S E C T. XII.

A N D F U R T H E R M O R E, of our ample and special Grace, certain

Knowledge, and mere Motion, we do, for us, our Heirs and Successors,

grant unto the said _William Penn_, his Heirs and Assigns, full and

absolute Power and Authority, to make, erect, and constitute, within the

said Province, and the Isles and Inlets aforesaid, such and so many

Sea-ports, Harbours, Creeks, Havens, Keys, and other Places, for

Discharging and Unlading of Goods and Merchandizes out of the Ships,

Boats, and other Vessels, and landing them unto such and so many Places;

and with such Rights, Jurisdictions, Liberties and Privileges unto the

said Ports belonging, as to him and them shall seem most expedient; and

that all and singular the Ships, Boats, and other Vessels, which shall

come for Merchandize and Trade into the said Province, or out of the

same, shall be laden or unladen only at such Ports as shall be created

and constituted by the said _William Penn_, his Heirs or Assigns, (any

Use, Custom, or Thing to the contrary notwithstanding.) Provided, that

the said _William Penn_, and his Heirs, and the Lieutenants and

Governors for the Time being, shall admit and receive in, and about all

such Havens, Ports, Creeks and Keys, all Officers and their Deputies,

who shall from Time to Time be appointed for that Purpose by the Farmers

or Commissioners of our Customs for the Time being.

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