OF MARYLAND

the whole PROVINCE aforesaid, KNOW YE therefore further, that WE, for
US, our Heirs and Successors, do grant unto the said now Baron, (in whose
Fidelity, Prudence, Justice, and provident Circumspection of Mind, WE repose
the greatest Confidence) and to his Heirs, for the good and happy Government
of the said PROVINCE, free, full, and absolute Power, by the
Tenor of these Presents, to Ordain, Make, and Enact LAWS, of what
kind soever, according to their sound Discretions, whether relating to the
Public State of the said PROVINCE, or the private Utility of Individuals, of
and with the Advice, Assent, and Approbation of the Free-Men of the same
PROVINCE, or of the greater Part of them, or of their Delegates or Deputies,
whom WE will shall be called together for the framing of LAWS,
when, and as often as Need shall require, by the aforesaid now Baron of
BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, and in the Form which shall seem best to
him or them, and the same to publish under the Seal of the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, and duly to execute the same
upon all Persons, for the Time being, within the aforesaid PROVINCE, and
the Limits thereof, or under his or their Government and Power, in Sailing
towards MARYLAND, or thence Returning Outward-bound, either to
England, or elsewhere, whether to any other part of Our, or of any foreign
Dominions, wheresoever established, by the Imposition of Fines, Imprisonment,
and other Punishment whatsoever; even if it be necessary, and the
Quality of the Offence require it, by Privation of Member, or Life, by him
the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, or by his or
their Deputy, Lieutenant, Judges, Justices, Magistrates, Officers, and Ministers,
to be constituted and appointed according to the Tenor and true Intent of these
Presents, and to constitute and ordain Judges, Justices, Magistrates and Officers,
of what Kind, for what Cause, and with what Power soever, within that
Land, and the Sea of those Parts, and in such Form as to the said now Baron
of BALTIMORE, or his Heirs, shall seem most fitting: And also to
Remit, Release, Ordain, and Abolish, all Crimes and Offences whatsoever
against such Laws, whether before, or after Judgment passed; and to do all
and singular other Things belonging to the Completion of Justice, and to
Courts, Prætorian Judicatories, and Tribunals, Judicial Forms and Modes of
Proceeding, although express Mention thereof in these Presents be not made,
and, by Judges by them delegated, to award Process, hold Pleas, and determine
in those Courts, Prætorian Judicatories and Tribunals, in all Actions,
Suits, Causes, and Matters whatsoever, as well Criminal as Personal, Real
and Mixed, and Prætorian: Which said Laws, so to be published as abovesaid,
We will, enjoin, charge, and command, to be most absolute and firm
in Law, and to be kept in those Parts by all the Subjects and Liege-Men of
US, our Heirs and Successors, so far as they concern them, and to be inviolably
observed under the Penalties therein expressed, or to be expressed. So
NEVERTHELESS, that the Laws aforesaid be consonant to Reason, and be not
repugnant or contrary, but (so far as conveniently may be) agreeable to the
Laws, Statutes, Customs and Rights of this our Kingdom of England.

    VIII. AND FORASMUCH as, in the Government of so great a PROVINCE,
sudden Accidents may frequently happen, to which it will be necessary to
apply a Remedy, before the Freeholders of the said PROVINCE, the Delegates,
or Deputies, can be called together for the framing of Laws; neither
will it be fit that so great a Number of People should immediately, on such
emergent Occasion, be called together, WE THEREFORE, for the better Government
of so great a PROVINCE, do Will and Ordain, and by these Presents,
for US, our Heirs and Successors, do grant unto the said now Baron of
BALTIMORE , and to his Heirs, that the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE,
and his Heirs, by themselves, or by their Magistrates and
Officers, thereunto duly to be constituted as aforesaid, may, and can make
and constitute fit and wholesome Ordinances from Time to Time, to be kept