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1609.

May 23d.

abrogate, revoke, or change, not only within the precincts of the said colony, but also upon the seas in going and coming, to and from the said colony, as they, in their 7th James good discretion, shall think to be fittest for the good of the adventurers and inhabitants there.

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Second charter to the trea

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XV. And we do also declare, that, for divers reasons and considerations us thereunto especially moving, our will and pleasure is, and we do hereby ordain, that immediately from and after such time, as any such governor or principal officer, so to be nominated and appointed, by our said council, for the government of the said colony, as aforesaid, shall arrive in Virginia, and give notice unto the colony there resident of our pleasure in this behalf, pointment the government, power, and authority of the president of a Gov- and council, heretofore by our former letters patents there enor by established, and all laws and constitutions, by them formerly made, shall utterly cease and be determined, and all officers, governors, and ministers, formerly constituted or appointed, shall be discharged, any thing, in our former letters patents concerning the said plantation con& council tained, in any wise to the contrary notwithstanding; straightly charging and commanding the president and council, now resident in the said colony, upon their allegiance, after knowledge given unto them of our will and pleasure, by these presents signified and declared, that they forthwith be obedient to such governor or governors, as by our said council, here resident, shall be named and appointed, as aforesaid, and to all directions, orders and commandments, which they shall receive from them, as well in the present resigning and giving up of their authority, offices, charges and places, as in all other attendance, as shall be by them, from time to time, required.

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Privilege

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XVI. And we do further, by these presents, ordain and establish, that the said treasurer and council here resident, and their successors, or any four of them, being assembled (the treasurer being one) shall, from time to time, have full power and authority, to admit and receive any other person into their company, corporation, and freedom; and further, in a general assembly of the adventurers, with the consent of the greater part, upon good cause, to disfranchise and put out any person or persons, out of the said freedom and company.

XVII. And we do also grant and confirm, for us, our heirs and successors, that it shall be lawful for the said

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treasurer and company, and their successors, by direction 1609. of the governors there, to dig and to search for all manner of mines of gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, tin, and all May 23d. sorts of minerals, as well within the precinct aforesaid, 7th James as within any part of the main land, not formerly granted to any other; and to have and enjoy the gold, silver, copper, iron, lead, and tin, and all other minerals, to be gotten thereby, to the use and behoof of the said company of planters and adventurers; yielding thereof, and paying yearly, unto us, our heirs and successors, as aforesaid.

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XVIII. And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, for us, our heirs, and Treasurer] successors, grant, by these presents, to and with the said and comtreasurer and company, and their successors, that it shall pany may be lawful and free for them, and their assigns, at all and venturers every time and times hereafter, out of our realm of Eng- from England, and out of all other our dominions, to take and lead land or into the said voyages, and for and towards the said plantation, and to travel thitherwards, and to abide and inhabit there in the said colony and plantation, all such and so many of our loving subjects, or any other strangers, that will become our loving subjects and live under our obedience, as shall willingly accompany them in the said voyage and plantation; with sufficient shipping, armour, weapons, ordinance, munition, powder, shot, victuals, and such merchandizes or wares, as are esteemed by the wild people in those parts, cloathing, implements, furniture, cattle, horses, and mares, and all other things, necessary for the said plantation, and for their use, and defence, and trade with the people there; and in passing and returning to and fro; without yielding or paying subsidy, custom, imposition, or any other tax or duty, to us, our heirs or successors, for the space of seven years from the date of these presents: Provided, that none of the said persons be such, as shall be hereafter, by especial name, restrained by us, our heirs, and successors.

XIX. And for their further encouragement, of our special grace and favor, we do, by these presents, for us, our beirs, and successors, yield and grant, to and with the said treasurer and company, and their successors, and every of them, their factors, and assigns, that they and every of them, shall be free of all subsidies and customs in Virginia, for the space of one and twenty years, and from all taxes and impositions, for ever, upon any goods or

Colonists

to be free

from customs for

21 years, and from

taxes forever, ex

cept five per cent,

on goods into En

imported

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1609.

1st.

Second

charter to the trea surer and company

merchandises, at any time or times hereafter, either upon importation thither, or exportation from thence, into our May 23d. realms of England, or into any other of our realms or do7th James minions, by the said treasurer and company, and their successors, their deputies, factors, or assigns, or any of them: Except only the five pounds per cent. due for custom, upon all such goods and merchandizes, as shall be brought or imported into our realm of England, or any other of these our dominions, according to the ancient of Virgin- trade of merchants; which five pounds per cent. only being paid, it shall be thenceforth lawful and free for the said adventurers, the same goods and merchandizes to export, and carry out of our said dominions, into foreign parts, without any custom, tax, or other duty, to be paid to us, our heirs, or successors, or to any other our officers or deputies; Provided, that the said goods and merchandizes be shipped out, within thirteen months, after the first landing within any part of those dominions.

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XX. And we do also grant and confirm to the said may expel treasurer and company, and their successors, as also to all and every such governor, or other officers and ministers, as by our said council shall be appointed to have power, authority of government and command, in or over the said colony or plantation; that they, and every of them, shall and lawfully may, from time to time, and at all times for ever hereafter, for their several defence and safety, encounter, expulse, repel, and resist, by force and arms, as well by sea as by land, and all ways and means whatsoever, all and every such person and persons whatsoever, as (without the special licence of the said treasurer and company, and their successors) shall attempt to inhabit, within the said several precincts and limits of the said colony and plantation; and also, all and every such person and persons whatsoever, as shall enterprise or attempt, at any time hereafter, destruction, invasion, hurt, detriment, or annoyance, to the said colony and plantation, as is likewise specified in the said former grant.

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XXI. And that it shall be lawful for the said treasurer

foreigners. and company, and their successors, and every of them, from time to time, and at all times for ever hereafter, and they shall have full power and authority, to take and surprise, by all ways and means whatsoever, all and every person and persons whatsoever, with their ships, goods, and other furniture, trafficking in any harbor, creek, or

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place within the limits or precincts of the said colony and plantation, not being allowed by the said company to be adventurers or planters of the said colony, until such time, May 23d. as they, being of any realms and dominions under our 7th James obedience, shall pay, or agree to pay, to the hands of the treasurer or of some other officer, deputed by the said governor of Virginia (over and above such subsidy and 2d charter custom, as the said company is, or hereafter shall be, to treasurer pay) five pounds per cent. upon all goods and merchan- & compadizes so brought in thither, and also five per cent. upon all goods by them shipped out from thence; and being strangers, and not under our obedience, until they have paid (over and above such subsidy and custom, as the said treasurer and company, or their successors, is, or hereafter shall be, to pay) ten pounds per cent. upon all such goods, likewise, carried in and out, any thing, in the said former letters patents, to the contrary notwithstanding; and the same sums of money and benefit, as aforesaid, for and during the space of one and twenty years, shall be wholly employed to the benefit, use, and behoof of the said colony and plantation; and after the said one and twenty years ended, the same shall be taken to the use of us, our heirs, and successors, by such officers and ministers, as by us, our heirs, or successors, shall be thereunto assigned and appointed, as is specified in the said former letters patents.

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XXII. Also, we do, for us, our heirs, and successors, declare, by these presents, that all and every the persons, ers & their being our subjects, which shall go and inhabit within the posterity said colony and plantation, and every of their children and to be conposterity, which shall happen to be born within any the British limits thereof, shall have and enjoy all liberties, franchi- subjects. ses, and immunities of free denizens and natural subjects, within any of our other dominions, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been abiding and born, within this our realm of England, or in any other of our dominions.

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XXIII. And forasmuch, as it shall be necessary for all Power of such our loving subjects, as shall inhabit within the said cil in En precincts of Virginia, aforesaid, to determine to live to- gland, as gether, in the fear and true worship of Almighty God, to civil and religious Christian peace, and civil quietness, each with other, matters. whereby every one may, with more safety, pleasure, and profit, enjoy that, whereunto they shall attain with great pain, and peril ;-we, for us, our heirs, and successors, are

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likewise pleased and contented, and by these prsents, do give and grant unto the said treasurer and company, and May 23d. their successors, and to such governors, officers and mi7th James nisters, as shall be, by our said council, constituted and appointed, according to the natures and limits of their offices and places respectively, that they shall and may, 2d charter from time to time forever hereafter, within the said precincts, of Virginia, or in the way by sea thither and from thence, have full and absolute power and authority, to correct, punish, pardon, govern and rule, all such the subjects of us, our heirs and successors, as shall, from time to time, adventure themselves in any voyage thither, or that shall, at any time hereafter, inhabit in the precincts and territories of the said colony, as aforesaid, according to such orders, ordinances, constitutions, directions, and instructions, as by our said council, as aforesaid, shall be established; and in defect thereof, in case of necessity, according to the good † discretions of the said governor and officers, respectively, as well in cases capital and criminal as civil, both marine and other; So always, as the said statutes, ordinances and proceedings, as near as conveniently may be, be agreeable to the laws, statutes, government, and policy of our realm of this England.

Power of

the gover

nor and

council in

Virginia.

Martial

law to be enforced

in cases of

rebellion or mutiny.

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XXIV. And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, grant, declare and ordain, that such principal governor, as from time to time, shall duly and lawfully be authorised and appointed, in manner and form in these presents heretofore expressed, shall have full power and authority, to use and exercise martial law, in cases of rebellion or mutiny, in as large and ample manner, as our lieutenants in our counties, within this our realm of England, have or ought to have, by force of their commissions of Lieutenantcy.

XXV. And furthermore, if any person or persons, adventurers or planters of the said colony, or any other, at any time or times hereafter, shall transport any monies, goods or merchandises, out of any of our kingdoms, with the port of a pretence or purpose, to land, sell or otherwise dispose of the same, within the limits or bounds of the said colony, and yet nevertheless, being at sea, or after he hath landed within any part of the said colony, shall carry the same

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