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November Court
Anno Domini 1747
(185) The said County on the day aforesaid before Robert Hanson Gentleman and his Associates then and Still our Justices within our County aforesaid &C.a for Commission to Examine Evidences to prove and perpetuate the memory of the bounds of the said Tracts of Land according to the Directions of the act of assembly late made and provided Know ye that we have given you any Three or Two of you (not being any way Related to the Petitioner Contiguous Proprietor nor interested in the said Lands and having taken the oath prescribed by the above Named act of assembly) full power and authority to Examine upon their Corporal Oaths to be by your any Three or Two of you administred all Witnesses which shall be Nominated to you any Three or Two of you by the above Named Petitioner or other person concerned [illegible] of the Bounds of the Tracts of Lands above Named or the Bounds of any other Lands whereon the aforesaid Tracts depends or where to it Relates and therefore we Command you any Three or Two of you that you call and cause to Come before you any Three or Two of you all Witness so Nominated at a Certain day by you or any Three or Two of you to be appointed upon the abovementioned Tracts of Lands and the Examination of every Witness so called before you that you any three or Two of you Receive and that same Examination you any Three or Two of you carefully Reduce into Writing in the Presence of all Parties Concerned that shall be there present and the Examination so taken as afs.d you any Three or Two of you are to Return to the Justices of our Court with all Convenient speed under your seals or the Seals of any Three or Two of you together with this Writ Provided always that all Parties concerned living within or without the County afs.d afs.d have Notice according to the Directions of the act of assembly beforementioned of the day and Place of the Execution of this our Commission before the Execution thereof and that you any Three or Two of you and to Return to our Justices aforesaid with all Convenient Speed a Certificate of such Notice given together with the Examination of the Witness Witness Robert Hanson Gent one of our said Court at Charles Town aforesaid the fourteenth Day of August in the Thirty Third year of our Dominion &Ca Anno Domini 1747 Issued August 15.th 1747 Edm Porteus Clk And now here at this day to wit the second Tuesday in November afs.d Samuel Hawkins and Henry Marten two of the Commissioners afs.d Return to the Court here the Commission afs.d with the Subsequent Depositions an Certificate here unto annext Viz.t John |
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