and PROPRIETARY of 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, pru-
dence, 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 indi-
viduals, 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 estab-
lished, by the imposition of fines, imprisonment, and other
punishment whatsoever; even if it be necessary, and the
guilty 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 ap-
pointed according to the tenor and true intent of these
presents, and to constitute and ordain judges) justices, mag-
istrates 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 BALTI-
MORE, or his heirs, shall seem most fitting; and also to
remit, release, pardon) 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, preto-
rian 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,