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342 MARYLAND MANUAL. is terminated; And all the Tract of that Land within the Metes underwritten, (that is to say,) passing from the said Bay, called Delaware Bay, in a right line, by the degree aforesaid, unto the true Meridian of the first Fountain of the River of Pattowrnack, thence verging toward the South, unto the further Bank of the said River, and following the same on the West and South, unto a certain place called Cinquack, situate near the Mouth of the said River, where it disembogues into the aforesaid Bay of Chesapeake, and thence by the shortest line unto the aforesaid Promontory, or Place called Watkins’ Point so that the whole Tract of Land, divided by the Line aforesaid, between the Main Ocean and Watkins’ Point, unto the Promontory called Cape Charles and every the Appendages thereof, may entirely remain excepted for ever to US, our Heirs and Successors. IV. Also WE DO GRANT, and likewise CONFORM unto the said Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs, and Assigns, all Islands and Islets within the Limits aforesaid, all and sin- gui ar the Islands, and Islets, from the Eastern Shore of the aforesaid Region, toward the East, which have been, or shall be formed in the Sea, situate within ten marine Leagues from the said Shore; with all and singular the Ports, Har bors, Bays, Rivers, and Straits belonging to the Region, or Islands aforesaid, and all the Soil, Plains, Woods, Moun tains, Marshes, Lakes, Rivers Bays and Straits, situate, or being within the Metes, Bounds, and Limits aforesaid, with the Fishiugs of every kind of Fish, as well as of Whales, Sturgeons, and other royal Fish, as of other Fish, in the Sea, Bays, Straits, or Rivers, within the Premises, and the Fish there taken, And moreover all Veins, Mines and Quar ries, as well opened as hidden, already found, or that shall be found within the Region, Islands, or Limits aforesaid, of Gold, Silver, Gems, and precious Stones and any other whatsoever, whether they be of Stones or Metals, or of any other Thing, or Matter whatsoever; And furthermore the PATRONAGES and ADvowsoNs of all churches, which, (with the increasing Worship and Religion of CHRIST,) within the said Region, Islands, Islets, and Limits aforesaid, here after shall happen to be built; together with License and Faculty of erecting and founding Churches, Chapels and Places of Worship, in convenient and suitable Places, within the Premises and causing the same to be dedicated and consecrated according to the Ecclesiastical Laws of our Kingdom of England, with all and singular, such, and as ample Rights, Jurisdictions, Privileges, Prerogatives, Royal ties, Liberties, Immunities, and royal Rights and temporal Franchises whatsoever, as well by Sea as by Land, within |
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Maryland Manual, 1927
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