An abstract or the laws of New England as they are now establishedAn abstract or the lawes of New England as they are novv established

2 The Governor hath power with the Assistants to govern the whole Country, according to the Laws established hereafter mentioned; He hath power of himself, and in his absence the Deputy Governor, to moderate all public actions of the Common-wealth, as

2 The Governor hath power with the Assistants to governe the whole Countrey, according to the Laws established hereafter mentioned; He hath power of himselfe, and in his absence the Deputy Governor, to moderate all publike actions of the Common-wealth, as

First, To send out warrants for the calling of the general Court.¹

First, To send out warrants for the calling of the generall Court.¹

1. 1Josh. 24.1.Iosh. 24.1.

Secondly, To order and ransack all actions in the Court where he sitteth: as, to gather Suffrages and Voices, and to pronounce Sentences according to the greater part of them.

Secondly, To order and ransacke all actions in the Court where he sitteth: as, to gather Suffrages and Voyces, and to pronounce Sentences according to the greater part of them.