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Appendix. 569
Regulacon & good Govrnrnt of Trade & other Matters exigences Prov. Ct.
& things within ye sd pcincts as to ym or ye Major pte of them F F
shall seerne meete so as they be Consonant to Reason & not con- No.3
trary but as neere as Conveniently may be agreeable to ye Lawes
Statutes & Customes of England & of ye sd pvince of Maryland
wch sd By Lawes & Ordinances being ratified & Confirmed by our
selfe or our heires or our Leiutenant of ye sd Province for ye
time being shall be observed kept & performed by all mannr of
psons trading & liveing within ye sd Citty under such reasonable
paines penaltyes & forfeitures as shall be imposed by ye said Major
Recorder Aldermen & Comon Councell or the Major part of them
then assembled from tyme to tyme the said paynes, penaltyes &
forfeitures to be raised by distresse and Sale of the Goods of such
person soe offending and to be imployed for the publique benefitt of
the said Citty att theire discrecon wch sd By Lawes and Orders shall
be alsoe repealeable or lyable to be mittigated or altered att ye Will
of our selfe our heires or our Leiutennt Respectively And further
wee Grant & give Licence to ye Major Recorder Aldermen & p. 648
comon Councell of ye sd Citty for ye tyme being & their Successors
forevr to have and to hold one mrkett weekely within ye sd Citty on
evry Saterday in ye sd weeke in some Convenient place to be by ym
appointed within ye pcincts of ye sd Citty And alsoe one faire
yearely to be kept on ye three & twentieth day of ffebruary in evry
yeare for ye Sale & vending of all mannr of goods Cattle mrchandize
& all other Commodityes wtsoevr & to sett such a reasonable Toll
upon such goods Cattle merchandize & other Commodityes as shalbe
sold therein respectively as shalbe thought fitt by our selfe our
heires or our Leiutennt of our sd pvince for ye tyme being And
shall & may alsoe have & hold a Court of Pypowdry during ye sd
ffaire for the detrminacon of all Controvrsies & quarrells wch may
happen therein according to ye usuall Course in England in ye like
Cases And wee Grant unto ym all pfitts & pquisitte due incident &
belonging to ye sd Markett ffaire & Court of Pypowder Provided
allwaies yt if ye sd Mayor or Recorder so chosen or to be chosen
from tyme to tyme as aforesd or either or any of ym shall att any
tyme hereafter misbehave him or themselves in ye Execucon of
their or any of their sevrall & respective office or offices in ye Judgmt
of ourselfe or our heires or our Leiutennt of the sd pvince for ye
time being And yt wee or our heires or our Leiutennt of ye sd
pvince for ye tyme being shall direct & signify under our his their
or any of their hands & Seale hands & Seales hands to ye Aldermen of
ye sd Citty or any two of them that it is our his or their pleasure that
such Mayor or Recorder Respectively soe misbehaveing them or
ymselves shalbe removed or disposed from ye execucon of his or
their respective office or offices respectively that then & imediately
after such significacon ye Authority & power hereby Given to such
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