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this our CHARTER, unto the aforesaid now Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, and to all Per-
sons whatsoever, who are, or shall be Residents and In-
habitants of the PROVINCE aforesaid, freely to import
and unlade, by themselves, their Servants, Factors or
Assigns, all Wares and Merchandizes whatsoever, which
shall be collected out of the Fruits and Commodities of
the said PROVINCE, whether the Product of the Land or
the Sea, into any the Ports whatsoever of US, our Heirs
and Successors, of England or Ireland, or otherwise to
dispose of the same there; and, if Need be, within One
Year, to be computed immediately from the Time of
unlading thereof, to lade the same Merchandizes again,
in the same, or other Ships, and to export the same to
any other Countries they shall think proper, whether
belonging to US, or any foreign Power which shall be
in Amity with US, our Heirs or Successors: Provided
always, that they be bound to pay for the same to US,
our Heirs and Successors, such Customs and Imposi-
tions, Subsidies and Taxes, as our other Subjects of our
Kingdom of England, for the Time being shall be
bound to pay, beyond which WE WILL that the Inhabit-
ants of the aforesaid PROVINCE of the said Land, called
MARYLAND, shall not be burdened.

XVI. AND FURTHERMORE, of our more ample special
Grace, and of our certain Knowledge, and mere Mo-
tion, 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 Au-
thority to make, erect, and constitute, within the
PROVINCE of MARYLAND, and the islands and Islets
aforesaid, such, and so many Sea-Ports, Harbours,
Creeks, and other Places of Unlading and Discharge 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 whatsoev-
er, coming to, or going from the PROVINCE aforesaid,
for the Sake of Merchandizing, shall be laden and un-
laden at such Ports only as shall be so erected and con-
stituted by the said now Baron of BALTIMORE, his
Heirs and Assigns, any Usage, Custom, or any other
Thing whatsoever to the contrary notwithstanding.
SAVING always to US, our Heirs and Successors, and to
all the Subjects oi our Kingdoms of England and Ire-
land, of US, our Heirs and Successors, the Liberty 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 Drying 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 Behalf, in the same
Manner as heretofore they reasonably might, or have
used to do. Which Liberties and Privileges, 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 incur the Peril and Pain of the

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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 Baron of BALTIMORE,
his Heirs and Assigns, that the same Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, from Time to
Time, for ever, shall have, and enjoy the Taxes and
Subsidies payable, or arising within the Ports, Har-
bours, and other Creeks and Places aforesaid, within
the PROVINCE aforesaid, for Wares bought and sold,
and Things there to be laden, and unladen, to be rea-
sonably 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 Succes-
sors, 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 en-
feoff so many, such, and proportionate Parts and Par-
cels 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 Bar-
on 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
Person and Persons, and to each and every of them, Li-
cence, Authority and Power, that such Person and Per-
sons, may take the premisses, or any Parcel thereof, of
the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs
and Assigns, and hold the same to them and their As-
signs, or their Heirs, of the aforesaid Baron of
BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, of what Estate
of Inheritance soever, in Fee-simple or Fee-tail, or oth-
erwise, as to them and the now Baron of BALTI-
MORE, 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 Pro-
genitor, 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, hereto-
fore had, done, published, ordained or provided to the
contrary thereof notwithstanding.

XIX. WE also, by these Presents, do give and grant Li-
cence to the same Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his
Heirs, to erect any Parcels of Land with the PROVINCE