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J-*r/3r/i 802302 ■% ■ i >4 l GOVERNOR-ELECT EMERSON C. HARRINGTON. GOVERNOR PHILLIPS LEE GOLDSBOROUGH. Term expires second Wednesday in January, 19£0. Term expires January 12 1916. MARYLAND MANUAL 1915-1916 A Compendium of Legal, Historical and Statistical Information relating to the STATE OF MARYLAND COMPILED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE P2USSS OF THB ADVBBTISBB-BBPUBLICANj ANNAPOLIS, MD. CHARTER OF MARYLAND TRANSLATED FROM THE LATIN ORIGINAL CHARLES,* by the grace of GOD, of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, king, Defender of the Faith, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting. II. Whereas our well beloved and right trusty Subject, CiECILIUS CALVERT, Baron of BALTIMORE, in our Kingdom of Ireland, Son and Heir of GEORGE CALVERT, Knight, late Baron of BALTIMORE, in our said Kingdom of Ireland, treading in the Steps of his Father, being ani- mated with a laudable and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire, hath humbly besought leave of Us, that he may transport by his own Industry, and Expence, a numerous Colony of the English Nation, to a certain Region, herein after described, in a Country hitherto uncultivated, in the parts of America and partly occupied by Savages, having no Knowledge of the Divine Being, and that all that Region, with some certain Privileges, and Jurisdiction, appertaining unto the whole- some Government, and State of his Colony and Region afore- said may by our Royal Highness be given, granted, and con- firmed unto him and his heirs. III. Know ye therefore that WE, encouraging with our Royal Favour, the pious and noble Purpose of the aforesaid Baron of BALTIMORE, of our special Grace, certain Knowl- edge, and mere Motion, have Given, Granted, and Con- firmed, and by this our present CHARTER, for US, our Heirs, and Successors, do Give, Grant and Confirm, unto the aforesaid CiECILIUS, now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns, all that Part of the Peninsula, or C%er- sonese lying in the Parts of America, between the Ocean on the East, and the bay of Chesapeake on the West, divided from the Residue thereof by a Right Line drawn from the Promontory, or Head Line, called Watkins’ Point, situate upon the Bay aforesaid, near the river of Wighco, on the West, unto the Main Ocean on the East; and between that Boundary on the South unto that Part of the Bay of Dela- ♦Charles the First, of England. 4 MARYLAND MANUAL. ware on the North, which lieth under the Fortieth Degree of North Latitude from the Aequinoctial, where New-England is terminated; And all the Tract of that Land within the Metes underwritten, (that is to say,) passing from the said Bay, called Delaware Bay, in a right line, by the degree aforesaid, unto the true Meridian of the first Fountain of the Biver of Pattowmack, thence verging toward the South, unto the further Bank of the said Biver, and following the same on the West and South, unto a certain place called Cinquack, situate near the Mouth of the said Biver, where it disem- bogues into the aforesaid Bay of Chesapeake, and thence by the shortest line unto the aforesaid Promontory, or Place called Watkins’ Point; so that the whole Tract of Land, divided by the Line aforesaid, between the Main Ocean and Watkins’ Point, unto the Promontory called Cape Charles, and every the Appendages thereof, may entirely remain ex- cepted for ever to US, our Heirs, and Successors. IV. Also We do Grant, and likewise Conform unto the said Baron of BALTIMOBB, his Heirs, and Assigns, all Islands and Islets within the Limits aforesaid, all and singu- lar the Islands, and Islets, from the Eastern Shore of the aforesaid Begion, toward the East, which have been, or shall be formed in the Sea, situate within Ten marine Leagues from the said Shore; with all and singular the Ports, Har- bors, Bays, Bivers, and Straits belonging to the Begion or Islands aforesaid, and all the Soil, Plains, Woods, Mountains, Marshes, Lakes, Bivers, Bays, and Straits, situate, or being within the Metes, Bounds, and Limits aforesaid, with the Fishings of every kind of Fish, as well as of Whales, Stur- geons, and other royal Fish, as of other Fish, in the Sea, Bays, Straits, or Bivers, within the Premises, and the Fish there taken, And moreover all Veins, Mines, and Quarries, as well opened as hidden, already found, or that shall be found within the Begion, Islands, or Limits aforesaid, of Gold, Silver, Gems, and precious Stones and any other what- soever, whether they be of Stones or Metals, or of any other Thing, or Matter whatsoever; And furthermore the Patron- ages and Advowsons of all churches which, (with the in- creasing Worship and Beligion of CUBIST,) within the said Begion, Islands, Islets, and Limits aforesaid, hereafter shall happen to be built; together with License and Faculty of erecting and founding Churches, Chapels, and Places of Worship, in convenient and suitable Places, within the CHARTER. 5 Premises and of causing the same to be dedicated and conse- crated according to the Ecclesiastical Laws of our Kingdom of England, with all and singular, such, and as ample Rights, Jurisdictions, Privileges, Prerogatives, Royalties, Liberties, Immunities, and royal Rights and temporal Franchises whatsoever, as well by Sea as by Land, within the Region, Islands, Islets, and Limits aforesaid, to be had, exercised, used and enjoyed, as any Bishop of Durham, within the Bishoprick or County Palatine of Durham, in our Kingdom of England, ever heretofore hath had, held, used, or enjoyed, or of Right, could, or ought to have, hold, use or enjoy. V. And WE do by these Presents, for US, our Heirs and Successors, make, create and constitute Him, the now Baron of BALTIMORE, and his Heirs, the true and abso- lute Lords and Proprietaries of the Region aforesaid, and of all other the Premises (except the before excepted) saving always the Faith and Allegiance and Sovereign Dominion due to US, our Heirs and Successors; to have, hold, possess and enjoy the aforesaid Region, Islands, Islets and other the Premises, unto the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMORE, and to his Heirs and Assigns, to the sole and proper Behoof and Use of him, the now Baron of BALTIMORE, his Heirs and Assigns forever. To HOLD of US our Heirs and Succes- sors, Kings of England, as 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 Suc- cessors, two Indian Arrows of those Parts, to be delivered at the said Castle 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 most especial Grace, cer- tain Knowledge, and mere Motion, have thought fit that the said Region and Islands be erected into a PROVINCE, as out of the Plentitude of our royal Power and Prerogative, WE do, for US, our Heirs and Successors, erect and Incor- porate the same into a PROVINCE, and nominate the same MARYLAND, by which name WE will that it shall from henceforth be called. 6 MARYLAND MANUAL. VII. And forasmncli as WE have above made and or- dained the aforesaid now Baron of BALTIMOBE, 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 Prov- ince, 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 Util- ity of Individuals, of. and with the Advice, Assent, and Ap- probation 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 BALTIMOBE, and his Heirs, and in the Form which shall seem best to him or them, and the same to pub- lish under the Seal of the aforesaid now Baron of BALTI- MOBE 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 MABYLAND, or thence Beturning, Outward-bound, either to England or elsewhere, whether to any other Part or of any foreign Dominions, wheresoever es- tablished, by the Imposition of Fines, Imprisonment, 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 BALTIMOBE, and his Heirs, or by his or their Deputy, Lieutenant, Judges, Justices, Magistrates, Officers, and Ministers, to he consti- tuted and appointed according to the Tenor and true Intent of these Presents, and to constitute and ordain Judges, Jus- tices, 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 BALTIMOBE, or his Heirs, shall seem most fitting: And also to Bemit, Belease, 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 CHARTER.
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