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I do hereby Certify, That a Commission or Writ of
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Dediimus Potestatein, under the Great Seal of GREAT BRITAIN,
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, the eleventh Day of July
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, empowering them jointly or severally to receive the
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Oath of
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One of the
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Keepers of the Peace
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for the well and faithfully executing that Office, according to a
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certain Schedule to the said Commission or Writ annexed: And
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also the Oaths specified in an Act of Parliament passed in the first
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Year of WILLIAM & MARY, late King and Queen of ENGLAND,
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the Tenor whereof is to the said Commission or Writ Also annex-
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ed, is with a Certificate thereon indorsed, under the Hand of
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I Pensam One of the said Commissioners
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certifying that the said
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this day
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duly take the
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said Oath before him, as One of the said Commissioners, re-
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turned into the Office of PETTY BAG, in His Majesty's High
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twelfth Day of July
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1798
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P: Parry
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