MARYLAND MANUAL. 303
XIX. WE, also, by these Presents, do give and grant
License 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 Manor's, 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 Stew-
ards, 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 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 im-
posed, any Impositions, Customs, or other Taxations,
Quotas or Contributions whatsoever, in or upon the Resi-
dents or Inhabitants of the PROVINCE aforesaid, for their
Goods, Lands, or Tenements within the same PROVINCE,
or upon any tenements, lands, goods of chattels within the
PROVINCE, aforesaid, or in or upon any Goods or Merchandizes
within the PROVINCE aforesaid, or within the Ports
or Harbours of the said PROVINCE, to be laden or unladen:
And WE Will and do, for US, our Heirs and Successors,
enjoin and command that this our Declaration shall from
Time to Time, be received and allowed in all our Courts
and Praetorian Judicatories, and before all the Judges
whatsoever of US, our Heirs and Successors, for a sufficient
and lawful Discharge, Payment and Acquittance thereof,
charging all and singular the Officers and Ministers of US,
our Heirs and Successors, and enjoining them, under our
heavy Displeasure, that 'they do not at any Time presume
to attempt any Thing to the contrary of the Premises, or
that may in any wise contravene the same, but that they,
at all Times as is fitting, do aid and assist the aforesaid
now Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Hears, and the afore-
said Inhabitants and Merchants of the PROVINCE of MARY-
LAND aforesaid, and their Servants and Ministers, Factors
' and Assigns, in the fullest Use and Enjoyment of this our
CHARTER.
XXI. AND FURTHERMORE WE WILL, and by these Pres-
ents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do grant unto the
aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and As-
signs and to the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the said
PROVINCE, both present and to come, and to every of them,
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