4. It is Ordered, sentenced and decreed that noe person be chosen
Governor above once in two yeares, and that the Governor be alwayes a
member of some approved congregation, and formerly of the Magestracy
within this Jurisdiction; and all the Magestrats Freemen of this
Commonwelth: and that no Magestrate or other publike officer shall
execute any parte of his or their Office before they are severally
sworne, which shall be done in the face of the Courte if they be
present, and in case of absence by some deputed for that purpose.
5. It is Ordered, sentenced and decreed, that to the aforesaid Courte
of Election the severall Townes shall send their deputyes, and when
the Elections are ended they may proceed in any publike searvice as
at other Courts. Also the Generall Courte in September shall be for
makeing of lawes, and any other publike occation, which conserns the
good of the Commonwelth.
6. It is Ordered, sentenced and decreed, that the Governor shall, ether
by himselfe or by the secretary, send out summons to the Constables
of every Towne for the cauleing of these two standing Courts, on
[_one_] month at lest before their severall tymes: And also if the
Governor and the gretest parte of the Magestrats see cause uppon any
spetiall occation to call a generall Courte, they may give order to
the secretary soe to doe within fowerteene dayes warneing; and if
urgent necessity so require, uppon a shorter notice, giveing sufficient
grownds for yt to the deputyes when they meete, or els be questioned
for the same; And if the Governor and [_major_] parte of Magestrats
shall ether neglect or refuse to call the two Generall standing
Courts or ether of them, as also at other tymes when the occations of
the Commonwelth require, the Freemen thereof, or the Major parte of
them, shall petition to them soe to doe: if then yt be ether denyed or
neglected the said Freemen or the Major parte of them shall have power
to give order to the Constables of the severall Townes to doe the same,
and so may meete togather, and chuse to themselves a Moderator, and may
proceed to do any Acte of power, which any other Generall Courte may.
7. It is Ordered, sentenced and decreed that after there are warrants
given out for any of the said Generall Courts, the Constable or
Constables of ech Towne shall forthwith give notice distinctly to the
inhabitants of the same, in some Publike Assembly or by goeing or
sending from howse to howse, that at a place and tyme by him or them
lymited and sett, they meet and assemble them selves togather to elect
and chuse certen deputyes to be at the General Courte then following to
agitate the afayres of the commonwelth; which said Deputyes shall be
chosen by all that are admitted Inhabitants in the severall Townes and
have taken the oath of fidellity; provided that non be chosen a Deputy
for any Generall Courte which is not a Freeman of this Commonwelth.
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