Part 21 (2/2)
A N D F U R T H E R M O R E, of our ample and special Grace, certain Knowledge, and mere Motion, we do, for us, our Heirs and Successors, grant unto the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, full and absolute Power and Authority, to make, erect, and const.i.tute, within the said Province, and the Isles and Inlets aforesaid, such and so many Sea-ports, Harbours, Creeks, Havens, Keys, and other Places, for Discharging and Unlading of Goods and Merchandizes out of the s.h.i.+ps, Boats, and other Vessels, and landing them unto such and so many Places; and with such Rights, Jurisdictions, Liberties and Privileges unto the said Ports belonging, as to him and them shall seem most expedient; and that all and singular the s.h.i.+ps, Boats, and other Vessels, which shall come for Merchandize and Trade into the said Province, or out of the same, shall be laden or unladen only at such Ports as shall be created and const.i.tuted by the said _William Penn_, his Heirs or a.s.signs, (any Use, Custom, or Thing to the contrary notwithstanding.) Provided, that the said _William Penn_, and his Heirs, and the Lieutenants and Governors for the Time being, shall admit and receive in, and about all such Havens, Ports, Creeks and Keys, all Officers and their Deputies, who shall from Time to Time be appointed for that Purpose by the Farmers or Commissioners of our Customs for the Time being.
S E C T. XIII.
A N D we do further appoint and ordain, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, we do grant unto the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, That he, the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, may from time to time for ever, have and enjoy the Customs and Subsidies, in the Ports, Harbours, and other Creeks and Places aforesaid, within the Province aforesaid, payable or due for Merchandize and Wares there to be laded and unladed, the said Customs and Subsidies to be reasonably a.s.sessed upon any Occasion, by themselves and the People there as aforesaid to be a.s.sembled, to whom we give Power by these Presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, upon just Cause and due Proportion to a.s.sess and impose the same; saving unto us, our Heirs and Successors, such Impositions and Customs, as by Act of Parliament are and shall be appointed.
S E C T. XIV.
A N D it is our farther Will and Pleasure, That the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, shall from Time to Time const.i.tute and appoint an Attorney or Agent, to reside in or near our City of _London_, who shall make known the Place where he shall dwell, or may be found, unto the Clerks of our Privy-Council for the Time being, or one of them, and shall be ready to appear in any of our Courts at _Westminster_, to answer for any Misdemeanor that shall be committed, or by any wilful Default or Neglect permitted by the said _William Penn_, his Heirs or a.s.signs, against the Laws of Trade and Navigation; and after it shall be ascertained in any of our said Courts, what Damages we or our Heirs or Successors shall have sustained by such Default or Neglect, the said _William Penn_, his Heirs or a.s.signs, shall pay the same within one Year after such Taxation, and Demand thereof, from such Attorney; or in case there shall be no such Attorney by the s.p.a.ce of one Year, or such Attorney shall not make Payment of such Damages within the s.p.a.ce of a Year, and answer such other Forfeitures and Penalties within the said Time, as by the Acts of Parliament in _England_ are and shall be provided, according to the true Intent and Meaning of these Presents; then it shall be lawful for us, our Heirs and Successors, to seize and resume the Government of the said Province or Country, and the same to retain until Payment shall be made thereof: But notwithstanding any such Seizure or Resumption of the Government, nothing concerning the Propriety or Owners.h.i.+p of any Lands, Tenements, or other Hereditaments, or Goods or Chattles, of any of the Adventurers, Planters, or Owners, other than the respective Offenders there, shall any ways be affected or molested thereby.
S E C T. XV.
P R O V I D E D always, and our Will and Pleasure is, That neither the said _William Penn_, nor his Heirs, or any other the Inhabitants of the said Province, shall at any Time hereafter have or maintain any Correspondence with any other King, Prince, or State, or with any of their Subjects, who shall then be in War against us, our Heirs and Successors; nor shall the said _William Penn_, or his Heirs, or any other Inhabitants of the said Province, make War, or do any Act of Hostility against any other King, Prince, or State, or any of their Subjects, who shall then be in League or Amity with us, our Heirs and Successors.
S E C T. XVI.
A N D, because in so remote a Country, and situate near many barbarous Nations, the Incursions as well of the Savages themselves, as of other Enemies, Pirates and Robbers, may probably be feared; Therefore we have given, and for us, our Heirs and Successors, do give Power by these Presents to the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, by themselves or their Captains, or other their Officers, to levy, muster and train all Sorts of Men, of what Condition soever, or wheresoever born, in the said Province of _Pensilvania_ for the Time being, and to make War, and to pursue the Enemies and Robbers aforesaid, as well by Sea as by Land, even without the Limits of the said Province, and by G.o.d's a.s.sistance to vanquish and take them, and being taken to put them to Death by the Law of War, or to save them at their Pleasure, and to do all and every other Thing which unto the Charge and Office of a Captain-General of an Army belongeth, or hath accustomed to belong, as fully and freely as any Captain-General of an Army hath ever had the same.
S E C T. XVII.
A N D F U R T H E R M O R E, of our special Grace, and of our certain Knowledge and mere Motion, we have given and granted, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant unto the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, full and absolute Power, Licence and Authority, that he, the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, from time to time hereafter for ever, at his or their own Will and Pleasure may a.s.sign, alien, grant, demise, or enfeoff of the Premisses so many and such Parts and Parcels to him that shall be willing to purchase the same, as they shall think fit, to have and to hold to them the said Person and Persons willing to take and purchase, their Heirs and a.s.signs, in Fee-simple or Fee-tail, or for the Term of Life, Lives or Years, to be held of the said _William Penn_, his Heirs or a.s.signs, as of the said Seigniory of _Windsor_, by such Services, Customs, or Rents, as shall seem meet to the said _William Penn_, his Heirs or a.s.signs, and not immediately of us, our Heirs or Successors.
S E C T. XVIII.
A N D to the same Person or Persons, and to all and every of them, we do give and grant by these Presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, Licence, Authority and Power, that such Person or Persons may take the Premisses, or any Parcel thereof, of the aforesaid _William Penn_, his Heirs or a.s.signs, and the same hold to themselves, their Heirs and a.s.signs, in what Estate of Inheritance soever, in Fee-simple or in Fee-tail, or otherwise, as to him, the said _William Penn_, his Heirs or a.s.signs, shall seem expedient: The Statute made in the Parliament of _E D W A R D_, Son of King _H E N R Y_, late King of _England_, our Predecessor, (commonly called _The Statute_ quia emptores terrarum, lately published in our Kingdom of _England_) in any wise notwithstanding.
S E C T. XIX.
A N D by these Presents we give and grant Licence unto the said _William Penn_, and his Heirs, and likewise to all and every such Person or Persons to whom the said _William Penn_, or his Heirs, shall at any Time hereafter grant any Estate or Inheritance as aforesaid, to erect any Parcels of Land within the Province aforesaid into Manors, by and with the Licence to be first had and obtained for that Purpose, under the Hand and Seal of the said _William Penn_, or his Heirs; and in every of the said Manors to have and to hold a Court-Baron, with all things whatsoever which to a Court-Baron do belong, and to have and to hold View of Frank-Pledge for the Conservation of the Peace, and the better Government of those Parts, by themselves or their Stewards, or by the Lords for the Time being of the Manors to be deputed when they shall be erected, and in the same to use all Things belonging to the View of Frank-Pledge. A N D we do further grant Licence and Authority, That every such Person or Persons who shall erect any such Manor or Manors, as aforesaid, shall or may grant all or any Part of his said Land to any Person or Persons, in Fee-simple, or any other Estate of Inheritance to be held of the said Manors respectively, so as no farther Tenure shall be created, but that upon all further or other Alienations thereafter to be made, the said Lands so aliened shall be held of the same Lord and his Heirs, of whom the Aliener did then before hold, and by the like Rents and Services which were before due and accustomed.
S E C T. XX.
A N D F U R T H E R our Pleasure is, and by these Presents, for us, our Heirs and Successors, we do covenant and grant to and with the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and a.s.signs, That we, our Heirs and Successors, shall at no Time hereafter set or make, or cause to be set or made, any Imposition, Custom, or other Taxation, Rate or Contribution whatsoever, in and upon the Dwellers and Inhabitants of the aforesaid Province, for their Lands, Tenements, Goods or Chattles within the said Province, or in and upon any Goods or Merchandizes within the Province, or to be laden or unladen within the Ports or Harbours of the said Province, unless the same be with the Consent of the Proprietary, or chief Governor, or a.s.sembly, or by Act of Parliament in _England_.
S E C T. XXI.
A N D our Pleasure is, and for us, our Heirs and Successors, we charge and command, That this our Declaration shall from henceforth from Time to Time be received and allowed in all our Courts, and before all the Judges of us, our Heirs and Successors, for a sufficient lawful Discharge, Payment and Acquittance; commanding all the Officers and Ministers of us, our Heirs and Successors, and enjoining them upon Pain of our highest Displeasure, that they do not presume at any Time to attempt any thing to the contrary of the Premisses, or that do in any sort withstand the same, but that they be at all Times aiding and a.s.sisting, as is fitting to the said _William Penn_, and his Heirs, and unto the Inhabitants and Merchants of the Province aforesaid, their Servants, Ministers, Factors, and a.s.signs, in the full Use and Fruition of the Benefit of this our Charter.
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