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594 retûrning thence shall be Exempt and priviledged from any arrests or Attachm.ts or Execûtions what^so^ever and that the s.d Mayor and Aldermen shall have power to sett such reasonable tole upon sûch Goods Cattle Merchandizes and other commoditys as shall be sold herein respectively as shall be thoûght fitt not Exceeding six pence on Every Beast sold and the twentieth part of the valûe of any Commodity and shall and may hold a Coûrt of pypowdry dûreing the s.d fair for the determination of all controversies & Qûarrells which may happen therein according to the usûall Coûrse therein in England in the like cases and we grant unto them all profitts and pqûisites dûe incident and belonging to the s.d Markett fair and Coûrt of pypowdry and further we do Grant that the s.d Mayor Recorder and Aldermen or Any three or more of them shall hold a Coûrt of Hustings w.thin the s.d City where they are hereby impowered to make proper Officers ad settle reasonable fees not Exceeding what are now allowed in the Coûnty Court and shall have Jûrisdiction and hold plea of Trespass and Ejeĉtm.t for any Lands Tenem.ts w.thin the s.d City as also of all Writts of Dower for the same Lands & Tenem.ts and of all Other Actions personall and mixt and as a Coûrt of record give Judgm.t and award Execûtion thereon according to the Laws and Statûtes of England & this Province provided the Demand in the s.d Action psonall & mixt Exceed not the sum of six poûnds ten shillings sterling or seventeen hûndred poûnds of tob.o And provided nevertheless that Any Party or Partys Plaintiffs or Defend.ts shall be att their Lyberty on good grounds to bring Writts of habeas Corpûs and Certiorari to remove any plaints from the s.d Hûstings to the Provi.ll Coûrt of this Province and also to appeal from the Jûdgement of the s.d Mayors Court or being Writts of Error all their Choice to y.e provi.ll coûrt ûnder limitation and regûlation as is already by the Act of Assembly of this province assigned for prosecuteing appeals and Writts of Error from the Coûnty Coûrts to the provi.ll In Testimony whereof we have caûsed these oûr Letters to be made patent Given att Annapolis under the great seal of oûr s.d province Wittness oûr Trûsty and well beloved Jn.o Seymoûr Esq Captain Grald and Gove.r in chief of oûr s.d province this sixteenth day of Aûgûst in the seventh year of oûr reign &.c Annoq Dom 1706 seal Jo Seymoûr Recorded p John Freeman Regist.r |
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