This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...respecting an admission of members of the Church of England to the franchise and to every kind of civil equality, and respecting an increase of the number of Assistants, so as to accord with the charter. He again required a recital of the royal authority in military commissions and legal proceedings, and a ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 edition. Excerpt: ...respecting an admission of members of the Church of England to the franchise and to every kind of civil equality, and respecting an increase of the number of Assistants, so as to accord with the charter. He again required a recital of the royal authority in military commissions and legal proceedings, and a strict obedience to the Acts of Trade and Navigation. He gave notice of the appointment of Randolph to be " Collector, Surveyor, and Searcher" for all the colonies of New England; and concluded by declaring himself " surprised" that the Massachusetts people should " presume " to buy the province of Gorges 'when he was himself "in treaty for it," and by making known his expectation that they would transfer it to him, " upon a reimbursement of what it should appear they had paid for the same." After its own manner, --for the Deputies were stern, and compromises had to be studied, --the Court proceeded to act upon these instructions. A form of military commission was drawn up, in which the officer was informed that he was appointed " for the service of his Majesty," and that it was " in his Majesty's name" that he was " authorized and required" to take command. Provision was made for the election in future years of eighteen Assistants, " according to the charter." The Governor was instructed to take " the oath required by his Majesty for the observation and executing of the statutes for the encouraging and increasing of Navigation and Trade." The ancient claim to New Hampshire was relinquished by an order vacating " all commissions formerly granted by the colony of Massachusetts to any person that lived in the towns of Hampton, Exeter, Portsmouth, and Dover." On the other hand, the colony, by virtue of its purchase, stepped into Gorges's place as...
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