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1671
(17) Freemen of our Said Province on the tenth Day of this Instant Octob.r att our Said Citty of Saint Maries thereto Consider of Certaine things Concerning the State and Wellfaire of this our Province of Maryland and, to that End we die Comannd the Majo.r Record.r Aldermen and Common Councill of our said Citty that makeing Proclamacon as soone as Conveniently might bee after the Receipt of our Said Writt they Should cause to bee Elected Two discreete Cittizans to Searve as Delegates for the Said Citty in the said Assembly and there to doe and consent to those things as by Comon Consent should Happen to bee Ordeined and Enacted in the businesses afforesd so that through want of Sufficient Power or inconsiderate Elleccon of the aforesd Delegates the businesses aforesaid might not Remaine undone or Neglected and that they should make Retourne of the said Writt into o.r Secretaries Office by the Second Instant Together w.th the names of the said Cittizens Elected to bee Delegates for the said Citty as aforesd by Vertue of which said writt Philip Calvert Esq Majo.r of the said Citty hath Certefied into o.r said Office that on the 29.° Day of Septemb.r after the Receipt of the said writ and According to the Forme of the Same Proclamacon being made att the Said Citty in the p.rsence of the Majo.r Record.r Aldermen and Comon Councill and the Rest of the free Cittizens that then p.rsent were to bee Ellected they had caused Two discreete Cittizens To wit You the said John Morecroft Recorder and Thomas Notley Alderman of the said Citty to Serve as Delegates in the said Assembly att the day and Place in the said writ menconed, there to doe and Consent to such things as by Comon Consent Should happen to bee Ordained & Enacted in the businesses in our said writ menconed, According to the forme and Effect of the Same wee Doe there for will and Comand You the said John Morecroft that all Excuses what soever a Side You bee and appeare personally att the s.d Day and Place to Doe & confess to those things which then by the favo.r of God shall there Happen to bee Ordained by us by the Advise and Consent of our Greate Councill of our said Province Concerning the Occacons and afaires aforesaid, and that You shall noe waies Omit under the Perill thereuppon Ensueing Wittness our selves att our Citty of Saint Maries the 3.° Day of Octob.r in the 40.° Yeare of our Dominion over our said Province Annoq Dom 1671 The like writt yssued unto Thomas Notley Gentl one of the Aldermen of the Citty of Saint Maries above menconed Retourn.d Eodem Die |
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