350       Provincial Court Proceedings, 1668.

       LiberFF     & Comon Councell or the Major part of them then assembled from
              tyme to tyme the said paynes, penaltycs & Forfeitures to be raised by
              distresse and Sale of the Goods of such person soe offending and to
              be imployed for the publiq benifitt of the said Citty att their Dis-
              crecon wch sd By Lawes and Orders shall be alsoe repealeable or
              lyable to be mittigated or altered att the Will of our self e our heires
              or our Leivtennt Respectively And further wee Grant & give Licence
          648]     to the Major Recorder Aldermen & comon Councell of the sd Citty for
         the tyme being & their Successors for eü To have and to hold one
         thkett weekely within the sd Citty on eüy Saterday in the sd weeke in
         some Convenient place to be by thm appointed within the pcincts of the
         sd Citty And alsoe one faire yearely to be kept on the three & twentyeth
         day of February in eüy yeare for the Sale & vending of all mann
         of goods Cattle mchandize & all other Commoditycs wtsocü & to sett
         such a reasonable Toll upon such goods Cattle thchandize & othe Com-
         modityes as shalbe sold therein respectively as shalbe thought fitt
         by our selfe our heires or our Leivtennt of our sd pvince for the tyme
         being And shall & may alsoe have & hold a Court of Pypowdry dur-
         ing the sd Faire for the Detminacon of all Controüsies & quarrells
         wch may happen therein according to the usuall Course in England in
         the like Cases And wee Grant unto thm all pfitts & pquisitts due inci-
         dent & belonging to the Markett Faire & Court of Pypowder Pro-
         vided allwaies the if the sd Major or Recorder so chosen or to be
         chosen from tyme to tyme as aforesd or either or any of thm shall
         att any tyme hereafter misbehave him or themselves in the Execucon
         of their or any of their seüall & respective office or offices in the
         Judgmt of ourselfe or our heires or our Leivtennt of the sd pvince
         for the time being And tht wee or our heires or our Leivtennt of the
         sd pvince for the tyme being shall direct & signify under our his their
         or any of their hand & Seale hands & Scales to the Aldermen of the
         sd Citty or any two of them That it is our his or their pleasure that
         such Major or Recorder Respectively soc misbehaveing them or thm
         selves shalbe removed or disposed from the execucon of his or their
         respective office or Offices respectively That then & imediately after
         such significacon the Authority & power hereby Given to such Mayor
         or Recorder respectively shall cease & be voyd And wee hereby au-
         [p. 649] thorizc & appoynt that another Major or Recorder respectively be
              within one month next after elected & chosen in mann aforesd as
              if the sd Major or Recorder soe misbehaveing him or themselves &
              so as us our heires or Leivtennt or any of us directed or appointed
              to be removed were actually dead Given att St Maries under our greate
              Seale of the sd pvince the Third day of November in the Seaven &
              thirtyeth yeare of our Dominion oü Maryland annoq domini One
              thousand six hundred sixty eight Wittnes our Leivtennt of the said
              Province                     Charles Calvert