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Appendix. 569 Regulacon & good Govrnrnt of Trade & other Matters exigences Prov. Ct. & things within ye sd pcincts as to ym or ye Major pte of them F F shall seerne meete so as they be Consonant to Reason & not con- No.3 trary but as neere as Conveniently may be agreeable to ye Lawes Statutes & Customes of England & of ye sd pvince of Maryland wch sd By Lawes & Ordinances being ratified & Confirmed by our selfe or our heires or our Leiutenant of ye sd Province for ye time being shall be observed kept & performed by all mannr of psons trading & liveing within ye sd Citty under such reasonable paines penaltyes & forfeitures as shall be imposed by ye said Major Recorder Aldermen & Comon Councell or the Major part of them then assembled from tyme to tyme the said paynes, penaltyes & forfeitures to be raised by distresse and Sale of the Goods of such person soe offending and to be imployed for the publique benefitt of the said Citty att theire discrecon wch sd By Lawes and Orders shall be alsoe repealeable or lyable to be mittigated or altered att ye Will of our selfe our heires or our Leiutennt Respectively And further wee Grant & give Licence to ye Major Recorder Aldermen & p. 648 comon Councell of ye sd Citty for ye tyme being & their Successors forevr to have and to hold one mrkett weekely within ye sd Citty on evry Saterday in ye sd weeke in some Convenient place to be by ym appointed within ye pcincts of ye sd Citty And alsoe one faire yearely to be kept on ye three & twentieth day of ffebruary in evry yeare for ye Sale & vending of all mannr of goods Cattle mrchandize & all other Commodityes wtsoevr & to sett such a reasonable Toll upon such goods Cattle merchandize & other Commodityes as shalbe sold therein respectively as shalbe thought fitt by our selfe our heires or our Leiutennt of our sd pvince for ye tyme being And shall & may alsoe have & hold a Court of Pypowdry during ye sd ffaire for the detrminacon of all Controvrsies & quarrells wch may happen therein according to ye usuall Course in England in ye like Cases And wee Grant unto ym all pfitts & pquisitte due incident & belonging to ye sd Markett ffaire & Court of Pypowder Provided allwaies yt if ye sd Mayor or Recorder so chosen or to be chosen from tyme to tyme as aforesd or either or any of ym shall att any tyme hereafter misbehave him or themselves in ye Execucon of their or any of their sevrall & respective office or offices in ye Judgmt of ourselfe or our heires or our Leiutennt of the sd pvince for ye time being And yt wee or our heires or our Leiutennt of ye sd pvince for ye tyme being shall direct & signify under our his their or any of their hands & Seale hands & Seales hands to ye Aldermen of ye sd Citty or any two of them that it is our his or their pleasure that such Mayor or Recorder Respectively soe misbehaveing them or ymselves shalbe removed or disposed from ye execucon of his or their respective office or offices respectively that then & imediately after such significacon ye Authority & power hereby Given to such |
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