OF MARYLAND

    XV. WE WILL also, and by these Presents do, for US, our Heirs and
Successors, give and grant Licence by this our CHARTER, unto the aforesaid
now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, and to all
Persons whatsoever, who are, or shall be Residents and Inhabitants of the
PROVINCE aforesaid, freely to import and unlade, by themselves, their Servants,
Factors, or Assigns, all Wares and Merchandizes whatsoever, which
shall be collected out of the Fruits and Commodities of the said PROVINCE,
whether the Product of the Land or the Sea into any the Ports whatsoever
of US, our Heirs and Successors, of England or Ireland, or otherwise to dispose
of the same there; and, if Need be within One Year to be computed
immediately from the Time of unlading thereof, to lade the same Merchandizes
again, in the same, or other Ships, and to export the same to any other
Countries they shall think proper, whether belonging to US, or any foreign
Power which shall be in Amity with US, our Heirs or Successors: PROVIDED
always, that they be bound to pay for the same to US, our Heirs and Successors,
Such Customs and Impositions, subsidies and Taxes, as our other
Subjects of our Kingdom of England, for the Time being, shall be bound to
pay, beyond which WE WILL that the Inhabitants of the aforesaid PROVINCE
of the said land, called MARYLAND, shall not be burdened.

    XVI. AND FURTHERMORE, of our more ample special Grace, and of our
certain knowledge, and mere Motion, WE do, for US, our Heirs and Successors,
grant unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs
and Assigns, full and absolute Power and Authority to make, erect, and constitute,
within the PROVINCE of MARYLAND, and the Islands and Islets
aforesaid, such, and so many Sea-ports, Harbours, Creeks, and other Places
of Unlading and Discharge of Goods and Merchandizes out of Ships, Boats,
and other vessels, and of lading in the same, and in so many, and such
Places, and with such Rights, Jurisdictions, Liberties, and Privileges, unto
such Ports respecting, as to him or them shall seem most expedient: And,
that all and every the Ships, Boats, and other Vessels whatsoever, coming to,
or going from the PROVINCE aforesaid, for the Sake of Merchandizing,
shall be laden and unladen at such ports only as shall be so erected and constituted
by the said now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, any usage,
Custom, or any other Thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding.
SAVING always to US, our Heirs and Successors, and to all the Subjects of
our Kingdoms of England and Ireland, of Us, our Heirs and Successors, the
Liberty of Fishing for Sea-Fish, as well in the Sea, Bays, Straits, and navigable
Rivers, as in the Harbours, Bays, and Creeks of the PROVINCE aforesaid;
and the Privilege of Salting and Drying Fish in the Shores of the same
Province; and, for that Cause, to cut down and take Hedging-Wood and
Twigs there growing, and to build Huts and Cabbins necessary in this Behalf,
in the same Manner as heretofore they reasonably might, or have used
to do. Which Liberties and Privileges, the said Subjects of US, our Heirs
and Successors, shall enjoy, without notable Damage or Injury in any wise to
be done to the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs or
Assigns, or to the Residents and Inhabitants of the same PROVINCE in the
Ports, Creeks, and Shores aforesaid, and especially in the Woods and Trees
there growing. And if any person shall do Damage or Injury of this Kind,
he shall incur the Peril and Pain of the heavy Displeasure of US, our Heirs
and Successors, and of the due Chastisement of the Laws, besides making Satisfaction.

    XVII. MOREOVER, WE will, appoint, and ordain, and by these Presents,
for US, our Heirs and Successors, do grant unto the aforesaid now Baron of
BALTIMORE, His Heirs and Assigns, from Time to Time, for ever, shall
have, and enjoy the Taxes and Subsidies payable, or arising within the Ports,

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