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Show {.523 [53] . It appears by Mr. Neal's Hifiony of New«England, that theAgents who had been employed Yatit'tes‘of the'People dll'ernbled in G‘enerthourtf" by the Colony to tranfaéis it Affitirstin England at the Time when the prefcnt Cherter Was granted, among other ReafOns gavethe following for theirAcceptance of it, viz. " TheGencralCourt has with the King's Approlpation as much Power ‘ in New-England, as the King and Parliament :have in England ; they have all EngliihPri-vilegas, and can be touched by no Law, and by‘no \Tax but of their own making." This is the 'Au'd though this Aft was difitllowetl,‘it‘ ferves to riho-w the Sonic which the‘Generzl Allémb‘ly eontemporztry with the (granting the Charter had‘ of their [ale and exc'lufive Right to‘Legifla‘te for ethic Colony. The Hif'tbry fays, '" the oth‘t'tr Parts of the A& were copied fromhiagna Chattta ;" by Which we may conclude that the A-fiéntTbly then Confirmed the'i‘t'ords " not'repng‘nant to the Ltws.' ' to mean, conformable to the fitn- damemal Principles of the'Englifh Corifiimtion. And it is obl‘ervable that the Lords of Privy Council, {0 lately as in the Reign of'Qu'e'en Anne, earliefi Teflimony that can be given of-the Senfe - our Predeccfi‘ors had of the Supreme. Authority of Parliament under "he prefent Charter. And ' When {everal Laws e‘naéled by the General Al‘- it plainly. fhow , that they, whohating been free- feinbly, were laid befbre her h-laj‘t-iiyifor her ‘Al- ly converlhnt with thofe who framed theCharter, lowance, intefirprcred the Words in this Charter. mull haVC well underflood the Defign and Mean- -" not repugnant tothe Laws of England," by ing of it, iuppofed that the Terms in our Charter the Words " as nearly as conveniently may he " full Power and Authority." intended and were agreeable to the Laws and Statutes of Englandz" confidered as afilcand exclufive Power, and that there was no " Referve in the Charter to the And her Majcfly was pleafed to difallow thul‘e Aé‘ts, not becaufe they were repugnant to any Authority of Parliament, to bind the Colony" by any Aéis whatever. Law or Statute of England, made exprelly to re- .Soon afterthc Arrival oftht: Charter, viz. in I692, your Excellency's Hiflory informs us. Fer to the Colony ; but becaule divers Perlo'ns. by Virtue thereof, ware punilhed without being tried by their Peers in the ordinary " Court‘s Of Law." and " by the ordinary Rules and " the firl't Aé‘t" of thisLegifla‘tive wasmSortOf known Methods of lnflicef' contrary to the . Magma Charta, aflertitig and fetting forth their exprcfs Terms or Magoo Chatta, which was-a general Privileges, and this Clan-{c was among Statute in Force at the Time of granting the - the refl, "No Aid, Tax, Talloge, Ail'eilihent. Charter", and declaratory of the Rights and Li~ berties of the Suijefts within the Realm. Cuflorn.'Loan, Benevolence. or lmpofitionwh‘at' ever, {hall be laid, aflhf‘s'd, impos'd or levied on any of their Majefly's Suhi::é't-s, or their Eliates. You are niefi‘cd to (By, that " our Provinmal on any Prctcncc whatever, but by the AG and Laws have in numerous lnilances lnztd 0" Local . . ‘ 1_.r> RC'lMlOfi to :‘sefls oft Parliament made. to ttiyou Content of the Govcrnor, Council andRcyrelcnEllil'VLfI i "18 |