656/Maryland Manual

and Successors, Kings of England, ay of our Castle of
Windsor, in our County of Berks, in free and common
soccage, by Fealty only for all Services, and not in
Capite, nor by Knight's Service, YIELDING therefore
unto US, our Heirs and Successors, two indian
arrows of those Parts, to be delivered at the said Cas-
tle of Windsor, every Year, on Tuesday in Easter-week:
and also the fifth Part of all Gold and Silver Ore, which
shall happen from Time to Time, to be found within the
aforesaid Limits.

VI. Now, That the aforesaid Region, thus by us granted
and described, may be eminently distinguished above all
other Regions of that Territory, and decorated with
more ample Titles, KNOW YE, that WE, of our more
especial Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion,
have thought fit that the said Region and Islands be
erected into a PROVINCE, as out of the Plenitude of
our royal Power and Prerogative, WE do, for Us, our
Heirs and Successors, erect and incorporate the same
into a PROVINCE, and nominate the same MARY-
LAND, by which name WE will that it shall from
henceforth be called.

VII. and forasmuch as WE have above made and
ordained the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE,
the true 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 Circumspection 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 Or-
dain, Make, and Enact LAWS, of what kind soever, ac-
cording to their sound Discretions, whether relating to
the Public State of the said province, or the private
Utility of Individuals, of and with the Advice, Assent,
and Approbation of the Free-Men of the same
province, or of the great Part of them, or of their Del-
egates or Deputies, whom WE will shall be called to-
gether 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
same upon all Persons, for the Time being, within the
aforesaid 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 elsewhere, whether to any other
Part of Our, or of any foreign Dominions, wheresoever
established, by the Imposition of Fines, Imprisonment,
and other Punishment whatsoever; even if it be neces-
sary, and the Quality of the Offence require it, by Priva-
tion of Member, or Life, by him the aforesaid now Bar-
on of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, or by his or their
Deputy, Lieutenant, Judges, Justices, Magistrates, Offi-
cers, and Ministers, to be constituted and appointed ac-
cording to the Tenor and true Intent of these Presents,
and to constitute and ordain Judges, Justices, Magis-
trates 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

Sec. VI-IX

fitting: And also to Remit, Release, Pardon, and Abol-
ish, all Crimes and Offences whatsoever against such
Laws, whether before, or after Judgment passed; to do
all and singular other Things belonging to the Comple-
tion of Justice, and to Courts, Praetorian Judicatories,
and Tribunals, judicial Forms and Modes of Proceed-
ings, 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, Prartorian 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 the most ab-
solute 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 invi-
olably observed under the Penalties therein expressed,
or to be expressed. So nevertheless, that the Laws
aforesaid be Consonant to Reason, and be not repug-
nant 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 Reme-
dy, before the Freeholders of the said province, their
Delegates, or Deputies, can be called together for the
framing of Laws; neither will it be fit that so great a
number of People should immediately, on such emer-
gent Occasion, be called together, WE therefore, for
the better Government of so great a province, do Will
and Ordain, and by these Presents, for US, our Heirs
and Successors, do grant unto the said now Baron of
BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs, that the aforesaid now
Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, by themselves,
or by their Magistrates and Officers, thereunto duly to
be constituted as aforesaid, may, and can make and
constitute fit and wholesom Ordinances from Time to
Time, to be kept and observed within the province
aforesaid, as well for the Conservation of the Peace, as
for the Better Government of the People inhabiting
therein, and publickly to notify the same to all Persons
whom the same in anywise do or may affect. Which Or-
dinances WE will to be inviolably observed within the
said province, under the Pains to be expressed in the
same. So that the said Ordinances be Consonant to
Reason, and be not repugnant nor contrary, but (so far
as conveniently may be done) agreeable to the Laws,
Statutes, or Rights of our Kingdom of England: and so
that the same Ordinances do not, in any Sort, extend to
oblige, bind, charge, or take away the Right or Interest
of any Person or Persons, of, or in Member, Life, Free-
hold, Goods or Chattels.

IX. furthermore, that the New Colony may more
happily increase by a Multitude of People resorting
thither, and at the same Time may be more firmly se-
cured from the Incursions of Savages, or of other Ene-
mies, Pirates, and Ravagers: WE therefore, for US, our
Heirs and Successors, do by these Presents give and
grant Power, Licence and Liberty, to all the Liege-Men
and Subjects, present and future, of US, our Heirs and
Successors, except such to whom it shall be expressly
forbidden, to transport themselves and their Families to