& respective Countyes within this Province And be itt
further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, that if any the
said Convicts are allready landed sold given or disposed of to
any person or persons within this Province or shall hereafter
be landed sold given or disposed of without such bond given
as aforesaid, that the next Justice of the Peace to the place of
Residence of any the said Convicts or of the person to whom
the said Convicts shall be sold given or disposed of shall forth-
with send for such Convicted person or persons, & them to
Prison shall comitt untill the Masters of the Shipp in which
they were transported or the ffactor or ffactors to whom the
said Convicts shall happen to be Consigned, or the person or
persons to whom the said Convicts shall happen to be sold
given or otherwise disposed of shall Enter into like Bond of
fifty pounds sterling to his said Lordpp with Condicon for the
good behaviour of the said Convicts dureing their stay or
Aboade within this Province.
By the Governor & Councell of this Province of Maryland
A Remonstrance of the true State of the Province & of the
causes & reasons of the publique Taxes.
The Governor & Councell takeing into serious Consideracon
the gentle & moderate hand allwayes carryed over this Prov-
ince by his Lordpp dureing the life of his deceased ffather &
the many Condescentions of his Lordpp since the Absolute
Comand of right devolved to him, cannot but with wonder &
Amazemt reflect upon the Levity not to say Ingratitude of the
People, who have bin so farre blinded by the Spetious prtences
of some desperate & ill Affected persons as to runn out into
an Actuall Rebellion against his Lordpps Governmt when with
joyned hands & united hearts we ought as one man to have
risen upp against the Heathen, & with as constant & Con-
firmed Councells have prepared against such Evills as have
now Involved our neighbour Colony in an Intestine Warre, &
well nigh buried her in her owne ruines. Yett will they not
sinke under the burden, but as on the one side they will by
the sword of Justice lopp off such rotten members as doe
Endanger the whole, so on the other side they will Endeavour
to give all reasonable satisfaction to understanding & unbi-
ased persons The great Clamour is against the greatnes of
the Taxes; the debarring of some ffreemen who have nothing
to Entitle themselves to a being in this Province, from voting
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