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Page 439 - An Act for the further limitation of the crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject...
Page 170 - ... said province of New Jersey, shall take upon him the administration of the government and execute our said commission and instructions and the several powers and authorities therein contained, in the same manner and to all intents and purposes as other our governor or commander-in-chief of our said province should or ought to do, in case of your absence until you return, or in all cases until our further pleasure be known therein.
Page 170 - Chief of our said Province for the time being. Given at our Court at Kensington., the third day of May, in the sixth year of our Reign, 1707.
Page 255 - ... the oaths appointed by act of parliament to be taken instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy...
Page 315 - Commiss? under Our Great Seal of Great Britain, constituting you Our Capt? General & Governor in chief in & over Our Province of New Jersey, You are therefore with all convenient speed to repair to Our said Province and being there arrived you are to take upon you the Execution of the Place and Trust We have reposed in you and forthwith to call together the following persons, whom We do by these Presents constitute & appoint members of Our Council in and for that Province.
Page 189 - And you are with the advice and consent of our said council, to take especial care to regulate all salaries and fees belonging to places, or paid upon emergencies, that they be within the bounds of moderation, and that no exaction be made on any occasion whatsoever; as also, that tables of all fees be publickly hung up in all places where such fees are to be paid; and you are to transmit copies of all such tables of fees to us, and to our commissioners for trade and plantations as aforesaid.
Page 242 - Council to a due attendance therein, in order to prevent the many inconveniences that may happen for want of a quorum of the Council to transact business, as occasion may require, it is our will and pleasure that if any of the members of our said Council...
Page 170 - Province shall take upon him the Administration of the Government and Execute our said Commission and Instructions and the Several Powers and Authorities therein Contained in the same manner...
Page 314 - November, 1702, in the first year of our reign. "1. With these our instructions you will receive our commission...
Page 61 - Letters into a Bag with a sufficient Weight to sink the same immediately, in case of imminent Danger from the Enemy ; And you are also to let the Merchants and Planters know how greatly it is for their Interest, that their Letters should not fall into the Hands of the Enemy, and therefore that they should give...