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nance. Usage, Law, or Custom, or any other Thing, Cause
or Matter, to the contrary thereof, heretofore had, done,
published, ordained or provided to the contrary thereof not-
withstanding.
XIX. WE, also, by these Presents, do give and grant
Licence to the same Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his
Heirs, to erect any Parcels of Land within the PROVINCE
aforesaid, into Manors, and in every of those Manors, to
have and to hold a Court-Baron, and all Things which to a
Court-Baron do belong; and to have and to keep View of
Frank-Pledge, for the Conservation of the Peace and Better
Government of those Parts, by themselves and their Stew-
ards, or by the Lords, for the Time being to be deputed, of
other of those Manors when they shall be constituted, and
in the same to exercise all Things to the View of Frank-
Pledge belonging.
XX. AND FURTHER WE will, and do, by these Pres-
ents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, covenant and grant
to, and with the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his
Heirs and Assigns, that We, our Heirs, and Successors, at
no Time hereafter, will impose, or make or cause to be
imposed, any Impositions, Customs, or other Taxations.
Quotas or Contributions whatsoever, in or upon the Resi-
dents or Inhabitants of the PROVINCE aforesaid for their
Goods, Lands, or Tenements within the same PROVINCE, or
upon any tenements, lands, goods or chattels within the
PROVINCE aforesaid, or in or upon any Goods or Merchan-
dizes within the PROVINCE aforesaid, or within the Ports
or Harbours of the said PROVINCE, to be laden or unladen:
And WE Will and do, for US, our Heirs and Successors,
enjoin and command that this our Declaration shall, from
Time to Time, be received and allowed in all our Courts
and Praetorian Judicatories, and before all the Judges what-
soever of US, our Heirs and Successors, for a Sufficient and
lawful Discharge, Payment, and Acquittance thereof, charg-
ing all and singular the Officers and Ministers of US, our
Heirs and Successors, and enjoining them, under our heavy
Displeasure, that they do not at any Time presume to at-
tempt any Thing to the contrary of the Premisses, or that
may in any wise contravene the same, but that they, at all
Times, as is fitting, do aid and assist the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, and the aforesaid
Inhabitants and Merchants of the PROVINCE of MARY-
LAND aforesaid, and their Servants and Ministers, Factors
and Assigns, in the fullest Use and Enjoyment of this our
CHARTER.
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