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Show 118 ACTS RELATING Part Ila are empowered to make " all manner of " wholefome and reafonable orders and " laws, not contrary to the laws of Eng" land." I cite the word: as not knowing how to give thefzfl The objects of thefe laws are defcribed. And thefe objects are :--to fettle the forms- and ceremonies of government and magi- firacy, neceffary for the plantations; to name and Ptyle all forts of oflicers ; to diflinguiih and fet forth the feveral duties, ‘ powers, and limits of their Oflices ; to pre- feribe forms of oaths (warrantable by the‘ laws of England) for the due execution thereof; to difpofe and order their elec» tions', and toimpofe [awful fines, mulc‘ts, _ imprifonment, or other lawful corrcé'tion on the breakers of thefe laws. With refpeé‘t to the fettlers then it {honld fecm, that the charter fubmitted them to an abfolute government; for l fee no li-mi-« tation preferibed to the power of the council over them : unlefs it be that the power of taxation is not exprefsly given. To all other (1 meet. II. TO THE COLONIES. 119 other laws made and publifhed, not by the fettlers, not by a legiflative body refiding among them, but by a company refiding Izere in England, the planters are required to pay all due obedience. The only limitation of the power of the council is contained in thefe wzrds, which follow immediately after the words empowering the council to infliCt fines, muléts, &c. " according to the courfe of " ot/zer carporaz‘z'am, Within this our realm " of England." |
