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Provincial Court Land Records, 1770-1774
Volume 726, Page 553   View pdf image
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       Granting Administrations within our said Province ^as^ aforesaid unto you the said William Fitzhugh
       as you shall see convenient to take and receive to your proper Use and behoof all due and just
       Fees profits and Emoluments belonging to a Judge of such a Court which have been by us Established
       or which shall hereafter be by Us or our Governor and Council by our Authority hereafter
       Established and generally to act do perform and execute all and singular the Powers and
       Jurisdictions to you hereby granted untill such time as We shall signifie our Will and
       Pleasure to the Contrary:

                            Witness Our Trusty and well beloved Robert Eden Esq.r Lieutenant
       General and Chief Governor in and over our said Province this Twenty third day of
       September in the Third Year of our Dominion Anno Domini One Thousand Seven
       hundred and Seventy Three
                                                                                     Signed by Order
                               (Seale)     
                                                                                                 U Scott Cl Con

                                        On the Back of the aforegoing Commission Was thus endorsed Viz

       23.d of September 1773 Then Came the Honourable William Fitzhugh Esquire before us the
       Subscribers two of the Lord Proprietary's Justices of the Provincial Court and Qualified
       himself as Commissary General of the province of Maryland by taking the several oaths
       to the Government required by Law repeated the Test and Subscribing the Oath of Abjuration and
       also by taking the usual Oath of Office
                                                                                                             W.m Hayward
                                                                                           Dan of S.t Tho.s Jenifer
                      Recorded 23.d Day of September 1773


                      Maryland sc.t
x.d                                                Know all Men by these presents that We William Fitzhugh of
       Calvert County James Dickinson of Talbot County and Richard Sprigg of the City of Annapolis
       Esq.rs are held and Firmly bound unto the Right Honourable the Lord Proprietary
       of this Province and his Successors in the full and Just sum of Three Thousand pounds Current
       Money of Maryland to be paid unto the said Lord Proprietary or his Successors to
       the which payment well and truly to be made and done  We bind ourselves our Heirs
       Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents Sealed with our Seals and dated
       This Twenty third day of September Anno Domini 1773

                                                    The Condition of the above Obligation is such that if the
       above bound William Fitzhugh whilst he shall continue in the Office of Commissary General
       Shall at his own proper Cost and Charge find a Supply of good and Sufficient Record Books
                                                                                                                                     Necessary


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