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Additionall Articles to the preceeding charge
against the Lord Baltemore and his Deputies
vizt
1. The erecting and setting up of new Offices and Officers
and granting unreasonable and excessive Fees without Act of
Assembly: such as are the examiner Generall Attorney Gen-
eral in Provinciall and the County Courts the Clerke of the
Councill and doorkeeper to the same with many others.
2. The granting and giveing away of Lands as Escheats
before found so to be by inquisition
3. The fineing of men absent without giveing day in Court
to answer by sci: fac: or otherwise often times without Juryes
where matter of Fact ought to be enquired of and found
4. The Judges for Probate of Wills and granting of Admin-
istrations refuseing oftentimes to do the same att their Office
but by way of comicon into the Countyes thereby to augment
and in a manner double their Fees, to the great burthen and
charge of the Inhabitants.
5. Not observeing the Rules appointed them by Act of
Assembly for keeping and holding their said Courts to the
great disappointment charge and hazard of the Inhabitants
and Suitors thereunto.
6. The disposeing and arbitrary selling of places and offices
of Trust to persons incapable to manage the same for mony
or otherwise at extraordinary rates whereby the same are
unduely managed and the persons themselves forced to extort
from the Inhabitants Illegall exhorbitant and excessive Fees for
their support and maintenance.
7. That by such undue proceedings the records of the
Prov" and County Courts especially of the Provinciall Court
are omitted to be entered but in the loose papers and minutes
of the Clarkes who making way for others that give or offer
most, are removed before such time as they could make due
entry thereof and their minutes not understood by their suc-
ceeding Officers by which means such Judgements are reversi-
ble by writt of Error.
8. All the Judges att Comon Law Chancery Probate of
Wills &c: and of the upper house of Assembly erected by the
said Lord Baltemore being one and the self same persons and
neerely allied that little Justice is to be expected when any of
them are sued as often happens or as little redress upon any
just appeale from them in one capacity to the same persons in
another.
9. For the same reason the penall Laws made against Offi-
cers for extorting unjust and illegall Fees can take little or
noe effect the said persons being actually possessed themselves
or by their mercenary deputies of all Offices of profitt within
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P. R. O.
Maryland
B. I. Vol. 2,
B. E.
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