IMprimis, That all persons engaging as aforesaid, shall have appointed them, and be put into possession of convenient Dwelling houses, suitable to their Con­ditions, Families and Callings, within the Walls and Guards of the aforesaid places, for which they shall stand Tenants to the State, at reasonable Rents, not exceeding one Moyety of the Rent they were set for before the Reducing of them; And shall hold the same by Lease for Three years or more: And in case the State should finde cause to put the said Houses to Sale, The said Tenants shall have the first refusal of them, and shall be admitted Purcha­sers at Twelve pence per Pound cheaper then any other (with due consideration for what they shall Disburse in the needful Repairing, or in Improving of them, to be either allowed them in their Purchase (if they do Pur­chase them) or Repaid to them (if they do not) from them that do) And in such cases where the Tenants are Poor, and not able to Purchase their Habitations as [Page 1300] aforesaid, They shall then have liberty to sell their in­terest to any Friend, and with him to Condition for their own Continuance, or otherwise to their best ad­vantage, as they shall see good. (Provided they sell not their interest to any Enemy to the State, or person not Licensed to Purchase Houses in such places.)

II. The said persons shall have Granted unto them the Benefit and Priviledge of a Corporation (together with other English Protestants that are or shal be admitted to in­habit in each of the said places respectively) with all the Immunities, Priviledges and Liberties usually belong­ing to such Corporation-Towns, and not prejudicial to the Commonwealth, or common good of others.

III. All the Land formerly belonging to the Inhabitants of the said Towns, and appurtenances to the Houses, or lying within the Liberties thereof, or within two En­glish Miles of the same (now in the States possession, or lyable to Sequestration) shall be assigned, and set apart for the use and occupation of the aforesaid Persons, and others that shall be admitted to dwell in them as afore­said, or of such of them as shall desire to imploy their Stock in Husbandry; which Lands they shall hold and enjoy from the State upon the same Conditions they do their Houses aforesaid, except in point of Rent (which shall be according to what any person permitted to inha­bit as aforesaid will give, and to be free from other Contributions and Countrey Charges, except common Charges for the Corporation, which shall be imposed and taxed by and amongst themselves onely.

IV. The said Persons shall not be put upon any Military Service or Imployment, without their voluntary consent, further then in the defence of themselves, and the Gari­sons in which they shall live; for which Service they shall be freed from Taxes and Contributions as aforesaid, (other then the Rents to the State) for what they have within the respective Towns and Liberties where they serve, and other then the Customs and Excize (which no Member of the Army is freed from:) And for such of them as shall do common Duty in keeping Guards, and being upon the Watch when their turn comes (besides those fore-mentioned Incouragements as Inhabitants) they shall receive Pay, and other Incouragements equal to any other Soldiers undertaking the Service for Gari­son onely; And such as will engage as Soldiers for all Services, shall have equal Pay with any other Soldiers.

V. For such as are Persons of competent Estates, and able to Transport themselves at their own Charge, and to imploy and settle themselves in profitable Trades and Callings when they are landed, they must depend up­on their future Profits and Advantages to answer their Charge and Expence in the Removing and Transporta­tion; But for such others who have little or nothing to depend upon, more then their own Industry and Hand-labour, after their Landing, and shall be willing to do such Duty as shall be necessary for the Guarding and Se­curing the Places in which they shall settle, they, or their Officers who shall be at charge of their Conduct to the Water-side, and Transportation into Ireland as aforesaid, shall receive the same Allowance at their Landing, to­wards the same, which hath been, and now is allowed [Page 1302] to others for that purpose, by the aforesaid Colonel Richard Laurence, or his Assigns, not exceeding twenty shillings per Man.

VI. That Care shall betaken to procure or move the Councel of State, for their effectual Order to all Mayors, Sheriffs, Constables, Justices of Peace, or Officers be­longing to the Custom-houses in every Port Town in England, to be aiding and assisting to the said Persons in the presting of Boats and Ships for the Transportation of themselves, Families and Goods, into Ireland, they paying for the same the usual Rates; And that the said Persons may be admitted to bring over their Houshold-stuff, Clothes, Provisions, and other Necessaries for their own particular use, and not for Merchandize, free from Custom and Excize, both in England and Ireland.

VII. That if any Person shall bring over with them a Ser­vant or Servants, for the better Accommodation of themselves, and enabling of them to follow their Cal­ling, That no Officer, or other person be admitted to Entertain any such person in the States Service, or their own, for such time as the Contract shall last be­twixt the Master and Servants; and the said Servants to be lyable to the same Punishments the Law of England doth inflict, in case they shall leave or forsake their said Masters without their Consent and License, before the end of such time as they shall Contract with them for.

These things I do agree to, and grant, so far as is or shall be within my power, and shall earnestly recom­mend them to the Parliament or Councel of State; That [Page 1303] (if they be approved of) the Parliament would be plea­sed to Confirm them. Given at Kilkenny, December 12. 1650.