LORD and PROPRIETARY of the whole PROVINCE aforesaid,
KNOW YE therefore further, that WE, for Us, our Heirs
and Successors do grant unto the said now Baron, (in
whose Fidelity, Prudence, Justice, and provident Circum-
spection of Mind, WE repose the greatest Confidence) and
to his Heirs, for the good and happy Government of the
said PROVINCE, free, full, and absolute Power, by the Tenor
of these Presents, to Ordain, Make, and Enact LAWS, of
what kind soever, according to their sound Discretions,
whether relating to the Public State of the said PROVINCE,
or the private Utility of Individuals, of and with the Ad-
vice, Assent, and Approbation of the Free-Men of the same
PROVINCE, or of the great Part of them, or of their Dele-
gates or Deputies, whom WE will shall be called together
for the framing of LAWS, when, and as often as Need
shall require, 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 samp upon all Persons, for the Time
being, within the aforesaid PROVINCE, and the Limits there-
of, or under his or their Government and Power, in Sailing
toward MARYLAND, or thence Returning, Outward-
bound, either to England, or elsewhere, whether to any
other Part of Our, or of any foreign Dominions, whereso-
ever established, by the Imposition of Fines, Imprison-
ment, and other Punishment whatsoever; even if it be nec-
essary, 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 delegated,
to award Process, hold Pleas, and determine in those
Courts, Praetorian Judicatories, and Tribunals, in all Ac-