettors and for declareing the Associaation to be determined As also make and subscribe the foremenconed declaration which Oaths and declaration you shall Commissionate fitt persons under our Seal of Maryland to tender and Administer unto them and untill the same shall be so taken and subscribed no person shall be Capable of sitting though ellected And wee do hereby declare y.t the persons so ellected and Qualifyed shall be called and deemed the generall assembly of that our province And that you the said John Hart with the Consent of our said Councill and Assembly or the major part of them respectively shall have full power and authority to make constitute and ordaine laws statutes and ordinances for the publick Peace welfare and Good Government of our said province and of the people and inhabitants thereof and such others as shall resort thereto and for the benefitt of us our heirs and successors which said laws statutes and ordinances are not to be repugnant but as neer as may be agreeable to the laws and statutes of this our kingdom of Great Brittain Provided that all such laws statutes and ordinances of w.t Nature or duration soever be within three months or sooner after the makeing thereof transmitted unto us under our seal of Maryland for our approbation or |
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