Charter and Supplemental Charter of the Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay Company
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Charter and Supplemental Charter of the Hudson's Bay Company
Hudson's Bay Company
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of their Voyages; and for the better Advancement and Continuance of the
said Trade, or Traffic and Plantations, and the same Laws, Constitutions,
Orders and Ordinances so made, to put in Use and execute accordingly,
and at their Pleasure to revoke and alter the same, or any of them, as
the occasion shall require: And that the said Governor and Company,
so often as they shall make, ordain, or establish, any such Laws,
Constitutions, Orders, and Ordinances, in such Form as aforesaid,
shall and may lawfully impose, ordain, limit and provide, such Pains,
Penalties and Punishments upon all Offenders, contrary to such Laws,
Constitutions, Orders and Ordinances, or any of them, as to the said
Governor and Company for the Time being, or the greater Part of them,
then and there being present, the said Governor or his Deputy being
always one, shall seem necessary, requisite, or convenient for the
Observation of the same Laws, Constitutions, Orders and Ordinances;
and the same Fines and Amerciaments shall and may by their Officers
and Servants, from time to time to be appointed for that Purpose levy,
take and have, to the Use of the said Governor and Company, and their
Successors, without the Impediment of Us, Our Heirs or Successors,
or of any the Officers or Ministers of Us, Our Heirs or Successors,
and without any Account therefore to Us, Our Heirs or Successors, to be
made. All and singular which Laws, Constitutions, Orders and Ordinances,
so as aforesaid, to be made, WE WILL to be duly observed and kept under
the Pains and Penalties therein to be contained; so always as the said
Laws, Constitutions, Orders and Ordinances, Pines and Amerciaments,
be reasonable, and not contrary or repugnant, but as near as may be
agreeable to the Laws, Statutes or Customs of this our Realm. AND
FURTHERMORE, of our ample and abundant Grace, certain Knowledge, and
mere Motion, WE HAVE granted, and by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs
and Successors, DO grant unto the said Governor and Company, and
their Successors, that they, and their Successors, and their Factors,
Servants and Agents, for them, and on their Behalf and not otherwise,
shall for ever hereafter have, use and enjoy, not only the whole, entire,
and only Trade and Traffick, and the whole, entire, and only Liberty,
Use and Privilege, of Trading and Trafficking to and from the Territory,
Limits and Places aforesaid; but also the whole and entire Trade and
Traffick to and from all Havens, Bays, Creeks, Rivers, Lakes and Seas,
into which they shall find Entrance or Passage by Water or Land out
of the Territories, Limits or Places, aforesaid; and to and with all
the Natives and People, inhabiting, or which shall inhabit within the
Territories, Limits and Places aforesaid; and to and with all other
Nations inhabiting any the Coasts adjacent to the said Territories,
Limits and Places which are not already possessed as aforesaid, or
whereof the sole Liberty or Privilege of Trade and Traffick is not
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