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FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 203
pardon for all offences. Stone soon returned and resumed the government,
and this act of folly on Greene's part was not followed by any measures likely
to give offence to the parliament, but the audacity was not forgotten. In
April, 1650, the assembly met, pursuant to the call of Governor Stone, and
passed an order for drawing "An Act for Settling this Present Assembly," as
also for rules and orders to be observed in the conduct of its deliberations.
On the 6th of April, the following form of government was unanimously agreed
to, which, though apparently intended as a temporary arrangement, proved so
satisfactory in its working, that it continued almost without interruption, until
the dissolution of the provincial government at the American Revolution:
" An act for settling of this present assembly.
" Be it enacted by the lord proprietary, with the advice and consent of the council
and burgesses of this province now assembled, That the present assembly, during the
continuance thereof, be held by way of upper and lower house, to sit in two distinct
houses, apart, for the more convenient dispatch of the business therein to be consulted of:
And that the governor and secretary, or any one or more of the council for the upper
house; and Mr. John Hatch, Mr. Walter Beane, Mr. John Medley, Mr. William Broughe,
Mr. Eobert Robins, Mr. Francis Poesie, Mr. Philip Land,1 Mr. Francis Brooke, Mr.
Thomas Matthews, Mr. Thomas Sterman, Mr. George Manners, burgesses for St. Mary's
county, Mr. George Puddington, and Mr. James Cox, burgesses of that part of the county
now called Providence, or any five or more of them, for the lower house, together with
the clerk of that house for the time being, who shall from time to time assemble themselves, at the time and place to be by the governor (or whomsoever of the council he
shall, by writing under his hand, depute for that purpose) from time to time appointed,
during this present assembly, shall have the full power of, and be, two houses of assembly,
to all intents and purposes. And all bills which shall be passed by the said two houses,
or the major part of both of them, and enacted or ordained by the governor, shall be
laws of the province, after publication thereof under the hand of the governor, and the
great seal of the province, as fully, to all effects in law, as if they were advised and
assented unto by all the freemen of the province personally."2
The Puritans upon the Severn were now sufficiently reconciled to the
government to send two burgesses to the assembly at the summons of the
governor, who had visited their colony, which they called "Providence,"
probably with the view of learning their disposition. This was followed by
an act erecting " that part of the province of Maryland, on the west side of
the bay of Chesapeake, over against the Isle of Kent, formerly called by the
name of Providence," . . . . " into a shire or county by the name of Ann
Arundel county."3
" This," remarks Bozman, " is the first act of assembly, and indeed almost
the only legislative provision for the erecting of any county within the
province. It is probable that such regulations for the apportioning of the
province into shires or counties were deemed to appertain to.the palatine
regalia of the Lord Proprietary of the province."4
1 In the list of the members on the journal of 3 From Lady Ann Arundel, daughter of Lord
the House, the name is Philip Lane. Arundel, of Ward our, and wife of CgeciliusT
2 Bacon's Laws of Maryland. Lord Baltimore.
4 Bozman, ii., p. 393.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000228 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 203 pardon for all offences. Stone soon returned and resumed the government, and this act of folly on Greene's part was not followed by any measures likely to give offence to the parliament, but the audacity was not forgotten. In April, 1650, the assembly met, pursuant to the call of Governor Stone, and passed an order for drawing "An Act for Settling this Present Assembly," as also for rules and orders to be observed in the conduct of its deliberations. On the 6th of April, the following form of government was unanimously agreed to, which, though apparently intended as a temporary arrangement, proved so satisfactory in its working, that it continued almost without interruption, until the dissolution of the provincial government at the American Revolution: " An act for settling of this present assembly. " Be it enacted by the lord proprietary, with the advice and consent of the council and burgesses of this province now assembled, That the present assembly, during the continuance thereof, be held by way of upper and lower house, to sit in two distinct houses, apart, for the more convenient dispatch of the business therein to be consulted of: And that the governor and secretary, or any one or more of the council for the upper house; and Mr. John Hatch, Mr. Walter Beane, Mr. John Medley, Mr. William Broughe, Mr. Eobert Robins, Mr. Francis Poesie, Mr. Philip Land,1 Mr. Francis Brooke, Mr. Thomas Matthews, Mr. Thomas Sterman, Mr. George Manners, burgesses for St. Mary's county, Mr. George Puddington, and Mr. James Cox, burgesses of that part of the county now called Providence, or any five or more of them, for the lower house, together with the clerk of that house for the time being, who shall from time to time assemble themselves, at the time and place to be by the governor (or whomsoever of the council he shall, by writing under his hand, depute for that purpose) from time to time appointed, during this present assembly, shall have the full power of, and be, two houses of assembly, to all intents and purposes. And all bills which shall be passed by the said two houses, or the major part of both of them, and enacted or ordained by the governor, shall be laws of the province, after publication thereof under the hand of the governor, and the great seal of the province, as fully, to all effects in law, as if they were advised and assented unto by all the freemen of the province personally."2 The Puritans upon the Severn were now sufficiently reconciled to the government to send two burgesses to the assembly at the summons of the governor, who had visited their colony, which they called "Providence," probably with the view of learning their disposition. This was followed by an act erecting " that part of the province of Maryland, on the west side of the bay of Chesapeake, over against the Isle of Kent, formerly called by the name of Providence," . . . . " into a shire or county by the name of Ann Arundel county."3 " This," remarks Bozman, " is the first act of assembly, and indeed almost the only legislative provision for the erecting of any county within the province. It is probable that such regulations for the apportioning of the province into shires or counties were deemed to appertain to.the palatine regalia of the Lord Proprietary of the province."4 1 In the list of the members on the journal of 3 From Lady Ann Arundel, daughter of Lord the House, the name is Philip Lane. Arundel, of Ward our, and wife of CgeciliusT 2 Bacon's Laws of Maryland. Lord Baltimore. 4 Bozman, ii., p. 393. |
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