96 CHARTER OF MARYLAND.

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 Ordain, Make and
Enact LAWS, of what kind soever, according to their sound
Discretion, 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 greater Part of them, or of their Delegates,
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 same
upon all Person, for the Time being, within the aforesaid
PROVINCE and the Limits thereof, or under his or their Govern-
ment 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,
wheresoever established, by the Imposition of Fines, Imprison-
ment, and other Punishment whatsoever; even if it be necessary,
and the Quality of the Offence require it, by Privation of
Member or, Life, by him the aforesaid now Baron of BALTI-
MORE, 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