[Grant of right to export products of the province into any English
port, "and not into any other country whatsoeve," with a clause
insisting upon obedience to "the Acts of Navigation."] =And Wee doe=
further appoint and ordaine ... That he the said William penn, his
heires and assignes, may from time to time forever, have and enjoy
the Customes and Subsidies in the ports, harbours and other Creeks,
and places aforesaid, within the province aforesaid, payable or due
for merchandizes and wares, there to be Laded and unladed, the said
Customes and Subsidies to be reasonably assessed, upon any occasion by
themselves, and the people there as aforesaid, to be assembled to whom
wee Give power, by these presents for us, our heires and Successors,
upon just cause, and in a due proporcon, to assesse and impose the
same, _Saveing unto us, our heires and Successors, such imposicons and
customes as by Act of parliament are and shall be appointed_. =And=
further ... =Wee doe= ... grant ... That Wee, our heeres and Successors
shall att no time hereafter sett or make, or cause to be sett, any
imposition, custome or other taxacon, rate or contribucon whatsoever,
in and upon the dwellers and inhabitants of the aforesaid province, for
their Lands, tenements, goods or chattels, within the said province, or
in and upon any goods or merchandize within the said province, or to
be laden or unladen within the ports or harbours of the said province,
_unles the same be with the consent of the proprietary, or chiefe
Governor and assembly, or by Act of parliament in England_.[97]...
103. Penn's Grants to the Pennsylvanians
_a. "Laws Agreed upon in England," 1683_
Hazard's _Annals of Pennsylvania_, 568-574. Penn gave a formal
charter to the settlers in 1683, prefaced by the following "laws"
which constitute a bill of rights and which were to be altered only
by the consent of six sevenths of the legislature. The charter of
1683 was replaced by that of 1701 (see _b_, below); but these
"Lawes" were a separate instrument of government, and remained in
force.
* * * * *
III. That all elections of members or representatives of the
people ... of the province ... to serve in the provincial council or
general assembly, to be held within the said province, shall be free
and voluntary, and that the elector that shall receive any reward or
gift, in meat, drink, moneys, or otherwise, shall forfeit his right to
elect; and such person as shall directly or indirectly give, promise,
or bestow such reward as aforesaid, to be elected, shall forfeit his
election, and be thereby incapable to serve as aforesaid: and the
provincial council and general assembly shall be the sole judges of the
regularity or irregularity of the elections of their own respective
members.
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