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Presents doth nominate License and Appoint ———— to be Ferry-
man and keep Ferry over the said River And We strictly Prohibit
and forbid any other Person or Persons whatsoever without the
License and Consent of the said ———— first had and Obtained to
keep any Ferry over the said Place or to Carry or transport Passen-
gers or Travellers on any pretence whatsoever to the hurt hindrance
or Prejudice of the said ———— And We do hereby strictly charge
and enjoyn the said ———— to keep a good and substantial Boat for
the Carriage and Passage of Travellers and sufficient and able Boats
to carry Coaches Carts or Waggons and to give Constant and due
Attendance so as no Person shall be retarded or delayed for want
of a Passage Wind and Weather permitting and We hereby declare
that if the said ———— shall neglect to perform what they are hereby
Enjoin'd and Required to do that such Neglect shall be a forfeiture
of this Our License and that the same shall actually Cease and
determine and for the better Encouragement and Support of them
the said ———— We do hereby Impower the said ———— to ask and
demand for the Passage of every Traveller and his or her Horse or
Mare Twelve Pence Current Money of this Our Passage for the
Passage of every such Traveller having no Horse or Mare Six Pence
like Money for the Passage of any Coach Chaise Waggon or Cart
two shillings and Six Pence like Money for the Passage of every
Horse or Draught Beast drawing the same Six Pence like Money
for the Passage of every Steer or Cow Six Pence each like Money
for the Passage of any Steer or Cow two Pence each like Money
Hereby strictly forbidding the same to Extort any Greater Rewards
of Travellers or others on Pain of forfeiting this Our License and
being Subject to such other Penalties as may be Agreable to Law
Provided always that neither Ourself Our Governor for the time
being any of Our Council of State Our Chancellor Commissary
General Secretary Agent or Attorney General either for Us or them
Our or their Servants Attendants or Horses shall be Obliged to Pay
any Ferriage but shall be wholly exempt from such Payment any
thing in this License to the Contrary notwithstanding the said
———— to have and enjoy the said Ferry and to receive and take to
their own use the several Rewards aforesaid except as before ex-
cepted for the space of one whole Year from the date of these Pres-
ents Yielding and Paying therefore for the same unto Us or to our
Agent and Receiver General for the time being at his dwelling House
the Sum of ———— Pounds Sterling for Our Use Witness Our said
Agent at Annapolis the ———— day of ———— In the ———— Year
of Our Dominion Anno Domini —— ——
Which was Read and Referred for Consideration on Monday next
Samuel Chamberlain Esqr from the Upper House delivers Mr
Speaker the Bill entituled An Act to prevent the Exportation of
Indian Corn for the time therein limited (See page 175)
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