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Maryland Manual, 1927
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MARYLAND MANUAL. 347


Successors, of any officers of US, our Heirs or Successors
(Saving unto Us, our Heirs and Successors, the Imposi
tions, Subsidies, Customs, and other Dues payable for the
same Goods and Merchandizes), any Statute, Act, Ordi
nance or other Thing whatsoever to the contrary notwith
standing.

XII. BUT BECAUSE, that in so remote a Region, placed
among so many barbarous Nations, the Incursions, as well
of the Barbarians themselves, as of other Enemies, Pirates
and Ravagers, probably will be feared, THEREFORE WE have
Given, and for US, our Heirs and Successors, do Give by
these Presents, as full and unrestrained Power as any Cap
tain-General of an Army ever hath had, unto the aforesaid
now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs and Assigns,
by themselves or by their Captains or other Officers, to sum
mon to their Standards, or to array all Men, of whatsoever
Condition, or wheresoever born for the Time being, in the
said Province of MARYLAND, to wage War, and to pursue,
even beyond the Limits of’ their Province, the Enemies and
Ravagers aforesaid, infesting those Parts by Land and by
Sea, and (if GOD shall grant it) to vanquish and captivate
them, and the Captives to put to Death, or, according to
their Discretion, to save, and to do all other and singular
the Things which appertain, or have been accustomed to
appertain unto the Authority and Office of a Captain-
General of an Army.

XIII. We also WILL, and by this our CHARTER, do
Give unto the aforesaid now baron of BALTIMORE, and
to his Heirs and Assigns, Power, Liberty and Authority,
that, in Case of Rebellion, sudden Tumult or Sedition, if
any (which GOD forbid) should happen to arise, whether
upon Land within the PRovINCE aforesaid, or upon the High
Sea in making a Voyage to the said PROVINCE of MARY
LAND, or in returning thence, they may, by themselves,
or by their Captains, or other Officers, thereunto deputed
under their Seals (to whom WE, for US, our Heirs and
Successors, by these Presents, do Give and Grant the
fullest Power and Authority) exercise Martial Law as
freely, and in as ample Manner and Form, as any Captain
General of any Army, by virtue of his Office may, or hath
accustomed to use the same, against the seditious Authors
of Innovations in those Parts, withdrawing themselves from
the Government of him or them, refusing to serve in War,
flying over to the Enemy, exceeding their Leave of Absence,
Deserters, or otherwise howsoever offending against the
Rule, Law, or Discipline of War.


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