# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
**Method:** Automated (Claude Batch API — claude-opus-4-6)

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And that the Governor's Signature only is
neceſsary or proper to the Acts and
Judgements of the s^d Courts And that
the Signatures of the Council or any
of them thereto lead to Confusion
uncertainty and doubt — That the
Deemsters are the Sole Judges of the
Court of Common Law — That the
inferior Courts or Magistrates cannot
lawfully remit mitigate or suspend
Fines and Punishments in the way
they have been doing of late Years —
That the Signature of the Council
or any of them to the Common Jurats
of Persons Sworn into office is an
innovation and unneceſsary and
improper —

All which I am ready and willing