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IV.

T H A T the Laws of this Government shall be in this Stile, viz. _By the Governor, with the Consent and Approbation of the Freemen in General a.s.sembly met_; and shall be, after Confirmation by the Governor, forthwith recorded in the Rolls-office, and kept at _Philadelphia_, unless the Governor and a.s.sembly shall agree to appoint another Place.

V.

T H A T all Criminals shall have the same Privileges of Witnesses and Council as their Prosecutors.

VI.

T H A T no Person or Persons shall or may, at any Time hereafter, be obliged to answer any Complaint, Matter or Thing whatsoever, relating to Property, before the Governor and Council, or in any other Place, but in ordinary Course of Justice, unless Appeals thereunto shall be hereafter by Law appointed.

VII.

T H A T no Person within this Government, shall be licensed by the Governor to keep an Ordinary, Tavern, or House of publick Entertainment, but such who are first recommended to him, under the Hands of the Justices of the respective Counties, signed in open Court; which Justices are and shall be hereby impowered, to suppress and forbid any Person, keeping such Publick-house as aforesaid, upon their Misbehaviour, on such Penalties as the Law doth or shall direct; and to recommend others from Time to Time, as they shall see Occasion.

VIII.

I F any Person, through Temptation or Melancholy, shall destroy himself, his Estate, real and personal, shall notwithstanding descend to his Wife and Children, or Relations, as if he had died a natural Death; and if any Person shall be destroyed or killed by Casualty or Accident, there shall be no Forfeiture to the Governor by Reason thereof.

A N D no Act, Law or Ordinance whatsoever, shall at any Time hereafter, be made or done, to alter, change or diminish the Form or Effect of this Charter, or of any Part or Clause therein, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, without the Consent of the Governor for the Time being, and _six_ Parts of _seven_ of the a.s.sembly met.

B U T because the Happiness of Mankind depends so much upon the enjoying of Liberty of their Consciences as aforesaid, I do hereby solemnly declare, promise and grant, for me, my Heirs and a.s.signs, that the _first_ Article of this Charter relating to Liberty of Conscience, and every Part and Clause therein, according to the true Intent and Meaning thereof, shall be kept and remain without any Alteration, inviolably for ever.

A N D L A S T L Y, I the said _William Penn_, Proprietary and Governor of the Province of _Pensylvania_, and Territories thereunto belonging, for myself, my Heirs and a.s.signs, have solemnly declared, granted and confirmed, and do hereby solemnly declare, grant and confirm, That neither I, my Heirs or a.s.signs, shall procure or do any Thing or Things, whereby the Liberties in this Charter contained and expressed, nor any Part thereof, shall be infringed or broken: And if any Thing shall be procured or done, by any Person or Persons, contrary to these Presents, it shall be held of no Force or Effect.

I N W I T N E S S whereof, I the said _William Penn_, at _Philadelphia_ in _Pensylvania_, have unto this present Charter of Liberties, set my Hand and broad Seal, this _twenty-eighth_ Day of _October_, in the Year of our Lord, _one Thousand seven Hundred and One_, being the _thirteenth_ Year of the Reign of King _W I L L I A M the Third_, over _England, Scotland, France_, and _Ireland_, &c. and the _twenty-first_ Year of my Government.

A N D N O T W I T H S T A N D I N G the Closure and Test of this present Charter as aforesaid, I think fit to add this following Proviso thereunto, as Part of the same, _That is to say_, That notwithstanding any Clause or Clauses in the above-mentioned Charter, obliging the Province and Territories, to join together in Legislation, I am content, and do hereby declare, That if the Representatives of the Province and Territories shall not hereafter agree to join together in Legislation, and that the same shall be signified unto me, or my Deputy, in open a.s.sembly, or otherwise, from under the Hands and Seals of the Representatives, for the Time being, of the Province and Territories, or the major Part of either of them, at any Time within _three_ Years from the Date hereof, that in such Case, the Inhabitants of each of the _three_ Counties of this Province, shall not have less than _eight_ Persons to represent them in a.s.sembly, for the Province; and the Inhabitants of the Town of _Philadelphia_ (when the said Town is incorporated) _two_ Persons to represent them in a.s.sembly; and the Inhabitants of each County in the Territories, shall have as many Persons to represent them, in a distinct a.s.sembly for the Territories, as shall be by them requested as aforesaid.

N O T W I T H S T A N D I N G which Separation of the Province and Territories, in Respect of Legislation, I do hereby promise, grant and declare, That the Inhabitants of both Province and Territories, shall separately enjoy all other Liberties, Privileges and Benefits, granted jointly to them in this Charter, any Law, Usage, or Custom of this Government heretofore made and practised, or any Law made and pa.s.sed by this General a.s.sembly, to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.

_W I L L I A M P E N N_.

_T H I S_ C H A R T E R of P R I V I L E G E S _being distinctly read in a.s.sembly, and the whole and every Part thereof, being approved of and agreed to, by us, we do thankfully receive the same from our Proprietary and Governor, at_ Philadelphia, _this_ twenty-eighth _Day of_ October, one Thousand seven Hundred and One.

_Signed on Behalf, and by Order of the a.s.sembly,_ _per_ Joseph Growdon, _Speaker_.

_Edward Shippen_, } _Phineas Pemberton_, } _Samuel Carpenter_, } Proprietary and Governor's _Griffith Owen_, } Council.

_Caleb Pusey_, } _Thomas Story_, }

_F I N I S_.

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_This Day is published_,

A L E T H I A: Or, A General System of Moral Truths and Natural Religion. Contained in the Letters of S E L I M A, Empress of the Turks, to her Daughter I S A B E L L A, at Grand Cairo. With Historical and Critical Notes.

By Richard Murray, A. M. and J. U. B.

_Quid verum atque decens, Curo, & Rogo, omnis in hoc sum_.

Printed for T. Osborne, in Gray's-Inn.

_This Day is published_,

_Beautifully printed, in a neat Pocket Volume, Price_ 2 s. _sew'd, or_ 2 s. 6. d. _bound_,

A J O U R N E Y through Part of England and Scotland along with the Army, under the Command of his Royal Highness the Duke of c.u.mberland.

Wherein the Proceedings of the Army, and the happy Suppression of the Rebellion in the Year 1746, are particularly described. As also, the Natural History and Antiquities of the several Places pa.s.sed through.

Together with the Manners and Customs of the different People, especially of the Highlanders. By a Volunteer. Comprised in several Letters to a Friend in London.