A N D L A S T L Y, I the said _William Penn_, Proprietary and Governor of the Province of _Pensylvania_, and Territories thereunto belonging, for myself, my Heirs and Assigns, have solemnly declared, granted and confirmed, and do hereby solemnly declare, grant and confirm, That neither I, my Heirs or Assigns, shall procure or do any Thing or Things, whereby the Liberties in this Charter contained and expressed, nor any Part thereof, shall be infringed or broken: And if any Thing shall be procured or done, by any Person or Persons, contrary to these Presents, it shall be held of no Force or Effect.
I N W I T N E S S whereof, I the said _William Penn_, at _Philadelphia_ in _Pensylvania_, have unto this present Charter of Liberties, set my Hand and broad Seal, this _twenty-eighth_ Day of _October_, in the Year of our Lord, _one Thousand seven Hundred and One_, being the _thirteenth_ Year of the Reign of King _W I L L I A M the Third_, over _England, Scotland, France_, and _Ireland_, &c. and the _twenty-first_ Year of my Government.
A N D N O T W I T H S T A N D I N G the Closure and Test of this present Charter as aforesaid, I think fit to add this following Proviso thereunto, as Part of the same, _That is to say_, That notwithstanding any Clause or Clauses in the above-mentioned Charter, obliging the Province and Territories, to join together in Legislation, I am content, and do hereby declare, That if the Representatives of the Province and Territories shall not hereafter agree to join together in Legislation, and that the same shall be signified unto me, or my Deputy, in open Assembly, or otherwise, from under the Hands and Seals of the Representatives, for the Time being, of the Province and Territories, or the major Part of either of them, at any Time within _three_ Years from the Date hereof, that in such Case, the Inhabitants of each of the _three_ Counties of this Province, shall not have less than _eight_ Persons to represent them in Assembly, for the Province; and the Inhabitants of the Town of _Philadelphia_ (when the said Town is incorporated) _two_ Persons to represent them in Assembly; and the Inhabitants of each County in the Territories, shall have as many Persons to represent them, in a distinct Assembly for the Territories, as shall be by them requested as aforesaid.