- Title
- Complete revisal of all the acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and use: together with the titles of all such laws as are obsolete, expired, or repealed: with marginal notes and references, and an exact table to the whole
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- Date
- 1773
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- Creator
- ["North Carolina."]
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- Place
- ["North Carolina, United States"]
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Complete revisal of all the acts of Assembly, of the province of North-Carolina, now in force and use: together with the titles of all such laws as are obsolete, expired, or repealed: with marginal notes and references, and an exact table to the whole
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The Proprietors Second CHARTER.
vii
Affigns, fhall feem expedient ; the' Statute in the Parliament of Edward, Son of
King Henry, heretofore King of England, our Predecefior, commonly called the
Statute of Quiaemptores Terrar, or any other Statute, Aft, Ordinance, Ule, Law,
Cuftom, or any other Matter, Caufe or Thing, heretofore publilhed or provided
to the contrary, in any-wife, notwithftanding.
AND becaufe many Perfons born and inhabiting in the faid Province, for their
Deferts and Services, may expeft and be capable of Marks of Honour and Favour,
which, in Refpeft of the great Diftance, cannot be conveniently conferred by us ;
our Will and Pleafure therefore is, and we do by thefc Prefents, give and "rant
unto the faid Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Albemarle, William
Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkeley, Anthony Lord Afhiey, Sir George Carteret,
Sir John Colleton, 4and Sir William Berkeley, and their Heirs and Affirms, full
Power and Authority, to give and confer unto and upon fuch of the Inhabitants
of the faid Province or Territory, as they fhall think do or fhall merit the fame,
fucli Marks of Favour and Titles of Honour as they fhall think fit ; fo as their
Titles or Honours be not the fame as are enjoyed by or conferred upon any of the
Subjefts of this our Kingdom of England.
AND further alfo, we do, by thefe Prefents, for us, our I-Ieirs and SuccefTors,
give and grant Licence to the laid Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of
Albemarle, William Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkeley, Anthony Lord Alh-
ley, Sir George Carteret, Sir John Colleton, and Sir William Berkley, and their
Pleirs and Affigns, full Power, Liberty and Licence, to ertft, raife and build,
within the faid Province and Places aforefaid, or any Part or Parts thereof, fuch
and fo many Forts, Fortrefics, Cattles, Cities, Boroughs, Towns, Villages, and
other Fortifications whatfoever ; and the fameorany of them to fortify and furnifli
with Ordinance, Powder, Shot, Armour, and all other Weapons, Ammunition,
and Habiliments of War, both defen five and offenfive, as fhall be thqpght fit and
convenient, for the Safety and Welfare of the faid Province and Places, or any
Part thereof ; and the fame, or any of them, from' Time to Time, as Occafion
fhall require, todifmantle, disfurnilh, demolifh^nd pull down : And alfo to place,
conftitute and appoint, in or over all or any of the faid Cattles, Fortsj Fortifica¬
tions, Cities, Towns, and Places aforefaid, Governors, Deputy- Governors, Ma-
giftrates, Sherifs, and other Officers, Civil and Military, as tq them fhall feem
meet : And to the faid Cities, Boroughs, Towns, Villages, or any other Place or
Places wit! i in the faid Province or Territory, to grant Letters or Charters of In¬
corporation, with all Liberties, Franchiles and Privileges, requifite or ufual, or to
or within this our Kingdom of England granted or belonging; and in the fame
Cities, Boroughs, Towns, and other Places, to conftitute, eredt, and appoint, fuch
and fo nuny Markecs, Marts, -and Fairs, as fhall, in that Behalf, be thought fir
and necefiujy : And furcher alfo, to eredt and make in the Province or Territory
aforefaid, or any Parc thereof, fo many Manors, with fuch Signories as to them
fhall feem meet and convenient; and in every of the fame Manors to have and to
hold a Court-Baron, with all Tilings whatfoever to a Court-Baron do belong ; and
to have and to hold Views of Frank-Pledge and Court- Leecs, for the Confervation
of the Peace and better Government of thole Parts, with luch Limits, Jurifdictions,
and Precincts, as by the faid Edward Earl of Clarendon, George Duke of Albe¬
marle, William Earl of Craven, John Lord Berkeley, Anthony Lord Afhiey, Sir
George Carteret, Sir John Colleton, and Sir William Berkeley, or their Heirs,
fhall be appointed for that Purpofe, with all Things whatfoever which to the Court-
Leet or View of Frank-Pledge do belong; the fame Courts to be holden by Stew¬
ards, to be deputed and authorifed by the faid Edward Earl of Clarendon, George
Duke of Albemarle, William Earl of Craven, John Lard Berkeley, Anthony Lord
Afhiey, Sir George Carteret, Sir John Colleton, and Sir William Berkeley, or
their Heirs, by the Lords of the Manors and Leets, for the Time being, when the
fame fhall be erected.
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