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the same PROVINCE, or of the great Part of them, or of their
Delegates or Deputies, whom WE will shall be called together
for the framing of LAWS, when, and as often as Need shall re-
quire by the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and his
Heirs, and in the Form which shall seem best to him or them,
and the same to publish under the Seal of the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs and duly to execute
the same upon all Persons, for the Time being, with the afore-
said PROVINCE and the Limits thereof, or under his or their
Government and Power, in Sailing toward MARYLAND, or
thence Returning, Outwardbound, either to England or else-
where, whether to any other Part, or of any foreign Dominions,
wheresoever established, by the Imposition of Fines, Im-
prisonment, and other Punishment, whatsoever; even if it be
necessary, and the Quality of the Offence require it, by Priva-
tion of Member, or Life, by him the aforesaid now Baron of
BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, or by his or their Deputy,
Lieutenant, Judges, Justices, Magistrates, Officers, and
Ministers, to be constituted and appointed according to the
Tenor and true Intent of these Presents and to constitute and
ordain Judges, Justices, Magistrates and Officers, of what
Kind, for what Cause, and with what Power soever, within
that Land, and the Sea of those Parts and in such Form as to
the said now Baron of BALTIMORE or his Heirs, shall seem
most fitting; And also to Remit, Release, Pardon, and Abolish,
all Crimes and Offences whatsoever against such Laws, whether
before, or after Judgment passed; and to do all and singular
other Things belonging to the Completion of Justice, and to
Courts, Praetorian, Judicatories, and Tribunals, judicial Forms
and Modes of Proceeding, although express Mention thereof
in these Presents be not made; and, by Judges by them dele-
gated, to award Process, hold Pleas, and determine in those
Courts, Praetorian Judicatories, and Tribunals, in all Actions,
Suits, Causes and Matters whatsoever, as well Criminal as
Personal, Real and Mixed, and Praetorian: Which said Laws,
so to be published as above said, WE Will, enjoin, charge and
command, to be most absolute and firm in Law, and to be kept
in those Parts by all the Subjects and Liege-Men of US, our
Heirs and Successors, so far as they concern them, and to be
inviolably observed under the Penalties therein expressed, or
to be expressed. So NEVERTHELESS, that the Laws aforesaid
be Consonant to Reason, and be not repugnant or contrary, but
(so far as conveniently may be) agreeable to the Laws, Statutes,
Customs and Rights of this Our Kingdom of England.
VIII. AND FORASMUCH as, in the Government of so great
a PROVINCE, sudden Accidents may frequently happen to
which it will be necessary to apply a Remedy before the Free-
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