An ACT enabling the Secretary of the Colony for the Time being, to surrogate and appoint a Deputy under him.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly, and by the Authority thereof it is Enacted, That i• sh•ll and may be lawful for the Secretary of the Colony for the Time being, to surrogate and appoint a Deputy under him; who is hereby au|thorized and impowered to act and •o,* in the Absence of the Secretary, all Things, by Law required of him, as fully and amply in all Things▪ and to all Intents and Purposes, as the Se|cretary himself might or could do, were he personally present, he appointing such a One as the Governor shall approve of.