94 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1636-1647.
[Proclamation against Forestallers.]

Liber F.
p. 145

ffor preventing the Avaritious dessigns, of all Such as Shall
for private Lucre practise the Ingrossing fforestalling broking
or Regrating of goods to the Common and publick damage and
prejudice of the Inhabitants of the Province It is hereby prohi-
bited and forewarned to all persons as well fforreignors as
Inhabitants, that noe person whatsoever fforestall contract bar-
gain or bid price for any goods hereafter Imported or des-
signed to be Imported into the Province to or with the owner
of Such goods or any other to his use, nor receive or carry
from aboard any Such goods, nor move or advise the owner of
Such goods, to any price or certain rate to the prejudice of the
Inhabitants, nor to import or utter them in the Province, or to
unlade or utter the goods then in the Province, nor that
any Such owner or other person importing any goods, Sell
utter unlade or deliver any Such goods within the Province to
any Such person afore or untill he have been with the Lieuten-
ant General, or before leave published, to break bulk upon
Such rates as Shall be agreed upon, and that after Such rates
agreed upon and published by the Lieutenant General noe
person buy Sell bargain or contract for any Such goods at
higher rates than Shall be Soe agreed and published and that
after any goods are arrived within the Province and rates pub-
lished as afore noe person Ingross or buy to Sell again any
Such goods out of any pinnace or less Vessell untill 7 days nor

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out of any Ship Or Greater Vessell untill 28 days at least after
Such Ship or Pinace have had leave to break bulk, nor Sell or
utter any goods Soe bought within the time aforesaid at higher
Rates than the rates published for those goods, and that noe
person whatsoever regrate or Sell again within this Province
any goods bought in Virginia untill further leave or order
from the Lieutenant General, And for the better Execucon
hereof I doe hereby will and require the Sherriff of each County
Imediatly upon the arrival of any Ship or other Vessel in any
County to goe aboard the Same, and there to fix a Coppy of
his proclamacon upon the Mast, and to use all means and
authority requisite for an Officer to use, that the Same be duly
observed by all persons whome it Shall concern and without
further warrant to arrest and imprison any person or persons
as Shall infringe or contemne the Same Whereof I require the
Said Officers and all other persons to take notice upon perill
of Such censure of Court as the Contempt and importance of
it to the publick damage Shall deserve Given the 9^th Novemb
1640:
Memorandum That the last foregoeing Procla-
macon is Cross't out in the Orriginall Record
book.