The Governour to take his Corporal Oath to be true and faithful to the Government, and to give the same Oath to the other Officers.
[p. 176.] To hold a Court once a month, and any seven to be a sufficient Court.
And that there shall be four general Courts kept in Term time, and one great general and solemn Assembly to make Laws and Ordinances; So they be not contrary and repugnant to the Laws and Statutes of the Realm of England. Their form of Government and what their Laws concern, you may see in the ensuing Table.
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[p. 177.]
| { | { Governour | ||||||
| { | { | { | |||||
| { | { 1 Magistrates. | { | { 1 Counsellers. | ||||
| { | { | { | { | ||||
| { | { | { Assistants. | { | { 1 of the whole | |||
| { 1 their | { | { | { Countrey. | ||||
| { person | { | { 2 Judges | { | ||||
| { | { | { | { 2 of each town. | ||||
| { | { | ||||||
| { | { | ||||||
| { | { | { 1 of the | { 1 for their protection. | ||||
| Their | { | { 2 People. | { whole Countrey, | { 2 for their provision. | |||
| Laws | { | { | { | ||||
| Con- | { | { 2 of each | { 1 their lands. | ||||
| cern | { | { Town, concerning. | { 2 their Treasure. | ||||
| { | |||||||
| { | { 1 The | ||||||
| { | { 1 Civil | { publick | { 1 in their personal | ||||
| { | {& they | { State, or | { inheritances, and | ||||
| { | { concern | { 2 Particular | { proprieties | ||||
| { | { | { persons. | { | ||||
| { | { | { | { 1 Of | ||||
| { | { | { 2 in | { buying | ||||
| { | { | { Whether | { 1 either | { their | { and | ||
| { | { | { between | { of Tres- | { mutual | { selling | ||
| { | { | { the members | { passes | { com- | { | ||
| { 2 of | { | { of | { or | { merce | { 2 Lending | ||
| { causes | { | { their own | { 2 of | { whether | { and | ||
| { | { | { Commonwealth | { Capital | { in | { borrow- | ||
| { | { 2 Cri- | { & they are. | { Crimes. | { way | { ing | ||
| { | { minal. | ||||||
| { 2 Between | { | ||||||
| { Burgesses | { | ||||||
| { and the | { 1 That we do them wrong. | ||||||
| { people, | { | ||||||
| { and forraign | { 2 That they do us wrong. | ||||||
| { Nations, | { | ||||||
| { whether | { | ||||||
| { in case | { | ||||||
[p. 178.] Anno Dom. 1646. they drew up a body of their Laws for the well ordering of their Commonwealth, as they not long since termed it.
The military part of their Commonwealth is governed by one Major-General, and three Serjeant Majors; to the Major-General belongeth particularly the Town of Boston, to the three Serjeant Majors belong the four Counties, but with submission to the Major-General. The first Serjeant Major chosen for the County of Suffolk was Major Gibbons. For the County of Middlesex Major Sedgwick. For the County of Essex and Northfolk Major Denison.