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350 MARYLAND MANUAL. aforesaid, within the PROVINCE aforesaid, for Wares bought and sold, and Things there to be laden and unladen, to be reasonably assessed by them, and the People there as afore said, on emergent Occasion; to whom WE grant Power and by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors to assess and impose the said Taxes and Subsidies there, upon just Cause, and in due Proportion. XVIII. -AND FURTHERMORE, of our special Grace and cer tain Knowledge, and mere Motion, WE have given, granted and confirmed, and by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, do give, grant, and confirm, unto the afore said now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, full and absolute License, Power and Authority that he, the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, from Time to Time, hereafter, for ever, may and can, at his or their Will and Pleasure, assign, alien, grant, demise, or enfeoff so many, such and proportionate Parts and Parcels of the Premises, to any Person or Persons, will ing to purchase the same, as they shall think convenient, to have and to hold to the same Person or Persons willing to take or purchase the same, and his and their Heirs and Assigns, in Fee-Simple, of Fee-tail, or for Term of Life, Lives or Years; to hold of the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, by so many, such and so great Services, Customs and Rents OF THIS KIND, as to the same now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, shall seem fit and agreeable, and not immediately of US, our Heirs or Successors. And WE do give, and by, these Presents, for US, our Heirs or Successors, do grant to the same Person and Persons, and to each and every of them, License, Authority and Power, that such Person or Persons, may take the premises, or any Parcel thereof, of the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, and hold the same to them and their Assigns, or their Heirs of the aforesaid Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns of what Estate of Inheritance soever, in Fee-Simple or Fee-tail, or otherwise, as to them and the now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, shall seem expedient; the Statute made in the Parliament of Lord EDWARD, son of King HENRY, the late King of England, our Progenitor, commonly called the “STATUTE QUIA EMPTORES TERRARUM,” heretofore published in our Kingdom of England, or any other Statute, Act, Ordi nance, Usage, Law, or Custom, or any other Things, Cause, or Matter, to the contrary thereof, heretofore had, done, published, ordained or provided to the contrary thereof riot withstanding. |
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