the twenty Fifth year of the Reign of King Charles the Second Entituled (An Act for preventing Dangers which may happen from Popish Recusants) and Likewise That you take the usual Oath for the due Execution of the office & trust of our Governor and commander in chief in and over our Said Province of New Hampshire as well with regard to the due and impartial administration of Justice as otherwise And further that you Take the Oath required to be taken by Governors of Plantations to do their utmost that the several Laws Relating to trade and the plantations be observed which Said Oaths & Declaration our Council in our Said Province or any three of the Members thereof have hereby full Power and Authority and are required To tender and administer unto you and in your absence unto our Lieutenant Governor if there be any upon the place. All which being duely performed you shall administer unto Each of the members of our Said council as also to our Lieutenant Governor (if there be any upon the Place) the Oaths appointed by the Said act Entituled. (An Act for the Farther Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the crown in the heirs of the Late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing The hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his Open & Secret Abettors) as also to cause them to make & Subscribe the aforementioned declaration And to administer to them the Oath for the due Execution of their Places & trusts And wee do hereby give and grant unto you full Power & authority to Suspend any of the members of our Said council from Sitting Voting and Assisting therein if you Shall find Just Cause for So doing And if it shall at any time happen That by the Death Departure out of our Said Province Suspension of any of our Said Councellors or otherwise there shall be a Vacancy in our Said council (any three whereof wee do hereby appoint to be a Quorum) Our Will and Pleasure is that you Signify the same unto us by the first Opportunity That We may under our Signet & Sign Manual constitute & appoint others in their stead But that our affairs at that Distance May not Suffer for want of a due Number of Councellors if ever it shall happen that there be Less than Seven of them residing in our Said Province Wee do hereby give and grant unto you the said Jonathan Belcher full Power and Authority to choose as many Persons out of the Principal free holders Inhabitants thereof as will make up the full Number of our said Council to be Seven and no more, which Persons so chosen & appointed by you shall be to all intents & Purposes Councellors in our Said Province until Either they Shall be confirmed by us or that by the Nomination of others by us under our Sign Manual and Signet Our Said Council shall have Seven or more Persons in it And We do hereby give & grant unto you full Power

and Authority with the Advice and Consent of our Said Council from Time to time and as need shall require to Summon and Call General Assemblies of the Said Freeholders and Planters within your Governm1 in manner and Form according to ye Usage of our Province of New Hampshire And our Will and Pleasure is that the Persons thereupon duely Elected by the Major Part of the Freeholders of the Respective Counties and Places and So return'd shall before their Sitting Take the Oaths appointed to be Taken by the said Act Entituled (An Act for The Farther Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in The heirs of the Late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales and his Open & Secret abettors) as also make and Subscribe the forementioned Declaration which Oaths & Declaration you shall Commissionate fit Persons under our Seal of New Hampshire to tender and administer unto them and until the Same be so taken and Subscribed no Person shall be Capable of Setting Though Elected. And We do hereby Declare that the Persons so Elected and qualified shall be called & Deemed the General Assembly of that our Said Province and Plantation and that you the said Jonathan Belcher with the Consent of our Said Council & Assembly or the Major part of them Respectively shall have full Power and Authority to make Constitute and ordain Laws Statutes and ordinances for the Publick Peace welfare and good Government of Our Said Province and of the People and inhabitants Thereof and Such others as Shall resort thereto and for the benefit of us our heirs and Successors Which Said Laws Statutes and ordinances are not to be repugnant but as near as may be Agreeable to the Laws and Statutes of This our Kingdom of Great Brittain Provided That all Such Statutes & ordinances of what nature and duration Soever be within three months or Sooner after the making Thereof transmitted unto us under our Publick Seal of New Hampshire for our Approbation or disallowance of the Same as also Duplicates thereof by the next Conveyance And in Case all or any of the Said laws Statutes and ordinances not before confirmed by us shall at any time be Disallowed and not approved and so Signified by us our heirs or Successors under our or their Sign Manual and Signet or by order of our or their Privy Council unto you the Said Jonathan Belcher or to the Commander in chief of our Said Province for the time being Then such and so many of the said Laws Statutes and ordinances as shall be so Disallowed & not approved shall from thenceforth Cease determine & become utterly void and of none Effect any thing to The Contrary thereof notwithstanding And To the End that nothing may be passed or Done by our said Council or Assembly to the Prejudice of us our heirs & Successors Wee will

and ordain That you the said Jonath" Belcher shall have and Enjoy a Negative voice in the making and passing of all Laws Statutes and ordinances as aforesaid and you shall and may Likewise from time To time as you shall Judge it Necessary Adjourn Prorogue and disolve all General assemblys as aforesaid And our Farther will and Pleasure is that you shall and may keep and use The public Seal of our Province of new Hampshire for Sealing all things Whatsoever that Pass the Great Seal of our Said Province under your government And Wee Do farther give and Grant unto you the said Jonathan Belcher full Power and Authority from time to time and at any time hereafter by your self or by any other To be Authorized by you in That behalf to administer and give the aforesaid Oaths appointed to be taken by the said act Entituled (An Act for the Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the heirs of the Late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for Extinguishing the Hopes. of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his open & Secret Abettors) To all and every Such Person or persons as you shall Think Fit who shall at any time or times pass into our said Province or shall be resident or abiding there And we do by these Presents give & Grant unto you the said Jonathan Belcher full power and Authority with the Advice and Consent of our Said Council to Erect Constitute and Establish Such & So many Courts of Judicature and Public Justice. within our said Province and Plantation as you and they shall think fit & necessary for the hearing and determining of all Causes as well criminal as Civil according To Law and Equity and for Awarding of Execution thereupon with all reasonable and necessary Powers authorities Fees and Priviledges belonging thereunto and also to appoint and Commissionate fit Persons in the Several parts of your Government to administer the Oaths appointed To be Taken by the aforesd act Entitled (An Act for The further Security of his Majestys Person and Government and the Succession of the Crown in the heirs of the Late Princess Sophia Being Protestants and for Extinguishing the hopes of the Pretended Prince of Wales and his Open & Secret Abettors) as also to tender and Administer the Aforesaid Declaration unto such Persons belonging To the said Courts as shall be obliged to take the Same And we do hereby Authorize & impower you to Constitute and Appoint Judges and in cases Requisite Commissioners of Oyer & Terminer Justices of the Peace and other Necessary officers and Ministers in our Said Province for the better Administration of Justice and putting the Laws in Execution And To Administer or Cause to be Administred unto Them such Oath or Oaths as are usually given for The Due Execution & Performance of Offices and places And for the clearing of truth in Judicial Causes And Wee do hereby give and

Grant unto you full Power and Authority where you shall see Cause or shall Judge any offender or Offenders in Criminal matters or for any Fines or Forfeitures due unto us fit Objects of our Mercy To pardon all Such Offenders and to remit all such Fines and Forfeitures (Treason & wilful Murder only Excepted) In which Cases you shall Likewise have power upon Extraordinary Occasions To Grant reprieves to the offenders until and to the intent our Royal Pleasure may be known therein And Wee Do by these Presents Authorize and impower you to collate any Person or persons to any Churches Chappels or other Ecclesiastical Benifices within our said Province as often as any of them shall happen to be void. And Wee Do hereby give and grant unto you the Said Jonathan Belcher by your self or by your Captains and Commanders by you to be Authorized full power and Authority to Levy arm Muster Command & Employ all persons whatsoever residing within our Said Province and Plantation and as occasion Shall serve To March from one Place to another or to Embark them for the resisting and withstanding of all Enemies Pirates and Rebels both at Land and sea and to transport such Forces to any of our Plantations in America If Necessity shall require for the Defence of the Same Against the Invasion or attempts of any of our Enemies and Such Enemies Pirates and rebels (if there shall be occasion) to Pursue and Prosecute in or out of the Limits of our Said Province and Plantations or any of them and (if it shall Please God) them to vanquish apprehend and take and being taken According To Law to put to Death or keep & preserve alive at your Discretion and to Execute Martial Law in time of invasion or other times when by Law it may be Executed And to do and Execute all and every other thing and Things which to our Governor & Commander in Chief doth or ought of right to belong And Wee Do hereby Give and grant unto you full power and Authority by and with the Advice and Consent of our Said Council of New Hampshire to Erect raise and build in our said Province and Plantations Such and so many Forts & Platforms Castles Citys Boroughs Towns and Fortifications as you by the advice afores shall Judge necessary and the same or any of them to Fortifie and Furnish with Ordinance ammunition and all sorts of arms Fit and necessary for the Security and Defence of our Said Province And by the Advice aforesd the same Again or any of them to Demolish and dismantle as may be most Convenient And Forasmuch as Divers Mutinies and Disorders may happen by Persons Shipped and Employed at sea during the Time of war and to the End that such Persons as shall be shipped and Employed at Sea During the time of War may be the better Governed and ordered Wee do hereby Give and Grant unto you the Said Jonath" Belcher our Governor and com

mander in chief Full Power and Authority to Constitute and appoint Captains Lieutenants Masters of ships and other Commanders and Officers and to Grant to such Captains Lieutenants Masters of Ships and other Commanders and Officers Commissions To Execute the Law Martial according to the Directions of an Act Passed in the Thirteenth Year of the Reign of King Charles the Second Entituled An Act for the Establishing articles and Orders for the regulating & better Government of his Majestys Navys ships of war and Forces by Sea During the Time of War And to use such Proceedings Authorities Punishments Corrections Executions upon any Offender or offenders which shall be mutinous Seditious disorderly or any way unruly Either at sea during the time of their abode or Residence in any of the Ports Harbours or Bays of our said Province or Territories as the Cause shall be found to require According to Martial Law and the said Directions During the time of war as aforesaid Provided That Nothing herein Contained shall be Construed To the Enabling you or any by your Authority To hold Plea or have Jurisdiction of any offence Cause Matter or thing committed or Done upon The High sea or within any of the Havens Rivers or Creeks of our Said Province or Territories under your Government by any Captain Commander Lieutenant Master Officer Seaman Soldier or other Person Whatsoever who shall be in actual service or Pay in or on Board any of our ships of war or other Vessels acting by immediate Commission or Warrant from our Commissioners for Executing the Office of our high Admiral or from our High Admiral of Great Brittain for the Time Being under the Seal of our Admiralty But That such Captain Commander Lieutenant Master officer seaman Soldier or any oth1 Person so offending shall be Left to be proceeded against And tried as the Merrits of their offences shall require Either by Commission under our great seal of Great Brittain as the Statute of the Twenty Eighth of King Henry the Eighth Directs or by Commission from our Said commissioners for Executing the office of our High Admiral or From our high Admiral of Great Brittain for the time Being according to the fore mentioned Act Entituled An Act for the Establishing Articles and orders for the regulating and better Government of his Majesties Navies and ships of war and Forces by Sea and not otherwise Provided also That all Disorders and misdemeanours committed on shoar by any Captain Commander Lieutenant Master Officer Seaman Soldier or other Person Whatsoever belonging to any of our ships of War or other Vessels Acting by immediate Commission or Warrant from our said Commissioners for Executing the office of our High Admiral or from our High Admiral of Great Brittain for the Time Being under the seal of