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they shall be such as in their own Nature, require a more special
Commandment and Warrant than in these Presents may be ex-
pressed.
XV. WE WILL also, and by these Presents do, for US,
our Heirs and Successors, give and grant License by this
our CHARTER, unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTI-
MORE, his Heirs and Assigns, and to all Persons whatsoever,
who are, or shall be, Residents and Inhabitants of the PROVINCE
aforesaid, freely to import and unlade, by themselves, their
Servants, Factors or Assigns, all Wares and Merchandizes what-
soever, which shall be collected out of the Fruits and Com-
modities of the said PROVINCE, whether the Product of the
Land or the Sea, into any of the Ports whatsoever of US, our
Heirs and Successors, of England or Ireland, or otherwise to
dispose of the same there; and, if Need be, within One Year,
to be computed immediately from the Time of unlading thereof,
to lade the same Merchandizes again in the same or other Ships,
and to export the same to any other Countries they shall think
proper, whether belonging to US, or any foreign Power, which
shall be 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 Customs and Impositions, Subsidies and
Taxes, as our other Subjects 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 MARYLAND, 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 constituted 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 Kingdoms of Eng-
land and Ireland, of US, our Heirs and Successors, the Liberty
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