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made, be appropriated to the support of the government, and to no other 

 use whatsoever. 



NUMBER XXXVIII. 



JAMAICA. 



At tbw Committee of Tnde and Plantations, in the council-chamber at 

 Whitehall, on Saturday the loth of October, 1680, 



PRESENT, 



Prince Rupert, Earl of Clarendon, 



Duke t)f A bemajle, Earl of Essex, 



Lord Chamberlain, Viscount Fauconberg, 



Earl c f Bndgewater, Earl of Halifax, 



Earl of Sunderland, Mr Secretary Jenkins. 



Colonel Long and the other gentlemen of Jamaica attend, and are ac- 

 quainted with the resolutions of the committee to report to his majesty, 

 that they may enjoy the same method of making laws as is now appointed 

 for Barbadoes j with which the gentlemen express themselves very well 

 satisfied. 



NUMBER XXXIX. 



Copy of powers to the carl oj Ca lisle for making laws : 

 Charles the second, by the grace of God, king of Englar.d, Scotland, 



France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. 



To our right trusty and right well-beloved cousin Charles eail of Carlisle, 

 our captain general and governor in chief in and over our island of Ja- 

 maica, and other the territories depending thereon 5 and to our deputy 

 governor and commander in chief of our said island j and in case of 

 their death or absence, to our council of Jamaica. 



Whereas, by our royal commission bearing date the first of March, 

 in the thirtieth year of our reign, we having thought fit to constitute and 

 nnpoint you, Charles earl of Carlisle, captain-general and governor in 

 chief in and over our island of Jamaica, and the territories depending 

 thereon, thereby commanding and requiring you, or in your absence our 

 deputy-governor, or our council, to do and execute all things belonging 

 to the said command, and the trust reposed in you, according to the seve- 

 ral powers or directions granted or appointed you by the said commission 

 and the instructions therewith given you, or by further powers and instruc- 

 tions to be granted or appointed you under our signet and sign manual, as 

 3 ,- our said commission (reference being thereunto had) doth more at large 



