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AN ACT&punc; Appointing COMMISSIONERS For the GOVERNMENT Of the Army.</HEAD>
<P>_BE it enacted by this pre&s;ent Parliament, and the Authority thereof; and it is hereby enacted, That one Act made by this pre&s;ent Parliament In&s;tituted an Act, Con&s;tituting <HI>Charls Fleetwood <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR></HI> Lievtenant General, Commander in Chief of the Forces Rai&s;ed&punc; and to be Rai&s;ed by Authority of Parliament, within <HI>Eng and</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> and all Powers thereby Given; Be, and are, hereby Repealed, and made Voyd; and that the Army and Forces in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> of this Commonwealth &s;hall, for the future, be Governed by Commi&s;sioners, in the Place and Stead of a Lievtenant General: And that Liev|tenant General <HI>Charls Fleetwood,</HI> Lievtenant General <HI>Edmond Ludlow,</HI> General <HI>George Monk,</HI> Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;lerigg,</HI> Baronet, Colonel <HI>Valentine Walton,</HI> Colonel <HI>Herbert Morley,</HI> and Colonel <HI>Robert Overton;</HI> Be, and are hereby ap|poynted Commi&s;sioners, to Execute all and &s;ingular the Powers and Authorities In&s;ident, belonging to the Office of the Lievtenant General of the Army of this Commonwealth, in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Scotland,</HI> in as large and ample manner, as in and by the &s;aid Recited Act, was Granted and Expre&s;&s;ed: and that they or any three, or more of them, &s;hall&punc; and may, Execute the &s;aid Office and Powers from the eleventh day of <HI>October,</HI> 1659. untill the twelfth Day of <HI>February</HI> 1659. any Act or Commi&s;&s;ion what&s;oever, made or granted to the contrary, in any wi&s;e, notwith&s;tanding; And that all Officers and Souldiers of the Army, and other Per&s;ons concerned, are hereby Required to yield their Obedience to the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners accordingly: And the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners are to Obey and Ob&s;erve &s;uch Orders and Di|rections as they, or any thr&eacute;e, or more, of them, &s;hall, from time to time, Receive, from the Parliament, or Council of State appointed, or which &s;hall be appointed, by Authority of Parliament.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Pa&s;&s;ed <DATE><HI>October</HI> the 12th. 1659.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Thomas St. Nicholas Clerk of the Parliament.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Streater, By Vertue of E&s;pecial Command.</HI></P>
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