is, and we do hereby, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, de clare and grant, that the governor or commander in chief of the province of South Carolina, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, for the time being, fhall at all times hereafter have the chief command of the militia of our faid province hereby erected and established; and that fuch militia fhall observe and obey all orders and directions that shall from time to time be given or fent to them by the faid governor or commander in chief; any thing in thefe prefents before contained to the contrary thereof, in any wife, notwithstanding. And of our efpecial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, we have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and fucceflors, do give and grant, unto the faid corporation, and their fucceffors, full power and authority to import and export their goods, at and from any port or ports that shall be appointed by us, our heirs or fucceffors, within the faid province of Georgia, for that purpose, without being obliged to touch at any other port in Carolina. And we do by thefe prefents, for us, our heirs and fucceffors, will and declare, that from and after the determination of the faid term of one-and-twenty years, fuch form of government and method of making laws, ftatutes, and ordinances, for the better governing and ordering the faid province of Georgia, and the inhabitants thereof, fhall be established and obferved within the fame, as we, our hers or fucceffors, shall hereafter ordain or appoint, and fhall be agreeable to law; and that from and after the determination of the faid term of one-andtwenty years, the governor of our faid province of Georgia, and all officers, civil and military, within the fame, fhall, from time to time, be nominated, conftituted, and appointed by us, our heirs and fucceffors. And laftly, we do hereby for us, our heirs and fucceffors, grant unto the said corporation, and their fucceffors, that these our letters patents, or the inrolment or exemplification thereof, fhall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, fufficient, and effectual in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and fhall be taken, conftrued, and adjudged in all our courts, and elsewhere, in the most favourable and beneficial fenfe, and for the beft advantage of the faid corporation, and their fucceffors; any omiffion, imperfection, defect, matter, cause. or thing whatsoever, to the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. In witnefs whereof, we have caufed these our letters to be made patents. Witnefs ourself at Westminster, the ninth day of June, in the fifth year of our reign.

By Writ of Privy Seal,

FINIS.

Signed COCKS.