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 absolute Power and Authority to make,
erect, and constitute, within the PROVINCE of
MARYLAND, and the islands and Islets afore-
said, such, and so many Sea-Ports, Harbours,
Creeks, and other Places of Unlading and Dis-
charge of Goods and Merchandizes 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
Merchandiang, shall be laden and unladen at
such Ports only as shall be so erected and con-
stituted by the said now Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, any Us-
age, 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 England and Ire-
land. of US, our Heirs and Successors, the Lib-
erty of Fishing for Sea-Fish as well in the Sea,
Bays, Straits and navigable Rivers, as in the
Harbours, Bays, and Creeks of the PROVINCE
aforesaid, and the Privilege of Salting and Dry-
ing Fish on the Shores of the same PROVINCE
and, for that Cause, to cut down and take
Hedging-Wood and Twigs there growing, and
to build Huts and Cabins, necessary in this Be-
half, in the same Manner as heretofore they
reasonably might, or have used to do Which
Liberties and Pnvileges, the said Subjects of
US, our Heirs and Successors, shall enjoy,
without notable Damage or Injury in any wise
to be done to the aforesaid now Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs or Assigns, or to the
Residents and Inhabitants of the same
PROVINCE in the Ports, Creeks, and Shores
aforesaid, and especially in the Woods and
Trees there growing And if any Person shall
do damage or Injury of this kind, he shall in-
cur the Peni and Pain of the heavy Displeasure
of US, our Heirs and Successors, and of the
due Chastisement of the Laws, besides making
Satisfaction
XVII MOREOVER WE will, appoint, and ordain,
and by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and
Successors, do grant unto the aforesaid now Bar-
on of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, that
the same Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and
Assigns, from Time to Time, for ever, shall have,

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and enjoy the Taxes and Subsidies payable, or aris-
ing within the Ports, Harbours, and other Creeks
and Places aforesaid, within the PROVINCE afore-
said, for Wares bought and sold, and Things there
to be laden, and unladen, to be reasonably assessed
by them, and the People there as aforesaid, on
emergent Occasion, to Whom WE grant Power 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 certain 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 aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns,
full and absolute Licence, 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 proportion-
ate Parts and Parcels of the Premisses, to any
Person or Persons willing 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 to same, and his and their Heirs
and Assigns, in Fee-Simple, or 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 and Successors, do grant to the same Per-
son and Persons, and to each and every of them,
Licence, Authority and Power, that such Person
and Persons, may take the premisses, or any Par-
cel 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 Inheri-
tance soever, in Fee-simple or Fee-tail, or other-
wise, 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, 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,
Ordinance, Usage, Law, or Custom, or any other
Thing, Cause or Matter, to the contrary thereof,
heretofore had, done, published, ordained or pro-
vided to the contrary thereof notwithstanding