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1671 And mere motion and as much as in no Lies for us and our heires Doe Graunt to our welbeloved the Inhabitants of that Place called and Knowne by the name of Saint Maries in the County of Saint Maries that that Place Shall bee Erected into a Citty w.ch Shall Containe A mile in Length Square w.thin the Places Circuits and Precints thereof And wee Doe hereby Found Erect and Establish the Same a Citty for Evermore And wee Doe hereby Graunt and Declare that the sd Citty Shall bee for Ever hereafter called and named by the name of Saint Maries and by noe Other name And that the sd Citty of Saint Maries Shall be an Incorporated Citty of one Major one person Learned in the Law by the name of a Recorder Six Aldermen and Seaven Comon Councillmen Inhabiteing with in the Citty for Evermore And that the Said Major Recorder Aldermen and Comon Councilmen Shall bee A Body Incorporate and one Comunity for Ever in Right and name And ^that^ they the sd Major Aldermen and Common Councillmen Shall have and Beare the name of Major Aldermen and Comon Councill of the Citty of Saint Maries and by the same name they Shall bee called and named and by noe other name ^and that the same name^ they Shall bee persons able and Capeable att Law to bee sued and to sue and to Act Execute and Doe as a body Incorporate and to have Succession for Ever and to that End to have a Comon Seale and that Philip Calvert Esquire one of the Inhabitants of the Said Citty Shall for the Present bee and bee named major of the said Citty for the Ensueing Yeare and John Morecroft (Recorder) |
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