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Show 122 ACTS RELATING Part II. difirifls were didevered in favour of a part of that body, without the privity of the felt. Thefe new tribes were each of them ereé'ted into " a body cor- Seft. 1H. TO THE Commas. 1:23 rying on by their factors and agents an exclufive trade to a certain part of Ame-=rica. In granting the charter to the pan 'tentees of Connec‘i'icut and Rhode lfland, " porate," and enjoined to ufe the powers vetted in them " according to the courfe " of ot/zer corporation: wit/2m the king- he had in contemplation to prefcribe a form of government for a number of fub~ jeé‘ts alrazdyfitz‘led Mere. " dom of England." Thus, for inflame, the general court of Mean time nothing can be more {trik- ing than the difference between the fitua ation of the adventurers under thefe two laft charters, and that ofthofe under the firl't. On the one hand exemptions were granted to the patentees of Mallachufet's Bay, which were not granted to the patentees of Connecticut and Rhode Ifland. On the other hand more extenfive powers were granted to the latter in one or two eflential points. The reafon of this dificerence is obvious. In the charter granted to the patentees of Mafl‘aehufet's Bay the king had in contemplation only a let of merchants and adventurers refiding in England, and car- the company of Mallachufet's bay was to confil't of the governor, or deputy-govcra nor, and fuch of the qfifi'i't'zrzz‘: mzdfrak mm as were prefent; that is, all the free- men had a right of being prefent, and vot» ing at thefe courts. In Connecticut and Rhode llland, the freeman of the different towns and difl‘rié‘ts were to elect deputies to deliberate, and vote for then; in the general courts. To the patentees of Mallachufet's Bay, an exemption from the payment of all cuf'toms on goods exported from England was granted for the {pace of [even years. To the others, this exemption is exprefly denied. rying The: 2 |