Countries they shall think proper, whether belonging to US,
or any foreign Power, which shall he 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 Cus-
toms and Impositions, Subsidies and Taxes, as our other Sub-
jects of the 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 MARY-
LAND, 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 ab-
solute 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 Merchandize 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 consti-
tuted by the said now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and
Assigns, and 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 King-
doms of England and Ireland, of US, our Heirs and Success-
ors, 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 on 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, neces-
sary in this Behalf in the same Manner as heretofore they
reasonably might, or have used to do. Which Liberties and
Privileges, the said Subject 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.