By the Committee of Safety of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. A proclamation declaring the continuance of justices, sheriffs, and other officers. England and Wales. Committee of Safety. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A84447 of text R211299 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.21[85]). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 5 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2017 A84447 Wing E743 Thomason 669.f.21[85] ESTC R211299 99870028 99870028 163579 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A84447) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 163579) Images scanned from microfilm: (Thomason Tracts ; 247:669f21[85]) By the Committee of Safety of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. A proclamation declaring the continuance of justices, sheriffs, and other officers. England and Wales. Committee of Safety. 1 sheet ([1] p.) Printed by Henry Hills and John Field, Printers to the Committee of Safety, London : [1659] Publication date from Wing. Dated at end: Given at Whitehall the 31. day of October, 1659. Annotation on Thomason copy: "9ber [i.e. November]. 1" Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Judicial power -- England -- Early works to 1800. Sheriffs -- England -- Early works to 1800. Justices of the peace -- England -- Early works to 1800. A84447 R211299 (Thomason 669.f.21[85]). civilwar no By the Committee of Safety of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland, &c. A proclamation declaring the continuance of justices, England and Wales. Committee of Safety. 1659 852 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-09 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2007-10 Apex CoVantage Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Sampled and proofread 2007-12 Mona Logarbo Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion blazon or coat of arms ❧ By the Committee of Safety of the Commonwealth of England , Scotland , and Ireland , &c. A PROCLAMATION Declaring the continuance of Justices , Sheriffs , and other Officers . FOr the continuance of the Administration of Iustice , preservation of the publick Peace , and the better carrying on the Affairs of the Commonwealth , we , being intrusted with the care thereof , have thought fit to Publish , and Declare , and do hereby Publish and Declare , That all such person and persons , as on the first day of October , One thousand six hundred fifty nine , were Iustices of the Peace in any Counties , Cities , Precincts , Liberties , or Places , in England , Wales , or the Town of Berwick upon Tweed , by Force and Vertue of any Commission or Commissions , under the Great Seal of England ; and had by such Commissions , Power and Authority to Enquire of , Hear , and Determine Felonies , Trespasses , and other Offences , and to do other things in the same Commissions more at large expressed : And all such person and persons , who on the said First day of October , by Force of any Commissions or Letters Patents , under the said Great Seal , were Sheriffs of the several Counties , Precincts , and Places in England , Wales , and Town of Berwick upon Tweed , be , and are hereby continued Iustices of the Peace , Iustices of Oyer and Terminer , and Sheriffs respectively , of , and in their , and every of their several respective Counties , Cities , Precincts , Limits , Iurisdictions , and Places respectively , from , and after the said First day of October , and shall so continue , and be , until there shall be new Commissions and Letters Patents , or Commissions under the Great Seal of England , for the constituting of Iustices of the Peace , and Oyer and Terminer , and of such Sheriffs , of , and in the said several Counties , Places , and Precincts respectively made , and duely published . And they , and every of them shall have , and may lawfully Vse , Exercise , and Enjoy all and every the Iurisdictions , Powers , and Authorities whatsoever , which by the Laws and Statutes , Iustices of Peace of Oyer and Terminer , or Sheriffs respectively , may , or might lawfully Vse , Exercise , or Enjoy , and they , and every of them respectively , are hereby required and enjoyned to do the same . And all and every the said Sheriffs have hereby Power and Authority , and are enjoyned to execute and make return , according to usual course of all Writs issued or to be issued . And all and every Act , return of any Writs , or other thing whatsoever , Had , Made , Done , Vsed , or Exercised , or to be Had , Made , Done , or Exercised by the said Iustices and Sheriffs respectively , or by any other Officers or Ministers , or other person or persons whatsoever , by command or authority , by , or derived from , by , or under them respectively , is hereby Declared to be good and effectual . And all Commissioners for the monethly Assessments , Collectors , Receivers , and Receivers General of the said Assessments , Auditors , and Receivers , and other Officers of the publick Revenue in the several Counties and Precincts , Commissioners of the Customes and their Officers in the respective Ports , and Commissioners of Excise , and every of them , and the subordinate Officers of them , and every of them , are hereby authorized and required to proceed in the execution of their several and respective Duties , and to put in ure all and every the Powers and Authorities committed unto them , and every of them in their respective places ; and to do all and every Act and Thing incident thereunto , as fully as they did , or might have done , on , or before the said First day of October . And all and every person and persons whatsoever , are hereby required to conform themselves in payment of their respective Duties of Custome and Excise , and of the said monethly Assessments , and all other Revenues belonging to this Commonwealth accordingly , as they tender the preservation of the publick Peace : and to the end that free Quarter , and other mischiefs and inconveniences that may happen by their neglect or failer therein , may be avoided . Given at Whitehall the 31. day of October , 1659. ORdered , That this Proclamation be forthwith Printed and Published . William Robinson , Clerk of the Committee of Safety . London , Printed by Henry Hills and John Field , Printers to the Committee of Safety .