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To be judges as aforesd And therefore Wee doe Comand y^w that y^w dilligently attend the keeping of y^e Peace

Laws and Orders & all & Singular other the p^rmises & at Certaine dayes appointed according to Act of Assembly

in this Case provided. And such places which you or any four or more of you as afd Shall in that behalfe apoint

yee make enquiry of the Premises & p^rform & fulfill the Same in forme afd doeing therein that which to --

Justice appertaineth according to the Laws Orders and reasonable Customes of this our Province Saveing to us

Our Amerciaments & other things thereof to us belonging. And therefore Wee Comand the Sheriff of our Said

County of Somerset by vertue of these p^rsents that at the dayes & places afd which y^w or any four or more of

y^w as afd Such and so many lawfull Men of y^r County by whome y^e trueth of the premises may the

better be known and enquired of And lastly Wee have appointed John:West of Somerset County Gen^t. Clerk

and keeper of the Records & proceedings of this your Court, and therefore you shall Cause to be brought

before you at the dayes & places the Writts precepts & Processes & Indictments to y^r Court & Jurisdiction

belonging, that the Same may be inspected & by a due Course determined as afd. Witnesse our trusty &

Wellbeloved ffrancis Nicholson Esq^r Cap^t Gen^rll & Govern^r in Chief, in & for our Province & Teritories

of Maryland the Sixteenth day of October in y^e Sixth year of o^r Reign &ca Annoq Domini 1694

[Hen. Jones Keeper ].                                                 Fra: Nicholson. ❂

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William & Mary by the Grace of God of England Scotland ffrance & Ireland King &

Queen Defenders of the faith &ca. To fffancis Jenckins and John Winder of Somerset County Gen^t –

Greeting, Wee doe hereby authorized & impower y^w the said Cap^t. John Winder to Adm^r the Oaths –

appointed by Act of Assembly Parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy

as also the Oath of Justice of the Peace to the Said ffrancis Jenckins, And you the Said ffrancis

Jenckins having taken y^e Said Oaths are to Adm^r the same unto the Said Cap^t. John:Winder and

the rest of the Justices & Comissioners of the Said County respectively as they are Named in the w^thin

Writton Comission, for which this Shall be your Suficient authority, hereof fail not and when

you have So done you are to Certifie the Same under your hands and Seals unto us in our high Court

of Chancery with all Convenient Speed. Witness our trusty & welbeloved ffrancis Nicholson Esq^r our

Cap^t Gen^rll & Govern^r in Chiefe in & over o^r Province & Territory of Maryland the Sixteenth day of

October in the Sixth year of our Reign &ca. Annoq Domi 1694

                                                                                                    ffr: Nicholson