S E C T. VII.

A N D to the End that the said _William Penn_, or his Heirs, or other the

Planters, Owners, or Inhabitants of the said Province, may not at any

Time hereafter (by Misconstruction of the Power aforesaid) through

Inadvertency or Design, depart from that Faith and due Allegiance, which

by the Laws of this our Realm of _England_, they and all our Subjects,

in our Dominions and Territories, always owe to us, our Heirs and

Successors, by Colour of any Extent or Largeness of Powers hereby given,

or pretended to be given, or by Force or Colour of any Laws hereafter to

be made in the said Province, by Virtue of any such Powers; O U R farther

Will and Pleasure is, That a Transcript or Duplicate of all Laws, which

shall be so as aforesaid made and published within the said Province,

shall within five Years after the making thereof, be transmitted, and

delivered to the Privy Council, for the Time being of us, our Heirs and

Successors: And if any of the said Laws within the Space of six Months

after that they shall be so transmitted and delivered, be declared by

us, our Heirs and Successors, in our or their Privy Council,

inconsistent with the Sovereignty, or lawful Prerogative of us, our

Heirs or Successors, or contrary to the Faith and Allegiance due to the

legal Government of this Realm, from the said _William Penn_, or his

Heirs, or of the Planters and Inhabitants of the said Province, and that

thereupon any of the said Laws shall be adjudged and declared to be void

by us, our Heirs and Successors, under our or their Privy Seal, that

then and from thenceforth, such Laws, concerning which such Judgment and

Declaration shall be made, shall become void: Otherwise the said Laws so

transmitted, shall remain, and stand in full Force, according to the

true Intent and Meaning thereof.

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