Province

entire religious freedom, were made tin* bar-.is
of the new settlement, for which, with Ports-
mouth and Newport, Williams obtained
(1644) a royal charter as the 'Providence
Plantations in the Narrngansctt Bay in Nrw
England.'

Province, originally, in ancient Rome, the
department of public business assigned to a
particular magistrate. When Rome acquired
dominions outside Italy, they carne to be
called provinces in a more special sense; and
thus the term finally came to mean a district,
and not a department.

Provincetown, town, liarnstable co.,
Massachusetts, at the extremity of Cape Cod
on the inland side, 120 m. by rail s.e. of

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can Protestunt-Kpkcopal prelate, of Hugue-
not ancentrs, was born in Ne\\ York City,
the son of a \u-alth\ merchant. Fn 1784 he
been mi' rector of Trinity church, New York,
and two year* afterward was elected first
Bishop of New York.

Provost ( Lat. t>nrtn>.\it us], the chief magis -
trate of a burgh in Scotland, corresponding to
the mayor in Kngland. The term is applied
also to the heads of certain colleges in Eng-
land, and the University of Pennsylvania in
the United States.

Provost Marshal, a military officer, com-
mon to all armies, who is detailed in charge
of the police of a camp, garrison, or army in
the Held. In the United States service each

Providence, R. L
Left, Cathedral; Right, State House.

Boston. It is a quaint old town with a fine
harbor, has whaling and fishing interests, and
is a popular summer resort. Provincetown
was permanently settled in 1714; i>. 3,608.

Province Welleslcy, British colony on
the w. coast of the Malay Peninsula, op-
posite Penang or Prince of Wales island, to
which it belongs administratively. It has been
British since 1798.

Provisors, Statute of, a British statute
passed in the reign of Edward nr., prohibit-
ing the making of a reversionary grant of a
benefice, or receiving a fee or reward out of
a living, as a provision for foreign cardinals,

Provo, city, Utah. Utah Lake, the Prove
Canon, and Bridal Veil Falls, in the vicinity,
make it attractive to tourists. Provo is situ-
ated in a fruit-growing and cattle-raising re-
gion and exports large quantities of fruits
and vegetables; p, 18,071,

Provoost, Samuel (1743-1815), Ameri-

sqmrnte army in the field has a Provost
Marshal General, of the grade of field officer,
each army corps a Provost Marshal of field
rank, and each division one of the. rank of
captain. In the navy, the provost marshal is
a person appointed to have charge of a pris-
oner before a court-martial and until the
sentence of the court is carried into execu-
tion.

Prox. (proximo), *in the next month.'
Proxy, a term applied to the* authority
granted to one person to vole in place, of an-
other, and also to the person who votes in
exercise of that authority, To vote 'by proxy,'
therefore, is to vote, by representation. In the
conventions of polit;*-al part it's voting by
proxy is sometimes allowed, but never at
elections,

Prudden, Theophil Mitchell (1849-
1924), American pathologist, was born in
Midcllebury, Conn, He was connected with