Law record, 1638-1927.

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Law record, 1638-1927.

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Manuscript recorded copy of legislation passed and signed into law. Volumes are arranged chronologically and then by chapter number.

110 volumes.

Maryland State Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6705702

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Maryland. General Assembly

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The General Assembly traces its origins to the beginnings of the colony when its first settlers met in assembly in 1635 and adopted a body of laws by which they wished to be governed by the Lord Proprietary. In January 1637/8, the lord proprietry himself called an assembly of all freemena of the province, or their representative proxy, to approve an alternative set of laws he had devised. The second assembly defeated the proprietary's laws and passed their own before adjourning, est...