OF MARYLAND

Harbours, and other Creeks and Places aforesaid, within the PROVINCE aforesaid,
for Wares bought and sold, and Things there to be laden, or unladen
to be reasonably assessed by them, and the People there as aforesaid, on
emergent Occasion; to whom WE grant power by these presents, for us, our
Heirs and Successors, to assess and impose the said Taxes and Subsidies there,
upon just Cause, and in due Proportion.

    XVIII. AND FURTHERMORE, of our special Grace, and certain Knowledge,
and mere Motion, We have given, granted, and confirmed, and by
these Present, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do give, grant, and confirm,
unto the said now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns,
full and absolute Licence, Power, and Authority, that he, the aforesaid
now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, from Time to
Time hereafter, for ever, may and can, at his or their Will and pleasure,
assign, alien, grant, demise, or enfeoff so many, such, and proportionate Parts
And parcels of the Premisses, to any Person or Persons willing to purchase the
same, as they shall think convenient, to have and to hold to the same Person
or Persons willing to take or purchase the same, and his and their Heirs and
Assigns, in Fee-simple, or Fee-tail, or for Term of life, lives, or Years;
to hold of the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and
Assigns, by so many, such, and so great Services Customs, and Rents OF
THIS KIND, as to the same now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs,
and Assigns, shall seem fit and agreeable, and not immediately of US, our
Heirs or Successors. And WE do give, and by these Presents, for US, our
Heirs or Successors, do grant to the same Person and Persons, and to each
and every of them, Licence, Authority and Power, that such Person and persons,
may take the Premisses, or any Parcel thereof, of the aforesaid
now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, and hold the
same to them and their Assigns, or their Heirs, of the aforesaid Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, of what Estate of Inheritance soever,
in Fee-simple or Fee-tail, or otherwise as to them and the now Baron
of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, shall seem expedient; the Statute
made in the Parliament of Lord EDWARD, Son of King HENRY,
late King of England, our Progenitor, commonly called the "STATUTE
" QUIA EMPTORES TERRARUM," heretofore published in our Kingdom
of England, or any other Statute, Act, Ordinance, Usage, law, or
Custom, or any other Thing, Cause or Matter, to the contrary thereof
notwithstanding.

    XIX. WE also, by these Presents, do give and grant Licence to the same
Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs, to erect any Parcels of Land
within the PROVINCE aforesaid, into Manors, and in every of those manors,
to have and to hold a Court-Baron, and all Things which to a Court-Baron
do belong; and to have and to keep View of Frank-Pledge, for the Conservation
of the Peace and better Government of those parts, by themselves and
their Stewards, or by the Lords, for the Time being to be deputed, of other
of those Manors when they shall be constituted, and in the same to exercise
all Things to the View of the Frank-Pledge belonging.

    XX. AND FURTHER WE will, and do, by these Presents, for US, our
Heirs and Successors, covenant and grant to, and with the aforesaid now Baron
of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, that WE, our Heirs, and
Successors, at no Time hereafter, will impose, or make or cause to be imposed,
any Impositions, Customs, or other Taxations, Quotas, or Contributions
whatsoever, in or upon the Residents or Inhabitants of the PROVINCE aforesaid
for their Goods, Lands, or Tenements within the same PROVINCE, or
upon any Tenements, Lands, Goods, or Chattels within the Province aforesaid,