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Show 392 Report (ft/35 Committee of {,P. R] cfpecial manner the duty of the jzi'oprzufclrzrr to pay their proportion of a tax for the immediate prefervation of their own eftates, in this provrnce. Aggricvanecs {/‘Pr/yf} mi]. 9113 perties cil'efiually f'ecured. rI‘hat the grantee, V‘s/iiiizim Penn (underitantling the {aid grant in this light) (lid, by his original frame ofgovwninent, co To exempt therefore any partof their ef'tates from their reafonable part of this neceflary burthen, is as unjuf'c as it is illegal, and as new as it is arbi- trary. . . during their good 541211112021}, (Md 1/0 [012,707. Yet the proprietaries, notWithftanding the ge< neral danger to which the nation and its colonies Notwithftanding which, the governors of this province have for many years pail, granted all the are carpeted, and great diftrefs of this provmce in particular; by their {aid inftruétions, have prohibi- ted their governors from patting laws forthe raifing fupplies for its defence; lei/Ly} all their located, unimproved, and unoccupied lands, quit-rents, fines and purchafe monies on interel't, (the much greater part of their enormous eitates in this colony) are exprefsly exempted from paying any part of the tax. Fflbéa By virtue of the {aid royal charter, the proprietaries are invef'ted with a power of doing every thing " which unto a compleat eltablith" ment of jufiice, unto courts and tribunals, " forms of judicature, and manner ot‘proceedings, " do belong." It was certunly the import and defign of this grant, that the courts ofjudicature fhould be formed, and the judge: and otncers venant and grant with the people, that tl e judges and other ol‘ricers {hould hold their coniniiflions commifiions to the judges of the King's Bench or fupreme court of this province, and to the judges of the court of Common Pleas ofthe feveral'coun- ties ,- to be held during their 1027/ dud/Mm 2m" : By means whereof, the laid judges being fubjeét to the influence and directions of the proprietaries and their governors, their favourites and creatures, the laws may not be duly adminiftered or executed, but often wrefled from their true fcnfe to ferve particular piii'poiZ's : the foundation ofjuitice may be liable to be deftroyed; and the lives, laws, liberties, privileges and properties of the people thereby rendered precarious and altogether infecure; to the great diigrace of our laws, and the inconceivable injury of his Majeity's fubjee‘rs. Your committee further beg leave to add, that befides thefe aggrievances, there are other hard- thereof, hold their commiflions, in a manner not ihips the people of this province have experienced, repugnant, but agreeable to the laws and cultoms of England; that thereby they might remain free from the influence of perfllns in power; the rights that call for i'edrefs-The iii/1' [Mimi aft/«3117071: wit/Jazz: t/Jc' lazy} Amy/21mm being made to the mafters, has not only prevented the cultivation of our of the peOpIe might be pi‘elei‘ved, and their pro- lands, and diminithed the trade and commerceof the perties province; but is a burthen extremely unequal and E ee oppreflive |