THE
LAWS
OF
BARBADOS
.
An
ACT
for
Printing
the
Laws
of
the
Island
of
Barbados
,
Contained
in
the
Ensuing
Volume
.
FOrasmuch
as
nothing
more
conduceth
to
the
Well-being
,
Support
,
Tranquility
and
Benefit
of
any
Place
and
People
,
than
the
Preservation
of
their
Laws
,
and
the
Knowledge
of
them
;
and
daily
Experience
having
manifested
innumerable
Inconveniences
that
this
Island
have
suffered
for
so
many
Years
past
,
by
not
having
the
Laws
of
the
Island
(
by
which
they
are
to
be
regulated
and
governed
,
their
Lives
preserved
and
their
Estates
secured
to
them
and
their
Posterity
)
made
publick
and
open
to
the
ready
View
of
all
the
Inhabitants
,
for
want
of
which
,
many
Persons
of
great
Authority
in
this
Government
not
being
acquainted
with
all
the
Laws
that
are
kept
in
Offices
,
or
,
if
known
,
not
to
be
had
on
suddain
Occasions
;
for
want
of
which
also
,
it
often
happens
in
the
Multitude
of
Copies
which
are
taken
from
the
Offices
,
great
Variations
and
Aberrations
are
made
by
heedless
and
unskilful
Transcribers
from
the
Original
Laws
,
and
these
Copies
being
obtruded
upon
Tryals
for
Authentick
,
have
been
the
Cause
of
Unjust
and
Illegal
Determinations
.
And
forasmuch
as
all
our
Laws
on
Record
have
often
been
in
great
Danger
to
have
been
wholly
lost
both
by
Hurricane
and
Fire
,
for
Remedy
of
which
,
and
Prevention
of
many
other
Inconveniences
for
the
future
,
and
that
Rich
and
Poor
may
equally
have
the
advantage
of
free
Recourse
to
the
Laws
of
the
Island
,
as
well
the
Inhabitants
,
as
all
other
Persons
in
Parts
remote
,
who
have
Estates
and
Interests
depending
on
them
,
and
that
the
Laws
may
be
collected
into
one
intire
Volume
:
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
the
Honourable
Ralph
Grey
,
Esquire
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Carribee
Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Members
of
his
Majesty's
Council
,
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
the
Body
of
the
Laws
Collected
by
William
Rawlin
,
Esq.
present
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
,
containing
the
Laws
of
the
said
Island
(
excepting
such
as
relate
to
particular
Persons
,
being
private
Acts
)
be
forthwith
transmitted
by
the
said
William
Rawlin
,
or
his
Assigns
into
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
in
order
to
the
Printing
thereof
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
said
Book
of
Laws
when
Printed
as
aforesaid
,
be
,
and
shall
be
taken
,
deemed
and
held
a
Good
Lawful
Statute-Book
of
the
said
Island
of
Barbados
,
in
all
Courts
,
and
upon
all
Occasions
whatsoever
,
as
the
Statute
Book
of
the
Laws
of
England
is
deemed
,
held
and
taken
in
that
Kingdom
.
And
that
any
Impression
of
the
said
Laws
,
which
shall
or
may
be
made
by
any
other
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
and
hither
Imported
,
shall
be
of
no
manner
of
Force
or
Validity
in
any
Courts
,
or
on
any
Occasion
or
Occasions
within
the
Island
aforesaid
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
Person
and
Persons
whatsoever
,
that
shall
hither
Import
and
expose
to
Sail
any
of
the
aforesaid
Statute-Books
not
Printed
by
the
said
William
Rawlin
,
his
Executors
,
Administrators
or
Assigns
,
that
he
or
they
shall
forfeit
for
each
Book
so
Imported
and
Sold
,
the
Sum
of
Forty
Shillings
;
one
Moyety
thereof
to
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
the
said
William
Rawlin
,
his
Executors
,
Administrators
or
Assigns
,
the
same
to
be
recovered
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
(
as
in
Case
of
Servants
Wages
)
due
Proof
being
made
thereof
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
the
true
Intent
and
Meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
the
said
William
Rawlin
,
his
Executors
or
Assigns
,
within
Two
Years
after
the
Publication
hereof
,
shall
be
obliged
,
and
are
hereby
obliged
to
cause
the
said
Laws
to
be
Printed
,
and
hither
transmitted
for
the
Use
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
he
the
said
William
Rawlin
and
his
Assigns
,
having
the
sole
Benefit
of
the
Impression
and
Sale
thereof
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
said
William
Rawlin
,
or
any
other
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
for
the
time
being
,
have
hereby
full
Power
and
Authority
(
while
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
)
to
Print
all
Laws
and
Acts
for
the
future
,
which
shall
be
pass'd
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
.
Septemb.
7th
,
1698.
Read
Three
Times
,
and
pass'd
the
Council
Nemine
contradicente
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
.
Read
,
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
Seventh
Day
of
September
,
1698.
G.
Payne
,
acting
as
Deputy
Secretary
pro
hac
Vice
.
William
Rawlin
,
Cl.
Assemb.
Nᵒ
1.
An
ACT
or
ORDER
for
the
Compiling
the
Laws
by
Commissioners
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
Virtue
of
an
Act
of
this
Island
beating
Date
the
Two
and
Twentieth
Day
of
March
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Six
,
It
is
Declared
and
Enacted
,
That
all
such
Acts
and
Statutes
as
have
been
made
at
any
time
heretofore
in
time
of
Kingly
Authority
,
and
stand
unrepealed
,
shall
be
of
full
Force
and
Virtue
:
And
that
also
in
the
said
Act
it
is
Enacted
,
That
we
under-written
should
with
all
speed
Collect
and
Compile
together
all
the
said
Acts
and
Statutes
,
and
that
then
they
should
be
fairly
entred
and
enrolled
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
and
after
published
in
the
several
Parish-Churches
in
this
Island
;
as
in
and
by
the
said
Act
expressly
and
more
fully
appeareth
.
Now
we
the
Persons
by
the
said
Act
appointed
as
aforesaid
,
do
certify
,
That
the
several
and
particular
Acts
and
Statutes
foregoing
and
comprehended
in
One
Hundred
Fifty
and
Three
Sheets
of
Paper
,
This
Order
in
the
Old
Collected
Laws
was
inserted
at
the
end
of
them
.
are
the
only
Laws
and
Statutes
which
we
find
either
originally
Made
and
Enacted
,
or
Revived
,
Collected
,
Amended
and
Confirm'd
under
the
Government
of
his
now
Majesty
,
or
of
his
Royal
Father
,
or
Grandfather
,
of
ever
blessed
Memories
,
and
which
we
have
Compiled
to
be
Published
according
to
the
said
Act
,
as
Laws
of
Publick
Concern
.
And
that
all
the
Private
Laws
ought
to
be
Enrolled
,
and
ought
to
be
of
Force
from
their
several
Dates
and
Times
(
Two
Acts
only
Excepted
,
wherein
we
the
said
Commissioners
cannot
determine
which
of
them
is
Valid
)
both
Importing
Customs
on
all
the
Commodities
of
this
Island
hence
Exported
,
yet
only
one
of
them
can
be
in
force
.
The
First
of
which
Acts
is
intituled
,
An
Act
Importing
the
Customs
,
&c.
Dated
the
Seventeenth
of
January
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
and
Fifty
;
which
was
Made
and
Enacted
by
Governour
,
Council
and
the
Representatives
of
this
Island
lawfully
impowered
by
Commission
from
the
Earl
of
Carlisle
,
thereto
impower'd
by
Letters
Patent
from
the
King
;
and
that
Act
we
cannot
say
is
Repealed
,
by
reason
that
the
other
Act
Dated
the
Twelfth
Day
of
September
,
in
the
Year
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Three
,
Importing
the
Custom
of
Four
and
an
Half
per
Cent.
and
intended
to
Repeal
the
former
Act
,
is
not
free
from
Objections
and
Exceptions
of
several
Persons
,
who
conceive
the
Assembly
which
consented
to
that
said
last
Act
,
was
an
Assembly
not
legally
continued
at
the
time
of
making
the
said
Act.
We
have
therefore
thought
fit
to
make
this
Return
unto
his
Excellency
,
Council
and
the
Representatives
now
assembled
,
to
the
end
a
Determination
therein
may
be
made
,
as
to
their
Judgments
shall
seem
meet
.
Dated
the
18
of
July
,
1667.
-
Constant
Sylvester
,
-
John
Jennings
,
-
Richard
Evans
,
-
Edmond
Bowden
,
-
Philip
Bell
,
-
Robert
Hooper
,
-
Simon
Lambert
.
These
ensuing
ACTS
to
follow
,
were
collected
by
the
said
Commissioners
in
pursuance
of
the
former
Order
from
the
Books
in
the
Office
,
and
other
such
Books
deemed
to
be
faithfully
collected
;
the
Original
Rolls
being
lost
either
in
the
Hurricane
or
Fire
.
Nᵒ
2.
An
ACT
for
Officers
putting
in
Security
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
are
truly
sensible
of
the
great
and
many
Inconveniences
which
may
redound
unto
them
by
reason
of
the
Provost
Marshal
and
other
Officers
Neglect
and
Carelessness
in
the
due
Execution
of
his
and
their
Offices
and
Performance
of
Business
incident
thereunto
,
in
regard
that
formerly
there
hath
not
been
sufficient
Security
given
to
make
good
such
Damages
as
the
said
Inhabitants
do
or
shall
sustain
by
them
or
their
Substitutes
.
For
Remedy
whereof
for
the
present
,
and
prevention
of
the
like
Inconveniency
for
the
future
,
Clause
I.
Every
Treasurer
and
Marshal
to
give
Security
.
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
no
Treasurer
or
Marshal
,
either
Provost
or
particular
Marshal
of
any
Court
,
be
admitted
or
held
capable
to
execute
the
Office
of
Treasurer
or
Marshal
within
this
Island
,
without
having
first
put
in
Security
;
such
as
against
which
,
no
Exception
can
be
taken
,
to
the
Secretary
for
the
time
being
,
payable
to
the
Governour
and
his
Successors
,
for
his
honest
and
just
Demeanor
in
executing
the
said
Office
.
Nᵒ
3.
An
ACT
appointing
Security
to
be
given
by
the
Clerks
,
&c.
of
the
several
Courts
within
this
Island
.
IT
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
shall
hereafter
be
imployed
or
received
into
the
Office
of
a
Clerk
in
any
of
the
several
Courts
in
this
Island
,
until
they
have
taken
an
Oath
before
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
for
their
honest
,
Clerks
to
take
an
Oath
for
due
performing
of
their
Offices
.
true
,
faithful
and
careful
Performance
of
their
several
Duty
or
Duties
respectively
incident
to
their
several
Places
or
Offices
in
the
said
Courts
;
and
that
they
shall
true
Entry
make
of
all
such
Actions
,
Orders
,
Records
or
other
Matters
,
as
they
or
any
of
them
shall
be
commanded
to
enter
by
the
Judge
or
Assistants
of
the
said
several
Court
or
Courts
.
And
that
they
shall
not
Raze
,
Not
to
Raze
or
Deface
.
Deface
or
Imbezel
any
Action
,
Order
or
Record
in
any
the
said
Courts
,
or
alter
any
the
same
,
either
by
Addition
or
Diminution
of
Words
,
without
Advice
,
Direction
,
Assent
or
Consent
of
the
Judge
of
the
Court
or
Courts
aforesaid
.
And
that
they
shall
well
and
safely
keep
all
such
Records
and
other
Writings
whatsoever
,
which
shall
be
committed
to
their
Custody
or
Trust
,
either
by
the
said
Judge
,
Justice
or
Assistants
in
any
of
the
said
Courts
.
To
give
Security
to
make
good
all
Peoples
Damage
.
And
Further
,
until
the
said
Clerk
or
Clerks
have
given
Security
to
the
Judge
of
the
Court
,
such
as
is
without
exception
to
satisfy
any
Party
that
shall
be
injured
by
his
Dishonest
Behaviour
,
if
any
be
,
such
Damage
as
he
shall
thereby
suffer
.
Provided
always
,
Judges
not
excused
to
add
,
alter
,
raze
,
&c.
Records
.
that
this
Act
extend
not
to
the
priviledging
of
any
Judge
,
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
or
other
Person
whatsoever
,
to
add
or
alter
,
raze
out
,
imbeazel
or
diminish
any
Record
or
Records
which
shall
be
kept
in
any
of
the
Courts
of
this
Island
,
upon
penalty
of
the
Laws
of
England
in
that
case
made
and
provided
.
Dated
the
13th
of
March
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
and
Forty
Eight
.
Nᵒ
4.
An
ACT
giving
power
to
Church-wardens
to
make
Sale
of
Lands
,
&c.
and
concerning
Surplus
of
Land
within
old
Bounds
,
&c.
Preamble
.
WHereas
divers
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
do
find
themselves
grieved
for
want
of
the
proportion
of
Land
formerly
sold
them
,
the
proportion
sold
being
not
contained
within
their
old
Bounds
,
which
may
in
the
future
beget
a
great
inconveniency
,
if
in
case
upon
Survey
,
they
shall
intrench
each
upon
other
,
for
the
compleating
of
the
proportion
of
Land
so
wanting
.
For
Remedy
whereof
in
the
future
Clause
I
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
inhabiting
on
the
said
Island
,
None
to
incroach
upon
old
Bounds
,
but
seek
Remedy
from
him
he
last
bought
of
,
if
they
want
.
shall
hereafter
incroach
or
intrench
in
or
upon
any
Plantation
or
Plantations
,
within
any
parts
of
the
old
Bounds
thereof
,
but
are
to
expect
his
or
their
Satisfaction
for
their
Land
so
wanting
from
the
Person
or
Persons
that
last
made
Sale
thereof
respectively
according
to
their
Bill
of
Sale
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
Person
or
Persons
inhabiting
in
this
Island
,
Any
Person
may
survey
,
the
Surveyor
taking
one
Pound
of
Cotton
per
Acre
.
to
use
and
imploy
any
Sworn
Surveyor
,
to
lay
out
any
Plantation
or
Land
for
any
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Island
,
so
often
as
they
shall
have
occasion
;
the
said
Surveyor
not
taking
for
the
Survey
above
One
Pound
of
Cotton
for
every
Acre
so
by
him
Surveyed
.
Preamble
.
And
forasmuch
as
it
is
taken
into
serious
Consideration
,
that
the
Levies
made
by
the
Vestries
of
this
Island
for
Church-dues
,
cannot
be
fully
exacted
and
satisfied
,
unless
the
Church-wardens
may
have
power
to
attach
the
Land
,
where
other
Satisfaction
cannot
be
found
,
and
sell
the
same
,
Clause
III
It
is
therefore
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
,
to
,
and
for
all
and
every
Person
or
Persons
,
Land
sold
for
Church-Duties
.
Church-wardens
may
Attach
and
Sell
Lands
for
Church-Dues
.
that
are
or
shall
be
Church-wardens
of
any
the
Parishes
of
this
Island
,
shall
from
henceforth
have
power
granted
in
their
Attachment
for
attaching
and
appraising
of
any
the
Lands
,
and
Housing
of
any
the
Person
or
Persons
,
that
do
or
shall
stand
indebted
upon
any
of
their
Parish
Levies
.
And
in
case
the
said
Persons
shall
not
satisfy
the
said
Levies
and
Arrears
in
some
Merchantable
Commodities
;
Then
the
said
Church-wardens
shall
and
may
make
Sale
of
any
such
Lands
and
Housing
:
And
the
same
Sale
shall
stand
good
and
effectual
against
the
Heirs
,
Executors
,
Administrators
and
Assigns
of
the
Person
or
Persons
,
for
whose
Dues
the
same
was
so
attached
.
Clause
IV
Provided
that
in
case
the
Party
shall
desire
to
redeem
his
Land
,
by
satisfying
the
Levies
and
Arrears
in
Merchantable
Commodities
;
Land
may
be
redeemed
by
Payment
,
&c.
then
upon
tender
of
such
satisfaction
by
the
Person
or
Persons
,
by
the
last
Day
of
June
next
,
after
such
Attachment
and
Appraisement
,
the
same
Attachment
,
Appraisement
and
Sale
,
shall
from
thenceforth
be
frustrate
and
void
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
And
all
such
Appraisements
to
be
made
by
Four
Able
and
Sufficient
Men
,
and
the
Sales
to
be
made
by
the
Approbation
of
the
Court
of
the
Precincts
where
the
Land
lieth
.
And
whereas
the
common
Complaints
of
many
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
That
Surveyors
do
usually
lay
Warrants
on
their
Lands
to
take
away
a
small
Surplus
of
Lands
thereunto
belonging
or
adjoyning
;
whereby
oftentimes
it
hath
happened
,
that
by
means
thereof
the
Provision
of
many
People
have
been
run
out
to
their
great
Detriment
and
Damage
,
have
been
taken
into
Consideration
:
For
Prevention
of
which
Mischief
for
the
time
to
come
,
Clause
V
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
within
this
Island
,
Allowance
of
12
Acres
per
Hundred
,
and
shall
not
be
taken
away
as
Overplus
.
doth
or
shall
enjoy
Twelve
Acres
of
Ground
above
one
Hundred
,
within
their
reputed
Lines
,
and
no
more
,
and
so
proportionably
for
any
greater
or
lesser
Quantity
,
shall
enjoy
the
same
without
Molestation
,
or
being
taken
from
him
by
Warrant
.
Clause
VI
And
that
no
Surveyor
shall
presume
to
come
to
the
Plantation
or
Lands
of
any
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
with
an
Intent
to
run
out
the
same
without
the
Governour
's
particular
Warrant
to
that
purpose
first
had
and
obtained
,
No
Surveyor
to
Survey
,
without
the
Governour
's
Warrant
,
Sub
Poena
〈◊〉
lib.
Tobacco
.
and
first
acquainting
the
Owners
of
such
Land
therewith
,
upon
Penalty
of
forfeiting
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
and
Imprisonment
during
the
Governour
's
Pleasure
,
and
made
uncapable
of
executing
the
Office
of
a
Surveyor
for
the
time
to
come
.
Clause
VII
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
no
surveyor
shall
directly
or
indirectly
make
any
Bargain
or
Contract
for
any
Warrant
to
or
with
any
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
Surveyors
to
make
no
Bargain
to
Survey
for
his
private
Interest
.
for
his
own
Benefit
upon
the
Penalty
aforesaid
.
Dated
the
13th
of
March
,
1648.
Nᵒ
5.
An
ACT
for
the
Transcription
and
safe
keeping
of
the
Records
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Assembly
having
taken
into
mature
and
deliberate
Consideration
the
unsafe
keeping
the
Records
of
this
Island
,
of
which
they
have
received
several
Complaints
from
the
Country
,
being
a
Business
of
much
Importance
and
Concernment
to
the
Inhabitants
thereof
.
Clause
I
It
is
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
that
the
Secretary
for
the
time
being
,
shall
forthwith
draw
an
exact
List
of
the
several
Books
of
this
Island
,
to
the
intent
the
said
Records
be
transcribed
with
all
convenient
Speed
,
Some
Persons
of
Ability
to
keep
the
Records
.
and
kept
by
some
Able
Man
to
be
nominated
for
the
better
preservation
thereof
,
who
hereby
shall
have
power
to
cause
the
same
to
be
Transcribed
,
and
kept
as
aforesaid
:
And
what
Records
shall
hereafter
be
made
,
The
Secretary
to
send
all
Records
there
.
shall
be
sent
to
the
said
Chief
Officer
,
by
the
Secretary
from
time
to
time
for
the
intent
aforesaid
.
Dated
the
Thirteenth
of
March
,
1648.
Nᵒ
6.
An
ACT
for
Weights
,
Numbers
and
Measures
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
have
been
much
abused
by
false
Weights
,
Measures
and
Numbers
contrary
to
their
Liberty
,
and
the
laudable
Customs
of
the
Commonwealth
of
England
.
For
Prevention
whereor
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
and
Council
,
and
with
the
Consent
of
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
That
all
Traders
to
this
Island
,
and
Store-house-keepers
and
others
,
do
hereby
take
notice
,
that
Six
Months
after
publication
hereof
,
All
Commodities
to
be
sold
according
to
Winchester
Measure
.
all
their
Commodities
and
Merchandizes
shall
be
sold
according
to
the
Weights
,
Measures
and
Gages
of
Cask
used
and
accustomed
in
the
Commonwealth
of
England
(
that
is
to
say
)
according
to
Winchester
Measure
,
and
according
to
the
Gages
of
Cask
,
and
Weights
and
Numbers
used
in
the
City
of
London
,
and
by
no
greater
or
lesser
,
and
what
is
bought
there
at
one
Hundred
and
Twenty
to
the
Hundred
,
shall
be
so
sold
here
.
Forfeiture
.
And
whosoever
shall
directly
or
indirectly
barter
,
vend
or
put
off
any
Commodities
by
any
other
Weights
,
Measures
,
Gages
or
Numbers
,
shall
forfeit
double
the
value
of
the
said
Commodities
so
put
off
,
and
the
Contract
made
therein
,
shall
be
void
in
Law
,
and
irrecoverable
in
any
Court
within
this
Island
.
Forfeiture
how
to
be
recovered
.
The
said
Forfeitures
to
be
recovered
in
any
Court
of
Record
by
Action
of
Debt
,
the
half
to
the
Publick
Use
,
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
.
And
for
the
better
Observation
hereof
,
A
Table
of
Weights
and
Measures
to
be
in
the
Secretaries
Office
.
a
Table
of
the
true
and
exact
Weights
,
Measures
and
Numbers
used
in
the
Commonwealth
of
England
,
as
afore
expressed
,
shall
be
hanged
up
in
the
Secretaries
Office
,
where
all
,
whom
it
may
concern
,
may
repair
,
and
have
a
view
of
the
same
.
Dated
the
21st
of
Decemb.
1652.
Nᵒ
7.
An
ACT
to
prevent
frequenting
of
Taverns
and
Ale-houses
by
Seamen
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
consideration
the
great
frequenting
of
Taverns
and
Ale-houses
by
the
several
Seamen
arriving
to
this
Island
,
and
the
great
neglects
by
them
committed
in
the
Service
of
their
respective
Masters
and
Imployers
,
whereby
the
Affairs
of
the
several
Ships
are
much
hindered
and
prejudiced
,
and
great
Damage
sustained
,
besides
the
unnecessary
Expences
of
several
the
said
Seamen
in
many
the
said
Taverns
and
Alehouses
:
And
by
reason
of
the
readiness
of
several
loose
People
to
trust
them
,
which
oftentimes
the
said
Masters
are
forced
to
Pay
or
Satisfy
,
or
else
their
Ships
cannot
Sail
,
and
their
Voyage
hindred
and
lost
.
For
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
that
whatsoever
Seamen
shall
be
found
on
Shore
after
Eight
of
the
Clock
at
Night
,
Seamen
on
Shore
after
8
a
Clock
at
Night
,
without
a
●●●tificate
,
to
be
sent
to
common
Goal
.
and
shall
not
shew
a
Certificate
for
his
so
being
on
Shore
,
from
the
Master
or
Owner
whom
he
serves
,
or
cannot
give
a
good
Account
thereof
,
shall
be
apprehended
by
the
next
Constable
or
Officer
,
and
conveyed
to
the
common
Goal
,
or
set
in
the
Stocks
at
the
discretion
of
the
said
Officer
,
and
the
next
Morning
be
brought
to
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
who
according
as
in
his
Discretion
he
shall
see
good
,
shall
release
him
,
paying
of
his
Fees
.
And
what
Master
of
a
Family
within
this
Island
that
shall
be
found
to
receive
or
entertain
such
Seamen
into
their
Houses
after
the
time
aforesaid
,
being
not
licensed
thereto
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forthwith
on
such
Default
,
forfeit
and
pay
unto
the
publick
Treasury
,
to
the
publick
Use
of
this
Island
,
Fifty
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
the
same
to
be
levyed
by
Warrant
to
the
Constable
from
the
said
Justice
of
Peace
directed
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
and
ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
no
Master
or
Commander
of
any
Ship
or
Ships
,
shall
be
liable
to
pay
any
the
Scores
or
Debts
made
by
their
respective
Seamen
in
any
Taverns
or
Ale-houses
in
this
Island
,
None
obliged
to
pay
Seamens
Scores
.
but
that
all
Persons
so
trusting
any
such
Seamen
for
Drink
or
Wines
at
any
times
,
they
having
not
Engagement
for
the
same
from
their
Master
,
shall
be
incapable
of
recovering
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
January
10th
,
1652.
Nᵒ
8.
An
ACT
concerning
Trespass
done
by
Hogs
.
IT
shall
be
lawful
for
any
Inhabitant
of
this
Island
,
to
kill
or
cause
to
be
killed
,
any
Hog
or
Hogs
that
shall
come
into
his
Provision
,
Ground
or
Canes
,
Cotton
,
Ginger
or
Tobacco
;
and
them
so
killed
,
to
weigh
and
appraise
and
dispose
of
the
same
,
as
he
pleaseth
;
and
if
he
knoweth
the
Owner
of
them
,
then
he
is
to
pay
him
what
they
shall
be
appraised
at
,
deducting
the
Damage
that
the
said
Hog
or
Hogs
have
done
.
For
which
purpose
,
and
for
the
more
easie
proceeding
therein
,
and
concerning
the
Trespass
done
by
Hogs
,
Clause
I
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
that
the
Appraisement
of
any
Two
next
Freeholders
to
the
Place
where
such
Trespass
shall
be
done
and
sworn
to
in
Court
,
What
Evidence
shall
be
good
.
shall
be
sufficient
Evidence
to
the
Jury
to
proceed
therein
;
any
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
II
And
in
case
the
Owner
be
not
known
,
then
he
shall
nail
up
the
Marked
Ears
of
the
said
Hogs
Fourteen
Days
,
Nailing
up
the
Ears
.
in
a
publick
Place
,
that
the
said
Owner
may
be
found
out
.
Clause
III
But
if
such
Damage
shall
be
done
by
Horses
,
Cattel
,
Assinecoes
,
Goats
or
Sheep
;
For
impounding
.
in
such
case
the
Party
damnified
,
may
impound
the
same
according
the
Laws
of
England
,
until
replevin
be
made
.
And
the
Party
damnified
,
How
the
Damage
shall
be
adjudged
.
may
likewise
desire
the
said
Two
Free-holders
appointed
as
aforesaid
,
to
view
and
adjudge
the
Damage
,
and
set
it
under
their
Hands
,
which
being
sworn
to
in
Court
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
sufficient
Evidence
to
the
Jury
,
which
shall
be
impannell'd
for
the
Tryal
of
the
Action
:
In
which
the
said
Party
damnified
,
is
to
be
allowed
Two
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Day
,
for
every
Head
during
the
time
he
lawfully
keeps
the
same
.
Nᵒ
9.
An
ACT
declaring
what
Proofs
to
Bonds
,
Bills
,
Procurations
,
Letters
of
Attorney
or
other
Writings
,
shall
be
sufficient
in
Law
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
reason
of
the
great
Distance
between
this
Place
and
England
,
direct
Proof
concerning
Deeds
,
Bonds
,
Writings
or
other
Specialties
for
Moneys
or
Goods
taken
up
or
ingaged
for
,
and
towards
the
Supply
and
further
Settlement
of
this
Island
,
and
of
Letters
of
Attorney
,
Procurations
or
other
Powers
,
to
prove
the
same
cannot
be
had
:
And
also
any
Bonds
or
Specialties
hereafter
to
be
taken
upon
any
Consideration
whatsoever
.
Whereby
great
Mischiefs
have
redounded
to
the
good
People
of
the
Commonwealth
of
England
,
and
great
Obstructions
to
the
Justice
of
this
Island
,
no
express
Provision
being
made
therein
.
For
Remedy
whereof
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
such
Deeds
and
Bonds
,
or
other
Specialties
,
all
Letters
of
Attorney
,
Procurations
or
other
Powers
in
Writing
,
which
shall
at
any
time
after
publication
hereof
,
be
produced
in
any
Court
of
Justice
within
this
Island
,
The
manner
of
proving
Foreign
Debts
or
Specialties
.
attested
to
have
been
proved
upon
Oath
,
under
the
Corporation
Seal
of
the
Lord
Mayor
of
London
,
or
any
other
Mayor
or
chief
Officer
of
any
City
or
Town
Corporate
within
the
Dominions
of
the
Commonwealth
of
England
,
shall
be
taken
,
deemed
and
adjudged
,
as
sufficient
in
Law
,
as
if
the
Witnesses
in
them
named
and
subscribed
,
had
been
personally
there
,
and
proved
the
same
.
Clause
II
And
that
such
Attestation
shall
be
sufficient
Evidence
to
the
Jury
to
give
Verdict
thereon
,
The
Jury
and
Judge
to
accept
such
Proof
.
and
sufficient
Warrant
to
the
Judge
to
proceed
to
all
Lawful
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
,
any
Law
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
Provisoe
.
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
to
prevent
all
Deceits
that
may
happen
therein
,
no
Execution
shall
be
granted
upon
any
Judgment
had
upon
the
Testimonies
so
certified
as
aforesaid
,
until
the
Plantiff
(
if
the
Defendant
so
require
)
have
first
given
good
Security
in
double
the
Sum
recovered
,
unto
the
Judge
of
the
Court
where
such
Recovery
was
had
,
that
the
Debt
recovered
was
a
just
and
real
Debt
,
and
that
the
whole
nor
any
part
of
what
he
demands
,
was
ever
satisfied
unto
the
Creditor
,
or
any
other
by
his
Order
,
for
his
Use
;
or
that
what
he
demands
upon
the
Especialty
upon
which
he
sues
,
was
ever
satisfied
by
any
,
in
whole
or
in
part
.
The
Debtors
have
Two
Years
to
disprove
.
And
that
the
Debtor
have
Two
Years
time
to
disprove
the
said
Debt
or
any
part
of
it
,
and
therein
have
the
same
advantages
of
Proofs
,
as
the
Creditor
is
allowed
by
this
Act.
And
also
he
shall
have
power
to
bring
before
the
said
Mayor
or
other
Chief
Officer
,
any
Collateral
Proof
,
as
by
Verbal
Testimonies
,
although
he
have
no
Specialty
or
Acquittance
:
Also
Bills
of
Loading
,
or
other
circumstantial
Proof
;
which
being
certified
to
have
been
testified
upon
Oath
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
held
sufficient
for
disproof
of
the
said
Debt
,
or
any
part
of
it
.
And
if
in
that
time
it
be
〈◊〉
nor
any
part
of
it
disproved
,
that
then
the
said
Security
shall
be
〈…〉
Bonds
or
Bills
taken
thereon
,
be
delivered
up
and
cancel●●●
〈…〉
the
whole
Demand
or
any
part
of
it
be
in
that
time
disproved
,
the
Plantiff
shall
pay
what
is
so
disproved
,
The
Plantiff
to
pay
what
is
disproved
,
and
treble
Damages
.
Provisoe
.
to
the
Defendant
with
Treble
Damages
,
which
by
the
Defendant
shall
be
proved
to
a
Jury
that
hath
suffered
thereby
.
Provided
also
,
That
no
Creditor
shall
take
Benefit
of
this
Law
,
but
such
an
one
as
hath
first
taken
his
Oath
before
the
said
Mayor
or
Chief
Officer
,
that
shall
make
the
said
Certificate
,
that
neither
the
whole
Demand
,
nor
any
part
thereof
is
satisfy'd
.
But
if
the
said
Creditor
claim
the
Debt
,
as
Executor
or
Administrator
,
then
he
shall
only
Swear
,
that
to
his
Knowledge
,
neither
the
whole
,
nor
any
part
of
the
said
Debt
is
satisfied
.
Nᵒ
10.
An
ACT
for
the
keeping
clear
the
Wharfs
or
Landing
Places
at
the
Indian
Bridge
,
and
on
Speght's
-
Bay
,
alias
Little-Bristol
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
many
Merchants
,
Storehouse-keepers
and
other
Persons
,
who
having
Goods
,
Merchandizes
and
other
Commodities
imported
to
this
Island
,
after
the
Landing
thereof
,
care
not
in
any
reasonable
time
to
remove
and
take
away
the
same
;
so
that
the
Wharfs
or
Landing-Places
are
greatly
stopped
,
and
as
it
were
quite
blocked
up
,
to
the
great
Obstruction
of
Passage
,
Shipping
and
Landing
of
Goods
,
which
otherwise
would
be
sufficient
for
the
same
.
For
the
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
and
more
free
dispatch
of
Maritime
Affairs
,
conducing
both
to
the
Commodity
of
,
as
well
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Place
,
as
the
Merchants
here
and
hither
trading
.
Clause
I
It
is
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
where
any
Goods
,
Merchandizes
or
other
Commodities
whatsoever
,
shall
be
found
to
lye
,
be
or
remain
on
any
publick
Wharfs
or
Landing-Places
,
at
the
Indian-Bridge-Town
,
or
Speght's
-
Bay
,
alias
Little-Bristol
,
over
and
above
the
Space
of
One
whole
Week
,
Forfeiture
of
Goods
lying
on
Wharfs
.
the
Owner
of
such
Goods
or
Commodities
so
lying
,
and
being
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
Day
they
shall
so
lye
,
above
the
Space
of
a
Week
as
foresaid
,
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
the
same
to
be
levied
upon
due
Proof
upon
Oath
,
of
any
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
before
any
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
by
Warrant
of
Distress
,
under
their
Hands
,
directed
to
the
next
Constable
;
the
one
half
to
be
the
Informer
,
the
other
half
to
the
publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
hereof
notwithstanding
.
January
the
Ninth
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Fifty
and
Four
.
Nᵒ
11.
An
ACT
prohibiting
Persons
from
keeping
a
common
Ale-house
or
Tipling
House
,
selling
any
Liquors
,
or
this
Country
Spirits
to
drink
in
their
Houses
or
Plantations
,
without
License
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
12.
An
ACT
that
the
bringing
Writs
of
Errors
,
and
other
Equitable
Matters
,
before
the
Governour
and
Council
,
to
be
by
them
determined
,
be
and
do
continue
in
Force
,
according
to
the
Ancient
Customs
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
for
the
speedy
and
due
Administration
of
Justice
,
and
Right
to
all
,
it
hath
anciently
been
the
Custom
and
common
Practices
within
this
Island
,
for
the
Governour
and
Council
,
to
hear
and
determine
all
Writs
of
Errors
,
Petitions
of
Grievances
,
and
all
other
Equitable
Matters
whatsoever
,
which
have
come
,
and
been
presented
before
them
,
either
at
their
private
Meeting
as
Governour
and
Council
,
or
as
they
held
and
set
in
General
Sessions
.
And
whereas
,
also
the
same
Custom
and
Practice
hath
continued
from
the
Settlement
of
this
Island
,
and
being
exercised
by
the
Governour
and
Council
successively
,
as
adjudged
by
the
representative
Body
of
this
Island
,
to
be
the
best
and
most
expedient
means
of
administring
equal
Right
to
the
People
.
It
is
therefore
the
Desire
of
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
to
the
Governor
and
Council
,
that
it
may
be
Enacted
and
Ordained
.
And
be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
That
the
said
Custom
and
Usage
of
hearing
and
determining
all
Writs
of
Error
,
Petitions
of
Equitable
Causes
,
and
other
such
like
Matters
,
by
and
before
the
Governour
and
Council
,
do
continue
and
be
in
force
,
according
to
the
ancient
Custom
and
Practice
within
this
Island
:
Any
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Dated
the
Fifteenth
Day
of
January
,
1655.
Nᵒ
13.
An
ACT
concerning
Vestries
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
serious
Consideration
,
how
burthensome
,
grievous
and
intolerable
it
is
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
to
pay
the
Assessments
and
Levies
which
have
been
made
,
laid
and
imposed
upon
them
by
the
several
Vestries
of
the
Parishes
of
this
Island
,
by
a
Power
granted
them
by
a
former
Statute
,
whereby
many
one's
Estates
have
been
exhausted
and
taken
from
them
,
to
make
Payment
of
the
said
Assessments
and
Levies
.
Which
to
prevent
for
the
future
,
and
to
reduce
such
their
Power
to
a
limitted
and
known
lawful
way
of
Assessing
and
Levying
,
Clause
I
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
no
Assessment
or
Levy
whatsoever
,
either
upon
Land
,
or
by
the
Head
,
which
shall
be
made
by
any
Vestry
of
this
Island
,
shall
be
of
Force
or
Validity
against
any
Person
or
Persons
charged
for
Payment
of
the
same
,
Assessments
to
be
confirmed
by
Governour
and
Council
.
until
such
Assessment
and
Levy
shall
have
received
a
Confirmation
by
the
Governour
and
Council
,
either
for
Approbation
thereof
,
or
otherwise
determining
of
the
same
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
just
and
reasonable
;
any
former
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
;
which
said
Assessments
and
Levies
,
the
said
Vestries
are
to
present
to
the
Governour
and
Council
presently
upon
making
the
same
,
to
receive
such
Approbation
or
Determination
,
that
there
may
be
no
stop
or
hinderance
in
collecting
the
same
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
hereby
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
the
Freeholders
of
every
Parish
within
this
Island
,
shall
repair
to
their
respective
Parish-Churches
every
Year
successively
,
on
the
Second
Monday
in
January
,
Sixteen
Persons
to
be
the
Annual
Vestries
.
and
there
by
their
free
Voices
,
choose
Sixteen
Persons
to
be
the
Vestry-men
of
their
Parish
for
the
Year
ensuing
;
which
said
Vestrymen
so
Elected
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
,
have
hereby
power
to
manage
all
business
of
the
said
Parish
,
to
set
Rates
for
defraying
their
Parish
Charges
,
and
to
discharge
and
perform
such
other
Duties
in
behalf
of
their
said
Parish
,
as
doth
belong
to
their
Office
and
the
Trust
reposed
in
them
.
Clause
III
And
the
said
Rates
so
made
by
them
,
being
published
Three
Sundays
in
the
Parish-Church
,
Rates
publishing
Three
Sundays
in
the
Church
.
and
no
exception
taken
to
it
,
shall
be
approved
of
,
and
confirmed
by
the
Governour
and
Council
,
and
Attachment
under
the
Governours
Hand
,
granted
for
the
Levying
and
Raising
the
same
.
But
in
case
exception
be
taken
to
the
said
Rates
,
the
Party
grieved
shall
be
heard
,
and
his
Tax
examined
,
concluded
and
determined
by
the
Governour
and
Council
before
the
Confirmation
thereof
passes
as
aforesaid
.
Preamble
.
And
whereas
great
Complaint
hath
been
made
of
the
Neglect
of
the
several
Persons
chosen
for
Vestrymen
to
convene
and
meet
at
their
appointed
times
to
manage
and
carry
on
their
Parish-Affairs
.
For
better
proceed
therein
for
the
future
,
Clause
IV
It
is
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
One
or
more
Justices
,
to
summon
Vestry-men
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
any
one
or
more
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
any
the
Parishes
within
this
Island
,
have
hereby
power
(
as
occasion
shall
require
)
to
Summon
and
Convene
at
the
Parish-Churches
,
the
respective
Vestry-men
,
Church-wardens
and
others
of
their
Parish-Officers
,
to
debate
and
consult
about
the
Parish
and
Church
Concernments
,
and
whatsoever
Vestry-man
,
Church-warden
or
other
Officer
so
required
,
to
appear
(
such
notice
being
given
at
his
House
)
shall
fail
to
convene
and
meet
accordingly
(
such
excuse
being
not
given
or
sent
,
as
the
said
Justice
shall
approve
and
allow
of
)
shall
forfeit
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
forfeit
for
non-appearance
.
to
be
levied
by
warrant
of
Distress
,
from
the
said
Justice
or
Justices
,
to
the
next
Constable
,
and
be
imployed
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
such
Parish
,
for
the
defraying
other
Parish
Duties
or
Charges
,
the
Constable
to
be
allowed
Ten
per
Cent.
for
his
Distress
;
and
in
case
of
Refusal
,
to
be
committed
to
the
common
Goal
,
until
he
shall
perform
the
same
.
Nᵒ
14.
An
ACT
for
limitting
the
Assemblies
Continuance
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
sad
experience
we
have
found
,
That
the
long
setting
of
Representatives
hath
been
the
occasion
of
many
Factions
and
Divisions
,
and
of
great
Distraction
in
the
whole
Nation
and
the
People
that
chose
them
,
though
they
be
never
so
much
unsatisfied
or
displeased
with
their
Actions
,
cannot
by
reason
of
their
unlimited
Election
,
put
a
seasonable
end
to
the
power
which
they
have
given
them
.
For
Prevention
therefore
of
the
evils
which
such
a
Custom
may
possibly
bring
on
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
.
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
;
That
this
present
Assembly
,
No
Assembly
to
set
but
one
Year
.
nor
any
future
Assembly
to
be
held
within
this
Island
,
shall
be
and
continue
any
longer
,
than
for
one
whole
Year
from
their
time
of
first
meeting
,
as
an
Assembly
,
fully
to
be
compleat
and
ended
.
And
the
Elections
now
lately
,
and
which
hereafter
shall
be
made
of
Free-holders
to
set
in
the
Assembly
,
shall
(
though
the
same
be
not
express'd
)
be
held
,
deemed
and
adjudged
to
be
an
Election
to
continue
of
force
,
no
longer
than
for
,
and
during
the
Term
of
One
Year
,
and
to
be
reckoned
from
the
time
of
their
first
meeting
as
aforesaid
:
Any
former
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
hereof
notwithstanding
.
August
the
6th
,
1660.
Nᵒ
15.
An
ACT
or
Order
for
the
Publication
and
Execution
of
the
Acts
concerning
the
Vniformity
of
Common-Prayer
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
divers
opinionated
and
self-conceited
Persons
have
declared
an
absolute
Dislike
to
the
Government
of
the
Church
of
England
,
as
well
by
their
aversion
and
utter
neglect
or
refusal
of
the
Prayers
,
Sermons
and
Adminstration
of
the
Sacraments
,
and
other
Rights
and
Ordinances
thereof
used
in
their
several
Parish-Churches
,
as
by
holding
Conventicles
in
Private
Houses
and
other
Places
,
scandalizing
Ministers
,
and
endeavouring
to
seduce
others
to
their
Erroneous
Opinions
,
upon
Pretence
of
an
alteration
of
Church-Government
in
England
.
All
which
their
Misdemeanors
,
have
begotten
many
Distractions
,
a
great
Reproach
and
Disparagement
to
the
Church
and
Ministry
,
and
Disturbance
of
the
Government
of
this
Island
:
For
Suppression
of
which
their
disorderly
Courses
,
Clause
I
It
is
hereby
Ordered
,
Published
and
Declared
,
and
all
Persons
whatsoever
inhabiting
or
resident
,
All
People
to
give
due
Obedience
to
the
Government
of
the
Church
of
England
.
or
which
shall
inhabit
or
reside
in
this
Island
,
are
in
his
Majesty's
Name
strictly
hereby
charged
and
commanded
,
That
they
and
every
of
them
from
henceforth
give
due
obedience
,
and
conform
themselves
unto
the
Government
and
Discipline
of
the
Church
of
England
,
as
the
same
hath
been
established
by
several
Acts
of
Parliament
,
and
especially
those
which
are
at
large
expressed
in
the
fronts
of
most
English
Bibles
.
Which
Acts
of
Parliament
,
the
Ministers
of
every
Church
and
Chappel
in
this
Island
,
are
hereby
required
to
read
publickly
and
distinctly
in
their
several
Parish-Churches
and
Chappels
;
that
thereby
all
Persons
may
know
what
is
their
Duty
in
this
behalf
,
and
the
Penalty
they
incur
by
their
Contempt
and
Neglect
thereof
;
which
all
that
appear
faulty
in
,
must
expect
to
have
strictly
put
in
Execution
against
them
.
And
all
Iustices
of
the
Peace
,
Ministers
,
Church-Wardens
and
other
his
Majesty's
Officers
of
this
Island
,
that
may
give
furtherance
to
the
execution
of
the
aforesaid
Acts
,
are
hereby
required
in
his
Majesty's
Name
,
to
do
their
Endeavour
therein
to
the
utmost
of
their
Powers
,
as
they
tender
their
several
Duties
to
Almighty
God
,
and
their
Allegiance
to
our
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
and
the
due
Execution
of
their
several
Places
and
Offices
whereto
they
are
called
.
Nᵒ
16.
An
ACT
concerning
Morning
and
Evening
Prayer
in
Families
.
Preamble
.
THat
Almighty
God
may
be
Served
and
Glorified
,
and
that
he
give
a
Blessing
to
our
Labours
,
Clause
I
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
That
all
Masters
and
Overseers
of
Families
,
Morning
and
Evening
Prayers
to
be
said
in
Families
.
have
Prayers
openly
Said
or
Read
every
Morning
and
Evening
with
his
Family
,
upon
Penalty
of
Forty
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
the
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
half
to
the
publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
.
Clause
II
That
all
Masters
of
Families
that
live
within
Two
Miles
of
their
Parish-Church
or
Chappel
,
All
that
live
within
Two
Miles
,
to
hear
Prayers
twice
daily
.
shall
duly
repair
thereto
,
Morning
and
Evening
,
on
the
Sabbath
,
with
their
Families
,
to
hear
Divine
Service
;
and
they
which
live
above
Two
Miles
from
such
Church
or
Chappel
,
to
repair
to
such
Church
once
a
Month
at
least
,
Above
Two
Miles
once
in
a
Month
at
least
.
under
Forfeiture
according
to
the
Law
of
England
in
such
Case
provided
.
If
a
Servant
make
Default
of
repairing
to
the
Church
according
to
the
true
intent
of
this
Act
;
if
the
Fault
be
in
his
Master
,
then
his
Master
is
to
pay
Ten
Pounds
of
Cotton
for
every
such
Default
;
if
the
neglect
be
in
the
Servant
,
he
is
to
be
punished
at
the
Discretion
of
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
.
Clause
III
That
every
Minister
begin
Morning
Prayers
every
Sunday
,
by
Nine
of
the
Clock
in
the
Morning
,
and
Preach
once
that
Day
at
least
.
Preamble
.
And
forasmuch
as
little
care
hath
been
observed
to
be
taken
by
Parents
or
Masters
of
Families
for
the
instruction
of
their
Children
or
Servants
under
Years
of
Discretion
,
in
the
Fundamentals
of
Christian
Religion
,
or
the
knowledge
of
God
,
and
as
little
Endeavours
used
therein
by
any
the
Ministers
of
this
Island
:
So
that
Religion
comes
thereby
to
be
scandalized
,
and
the
Worship
of
God
contemned
,
and
all
manner
of
Vices
through
the
ignorance
of
Persons
attaining
Maturity
of
Years
,
incouraged
and
countenanced
.
And
for
the
better
information
therefore
,
of
all
sorts
of
Persons
concerning
God
and
the
true
Religion
,
Clause
IV
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
respective
Ministers
of
this
Island
,
in
their
several
Parish-Churches
or
Chappels
of
Ease
,
on
every
Sunday
in
the
Afternoon
,
do
there
publickly
exercise
the
duty
of
Preaching
,
That
Ministers
are
to
Preach
or
Catechize
every
Sunday
.
or
of
the
catechizing
and
questioning
all
the
Youth
and
others
that
shall
come
before
them
,
in
the
points
of
the
Christian
Faith
,
and
endeavour
by
such
Questions
to
instruct
them
concerning
God
,
and
the
Fundamentals
of
the
Christian
Religion
,
and
all
the
Articles
of
the
Christian
Faith
.
Clause
V
Item
,
That
the
Church-wardens
of
every
Parish
shall
forthwith
provide
a
strong
pair
of
Stocks
to
be
placed
so
near
the
Church
or
Chappel
,
as
conveniently
may
be
,
and
the
Constables
,
Church-wardens
to
provide
Stocks
near
the
Church
.
Church-wardens
and
Sidesmen
,
shall
in
some
time
of
Divine
Service
,
every
Sunday
,
walk
and
search
Taverns
,
Ale-houses
,
Victualling-Houses
or
other
Houses
,
Search
Taverns
,
&c.
where
they
do
suspect
Lewd
and
Debauched
Company
to
frequent
.
And
if
they
shall
find
any
Drinking
,
Swearing
,
Gaming
,
or
otherwise
misdemeaning
themselves
,
that
forthwith
they
apprehend
such
Persons
,
and
bring
them
to
the
Stocks
,
there
to
be
by
them
imprisoned
,
the
space
of
Four
Hours
,
unless
every
such
Offender
pay
Five
Shillings
to
the
Church-wardens
of
the
said
Parish
for
the
use
of
the
Poor
.
Clause
VI
Item
,
Whosoever
shall
Swear
or
Curse
,
whereby
the
Name
of
God
is
blasphemed
,
if
a
Master
or
Freeman
,
Against
Swearing
and
Curseing
.
he
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
Offence
,
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
if
a
Servant
Two
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
and
if
the
Servant
hath
not
wherewithal
,
then
to
be
put
in
the
Stocks
.
Provided
this
Statute
take
not
away
any
Master's
Power
in
correcting
their
Servants
for
the
Offence
aforesaid
;
the
said
Fines
concerning
the
said
Masters
and
Freemen
to
be
immediately
paid
and
levied
,
for
the
use
of
the
Parish
out
of
his
Estate
.
Clause
VII
And
it
is
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
all
and
every
the
Church-wardens
of
the
several
and
respective
Parishes
within
this
Island
,
Church-wardens
to
be
Sworn
.
be
sworn
upon
the
Holy
Evangelists
of
God
upon
his
Election
to
the
said
Office
,
for
the
Discharge
thereof
by
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
for
the
respective
Parishes
,
in
manner
and
form
,
according
to
the
Laws
and
Constitutions
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
.
And
that
the
said
Church-wardens
and
every
of
them
,
To
present
Offenders
.
do
duly
make
their
Presentments
at
the
next
Quarter
Sessions
,
by
virtue
of
his
Oath
,
to
the
end
that
all
Persons
presented
,
may
appear
and
answer
to
all
such
Crimes
,
as
shall
be
objected
against
him
.
Nᵒ
17.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Special
Court
for
the
speedy
deciding
Controversies
between
Merchant
and
Merchant
,
or
Mariner
and
Mariner
,
or
Merchant
and
Mariners
,
about
Freight
,
Damage
or
other
Maritime
Cases
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
many
Maritime
Cases
and
Differences
often
happen
between
Persons
trading
in
,
and
Sailing
to
and
from
this
Island
,
which
by
reason
of
the
necessity
of
the
sudden
departure
of
the
Persons
concerned
therein
,
and
of
the
Witnesses
,
that
are
to
give
Testimony
about
the
same
,
cannot
stay
to
be
decided
in
the
usual
Courts
,
according
to
the
ordinary
times
therein
allowed
and
accustomed
.
And
therefore
if
some
more
speedy
course
of
Administration
of
Justice
in
such
Cases
be
not
established
,
the
Persons
injured
are
forced
rather
to
lose
their
Rights
,
than
suffer
more
by
their
demurrage
here
.
For
Remedy
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
in
all
such
Cases
above
recited
,
the
Governour
,
Special
Courts
how
to
be
constituted
.
President
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
may
and
shall
upon
the
Petition
of
the
Plaintiff
,
appoint
and
constitute
a
special
Court
,
and
by
Commission
appoint
Five
Judges
,
who
,
or
any
Three
of
them
,
shall
be
thereby
impowered
according
to
the
Laws
and
Customs
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
and
this
Island
,
to
hear
,
try
,
and
finally
determine
the
same
;
and
therein
grant
Execution
accordingly
,
wherein
no
unnecessary
Delays
shall
be
cast
or
allowed
.
July
the
Fourth
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
and
Sixty
one
.
Signed
,
Humphrey
Walrond
.
Nᵒ
18.
An
ACT
Establishing
the
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
in
this
Island
,
declaring
also
a
Method
and
manner
of
Proceedings
both
to
Judgment
and
Execution
,
which
are
to
be
observed
in
the
said
Courts
.
Common-Pleas
Court
.
Clause
I
IMprimis
,
It
is
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
President
and
Council
,
and
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
according
to
the
Practice
hitherto
observed
,
this
Island
be
distributed
into
Five
Precincts
,
The
Island
divided
into
Five
Parts
.
Viz.
The
Parish
of
Christ-church
and
St.
Philips
,
to
make
one
Precinct
;
St.
Michael's
,
St.
George's
and
St.
John's
another
;
St.
Thomas
and
St.
James
another
,
St.
Peter's
,
All-Saints
and
St.
Lucy's
a
Fourth
Precinct
;
and
St.
Andrews
Overhills
,
and
St.
Joseph's
,
a
Fifth
Precinct
,
according
as
hath
been
by
former
Laws
Established
.
And
that
in
each
of
these
Precincts
,
be
held
a
Court
of
Common-Pleas
,
by
one
Judge
,
and
Four
Assistants
appointed
or
to
be
appointed
by
Commission
,
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
his
Majesty's
Commander
in
chief
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
thereby
giving
them
,
or
any
Three
of
them
,
power
to
hear
and
determine
all
Common
Pleas
according
to
the
Laws
of
England
,
and
Laws
and
Customs
of
this
Island
:
1st
Court
.
The
First
of
which
Courts
shall
begin
to
be
held
and
kept
at
Oistins
,
alias
Charles-Town
,
the
last
Monday
and
Tuesday
in
every
Year
,
2d
Court
.
which
shall
happen
to
be
in
the
Month
of
January
.
The
Second
Court
shall
be
held
and
kept
on
the
Wednesday
,
Thursday
and
Friday
next
following
,
3d
Court
.
at
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
.
The
Third
Court
shall
be
held
and
kept
at
the
Hole
alias
James-Town
,
the
Monday
and
Tuesday
next
ensuing
.
4th
Court
.
The
Fourth
Court
shall
be
held
and
kept
at
the
Town
of
Speghts
,
alias
Little-Bristol
,
the
Wednesday
and
Thursday
next
ensuing
.
And
the
Last
Court
shall
be
held
in
the
said
Parish
of
St.
Andrew's
,
Last
Court
.
the
Friday
and
Saturday
following
.
And
so
the
said
respective
Courts
,
are
to
continue
their
respective
Settings
,
from
Four
Weeks
,
to
Four
Weeks
on
the
said
several
Days
above
limited
and
appointed
,
until
the
Twenty
Sixth
Day
of
September
;
and
then
the
said
Courts
are
to
be
adjourned
during
the
dead
time
of
the
Year
,
until
the
said
last
Monday
in
January
next
following
,
and
then
again
to
revive
and
continue
according
to
the
limitation
above
prescribed
.
And
the
chief
Judge
of
each
of
the
said
respective
Courts
,
have
hereby
power
to
command
the
appearances
of
the
Defendants
,
as
well
in
Plea
Real
as
Personal
,
or
mixt
by
Warrant
under
their
respective
Hands
and
Seals
.
Provided
that
the
Plantiff
have
first
entred
his
Declaration
on
Record
,
and
that
a
true
Copy
thereof
attested
by
the
Clerk
,
be
annexed
unto
the
said
Summons
,
Summons
the
Defendant
10
Days
.
and
that
the
Persons
of
the
Defendant's
be
served
therewith
,
or
that
the
same
be
left
at
the
Defendants
House
,
or
Place
of
his
most
usual
Abode
,
Ten
Days
at
least
before
the
setting
of
the
Court
,
from
whence
the
said
Summons
may
issue
.
And
if
the
Defendant
shall
fail
to
appear
the
Second
Court
after
such
Summons
duly
served
in
manner
as
aforesaid
,
and
upon
Oath
proved
the
first
Court
so
to
have
been
,
or
appearing
,
shall
not
readily
join
issue
on
the
matter
in
fact
,
Plea
in
Bar
or
Abatement
.
or
plead
some
good
and
substantial
Matter
in
Bar
of
the
said
Action
or
Abatement
of
the
Writ
,
or
can
shew
no
sufficient
Cause
to
be
allowed
by
the
said
Court
for
such
his
Defaults
,
That
then
,
and
in
all
such
Cases
,
Judgment
at
the
Second
Court
.
Judgment
shall
be
immediately
entred
against
the
Defendant
:
But
if
at
the
said
Second
Court
,
the
Defendant
shall
appear
and
join
issue
on
the
Matter
in
fact
,
Join
Issue
at
the
Second
Court
.
or
plead
such
a
substantial
Matter
in
Bar
or
Abatement
as
aforesaid
(
wherein
great
Caution
is
to
be
had
by
the
Court
,
No
Demurrer
in
the
Second
Court
.
not
to
allow
of
any
dilatory
Pleas
or
Demurrers
or
frivolous
Abatements
,
)
Then
a
Day
shall
be
given
the
said
Parties
for
Trial
of
the
said
Matter
in
fact
,
or
determining
the
said
Matter
in
Law
the
next
ensuing
Court.
And
if
at
that
Day
the
Defendant
make
Default
when
called
,
the
Evidence
of
the
part
of
the
Plaintiff
shall
be
taken
,
and
Judgment
entred
thereon
,
according
as
to
the
Courts
shall
seem
just
and
right
.
But
in
case
the
Plaintiff
shall
neglect
to
appear
at
the
said
Day
when
called
,
then
a
Nonsuit
to
be
entred
against
him
.
And
to
the
intent
Jurors
may
not
too
long
attend
,
Clause
II
Be
it
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Jury
be
summoned
and
sworn
to
try
an
Issue
in
fact
(
except
it
be
by
consent
of
Parties
)
but
only
such
Issue
as
hath
been
agreed
and
joined
in
some
former
Court.
Jurors
to
try
no
Issue
,
but
what
joined
some
former
Court
,
except
by
Consent
.
And
to
the
end
that
such
speedy
and
full
Execution
of
the
said
Judgments
may
be
made
,
as
may
stand
best
with
the
Constitution
of
this
Place
,
and
the
Necessities
of
the
People
,
Clause
III
Be
it
further
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
Fourteen
Days
after
Judgment
entred
at
the
Request
of
the
Plantiff
or
his
Attorney
,
Fourteen
Days
after
Judgment
,
Execution
to
issue
.
the
chief
Judge
of
every
respective
Court
wherein
the
said
Judgment
is
obtained
,
shall
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
issue
a
Warrant
to
the
Marshal
or
his
sufficient
Deputy
in
the
first
place
,
The
form
of
an
Execution
.
to
attach
any
the
Cotton
,
Tobacco
,
Ginger
,
Sugar
or
Indigo
belonging
to
the
Defendant
;
if
none
such
,
then
the
Servants
,
Negroes
,
Cattel
,
Horses
or
other
Moveables
;
if
none
such
,
then
the
Lands
,
Plantations
or
Houses
of
the
Defendant
:
And
lastly
,
if
none
such
,
then
to
Arrest
the
Person
of
the
Defendant
,
and
him
in
safe
and
strict
Custody
to
keep
,
until
he
hath
satisfied
the
Plantiff
.
All
which
said
Moveables
,
shall
at
the
Defendants
Charge
,
All
moveables
to
be
sold
the
First
Market-day
after
80
Days
.
at
the
first
Market-Day
,
in
an
Act
lately
appointing
Markets
(
Saturdays
excepted
)
which
shall
happen
within
that
Precinct
,
after
Eighty
Days
after
the
Attachment
laid
,
be
exposed
to
Sale
by
the
said
Marshal
,
or
his
sufficient
Deputy
,
Sale
between
Twelve
and
Four
a
Clock
in
the
Afternoon
.
between
the
Hours
of
Twelve
and
Four
of
the
Clock
in
the
Afternoon
,
and
be
accordingly
sold
to
the
best
Chapman
,
for
the
ready
Species
,
or
kind
of
Goods
which
the
Plaintiff
recovered
in
that
Action
,
and
the
produce
of
such
Sail
immediately
deliver
to
the
Plaintiff
.
Vide
Act
for
the
regulating
Outcries
.
But
if
it
shall
so
happen
,
that
the
Defendant
through
wilfulness
or
negligence
fail
to
bring
the
said
Moveables
to
the
said
Market
,
then
shall
the
said
Marshal
or
Deputy
in
the
said
Market
,
give
Notice
where
the
said
Goods
are
,
and
where
they
lye
,
and
that
they
are
exposed
to
Sale
the
next
Day
at
the
Place
where
they
lye
;
which
said
next
Day
,
between
the
Hours
of
Twelve
and
Four
as
aforesaid
,
the
said
Marshal
or
Deputy
shall
accordingly
effect
.
Defendants
in
St.
Andrews
and
St.
Joseph's
,
may
order
Sale
at
the
Hole
Speght's
or
St.
Michaels
.
And
in
regard
St.
Andrew's
and
St.
Joseph's
have
no
Market
within
their
Precints
,
it
shall
be
in
the
Election
of
the
Defendant
,
where
their
Goods
attached
,
shall
be
exposed
or
sold
,
at
the
Hole-Market
,
Speght's
or
St.
Michael's
.
And
if
it
shall
appear
on
the
Sale
,
that
the
Goods
Attached
,
do
not
produce
sufficient
to
satisfy
the
Plaintiff
,
then
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
is
to
proceed
to
attach
further
,
until
he
hath
sufficient
,
and
the
same
to
expose
and
sell
at
the
next
Market
following
,
in
manner
aforesaid
.
And
in
case
the
Buyer
shall
be
at
any
time
sued
for
any
Goods
or
Chattels
,
The
Buyer
,
if
sued
,
to
plead
the
Sale
in
Bar.
which
he
shall
so
buy
of
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
aforesaid
,
in
such
Actions
the
Buyer
shall
plead
the
said
Sale
in
Bar
,
which
shall
be
accepted
by
the
Court
as
a
good
Bar
in
that
Action
;
and
of
every
such
Sale
,
Sales
to
be
reformed
and
filed
in
Court
.
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
shall
make
Certificate
in
Writing
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
,
which
shall
be
returned
and
filed
in
the
Office
of
the
Precincts
where
the
Recovery
is
had
.
Clause
IV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
in
case
any
Person
which
shall
buy
any
of
the
said
Goods
or
Chattels
for
ready
Pay
(
in
case
the
Plaintiff
will
take
his
Word
,
which
he
may
if
he
will
,
or
refuse
to
do
)
do
not
perform
the
same
within
Five
Days
after
,
The
Buyer
to
pay
in
Five
Days
,
except
the
Plaintiff
agree
.
or
otherwise
content
the
Plaintiff
,
The
Iudge
of
the
Court
where
the
said
Certificate
is
filed
,
is
hereby
authorized
and
required
to
issue
Execution
against
the
said
Buyer
for
the
Sum
,
Execution
for
20
per
Cent.
which
it
appears
on
the
said
Certificate
he
contracted
to
pay
,
and
Twenty
per
Cent.
more
in
proportion
,
for
what
he
hath
not
paid
:
For
which
the
said
Marshal
or
Deputy
shall
Attach
,
expose
to
Sail
,
and
Sell
at
the
next
Market
,
in
manner
as
aforesaid
,
and
the
Proceeds
thereof
to
deliver
to
the
said
Plaintiff
for
his
Satisfaction
.
Clause
V
The
Defendant
to
keep
Goods
Attached
80
Days
at
his
own
Hazard
.
This
Clause
Repealed
,
Act
189
,
Clause
I.
Defendant
refusing
to
keep
the
Goods
,
the
Marshal
to
sell
the
Goods
Attached
at
the
next
Market
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
it
shall
be
in
the
choice
of
the
Defendant
,
from
whom
the
said
Goods
are
Attached
,
at
his
own
hazard
to
keep
the
same
in
his
Custody
,
during
the
said
Eighty
Days
,
and
during
the
said
time
,
by
paying
the
Debt
,
or
otherwise
compounding
with
his
Creditors
to
redeem
the
same
.
But
if
the
Defendant
refuse
to
keep
the
same
,
then
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
is
hereby
required
forthwith
to
proceed
to
the
Sale
at
the
next
Market
after
such
refusal
.
And
if
it
perish
before
Sale
,
it
shall
be
on
the
Defendant's
Account
,
and
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
to
Attach
a
new
,
for
further
Satisfaction
for
the
Plaintiff
,
and
the
next
Market
to
expose
to
Sale
as
aforesaid
,
Marshal
to
answer
for
the
Goods
he
shall
abuse
.
unless
the
said
Goods
have
been
abused
by
the
said
Marshal
or
Deputy
:
And
in
such
case
,
the
said
Marshal
or
Deputy
is
to
be
responsible
according
to
the
wrong
he
hath
done
.
Clause
VI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
it
shall
appear
to
the
Judge
of
the
Court
,
by
the
confession
of
the
Party
,
or
the
Oath
of
Two
Credible
Witnesses
,
that
the
Defendant
hath
made
away
any
of
the
Cattel
,
Stock
or
other
Goods
,
after
the
same
hath
been
duly
and
legally
Attached
;
The
Judge
to
commit
him
who
makes
away
Attached
Goods
.
whereby
the
Plaintiff
is
disappointed
of
his
full
Payment
or
any
part
thereof
;
such
Person
for
such
Offence
,
shall
be
immediately
by
the
said
Judge
,
committed
to
Prison
,
there
to
remain
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
for
and
during
the
space
of
Fourteen
Days
:
And
if
before
the
Fourteenth
Day
he
hath
not
satisfied
his
Creditor
,
or
bring
forth
the
said
Goods
Attached
,
or
other
Goods
to
the
said
value
,
No
satisfaction
in
Fourteen
Days
,
to
be
pilloried
.
The
Marshal
to
re-attach
and
sell
.
he
shall
by
the
Provost
Marshal
on
a
Precept
from
the
chief
Judge
of
the
Court
,
where
such
fault
is
committed
,
be
put
into
the
Pillory
,
and
lose
both
his
Ears
.
And
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
shall
Attach
what
other
Estate
he
hath
for
the
Plaintiff's
Satisfaction
,
and
on
the
next
Market-Day
in
that
Precinct
,
Expose
and
Sell
the
same
in
manner
aforesaid
.
But
if
it
shall
happen
that
the
Defendant
hath
no
Personal
Estate
or
Negroes
,
whereby
to
satisfy
the
Plaintiff
,
Then
,
and
in
such
case
,
If
no
Personal
then
the
re●●
Estate
to
be
Attached
.
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
shall
be
authorized
to
Attach
the
Lease-Lands
,
Freehold
,
or
Land
of
Inheritance
,
or
Houses
belonging
to
the
Defendant
.
Clause
VII
And
in
regard
the
way
used
in
England
by
Extent
upon
Lands
for
the
Satisfaction
of
Creditors
,
may
not
be
so
well
practised
here
,
by
reason
of
the
tedious
and
slow
Proceedings
therein
,
and
the
great
Disburstments
the
Plaintiff
must
be
at
,
in
stocking
the
Lands
delivered
to
him
,
before
he
can
reap
Satisfaction
.
And
the
Authority
here
being
desirous
to
give
a
more
speedy
and
certain
Remedy
,
have
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
and
be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
After
Eighty
Days
to
appraise
Lands
.
That
Eighty
Days
after
the
Attachment
laid
on
Lands
as
aforesaid
(
in
case
the
Debts
,
Damages
and
Costs
,
be
not
fully
in
the
mean
time
paid
,
or
the
Plaintiff
otherwise
satisfied
)
the
chief
Judge
of
the
Court
whence
the
said
Attachment
issued
,
Seven
Appraisers
,
if
Twenty
Acres
.
Five
if
under
Twenty
.
shall
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
direct
a
Warrant
of
Appraisement
to
Seven
of
the
Ablest
Freeholders
of
the
Parish
,
where
the
Attached
Land
lies
(
in
case
the
Lands
Attached
be
Twenty
Acres
or
more
;
but
if
under
Twenty
Acres
,
then
to
Five
of
the
like
Persons
)
(
no
Man
to
be
excepted
but
his
Majesty's
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
)
thereby
impowering
and
requiring
the
said
Seven
or
any
Five
of
them
,
or
the
said
Five
or
any
Three
of
them
,
to
repair
to
the
said
Land
Attached
,
and
of
the
same
to
make
a
just
and
conscionable
Appraisement
upon
Oath
,
and
the
same
to
set
down
in
Writing
,
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
,
according
to
the
best
of
their
Judgments
and
Understandings
.
And
for
the
better
method
of
Proceedings
herein
,
the
said
chief
Judge
shall
at
the
same
time
,
together
with
the
said
Warrant
of
Appraisement
,
make
his
Precept
to
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
,
to
summon
the
said
Persons
so
nominated
by
the
said
Judge
,
and
to
attend
them
to
the
said
Land
Attached
;
and
then
and
there
to
administer
to
them
severally
upon
the
holy
Evangelists
this
Oath
ensuing
,
Viz.
You
shall
Swear
,
The
Appraisers
Oath
.
That
you
will
True
,
Just
and
Conscionable
Appraisement
make
of
the
Lands
,
Houses
,
&c.
now
shown
unto
you
according
to
the
best
of
your
Judgment
and
Understanding
,
and
neither
for
Favour
nor
Affection
;
Hatred
or
Malice
,
vary
from
the
true
Value
,
which
in
your
Judgment
you
think
the
same
to
be
really
worth
.
So
help
you
God
,
and
the
Contents
of
this
Book
.
And
the
said
Judge
is
hereby
required
to
appoint
the
most
Eminent
,
Appraisers
to
be
Parishioners
not
Friends
or
Enemies
.
Ablest
and
Sufficient
Persons
of
the
said
Parish
for
the
Service
aforesaid
,
and
to
be
cautious
that
they
be
neither
of
Kindred
,
Affinity
,
or
noted
Friends
or
Enemies
to
either
Party
,
or
that
have
by
any
Words
or
Actions
discovered
any
Partiality
towards
either
of
them
.
And
that
there
may
be
no
failure
of
the
Execution
of
Justice
in
this
behalf
,
Clause
VIII
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
of
the
Persons
that
shall
be
duly
Appointed
and
Summoned
for
the
Service
aforesaid
(
shewing
no
lawful
Cause
to
be
approved
on
by
the
said
Judge
)
shall
neglect
to
make
his
Appearance
at
the
Time
and
Place
by
the
said
Warrant
appointed
,
or
appearing
,
shall
refuse
to
take
the
said
Oath
,
or
perform
the
said
Service
;
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
the
Appraiser
,
who
denies
his
Duty
.
they
shall
severally
for
every
such
Offence
,
forfeit
the
just
quantity
of
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
;
the
half
to
the
Publick
Use
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Party
grieved
thereby
,
the
same
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
Clause
IX
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
after
such
Appraisement
made
and
returned
,
the
said
Marshal
,
his
Deputy
or
other
Officer
duly
authorized
thereunto
,
The
Marshal
to
put
the
Plaintiff
in
possession
.
The
Defendant
may
give
a
Bill
of
Sale
.
shall
put
the
Plaintiff
in
quiet
and
peaceable
Possession
of
the
said
Land
:
And
the
said
Defendant
,
if
he
will
,
may
then
give
unto
him
a
Bill
of
Sale
,
to
have
and
to
hold
the
same
unto
him
and
his
Heirs
for
ever
,
in
satisfaction
of
so
much
of
his
Debt
,
as
the
said
Appraisement
shall
amount
unto
.
And
the
said
Marshal
is
to
Attach
further
,
if
it
be
too
short
,
to
be
disposed
of
,
and
ordered
in
the
manner
aforesaid
:
But
if
it
shall
happen
that
the
Appraisement
be
more
than
the
Debt
,
then
so
much
of
the
Land
to
be
returned
to
the
Defendant
,
as
the
Overplus
shall
amount
unto
.
And
in
case
the
Title
of
the
said
Land
be
questioned
,
the
Plaintiff
shall
vouch
the
said
Defendant
,
and
upon
Eviction
of
the
said
Land
from
the
said
Plantiff
,
the
said
Plaintiff
to
be
forthwith
repaired
in
value
out
of
other
the
Estate
of
the
Defendant
.
And
to
the
intent
all
reasonable
means
may
be
allowed
to
the
Defendant
for
preserving
his
real
Estate
,
Clause
X
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Plaintiff
upon
entring
into
Possession
of
the
said
Lands
as
aforesaid
,
shall
become
bound
to
the
Judge
of
the
Precincts
in
double
the
Sum
of
the
Appraisement
,
The
Plaintiff
bound
that
he
will
not
commit
Waste
in
20
Days
after
Possession
.
that
he
will
not
commit
or
cause
to
be
committed
any
Waste
upon
the
said
Land
during
the
space
of
Twenty
Days
next
ensuing
.
And
that
if
before
the
expiration
of
the
said
Twenty
Days
,
the
Defendant
do
well
and
truly
pay
him
his
principal
Debt
with
Damages
for
Forbearance
to
the
time
of
his
Possession
given
,
and
his
full
Costs
and
Charges
in
the
Suit
expended
,
such
as
the
Court
will
Tax
,
That
then
on
such
Payment
he
shall
and
will
restore
the
Defendant
to
the
Possession
of
the
said
Land
and
Houses
,
&c.
in
as
full
manner
,
as
the
Defendant
had
it
before
the
said
Attachment
and
Appraisement
was
had
and
made
.
But
if
no
such
Payment
be
made
within
the
said
Twenty
Days
,
then
the
said
Marshal
or
Deputy
that
gave
the
Possession
aforesaid
,
or
his
Successors
,
20
Days
after
Possession
given
the
Marshal
,
to
give
a
Bill
of
Sale
.
shall
immediately
after
the
said
Twenty
Days
,
give
a
Bill
of
Sale
,
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
,
of
the
said
Land
,
to
the
said
Plaintiff
and
his
Heirs
for
ever
:
Which
Bill
of
Sale
shall
be
good
and
valid
to
the
said
Plaintiff
and
his
Heirs
,
against
the
said
Defendant
and
his
Heirs
,
and
all
claiming
from
,
by
,
or
under
him
,
them
,
or
any
of
them
.
Clause
XI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
case
the
Defendant
do
neglect
to
bring
the
Sugar
,
Cotton
,
Indigo
,
Tobacco
and
Ginger
(
being
not
the
Species
Recovered
or
Attached
)
to
the
Market
,
at
the
time
of
this
Act
appointed
,
whereby
the
Marshal
or
Deputy
is
enforced
to
sell
the
same
,
The
Defendant
to
be
at
the
charge
of
Carriage
of
Goods
to
the
next
Market
.
at
the
Place
where
the
said
Goods
or
Commodities
lye
:
In
such
case
,
the
same
after
Sale
shall
be
carried
to
the
next
Market
Town
,
at
the
Charge
of
the
Defendant
.
And
if
he
will
produce
no
Carriage
,
The
Marshal
or
Deputy
is
hereby
authorized
and
required
,
to
hire
Cattel
or
other
Carriage
for
that
purpose
,
and
place
it
's
reasonable
Costs
to
the
Defendants
Account
;
and
so
the
Marshal
is
to
do
,
in
case
he
attach
the
Species
recovered
.
And
in
case
any
Person
shall
fraudulently
make
away
any
of
his
Goods
or
Chattels
,
Lands
or
Tenements
,
Fraudulent
Conveyances
punished
as
by
S●atutes
in
England
.
with
intent
to
deceive
his
Creditors
,
they
shall
incur
such
Pains
and
Penalties
as
by
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
are
appointed
and
established
.
And
to
the
intent
no
delay
of
Trial
may
happen
by
the
negligence
of
Jurors
,
Clause
XII
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Athority
aforesaid
,
That
in
case
any
Person
returned
to
be
a
Juror
,
shall
not
appear
at
the
time
of
Trial
,
Jurors
fined
for
Non-Appearance
.
or
after
appearance
,
shall
withdraw
himself
from
the
said
Service
,
and
can
shew
no
lawful
cause
for
such
his
Default
to
be
allowed
by
the
Court
,
every
such
Person
shall
forfeit
Three
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
and
be
forthwith
by
order
of
Court
committed
until
he
pay
the
same
.
And
to
deter
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
from
being
Litigious
,
and
bringing
unnecessary
and
vexatious
Suits
,
or
making
causeless
detention
of
other
Mens
Rights
,
Cost
tax'd
against
the
Party
cast
.
That
in
all
cases
the
Court
shall
Assess
and
Tax
good
and
full
Costs
to
be
paid
by
the
Party
cast
to
the
other
Party
,
that
appears
to
be
so
unjustly
molested
.
And
in
case
any
Person
or
Persons
shall
hereafter
misbehave
themselves
in
open
Court
,
Persons
fined
for
their
Misdemeanours
in
Court
.
or
give
unhansome
or
provoking
Language
in
the
hearing
of
the
Court
,
the
respective
Courts
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
,
to
set
a
Fine
upon
their
Heads
according
to
the
nature
of
their
Offences
.
Provided
it
exceed
not
the
quantity
of
one
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
and
the
Offender
to
stand
committed
,
until
he
pay
the
same
unto
the
Treasurer
for
the
publick
Use
.
And
for
the
more
ease
of
the
Defendant
,
and
to
prevent
tedious
Suits
in
Chancery
,
Clause
XIII
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
all
Recoveries
hereafter
to
be
made
on
Penal
Bonds
,
The
Defendant
may
appeal
on
Penal
Bonds
.
Bonds
for
Performance
of
Covenants
and
the
like
,
and
upon
all
Mortgages
of
Lands
,
the
Court
shall
admit
the
Defendant
if
he
desire
it
,
to
appeal
to
the
equity
of
the
Court
;
which
Appeal
the
chief
Judge
with
any
Two
of
his
Assistants
shall
proceed
to
hear
and
determine
according
to
Equity
and
good
Conscience
,
at
some
time
to
be
appointed
by
the
said
Judge
,
between
the
Setting
of
the
said
Courts
(
due
notice
being
thereof
given
by
the
Defendant
to
the
Plaintiff
,
)
and
then
the
same
to
be
determined
without
delay
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
Judgments
and
Executions
before
the
21th
September
,
1658
,
to
be
filed
and
executed
as
formerly
.
that
Executions
on
Judgments
grounded
on
Contracts
made
before
the
Five
and
Twentieth
Day
of
September
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Fifty
and
Eight
,
shall
be
issued
and
executed
according
to
the
Laws
and
Customs
then
in
force
,
and
not
otherwise
:
Any
thing
in
this
present
Act
seeming
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Clause
XIV
Provided
also
,
That
according
to
the
antient
usage
,
Men
to
be
sued
in
the
Precincts
where
they
live
.
every
Man
be
sued
in
the
Precincts
wherein
he
lives
,
unless
Two
or
more
living
in
several
Precincts
be
prosecuted
for
one
cause
of
Action
;
and
in
such
case
the
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
Several
Sued
,
to
be
by
the
Governours
Warrant
,
living
in
divers
Precicts
.
shall
issue
Summons
to
them
all
,
and
therein
appoint
in
what
particular
Court
they
shall
appear
and
answer
.
Clause
XV
Provided
also
,
That
no
Executions
upon
Judgment
entred
upon
a
Nihil
Dicit
,
shall
issue
,
until
the
next
ensuing
Court
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
mentioned
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
if
at
the
Court
the
Defendant
shall
make
it
appear
to
the
Court
he
was
surprized
,
and
that
he
hath
good
matter
to
plead
,
The
Third
Court
on
Cause
shown
to
the
Court
,
the
Defendant
to
be
admitted
to
plead
,
and
then
Trial.
in
discharge
of
the
said
Action
,
by
Payment
or
otherwise
,
that
the
Defendant
shall
be
admitted
to
such
his
Remedy
,
the
same
to
try
at
that
Court
;
but
if
no
such
matter
clearly
appear
to
the
Court
,
then
Execution
to
issue
immediately
.
Clause
XVI
And
it
is
further
Provided
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
The
Defendant
shews
Lands
or
Goods
not
his
own
,
forfeits
double
the
Value
.
That
in
case
the
Defendant
shall
wittingly
and
willingly
shew
Lands
or
Goods
to
the
Marshal
to
be
Attached
,
That
are
not
bona
fide
his
own
Goods
and
Lands
,
that
in
such
case
the
said
Defendant
for
such
his
fraudulent
Dealing
,
shall
forfeit
double
the
value
of
the
said
Lands
or
Goods
so
deceitfully
shown
,
the
half
of
which
Forfeiture
shall
be
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
the
other
half
to
the
Party
grieved
,
that
shall
sue
for
the
same
,
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
the
Court
where
the
Recovery
was
made
.
Clause
XVII
And
lastly
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Acts
heretofore
made
or
pretended
to
be
made
concerning
the
Matters
in
this
Act
provided
for
(
except
before
excepted
)
shall
be
from
henceforth
deemed
and
adjudged
void
and
of
no
force
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
,
All
former
Acts
made
void
.
any
thing
in
them
or
any
of
them
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
August
the
Twenty
Ninth
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
One.
Nᵒ
19.
An
ACT
concerning
written
Depositions
produced
in
Courts
,
and
appointing
how
the
Evidence
of
Sick
and
Lame
Persons
,
and
of
Persons
intended
off
this
Island
,
shall
be
valid
and
good
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
an
usual
,
though
no
warrantable
Custom
within
this
Island
,
That
the
Depositions
of
several
Persons
taken
in
Writing
,
have
been
produced
and
passed
as
Evidence
in
the
several
Courts
of
Justice
,
when
as
the
Deponents
have
been
resident
and
in
health
within
the
Island
;
whereby
several
just
Causes
have
suffered
through
the
imperfection
and
illegality
of
the
said
Testimony
,
being
against
the
Laws
of
the
Land
,
and
to
the
extream
prejudice
of
the
Subjects
.
For
the
reparation
of
the
said
Errors
,
and
prevention
of
future
Inconveniences
,
Clause
I
It
is
by
the
Authority
now
Assembled
,
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
hereafter
no
such
written
Deposition
be
accepted
for
Evidence
,
No
Depositions
to
be
allowed
but
of
Persons
1st
,
Departing
.
2d
,
Departed
.
3d
,
Extream
Sick
.
either
by
Judge
or
Jury
in
any
Court
of
this
Island
,
unless
it
be
manifestly
proved
,
that
the
Deponent
was
upon
departure
,
and
departed
from
the
Island
before
the
Trial
of
the
Controversie
,
to
which
his
Testimony
is
produced
,
or
be
hindred
by
extream
Sickness
,
to
appear
personally
in
Court
;
and
that
in
such
Cases
,
4th
,
The
Defendant
to
have
notice
.
the
other
Party
have
notice
when
the
said
Deposition
is
to
be
taken
,
or
that
both
Parties
be
present
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
in
case
any
Witnesses
in
any
case
of
Suit
depending
between
Party
and
Party
,
or
which
may
here
be
tried
,
be
to
go
off
this
Island
,
or
extream
Sick
,
Persons
going
off
Sick
,
Lame
or
Disabled
,
may
make
Depositions
.
Lame
or
otherwise
disabled
,
then
the
Deposition
of
such
Witness
or
Witnesses
taken
by
the
Governour
or
any
Judge
or
Assistant
,
or
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
in
presence
of
Plaintiff
and
Defendant
,
or
some
for
them
,
shall
be
held
,
taken
and
esteemed
sufficient
and
good
Evidence
in
Law
,
to
all
intents
whatsoever
,
and
not
otherwise
,
but
by
the
presence
of
the
Party
.
But
if
the
said
Plaintiff
or
Defendant
shall
refuse
to
come
,
being
summoned
thereunto
,
and
the
same
proved
on
Oath
,
either
by
the
Party
himself
,
or
other
Witnesses
,
then
the
said
Evidence
to
be
taken
without
them
,
and
to
be
good
sufficient
Testimony
to
the
Jury
;
any
former
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Dated
the
Twenty
Ninth
Day
of
August
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Three
.
Humphrey
Walrond
.
Nᵒ
20.
An
ACT
for
the
Encouragement
of
all
faithful
Ministers
in
the
Pastoral
Charge
within
this
Island
:
As
also
for
appointing
and
regulating
of
a
convenient
Maintenance
for
them
for
the
future
.
WHereas
the
Excellency
of
Spiritual
Ministrations
,
transcend
all
Low
and
Earthly
distributions
,
and
those
that
labour
in
the
Word
and
Doctrine
,
are
worthy
of
double
Honour
.
That
all
due
incouragement
may
not
be
wanting
to
the
Ministers
of
the
same
within
this
Island
,
who
have
or
shall
undertake
a
Pastoral
Charge
,
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
All
Arrears
to
be
collected
.
That
whatsoever
Arrears
of
Salaries
or
Stipends
agreed
for
,
or
assest
for
the
use
of
each
respective
Minister
in
the
Parish
,
where
he
executeth
his
Ministerial
Function
,
shall
be
unpay'd
after
the
Five
and
Twentieth
Day
of
March
next
,
upon
the
Request
of
such
Ministers
,
to
the
Supream
Authority
here
for
the
time
being
,
Attachment
to
issue
for
the
levying
thereof
,
on
the
Estates
and
Goods
of
such
Persons
as
do
owe
the
same
,
that
Satisfaction
may
be
made
to
the
said
Complainants
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
said
,
That
after
the
Second
Monday
in
January
next
,
a
Levy
be
made
and
assess'd
,
of
One
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Acre
,
One
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Acre
for
the
Minister
.
by
the
Vestry
and
Church-wardens
of
each
respective
Parish
within
this
Island
,
on
the
Land
of
every
Freeholder
within
their
Parish
,
which
is
by
some
Person
to
be
intrusted
by
the
Ministers
,
to
be
collected
and
paid
into
some
convenient
Store-house
for
the
Minister's
Use
,
by
his
Appointment
,
by
the
Five
and
Twentieth
of
May
next
following
;
and
so
to
continue
the
same
Levy
successively
from
Year
to
Year
.
And
whereas
Sugar
is
lately
fallen
to
a
very
low
Value
,
whereby
the
Ministers
Maintenance
is
very
much
impaired
.
For
their
better
Support
,
and
as
an
expedient
thereto
,
Clause
III
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Athority
aforesaid
,
That
after
the
Second
Monday
in
January
next
,
The
Vestry
and
Church-wardens
to
augment
as
they
see
meet
.
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Vestry
and
Church-wardens
of
each
respective
Parish
,
to
impose
or
lay
any
further
Tax
upon
the
Lands
of
all
the
Freeholders
,
and
likewise
to
Tax
or
Assess
each
particular
Store-house
,
or
other
House
,
not
having
Ten
Acres
of
Land
,
in
such
Sums
as
shall
seem
equal
and
convenient
to
the
said
Vestry
and
Church-wardens
,
out
of
which
Assesment
or
Levies
,
each
respective
Parish
are
hereby
authorized
to
give
or
allow
such
additional
Supplement
towards
their
respective
Ministers
,
as
with
the
Pound
per
Acre
,
may
yield
a
comfortable
Livelihood
and
Incouragement
to
every
of
them
conscionably
and
carefully
to
proceed
to
the
faithful
and
diligent
execution
of
their
Pastoral
Charge
;
due
Respects
being
to
be
shown
to
the
Merits
of
each
;
the
which
is
likewise
to
be
paid
to
every
of
them
,
according
to
the
Day
and
Place
before
prefixed
.
And
whereas
it
hath
been
,
and
still
is
a
laudable
Constitution
and
Custom
of
our
Native
Country
,
to
have
in
every
Parish
a
true
and
perfect
Register
kept
of
all
Christenings
,
Marriages
and
Burials
,
and
the
Names
of
all
such
to
be
fairly
entred
into
the
same
,
with
the
Day
and
Year
annexed
,
which
hath
been
,
and
is
found
to
be
of
much
advantage
to
Posterity
.
Clause
IV
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
Published
and
Ordained
,
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
after
publication
hereof
as
a
Duty
incumbent
on
every
Minister
in
his
respective
Parish
within
this
Island
,
Register
to
be
kept
in
every
Parish
.
do
keep
a
true
and
perfect
Register
of
all
and
singular
the
Christenings
,
Marriages
and
Burials
within
the
respective
Parishes
,
(
the
Church-wardens
of
every
Parish
to
provide
a
large
Book
fit
for
the
keeping
the
said
Register
)
and
enter
both
Christian
and
Sirname
of
each
,
with
the
Day
and
Year
expressed
,
and
a
Certificate
of
the
same
into
the
Secretary's
Office
,
in
the
Month
of
March
Yearly
,
there
to
remain
on
Record
,
and
for
failing
thereof
,
by
any
Minister
,
A
Fine
of
1000
Pound
of
Sugar
on
the
Minister
failing
in
his
Duty
.
he
shall
forfeit
and
pay
a
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
for
every
Default
,
one
Moyety
of
the
said
Forfeiture
to
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
for
the
publick
use
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
such
Person
and
Persons
that
shall
discover
the
same
,
and
make
proof
thereof
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
And
to
the
intent
there
be
no
obstruction
in
the
prosecution
of
this
Act
,
Clause
V
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
any
Person
or
Persons
inhabiting
in
this
Island
,
Far
distant
Inhabitants
,
tho'
they
bury
not
in
the
Church-Yard
,
must
give
the
Name
of
the
Deceased
to
the
Minister
,
and
pay
Six
Pence
.
living
Two
Miles
or
more
from
his
Parish-Church
,
which
shall
have
any
Persons
deceased
in
their
Houses
or
Plantations
,
and
by
reason
of
Inconveniences
that
may
happen
,
cannot
carry
the
said
Corp
or
Corps
to
their
Parish
Church-Yards
,
there
to
be
interred
,
that
so
their
respective
Ministers
may
enter
the
Name
of
the
Party
or
Parties
so
deceased
in
his
Register
;
The
Master
or
Possessor
of
the
House
or
Plantation
where
the
Person
deceased
,
and
was
not
carried
to
the
Church-Yard
as
aforesaid
,
shall
give
the
Minister
of
the
Parish
,
both
Christian
and
Sirname
of
the
Party
or
Parties
deceased
,
within
one
Week
,
and
pay
the
Minister
Three
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
or
Six
Pence
for
the
same
.
And
for
Default
,
the
same
to
be
proved
against
him
,
to
pay
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
to
be
recovered
as
aforesaid
,
to
the
end
a
true
and
perfect
Register
may
be
kept
in
every
Parish
.
Dated
the
27th
of
September
,
1661.
Humphrey
Walrond
.
Nᵒ
21.
An
ACT
for
the
good
governing
of
Servants
,
and
ordering
the
Rights
between
Masters
and
Servants
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
much
of
the
Interest
and
Substance
of
this
Island
,
consists
in
the
Servants
brought
to
,
and
disposed
of
in
the
same
,
and
in
their
Labour
during
the
Term
they
have
to
serve
,
wherein
notwithstanding
Provision
hath
been
made
by
many
good
Laws
,
yet
great
and
often
Damage
hath
happened
to
the
People
of
this
Place
through
the
Unruliness
,
Obstinacy
and
Refractoriness
of
the
Servants
.
And
whereas
also
it
much
concerns
the
Peace
of
this
Island
,
that
a
continual
strict
course
should
be
taken
to
prevent
the
bold
Extravagancies
and
wandring
of
Servants
,
who
frequently
run
from
,
and
desert
their
Master's
Service
,
making
use
of
all
advantages
and
occasions
to
disturb
the
publick
Peace
,
and
prejudice
their
Masters
:
Clause
I
Wherefore
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
upon
serious
and
mature
consideration
of
the
Premises
,
and
for
the
good
regulating
and
governing
of
Servants
in
all
things
concerning
their
Masters
and
themselves
,
during
the
time
they
have
to
serve
by
Indenture
or
otherwise
,
and
as
well
concerning
such
Servants
Wages
,
have
thought
fit
to
Enact
,
Ordain
and
Publish
;
and
it
is
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Published
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
Person
whatsoever
shall
presume
to
bring
into
this
Island
,
any
Children
of
the
English
Nation
,
or
the
Dominions
thereunto
belonging
,
None
to
be
brought
here
under
Fourteen
Years
of
Age.
to
be
sold
as
Servants
,
under
the
Age
of
Fourteen
Years
,
unless
they
can
produce
a
good
Certificate
,
or
an
Indenture
or
Writing
from
the
Principal
Persons
of
the
Parish
,
wherein
the
said
Child
last
lived
,
that
it
is
done
with
their
consent
,
or
with
the
consent
,
or
at
the
request
of
the
Parents
of
such
Child
;
the
Age
of
such
Child
or
Servant
to
be
judged
by
Inspection
.
And
whosoever
shall
do
otherwise
,
shall
upon
Conviction
by
sufficient
Testimony
,
or
the
Parties
Confession
before
the
President
or
the
Superior
Officer
of
the
Island
for
the
time
being
,
be
imprisoned
by
the
said
President
or
Superior
Officer's
Warrant
,
until
he
hath
given
in
Security
by
recognizance
of
Two
sufficient
Free-holders
of
this
Island
,
in
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
the
Secretary
for
the
time
being
,
that
he
will
return
such
Child
or
Children
unto
their
Parents
or
Guardians
,
or
such
as
have
or
should
have
the
keeping
of
them
,
and
of
his
Performance
thereof
,
to
bring
or
send
a
Certificate
within
Twelve
Months
next
ensuing
,
proved
as
aforesaid
.
And
whereas
it
hath
been
an
ill
Custom
and
Usage
of
divers
Merchants
and
other
Persons
coming
to
this
Island
,
indirectly
and
by
delusive
means
and
practices
to
obtain
Men
and
Women
on
Board
of
Ships
in
England
,
so
cause
them
to
be
Transported
hither
,
and
are
here
disposed
of
to
serve
according
to
the
Custom
of
the
Country
,
having
no
Indenture
,
Covenant
or
Contract
for
the
same
.
Clause
II
It
is
therefore
hereby
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
,
and
after
publication
hereof
,
all
Persons
so
indirectly
sent
,
Against
bringing
Servants
against
their
Wills
.
or
brought
over
,
the
Master
of
them
,
or
Persons
,
to
whom
they
are
consigned
,
or
who
are
concerned
therein
,
having
no
Covenant
,
Indenture
or
Contract
made
in
Writing
,
or
other
Verbal
Agreement
by
him
or
them
to
be
proved
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
by
the
Servant's
Confession
,
That
such
Servant
came
with
his
own
Consent
or
Knowledge
,
That
all
such
Persons
so
brought
over
,
have
hereby
power
,
and
are
at
liberty
to
implead
the
Persons
who
brought
them
,
or
to
whom
they
are
consigned
,
according
to
the
Laws
of
England
,
for
their
Freedom
,
and
to
recover
their
Damages
and
Satisfaction
for
such
wrongful
and
injurious
dealing
.
Provided
that
he
or
she
declare
the
same
,
and
make
his
or
her
Complaint
to
some
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
Thirty
Days
after
his
or
her
Landing
in
this
Island
,
unless
they
be
prevented
by
Si
kness
,
and
then
within
Thirty
Days
after
he
or
she
is
able
.
And
all
Servants
whose
time
shall
expire
at
any
time
hereafter
,
having
had
no
Indenture
or
Contract
,
shall
receive
for
their
Wages
Four
Hundred
Pounds
of
good
Muscovadoe
Sugar
:
The
ascertaining
of
Servants
Wages
.
And
in
case
of
Indenture
or
Covenant
,
to
be
paid
according
to
his
Covenant
or
Indenture
;
as
the
antient
Usage
and
Custom
of
this
Island
hath
been
.
And
whatsoever
Servant
shall
hereafter
come
to
this
Island
,
and
serve
their
Time
therein
by
Indenture
or
otherwise
,
The
last
Master
to
pay
the
Wages
.
shall
receive
as
aforesaid
(
the
last
Master
always
to
pay
the
said
Wages
.
)
Clause
III
Against
Trading
with
Servants
.
It
is
further
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Published
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Freeman
or
Trader
whatsoever
,
presume
to
buy
or
sell
any
Commodities
whatsoever
,
with
any
Servant
or
Slave
within
this
Island
,
without
the
consent
of
the
Master
or
Owner
of
such
Servant
or
Slave
,
Forfeiture
.
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
treble
the
value
of
the
said
Goods
they
trade
for
,
to
the
Master
or
Owner
of
such
Servant
:
And
all
Contracts
and
Covenants
so
made
by
such
Servant
or
Slave
,
to
be
utterly
void
and
of
no
effect
:
And
such
Trader
or
Freeman
for
every
such
his
Offence
,
further
to
forfeit
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
the
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
half
to
the
Treasurer
for
the
publick
use
,
the
same
to
be
recovered
by
Action
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
Clause
IV
It
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Servant
or
Servants
by
Indenture
,
Custom
of
the
Country
,
Against
Servants
lay●ng
violent
●ands
on
their
Masters
,
&c.
or
by
Monthly
or
Yearly
Wages
,
or
Day
Labourer
,
shall
lay
violent
Hands
upon
his
or
her
Master
,
Mistress
or
Overseer
,
or
any
Person
put
over
them
in
Authority
,
to
govern
them
,
and
being
thereof
convicted
before
any
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
this
Island
,
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
by
his
or
her
own
Confession
,
shall
serve
his
or
her
said
Master
or
Mistress
,
one
whole
Year
after
his
or
her
time
by
Indenture
,
Custom
or
Bargain
be
expired
;
the
same
to
be
ordered
upon
such
Conviction
as
is
aforesaid
,
by
the
said
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
and
he
to
make
Record
thereof
.
Clause
V
It
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Overseer
,
Servant
or
hired
Labourer
or
Artificer
,
by
Custom
,
Covenant
or
Hire
,
who
shall
imbeazel
,
purloyn
,
or
wilfully
waste
or
make
away
any
of
his
Master's
or
Mistress's
Sugar
,
Cotton
,
Against
Servants
purloyning
their
Masters
Goods
Ginger
,
Indigo
,
Tobacco
,
Hogs
,
Sheep
,
Cattel
,
Fowls
,
Stock
or
other
Goods
or
Provisions
,
or
Commodities
whatsoever
,
shall
upon
Conviction
of
every
such
Offence
,
by
one
or
more
Testimonies
upon
Oath
,
before
any
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
,
or
the
Parties
own
Confession
,
be
adjudged
by
the
said
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
to
serve
his
said
Master
or
Mistress
Two
Years
after
the
said
time
,
by
Indenture
,
Custom
or
Bargain
,
is
expired
without
any
consideration
of
Wages
or
Sallary
to
be
paid
him
,
and
be
further
liable
,
in
case
that
time
of
Servitude
will
not
make
full
Satisfaction
.
Preamble
.
And
whereas
many
Women
Servants
are
begotten
with
Child
by
Freemen
or
Servants
,
in
great
prejudice
to
their
Masters
or
Mistresses
whom
they
serve
,
Clause
VI
It
is
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
whosoever
shall
beget
a
Woman-Servant
with
Child
,
shall
for
such
Offence
,
Of
getting
Women
Servants
with
Child
.
personally
serve
the
Owner
of
such
Servant
Three
Years
,
or
put
one
in
his
Place
for
the
said
time
,
which
is
in
recompence
for
the
said
Master
or
Mistress
of
his
and
her
Loss
and
Charge
,
in
bringing
up
the
Bastard
Child
,
and
Damage
received
by
disabling
their
Woman
Servant
.
But
if
the
said
Child
be
brought
up
by
,
and
at
the
Costs
and
Charges
of
the
Parish
,
then
the
reputed
Father
to
serve
the
said
Parish
Two
Years
,
and
the
Owner
of
the
Woman-Servant
one
,
or
put
one
in
his
Place
for
the
said
time
as
aforesaid
,
or
give
Security
to
save
harmless
the
said
Parish
,
and
satisfie
the
said
Owner
for
his
said
Damage
.
But
in
case
of
the
said
Child's
Death
,
before
the
said
Three
Years
be
expired
,
that
then
the
said
Person
is
only
to
serve
the
said
Owner
One
Year
:
But
if
the
said
Woman-Servant
shall
happen
to
Dye
,
or
become
infirm
,
by
reason
of
her
Labour
in
Child-bed
,
Then
the
reputed
Father
shall
serve
the
said
Owner
,
during
the
whole
time
the
said
Woman
had
to
serve
,
when
she
conceived
by
him
.
And
the
said
Woman
Servant
so
offending
,
shall
serve
her
said
Master
or
Mistress
Two
Years
after
her
Time
by
Indenture
,
Penalty
on
Women
.
or
otherwise
be
expired
;
the
same
to
be
ordered
by
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
before
whom
such
Proof
thereof
shall
be
made
.
And
for
the
better
understanding
therein
,
Clause
VII
It
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
same
Proof
or
Evidence
that
is
sufficient
to
prove
the
reputed
Father
of
a
Bastard
,
by
which
he
is
obliged
to
discharge
the
Parish
whose
it
shall
be
,
or
to
keep
the
same
,
shall
be
as
authentick
to
a
Jury
,
to
cause
the
Father
of
a
Bastard
to
make
reparation
to
the
Master
or
Mistress
of
such
Woman-Servant
upon
whom
the
same
is
begotten
;
as
is
before
appointed
.
But
if
a
Servant
shall
beget
a
Woman-Servant
with
Child
,
then
after
his
Time
is
expired
,
he
shall
serve
the
Owner
of
the
said
Woman
Servant
double
the
time
she
had
to
serve
at
the
time
of
the
Offence
committed
.
Clause
VIII
Item
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Of
Servants
Marrying
during
the
time
of
their
Apprenticeship
.
That
if
any
Man-Servant
shall
Marry
without
his
Master
or
Mistresses
Consent
during
the
time
of
his
Apprenticeship
,
he
shall
serve
his
Master
or
Mistress
Four
Years
after
his
said
Time
of
Apprenticeship
is
expired
.
And
if
any
Freeman
shall
marry
the
Maid
or
Woman-Servant
of
any
Person
within
this
Island
;
such
Freeman
shall
forthwith
pay
unto
the
Master
or
Owner
of
such
Servant
,
double
the
Value
of
what
the
Maid
or
Woman
Servant
is
worth
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
in
the
Court
of
the
Precincts
,
where
no
Protection
,
Essoigne
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
admitted
or
allowed
.
But
if
he
be
a
Servant
,
then
after
his
Time
is
expired
,
he
shall
serve
the
Owner
of
the
said
Woman
Servant
double
the
time
she
had
to
serve
,
at
such
her
time
of
Marriage
.
Clause
IX
Item
,
It
is
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
when
any
Difference
shall
arise
between
Master
and
Servant
,
in
and
concerning
the
time
of
their
Servitude
,
or
Term
of
Years
that
they
are
to
serve
,
Suits
between
Masters
and
Servants
for
time
,
to
be
referred
to
the
Common
Law
.
that
all
such
Differences
as
shall
hereafter
arise
between
Master
or
Servant
,
be
heard
and
determined
at
Common-Law
,
in
the
Court
of
the
Precincts
wherein
such
Master
or
Servant
shall
then
live
and
abide
,
as
in
other
Cases
of
Right
between
Party
and
Party
.
Clause
X
And
that
all
Servants
who
have
occasion
or
ground
to
commence
Suit
therein
,
What
time
to
be
allowed
them
for
the
prosecution
of
their
Suits
.
Two
only
out
of
a
Family
to
be
allowed
at
once
.
be
allowed
such
reasonable
time
for
the
performance
thereof
by
their
respective
Masters
,
as
to
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
in
that
Precinct
shall
seem
requisite
and
convenient
for
the
same
:
But
not
to
be
allowed
more
than
Two
out
of
a
Family
,
in
behalf
of
themselves
and
the
rest
.
And
whatsoever
Servant
over
and
above
the
number
of
Two
,
shall
upon
the
pretence
of
Complaint
,
absent
themselves
from
their
Master's
Service
,
shall
by
Order
of
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
receive
Thirteen
Lashes
,
and
be
returned
to
his
Master's
Service
by
a
Constable
,
if
the
Justice
before
whom
the
Complaint
is
made
,
shall
see
cause
.
And
whatsoever
Servant
or
Servants
shall
wilfully
and
obstinately
absent
him
or
her self
out
of
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistresses
Plantation
or
Service
,
either
on
Saturday
,
Sunday
,
or
any
other
Days
or
Times
,
not
having
License
or
Ticket
in
Writing
,
under
his
Master
,
Mistress
or
Overseer's
Hand
for
the
same
;
Upon
Conviction
thereof
,
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
his
own
Confession
,
before
some
one
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
,
shall
for
every
Two
Hours
Absence
,
Servants
absenting
themselves
,
to
serve
a
Day
for
every
Two
Hours
.
be
adjudged
and
ordered
by
the
said
Justice
,
to
serve
his
said
Master
or
Mistress
one
whole
Day
after
his
Time
by
Indenture
or
Custom
is
expired
.
So
that
the
same
do
not
in
the
whole
exceed
Three
Years
;
and
so
in
proportion
for
a
longer
or
lesser
time
,
for
such
his
Absence
.
It
having
been
formerly
a
great
Complaint
,
that
many
Masters
,
when
their
Servants
grow
Sick
,
and
unable
to
perform
their
daily
Labour
,
will
seem
to
remit
some
part
of
the
time
,
to
be
cleared
of
them
;
or
turn
them
off
,
Against
turning
away
Sick
Servants
.
to
the
intent
they
may
not
be
chargeable
to
them
for
their
Recovery
;
Whereby
many
of
the
said
Servants
may
most
miserably
perish
,
or
become
a
Charge
to
the
Parish
where
they
first
happen
to
be
laid
up
.
For
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
and
duely
punishing
such
inhumane
Acts
in
such
Persons
as
shall
become
guilty
of
the
same
,
Clause
XI
It
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
what
Master
,
Mistress
or
Governour
of
Servants
,
Masters
,
&c.
to
use
all
lawful
means
for
recovery
of
Sick
Servants
.
shall
hereafter
offend
herein
,
or
shall
not
use
and
endeavour
all
lawful
Means
for
recovery
of
such
their
Servants
,
as
shall
happen
to
be
Sick
or
Diseased
,
during
the
time
of
their
Servitude
,
shall
forfeit
Two
Thousand
and
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
the
same
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
of
the
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
before
whom
it
shall
be
proved
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
and
paid
into
the
Hands
of
the
Overseer
of
the
Poor
of
that
Parish
,
and
disposed
of
towards
the
Maintenance
of
such
Servant
(
so
turned
off
)
and
recovery
of
his
or
her
Strength
;
and
the
said
Servant
so
neglected
or
turned
off
,
to
be
freed
from
his
said
Master
.
But
in
case
such
Sick
Servant
shall
not
live
to
the
expending
of
the
said
whole
Sum
of
Two
Thousand
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
then
the
remainder
to
be
disposed
of
towards
the
Maintenance
of
the
other
Poor
of
that
Parish
.
Provided
always
,
that
in
case
any
Servant
or
Servants
in
this
Island
,
Of
Servants
wilfully
running
themselves
into
Diseases
and
Hurts
.
shall
through
his
or
their
own
willful
Misbehaviour
,
happen
to
have
any
Disease
,
or
any
broken
Bones
,
Bruises
or
other
Impediments
,
whereby
they
have
not
only
disabled
themselves
to
perform
their
Labour
as
they
ought
to
do
;
but
also
are
a
greater
Charge
for
Physick
and
Chyrurgery
to
their
Master
or
Mistress
then
formerly
;
For
Satisfaction
of
such
Master
or
Mistress
in
every
such
case
,
the
said
Servant
shall
serve
his
or
her
said
Master
or
Mistress
after
the
time
by
Indenture
or
otherwise
is
expired
,
until
they
have
made
Satisfaction
for
the
Charges
expended
on
them
for
their
Recovery
.
And
afterwards
he
or
she
hath
so
recovered
,
shall
serve
over
so
much
time
as
he
or
she
by
any
such
means
and
accident
were
disabled
to
serve
:
Any
thing
formerly
provided
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
XII
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Differences
as
shall
arise
in
point
of
Wages
,
Difference
between
Masters
Servants
and
Labourers
,
referred
to
the
Justices
,
School-Master
and
Mistress
.
between
Master
and
Servant
,
or
Master
or
Labourer
,
or
Artificer
,
or
School-Master
,
or
School-Mistress
for
their
respective
Salaries
for
teaching
of
Children
,
shall
be
heard
and
determined
by
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
who
is
hereby
impowered
upon
any
such
Complaint
,
to
issue
out
his
Warrant
,
and
summon
the
Parties
before
him
,
and
to
hear
,
examine
and
determine
all
such
Differences
as
shall
come
before
him
,
as
is
aforesaid
,
and
shall
issue
Execution
thereupon
,
to
be
executed
by
the
next
Constable
of
the
Parish
;
who
is
hereby
required
to
officiate
the
same
;
and
shall
for
his
pains
,
receive
Satisfaction
to
the
same
Value
,
as
Marshals
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
do
for
levying
Execution
.
And
of
all
such
Suits
,
Vide
Explanatory
Act.
the
Justices
shall
make
Record
;
any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
XIII
Provided
always
,
That
the
said
Justices
of
the
Peace
respectively
in
all
such
Cases
coming
before
them
,
do
,
and
have
hereby
power
to
hear
likewise
,
and
determine
any
Plea
of
Complaint
,
Damage
or
Prejudice
,
as
well
alledged
and
proved
on
the
part
of
the
Masters
,
as
on
the
part
of
the
Servants
,
Labourer
and
Artificer
doing
equal
right
between
them
.
And
it
is
hereby
Declared
and
Published
,
Recovery
of
Servants
Wages
.
That
the
intent
thereof
is
meant
only
to
reach
to
Covenant
Servants
Wages
,
Hired
Servants
,
and
hired
Labourers
,
that
are
hired
by
the
Month
,
Day
or
Year
;
and
to
all
Artificers
,
whose
whole
Debt
and
Demand
exceeds
not
Four
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
;
any
thing
heretofore
declared
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
whereas
it
is
much
feared
,
That
some
Persons
within
this
Island
,
have
exercised
Violence
and
great
Oppression
,
to
,
and
upon
their
Servants
;
through
which
,
some
of
them
have
been
Murthered
and
Destroyed
,
and
the
Authors
and
Causers
of
such
their
Destruction
,
have
gone
clear
,
undiscovered
and
unpunished
,
by
reason
of
the
sudden
interring
of
Servants
so
destroyed
and
murthered
as
aforesaid
.
For
Prevention
whereof
,
and
Discovery
of
all
such
Murthers
and
Felonies
,
as
may
be
hereafter
committed
,
Clause
XIV
Be
it
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
no
Master
,
Mistress
,
Attorney
or
chief
Overseer
of
any
Family
or
Plantation
within
this
Island
,
About
the
Burial
of
Servants
.
shall
presume
to
bury
or
inter
any
Christian
Servant
,
that
shall
hereafter
happen
to
dye
within
their
respective
Plantations
,
out
of
the
usual
Burying-Place
,
To
be
viewed
.
until
the
Body
of
such
Servant
hath
been
viewed
by
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
or
a
Constable
and
Two
of
the
Neighbours
of
the
Parish
,
wherein
the
Dwelling-House
of
the
said
Plantation
standeth
.
Which
Neighbours
,
the
said
Justice
or
Constable
shall
make
choice
of
,
upon
pain
of
paying
Twenty
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
for
every
Servant
which
shall
be
so
buried
be●●●●●●ch
View
as
aforesaid
.
And
if
upon
such
View
,
it
shall
appear
such
Servants
came
to
their
Deaths
by
any
Violence
,
Wounds
,
or
unlawful
Means
,
that
then
the
Viewers
of
such
Servants
,
do
forthwith
give
notice
unto
the
Coroners
,
that
Proceedings
may
be
had
therein
according
to
Law
;
Coroners
Fee
.
he
receiving
for
his
Fee
so
much
and
no
more
,
than
by
the
Laws
of
England
is
provided
.
Clause
XV
And
be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Justice
or
Constable
and
Neighbour
,
chosen
as
aforesaid
,
duly
Summoned
by
the
Owner
or
Overseer
of
such
Servant
,
to
the
view
of
such
Dead
Body
as
aforesaid
,
No
Persons
to
refuse
to
come
on
Summons
.
that
shall
fail
to
come
within
Two
Hours
after
such
Summons
,
shall
severally
and
respectively
forfeit
for
every
such
their
Default
,
Forfeiture
.
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
All
which
Forfeitures
shall
be
paid
into
the
publick
Treasury
,
for
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
by
the
said
Treasurer
in
the
Court
of
that
Precinct
,
where
the
Forfeiture
is
made
.
Provided
that
such
notice
be
given
as
aforesaid
,
it
may
be
lawful
for
the
Owner
of
such
Servant
or
Overseer
,
Six
Hours
after
such
notice
given
,
freely
to
bury
such
,
his
,
or
their
Servant
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
XVI
It
is
also
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Published
,
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
Of
Servants
coming
without
Covenant
,
what
time
to
serve
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
all
Servants
under
the
Age
of
Eighteen
Years
,
which
are
hereafter
brought
to
be
assigned
over
,
or
disposed
of
,
as
Servants
in
this
Island
▪
having
made
no
Contract
in
England
or
elsewhere
,
shall
serve
for
the
space
of
Seven
Years
and
no
longer
:
And
such
as
are
above
Eighteen
,
shall
serve
during
the
space
of
Five
Years
,
and
no
longer
;
and
at
the
end
of
their
time
,
shall
receive
Four
Hundred
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
for
their
Wages
:
And
where
Man
and
Wife
are
brought
over
as
Servants
in
one
Ship
,
they
shall
be
sold
and
disposed
of
together
,
and
not
severed
.
Clause
XVII
It
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Persons
as
shall
hereafter
sue
for
their
Freedom
,
How
their
Ages
shall
be
judged
with
indifference
.
in
respect
of
their
Ages
as
is
before-mentioned
,
shall
be
adjudged
by
the
Jury
by
inspection
and
proportion
of
Stature
and
Confession
,
when
they
first
arrived
at
this
Island
Clause
XVIII
Be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
what
Servants
shall
so
unjustly
trouble
his
Master
or
Mistress
with
Suits
in
Law
,
Of
unjust
Molestation
by
Servants
to
their
Masters
.
the
said
Servan●
shall
be
by
the
Court
where
he
commits
the
Offence
,
ordered
to
serve
his
Master
or
Mistress
so
injured
,
for
his
unlawful
and
unjust
vexation
of
them
,
after
the
expiration
of
the
time
he
hath
then
to
serve
,
the
double
term
and
space
of
that
time
he
neglected
.
Clause
XIX
And
it
is
hereby
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Servants
as
shall
be
in
the
Goal
for
their
own
Offences
,
Of
Servants
being
in
Prison
for
their
own
Offences
.
shall
serve
their
Masters
double
so
long
time
after
the
expiration
of
the
time
they
have
to
serve
,
by
Custom
,
Indenture
or
Contract
,
as
he
or
they
have
lain
in
Goal
for
such
their
Offences
as
aforesaid
.
And
shall
further
serve
his
or
her
said
Master
,
after
the
rate
of
One
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Month
,
till
he
hath
satisfied
their
Fees
and
other
Charges
his
Master
hath
expended
for
him
.
Clause
XX
Be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whosever
,
either
Master
of
a
Family
,
or
Captain
or
Master
of
a
Ship
,
Against
People
entertaining
of
Servants
.
or
other
that
shall
entertain
any
Man
or
Woman
above
one
Night
,
if
he
doth
not
know
him
or
her
to
be
free
,
shall
for
every
Day
or
Night
after
the
first
,
Forfeiture
.
forfeit
one
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
And
if
he
knows
him
or
her
to
be
a
Servant
to
another
Man
,
do
notwithstanding
wilfully
entertain
him
or
her
,
he
shall
forfeit
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
every
Day
or
Night
,
the
one
half
of
the
said
Forfeitures
to
be
to
the
Master
or
Owner
of
the
said
Servant
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
publick
use
;
the
same
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
or
Information
,
in
any
Court
of
Record
of
this
Island
.
And
if
any
suspected
Person
come
within
any
Plantation
at
unseasonable
Hours
,
or
being
there
,
shall
stay
more
than
a
fitting
time
;
Suspected
Persons
to
be
apprehended
and
kept
in
Custody
.
It
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Master
,
his
Overseer
or
Servants
,
to
apprehend
such
Person
,
and
keep
him
in
Custody
until
he
may
be
brought
to
the
next
Constable
.
And
if
any
Overseer
,
Freeman
or
Labourer
,
or
Servant
,
shall
entertain
or
hide
any
Servant
belonging
to
any
other
Plantation
;
such
Overseer
,
Freeman
,
Labourer
or
Servant
,
upon
Conviction
,
before
one
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
shall
for
every
such
Offence
serve
the
Master
or
Owner
of
the
Servant
or
Slave
so
entertained
by
him
,
one
whole
Year
after
his
time
with
his
own
Master
of
that
Plantation
is
expired
,
for
which
he
shall
receive
no
Salary
or
Allowance
but
ordinary
Plantation
Cloaths
,
Shoes
,
Fish
or
Flesh
for
Provision
.
Clause
XXI
It
is
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Overseer
,
hired
or
Covenant
Servant
,
or
driver
of
Horses
,
Against
Servants
riding
their
Master's
Horses
.
Cattel
and
Carriage
,
Beasts
or
Carts
,
Wains
or
Waggons
,
presume
without
the
Consent
and
Allowance
of
the
Owner
of
the
said
Horses
,
Working
Cattel
or
Carriage
Beasts
,
Carts
,
Wains
,
Waggons
,
to
ride
them
themselves
,
or
to
lend
them
to
others
to
ride
on
,
or
load
them
for
others
,
or
for
himself
with
any
other
Load
,
than
what
belongs
to
the
Owner
of
the
said
Beasts
and
Carriages
.
And
whatsoever
Overseer
,
or
Hired
or
Covenant
Servant
,
or
Driver
,
shall
after
publication
hereof
,
do
the
contrary
,
shall
upon
Conviction
thereof
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
the
Parties
own
Confession
,
before
any
one
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
be
adjudged
by
the
said
Justice
,
Three
Months
Service
to
the
Master
or
Owner
for
every
time
that
he
shall
be
convicted
to
have
riden
any
of
his
Master's
Horses
or
Beasts
,
Carts
,
Wains
or
Waggons
,
or
loaden
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
with
other
Mens
Goods
,
or
his
own
,
or
suffered
any
other
to
ride
,
load
or
work
them
without
the
Owners
Consent
,
as
is
aforesaid
;
any
former
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
XXII
It
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Servant
by
Indenture
or
Custom
,
shall
be
found
or
apprehended
in
the
Act
of
running
away
,
Against
Servants
endeavouring
and
attempting
to
run
off
the
Island
.
upon
Board
of
any
Ship
,
Bark
or
Boat
upon
departure
from
this
Island
,
whereby
it
may
justly
be
presumed
,
that
the
said
Servant
intended
and
prepared
to
escape
and
run
away
unlawfully
from
the
Island
,
and
from
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistress's
Service
,
or
having
first
unlawfully
absented
him
or
her self
from
his
or
her
said
Master
or
Mistress's
Service
,
be
found
by
proof
or
other
very
substantial
and
notable
Circumstances
,
endeavouring
to
get
Aboard
some
Ship
,
Bark
or
Boat
,
to
escape
and
run
away
unlawfully
,
as
is
aforesaid
,
from
this
Island
,
and
his
Master
or
Mistress's
Service
:
Such
Servant
so
taken
on
Board
,
or
so
endeavouring
to
get
on
Board
,
shall
upon
Conviction
thereof
,
before
any
one
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
for
this
Island
,
be
condemned
Servant
to
his
said
Master
or
Mistress
,
for
the
full
space
and
Term
of
Three
Years
,
to
be
served
and
performed
after
his
,
or
her
first
Indenture
or
Service
by
Custom
shall
be
expired
.
And
the
Justice
before
whom
such
Conviction
is
made
,
is
hereby
required
to
make
Record
thereof
:
Any
other
Act
,
Statute
or
Ordinance
heretofore
made
,
or
any
other
Clause
in
this
Act
contained
,
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
,
and
before
the
same
Justice
,
the
said
Servant's
Hair
to
be
shaved
off
,
by
order
of
the
said
Justice
.
And
whereas
divers
Servants
and
Slaves
have
been
carried
off
this
Island
to
other
Plantations
and
Colonies
,
to
the
great
Damage
and
Prejudice
of
many
the
Inhabitants
thereof
,
and
no
Remedy
is
provided
for
them
,
in
regard
the
Master
of
the
Ship
is
only
bound
in
the
Office
,
who
perhaps
is
a
mean
Man
,
and
perhaps
never
more
comes
to
this
place
again
.
To
prevent
which
for
the
future
,
Clause
XXIII
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Master
of
a
Ship
or
other
Vessel
shall
be
permitted
to
Trade
or
Traffick
,
All
Masters
of
Ships
to
give
Security
before
Trading
,
Wooding
,
or
Watering
.
or
to
Wood
or
Water
within
this
Island
,
until
he
hath
given
in
Security
by
himself
and
Two
others
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
being
either
sufficient
Free-holders
,
or
resident
Merchants
,
in
the
Sum
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
,
that
he
will
not
directly
or
indirectly
cause
or
suffer
to
be
carried
off
this
Island
in
his
said
Ship
,
any
Servant
or
Slave
belonging
to
any
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
without
the
consent
or
knowledge
of
the
Owner
.
And
that
he
shall
search
his
Ship
sufficiently
before
his
departure
,
and
certify
under
his
Hand
to
the
Secretary
for
the
time
being
,
he
hath
so
done
;
and
that
he
is
thereby
well
assured
,
that
he
hath
no
such
Person
in
his
said
Ship
.
And
also
if
he
have
any
Passengers
in
his
said
Ship
,
he
shall
in
the
same
Paper
certify
the
Names
of
them
.
Clause
XXIV
And
all
Constables
within
this
Island
,
are
hereby
required
to
apprehend
all
Run-aways
,
Constables
to
apprehend
Run-aways
.
That
they
shall
know
of
by
credible
Information
,
and
them
in
safe
Custody
convey
from
Constable
to
Constable
,
until
they
come
to
the
common
Goal
,
or
to
his
Master
or
Mistress
.
Forfeiture
.
And
whatsoever
Constable
shall
neglect
his
Duty
herein
,
shall
forfeit
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
half
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Owner
of
the
said
Servant
,
if
he
sue
for
the
same
in
the
Precincts
where
the
Default
is
committed
.
In
which
Action
,
Issue
shall
be
joyned
,
the
Verdict
taken
,
and
Judgment
therein
given
the
first
Court
;
any
further
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
to
the
end
that
no
Person
may
pretend
any
ignorance
in
this
Act
or
Statute
,
or
any
Branch
or
Clause
thereof
,
Clause
XXV
It
is
lastly
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Minister
of
every
Parish-Church
within
this
Island
,
Of
the
Yearly
Publication
of
his
Act.
twice
every
Year
,
(
that
is
to
say
)
the
Sunday
next
before
Christmas-Day
,
and
the
Sunday
next
before
the
Five
and
Twentieth
Day
of
June
,
shall
distinctly
read
and
publish
this
Act
in
their
respective
Parish-Churches
,
Forfeiture
.
upon
pain
of
Forfeiting
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
every
neglect
or
failing
they
shall
make
therein
,
to
be
paid
into
the
Treasury
for
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
and
to
be
by
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
or
Information
in
the
Court
of
the
Precinct
where
such
Neglect
or
Default
is
made
.
Dated
the
Twenty
Seventh
Day
of
September
,
1661.
Signed
,
Humphrey
Walrond
.
Nᵒ
22.
An
ACT
concerning
the
Conveyance
of
Estates
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
several
old
Acts
made
before
the
Usurped
Power
took
Place
in
our
Nation
,
much
concerning
the
quiet
and
peaceable
enjoyment
of
the
Possessions
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
and
the
clearing
their
Titles
to
the
same
,
have
been
altered
,
and
in
some
measure
impaired
during
those
Times
;
and
that
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
them
are
by
many
mistaken
or
mis-understood
.
To
the
intent
therefore
,
that
the
respective
Freeholders
may
be
better
informed
touching
the
said
Laws
,
and
of
the
Benefit
belonging
to
them
thereby
,
Clause
I
It
is
Ordained
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
That
the
said
Acts
be
forthwith
published
in
their
several
Parish-Churches
within
this
Island
,
hereby
declaring
,
that
the
said
Acts
being
made
by
and
under
his
Majesty
,
the
only
lawful
Authority
,
and
still
of
Force
,
and
have
been
ever
since
the
time
of
their
first
Enacting
;
An
old
Law
restored
.
which
Laws
follow
in
these
Words
.
For
that
the
King's
Writs
do
not
run
here
,
whereby
Fines
and
Recoveries
cannot
be
here
had
and
levied
as
in
England
,
and
yet
here
is
as
much
and
more
use
and
need
of
them
;
for
that
few
Men
come
to
this
Island
with
any
intention
to
settle
themselves
and
Posterities
;
but
for
the
most
part
to
gain
or
increase
their
Estates
,
and
then
to
sell
their
Lands
and
return
;
which
oftentimes
cannot
well
be
done
,
nor
with
Security
to
the
Purchasers
for
want
of
such
Fines
and
Recoveries
,
without
some
Act
be
made
to
supply
the
same
.
Clause
II
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
by
the
President
,
Council
and
general
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
That
a
Deed
in
due
Form
of
Law
made
,
A
Deed
acknowledged
and
recorded
in
Three
Months
,
sufficient
to
pass
an
Estate
without
Livery
or
Attornment
.
and
within
Three
Months
after
the
Date
thereof
,
be
acknowledged
before
the
Resident
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
or
before
some
other
of
the
chief
Judges
for
the
time
being
,
of
some
one
of
the
Courts
of
Justice
within
this
Island
,
by
all
the
Parties
that
pass
or
grant
away
,
or
Lease
for
above
the
Term
of
Three
Years
,
any
Freehold
or
Inheritance
by
such
Deed
,
or
by
so
many
of
them
,
as
there
shall
be
living
;
or
by
any
other
Person
or
Persons
lawfully
authorized
under
Hand
and
Seal
,
to
convey
or
grant
the
same
.
(
So
that
the
same
be
recorded
at
length
in
the
Secretaries
Office
of
this
Island
within
the
said
Three
Months
)
shall
be
valid
,
to
pass
the
same
without
Livery
,
Attornment
,
or
any
other
Act
or
Ceremony
whatsoever
.
And
that
no
Deed
hereafter
without
such
acknowledgment
and
inrollment
shall
pass
any
Estate
of
Freehold
or
Inheritance
,
or
any
Lease
above
the
number
of
Three
Years
.
Clause
III
Item
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Married
Woman
shall
be
minded
to
alien
her
Jointure
,
How
a
Feme
Covert
may
sell
her
Estate
.
Dower
or
any
other
her
Estate
of
Freehold
or
Inheritance
within
this
Island
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
whether
it
be
joint
or
in
severalty
,
and
do
make
any
Writing
under
her
Hand
and
Seal
,
to
convey
the
same
,
and
come
before
the
Governour
,
or
any
other
chief
Judge
of
some
of
the
Courts
of
Justice
within
this
Island
,
To
tell
her
what
the
Deed
is
,
and
the
Estate
she
sells
.
to
acknowledge
the
same
:
Then
such
Governour
or
Judge
shall
acquaint
her
what
she
is
to
convey
by
the
same
Writing
,
and
for
what
Estate
,
and
shall
in
private
Demand
of
her
,
whether
she
be
willing
to
the
same
,
and
whether
she
doth
it
freely
and
voluntarily
,
and
not
for
fear
,
The
acknowledgment
of
a
Feme
Covert
.
or
by
reason
of
any
Threats
or
Menaces
:
And
if
she
then
confess
,
she
doth
it
freely
and
uncompelled
by
fear
or
otherwise
,
Then
shall
her
acknowledgment
of
the
said
Writing
be
received
,
and
the
Day
of
such
acknowledgment
with
the
Governour
or
Judges
Name
,
before
whom
such
Acknowledgment
was
taken
,
to
be
Endorsed
and
Subscribed
;
and
thenceforth
such
Writing
shall
become
valid
and
firm
against
her
;
and
all
that
shall
claim
the
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
therein
mentioned
,
to
be
granted
for
or
under
her
,
or
in
Right
of
hers
.
A
Fine
levied
in
England
,
and
entred
here
,
valid
here
,
&c.
And
also
that
a
Fine
levied
in
England
by
a
Married
Woman
of
her
Jointure
or
Title
of
Dower
,
or
other
Free-hold
or
Inheritance
here
in
this
Island
,
being
brought
over
and
entred
on
Record
here
,
shall
be
valid
,
as
if
the
same
were
of
Land
in
England
.
Clause
IV
Item
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
Person
or
Persons
,
All
old
Deeds
to
be
recorded
in
12
Months
,
else
void
.
that
now
hath
,
have
or
claim
to
have
any
Estate
above
the
Term
of
Three
Years
,
of
any
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
,
shall
bring
into
the
Secretaries
Office
,
there
to
be
recorded
at
length
,
the
Deed
or
Deeds
,
in
case
they
are
not
already
inrolled
,
by
which
he
or
they
immediately
claim
or
hold
the
same
,
within
the
space
of
one
Year
next
ensuing
the
Publication
hereof
;
or
else
such
Deed
or
Deeds
,
to
be
utterly
void
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
Clause
V
Item
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
now
in
Possession
of
any
Lands
,
Five
Years
Possession
is
good
Title
.
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
within
this
Island
,
have
,
or
hath
quietly
,
without
lawful
interruption
,
enjoyed
the
same
severally
or
successively
by
the
space
of
Five
Years
last
past
;
That
such
Person
or
Persons
now
in
Possession
,
shall
have
good
Right
and
Title
to
the
same
,
against
all
Men
whatsoever
,
for
and
during
the
Estate
,
whereof
he
or
they
are
possest
:
Excepting
such
only
as
shall
prosecute
their
Title
to
the
same
,
within
Two
Years
after
the
publication
of
this
Act
;
and
such
Married
Women
,
and
Persons
under
the
Age
of
Twenty
One
Years
,
and
of
unsound
Memory
,
prosecuting
their
respective
Titles
,
within
one
Year
after
their
being
unmarried
,
becoming
of
full
Age
,
and
of
sound
Memory
.
Clause
VI
Item
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
to
whom
any
Right
or
Title
to
Lands
or
Tenements
shall
hereafter
descend
or
come
,
Who
claims
Land
by
descent
,
must
do
it
in
Two
Years
.
do
not
prosecute
the
same
within
Two
Years
after
such
Right
or
Title
accrewed
;
That
then
he
and
they
,
and
all
claiming
under
him
and
them
,
shall
be
for
ever
barred
to
recover
the
same
:
Excepting
such
Marry'd
Women
,
Persons
under
Age
of
Twenty
one
Years
,
and
of
unsound
Memory
,
as
shall
prosecute
their
respective
Rights
within
one
Year
after
their
being
unmarried
,
becomeing
of
full
Age
,
or
of
sound
Memory
.
Clause
VII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Secretary
of
this
Island
,
that
now
is
,
or
hereafter
shall
be
,
The
Secretary's
Duty
to
Record
Deeds
.
or
his
Deputies
or
Clerks
,
shall
with
all
expedition
faithfully
,
truly
and
fairly
,
record
all
such
Deeds
,
as
from
time
to
time
shall
be
brought
unto
him
or
them
to
be
enrolled
.
And
that
neither
the
said
Secretary
,
his
Deputy
or
Clerk
,
shall
directly
or
indirectly
,
receive
for
the
Recording
of
any
one
such
Deed
,
above
Fifty
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
or
the
value
thereof
,
Fifty
Pounds
of
Tobacco
for
recording
a
Deed.
in
other
Goods
of
this
Island
,
under
the
Penalty
of
the
Secretaries
forfeiting
a
Thousand
Pounds
of
Tobacco
,
besides
such
Damages
as
the
Party
injured
by
his
neglect
shall
suffer
,
for
every
Deed
that
he
shall
neglect
to
inroll
as
aforesaid
.
And
also
,
That
a
like
Quantity
of
Tobacco
,
Penalty
of
taking
over
Fees
,
&c.
for
every
Pound
of
Tobacco
that
the
said
Secretary
,
his
Deputy
or
Clerks
,
or
either
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
take
above
Fifty
Pounds
for
the
said
Inrollment
;
the
said
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
to
be
paid
unto
the
injured
Person
or
Persons
,
and
by
him
or
them
to
be
recovered
by
Action
,
or
several
Actions
of
Debt
,
in
any
,
or
either
of
the
Courts
of
Record
within
this
Island
,
at
the
Election
of
the
Plaintiff
,
or
several
Plaintiffs
,
wherein
no
Essoin
,
Wager
of
Law
,
or
Protection
,
shall
lye
or
be
allowed
unto
the
Defendant
.
Clause
VIII
Item
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whosoever
shall
Imbezel
,
Raze
,
To
imbezel
,
interline
or
deface
Records
,
Felony
.
Interline
or
Deface
any
Record
of
this
Island
,
and
be
thereof
lawfully
convicted
by
the
Verdict
of
Twelve
Lawful
Jurors
,
shall
incur
the
pain
of
Death
,
as
in
case
of
Felony
.
And
that
such
Person
or
Persons
,
whose
Estate
such
Record
so
Imbeazled
,
Razed
,
Interlined
or
Defaced
,
shall
concern
,
shall
immediately
after
such
Conviction
as
aforesaid
,
have
just
Right
and
Title
to
Seize
,
The
Party
grieved
to
have
all
his
Estate
.
Enter
upon
,
or
recover
all
the
Estate
both
Real
and
Personal
,
of
such
Persons
as
shall
in
due
form
of
Law
,
be
convicted
of
such
Imbezeling
,
Razing
,
Interlining
or
Defacing
as
aforesaid
.
Preamble
.
Item
,
Whereas
by
the
Laws
of
England
,
Married
Women
(
in
recompence
and
consideration
of
the
Portions
which
they
bring
unto
their
Husbands
)
by
their
very
Intermarriage
,
have
an
Inception
of
Title
of
being
endowed
after
the
Decease
of
their
Husbands
,
as
well
of
all
the
Lands
and
Tenements
whereof
their
Husbands
were
at
any
time
during
the
Coverture
with
them
,
solely
and
actually
possest
and
seized
of
any
Estate
in
Fee-Simple
,
or
Fee-Tail
general
,
which
was
by
him
a●●ened
unto
any
other
Hands
during
the
Coverture
;
as
of
those
whereof
he
died
actually
seized
of
any
such
Estate
as
aforesaid
.
The
reason
of
which
Law
failing
here
,
the
Usage
hath
been
uncertain
and
variable
in
that
case
,
and
no
Law
hitherto
declared
therein
,
Clause
IX
For
the
future
Settlement
whereof
,
Be
it
Ordained
,
Published
and
Enacted
,
by
the
Governour
,
Council
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Assembly
,
That
henceforth
every
Woman
immediately
after
the
Decease
of
her
Husband
(
not
having
a
Jointure
made
before
Coverture
here
or
elsewhere
)
shall
have
right
of
Dower
,
Women
to
be
endowed
of
the
Lands
their
Husbands
die
actually
seized
.
and
shall
be
endowed
of
one
third
part
of
all
the
Lands
,
Tenements
and
Hereditaments
,
whereof
her
Husband
died
seized
in
this
Island
,
according
to
the
Laws
of
England
;
and
in
like
manner
,
as
she
should
have
been
,
if
her
Husband
had
died
seized
of
any
Lands
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
.
And
that
no
Woman
shall
be
endowed
,
or
have
any
right
to
be
endowed
of
any
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Hereditaments
within
this
Island
,
but
such
only
,
whereof
her
Husband
died
,
or
shall
dye
actually
and
solely
seized
in
Fee-Simple
,
or
Fee-Tail
general
as
aforesaid
,
and
no
other
.
Dated
the
Eleventh
of
September
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Forty
and
Nine
.
And
for
avoiding
of
further
Disputes
about
the
Title
of
Land
,
Clause
X
It
is
hereby
further
Declared
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
all
Actions
concerning
Titles
of
Land
,
it
shall
be
a
good
Plea
in
Bar
of
such
Actions
,
for
the
Defendant
to
alledge
,
That
he
and
they
,
whose
Estate
he
hath
,
have
been
in
quiet
and
peaceable
Possession
of
the
said
Lands
in
Question
,
for
,
and
during
the
Space
of
Five
Years
.
Non
Claim
in
Five
Years
,
a
good
Bar
if
duly
entred
.
And
this
Plea
duly
entred
,
shall
bar
the
Plaintiff
or
Demandant
,
unless
he
can
disprove
the
same
,
or
make
it
appear
,
that
the
said
Five
Years
quiet
Possession
,
incurred
during
the
time
that
the
said
Plaintiff
or
Demandant
was
under
the
Age
of
Twenty
One
Years
;
a
Woman
under
Coverture
,
of
unsound
Memory
;
or
that
the
Defendant
or
Tennant
held
the
same
,
as
his
Attorney
or
Tenant
,
Servant
or
Overseer
,
or
by
virtue
of
some
particular
Estate
for
Years
,
Life
or
Intail
,
which
at
,
or
before
the
time
of
that
Action
brought
,
was
expired
.
Dated
the
Twenty
Seventh
of
September
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
One.
Humphrey
Walrond
.
Nᵒ
23.
An
ACT
for
the
better
Amending
,
Repairing
and
Keeping
Clean
the
common
High-ways
,
and
known
Broad
Paths
within
this
Island
leading
to
Church
and
Markets
,
and
for
laying
out
new
Ways
,
and
turning
old
Ways
where
it
shall
be
needful
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
divers
good
Laws
and
Statutes
have
been
heretofore
made
and
Enacted
in
this
Island
,
for
the
amending
,
Repairing
and
keeping
Clean
the
Broad
Paths
,
and
common
High-ways
within
the
same
;
and
for
making
New
,
and
turning
Old
,
where
it
shall
be
requisite
:
Which
notwithstanding
through
remissness
,
and
want
of
due
Execution
,
have
not
wrought
the
desired
effect
.
To
the
intent
therefore
it
may
be
duly
remedied
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
in
every
Parish
within
this
Island
,
the
Vestry-Men
of
the
several
and
respective
Parishes
,
or
as
many
of
them
as
shall
then
meet
,
shall
within
Ten
Days
after
Publication
hereof
,
and
ever
after
,
The
Vestry
to
choose
Surveyors
Yearly
of
Freeholders
.
on
the
Third
Monday
in
January
in
every
Year
,
by
Ten
of
the
Clock
in
the
Forenoon
,
meet
at
their
Parish-Church
,
and
then
and
there
elect
and
choose
Four
Able
and
Substantial
Freeholders
,
to
be
Surveyors
within
the
same
,
for
one
whole
Year
then
next
ensuing
;
none
to
be
capable
of
being
so
chosen
,
that
are
not
seized
at
least
of
Twenty
Acres
of
Free-hold
in
their
own
Right
,
or
in
the
Right
of
their
Wives
,
or
possess'd
of
Thirty
Acres
Lease-hold
.
The
Quarter-Sessions
to
nominate
,
the
Vestry
failing
.
And
where
the
said
Vestries
shall
fail
,
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
the
next
Quarter-Sessions
for
that
Precinct
,
shall
upon
Information
thereof
,
nominate
the
Surveyors
for
such
Parish
.
And
every
Vestry-man
that
shall
be
wanting
at
the
time
,
for
choice
of
Surveyors
above
limited
,
shall
fofeit
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
the
use
of
the
High-ways
,
unless
he
can
shew
sufficient
Cause
for
such
his
Absence
,
to
be
approved
of
by
such
Gentlemen
of
the
Vestries
as
did
appear
,
or
by
the
Major
part
of
them
.
Clause
II
That
every
Person
so
elected
and
appointed
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
as
aforesaid
,
shall
undertake
the
Office
,
Surveyors
to
be
Sworn
in
ten
Days
after
Election
.
and
shall
within
Ten
Days
after
such
his
Election
,
or
being
appointed
as
aforesaid
(
due
notice
thereof
being
given
him
)
procure
himself
to
be
Sworn
before
some
one
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
the
said
Parish
,
diligently
and
faithfully
to
perform
and
execute
the
Office
of
Surveyor
of
the
High-ways
within
the
Parish
,
for
the
Year
then
next
ensuing
,
and
faithfully
to
account
for
all
such
Sugars
and
Mens
Labours
,
as
shall
be
paid
or
appointed
him
by
virtue
of
his
said
Office
:
Which
Oath
,
the
said
Justices
or
any
one
of
them
,
are
hereby
required
and
authorized
to
administer
.
And
if
any
such
Person
so
elected
,
shall
refuse
to
accept
of
his
said
Office
,
or
to
procure
himself
to
be
Sworn
as
aforesaid
,
that
then
every
Person
so
failing
,
shall
forfeit
for
the
same
,
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
Clause
III
That
such
Surveyors
of
the
Highways
having
accepted
the
Office
,
and
being
Sworn
as
aforesaid
,
shall
diligently
apply
themselves
to
the
Duty
and
Execution
of
their
Office
,
and
shall
within
Ten
Days
after
their
respective
Oaths
taken
,
view
all
the
High-ways
and
publick
Broad
Paths
,
To
view
all
High-ways
,
and
return
an
Estimate
of
the
succeeding
Charge
.
where
Carts
or
Carriages
usually
pass
,
and
all
common
Bridges
belonging
to
the
said
Parish
,
and
all
Water-courses
,
and
also
all
Streets
and
Causeways
,
and
common
Nusance
;
in
the
said
Ways
and
Streets
within
their
respective
Parishes
,
and
shall
consider
what
Reparations
and
Alterations
will
be
needful
,
and
what
new
Paths
necessary
to
be
made
,
and
what
quantity
of
Sugar
,
or
Tax
of
Mens
Labours
,
or
of
both
,
will
be
requisite
and
necessary
to
be
raised
within
the
said
Parish
,
for
Amending
,
Repairing
and
Perfecting
the
same
,
Forfeiture
.
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
respectively
,
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
Clause
IV
That
the
said
Surveyors
do
within
Six
Days
after
such
view
,
give
publick
notice
in
the
Church
or
Chappel
,
Vestries
power
to
make
Assessment
on
Lands
,
Trade
,
for
Repairs
,
&c.
to
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Vestry
,
to
meet
at
a
Day
appointed
,
to
make
an
Assessment
of
Goods
or
Mens
Labours
,
or
of
both
,
at
their
Election
for
Mending
and
Repairing
the
said
High-ways
and
Streets
,
for
Making
and
Repairing
of
Causeways
and
Bridges
as
aforesaid
,
for
cleansing
of
Ditches
,
and
removing
of
publick
Nusances
,
and
laying
out
New
,
or
altering
the
Old
Ways
as
aforesaid
:
At
which
Meeting
,
the
Vestries
of
the
several
Parishes
,
are
hereby
impowered
and
authorized
,
to
assess
the
Parishioners
,
so
many
able
Labourers
,
Servants
or
Slaves
;
or
if
need
be
,
Goods
,
or
both
Labourers
and
Goods
,
as
their
several
proportions
of
Land
will
admit
,
and
the
present
necessity
of
Repair
.
Provided
the
said
Assessment
exceed
not
for
each
Ten
Acres
,
one
Man
for
Two
Days
,
or
Ten
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
and
also
upon
the
dead
Goods
or
Stocks
in
Trade
,
of
any
Parishioner
,
according
to
the
same
Proportion
,
for
one
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
Value
.
Clause
V
And
in
case
the
said
Vestries
in
their
respective
Parishes
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
shall
not
meet
,
or
meeting
,
shall
not
agree
amongst
themselves
,
to
make
such
a
Rate
,
Assessment
or
Levy
,
within
Two
Days
after
their
first
appointed
time
of
Meeting
:
The
Vestries
not
making
a
Levy
,
the
Surveyors
may
do
it
.
That
then
the
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
themselves
,
shall
make
a
Rate
in
Writing
according
to
the
Directions
aforesaid
;
and
such
Rates
as
the
said
Vestries
or
Surveyors
respectively
shall
so
make
,
A
Justice
of
Peace
to
Confirm
it
.
(
being
confirmed
by
one
of
His
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
living
in
that
Parish
)
shall
stand
until
Complaint
of
some
Irregularity
or
inequality
therein
,
be
made
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
the
Sessions
,
or
any
Two
of
them
then
present
;
who
,
if
they
see
Cause
,
may
alter
the
same
.
And
if
the
said
Justices
shall
find
cause
to
alter
it
,
then
the
said
Rate
,
with
such
Alterations
as
they
shall
make
,
shall
stand
without
any
further
Appeal
.
Clause
VI
And
in
case
where
common
Nusances
are
in
the
High-ways
,
or
where
any
common
High-ways
or
Broad
Paths
in
any
Parish
are
not
Sixty
Foot
wide
in
standing
Wood
,
Dimentions
of
High-ways
.
and
Forty
Foot
at
least
,
where
the
standing
Wood
is
of
one
side
of
the
way
,
and
Twenty
Four
Foot
wide
at
least
in
open
Ground
,
but
are
streightned
by
reason
of
Inclosures
,
either
by
Hedges
,
Ditches
,
Walls
or
the
like
;
or
where
the
Hedges
are
not
plashed
,
trimmed
and
kept
low
,
so
often
as
occasion
shall
require
;
and
the
several
High-ways
kept
clean
from
Trees
,
Bushes
,
Weeds
,
Stumps
,
Loggs
,
Boughs
and
long
Grass
,
by
the
several
and
respective
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
within
their
several
Plantations
;
or
where
either
Physick
,
Nut
,
Fences
or
other
Hedges
and
Inclosures
are
not
kept
Lopt
and
Plashed
;
so
as
the
Wind
and
Sun
may
have
the
more
power
to
dry
the
said
High-ways
:
That
then
,
and
in
any
of
the
Cases
before-mentioned
,
the
said
Surveyors
or
any
Two
of
them
,
shall
by
Warrant
under
their
Hands
,
enjoyn
the
Occupiers
or
Tenants
of
the
said
Land
,
to
see
the
same
performed
.
And
in
case
the
said
Tenants
or
Occupiers
shall
neglect
to
perform
the
same
within
Ten
Days
after
such
Warrant
served
on
them
,
and
be
thereof
convicted
before
any
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
that
Precinct
,
by
the
Oath
of
Two
Witnesses
,
or
his
or
their
own
Confession
:
That
then
every
such
Person
shall
forthwith
be
fined
by
the
said
Justice
,
The
Offender
Fined
,
and
the
Surveyors
then
to
amend
the
Ways
with
the
Money
.
the
quantity
of
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
to
be
paid
to
the
said
Surveyors
or
one
of
them
,
and
by
Mittimus
of
the
said
Justice
,
to
stand
committed
to
Goal
,
until
he
hath
paid
the
same
.
With
which
Sugar
,
the
said
Surveyors
,
who
receive
the
same
,
shall
immediately
hire
Labourers
to
open
the
said
Ways
,
according
to
the
respective
Dimentions
above
appointed
,
and
clear
and
order
the
same
as
aforesaid
;
and
the
Overplus
,
if
any
be
,
to
apply
to
the
mending
the
other
Ways
within
the
said
Parish
.
Clause
VII
And
if
any
the
Parishioners
rated
as
aforesaid
,
towards
the
mending
of
High-ways
as
aforesaid
,
Not
paying
Tax
in
Seven
Days
after
Demand
,
pays
double
.
shall
fail
to
pay
to
the
Surveyors
of
his
High-ways
,
his
Proportion
of
Tax
rated
on
him
by
the
Space
of
Seven
Days
after
publick
notice
and
warning
for
Payment
thereof
:
That
then
every
such
Parishioner
failing
,
shall
pay
double
as
much
as
he
is
rated
at
in
the
Tax
.
Clause
VIII
And
for
the
more
effectual
mending
the
said
High-ways
,
publick
Bridges
and
Streets
,
and
for
removing
publick
Nusances
out
of
the
same
,
Surveyors
to
Summon
all
Labourers
assessed
,
with
Tools
proper
.
and
for
making
and
mending
Causeways
where
occasion
shall
require
,
the
Surveyors
afore-mentioned
,
shall
Yearly
at
such
convenient
times
as
they
shall
agree
upon
,
Summon
the
Neighbourhood
to
send
to
the
Place
appointed
,
so
many
able
Labourers
,
Servants
or
Slaves
,
as
they
are
assessed
,
with
such
Tools
as
the
said
Surveyors
shall
direct
,
and
are
proper
and
convenient
for
the
said
Work
.
Every
Default
of
a
Labourer
,
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
And
whosoever
shall
make
Default
therein
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
for
every
Labourer
,
Servant
or
Slave
so
wanting
,
Assessed
as
aforesaid
,
for
each
Day
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
to
be
levied
by
Distress
,
by
Warrant
under
the
Hands
of
the
said
Surveyors
,
or
any
Two
of
them
,
who
are
hereby
impowered
to
sell
the
said
Distress
;
returning
the
Overplus
,
if
any
be
,
above
the
said
Penalty
and
Charges
of
Prosecution
to
the
Owners
.
Clause
IX
And
the
said
Surveyors
or
any
Two
of
them
,
are
hereby
further
impowered
to
dig
for
,
and
get
Stones
,
Gravel
,
Sand
,
Power
to
dig
up
some
Gravel
,
&c.
on
others
Land
,
&c.
for
repairing
High-ways
.
Marl
or
any
other
Material
fit
for
mending
the
High-ways
in
or
upon
any
waste
or
common
Ground
within
the
Parish
;
or
if
they
cannot
there
conveniently
be
had
,
in
,
or
upon
any
Private
Man's
Pasture
or
other
Grounds
,
not
under
Canes
,
Cotton
,
Tobacco
,
Indigo
or
Ginger
,
where
it
may
be
had
within
the
Parish
,
or
within
any
other
near
adjoining
Parish
,
with
convenient
Way
for
sending
for
,
and
bringing
the
same
at
such
seasonable
Times
,
and
for
such
reasonable
Satisfaction
,
and
Composition
to
such
private
Persons
to
be
made
,
as
the
said
Surveyors
and
Occupiers
of
such
Lands
shall
agree
upon
.
And
in
case
of
Disagreement
betwixt
them
,
then
for
such
Satisfaction
as
any
Justice
of
Peace
next
adjoining
shall
set
down
and
appoint
;
and
such
Order
as
the
said
Justice
shall
set
down
,
shall
be
final
to
the
Parties
without
further
Appeal
.
Clause
X
And
for
the
more
ease
and
conveniency
in
mending
and
Repairing
the
said
High-ways
or
Bridges
,
or
removing
publick
Nusances
,
the
said
Surveyors
or
any
of
them
,
have
hereby
power
and
authority
,
To
press
any
Carts
or
Wains
to
carry
Stone
,
Gravel
,
&c.
to
impress
any
Wain
with
Six
Oxen
,
or
Cart
with
Five
Horses
,
for
Carriage
of
any
the
said
Stones
,
Gravel
,
Sand
or
Marl
,
or
other
Materials
as
aforesaid
,
each
Cart
or
Wain
to
have
Two
Able
Men
of
the
said
Owners
thereof
,
to
go
with
them
:
In
lieu
whereof
,
and
for
recompence
of
the
Party
,
whose
Cart
or
Wain
with
Two
able
Men
is
so
imployed
,
the
said
Surveyor
shall
allow
and
deduct
for
each
Days
Work
of
such
Cart
or
Wain
,
the
Work
or
Labour
of
Twelve
Men
,
out
of
the
Assessment
of
the
Owner
of
the
same
.
And
in
case
the
said
Owners
Tax
will
not
amount
to
his
full
Satisfaction
,
then
the
Overplus
shall
be
paid
him
by
the
Surveyors
in
Sugar
out
of
the
Parish
Tax
,
according
to
the
said
valuation
.
And
whereas
it
hath
been
by
experience
found
,
the
planting
of
Prickles
by
,
or
adjoining
to
any
High-way
or
Broad
Path
within
this
Island
,
is
not
only
inconvenient
,
but
dangerous
to
his
Majesty's
good
People
travelling
about
their
lawful
Occasions
.
Clause
XI
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
after
Publication
hereof
,
Pimpelloe
Fences
not
to
be
planted
by
the
High-ways
,
upon
pain
of
300
Pound
of
Sugar
every
Three
Months
.
none
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
presume
to
plant
or
make
Fences
by
any
of
the
High-way
Sides
of
any
the
said
Prickles
,
commonly
known
,
and
commonly
called
by
the
Name
of
Broad-Prickle-Pair-Bushes
,
or
Pimpeloes
.
And
whosoever
hath
already
planted
the
same
by
any
High-way
as
aforesaid
,
shall
remove
them
within
Three
Months
after
Publication
hereof
;
unless
they
make
some
Stone
Wall
,
or
substantial
Fence
between
them
and
the
High-way
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
for
every
such
Offence
,
Three
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
and
so
every
Three
Months
,
if
not
removed
.
Clause
XII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
Places
where
Ditches
adjoining
to
the
common
High-ways
,
or
serving
to
lead
the
Waters
from
such
High-ways
,
Surveyors
to
turn
Water-Courses
to
make
new
Ditches
.
are
,
or
shall
be
undrest
or
unscoured
,
or
where
Waters
do
run
into
,
or
stand
in
any
such
High-ways
,
to
the
Annoyance
of
the
Passengers
;
the
said
Surveyors
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
,
in
all
such
respective
Places
,
to
cause
such
Ditches
to
be
drest
and
scoured
,
and
to
stop
and
divert
any
such
Water-course
,
and
to
turn
the
Water
into
any
adjoyning
Ditch
,
or
to
make
new
Ditches
in
convenient
Places
through
the
Grounds
adjoining
,
for
the
most
convenient
conveying
away
such
Waters
as
aforesaid
.
Clause
XIII
And
whereas
in
many
Places
,
the
High-ways
are
very
deep
,
or
scarcely
passable
,
which
may
with
more
ease
,
and
less
charge
to
the
Publick
be
altered
than
amended
:
Altering
old
,
and
laying
out
new
High-ways
.
And
whereas
to
some
Plantation
or
Plantations
,
no
High-ways
are
yet
laid
out
;
Then
,
and
in
such
Case
,
the
Surveyors
shall
thereof
inform
the
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
who
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
issue
out
their
Warrant
to
the
next
Constable
,
A
Jury
of
the
Neighbourhood
.
for
impanelling
a
Jury
of
the
Neighbourhood
of
the
said
High-ways
or
Plantations
,
where
they
are
wanting
,
for
altering
the
old
,
and
laying
out
a
new
High-way
,
together
with
a
streight
Path
leading
to
the
general
Way
,
for
such
Plantations
as
want
it
as
aforesaid
,
with
most
Conveniency
,
and
least
Detriment
to
any
Private
Person
that
may
be
.
Which
said
Jury
are
hereby
impowered
to
allot
and
lay
out
the
same
,
according
to
the
Dimentions
before
expressed
.
And
if
any
Juror
lawfully
Summoned
,
shall
neglect
to
appear
,
or
appearing
,
shall
refuse
to
perform
his
Duty
by
this
Act
required
,
unless
he
shall
give
a
lawful
Excuse
to
be
allowed
by
the
said
Two
Justices
;
he
shall
forfeit
for
such
his
Default
,
Punishment
of
Jurors
not
appearing
,
&c.
Three
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
And
if
any
Constable
shall
not
give
his
Lawful
Summons
to
the
said
Jurors
,
according
as
he
is
by
Precept
under
the
said
Justices
Hand
directed
,
without
lawful
Excuse
to
be
allowed
as
aforesaid
,
he
shall
fofeit
for
such
Default
,
Three
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
Forfeit
300
lb.
Sugar
.
Clause
XIV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Sums
or
Quantities
of
Sugar
arising
by
Assessment
or
otherwise
,
by
Vertue
of
this
Act
,
and
all
Issues
to
be
forfeited
by
Jurors
for
not
appearring
,
to
pass
upon
any
Information
or
Indictment
,
for
not
repairing
and
keeping
clean
any
High-ways
,
or
not
removing
Defects
or
Nusances
in
any
Streets
or
High-ways
,
and
all
Fines
or
Amerciaments
to
be
imposed
on
any
Parish
or
Private
Person
,
for
not
repairing
Highways
,
or
not
performing
their
Duty
and
Duties
in
and
by
this
Act
required
,
shall
be
imployed
and
bestowed
by
the
said
Surveyors
of
High
ways
in
paying
Work-mens
Wages
,
for
doing
such
Work
,
and
for
such
other
Imployments
as
are
hereby
appointed
to
be
done
and
performed
,
and
shall
be
levied
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
All
Fines
,
Forfeitures
,
Issues
,
by
this
Act
,
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
from
any
Justice
.
by
the
said
Surveyors
of
High-ways
or
Constables
,
or
any
of
them
,
by
Warrant
from
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
the
Parish
;
who
is
hereby
upon
Conviction
of
the
Offender
,
by
Two
Witnesses
,
or
his
own
Confession
,
required
and
impowered
to
grant
the
same
by
Distress
and
Sale
of
the
Goods
of
such
Persons
offending
as
aforesaid
.
After
10
Days
notice
,
to
be
committed
,
to
Goal
and
pay
double
.
And
for
Default
of
such
Distress
,
or
Non-payment
of
the
said
Sugar
,
by
the
Space
of
Ten
Days
after
demand
thereof
made
,
or
left
at
his
House
in
Writing
,
under
the
Hands
of
the
said
Surveyors
or
Constables
,
or
either
of
them
,
the
Party
so
in
Arrear
,
shall
be
by
Warrant
from
the
said
Justice
of
Peace
,
before
whom
such
Conviction
was
had
,
committed
to
the
common
Goal
,
there
to
remain
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
till
he
hath
paid
double
,
what
shall
be
so
in
Arrear
,
or
by
Fine
,
or
other
Penalty
is
charged
upon
him
to
pay
,
together
with
Charges
incurred
to
the
Party
prosecuting
for
such
Default
.
Clause
XV
And
if
any
Suit
shall
be
commenced
by
any
Person
against
any
Constable
or
Surveyor
of
the
High-ways
,
Surveyors
,
Constables
,
&c.
Sued
for
not
pursuing
this
Act
,
Cost
,
and
1000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
Plead
the
general
Issue
,
give
the
Special
matter
in
Evidence
.
or
against
any
Person
imployed
by
them
,
or
any
of
them
,
or
authorized
by
this
Act
to
do
or
perform
,
as
by
this
Act
is
directed
for
doing
or
performing
as
aforesaid
.
That
then
,
and
in
every
such
Case
,
the
Action
shall
be
laid
in
the
proper
Precinct
where
the
Fact
was
done
,
and
not
elsewhere
.
And
the
Defendant
may
plead
the
general
Issue
to
it
,
and
give
the
special
matter
in
Evidence
at
the
Trial
,
that
what
was
done
,
was
done
in
pursuance
of
this
Act.
And
if
upon
Examination
it
shall
appear
to
be
done
,
then
the
Jury
shall
find
for
the
Defendant
.
And
in
such
case
also
,
if
the
Plaintiff
shall
be
non-suited
,
or
discontinue
his
Action
after
the
Defendant
has
appeared
,
the
Defendant
shall
have
his
full
Costs
,
what
upon
Oath
he
shall
make
appear
to
any
Judge
,
before
whom
such
Trial
or
dis-continuance
is
had
,
he
laid
out
in
defence
of
such
Suit
,
and
also
one
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
more
,
in
regard
of
this
unjust
trouble
and
vexation
taxed
by
the
Court
against
the
Plaintiff
.
Clause
XVI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Surveyor
elected
or
hereby
appointed
as
aforesaid
,
Surveyors
to
give
Account
to
the
Vestry
,
at
the
end
of
the
Year
.
shall
Yearly
within
one
Month
after
the
expiration
of
the
Year
wherein
he
was
so
Surveyor
,
make
and
yield
up
to
the
Vestry
of
the
said
Parish
,
a
true
and
perfect
Account
in
Writing
,
at
some
publick
Meeting
,
to
be
appointed
by
the
Vestry
,
of
all
the
Sugars
he
hath
received
or
paid
out
,
within
his
Year
,
for
,
or
by
reason
of
his
said
Office
,
namely
,
of
whom
and
what
received
,
and
to
whom
and
what
paid
.
And
if
any
Overplus
do
remain
in
his
Hands
,
he
shall
pay
the
same
over
to
the
next
Surveyors
,
or
one
of
them
then
in
being
,
for
the
use
of
the
said
Parish
,
to
be
disbursed
in
and
about
the
High-ways
.
And
if
such
Surveyor
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
make
such
Account
or
Re-payment
as
aforesaid
,
That
then
it
shall
be
lawful
,
to
and
for
any
one
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
the
Parish
or
Precinct
,
and
upon
such
Default
found
on
the
Surveyor's
part
,
to
commit
such
Surveyor
to
the
common
Goal
,
To
stand
committed
until
they
account
.
there
to
remain
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
until
he
shall
make
such
Account
and
Payment
as
aforesaid
:
Together
with
such
satisfaction
for
the
Damage
,
as
the
said
Vestry
and
Parish
have
sustained
by
reason
of
such
neglect
,
and
as
any
one
Justice
shall
judge
reasonable
.
But
if
the
said
Justice
shall
find
such
Account
to
be
clear
and
good
,
then
he
is
to
allow
the
same
;
and
such
Surveyor
is
not
afterwards
to
be
questioned
or
troubled
thereabouts
.
Preamble
.
And
whereas
several
Persons
for
their
private
Commodity
,
have
,
or
hereafter
shall
in
the
High-ways
,
which
run
through
Plantations
,
erected
Gates
;
through
which
,
all
Travellers
being
necessitated
to
pass
the
same
,
by
reason
of
the
Narrowness
thereof
,
becomes
in
Wet
Weather
,
very
Deep
,
and
almost
Impassable
;
to
the
great
Trouble
and
Damage
of
his
Majesty's
Liege
People
.
For
Remedy
whereof
,
Clause
XVII
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Gate-Places
on
the
publick
Road
,
The
Dimention
of
Gates
and
Gate-ways
on
all
common
Roads
.
shall
be
at
least
Ten
Foot
in
wideness
,
between
Post
and
Post
;
and
they
shall
be
made
at
the
Charge
of
the
Owner
of
the
said
Land
,
where
such
Gate
shall
be
,
within
Three
Months
after
Publication
hereof
:
A
good
,
firm
and
sufficient
Causeway
,
or
firm
Gravel
Path
,
of
the
full
wideness
of
the
said
Gate
,
and
to
extend
in
length
Twenty
Foot
of
each
side
of
the
said
Gate
,
and
shall
continually
keep
the
same
in
Repair
.
And
in
case
any
Person
so
having
a
Gate
as
aforesaid
,
shall
neglect
to
make
it
of
the
said
wideness
,
or
to
make
the
Causeway
within
the
time
aforesaid
;
Punishment
of
Offenders
.
he
shall
forfeit
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
to
be
levied
and
disposed
of
in
manner
as
aforesaid
;
and
shall
likewise
forfeit
for
every
Three
Months
after
that
he
shall
neglect
the
same
,
the
quantity
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
until
he
hath
made
the
said
Causeway
,
as
is
in
this
Act
prescribed
.
And
after
the
said
Causeway
made
,
if
the
said
Person
shall
neglect
to
Repair
the
same
,
within
Twenty
Days
after
he
is
ordered
to
do
it
,
by
the
Surveyors
of
that
Parish
,
or
by
any
one
of
them
,
he
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
Default
,
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
to
be
levied
and
imployed
as
aforesaid
.
And
the
Surveyors
of
the
several
Parishes
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
,
To
pull
down
Rails
in
High-ways
,
&c.
to
take
away
all
Rails
that
shall
be
put
up
in
any
common
High-ways
in
the
Passage
.
And
in
case
any
Rails
shall
be
so
hereafter
put
up
,
the
Parties
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
putting
them
up
,
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
to
be
levied
and
disposed
of
as
aforesaid
.
Preamble
.
And
whereas
the
High-ways
in
open
Ground
are
in
many
Places
already
by
Fences
reduced
to
a
narrower
scantling
than
by
this
Act
is
required
,
which
now
to
widen
,
might
be
of
great
Damage
to
the
Owners
of
the
Land
of
each
side
of
the
said
way
:
For
Prevention
whereof
,
Clause
XVIII
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
the
Owners
of
the
said
Land
,
do
within
one
Month
after
Publication
hereof
,
In
old
narrow
Paths
,
Causeways
to
be
made
by
the
Land
Owners
.
make
a
firm
,
plain
and
sufficient
Causeway
or
Gravel
Path
between
the
said
Fences
,
(
provided
the
same
be
broad
enough
for
Two
Carts
to
pass
each
against
other
)
and
also
to
enter
into
Bond
for
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
the
Surveyors
of
the
said
Parish
for
the
time
being
,
and
their
Successors
,
for
the
use
of
the
said
Parish
,
constantly
to
keep
the
same
in
good
Repair
;
If
not
made
,
and
to
keep
Hedges
,
to
be
pulled
down
.
Then
and
in
such
case
,
the
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
,
shall
forbear
to
beat
down
the
said
Fences
,
or
widen
the
said
Way
:
Any
thing
in
this
Act
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Preamble
.
Whereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
consideration
,
that
if
the
Parishes
nearest
adjoining
to
the
Sea-side
,
should
at
their
own
proper
Costs
and
Charges
,
maintain
their
High-ways
and
Causeways
,
it
might
possibly
become
over-burthensome
unto
them
,
in
regard
their
Ways
be
nearer
the
Center
,
and
are
more
in
number
,
and
more
used
and
worn
;
of
which
the
Parishes
farther
off
,
have
the
Benefit
and
Conveniency
;
and
therefore
it
seems
most
equitable
,
Adjoyning
Parishes
to
contribute
to
the
mending
of
the
High-ways
.
that
they
should
in
some
measure
contribute
towards
the
Maintenance
and
Repair
of
them
.
For
which
purpose
,
Clause
XIX
Be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
all
extraordinary
Occasions
of
Charge
in
reparation
as
aforesaid
,
of
the
High-ways
,
Causeways
,
Gravel
,
Paths
or
Bridges
in
the
Parishes
nearest
the
Sea
,
such
reasonable
Contribution
shall
be
made
out
of
the
Parish
Stock
,
by
the
Surveyors
of
those
respective
Parishes
which
have
the
benefit
of
such
Reparations
,
General
Sessions
to
order
the
Quantum
.
as
to
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
the
general
Sessions
upon
hearing
the
whole
Matter
,
shall
be
judged
fit
and
reasonable
.
Clause
XX
Item
,
If
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
perform
that
Duty
,
which
by
this
Act
is
required
of
him
;
A
Justice
refusing
or
neglecting
his
Duty
,
to
be
fined
10000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
Such
Justice
upon
Conviction
thereof
by
the
Oath
of
Two
Witnesses
,
or
his
own
Confession
before
the
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
and
any
Two
more
of
the
Council
,
shall
be
adjudged
to
forfeit
the
Quantity
of
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
and
to
stand
committed
,
until
he
have
paid
the
same
into
the
Hands
of
the
Surveyors
of
the
said
Parish
where
the
said
Default
was
made
,
to
be
disposed
of
for
the
use
of
the
High-ways
as
aforesaid
.
Clause
XXI
And
lastly
,
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Acts
,
Laws
and
Statutes
formerly
Made
,
All
former
Acts
and
Statutes
are
void
,
that
are
made
to
this
purpose
.
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
for
,
and
concerning
any
broad
Paths
or
High-ways
within
this
Island
,
and
provided
for
in
this
Act
or
any
Clause
thereof
,
be
and
are
hereby
declared
to
be
void
and
null
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
:
Any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
January
the
Ninth
,
1661.
Signed
,
Humphrey
Walrond
.
Nᵒ
24.
An
ACT
concerning
Ships
,
and
the
Duty
of
their
Masters
or
Merchants
upon
their
Arrival
,
with
the
appointment
of
the
Impost
of
Poundage
and
Tunnage
.
Repealed
by
Act
made
in
1697.
Nᵒ
25.
An
ACT
concerning
the
General
Sessions
.
This
Act
is
Repealed
by
an
Act
made
in
Sir
Richard
Dutton's
time
.
Repealed
by
Act
N.
300.
An
ACT
concerning
Persons
intended
to
depart
this
Island
,
Nᵒ
26.
Repealed
by
an
Act
of
Colonel
Codrington's
N.
174.
and
the
setting
up
their
Names
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
and
Warrants
of
Arrests
.
Nᵒ
27.
An
ACT
for
setling
the
Militia
mthin
this
Island
.
Repealed
by
several
Acts
following
.
Nᵒ
28.
An
ACT
for
the
restraining
the
Excessive
taking
of
Vsury
within
this
Island
.
This
Act
is
comprized
in
an
after
Act.
Nᵒ
29.
An
ACT
concerning
Forestallers
,
and
Ingrossers
of
Provisions
.
This
Act
is
comprized
in
an
after
Act
,
N.
172.
Nᵒ
30.
An
ACT
for
continuance
and
observation
of
all
Acts
and
Statutes
not
Repealed
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
there
are
divers
and
sundry
good
and
wholsome
Laws
,
Statutes
and
Ordinances
Provided
,
Enacted
and
Made
,
Assigned
and
Agreed
upon
,
by
,
and
with
the
Assent
,
Consent
and
Approbation
of
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Free-holders
out
of
every
Parish
of
this
Island
of
Barbados
,
intituled
,
A
General
Assembly
for
that
purpose
elected
,
made
and
chosen
.
Clause
I
It
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
all
and
singular
the
said
Statutes
,
Laws
and
Ordinances
so
made
by
the
general
Assembly
,
shall
from
henceforth
continue
,
be
and
remain
in
full
force
and
power
,
to
be
truly
and
effectually
observed
,
performed
,
fulfilled
and
kept
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
,
by
all
and
singular
the
Inhabitants
of
the
said
Island
and
others
,
which
from
time
to
time
shall
be
and
remain
upon
this
Island
,
that
none
of
the
said
Articles
,
Statutes
,
Laws
and
Ordinances
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
repealed
or
nullified
in
part
,
or
in
whole
,
nor
any
thing
thereunto
added
,
without
the
Assent
,
Consent
,
Advice
and
Approbation
of
a
like
general
Assembly
,
consisting
of
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Free-holders
;
which
Free-holders
are
freely
to
be
Elected
and
Chosen
by
the
Major
Voice
of
the
several
Parishes
respectively
within
the
said
Island
,
being
Two
at
the
least
in
each
Parish
.
Nᵒ
31.
Repealed
by
the
Militia
Acts
,
and
in
the
Council
Books
.
An
ACT
for
setling
a
Regiment
of
Horse
within
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
32.
An
ACT
prohibiting
all
Persons
to
incroach
upon
their
Neighbours
Line
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
many
Persons
upon
Pretence
that
they
wanted
their
Proportions
of
Land
,
have
incroached
upon
their
Neighbour's
Line
,
and
made
use
of
great
Parcels
of
their
Lands
,
and
fallen
and
cut
down
many
of
their
Marked
and
Timber
Trees
of
a
good
value
;
whence
hath
risen
present
Difficult
Suits
of
Law
,
by
reason
that
oftentimes
no
marked
Trees
or
corner
Trees
were
to
be
found
;
when
as
in
truth
such
Incroacher
hath
well
enough
known
their
Bounds
and
Limits
;
which
hath
been
much
to
the
Injuries
and
Damages
of
poor
People
within
this
Island
;
who
have
not
thereby
only
lost
their
Timber
Trees
and
Land
,
but
also
other
Priviledges
and
Commodities
which
thereby
did
accrew
to
them
.
For
Prevention
whereof
,
and
other
like
Mischiefs
that
depend
thereon
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
;
that
whatsoever
Person
shall
presume
to
incroach
upon
his
Neighbour's
Line
within
the
old
Bounds
,
or
cut
down
any
Corner
or
marked
Trees
directing
in
the
Lines
,
or
any
other
Trees
out
of
his
own
Bounds
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
Marked
and
Corner
,
or
Timber-Trees
so
cut
down
,
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
and
for
every
other
one
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
all
which
shall
be
recovered
by
the
Party
Suffering
,
by
Action
of
Debt
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
Dated
the
30th
of
August
,
1656.
Nᵒ
33.
An
ACT
for
the
Annual
Rates
of
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
34.
An
ACT
to
prevent
the
prejudice
that
may
happen
to
this
Island
,
by
Loose
and
Vagrant
Persons
in
and
about
the
same
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
great
consideration
the
great
number
of
Loose
,
Idle
,
Vagrant
Persons
,
in
and
about
this
Island
,
who
are
of
no
certain
Imployment
,
Note
,
This
Act
is
provided
for
by
the
Quarter-Sessions
.
and
have
no
constant
Residence
or
Place
of
Aboad
;
whereby
they
become
ready
to
make
use
of
all
Advantages
,
and
upon
all
Occasions
to
act
to
the
prejudice
of
this
Place
,
and
the
disturbance
of
his
Majesty's
Peace
and
Quiet
of
the
same
.
Clause
I
It
is
therefore
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
and
Council
,
with
the
Consent
of
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
That
the
several
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
their
several
and
respective
Precincts
within
this
Island
,
where
they
live
,
have
hereby
Power
to
take
notice
of
all
such
Persons
,
who
have
no
constant
Place
of
Aboad
,
and
are
of
no
settled
Imployment
and
Calling
,
the
Names
of
all
such
Person
and
Persons
,
forthwith
to
inlist
and
send
the
same
to
the
Governour
.
To
the
intent
such
Consideration
may
be
had
therein
,
that
all
such
Persons
may
be
imployed
in
some
necessary
work
,
to
the
Defence
of
this
Island
,
and
the
Peace
and
Tranquility
thereof
from
time
to
time
preserved
.
Nᵒ
35.
An
ACT
for
the
Binding
out
Apprentices
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
36.
An
ACT
for
the
making
good
,
and
clearing
the
Ways
of
the
Streets
and
Lanes
in
and
about
the
Indian-Town
,
Spight's
-
Bay
,
alias
Little-Bristol
.
Repealed
by
Act
102.
Nᵒ
37.
An
ACT
for
the
appointing
and
nominating
of
Streets
,
Lanes
,
Alleys
,
Wharfs
and
other
Passages
convenient
in
and
about
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
.
Repealed
by
Act
107.
Nᵒ
38.
An
ACT
to
prevent
the
danger
that
may
happen
by
Fire
,
in
,
or
about
the
Sea-port
Towns
within
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
39.
By
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
concerning
Taxes
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
40.
An
ACT
for
the
disposing
of
several
Fines
,
that
are
imposed
upon
several
Persons
for
several
Misdemeanours
done
within
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
consideration
the
many
and
veral
Fines
that
have
been
imposed
and
laid
upon
several
People
for
their
Miscarriages
before
the
Governour
and
Council
at
the
time
of
their
Sitting
,
and
for
their
Contempts
and
Misbehaviour
in
the
several
Courts
of
Judicature
within
this
Island
,
and
for
neglecting
attendance
on
the
said
Courts
,
when
duly
summoned
thereto
,
&c.
And
for
that
for
the
times
past
,
no
strict
Course
hath
been
taken
for
the
levying
the
said
Fines
,
and
no
Account
hath
been
hitherto
rendred
,
what
hath
become
of
the
same
;
which
tends
much
to
the
detriment
of
the
publick
Stock
,
and
benefit
of
this
Island
.
For
Prevention
whereof
,
and
Remedy
therein
for
the
future
,
and
to
the
intent
that
all
such
Fines
may
be
duly
levied
and
received
into
the
publick
Treasury
,
for
the
use
and
benefit
of
this
Island
.
Clause
I
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
the
Clerk
or
Clerks
of
the
several
and
respective
Courts
within
this
Island
,
All
Clerks
of
Courts
to
keep
account
of
Fines
.
for
the
several
and
respective
Precincts
,
shall
keep
a
just
and
true
Account
of
all
such
Fine
or
Fines
that
shall
be
laid
or
imposed
upon
any
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
for
any
their
Misdemeanors
in
the
said
Courts
,
or
neglecting
their
Attendance
on
the
same
,
when
duly
Summoned
thereto
,
&c.
by
the
Judge
or
his
Assistants
.
Every
Two
Months
to
be
delivered
to
the
Marshal
.
And
that
the
said
several
Clerks
shall
every
Two
Months
deliver
unto
the
several
Marshals
of
the
said
several
and
respective
Courts
,
as
also
unto
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
within
every
such
time
,
all
and
every
such
List
of
Fines
within
the
Precincts
of
their
Courts
,
attested
under
his
or
their
Hand
or
Hands
.
Which
said
Marshal
or
Marshals
,
is
hereby
required
upon
Receit
of
the
same
,
Judge
to
make
Executions
.
to
repair
to
the
Judge
of
his
or
their
Courts
within
the
Precincts
for
Execution
for
levying
of
the
same
upon
the
Goods
or
Persons
of
such
as
are
Fined
,
the
said
several
Judges
of
the
respective
Courts
being
thereby
authorized
,
impowered
and
required
to
sign
such
Execution
or
Executions
,
for
levying
the
said
Fines
within
his
Precincts
,
upon
the
Goods
or
Persons
so
fined
as
aforesaid
,
as
in
case
of
Debt
or
otherwise
.
To
be
levied
as
in
case
of
Debt
.
Which
said
Marshals
of
the
several
and
respective
Courts
,
are
hereby
required
and
authorized
,
to
levy
and
extend
the
same
Executions
,
and
to
Appraise
and
Sell
all
such
Goods
for
making
good
the
Payment
of
such
Fine
or
Fines
as
aforesaid
,
in
manner
and
Form
,
as
hath
been
heretofore
accustomed
for
Executions
for
Debts
within
this
Island
;
and
upon
any
such
Appraisement
,
to
return
the
Overplus
,
if
any
be
,
to
the
Owner
thereof
;
reserving
to
himself
out
of
the
Goods
so
Attached
,
or
receiving
from
the
Party
,
whom
the
Execution
is
against
,
his
usual
and
accustomed
Fees
,
Accustomed
Fees
to
be
paid
.
as
in
case
of
Execution
for
Debt
.
And
upon
any
Receit
of
all
such
Goods
as
the
said
several
and
respective
Marshals
shall
have
and
receive
,
by
reason
and
cause
aforesaid
,
they
are
hereby
required
to
carry
,
convey
and
deliver
the
same
,
Marshal
〈…〉
so
〈…〉
use
.
at
the
Costs
and
Charges
of
him
or
them
,
whom
the
Execution
is
against
,
to
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
;
who
is
hereby
required
and
authorized
to
receive
the
same
,
for
the
publick
use
and
benefit
of
this
Island
;
the
said
several
and
respective
Marshals
,
taking
from
the
said
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
his
Receit
,
shall
be
,
and
is
hereby
declared
to
be
his
or
their
sufficient
Discharge
.
And
to
the
intent
that
all
due
Observance
may
be
had
hereto
,
and
that
no
neglect
be
given
herein
,
Clause
II
Be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Clerk
or
Clerks
,
Marshal
or
Marshals
,
shall
make
Default
in
their
Office
and
Duty
herein
,
or
be
wanting
or
neglecting
in
the
performance
thereof
,
as
is
before
expressed
,
shall
for
such
his
,
or
their
Default
or
Neglect
,
be
ousted
and
dismist
from
such
,
his
or
their
Office
or
Place
,
and
shall
likewise
be
committed
,
and
lye
in
the
common
Goal
for
Three
Months
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
;
the
same
to
be
immediately
executed
upon
him
or
them
,
upon
his
or
their
Conviction
,
upon
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
other
sufficient
Proof
before
the
Governour
,
or
any
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
.
Nᵒ
41.
An
ACT
for
the
Regulating
and
Appointing
the
Fees
of
the
several
Officers
and
Courts
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
serious
Consideration
,
the
great
Burthen
the
several
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
have
sustained
and
complained
under
,
by
reason
of
the
extraordinary
Fees
to
and
unduely
exacted
by
the
several
Officers
of
the
several
and
respective
Offices
and
Courts
within
this
Island
,
whereby
oftentimes
the
Charges
exceed
the
Value
of
the
Suit
.
For
Remedy
whereof
for
the
future
,
and
to
the
intent
all
the
said
several
Fees
or
Demands
,
of
the
said
several
Courts
and
Offices
may
be
certainly
made
known
,
and
all
Exactions
and
unlawful
Demands
by
them
be
prevented
and
punished
.
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Established
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
the
Secretary
nor
any
other
Officer
or
Officers
whatsoever
belonging
to
this
Island
,
and
to
the
several
Courts
of
the
same
,
by
himself
,
Deputy
,
Clerk
or
Servant
,
To
take
more
than
just
Fees
,
forfeits
Office
,
and
1
Months
Imprisonment
.
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
receive
or
take
any
other
Fee
or
Fees
,
for
any
Business
hereafter
named
,
than
is
for
the
same
hereafter
expressed
and
annexed
hereto
,
under
Penalty
of
Forfeiting
or
Losing
his
,
or
their
Office
or
Offices
,
and
lying
in
the
common
Goal
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
the
space
of
one
Month
;
the
same
to
be
immediately
executed
upon
him
or
them
,
upon
his
or
their
Conviction
,
upon
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
other
sufficient
Proofs
before
the
Governour
or
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
.
And
to
the
intent
that
all
due
order
may
be
herein
kept
and
observed
,
and
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
may
not
be
ignorant
thereof
,
Clause
II
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
Established
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Table
of
Fees
in
the
Office
of
Secretary
.
That
the
Secretary's
Fees
and
Prices
thereof
,
according
as
they
are
in
this
Act
annexed
,
set
down
and
expressed
,
be
fairly
ingrossed
and
hung
up
in
the
Secretary's
Office
;
that
all
the
several
Officers
as
Clerks
of
the
several
and
respective
Courts
and
Chancery
,
Table
of
Fees
in
all
other
Offices
.
and
Marshals
of
the
several
and
respective
Courts
,
their
several
Fees
,
and
the
Prices
thereof
,
according
as
they
are
in
this
Act
annexed
,
set
down
and
expressed
,
be
drawn
on
a
Table
,
and
hung
up
in
their
several
and
respective
Offices
or
Courts
.
And
that
the
said
Table
of
Fees
be
not
out
of
their
several
Offices
at
any
time
,
but
on
Court-Days
;
and
on
Court-Days
,
Table
of
Fees
in
Courts
,
on
Court
Days
.
to
hang
up
in
some
publick
Place
in
the
Court
,
during
the
Session
of
Court
,
under
the
Penalty
of
Forfeiting
and
Paying
One
Thousand
weight
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
for
every
such
Default
;
the
one
Moyety
to
be
to
the
use
of
this
Island
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
him
or
them
that
shall
inform
or
sue
for
the
same
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
Clause
III
And
be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
A
Place
to
be
appointed
to
receive
Sugar
for
Fees
.
That
the
Secretary
,
and
Clerks
and
Marshals
of
the
said
Respective
Courts
and
Chancery
,
do
appoint
some
one
certain
Place
at
the
Sea-side
,
or
Towns
in
their
several
Precincts
where
their
Fees
may
be
paid
,
that
People
may
certainly
know
where
to
carry
and
pay
Sugar
for
Fees
;
and
that
no
Officer
or
Officers
aforesaid
,
do
refuse
Sugar
according
to
the
Prices
mentioned
and
expressed
in
the
several
Lists
annexed
to
this
Act
;
(
the
goodness
of
the
Sugar
to
be
judged
by
any
Two
of
the
Neighbourhood
)
upon
the
Penalty
of
forfeiting
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
every
such
Default
,
Refusing
Sugar
,
forfeits
1000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
and
to
be
recovered
,
and
be
due
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
The
SECRETARY's
Fees
.
-
For
Recording
Deeds
,
and
Bills
of
Sale
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Bond
for
an
English
Ship
,
Five
Shillings
.
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Ship
Bond
for
a
Stranger
,
Ten
Shillings
.
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Recording
Articles
of
Agreement
and
Covenants
,
Ten
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
a
Side
with
Thirty
Lines
in
a
Side
,
an
Inch
left
for
the
Margent
.
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Recording
Certificates
for
Land
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Search
of
any
Record
16
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Recognizance
6
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Caveat
4
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Under-writing
2
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Ticket
6
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Drawing
a
Deposition
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Drawing
a
Bond
Obligatory
6
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
License
for
Marriage
50
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Letter
of
Administration
,
Warrant
of
Appraisement
,
and
Inventory
only
Filed
30
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Will
recording
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
the
Copy
of
a
Will
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Recording
Depositions
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Copy
of
an
Inventory
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Order
of
the
Governour
and
Council
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Letter
of
Attorney
Recording
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
License
for
keeping
a
Country
Store-house
100
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Surveyor's
Commission
100
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Clerk
of
the
Market
for
his
Commission
100
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Protest
at
the
Bridge
50
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
License
to
draw
Drink
,
not
being
of
the
growth
of
this
Country
100
per
Annum
.
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Writ
of
Error
,
and
the
Proceedings
upon
it
at
Council-Board
100
lb.
Sugar
.
The
CLERK
of
the
PEACE
his
Fees
.
-
Every
Action
entred
100
-
Every
Indictment
50
-
Every
Recognizance
40
-
Every
Session
Summons
10
-
Every
Recognizance
drawn
10
-
Every
Judgment
acknowledged
100
-
Every
Order
or
Judgment
of
the
Court
20
-
Every
Traverse
40
-
For
Copy
of
each
of
those
20
-
Every
Writ
of
Error
100
-
Every
Presentment
40
-
Every
Execution
40
The
CLERK
of
the
PRIVATE
COVRTS's
Fees
.
-
For
a
Commission
to
Audit
Accounts
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Writ
of
Inquiry
of
Damage
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Scire
Facias
5
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
an
Order
thereupon
2
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
an
Appeal
if
Prosecuted
30
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
entring
acknowledgment
of
Satisfaction
after
Judgment
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Summons
for
a
Voucher
4
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Filing
Reasons
of
Demurrers
and
Arrest
of
Judgment
4
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Foreign
Attachment
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Bill
of
Costs
adjudged
by
the
Courts
2
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Filing
an
Injunction
4
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Filing
a
Dismission
from
Chancery
,
and
Filing
the
Action
a-new
2
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
the
Return
of
a
Writ
of
Error
80
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Recording
a
Letter
of
Attorney
that
will
not
be
left
in
Court
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
drawing
a
Deposition
6
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
a
Certificate
4
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Receiving
and
Recording
Reports
12
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Searching
the
Records
in
the
Old
Books
within
the
Year
,
Two
Pound
;
if
longer
10
lb.
Sugar
.
A
LIST
of
CHANCERY
Fees
.
-
For
Filing
a
Bill
of
Complaint
50
-
For
Filing
an
Answer
or
Demurrer
40
-
For
Filing
a
Replication
25
-
For
Filing
a
Rejoynder
20
-
For
a
Subpoena
10
-
For
a
Subpoena
for
Witnesses
,
Three
being
in
it
,
and
so
for
every
Three
10
-
For
a
Bond
10
-
For
an
Injunction
20
-
For
Filing
the
Examiners
Report
20
-
For
the
Copies
of
Bills
,
Answers
,
Replications
,
Rejoinders
and
Demurrers
,
or
Report
20
-
For
a
Commission
100
-
For
a
Copy
of
an
Order
10
-
For
a
Decree
50
-
For
a
Contempt
20
MARSHALS
of
COVRTS's
Fees
.
-
For
serving
a
Warrant
4
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
the
underwriting
the
Action
before
Filing
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
trying
the
Action
30
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Levying
the
Execution
under
2000
Pounds
;
for
the
First
1000
l.
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
per
Cent.
For
the
Second
1000
l.
Two
Pound
per.
Cent.
For
the
Third
1000
l.
One
Pound
per
Cent.
and
so
forward
proportionably
-
For
a
Committment
in
Court
30
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Impannelling
a
Jury
of
View
,
and
their
Attendance
thereon
200
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Levying
or
Extending
Foreign
Attachments
allowed
proportionably
,
as
in
case
of
Executions
-
The
several
Businesses
done
by
the
Provost
Marshal
in
the
Execution
of
his
Place
,
Fees
already
set
-
For
every
Committment
of
a
Gentleman
or
Master
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
every
Release
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
Diet
,
if
he
can
agree
;
if
not
,
to
find
himself
-
For
Committment
of
an
Ordinary
Man
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
his
Release
10
lb.
Sugar
.
-
For
his
Diet
,
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
every
Four
and
Twenty
Hours
,
if
he
cannot
find
himself
,
the
Provisions
to
be
Bonaviss
,
Potatoes
or
Bread
,
and
enough
of
Water
-
For
every
Twenty
Four
Hours
Imprisonment
nothing
,
because
the
Prison
is
to
be
paid
by
the
Publick
-
For
a
Warrant
of
Arrest
at
the
Bridge
,
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
for
every
Mile
from
thence
;
besides
the
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
Five
Pounds
each
Mile
-
For
Arrest
Aboard
Ship
,
Fifty
Pounds
,
besides
Charge
of
Boat-hire
,
and
Miles
he
shall
go
by
Land
,
the
Boat-hire
to
be
certain
,
or
at
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
-
For
every
Man
bound
to
the
Peace
and
good
Behaviour
,
or
indicted
and
called
at
Sessions
20
lb.
Sugar
.
-
Every
Warrant
of
Possession
to
be
directed
to
the
Provost
Marshal
;
for
serving
of
which
,
he
is
to
have
an
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
be
the
Land
more
or
less
100
lb.
Sugar
.
And
because
we
conceive
these
Fees
,
though
enough
for
the
Country
to
pay
,
yet
not
sufficient
to
maintain
a
Provost
Marshal
;
therefore
we
think
fit
,
that
he
receive
an
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
per
Annum
,
for
every
House
that
shall
receive
License
to
sell
Drink
,
not
being
of
the
Growth
or
Manufactory
of
this
Country
.
-
For
Summoning
of
a
Special
Jury
500
-
For
a
Habeas
Corpus
in
the
Town
of
St.
Michael
,
Thirty
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Day
,
and
Forty
Pounds
per
Day
,
to
any
Place
out
of
St.
Michael's
The
Assembly
agree
and
desire
,
That
the
Custody
of
the
Cage
in
the
Town
,
be
in
the
Provost
Marshal
;
and
that
all
Prisoners
pay
their
Fees
for
their
Discharge
equal
,
as
if
they
had
been
committed
to
Prison
,
and
desire
the
Governour
and
Council
to
concur
and
agree
thereto
.
Nᵒ
42.
An
ACT
for
the
certain
and
constant
appointment
of
all
Officers
Fees
within
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Fees
for
the
respective
Offices
of
this
Island
,
are
by
an
Act
of
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
settled
for
a
time
uncertain
;
by
means
whereof
it
may
be
understood
to
be
a
Settlement
to
perpetuity
,
which
was
not
the
intention
of
the
said
Act
;
the
Authority
of
this
Place
always
intending
to
reserve
a
power
in
themselves
,
at
any
time
when
they
shall
see
fit
,
to
make
the
several
Fees
more
or
less
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
henceforth
no
establishment
of
Fees
,
be
continued
in
force
longer
than
the
Twenty
Fifth
Day
of
March
next
.
And
after
that
time
,
no
establishment
be
made
,
of
any
the
Fees
aforesaid
,
for
any
longer
time
than
Six
Months
.
But
if
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
shall
omit
at
the
expiration
of
the
time
aforesaid
,
or
in
any
of
the
Six
Months
after
;
That
then
the
Fees
before
Established
,
continue
and
be
in
force
,
until
there
be
alteration
made
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
.
Dated
the
7th
of
September
,
1652
,
and
Confirmed
the
7th
and
8th
of
August
,
1661.
Nᵒ
43.
An
ACT
for
the
better
Discovery
of
Strayed
Cattle
,
of
such
as
are
distrained
,
doing
Damage
.
Provided
for
by
Act
301.
Nᵒ
44.
An
ACT
for
the
Relief
of
such
Persons
as
lye
in
Prison
,
and
others
who
have
not
wherewith
to
pay
their
Creditors
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
consideration
,
the
extream
Poverty
of
several
Poor
Persons
within
this
Island
,
and
their
Inability
to
satisfy
their
several
Creditors
,
and
by
reason
thereof
,
suffer
long
and
tedious
Imprisonment
,
without
any
hope
of
Relief
therein
.
Clause
I
It
is
therefore
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
That
all
such
Persons
who
are
in
Prison
,
and
all
others
that
have
no
other
way
to
satisfy
their
several
Creditors
and
Judgment
for
the
same
obtained
against
him
,
shall
,
if
they
will
thereunto
submit
,
be
ordered
and
appointed
by
the
Judge
and
Assistants
of
the
Precincts
wherein
he
lives
,
or
wherein
such
Judgment
was
obtained
,
to
serve
such
of
his
or
their
Creditors
,
that
will
give
the
greatest
Wages
per
Month
,
for
his
or
their
Servitude
,
until
such
Judgment
had
,
or
Debts
by
him
or
them
owing
,
shall
be
fully
satisfied
.
Clause
II
Provided
the
said
Debt
or
Debts
,
exceed
not
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
And
in
case
there
shall
be
any
fraudulent
Contracts
or
Agreements
between
the
Debtors
and
Creditors
,
that
in
such
cases
the
Judge
or
his
Assistants
shall
revoke
their
Orders
,
and
prosecute
the
Offenders
,
as
in
case
of
Fraud
:
Any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
heretofore
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
An
ACT
for
the
more
certain
produce
of
all
kind
of
Provisions
within
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
45.
Repealed
by
N.
48.
A
new
Act.
Nᵒ
46.
An
Addition
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Setling
the
Estates
and
Titles
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
to
their
Possessions
in
their
several
Plantations
within
the
same
.
WHereas
in
a
Clause
in
the
said
Act
it
is
Ordained
,
that
all
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
that
are
in
quiet
possession
of
any
Lands
or
Tenements
,
by
virtue
of
any
Warrant
from
any
former
Governours
,
or
by
Conveyance
or
other
Act
in
Law
from
them
who
had
the
same
Warrant
,
shall
have
,
hold
and
enjoy
the
same
as
their
free
Estate
.
And
whereas
since
some
Scruples
have
arisen
whether
an
Estate
for
Life
or
Inheritance
may
be
construed
from
the
same
for
want
of
these
Words
(
their
Heirs
)
To
the
intent
the
same
may
be
more
fully
explained
,
and
all
Disputes
of
that
kind
for
the
future
abolished
,
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
that
by
these
Words
(
as
their
Free
Estates
)
was
meant
,
the
whole
Estate
and
Inheritance
of
the
respective
Plantations
within
this
Island
.
So
that
by
such
Possession
in
manner
as
by
the
said
Act
is
expressed
,
the
said
Inhabitants
are
hereby
adjudged
and
declared
to
have
and
hold
their
Lands
of
Right
to
them
,
to
dispose
of
or
alienate
,
or
otherwise
to
descend
or
be
confirmed
to
their
Heirs
for
ever
.
Nᵒ
47.
An
ACT
for
Settling
the
several
Markets
in
the
several
Towns
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
by
Act
98.
Nᵒ
48.
An
ACT
for
the
Encouragement
of
such
as
shall
plant
or
raise
Provisions
to
sell
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
divers
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
have
been
discouraged
from
planting
and
raising
Provisions
to
sell
,
in
regard
of
the
tedious
Payments
,
are
many
times
made
,
and
the
great
trouble
of
Prosecution
of
the
same
at
Common
Law
.
For
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
One
possessed
of
20
Acres
or
under
,
for
Provisions
sold
,
may
recover
before
a
Justice
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
all
Planters
Possest
but
of
Twenty
Acres
of
Land
,
or
under
,
that
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
sell
any
sort
of
Provisions
of
the
growth
or
produce
of
this
Island
,
shall
,
and
have
hereby
power
to
prosecute
any
Person
for
any
Debt
accrewing
by
such
Sale
,
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
the
Parish
or
Precinct
,
and
recover
the
same
in
such
manner
and
form
,
as
Servants
and
Labourers
are
impowered
to
recover
their
Wages
by
virtue
of
an
Act
in
that
Case
made
and
provided
.
And
all
Justices
of
the
Peace
respectively
,
are
hereby
impowered
to
do
the
same
accordingly
.
Dated
the
13th
of
March
,
1661.
Nᵒ
49.
An
ACT
Entituled
,
An
Acknowledgment
and
Declaration
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
Island
of
Barbados
,
of
his
Majesty's
Right
to
the
Dominions
of
this
Island
,
and
the
Right
of
the
Right
Honourable
the
Earl
of
Carlisle
,
derived
from
the
said
Majesty
;
and
by
the
Earl
of
Carlisle
,
to
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
;
and
also
for
the
Vnanimous
Profession
of
the
true
Religion
in
this
Island
,
and
imposing
condign
Punishment
upon
the
Opposers
thereof
.
The
Reason
of
this
Act
ceases
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
50.
An
ACT
concerning
the
Sale
of
Lands
by
Attorneys
,
Executors
and
Administrators
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
a
long
received
Custom
in
this
Island
,
for
Attorneys
,
Executors
and
Administrations
to
make
Sale
of
Land
of
their
Principals
,
Testators
and
Intestates
.
And
forasmuch
as
it
evidently
appears
unto
all
Men
,
that
the
greatest
part
of
the
possessors
of
Land
in
this
Island
,
sold
no
Land
by
no
other
Title
,
although
they
have
given
very
valuable
considerations
for
the
same
.
The
Governour
and
the
Assembly
having
taken
the
Premises
into
their
consideration
,
and
well
weighing
the
mischievous
consequence
which
must
necessarily
follow
,
if
the
validity
of
such
Sale
should
be
questioned
,
Do
hereby
Enact
,
Declare
and
Publish
,
That
all
Sales
already
made
unto
this
Day
by
any
of
the
Persons
before
recited
,
to
the
behoof
of
any
Principals
,
Testators
or
Intestates
,
shall
be
as
firm
and
valid
unto
the
Purchasers
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
as
if
they
had
been
made
by
the
Principals
themselves
,
or
by
the
Testators
or
Intestates
themselves
.
It
is
also
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Possessors
as
now
hold
by
Merchants
or
by
any
Title
derived
from
them
,
shall
likewise
be
confirmed
and
established
,
they
and
their
Heirs
,
in
their
Possession
without
disturbance
.
Nᵒ
51.
An
ACT
for
the
advancing
and
raising
the
Value
of
Pieces
of
Eight
.
Repealed
by
Act
117.
Nᵒ
52.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
present
Levy
of
Sugar
,
to
defray
the
Charges
incident
to
the
making
of
Breast-works
at
the
several
Landing-Places
about
this
Island
,
to
answer
the
present
Occasion
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
53.
An
ACT
for
the
speedy
Raising
of
a
sufficient
Strength
of
Labourers
to
erect
some
Breast-works
at
the
Sea-side
,
Bays
and
Landing-Places
about
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
54.
An
ACT
for
the
doubling
the
Impositions
of
all
sorts
of
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Obsolete
,
and
other
Acts
made
since
to
the
same
purpose
.
Nᵒ
58.
An
ACT
for
the
better
ascertaining
the
Laws
of
this
Island
.
WHereas
the
present
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
have
signified
by
a
late
Declaration
bearing
date
the
Seventh
Day
of
March
instant
,
that
the
Government
of
this
Place
shall
be
according
to
the
Laws
of
England
,
and
of
this
Island
,
as
hath
been
heretofore
used
and
practised
.
And
for
that
nothing
more
conduceth
to
the
good
and
quiet
of
any
Place
and
People
,
than
the
assuring
and
ascertaining
such
Laws
and
Statutes
as
they
are
to
be
governed
and
regulated
by
.
And
to
take
off
all
pretence
of
Ignorance
of
the
same
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
It
is
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
now
Assembled
,
What
Laws
of
this
Island
are
ascertained
.
That
all
such
Acts
and
Statutes
as
have
been
made
and
published
in
this
Island
,
or
viewed
,
corrected
and
confirmed
by
any
Governour
and
Council
,
or
President
and
Council
,
by
Virtue
of
any
Commission
from
King
James
,
or
Charles
the
First
,
his
now
Majesty's
Royal
Grandfather
,
and
Father
of
ever
blessed
Memory
,
or
by
virtue
of
any
Commission
from
his
most
Gracious
Majesty
that
now
is
,
either
immediately
from
either
of
their
said
Majesties
,
or
mediately
from
them
,
or
either
of
them
,
by
,
from
,
or
under
the
late
Earl
,
or
any
former
Earl
of
Carlisle
,
by
,
or
with
the
Assent
or
Consent
of
the
Representatives
of
this
Place
legally
called
and
continued
,
which
stands
unrepealed
by
any
Power
and
Authorities
aforesaid
,
be
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
to
be
in
full
force
and
virtue
in
this
Island
;
and
that
all
Laws
,
Acts
and
Statutes
made
or
published
in
this
Island
,
by
any
other
Power
or
Authority
,
than
as
before
expressed
,
are
utterly
void
and
of
none
effect
:
Any
Declaration
,
Order
or
Ordinance
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
Philip
Bell
,
Commissioners
appointed
to
collect
such
Laws
of
this
Island
,
as
shall
be
in
force
.
Esquire
,
Robert
Hooper
,
Esquire
,
Constant
Silvester
,
Simon
Lambert
,
John
Jennings
and
Richard
Evans
,
Esquires
,
and
Mr.
Edward
Bowden
,
Secretary
;
do
with
what
convenient
speed
they
can
,
collect
and
compile
all
the
Acts
and
Statutes
in
force
as
aforesaid
,
and
them
cause
to
be
fairly
and
distinctly
entred
and
inrolled
by
the
Secretary
of
this
Island
into
one
Book
intirely
by
themselves
,
without
being
mixed
or
confused
with
any
the
Laws
,
Acts
or
Statutes
made
void
as
aforesaid
.
Which
Acts
and
Statutes
so
Transcribed
,
Entred
and
Inrolled
,
and
none
other
,
shall
be
,
and
be
taken
and
esteemed
to
be
,
the
Acts
and
Statutes
in
Force
,
made
in
this
Island
;
any
Declaration
,
Order
or
Ordinance
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
to
the
end
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
may
be
made
sensible
of
the
said
Acts
by
the
publication
of
them
,
and
that
the
Secretary
of
this
Island
in
this
time
of
much
business
,
as
much
as
may
be
eased
.
Clause
III
It
is
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
one
Fair
Copy
of
all
the
said
Acts
,
The
said
Laws
to
be
transcribed
and
published
in
every
Parish
.
when
Transcribed
and
Ingrossed
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
fairly
written
out
and
attested
by
the
said
Secretary
,
and
sent
to
the
Minister
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Michael
,
to
be
by
him
published
in
the
said
Parish-Church
the
next
Sunday
,
and
so
from
thence
to
some
other
Parish
,
to
be
published
the
Sunday
after
that
;
and
so
successively
from
Parish
to
Parish
,
to
the
end
and
purpose
it
may
on
the
Ten
next
succeeding
Sundays
be
published
in
the
other
Ten
Parish-Churches
of
this
Island
;
this
to
be
done
and
conveyed
to
the
several
Ministers
of
the
respective
Parishes
,
by
the
Provost
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
.
And
that
Copy
so
attested
and
published
as
aforesaid
,
to
be
by
the
Provost
Marshal
returned
to
the
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
,
to
be
by
him
kept
with
the
Books
of
the
Assemblies
Proceedings
:
Provided
that
this
Act
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
be
construed
to
give
liberty
to
any
Person
,
to
assign
Errors
against
the
Jurisdiction
of
any
Court
within
this
Island
held
before
the
Twenty
Eighth
Day
of
February
last
past
.
Clause
IV
It
is
also
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
regard
the
publick
Seal
appointed
by
his
Majesty
,
that
now
is
,
to
the
Right
Honourable
Francis
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
for
this
and
the
rest
of
the
Charibbee
Islands
,
cannot
at
present
be
had
to
affix
to
this
Act
,
according
to
the
appointment
of
his
Sacred
Majesty
in
his
Grant
to
the
said
Lord
Willoughby
,
bearing
Date
the
Twelfth
of
June
,
in
the
Fifteenth
Year
of
his
Majesty's
Reign
:
The
present
Governours
subscribing
their
Names
to
this
Act
,
shall
be
deemed
as
effectual
,
and
of
as
full
force
and
authority
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
if
the
said
Publick
Seal
were
thereunto
affixed
.
Given
under
our
Hands
,
the
Twenty
Second
Day
of
March
,
1666.
-
Henry
Willoughby
,
-
Henry
Hawley
,
-
Samuel
Barwick
.
Nᵒ
56.
An
ACT
for
the
Prevention
of
Firing
of
Sugar
Canes
.
IT
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
that
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
wittingly
or
willingly
burn
or
set
on
Fire
any
Sugar
Cane
Field
,
or
any
other
Place
where
Sugar
Canes
do
grow
in
any
Place
within
this
Island
,
shall
for
every
such
Offence
to
be
proved
,
receive
Forty
Lashes
upon
his
bare
Back
,
and
branded
on
the
Fore-head
with
an
hot
Iron
,
with
the
Letter
R
,
and
become
Servant
to
the
Party
or
Parties
that
shall
be
so
damnified
by
the
Burning
or
setting
on
Fire
the
said
Sugar
Canes
,
for
the
Term
of
Seven
Years
.
But
whosoever
shall
casually
do
the
same
,
shall
be
liable
to
make
Restitution
and
Satisfaction
to
the
Party
so
damnified
,
according
to
the
nature
and
quality
of
the
Damage
.
Provided
that
this
Statute
extend
not
to
any
that
shall
burn
or
set
on
Fire
their
own
Sugar
Cane
Fields
,
so
that
it
be
not
prejudicial
to
any
other
.
And
whereas
several
Fields
of
Canes
and
Pasture
have
of
late
been
fired
,
accidentally
by
carrying
of
Fire
,
and
smoaking
of
Tobacco
in
Paths
where
Canes
are
planted
on
either
side
,
to
the
great
Loss
and
Damage
of
several
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
It
is
therefore
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
presume
to
carry
Fire
,
or
take
any
Tobacco
in
any
Path
where
Sugar
Canes
are
planted
on
both
sides
of
the
same
Path
,
or
near
to
any
Planted
Canes
,
upon
Conviction
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
(
who
is
hereby
authorized
to
hear
the
same
)
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witness
,
or
the
Parties
own
Confession
,
shall
pay
,
and
forfeit
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
every
such
Offence
so
committed
;
and
in
case
the
Person
contrary
to
this
Act
offending
as
aforesaid
,
shall
not
be
able
to
pay
the
said
Forfeiture
,
such
Person
or
Persons
shall
upon
Conviction
as
aforesaid
,
by
order
of
the
said
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
have
and
receive
Twenty
Lashes
upon
his
bare
Back
,
the
same
to
be
executed
by
the
next
Constable
,
the
said
Fine
to
be
paid
in
to
the
Commissioners
for
the
High-ways
of
that
Precinct
where
the
Offence
was
committed
.
Nᵒ
57.
An
ACT
for
the
better
Ordering
and
Governing
of
Negroes
.
Repealed
by
Act
330.
Nᵒ
58.
An
ACT
for
the
Speedy
Trial
of
all
such
Ships
or
Goods
as
shall
be
Seized
on
in
any
of
the
Ports
or
Bays
belonging
to
this
Island
,
by
the
Commander
or
Commanders
of
any
His
Majesty's
Ships
,
who
cannot
stay
till
the
Sitting
of
the
usual
Courts
,
without
much
Prejudice
to
His
Majesty's
other
Affairs
.
Obsolete
.
The
Preceeding
Collection
of
Laws
were
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
Ordained
and
Established
to
be
in
full
and
absolute
Force
and
Vertue
,
and
were
duly
published
in
all
the
Parishes
of
this
Island
,
and
returned
to
the
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
,
as
more
fully
appears
by
an
Attestation
under
their
several
Hands
:
The
Original
whereof
is
affixed
to
the
Assembly
Book
of
Acts
:
And
also
the
aforesaid
Acts
were
sent
to
England
for
his
Majesty's
Approbation
,
and
have
been
fully
approved
and
confirmed
by
his
Sacred
Majesty
to
be
of
full
force
and
authority
in
this
Island
.
The
Return
of
the
Commissioners
is
contained
in
the
Words
following
,
Viz.
WE
the
Committee
appointed
for
the
Compiling
of
the
Laws
,
having
caused
them
to
be
Collected
and
Transcribed
,
as
appears
by
a
Writing
under
our
Hands
,
expressed
in
the
Page
,
the
first
Line
entred
in
this
Book
,
and
are
therein
exprest
,
and
be
comprehended
in
One
Hundred
Fifty
Three
Sheets
of
Paper
;
which
being
now
fairly
ingrossed
in
this
Book
,
do
appear
to
be
Fifty
Eight
Laws
,
and
are
comprehended
in
Fifty
Eight
next
preceeding
Pages
.
And
to
the
end
,
that
one
first
Declaration
may
be
rightly
understood
,
in
regard
that
relateth
to
the
One
Hundred
Fifty
Three
Sheets
of
Paper
,
wherein
the
Laws
were
first
digested
,
We
have
thought
good
here
to
insert
this
present
Explanation
.
Given
under
our
Hands
the
14th
Day
of
November
,
1667.
-
Philip
Bell
,
-
Constant
Silvester
.
ACTS
and
STATUTES
from
the
Ninth
of
May
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Seven
.
Nᵒ
59.
By
the
General
Assembly
,
An
ACT
for
the
Raising
a
Sum
of
Goods
for
the
needful
publick
Vse
of
this
Island
,
and
other
His
Majesty's
Affairs
in
Relieving
of
the
Leeward
Islands
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
60.
By
the
General
Assembly
,
An
ACT
appointing
a
Duty
to
be
levied
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
61.
By
the
General
Assembly
,
An
ACT
for
the
Raising
a
present
Levy
of
Sugar
to
defray
the
Charges
of
the
Platforms
and
Breast-works
to
be
appointed
at
the
several
Bays
and
Landing
Places
within
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
62.
By
the
General
Assembly
,
An
ACT
for
the
raising
a
further
and
sufficient
Strength
of
Labourers
for
the
Erecting
and
Finishing
the
Platforms
and
present
Breast-works
at
the
several
Sea-side
Ports
and
Bays
,
and
Landing-Places
about
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
63.
An
Addition
to
the
ACT
for
the
Setling
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
64.
An
ACT
for
the
satisfying
some
late
publick
Disburstments
out
of
the
Levy
of
Fifteen
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
raised
by
a
late
Act
bearing
Date
the
Ninth
of
May
,
1667.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
65.
An
ACT
authorising
the
Governour
of
this
Island
for
the
Time
being
,
to
appoint
a
Provost
Marshal
within
the
same
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
it
hath
been
in
the
power
of
the
Governour
of
this
Island
,
from
the
Settlement
thereof
,
to
appoint
meet
Persons
of
known
Abilities
,
for
the
execution
of
the
Provost
Marshal's
Office
;
for
which
of
late
by
some
Surreptitious
Practices
,
Patents
have
been
obtained
and
procured
from
his
Majesty
,
by
Persons
very
unfit
for
a
Place
of
such
Trust
,
to
the
great
prejudice
of
the
Inhabitants
.
For
Remedy
therefore
of
these
Inconveniencies
for
the
future
,
and
that
the
said
Office
may
be
supplied
with
Persons
able
and
fit
for
the
discharge
of
the
said
Place
,
We
the
Representatives
of
this
Island
of
Barbados
,
do
humbly
pray
your
Excellency
,
that
it
may
be
Ordained
and
Enacted
.
Clause
I
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
That
the
Governour
shall
have
power
to
appoint
the
Provost
Marshal
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
it
shall
hence-forward
be
in
the
Governour
's
power
from
time
to
time
,
as
occasion
shall
offer
,
to
constitute
and
appoint
any
sufficient
Person
or
Persons
whom
he
shall
judge
meet
,
to
be
Provost
Marshal
of
this
Island
,
taking
good
Security
,
as
hath
been
heretofore
accustomed
,
for
the
just
and
honest
Discharge
of
his
Place
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
Twenty
Sixth
Day
of
July
,
1667.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
66.
An
Addition
to
the
late
Act
for
the
raising
a
Sum
of
Fifteen
Hundred
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
67.
An
ACT
for
a
speedy
raising
a
Sum
of
Goods
for
the
defraying
some
late
publick
Charges
,
and
for
other
the
present
needful
publick
Vse
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
68.
An
ACT
for
the
supply
of
a
further
Strength
of
Labourers
,
to
the
finishing
the
present
Works
by
the
Sea-side
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
69.
An
ACT
directing
how
the
Clerks
and
Marshals
for
the
several
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
within
this
Island
shall
be
appointed
,
and
what
they
shall
receive
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
an
antient
Usage
even
from
the
First
Establishment
of
the
Courts
of
Judicature
in
this
Island
,
that
the
several
chief
Judges
in
their
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
,
have
always
from
time
to
time
,
as
occasion
hath
afforded
,
made
choice
of
,
and
appointed
Clerks
and
Marshals
to
attend
the
said
Courts
,
and
the
former
issuing
forth
all
Precepts
,
and
entring
upon
Record
all
such
Matters
,
as
have
concerned
the
said
Courts
:
And
the
other
executing
all
Warrants
,
Writs
,
Executions
and
other
Precepts
issuing
from
thence
.
And
whereas
upon
just
Complaint
made
against
the
said
Clerks
and
Marshals
for
their
Neglect
or
other
Miscarriage
,
the
said
Judges
have
had
power
to
Discharge
them
,
and
place
others
in
their
stead
,
who
should
be
more
careful
and
diligent
in
the
execution
of
their
Offices
.
And
whereas
the
Judges
of
this
Island
have
no
Sallary
or
Allowance
from
His
Majesty
,
for
the
great
Care
and
Pains
they
must
necessarily
undergo
in
the
discharge
of
the
Trust
reposed
in
them
,
We
the
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
do
humbly
pray
your
Excellency
,
that
it
may
be
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
Clause
I
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
his
Excellency
,
William
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Captain
General
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
Island
of
Barbados
,
and
all
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
and
by
,
and
with
the
Consent
of
his
Council
,
and
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
That
from
,
and
after
the
Publication
hereof
,
each
Person
who
is
,
Judges
to
appoint
their
own
Clerks
and
Marshals
.
or
shall
be
appointed
Chief
Judge
of
any
Court
of
Common-Pleas
within
this
Island
,
shall
have
free
Liberty
from
time
to
time
,
to
make
Choice
of
,
Constitute
and
Appoint
,
any
sufficient
Person
or
Persons
,
whom
he
shall
judge
meet
,
to
be
and
officiate
as
Clerk
and
Marshal
of
the
said
Court
,
whereof
he
is
or
shall
be
appointed
Judge
.
And
for
the
better
regulating
and
ascertaining
of
the
Fees
belonging
to
the
said
Courts
,
Be
it
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
these
Fees
under-written
,
are
hereby
established
,
The
appointing
of
the
Clerks
and
Marshals
Fees
.
and
shall
be
taken
by
the
said
Clerks
and
Marshals
of
the
respective
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
.
And
in
case
any
Clerk
or
Marshal
shall
presume
to
take
any
other
or
greater
Fees
for
the
particulars
herein
expressed
,
and
that
proved
before
the
Court
,
he
shall
forfeit
his
Place
,
and
be
Fined
at
the
Discretion
of
the
Court
,
not
exceeding
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
each
Offence
.
The
Particulars
of
the
several
Fees
are
as
followeth
:
Viz.
The
CLERKS
of
the
COVRTS
of
COMMON-PLEAS
,
their
Fees
.
|
s.
|
d.
|
lb.
Sug.
|
For
the
Warrant
being
first
Summoned
,
Examined
and
Attesting
the
Declaration
,
if
ready
written
,
Filing
the
same
,
and
Recording
,
Three
Shillings
,
or
Twenty
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
|
3
|
0
|
24
|
For
a
Writ
of
Contempt
against
Witnesses
|
01
|
0
|
8
|
For
an
Habeas
Corpus
for
any
Cause
|
02
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Writ
of
Estreipment
|
01
|
3
|
10
|
For
Entring
any
Rules
of
Court
|
00
|
6
|
4
|
For
Copies
of
Records
,
Six
Pence
per
Side
,
or
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
each
Side
,
each
Side
containing
Twenty
Lines
at
least
|
|
|
|
For
Entrance
,
Imparlance
,
Essoign
,
Adjournment
or
Continuance
|
0
|
6
|
04
|
For
an
Amendment
of
a
Record
by
Order
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
Entring
a
Judgment
on
Acknowledgment
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
Entring
Judgment
on
a
Verdict
|
1
|
6
|
12
|
For
Entring
Judgment
on
a
nihil
dicit
,
non
sum
informatus
,
or
the
like
Nonsuits
|
1
|
6
|
12
|
For
an
Execution
after
Judgment
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Warrant
for
making
away
Attached
Goods
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
a
Warrant
to
Appraise
Lands
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
a
Writ
for
the
Marshal
to
Swear
the
Appraisers
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
an
Order
of
a
Debtor
to
serve
the
Creditor
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
a
Writ
of
Possession
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Mittimus
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
For
admitting
to
plead
on
a
nihil
dicit
,
according
to
the
Laws
,
if
he
come
within
Fourteen
Days
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
a
Supersedeas
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Petition
after
Judgment
,
or
by
Consent
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Replevy
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Commission
to
Audit
Accounts
|
5
|
0
|
40
|
For
a
Writ
of
Inquiry
after
Damage
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Scire
Facias
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
an
Order
thereupon
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
For
Entring
Satisfaction
after
Judgment
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Warrant
for
a
Vouchee
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
Filing
Reasons
of
Demurrer
,
and
Arrest
of
Judgment
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
For
a
Foreign
Attachment
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
a
Bill
of
Cost
adjudged
by
the
Court
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
For
Filing
an
Injunction
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
Filing
a
Dismission
from
Chancery
,
and
Filing
the
Action
anew
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
For
the
Return
of
a
Record
upon
a
Writ
of
Error
|
10
|
0
|
80
|
For
Recording
a
Letter
of
Attorney
,
that
will
not
be
left
in
Court
|
2
|
6
|
2
|
For
Drawing
a
Deposition
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
a
Certificate
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
For
Renewing
and
Recording
Reports
|
1
|
6
|
12
|
For
Searching
the
Records
in
the
old
Books
within
the
Year
,
Six
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
if
longer
,
then
by
the
Year
,
Ten
Pounds
|
|
|
|
The
MARSHALS
of
the
COVRTS
of
COMMON-PLEAS
,
their
Fees
.
For
serving
the
First
Summons
,
and
making
Return
|
1
|
0
|
8
|
For
serving
of
the
Jury
in
every
Action
|
1
|
3
|
10
|
For
the
Trial
of
an
Issue
joined
|
3
|
9
|
30
|
For
a
Committment
in
Court
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
every
Release
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
serving
a
Scire
Facias
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
levying
an
Execution
,
Four
per
Cent.
for
the
first
Thousand
,
and
Three
for
the
Second
,
and
Two
per.
Cent.
for
all
above
|
|
|
|
For
Impannelling
a
Jury
of
View
,
Twenty
Five
Shillings
,
or
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
|
25
|
0
|
200
|
For
Summoning
Appraisers
of
Land
,
and
attending
on
them
|
12
|
6
|
100
|
For
the
Marshals
Bill
of
Sale
,
and
possession
thereon
|
12
|
6
|
100
|
For
attending
Goods
down
to
the
Market
,
to
be
sold
on
out-cry
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
serving
Replevy
,
and
making
Return
|
2
|
6
|
20
|
For
allowance
of
Supersedeas
|
2
|
0
|
16
|
For
Executing
a
Writ
of
Inquiry
of
Damage
or
Waste
|
25
|
0
|
200
|
For
Executing
a
Writ
of
Partition
by
a
Jury
,
upon
Judgment
in
Court
|
25
|
0
|
200
|
The
Iudges
are
to
have
for
every
Warrant
,
Six
Pence
in
Money
,
or
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
and
for
every
Execution
,
Two
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
in
Money
,
or
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
In
Confirmation
whereof
,
I
have
hereunto
put
my
Hand
,
and
caused
His
Majesty's
Seal
appointed
for
this
and
the
rest
of
the
Charibbee
Islands
,
to
be
affixed
to
the
original
of
this
,
this
Fifth
Day
of
September
,
1667.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
70.
An
ACT
for
the
Supply
of
a
further
Strength
of
Labourers
to
the
finishing
the
present
Works
by
the
Sea-side
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
71.
An
ACT
for
Constant
Silvester
,
Esq
.
to
receive
the
Levy
of
St.
George's
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
72.
An
ACT
for
the
Payment
of
the
several
Subscriptions
made
last
Year
by
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
to
accommodate
the
then
intended
Design
for
His
Majesty's
Service
to
the
Leewards
Islands
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
73.
A
further
Additional
ACT
to
the
ACT
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
74.
A
further
Additional
ACT
for
the
full
confirmation
of
the
Sale
of
certain
Houses
and
Lands
attached
from
Edmond
Keyzar
,
and
sold
by
out-cry
,
unto
John
Jones
,
Gentleman
,
for
the
Satisfaction
of
a
Debt
due
from
the
said
Keyzar
,
as
Farmer
of
the
Customs
of
this
Country
.
Private
.
Nᵒ
75.
An
ACT
against
the
Killing
of
Calves
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
76.
An
ACT
for
the
supply
of
a
further
Strength
of
Labourers
,
to
the
finishing
the
Breast-Works
by
the
Sea-side
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
77.
An
ACT
for
the
raising
of
a
further
Levy
of
Sugar
,
to
defray
the
Charges
of
the
Platforms
and
Breast-works
,
to
be
appointed
of
the
several
Bays
and
Landing
Places
within
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
78.
An
ACT
for
the
rating
of
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
,
to
be
Sold
by
Retailers
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
79.
An
ACT
concerning
the
Commission
of
the
Judges
and
their
Assistants
.
FOrasmuch
as
the
Judges
and
their
Assistants
of
the
several
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
within
this
Island
,
have
hitherto
acted
by
virtue
of
their
Commission
received
from
his
Excellency
William
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Captain
General
,
and
chief
Governour
of
this
and
the
rest
of
the
Charibbee
Islands
,
under
his
private
Seal
of
Arms.
And
whereas
the
said
Commissions
are
since
granted
by
his
said
Excellency
,
under
the
Broad
and
Publick
Seal
appointed
by
his
Majesty
for
this
and
the
rest
of
these
Islands
.
Clause
I
It
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
his
said
Excellency
,
his
Council
and
Assembly
,
For
confirming
the
Judges
proceedings
under
a
private
Seal
.
That
all
Proceedings
hitherto
acted
and
done
by
the
said
several
Judges
and
Assistants
,
by
Virtue
of
their
said
Commissions
,
under
the
aforesaid
Private
Seal
,
shall
be
,
and
are
hereby
held
and
esteemed
as
valid
and
effectual
in
Law
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
;
as
if
the
said
Publick
Seal
had
been
affixed
unto
the
said
Commissions
.
Given
under
my
Hand
this
14th
Day
of
December
,
1667.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
80.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
An
ACT
to
supply
the
Defect
in
the
choice
of
Vestry-Men
,
Nᵒ
81
Expired
.
&c.
in
the
several
Parishes
in
this
Island
this
present
Year
.
Nᵒ
82.
An
ACT
to
prevent
the
Raising
,
Digging
,
Breaking
up
,
or
taking
away
of
any
Stones
in
any
part
of
the
Sea
or
Sea-Shoars
before
this
Island
,
from
Barly-Bay
,
Windward
,
to
Captain
Thompson's
Bay
,
Leeward
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
83.
An
ACT
for
Relief
of
such
Poor
Persons
as
have
much
suffered
by
the
late
afflicting
Hand
of
God
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
84.
An
ACT
to
prevent
Forceable
and
Clandestine
Entries
into
any
Lands
or
Tenements
within
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
great
care
hath
been
had
for
divers
Years
past
,
for
the
quieting
,
setling
and
ascertaining
all
Mens
Rights
and
Possessions
in
,
and
to
their
Lands
and
Tenements
within
this
Island
;
so
as
that
the
difficulty
and
determining
Mens
Interests
through
the
defects
of
former
Grants
,
or
the
weakness
of
Men
in
the
infancy
of
Settlements
,
as
to
Deeds
and
due
Forms
of
Law
,
hath
been
of
late
Years
reasonably
well
evinced
and
cleared
,
and
the
limitation
of
time
,
as
to
Mens
Rights
and
Estates
,
Claims
and
Properties
hath
been
successively
enlarged
and
continued
beyond
expectation
:
Whereby
all
Capacities
and
Conditions
of
Persons
might
arrive
to
a
Challenge
of
any
their
Estates
.
And
that
it
is
high
time
now
the
Possessors
of
Lands
should
in
some
measure
be
free
from
the
daily
vexation
of
unwarranted
Claims
,
Entries
and
secret
Possessions
gained
by
Litigious
,
Troublesome
and
Unconcerned
Persons
,
who
notwithstanding
the
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
,
are
open
,
and
do
hold
Monthly
for
the
determining
Mens
Rights
;
Yet
do
daily
vex
and
disturb
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
in
their
Possessions
and
Estates
,
by
privately
setting
up
petty
Roofs
,
or
Thatcht
Houses
,
sometimes
in
the
Night
,
sometimes
in
the
Day
,
in
the
remote
Bounds
or
Parts
of
their
Plantations
and
Lands
,
and
by
sudden
and
secret
Entries
into
Lands
and
Tenements
,
or
by
private
ways
of
gaining
Possession
upon
very
frivolous
Suggestions
,
do
pretend
Right
and
Property
.
And
by
such
Means
,
with
other
subtil
Tricks
and
Pretentions
,
meeting
many
times
with
the
advantage
of
ignorant
Persons
concurrent
with
their
Devices
,
do
daily
trouble
and
put
to
charge
the
Owners
and
rightful
Possessors
,
and
indanger
their
just
Interests
;
when
in
truth
the
Party
so
indirectly
gaining
Possession
or
Entring
,
hath
no
just
cause
for
his
so
doing
.
And
also
whereas
it
often
falls
out
,
that
upon
due
Trial
at
the
Common
Law
,
it
was
found
that
such
Entry
was
altogether
Unlawful
;
whereupon
Judgment
is
given
,
that
the
Plaintiff
shall
recover
his
Possession
with
Costs
and
Damages
against
the
Defendant
,
whose
Condition
is
for
the
most
part
so
desperate
,
that
he
is
not
able
to
perform
the
Sentence
of
the
Law
;
whereby
the
Plaintiff
after
a
tedious
Suit
,
and
his
Estate
wasted
,
is
left
remidiless
to
his
intollerable
Grief
and
Damage
.
For
Prevention
of
which
great
evils
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
the
Deputy
,
Governour
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
of
Representatives
of
this
Island
of
Barbados
,
and
by
authority
of
the
same
,
No
forceable
Entries
.
That
henceforward
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
presume
to
make
any
forceable
Entries
,
or
forceable
Detainers
into
,
or
of
any
Lands
,
Houses
or
Tenements
within
this
Island
,
or
presume
to
enter
secretly
into
any
Mans
Lands
,
Not
to
erect
Huts
,
Hovels
,
Thatcht
Houses
to
gain
possession
.
Houses
or
Tenements
for
gaining
of
Possession
,
by
setting
up
any
Roofs
,
Hutts
,
Hovels
,
Tents
or
Thatcht
Houses
,
or
by
any
such
private
or
secret
Practices
,
or
other
ways
or
means
whatsoever
,
without
due
Course
,
Trial
and
Recovery
at
Law
first
had
and
obtained
,
Forfeiture
.
under
Penalty
of
forfeiting
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
every
Person
so
offending
,
to
the
King's
Majesty
.
And
whensoever
any
Person
or
Persons
shall
make
any
such
Entry
and
Detainer
,
or
by
any
such
secret
Means
or
Ways
as
aforesaid
,
enter
into
,
or
gain
Possession
of
any
Mans
Lands
,
Houses
or
Tenements
,
upon
any
Pretence
whatsoever
,
contrary
to
this
Act
,
without
Trial
and
Recovery
at
Law
,
first
had
and
obtained
,
to
bring
into
Question
and
Trial
the
Right
and
Property
thereof
.
Two
Justices
or
one
of
them
to
remove
Possessions
.
The
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
are
hereby
required
and
authorized
,
upon
complaint
of
the
Party
grieved
,
to
remove
such
Entries
and
Possessions
,
and
all
such
Houses
,
Roofs
,
Huts
and
Thatcht-Houses
,
for
that
end
so
put
and
erected
,
shall
cause
to
be
pulled
down
and
destroyed
,
as
if
the
same
had
never
been
.
And
the
Person
or
Persons
so
entred
,
possessed
or
holding
,
or
found
doing
contrary
hereunto
,
shall
be
committed
to
the
common
Goal
of
this
Island
,
there
to
remain
,
until
they
have
given
Recognizance
themselves
,
Offenders
forfeit
.
in
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
and
Two
Securities
,
in
Five
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
a
piece
,
Bound
to
the
Peace
and
General
Sessions
.
for
his
appearance
at
the
next
General
Sessions
to
be
held
for
this
Island
to
answer
the
same
,
and
in
the
interim
to
keep
the
Peace
.
At
which
said
Sessions
,
the
matter
shall
be
fully
examined
,
and
the
said
Penalty
there
adjudged
,
and
accordingly
paid
into
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
.
And
in
case
of
resistance
by
strong
Hand
or
Force
against
the
said
Justice
or
Justices
executing
herein
,
by
any
Party
possessed
or
entred
as
aforesaid
,
and
contrary
to
this
Act
;
Posse
Comitatus
.
The
said
Justice
or
Justices
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
,
to
raise
the
Power
of
the
Country
,
and
proceed
against
all
the
Offenders
as
Rioters
or
Rebels
.
And
the
Justice
of
the
Peace
who
shall
herein
fail
of
executing
as
is
hereby
required
,
shall
forfeit
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
Forfeiture
.
the
same
to
be
recovered
in
any
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
,
by
him
that
shall
inform
thereof
,
and
sue
for
the
same
;
the
one
half
to
the
publick
Treasury
for
the
use
of
the
Island
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
that
this
Act
,
Exceptions
.
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
,
or
be
construed
to
reach
or
extend
to
any
entry
made
upon
Breach
of
Covenants
,
Conditions
,
or
any
Arrearages
of
Rent
,
or
any
such
like
case
,
where
the
Right
,
Title
or
Property
is
not
hereby
enforced
to
,
and
intended
for
a
Trial
,
or
brought
into
question
,
or
to
the
formal
Entry
made
for
the
ensealing
Leases
of
Ejectment
,
or
Livery
of
Possessions
made
thereupon
,
if
the
Owner
or
Tenant
thereby
shall
not
be
dispossessed
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
19th
Day
of
March
,
1667.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
85.
An
ACT
for
the
Speedy
Recovering
the
Arrears
of
several
Levies
hereafter
mentioned
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
86.
An
ACT
for
the
present
stay
of
Building
in
St.
Michael's
Town
,
until
further
consideration
.
Repealed
by
Act
107.
Nᵒ
87.
An
ACT
for
the
speedy
finding
out
,
and
restoring
to
the
right
Owners
what
Goods
,
&c.
have
been
preserved
from
the
late
Fire
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
88.
An
ACT
appointing
a
present
accommodation
for
His
Majesty's
Souldiers
lately
here
arrived
,
or
remaining
with
us
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
89.
Repealed
and
Supplied
by
several
after
Acts.
An
Additional
ACT
concerning
Slaves
.
Nᵒ
90.
An
ACT
appointing
the
last
Levy
for
the
Labourers
in
the
Windward
(
Regiment
,
alias
)
Division
,
be
changed
into
Goods
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
91.
An
ACT
reducing
the
Interest
to
Ten
Pounds
for
One
Hundred
in
One
Year
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
at
this
time
,
there
is
a
very
great
abatement
in
the
Value
of
Land
,
Sugar
,
Cotton
,
Ginger
,
and
all
other
Wares
and
Commodities
of
the
growth
of
this
Island
,
both
here
,
and
also
in
England
,
and
other
Foreign
Parts
whither
they
are
Transported
:
And
whereas
divers
Inhabitants
of
this
Place
,
as
well
Planters
,
as
Merchants
,
Farmers
of
Plantations
and
Tradesmen
,
both
for
their
urgent
and
necessary
Occasions
for
the
following
their
Trades
,
and
maintenance
of
their
Stocks
and
Imployments
,
have
borrowed
,
and
do
borrow
,
divers
Sums
of
Money
,
Sugar
,
Wares
,
Merchandizes
,
and
other
Commodities
.
But
by
reason
of
the
said
general
fall
and
abatement
of
the
Value
of
Lands
,
and
the
Prices
of
Sugar
,
and
other
Merchandize
,
Wares
and
Commodities
aforesaid
,
and
Interest
in
Loan
,
continuing
at
so
high
a
Rate
as
Fifteen
Pounds
in
the
Hundred
,
for
one
Year
,
doth
not
only
make
Men
unable
to
pay
their
Debts
,
and
continue
the
Maintenance
of
Trade
;
but
their
Debts
daily
increasing
,
they
are
inforced
to
sell
their
Lands
and
Stock
,
at
very
low
Rates
,
to
forsake
the
use
of
Merchandize
and
Trade
,
and
to
give
over
their
Leases
and
Farms
,
and
so
become
unprofitable
Members
of
the
Commonwealth
,
to
the
great
hurt
and
hinderance
of
the
same
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
;
that
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
from
,
and
after
the
Nine
and
Twentieth
Day
of
September
next
,
upon
any
Contract
to
be
made
after
the
said
Nine
and
Twentieth
Day
of
September
,
shall
take
indirectly
,
or
indirectly
,
for
Loan
of
any
Monies
,
Sugars
or
other
Wares
,
Merchandizes
or
Commodities
whatsoever
,
above
the
Value
of
Ten
Pounds
,
10
l.
per
Cent.
Interest
.
for
the
forbearance
of
One
Hundred
Pounds
for
a
Year
,
and
so
after
that
Rate
for
a
greater
or
lesser
Sum
,
or
for
a
longer
or
shorter
time
.
And
that
all
Bonds
Contracts
,
and
Assurances
whatsoever
made
after
the
time
aforesaid
,
for
Payment
of
any
Principal
or
Mony
to
be
Lent
,
or
Covenanted
to
be
performed
,
upon
,
or
for
any
Usury
,
whereupon
,
Contracts
for
above
10
per
Cent.
void
.
or
whereby
there
shall
be
reserved
or
taken
above
the
Rate
of
Ten
in
the
Hundred
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
utterly
void
.
And
that
all
and
every
Person
and
Persons
whatsoever
,
which
shall
after
the
time
aforesaid
,
upon
any
Contract
to
be
made
after
the
said
Nine
and
Twentieth
Day
of
September
,
take
,
accept
and
receive
,
by
way
,
or
means
of
any
corrupt
Bargain
,
Loan
,
Exchange
,
Cheivesance
,
Shift
,
or
Interest
of
any
Wares
,
Merchandizes
,
or
other
thing
or
things
whatsoever
,
or
by
any
deceitful
way
or
means
,
or
by
any
Covin
Engine
,
or
deceitful
Conveyance
for
the
forbearing
,
or
giving
Day
of
Payment
for
One
whole
Year
,
of
,
and
for
their
Moneys
or
other
things
,
above
the
Sum
of
Ten
Pounds
,
for
the
forbearance
of
one
Hundred
Pounds
for
a
Year
,
and
so
after
that
Rate
for
a
lesser
or
greater
Sum
,
or
for
a
longer
or
shorter
time
,
shall
forfeit
and
lose
for
every
such
Offence
,
Forfeiture
.
treble
the
Value
of
the
Monies
,
Sugars
,
Wares
,
Merchandizes
and
other
things
,
so
Lent
,
Bargained
,
Exchanged
or
Shifted
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
,
and
every
Scrivener
and
Scriveners
,
Broker
and
Brokers
,
Sollicitor
and
Sollicitors
,
Driver
and
Drivers
of
Bargains
or
Contracts
,
who
shall
after
the
said
Nine
and
Twentieth
Day
of
September
take
or
receive
,
directly
or
indirectly
,
any
Sum
or
Sums
of
Mony
,
or
other
reward
or
things
for
Brokage
,
Solliciting
,
driving
or
procuring
the
Loan
,
or
forbearing
of
any
Sum
or
Sums
of
Mony
,
Procurage
5
s.
per
Cent.
over
or
above
the
Rate
or
Value
of
Five
Shillings
,
for
the
Loan
,
or
forbearing
of
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
for
a
Year
,
and
so
ratably
:
Or
above
Twelve
Pence
for
making
or
receiving
of
the
Bond
or
Bill
for
the
Loan
or
Forbearance
thereof
,
or
for
any
Counterbond
or
Bill
concerning
the
same
,
1
s.
for
the
Bond.
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
Offence
,
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
Forfeiture
.
and
have
Imprisonment
for
half
a
Year
;
the
one
Moyety
of
which
Forfeitures
to
be
to
the
King
our
Sovereign
Lord
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
him
or
them
,
that
will
sue
for
the
same
,
in
the
same
Precincts
where
the
several
Offences
are
committed
,
and
not
elsewhere
,
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
in
which
no
Essoign
,
Wager
of
Law
or
Protection
to
be
allowed
.
And
to
the
end
there
may
be
no
shifting
Evasions
in
abuse
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
as
there
hath
been
of
the
former
Act
of
this
Island
,
by
changing
the
Species
of
the
Debt
,
sometimes
from
Money
into
Sugar
and
other
Commodities
,
and
again
at
other
times
from
Sugar
and
other
Commodities
into
Money
:
Wherein
the
Lender
or
Creditor
working
on
the
necessity
of
the
Debtor
or
Borrower
,
hath
set
so
low
a
Value
on
Sugar
,
when
he
converteth
his
Money
into
Sugar
,
and
on
the
contrary
so
high
a
Value
on
it
,
when
his
Sugar-Debt
or
Sugar
were
to
be
converted
into
Money
:
That
by
such
shifting
the
Original
Sum
lent
,
hath
generally
in
Two
or
Three
Years
at
most
been
doubled
,
to
the
great
oppression
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
and
the
scandal
of
Justice
,
that
have
not
adjudged
such
shifting
and
indirect
Courses
to
be
contrary
to
the
former
Act.
Clause
III
It
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
there
shall
be
no
Change
or
Alteration
of
Money
or
Wares
lent
or
continued
in
the
Hands
of
any
Borrower
;
No
changing
Money
into
Goods
,
or
Goods
into
Money
.
but
that
whatsoever
is
lent
or
continued
,
shall
still
remain
unchanged
from
the
Species
it
was
first
lent
in
,
and
that
no
Commodities
be
as
aforesaid
changed
or
shifted
into
Money
,
nor
Money
into
Commodities
.
Preamble
.
And
forasmuch
as
in
the
understanding
of
one
Clause
of
the
Act
,
establishing
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
,
the
Judges
of
the
respective
Courts
,
have
differed
in
Opinion
and
Practice
;
whereby
some
Inconveniences
have
happened
as
well
to
the
Merchant
and
Trader
,
as
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
:
By
reason
that
on
Recoveries
in
this
Island
of
Debt
payable
in
England
,
and
there
not
duly
satisfied
,
some
Judges
have
ordered
the
satisfying
thereof
by
Appraisement
,
some
by
Sale
or
Outcry
;
when
as
indeed
neither
of
those
Courses
are
directed
by
the
said
Act
,
but
done
at
the
discretion
of
the
Judges
.
To
the
end
there
may
be
no
failure
of
Justice
,
and
that
every
Recovery
should
be
satisfied
,
for
prevention
of
which
different
proceedings
,
and
for
the
establishing
a
just
and
equal
way
for
the
satisfying
such
Debts
and
Recoveries
,
Clause
IV
It
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
and
the
respective
Judges
of
this
Island
,
This
last
Clause
is
Repealed
by
an
after
Act.
N.
117.
are
hereby
required
upon
all
such
Recoveries
now
or
hereafter
to
be
made
by
reason
of
any
Contract
preceeding
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
be
satisfied
and
paid
by
Attachment
and
Appraisement
,
and
that
no
Sale
by
Outcry
in
such
case
be
allowed
.
And
whatever
Recoveries
shall
hereafter
be
obtained
in
any
of
the
Courts
of
this
Island
,
of
Money
that
were
payable
in
England
,
and
became
due
by
reason
of
any
Contract
made
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
such
Money-Debts
shall
be
here
satisfied
by
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
at
Two
Pence
the
Pound
,
or
whatever
else
shall
be
Attached
,
where
no
Muscovadoe
Sugar
can
be
found
,
shall
be
Appraised
into
Muscovadoe
Sugar
;
and
if
the
Recovery
be
on
Bills
of
Exchange
,
Twenty
per
Cent.
to
be
added
,
as
by
the
former
Law
of
this
Island
is
appointed
.
And
in
ordering
and
appointing
Appraisers
,
the
Judges
are
to
have
an
especial
care
,
that
they
appoint
none
to
Appraise
,
but
such
as
are
good
and
sufficient
Free-holders
.
This
Act
to
continue
for
the
Space
of
Seven
Years
,
from
the
said
Nine
and
Twentieth
Day
of
September
,
and
so
to
the
end
of
the
Setting
of
the
Assembly
then
next
following
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
29th
of
April
,
1668.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
92.
An
ACT
for
preventing
the
Selling
of
Brandy
and
Rum
in
Tipling-Houses
near
the
Broad
Paths
and
High-ways
within
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
intolerable
Hurts
and
Troubles
to
this
Island
,
do
continually
grow
and
increase
through
the
Multiplicity
of
such
Abuses
and
Disorders
as
are
daily
had
and
used
in
Unlicens'd
Tipling-Houses
,
commonly
called
Brandy
,
or
Rum-Houses
,
which
are
for
the
most
part
situated
and
erected
near
to
Broad-paths
or
High-ways
;
Whereby
the
Keepers
of
such
Houses
take
advantage
to
Trade
and
Deal
with
Servants
and
Negroes
for
Stolen
Goods
contrary
to
Law
,
and
to
the
great
Oppression
and
Damage
of
Honest
and
Industrious
People
.
And
whereas
on
Sabbath
Days
,
many
Lewd
,
Loose
and
Idle
People
,
do
usually
resort
to
such
Tipling
Houses
,
who
by
their
Drunkenness
,
Swearing
and
other
Miscarriages
,
do
in
a
very
high
nature
,
blaspheme
the
Name
of
God
,
prophane
the
Sabbath
,
and
bring
a
great
Scandal
upon
true
Christian
Religion
.
For
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
;
None
to
sell
Wine
near
High-ways
.
Not
to
be
licensed
.
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
that
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
be
permitted
or
licensed
to
sell
Wine
,
Brandy
or
Rum
,
or
any
other
strong
Liquors
in
such
Tipling-Houses
as
aforesaid
,
from
and
after
the
First
Day
of
June
next
ensuing
the
Date
hereof
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
.
And
in
case
any
Person
shall
contrary
to
this
Act
,
obstinately
presume
to
sell
such
Liquors
in
such
Tipling-Houses
as
aforesaid
,
Then
the
Person
or
Persons
so
convicted
,
by
the
Oath
of
Two
or
more
credible
Witnesses
,
or
by
the
Parties
own
Confession
,
shall
for
such
their
first
Offence
,
Forfeits
500
l.
Sugar
,
First
Offence
.
forfeit
and
pay
the
Sum
of
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
the
same
to
be
levied
by
distress
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
,
by
Warrant
from
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
that
Parish
,
where
such
Offence
shall
be
committed
.
The
same
Forfeitures
to
be
converted
to
,
and
reserved
for
the
use
and
maintenance
of
the
Poor
of
that
respective
Parish
.
And
in
case
any
Person
shall
offend
the
Second
time
in
the
same
nature
,
Second
and
after
Offence
,
the
Goal
.
That
then
the
Person
or
Persons
so
offending
,
for
such
his
Second
Offence
,
be
committed
to
the
common
Goal
of
this
Island
,
there
to
remain
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
for
the
space
of
Three
Months
;
and
so
for
every
such
Offence
so
committed
after
his
or
their
first
Conviction
,
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
heretofore
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
no
Persons
dwelling
in
any
the
Sea-Port
Towns
or
Bays
within
this
Island
,
and
have
Licence
for
the
selling
Wine
,
Not
to
extend
to
Sea-port
Towns
.
Beer
and
other
Strong
Liquors
,
shall
be
by
this
Act
debarred
to
sell
the
same
;
Except
Windward
of
Oistnis
,
and
Leward
of
Six-Mens-Bay
.
Except
such
as
live
Windward
of
Oistnis
,
and
to
Leeward
of
Six-Mens-Bay
.
Neither
shall
be
construed
to
extend
to
the
Prohibition
of
such
Person
or
Persons
as
are
appointed
to
give
Entertainment
in
their
Houses
at
the
Quarter
Sessions
,
or
other
Court
or
Courts
of
Judicature
within
the
Body
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
And
forasmuch
as
it
hath
been
the
too
long
Covetous
Practices
of
many
Persons
to
buy
decay'd
Wines
,
&c.
with
intent
and
purpose
to
vent
the
same
at
great
Rates
amongst
the
poor
People
,
who
live
far
up
in
the
Country
:
By
which
means
the
poorer
sort
of
Planters
and
Labourers
contract
many
needless
Debts
,
to
the
great
Ruin
of
themselves
and
Families
;
and
which
tends
very
much
to
the
depopulation
of
this
place
,
if
not
timely
prevented
.
Clause
II
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
None
to
sell
Wines
,
&c.
but
what
shall
be
the
produce
of
their
own
Plantations
.
That
no
Person
or
Persons
,
except
such
as
are
before
in
this
Act
excepted
,
do
after
the
first
Day
of
June
next
ensuing
the
Publication
hereof
,
take
upon
him
or
them
to
sell
any
Wines
,
Brandy
or
other
Liquors
,
not
being
the
produce
of
their
own
Plantations
,
und●●●enalty
of
losing
all
such
Debts
so
contracted
and
made
.
Clause
III
And
be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
A●●hority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Accounts
,
All
Articles
in
Accounts
for
Strong
Liquors
void
.
Articles
of
Accounts
,
Bills
,
Bon●●
or
other
Contracts
so
to
be
made
,
or
given
after
the
First
Day
of
June
next
,
for
the
Sale
of
such
Strong
Liquors
retailed
up
in
the
Country
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
deemed
,
and
are
hereby
declared
to
be
void
,
null
and
of
no
effect
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
heretofore
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
IV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
within
this
Island
,
from
and
after
the
Publication
hereof
,
shall
be
permitted
to
keep
any
Still
or
Stills
for
distilling
of
Rum
:
None
to
keep
a
Still
but
Planters
or
Refiners
.
Except
such
Person
or
Persons
have
Land
and
Canes
of
their
own
,
or
such
as
keep
Refining
Houses
.
And
if
any
other
Person
or
Persons
shall
obstinately
persist
so
to
do
,
that
then
he
or
they
shall
abide
,
and
undergo
the
Censure
of
the
next
Quarter-Sessions
,
so
often
as
he
or
they
offend
in
that
kind
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
29th
of
April
,
1668.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
93.
An
ACT
to
prevent
the
Abuse
of
Lawyers
,
and
Multiplicity
of
Law
Suits
.
Repealed
by
Act
142.
Nᵒ
94.
An
ACT
declaring
the
Negro
Slaves
of
this
Island
to
be
Real
Estate
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
a
very
considerable
part
of
the
Wealth
of
this
Island
consists
in
our
Negro
Slaves
,
without
whose
Labour
and
Service
we
should
be
utterly
unable
to
manage
our
Plantations
here
,
thereby
relieving
our
own
Wants
,
and
bringing
that
considerable
increase
of
Revenue
,
which
this
Place
affords
unto
his
Majesty's
Coffers
,
as
well
here
as
in
England
.
And
whereas
Some
Law
Suits
have
arisen
,
and
other
great
Inconveniences
have
followed
,
where
divers
Persons
dying
Intestate
,
have
left
their
Right
and
Interest
of
their
Negro
Slaves
to
be
by
Law
disputed
between
their
Heirs
,
Executors
and
Administrators
,
wherein
the
various
Judgments
or
Affections
of
several
Courts
or
Jurors
,
have
sometimes
found
for
the
one
,
and
at
other
times
,
for
the
other
.
For
a
full
Remedy
of
these
Inconveniences
,
and
to
the
intent
that
the
Heir
and
Widow
,
who
claims
Dower
,
may
not
have
bare
Land
without
Negroes
to
Manure
the
same
,
And
also
that
the
Condition
,
Right
and
Interest
of
Negroes
,
to
all
other
ends
and
purposes
whatsoever
may
be
fully
known
and
determined
,
Clause
I
The
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
of
Representatives
,
being
willing
that
all
Doubts
,
and
Ambiguities
herein
should
be
removed
,
and
the
Law
in
this
case
declared
and
put
in
a
certainty
,
have
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
from
,
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
all
Negro
Slaves
in
all
Courts
of
Judicature
and
other
Places
within
this
Island
,
shall
be
held
,
taken
and
adjudged
to
be
Estate
real
,
and
not
Chattels
,
Negroes
made
real
Estate
.
and
shall
descend
unto
the
Heirs
and
Widow
of
any
Person
dying
Intestate
,
according
to
the
Manner
and
Customs
of
Lands
of
Inheritance
held
in
Fee-Simple
.
Provided
always
,
that
no
Person
selling
or
alienating
any
of
his
or
her
Negroes
,
No
need
to
Inroll
.
is
hereby
held
or
obliged
to
cause
such
Sale
or
Alienation
to
be
inrolled
,
as
is
accustomed
to
be
done
and
required
by
the
Law
of
this
Island
,
in
the
alienation
of
other
real
Estates
:
Any
usage
Law
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
that
this
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
Not
to
extend
to
Merchants
Factors
,
&c.
Importing
.
shall
be
taken
and
deemed
to
extend
unto
any
Merchant
,
Factor
or
Agent
,
bringing
Negro
Slaves
to
this
Island
,
or
having
the
consignment
of
any
Slaves
unto
them
.
But
in
all
respects
,
they
,
their
Executors
Administrators
or
Assigns
,
may
hold
,
possess
and
enjoy
such
Slave
or
Negroe
in
such
Condition
,
as
they
might
have
done
before
the
making
of
this
Act
,
until
such
Sale
of
such
Slave
or
Slaves
hath
been
made
in
this
Island
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
29th
of
April
,
1668.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
95.
An
ACT
for
the
Supply
of
some
Words
omitted
in
the
former
Act
,
bearing
Date
the
26th
of
April
,
1667
,
being
an
Act
of
Subscription
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
96.
An
ACT
continuing
the
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accompts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
97.
An
ACT
for
Repealing
of
a
former
Act
,
establishing
Market-Days
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
bearing
Date
the
9th
Day
of
August
,
1661
,
particular
Market-Days
were
appointed
and
ordered
to
be
kept
and
held
in
the
Sea-port
Towns
in
this
Island
,
and
all
Sales
thereby
restrained
to
observance
of
those
Days
,
and
all
manner
of
Contracts
thereby
,
though
never
so
unduly
made
,
seemingly
confirmed
and
warranted
.
So
that
many
Evils
may
ensue
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
by
the
Indirect
Practices
of
many
loose
and
wicked
Persons
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Deputy-Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
said
Act
of
the
Ninth
Day
of
August
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
One
,
whereby
the
said
Set
Market-Days
are
appointed
,
be
,
and
is
hereby
Repealed
,
and
made
void
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
;
excepting
only
,
and
notwithstanding
provided
,
that
the
selling
of
Goods
attached
by
the
Marshal
of
the
respective
Courts
,
upon
Execution
for
Debt
,
shall
be
observed
and
kept
upon
the
said
Days
and
Times
,
as
by
the
said
Act
is
appointed
and
is
directed
to
be
observed
,
in
the
Act
establishing
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
of
this
Island
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
29th
of
April
,
1668.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
98.
An
ACT
for
the
more
speedy
Recovery
of
the
Arrears
of
the
late
Act
for
Labour
,
&c.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
99.
An
ACT
for
the
Rebuilding
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
which
was
lately
diminished
by
Fire
.
Repealed
by
Act
102.
Nᵒ
100.
An
ACT
appointing
a
present
Accommodation
for
His
Majesty's
Souldiers
in
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
101.
An
ACT
appointing
with
what
Materials
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
to
be
Built
,
and
a
Repeal
of
a
late
Act
relating
thereto
,
made
in
April
last
.
Repealed
by
Act
107.
An
ACT
requiring
the
Execution
of
the
former
Acts
,
No.
102.
Obsolete
.
For
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Acre
,
Fifteen
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Head
,
and
Six
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Acre
,
and
Five
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Head
,
and
Two
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Acre
.
Nᵒ
103.
An
ACT
appointing
a
further
accommodation
of
the
Officers
and
Souldiers
of
His
Majesty's
Regiment
of
Sir
Tobias
Bridges
,
within
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
104.
An
ACT
appointing
Fines
upon
such
as
shall
refuse
Military
Commands
for
the
present
Service
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
105.
An
ACT
for
the
speedy
holding
a
General
Sessions
,
and
Goal
Delivery
.
Repealed
by
Act
300.
Nᵒ
106.
An
ACT
appointing
with
what
Materials
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
is
to
be
built
,
and
a
Repeal
of
a
late
Act
relating
thereto
,
made
in
April
last
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
107.
An
ACT
appointing
accommodation
of
the
Souldiers
of
His
Majesty's
Regiment
of
Sir
Tobias
Bridge
,
to
answer
His
Majesty's
Commands
for
their
further
stay
in
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
108.
An
ACT
for
regulating
and
appointing
the
Fees
of
the
several
Offices
in
this
Island
,
and
other
publick
Ministers
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
several
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
have
made
many
and
grievous
Complaints
of
the
unjust
Oppressions
and
Exactions
of
several
Persons
,
under
colour
of
their
several
Offices
hereafter
in
this
Act
particularly
express'd
;
By
reason
whereof
,
many
of
them
the
Inhabitants
aforesaid
,
either
not
being
able
or
willing
to
comply
with
such
exorbitant
and
illegal
Demands
,
have
been
nec●ssitated
to
lose
their
just
Rights
,
or
to
suffer
great
Prejudice
in
their
Affairs
and
Concernments
through
the
delay
or
want
of
such
just
Advantages
and
Securities
as
a
due
and
right
Performance
of
such
Officers
in
their
respective
Offices
might
and
ought
to
afford
them
.
For
Remedy
whereof
for
the
future
,
and
to
the
intent
all
the
said
several
Fees
or
Demands
of
the
Respective
Officers
or
Ministers
due
to
their
Offices
and
Imployments
,
may
be
made
certain
,
or
certainly
known
,
and
all
Delays
and
Exactions
,
and
unlawful
Demands
by
them
be
prevented
and
punished
.
The
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
do
desire
,
that
it
may
be
Enacted
,
Clause
I
And
it
be
Ordained
,
Established
and
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
William
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Captain
General
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
and
the
rest
of
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
his
Council
and
Assembly
of
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
and
by
authority
of
the
same
,
That
none
of
the
Officers
or
other
Persons
,
that
now
do
,
or
hereafter
shall
belong
to
,
or
officiate
in
any
of
the
Offices
or
Imployments
hereafter
named
and
expressed
,
either
by
themselves
,
Deputies
,
or
Clerks
or
Servants
,
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
neglect
,
refuse
or
delay
,
to
give
due
dispatch
to
all
Persons
as
aforesaid
,
or
receive
or
take
directly
or
indirectly
,
either
by
way
of
Expedition
Money
,
or
any
other
Extortion
,
any
other
Fee
or
Fees
for
any
Business
hereafter
nominated
,
than
is
for
the
same
in
their
particular
List
hereafter
exprest
,
Extorter
of
Fees
,
forfeits
5000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
under
Penalty
of
forfeiting
and
paying
Five
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
the
one
Moyety
thereof
to
be
paid
to
the
publick
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
and
for
the
use
of
this
Island
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
him
or
them
that
shall
inform
or
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Common-Pleas
within
this
Island
.
And
the
Party
grieved
,
left
to
his
Action
at
the
Common
Law
,
to
recover
his
Damage
on
such
Officer
or
Officers
for
such
his
Offence
.
Officer
offending
,
to
lose
his
Place
,
and
Three
Months
Imprisonment
.
And
the
said
Officers
shall
further
lose
his
or
their
Office
or
Offices
,
Imployment
or
Imployments
,
and
be
committed
to
the
Common
Goal
,
without
Bayl
or
Mainprize
,
for
the
space
of
Three
Months
,
and
the
same
to
be
immediately
executed
upon
him
or
them
,
upon
his
or
their
Conviction
by
the
Oaths
of
Two
credible
Witnesses
,
Two
Witnesses
.
or
Confession
of
the
Party
Accused
,
before
the
Governour
or
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
.
Convict
before
any
one
Justice
.
And
the
said
Justice
of
the
Peace
is
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
execute
the
same
.
And
to
the
intent
all
due
order
may
herein
be
taken
and
observed
,
and
that
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
may
not
be
ignorant
thereof
,
Clause
II
It
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
respective
Officers
belonging
to
the
Offices
hereafter
named
,
do
forthwith
after
Publication
hereof
,
cause
their
Fees
with
the
Prices
thereof
,
according
as
they
are
to
this
Act
annexed
and
set
down
,
to
be
fairly
Ingrossed
and
set
up
in
a
publick
Place
,
where
their
Offices
are
kept
,
Table
of
Fees
in
all
Offices
.
and
the
business
belonging
to
the
said
Offices
is
done
,
and
not
be
from
thence
at
such
times
,
1000
Pound
of
Sugar
Forfeit
,
for
not
having
the
Table
of
Fees
up
.
under
the
Penalty
of
forfeiting
and
paying
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
for
every
such
Default
:
The
one
Moyety
to
be
to
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
for
the
Receipt
of
the
Excise
on
Liquors
,
and
for
the
use
of
this
Island
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
him
or
them
,
that
shall
inform
or
sue
for
the
same
in
any
Court
of
Common
Pleas
,
within
this
Island
.
Clause
III
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
said
Fees
shall
be
paid
in
Sugar
,
or
else
in
Money
,
at
Three
Half
Pence
per
Pound
,
at
the
choice
of
the
Payer
.
And
upon
tender
of
Sugar
to
any
Officer
for
the
Fees
aforesaid
,
the
said
Officer
is
hereby
required
without
delay
to
receive
the
same
accordingly
.
Or
if
any
Question
arise
concerning
the
goodness
of
the
Sugar
,
Then
the
Officer
is
hereby
further
required
to
accompany
the
Person
,
that
hath
made
tender
of
the
same
,
to
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
who
is
also
hereby
required
to
Value
the
same
,
and
certify
the
Value
thereof
under
his
Hand
;
at
which
Rate
or
Value
,
the
Officer
aforesaid
under
the
Penalty
aforesaid
,
shall
accept
thereof
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
9th
Day
of
November
,
1668.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
The
PROVOST
MARSHALS
Fees
.
|
lb.
Sugar
.
|
For
Commitment
and
Release
of
a
Gentleman
|
40
For
his
Fees
as
Quarter
Sessions
.
|
For
his
Diet
and
Accommodation
,
if
he
Diet
not
himself
,
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Day
|
20
|
For
Commitment
and
Release
of
an
Ordinary
Person
|
20
|
For
his
Diet
and
Accommodation
,
if
he
finds
not
himself
,
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Day
,
the
Provisions
for
him
to
be
Bonavis
,
Potatoes
,
or
Bread
and
Water
,
of
each
sufficient
,
the
Justices
of
the
Town
and
Parish
of
St.
Michael's
,
shall
be
from
time
to
time
Judges
of
what
is
sufficient
.
|
04
|
For
Imprisonment
nothing
,
because
the
Prison
is
to
be
maintained
by
His
Majesty
|
|
For
a
Warrant
of
Arrest
at
the
Bridge
,
or
elsewhere
in
this
Island
|
40
Vide
Act
for
Marshals
of
Courts
.
|
For
every
Man
bound
to
the
Peace
and
good
Behaviour
,
and
called
at
Sessions
on
Indictment
,
or
otherways
|
20
|
For
an
Arrest
on
Board
any
Ship
,
besides
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
Boat-hire
|
50
|
For
every
Warrant
of
Possession
which
is
directed
to
the
Provost
Marshal
,
he
serving
of
which
,
is
therefore
to
have
|
250
|
For
Summoning
a
Special
Jury
,
and
Attendance
thereon
|
500
|
For
an
Habeas
Corpus
,
and
Attendance
in
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
,
Thirty
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Day
;
at
any
other
Place
out
of
St.
Michael's
Town
,
Forty
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Day
|
|
For
Diet
of
a
Negro
,
Four
Pound
of
Sugar
each
Negro
per
Day
|
4
|
For
Serving
all
Executions
,
as
the
Marshals
of
the
Common
Pleas
|
|
The
CLERK
of
the
PEACE
his
Fees
.
For
every
Person
quit
by
Proclamation
,
being
adjudged
innocent
,
or
after
Punishment
either
at
the
Grand
,
or
Quarter
Sessions
|
80
|
For
every
Summons
to
answer
,
or
at
Suit
of
the
Party
upon
Travers
|
10
|
For
every
Recognizance
Drawing
|
20
|
For
Travers
in
Trespass
in
force
|
80
|
For
every
Warrant
of
the
Peace
|
8
|
For
every
Certiorari
|
80
|
For
every
Order
of
Sessions
|
40
|
For
every
Writ
of
Restitution
|
80
|
For
a
Copy
of
an
Indictment
|
40
|
For
every
Supersedeas
|
20
|
For
every
License
for
Drink
annually
|
20
|
For
every
Recognizance
for
the
same
|
10
|
For
every
Indictment
for
Riot
,
&c.
before
private
Justice
|
500
|
For
Recording
every
Indenture
|
20
|
For
every
Contempt
|
20
|
The
CORONERS
Fees
.
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
or
Money
to
the
value
in
Sugar
,
at
12
s.
6
d.
per
Cent.
But
if
the
Party
be
a
Servant
,
or
one
that
dieth
upon
the
Account
of
the
Parish
,
the
Fees
to
be
no
more
than
is
established
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
for
Regulating
Servants
|
|
The
CLERKS
of
the
CHANCERY
,
and
EXAMINERS
Fees
.
|
lb.
Sugar
.
|
For
receiving
and
ingrossing
a
Bill
of
Complaint
,
Four
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
every
Sheet
,
each
Sheet
one
with
another
,
to
comprehend
Sixteen
Lines
,
and
Eight
Words
in
a
Line
one
with
another
|
|
The
like
for
Answers
and
Demurrers
|
|
The
like
for
Replications
|
|
The
like
for
Rejoinders
|
|
For
every
sort
of
Subpoena
|
20
|
For
entring
the
Oath
that
the
Subpoena
is
served
|
4
|
For
a
Warrant
of
Contempt
,
where
the
Defendant
appears
not
|
20
|
For
a
Proclamation
of
Allegiance
|
20
|
For
a
Commission
of
Rebellion
|
100
|
For
entring
a
Rule
,
or
Order
of
Court
|
3
|
For
entring
the
Defendant's
Oath
for
the
truth
of
this
Bill
|
3
|
For
a
Commission
to
take
the
Answer
in
the
Country
|
60
|
For
a
Bill
of
Cost
,
and
entring
of
it
|
12
|
For
a
Commission
to
examine
Witnesses
in
the
Country
,
when
by
reason
of
Sickness
they
cannot
appear
in
Court
|
60
|
For
drawing
any
Order
of
the
Court
,
and
ingrossing
of
it
|
30
|
For
all
Copies
of
Depositions
,
Bills
,
Replications
,
Rejoinders
Decrees
and
Orders
of
Court
,
&c.
Four
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Sheet
,
as
in
Original
Bills
and
Answers
,
each
Sheet
to
contain
as
aforesaid
|
|
For
an
Injunction
|
40
|
For
issuing
Executions
on
Decrees
|
80
|
The
SERJEANT
at
ARMS
his
Fees
.
For
serving
a
Subpoena
,
and
making
a
Return
thereof
|
20
|
For
serving
and
returning
an
Injunction
|
20
|
For
serving
an
Attachment
|
20
|
For
Committment
and
Releases
|
40
|
For
Diet
and
Accommodation
,
Twenty
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Day
|
20
|
For
an
Habeas
Corpus
,
if
in
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
,
Thirty
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Day
;
if
elsewhere
,
Forty
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Day
|
|
For
serving
a
Decree
,
as
the
Marshal
at
the
Common
Law
|
|
Fees
to
the
ORDINARY
and
his
REGISTER
.
|
lb.
Sugar
.
|
For
proving
the
Will
before
the
Governour
as
Ordinary
|
40
|
For
an
Order
from
the
Governour
,
for
Letters
of
Administration
|
40
|
Fees
allowed
the
GOVERNOVR's
CLERKS
in
the
NAVAL
OFFICE
,
or
in
any
other
Capacity
.
|
s.
|
d.
|
For
Recording
a
Certificate
,
that
the
Master
hath
given
Bond
in
England
|
1
|
6
|
For
a
Bond
here
to
Land
Goods
in
England
according
to
the
Act
|
2
|
6
|
For
a
Certificate
to
the
Fort
that
the
Ship
is
Discharged
|
1
|
6
|
For
a
Warrant
of
Arrest
and
the
Bond
|
5
|
0
|
For
an
Order
upon
a
Petition
|
1
|
0
|
Fees
taken
by
any
Sworn
SVRVEYORS
.
For
every
Day
he
is
imployed
in
measuring
of
Land
,
if
he
give
a
Plot
thereof
,
One
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
|
|
JVSTICE
of
PEACE
CLERK's
Fees
.
For
a
Warrant
|
0
|
6
|
For
Recording
of
an
Order
|
0
|
6
|
For
a
Copy
of
an
Order
|
0
|
6
|
For
an
Execution
|
1
|
0
|
For
a
Warrant
of
Contempt
|
1
|
0
|
For
a
Recognizance
|
1
|
0
|
For
a
Discharge
of
a
Recognizance
|
1
|
0
|
Nᵒ
109.
An
ACT
for
the
assuring
the
Satisfaction
of
what
Disburstments
His
Excellency
William
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
all
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
hath
been
out
for
this
Country
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
110.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
Setling
the
publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
by
several
after
Acts.
Nᵒ
111.
An
ACT
for
the
advancing
and
raising
the
Value
of
Pieces
of
Eighty
,
&c.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
found
by
long
Experience
,
that
the
great
want
of
Mony
is
very
prejudicial
to
this
Island
,
in
the
carrying
on
the
common
Trade
and
Commerce
thereof
;
and
that
so
great
a
want
hath
been
principally
occasioned
,
for
that
Pieces
of
Eight
have
not
been
fully
estimated
,
but
permitted
to
pass
here
from
Man
to
Man
at
too
mean
Rates
;
whereupon
very
much
Coyn
hath
been
exported
to
Foreign
Nations
:
For
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
William
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Captain
General
and
chief
Governour
of
this
and
the
rest
of
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
;
Pieces
of
Eight
to
pass
at
Five
Shillings
.
that
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
all
Pieces
of
Eight
,
Sevil
,
Mexicoe
and
Piller
Pieces
,
shall
be
esteemed
,
valued
,
and
past
Current
in
Payment
between
all
Persons
within
this
Island
,
at
the
Rate
of
Five
Shillings
per
Piece
Current
Money
of
England
,
and
that
all
and
every
the
Half
and
Quarter
Pieces
,
and
Royals
of
the
said
Coyn
,
and
single
Royals
of
all
sorts
of
Spanish
Coyn
in
like
proportion
;
any
Statute
,
Law
,
Ordinance
or
Provision
heretofore
made
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
what
Person
or
Persons
soever
,
shall
from
,
and
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
deny
or
refuse
,
The
Penalty
on
refusing
to
take
them
at
the
Rate
.
to
take
and
receive
the
aforesaid
Coyn
,
in
payment
at
the
Rates
aforesaid
,
shall
upon
Conviction
thereof
,
made
before
any
of
his
Majesty's
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
be
bound
to
his
,
or
their
good
Behaviour
,
till
the
General
Sessions
next
ensuing
such
Conviction
,
then
,
and
there
to
answer
for
such
,
his
or
their
Contempt
by
Indictment
or
otherwise
,
as
the
Court
at
their
Discretion
shall
think
fit
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
14th
of
November
,
1668.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
112.
An
ACT
appointing
a
further
accommodation
of
the
Souldiers
of
His
Majesty
,
in
the
Regiment
of
Sir
Tobias
Bridge
,
to
answer
His
Majesty's
Commands
for
their
future
stay
in
this
Island
.
〈◊〉
Nᵒ
113.
An
ACT
for
the
Continuation
of
the
Excise
on
all
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
for
One
Year
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
114.
An
ACT
prohibiting
Wandering
Persons
from
carrying
of
Goods
and
Wares
in
Packs
or
otherwise
,
from
House
to
House
in
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
the
extravagant
Wandering
of
several
Persons
with
their
Packs
of
Wares
in
and
about
this
Island
from
House
to
House
,
there
to
make
Sale
of
the
same
,
hath
been
found
to
be
very
prejudicial
to
the
Inhabitants
thereof
,
not
only
for
that
such
Toleration
is
contrary
to
the
wholesome
Laws
of
England
,
which
strictly
prohibit
all
such
Pedlers
as
Vagabonds
,
But
for
that
it
doth
also
occasion
and
create
many
great
Mischiefs
to
this
Place
,
by
reason
of
the
continual
under-hand
dealing
of
such
Persons
every
where
with
Servants
and
Negroes
;
Whereby
they
drive
on
most
part
of
their
Trade
by
trucking
for
Stolen
Goods
,
to
no
small
Damage
of
honest
and
industrious
Planters
,
who
may
from
time
to
time
Supply
himself
with
all
sorts
of
Commodities
at
cheaper
Rates
from
the
Merchant
,
at
the
several
Towns
and
Store-houses
within
this
Island
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
all
such
Persons
,
Stone
to
carry
Packs
from
House
to
House
,
Forfeits
such
Wares
.
as
shall
presume
so
to
Travel
,
Wander
,
or
go
from
House
to
House
in
this
Island
with
such
Packs
or
Wares
to
sell
,
to
any
Inhabitants
,
Servants
or
Slaves
whatsoever
,
shall
forfeit
his
or
their
Wares
and
Commodities
whatsoever
,
so
carried
as
aforesaid
.
And
that
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
Person
whatsoever
,
to
apprehend
and
take
such
Person
and
Persons
so
Wandering
,
Travelling
and
carrying
Goods
in
manner
aforesaid
,
and
him
or
them
to
carry
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
to
examine
the
same
.
And
if
upon
his
Examination
,
he
shall
find
the
Person
or
Persons
so
brought
before
him
,
to
be
Offenders
against
this
Act
,
Any
Justice
may
examine
and
divide
the
Wares
.
That
then
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
for
such
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
to
divide
all
and
every
the
said
Goods
and
Wares
so
carried
as
aforesaid
,
according
to
the
best
of
his
Judgment
,
and
the
one
half
to
give
and
deliver
to
such
Person
or
Persons
,
Half
to
the
Informer
,
half
to
the
Poor
.
that
shall
apprehend
such
Person
or
Persons
,
so
offending
as
aforesaid
,
and
the
other
half
forthwith
to
deliver
over
to
the
Overseers
of
the
poor
of
that
Parish
,
where
the
Person
or
Persons
so
offending
,
shall
be
Apprehended
,
Seized
or
Taken
,
the
same
to
be
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
said
Parish
,
who
is
to
give
an
exact
Account
thereof
to
the
Vestry
of
each
such
Parish
.
Clause
II
Provided
always
,
Growth
of
this
Island
excepted
.
that
no
Persons
shall
be
deemed
to
be
Offenders
against
this
Act
,
for
carrying
any
the
growth
of
this
Island
.
This
Act
to
take
force
Ten
Days
after
Publication
hereof
,
and
not
sooner
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
19th
of
February
,
1668.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
115.
An
ACT
to
prevent
taking
away
Sand
and
Stones
from
the
Shoar
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
116.
An
ACT
for
Repeal
of
the
Clause
hereafter
mentioned
and
contained
in
an
Act
lately
made
and
dated
the
29th
of
April
,
1668
;
Intituled
,
An
ACT
reducing
Interest
to
Ten
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
for
One
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
for
One
Year
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
bearing
Date
the
29th
of
April
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
Eight
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Reduceing
the
Interest
to
Ten
,
for
One
Hundred
in
One
Year
,
It
is
in
a
latter
Clause
in
the
said
Act
,
Declared
and
Enacted
,
that
whatsoever
Recoveries
shall
hereafter
be
obtained
in
any
the
Courts
of
this
Island
,
of
Moneys
that
were
Payable
in
England
,
and
became
due
by
reason
of
any
Contract
made
after
the
Publication
of
the
said
Act
;
such
Money-Debts
should
be
here
satisfied
by
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
at
Two
Pence
per
Pound
;
or
whatever
else
should
be
Attached
where
no
Muscovadoe
Sugar
could
be
found
,
should
be
Appraised
into
Muscovadoe
Sugar
;
and
if
the
Recovery
be
on
Bills
of
Exchange
,
Twenty
per
Cent.
to
be
added
.
And
whereas
it
is
found
by
experience
,
That
the
Consequence
thereof
tends
to
the
impairing
of
the
Credit
and
Trade
of
this
Island
;
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Deputy-Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
said
last
Clause
in
the
said
Act
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Reducing
the
Interest
to
Ten
,
for
One
Hundred
in
One
Year
,
and
every
thing
therein
contained
,
as
is
here
before
recited
,
shall
be
,
and
is
hereby
from
henceforth
Repealed
,
Annulled
and
made
void
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
henceforth
,
upon
the
Protest
of
a
Bill
or
Bills
of
Exchange
here
produced
sor
ued
for
,
Ten
per
Cent.
and
no
more
,
shall
be
taken
or
allowed
;
and
so
in
proportion
for
a
greater
or
lesser
Sum
,
for
the
Damage
and
Interest
,
for
the
Value
of
the
Bill
so
Protested
as
aforesaid
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
19th
of
February
,
1668.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
117.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Free-holders
of
St.
James
and
Christ-Church
,
to
meet
and
choose
a
Vestry
of
Free-holders
in
the
said
Parishes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
118.
Repealed
by
several
after
Acts.
An
Additional
ACT
to
the
Acts
of
the
Militia
now
in
force
in
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
119.
By
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
:
An
ACT
concerning
the
Excise
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
120.
An
ACT
impowering
Mr.
Thomas
Pargitor
to
receive
from
the
People
of
the
Jews
Nation
in
this
Island
,
what
remains
due
of
their
Contribution
towards
the
Defraying
of
the
Discharge
of
the
Disbursements
made
by
the
said
Pargitor
,
for
his
Excellency
Francis
Lord
Willoughby's
Expedition
against
His
Majesty's
Enemies
,
at
the
Leeward
Islands
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
121.
Repealed
by
Act
128
,
which
is
become
Obsolete
.
An
ACT
to
prohibit
the
bringing
of
Heading
and
Timber
from
Surinam
.
Nᵒ
122.
An
Additional
ACT
concerning
the
Conveyance
of
Estates
.
WHereas
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
made
the
Eleventh
Day
of
September
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Forty
and
Nine
,
Intituled
An
Act
concerning
the
Conveyance
of
Estates
;
the
Preamble
whereof
run
in
these
following
Words
.
Clause
I
For
that
the
King's
Writs
do
not
run
here
,
whereby
Fines
and
Recoveries
cannot
be
here
had
and
levied
as
in
England
,
and
yet
here
is
as
much
and
more
use
and
need
of
them
:
Recital
of
a
former
Act.
For
that
few
Men
come
to
this
Island
with
intention
to
settle
themselves
and
Posterities
:
But
for
the
most
part
to
gain
and
increase
their
Estates
,
and
then
to
sell
their
Lands
and
Return
,
which
oftentimes
cannot
well
be
done
,
nor
with
Security
to
the
Purchaser
,
for
want
of
such
Fines
and
Recoveries
without
some
Act
be
made
to
supply
the
same
,
&c.
It
was
Enacted
,
That
a
Deed
in
due
form
of
Law
made
and
within
Three
Months
of
the
Date
thereof
,
acknowledged
before
the
Resident
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
or
before
some
one
of
the
chief
Judges
of
one
of
the
Courts
of
Justice
within
this
Island
,
by
all
the
Parties
that
grant
or
pass
away
any
Lease
for
above
the
Term
of
Three
Years
,
or
any
Free-hold
or
Inheritance
by
such
Deed
,
or
by
so
many
of
them
as
shall
be
living
,
of
by
any
other
Person
or
Persons
lawfully
authorized
under
Hand
and
Seal
,
to
convey
and
grant
the
same
;
(
So
the
same
be
recorded
at
length
in
the
Secretary's
Office
of
this
Island
,
within
the
said
Three
Months
)
shall
be
valid
,
to
pass
the
same
without
Livery
,
Attornment
,
or
any
other
Act
or
Ceremony
whatsoever
.
And
that
no
Deed
hereafter
without
such
Acknowledgment
and
Inrollment
shall
pass
any
Estate
of
Freehold
or
Inheritance
,
or
any
Lease
above
the
number
of
Three
Years
.
Which
before
recited
Clause
,
as
well
Negative
as
Affirmative
,
was
on
the
Seventh
of
October
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Fifty
and
Two
,
Repealed
and
Supplied
by
one
Act
,
containing
as
followeth
.
Clause
II
That
no
Deed
shall
be
sufficient
in
Law
to
barr
a
real
Purchaser
,
to
pass
any
Estate
of
Land
,
Deeds
to
be
acknowledged
before
the
Governour
,
or
one
of
the
Judges
.
unless
the
same
be
acknowledged
before
the
Governour
,
or
One
of
the
chief
Judges
of
One
of
the
Courts
within
this
Island
,
and
inrolled
at
length
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
within
Three
Months
of
the
Date
and
Delivery
thereof
.
And
in
case
the
Grantor
shall
refuse
,
or
doth
not
on
Summons
,
appear
to
acknowledge
the
same
,
Then
upon
Proof
made
by
any
of
the
Witnesses
,
before
such
Governour
or
Judge
,
that
the
said
Deed
was
duely
sealed
and
delivered
within
the
said
time
,
shall
be
sufficient
for
Recording
the
same
.
Which
said
Act
made
in
Anno
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Fifty
and
Two
,
not
being
made
under
Kingly
Authority
,
became
void
immediately
on
his
Majesty's
happy
Restoration
;
And
thereby
the
former
revived
,
yet
so
unobserved
not
only
by
the
general
Body
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Place
,
but
even
by
the
Ministers
and
Courts
of
Justice
,
that
the
apprehension
,
use
and
practice
setled
by
the
said
Act
,
in
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Fifty
and
Two
,
hath
continued
even
to
this
present
Day
.
By
which
Misapprehension
,
and
yet
Re-establishment
of
the
afore
recited
Clause
of
that
Act
made
in
Anno
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
Forty
and
Nine
,
without
due
Provision
,
would
occasion
many
and
great
Inconveniences
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Place
.
〈…〉
Acts
,
〈◊〉
1652.
The
Representatives
of
the
Inhabitants
of
His
Majesty's
Island
,
do
therefore
desire
,
that
it
may
be
Declared
and
Enacted
;
Clause
III
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
,
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
;
That
no
Deed
made
since
the
Eleventh
of
September
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Forty
and
Nine
,
or
that
hereafter
shall
be
made
,
shall
be
sufficient
in
Law
to
barr
a
real
Purchaser
:
Vnless
it
be
acknowledged
and
proved
before
the
Resident
Governour
or
chief
Judge
of
One
of
His
Majesty's
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
within
this
Island
,
for
the
time
being
,
and
recorded
at
length
in
the
Secretary's
Office
of
this
Island
within
Three
Months
after
the
Ensealing
and
Delivery
thereof
:
In
case
the
said
Purchaser
be
ignorant
of
any
former
conveyance
thereof
.
But
in
case
any
Person
hath
,
Exception
to
acknowledgment
.
or
shall
purchase
any
Plantation
or
Land
,
that
he
knoweth
already
Sold
,
to
,
and
by
Deed
,
or
Deeds
conveyed
to
another
;
Notwithstanding
the
said
Deed
,
whereby
it
is
conveyed
to
the
first
Purchaser
,
be
through
Ignorance
Mishap
or
Negligence
,
not
duly
acknowledged
,
proved
or
recorded
as
aforesaid
,
Such
former
Deed
though
defective
as
aforesaid
,
shall
stand
good
to
bar
the
latter
Purchaser
,
notwithstanding
the
aforesaid
Defect
;
it
being
the
sole
true
and
intent
and
meaning
of
this
present
Act
,
and
was
also
of
the
afore
recited
Clause
of
that
Act
made
in
Anno
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Forty
and
Nine
,
as
by
the
afore-recited
Preamble
appears
,
notwithstanding
the
latter
Negative
part
of
the
said
Clause
seem
to
the
contrary
.
〈…〉
.
Eng●●●●
That
a
real
Purchaser
not
informed
of
any
former
Sale
,
either
by
the
Records
whereof
he
must
not
be
ignorant
,
or
otherwise
of
his
own
knowledge
or
good
information
,
should
be
as
well
secured
in
his
Purchase
of
Lands
here
by
Deed
fitly
made
,
and
duly
acknowledged
or
proved
and
recorded
,
as
by
Fine
and
Recovery
he
might
of
Lands
in
England
,
in
which
Sense
and
no
other
,
was
the
aforesaid
Clause
intended
.
Clause
IV
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
other
Sense
or
Interpretation
ought
to
be
,
or
shall
be
given
of
the
afore
recited
Clause
of
the
said
Act
made
in
Anno
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Forty
and
Nine
,
or
any
part
of
the
said
Clause
,
either
Affirmative
or
Negative
,
any
Words
or
Expressions
seeming
or
being
to
the
contrary
thereof
notwithstanding
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
24th
Day
of
May
,
1669.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
123.
Since
Repealed
by
an
Act
lately
made
.
An
ACT
appointing
an
Impost
of
Powder
on
the
Tunnage
of
all
Ships
trading
to
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
124.
An
ACT
for
the
more
advantagious
hanging
of
Coppers
and
Stills
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
125.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
all
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
,
and
receiving
and
paying
all
its
just
Credits
and
Debts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
126.
An
ACT
for
the
continuation
of
the
Excise
on
all
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
for
Six
Months
next
coming
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
127.
An
ACT
about
Surinam
.
Another
Act
after
made
for
Repeal
,
and
is
Obsolete
.
Obsolete
.
N
128.
An
ACT
appointing
Bench
Actions
,
and
the
manner
of
proceeding
therein
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
daily
Experience
doth
manifest
the
several
Inconveniences
which
befall
both
Plaintiff
and
Defendant
,
especially
the
poorer
sort
of
this
Island
,
for
want
of
Trial
of
small
Actions
by
the
Bench
,
as
hath
been
heretofore
accustomed
.
The
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
desiring
to
put
a
Remedy
to
the
same
,
have
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
Clause
I
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
said
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
the
Date
hereof
,
all
and
every
Person
and
Persons
suing
in
any
Court
of
Common
Pleas
in
this
Island
,
for
any
Sum
or
Sums
not
exceeding
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
1000
lb.
Sugar
,
500
lb.
Cotton
,
8
l.
Sterl.
to
be
Bench
Action
.
or
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Cotton
,
or
not
above
Eight
Pounds
Sterling
,
whether
by
Bill
,
Account
or
otherwise
,
are
to
File
their
Actions
with
the
Clerks
of
the
respective
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
in
as
short
a
Method
and
Form
as
may
be
,
The
Form
of
such
Action
.
setting
forth
the
Sum
or
Sums
due
,
and
to
carry
the
said
Clerk
a
Copy
thereof
,
who
is
to
attest
the
same
,
and
to
deliver
the
Copy
thereof
so
attested
to
the
Plaintiff
or
Plaintiffs
,
together
with
a
Warrant
accustomed
.
For
which
Filing
,
Attesting
and
Warrant
,
Clerk
to
be
paid
8
s.
for
the
Envy
.
he
is
to
receive
Two
Shillings
and
not
more
;
which
Warrant
and
Declaration
being
carried
to
the
Marshal
of
the
said
Court
,
he
by
himself
or
Deputy
is
to
give
Summons
to
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
in
the
Precincts
to
the
said
Court
belonging
in
such
manner
,
and
within
such
time
,
and
with
such
return
of
the
said
Summons
,
as
is
appointed
by
the
Act
of
Judicial
Proceedings
,
and
as
it
is
to
all
other
Actions
now
accustomed
and
appointed
.
For
which
he
is
to
receive
for
his
Fee
one
Shilling
Sterling
,
and
not
more
;
Marshal
1
s.
And
that
as
well
the
Plaintiffs
as
Defendants
in
such
Action
need
not
appear
till
the
Third
Court
following
such
Entry
and
Summons
.
Appear
the
3d
Court
.
And
at
the
said
Third
Court
,
the
Debt
or
Debts
in
Question
are
then
to
be
heard
and
examined
by
one
or
more
Justices
of
the
said
Court
,
One
or
more
Justices
to
hear
and
determine
.
and
by
him
or
them
to
be
ascertained
,
who
are
to
make
and
enter
an
Order
upon
the
said
Hearing
,
what
is
justly
due
,
that
Execution
may
issue
thereon
for
the
same
;
And
that
then
the
like
Proceedings
may
then
after
be
had
as
in
other
Cases
.
But
if
at
the
Third
Court
,
the
matter
cannot
be
clearly
decided
,
and
the
Debt
not
ascertained
,
as
that
the
Defendant
will
plead
thereto
,
and
have
the
same
tried
by
a
Jury
,
Then
that
the
same
be
done
at
the
said
Third
Court
,
without
sufficient
Matter
shewed
to
the
Court
,
to
give
further
time
,
and
to
give
and
allow
all
Charges
against
the
Defendant
in
such
Cases
,
All
Charges
against
the
Defendant
.
as
is
accustomed
in
other
Actions
.
But
where
the
Matter
is
decided
by
the
Bench
,
then
no
Charge
to
be
allowed
for
Attorneys
Fees
on
either
side
,
but
the
Fees
aforesaid
for
the
Entry
and
the
Marshal's
Summons
.
And
if
the
Defendant
appears
not
at
the
said
Third
Court
being
called
,
Condemned
3d
Court
.
Then
that
he
be
condemned
by
Nihil
dicit
,
and
Execution
to
issue
thereon
accordingly
.
And
for
the
Entry
of
the
Order
or
Sentence
so
made
by
the
Bench
as
aforesaid
,
the
Clerk
to
receive
one
Shilling
Sterling
and
not
more
;
Order
or
Sentence
to
pay
1
s.
and
that
the
Clerks
of
the
respective
Courts
keep
a
Book
for
such
Entry
and
Record
,
and
make
plain
and
fair
Entries
in
such
Cases
;
any
thing
contained
in
any
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
22d
of
December
,
1669.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
129.
An
ACT
concerning
Spanish
Money
.
WHereas
Information
is
given
unto
us
,
that
there
are
several
corrupt
and
exceeding
light
Pieces
of
Eight
lately
sent
to
this
Island
by
some
Persons
designing
their
own
Profit
and
Advantage
,
though
with
the
great
Damage
and
Ruin
of
the
Prosperity
and
Wellfare
of
this
Island
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Merchant
,
Factor
or
other
Person
,
that
now
hath
or
hereafter
shall
have
any
such
Pieces
of
Eight
,
Half
Pieces
,
Quarter
Pieces
,
or
single
Royals
consigned
unto
him
from
England
or
elsewhere
,
Pieces
of
Eight
light
or
Base
,
not
to
be
disposed
of
.
less
in
weight
,
or
of
a
baser
Allay
than
is
usual
,
and
shall
directly
or
indirectly
any
way
disperse
them
Abroad
,
either
by
offering
them
in
Payment
,
or
to
sell
unto
other
Persons
:
He
or
they
so
offending
,
shall
forfeit
the
said
Coin
to
the
Publick
,
Forfeit
.
and
suffer
Imprisonment
by
Warrant
from
the
Governour
,
in
the
common
Goal
for
the
full
space
of
Six
Months
next
ensuing
after
such
Committment
.
Six
Months
Imprisonment
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
such
Persons
have
already
paid
,
or
otherwise
disposed
of
any
such
Coyn
,
Penalty
.
they
shall
under
the
Penalty
aforesaid
,
accept
and
receive
the
same
back
again
,
returning
Satisfaction
for
them
;
the
Party
making
Oath
,
if
it
be
required
,
that
they
were
the
same
Coin
he
received
from
the
other
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
22d
of
December
,
1669.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
130.
An
Additional
ACT
relating
to
the
Militia
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
131.
An
ACT
appointing
Overseers
of
Plantations
,
to
officiate
and
act
as
Surveyors
of
the
High-ways
and
Constables
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
several
of
the
most
eminent
Plantations
in
most
Parishes
of
this
Island
do
little
or
no
Parochial
Duties
,
by
reason
the
respective
Owners
of
such
Plantations
have
removed
themselves
to
England
or
elsewhere
,
and
in
their
Place
and
stead
have
left
their
particular
Attorneys
,
Agents
and
Overseers
,
to
manage
their
Estates
for
them
in
their
Absence
,
Whereby
the
Country
hath
not
only
a
far
less
Choice
of
able
Men
to
officiate
in
the
highest
Places
of
Trust
,
But
the
burthen
likewise
of
inferiour
Officers
doth
thereby
lye
more
heavy
upon
the
Poorer
sort
of
People
.
To
the
intent
therefore
that
each
Plantation
may
bear
(
so
far
as
is
possible
)
its
equal
Share
in
the
performance
of
such
Duties
;
Clause
I
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
it
shall
and
may
be
Lawful
,
to
,
Justices
at
Quarter
Sessions
,
or
Vestry-Men
to
Elect.
and
for
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
Quarter
Sessions
or
Vestries
of
each
Parish
within
this
Island
,
as
in
other
cases
hath
been
accustomed
at
their
Election
of
Officers
,
to
nominate
,
constitute
and
appoint
,
as
to
their
discretion
shall
seem
most
meet
,
any
chief
Overseer
or
Overseers
,
Attorney
or
Agent
living
upon
any
of
the
said
Plantation
or
Plantations
within
this
Island
,
containing
Threescore
Acres
of
Land
or
more
,
Plantation
●●
Acres
.
and
whose
Owner
or
Owners
at
such
time
or
times
of
Election
of
Officers
shall
not
be
resident
within
this
Island
,
to
serve
as
Surveyours
of
the
High-ways
,
or
as
Constables
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
heretofore
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
case
any
Overseer
,
Attorney
or
Agent
as
aforesaid
,
so
elected
and
chosen
to
serve
as
Surveyor
or
Constable
as
aforesaid
,
shall
after
due
notice
given
,
neglect
or
refuse
to
be
Sworn
,
and
officiate
either
by
himself
or
approved
Deputy
,
at
the
charge
of
the
Plantation
in
his
respective
Office
,
Refusing
to
Serve
,
forfeits
2000
lb.
Sugar
.
That
then
every
such
Overseer
shall
out
of
his
proper
Estate
,
forfeit
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
for
such
his
Offence
,
the
same
to
be
levied
by
way
of
Distress
,
Levied
by
Distress
.
by
Warrant
or
Precept
under
the
Hand
of
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
such
Parish
where
such
Offence
is
committed
.
And
in
case
no
Estate
of
such
Overseer
,
Attorney
or
Agent
so
offending
(
as
aforesaid
)
to
that
Value
can
be
found
,
Then
the
said
Justice
of
the
Peace
is
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
commit
to
Goal
every
such
Person
so
offending
,
Imprisonment
till
Payment
or
Performance
.
till
he
shall
pay
the
same
,
or
perform
his
Duty
herein
required
.
All
which
Forfeitures
are
hereby
appointed
to
be
imployed
and
laid
out
,
in
,
and
toward
the
Maintenance
of
the
Poor
of
each
respective
Parish
where
such
Offence
shall
be
committed
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
23d
of
December
,
1669.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
132.
An
ACT
for
the
Settlement
of
the
Government
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
133.
By
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
concerning
the
Excise
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
134.
An
Additional
ACT
to
the
ACT
Intituled
,
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
,
and
receiving
and
paying
all
its
just
Credits
and
Debts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
135.
An
ACT
for
Continuance
of
the
Excise
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
136.
An
Additional
ACT
for
the
further
Continuance
of
the
Authority
of
the
Commissioners
for
the
Publick
Revenue
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
137.
An
Additional
ACT
to
the
ACT
concerning
the
Conveyance
of
Estates
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
by
a
good
,
wholsome
and
beneficial
Law
of
this
Island
bearing
Date
the
Eleventh
Day
of
September
,
in
the
Year
of
our
Lord
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Forty
Nine
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
concerning
the
Conveyance
of
Estates
,
and
by
the
Addition
thereunto
made
,
the
One
and
Twentieth
Day
of
September
,
in
the
Year
of
our
Lord
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
One
,
generally
called
,
the
Act
of
Non-claim
;
Amongst
other
things
therein
contained
,
is
limited
and
appointed
the
certain
Times
wherein
Persons
are
to
make
their
Claims
to
Lands
and
Tenements
in
this
Island
.
But
for
that
it
is
not
therein
ascertained
and
appointed
in
what
manner
,
or
how
such
Claims
are
to
be
made
to
Lands
and
Tenements
,
So
that
the
Judges
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
are
left
to
their
own
Judgments
and
Opinions
,
what
is
,
or
may
be
a
Claim
in
such
Cases
.
Whereby
great
Hurts
may
redound
to
the
Inhabitants
,
Possessors
of
Lands
and
Tenements
,
in
case
the
Judges
of
the
several
Courts
of
Law
should
differ
or
vary
in
Judgment
,
in
the
manner
of
Claim
,
or
allow
of
any
other
Claim
,
than
is
hereafter
mentioned
and
declared
.
And
to
the
intent
that
the
same
may
be
ascertained
,
and
the
Possessours
of
Lands
and
Tenements
assured
how
and
in
what
manner
Persons
having
or
laying
Claim
to
any
Lands
or
Tenements
in
their
Possessions
;
And
also
all
Persons
having
Right
or
Title
to
Lands
or
Tenements
,
may
know
how
to
claim
or
demand
their
Right
in
such
Cases
,
and
that
the
Judges
of
the
respective
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
for
the
future
may
not
vary
herein
,
Clause
I
The
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
have
thought
fit
to
declare
,
and
they
do
hereby
shew
and
declare
,
That
all
manner
of
Persons
whatsoever
that
are
concerned
to
make
Claim
to
any
Lands
or
Tenements
within
this
Island
,
so
as
to
make
their
Claim
effectual
,
Claim
saved
by
Action
entred
,
and
not
otherwise
.
are
to
make
claim
by
their
Action
at
Law
duly
entred
in
the
Offices
of
the
Courts
where
the
Lands
or
Tenements
are
,
according
to
the
Forms
,
Practice
and
Rules
of
the
said
Courts
:
To
which
Action
,
the
Tenants
or
Person
in
Possession
,
are
to
receive
Summons
from
the
said
Court
.
And
that
all
Judges
and
Courts
of
common
Pleas
do
allow
of
no
other
Claim
to
Lands
or
Tenements
,
for
any
Persons
,
Judges
and
Courts
to
admit
of
no
other
Claims
.
Plaintiffs
in
any
Suit
or
Suits
before
them
than
what
is
to
be
made
by
their
Action
on
Record
and
Summons
given
in
manner
aforesaid
,
and
not
otherwise
;
Any
Law
,
Usage
,
Custom
or
Practice
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
whereas
Persons
having
or
pretending
Rights
and
Titles
to
Lands
and
Tenements
in
the
possession
of
others
,
having
once
made
their
Claim
within
the
times
limited
and
appointed
in
the
said
Act
,
may
for
ever
then
after
keep
their
Pretence
of
Right
or
Title
to
the
same
,
by
bringing
their
Action
or
Actions
by
way
of
Claim
at
Law
once
in
Five
Years
,
and
so
again
in
Five
Years
after
,
and
so
vex
and
trouble
the
Persons
in
Possession
in
such
manner
for
ever
.
Clause
II
The
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
for
prevention
and
removal
of
so
great
an
Inconveniency
,
do
therefore
Declare
and
Enact
,
And
it
is
hereby
Declared
and
Enacted
,
That
all
Persons
whatsoever
,
that
shall
hereafter
make
their
Claim
to
any
Lands
and
Tenements
within
the
time
limited
in
the
said
Act
;
Do
by
the
said
Action
,
To
bring
Action
in
Five
Years
to
Trial.
or
by
some
other
Action
(
if
brought
in
the
Five
Years
then
next
after
,
(
bring
the
same
to
trial
,
That
Trial
to
be
definitive
,
and
a
Bar.
and
the
same
Trial
to
be
conclusive
and
definitive
on
the
Plaintiffs
part
for
ever
,
and
never
to
bring
any
Action
then
after
for
the
same
,
but
to
be
for
ever
barred
;
any
Law
,
Usage
,
Custom
or
Practice
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Preamble
.
And
forasmuch
as
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
having
duly
consulted
the
said
Act
,
and
the
said
Addition
thereto
,
do
find
,
that
the
said
Act
,
being
pleaded
in
Bar
by
the
Possessors
of
Lands
or
Tenements
against
Persons
who
have
not
made
their
Claim
within
the
time
limited
therein
,
such
Persons
so
neglecting
their
Claim
become
utterly
barred
,
But
doth
not
provide
,
that
all
manner
of
Persons
whatsoever
,
that
shall
at
any
time
Claim
under
such
Person
or
Persons
who
have
lost
their
Claim
,
shall
be
in
like
manner
barred
by
the
said
Act
if
pleaded
;
Nor
that
the
said
Act
,
or
such
parts
thereof
,
as
concern
the
matter
aforesaid
,
can
be
given
in
Evidence
to
a
Jury
upon
tryal
of
any
such
Matter
or
Right
to
the
Lands
or
Tenements
in
question
between
Party
and
Party
;
Which
if
it
had
Provided
and
Enacted
,
would
have
been
and
hereafter
would
be
much
to
the
quiet
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
.
And
to
the
intent
and
on
purpose
,
that
such
quiet
may
hereafter
be
to
the
said
Inhabitants
,
Clause
III
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
in
all
such
cases
,
where
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
have
lost
their
Claim
to
any
Lands
or
Tenements
in
this
Island
,
He
who
claims
under
any
one
barred
,
is
also
barred
.
That
all
Persons
whatsoever
Claiming
under
any
such
Person
,
who
have
so
lost
their
Claim
,
shall
be
utterly
barred
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
;
the
same
to
be
duly
pleaded
in
Barr
,
Act
of
Non-claim
to
be
pleaded
,
or
given
in
Evidence
.
or
given
in
Evidence
to
a
Jury
upon
the
Trayal
of
any
such
Right
;
And
that
the
said
Act
and
Addition
thereto
,
or
such
Clause
or
Clauses
in
them
,
or
either
of
them
,
as
relate
to
the
matter
aforesaid
,
shall
be
given
in
Evidence
to
a
Jury
upon
tryal
as
aforesaid
,
And
that
all
Judges
and
Courts
of
the
Common
Pleas
upon
such
Trials
,
Judges
to
allow
it
.
accept
the
same
as
Evidence
so
far
as
the
same
shall
concern
the
said
matter
in
difference
.
And
whereas
it
is
provided
in
the
said
Act
,
that
where
a
Man
and
his
Wife
in
this
Island
,
are
willing
to
Alien
and
sell
Lands
,
which
is
held
in
right
of
the
Wife
,
they
appearing
before
any
chief
Judge
,
and
acknowledging
their
Deed
,
mentioning
the
same
,
with
intent
to
pass
away
the
Land
,
and
duly
Recorded
in
the
publick
Register
,
shall
be
effectual
to
convey
the
same
,
as
if
it
had
been
done
in
England
,
by
Fine
and
Recovery
:
But
provideth
not
,
where
any
Man
and
his
Wife
so
having
Lands
in
this
Island
,
living
in
any
parts
remote
,
may
by
any
way
Convey
the
same
.
Clause
IV
Therefore
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
do
hereby
Enact
and
Ordain
,
Man
and
Wife
of
full
Age
,
or
Feme
Sole
,
to
alien
Lands
here
,
whilst
in
Parts
beyond
the
Seas
.
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
That
if
any
Man
and
his
Wife
of
full
Age
,
or
Woman
Sole
by
their
Deed
of
Sale
,
or
any
other
Instrument
sufficient
to
that
intent
,
if
resideing
,
in
England
,
Scotland
or
Ireland
,
or
any
other
His
Majesty's
Dominions
,
shall
appear
before
any
of
His
Majesty's
Judges
of
any
Court
of
Law
,
or
Mayor
of
any
City
or
Corporation
,
or
before
the
chief
Governour
of
any
Island
or
Place
where
they
live
and
inhabit
,
and
shall
acknowledge
the
same
;
in
which
Acknowledgement
the
Woman
do
declare
her
voluntary
and
free
Consent
,
without
Threats
or
Force
of
her
Husband
;
and
the
same
shall
be
so
sent
over
,
and
truly
certified
under
the
Seal
of
the
Judge
,
Mayor
,
Corporation
or
Governour
,
to
this
Island
,
and
Recorded
here
at
length
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
within
Twelve
Months
then
next
after
such
Acknowledgement
,
shall
be
as
effectual
to
convey
the
Land
therein
contained
,
as
if
the
same
had
been
done
in
this
Island
,
according
as
in
the
said
Act
is
provided
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
11th
Day
of
August
,
1670.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
An
ACT
to
give
incouragement
to
all
Persons
to
bring
Servants
to
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
138.
Expired
by
the
Commission
.
Nᵒ
139.
An
ACT
to
prevent
Spiriting
People
off
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
several
ill
disposed
People
lately
gone
off
this
Island
,
and
others
yet
remaining
,
have
and
do
by
evil
Practices
,
Insinuations
and
Devices
,
to
and
with
many
Freemen
,
whose
times
of
Service
have
been
lately
expired
,
as
also
other
Artificers
and
small
Setlers
in
this
Island
,
inticed
,
spirited
and
carried
many
such
hence
to
other
Settlements
,
by
taking
them
obliged
Servants
to
serve
from
their
Arrival
for
time
,
for
their
bare
Transportation
,
or
other
small
Considerations
,
promising
them
great
Quantities
of
Land
and
other
Benefits
in
such
Remote
Parts
,
when
as
they
are
no
sooner
arrived
,
but
are
sold
and
hurried
from
Place
to
Place
,
and
become
in
no
other
Quality
,
or
little
better
than
Slaves
,
being
utterly
deceived
and
ruined
,
and
their
honest
Expectations
altogether
frustrate
,
grounded
on
Promises
tending
to
their
Benefit
,
when
as
they
become
Merchandize
after
long
Service
already
performed
;
notwithstanding
they
may
have
here
a
comfortable
Living
and
Gain
for
easy
Labour
.
For
the
Preventing
of
such
evil
Practices
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
The
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
do
therefore
Ordain
and
Enact
,
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
bargain
,
contract
or
agree
,
to
carry
off
this
Island
,
any
Person
or
Persons
,
to
serve
for
time
,
be
it
long
,
or
be
it
short
,
None
to
carry
off
for
Service
.
in
any
Place
whatsoever
for
his
,
her
,
or
their
Passage
or
Transportation
or
for
Debt
or
Pretence
thereof
,
designing
to
evade
the
Penalty
hereafter
mentioned
,
wherein
any
time
of
Service
is
to
be
given
as
recompence
,
For
every
Person
so
contracted
with
,
he
shall
be
deemed
a
Transgressor
of
this
Law
;
and
every
such
Contract
or
Agreement
utterly
void
.
Contract
void
.
And
for
every
such
Offence
or
Breach
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
the
Sum
of
Four
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
;
Forfeits
4000
lb.
Sugar
.
the
one
half
to
him
that
shall
inform
for
the
same
,
the
other
half
to
the
use
of
this
Island
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
the
next
Court
after
the
Entry
of
such
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
Tryed
the
1st
Court
.
if
the
said
Informer
desire
the
same
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
Persons
going
off
with
a
Family
,
or
sending
to
any
other
Settlement
in
his
own
Right
and
Interest
,
to
send
off
any
Person
thither
,
not
Servant
to
another
,
nor
himself
without
the
Servants
own
Consent
,
having
first
observed
the
Rule
and
Practice
of
Persons
going
hence
,
having
a
Ticket
as
is
accustomed
,
so
as
none
be
sent
off
as
aforesaid
for
their
Passage
or
any
small
Debt
,
wherein
Service
in
another
Place
is
contracted
for
,
or
to
be
the
Recompence
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
whosoever
shall
by
himself
or
any
other
,
send
off
this
Island
any
Person
that
hath
Wife
or
Children
,
and
leave
his
said
Wife
or
Children
behind
him
,
who
may
become
chargeable
to
the
Parish
where
they
live
,
That
such
Person
or
Persons
so
offending
,
shall
be
obliged
to
keep
and
maintain
them
at
his
or
their
proper
Charge
,
Who
transports
a
Man
from
his
Wife
and
Children
,
to
maintain
them
.
Or
pay
a
Fine
set
by
the
Vestry
.
or
else
be
liable
to
such
Fine
or
Mulct
,
as
shall
be
imposed
by
the
Vestry
of
the
Parish
where
they
did
then
reside
.
Which
Vestry
is
hereby
impowered
to
appoint
the
said
Fine
,
and
to
proceed
for
the
same
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
:
The
Fine
to
be
appointed
,
to
be
for
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
said
Parish
.
And
in
case
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
,
have
a
Ticket
from
the
Secretary's
Office
in
this
Island
,
to
depart
hence
in
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
and
shall
afterwards
deliver
over
the
said
Ticket
to
any
other
,
whereby
such
Person
is
carried
off
,
when
he
is
not
really
the
same
therein
named
;
By
means
whereof
,
great
Deceits
and
Damages
oftentimes
happen
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
.
Clause
III
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whosoever
shall
receive
a
Ticket
out
of
the
Secretary's
Office
,
Who
has
a
Ticket
,
and
delivers
it
out
to
another
,
if
tendred
or
carried
off
.
and
deliver
it
over
as
aforesaid
,
so
as
another
Person
is
carried
off
,
or
shall
tender
the
same
to
any
Master
of
Ship
or
Vessel
to
be
carried
off
by
virtue
of
the
same
;
For
such
his
Offence
and
evil
Intention
of
Hurt
and
Damage
towards
the
Inhabitants
here
,
and
upon
Conviction
thereof
before
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
at
their
Quarter
Sessions
,
shall
be
sentenced
to
stand
in
the
Pillory
in
some
publick
Place
in
the
Town
of
St.
Michael's
in
this
Island
,
Twenty
Lashes
,
and
Pillory
Three
Days
.
Three
several
Days
,
with
a
Paper
on
his
Head
in
great
Letters
,
declaring
the
said
Deceit
,
and
receive
Twenty
Lashes
on
the
bare
Back
;
Vnless
the
Party
who
first
:
received
the
said
Ticker
,
by
any
Accident
or
otherwise
losing
the
same
,
forthwith
declare
the
Loss
thereof
to
some
one
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
,
next
where
the
Ship
lies
,
who
is
hereby
required
to
give
notice
thereof
to
the
Master
of
such
Ship
,
to
whom
the
Ticket
is
directed
,
or
otherwise
use
all
diligence
to
prevent
such
Evil
as
may
ensue
upon
such
Loss
of
the
said
Ticket
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
11th
of
August
,
1670.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
140.
An
Additional
ACT
to
the
ACT
for
establishing
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
.
FOrasmuch
as
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
intituled
,
An
Act
for
establishing
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
the
same
,
Amongst
other
things
,
it
is
thereby
Enacted
,
relating
to
Executions
in
the
following
Words
;
That
if
it
shall
appear
to
the
Judge
of
the
Court
,
by
the
Confession
of
the
Party
,
or
the
Oath
of
Two
Credible
Witnesses
,
that
he
(
meaning
the
Defendant
)
hath
made
away
any
of
the
Cattel
,
Stock
or
other
Goods
,
after
the
same
hath
been
legally
Attached
;
Whereby
the
Plaintiff
is
disappointed
of
his
Payment
,
or
some
part
thereof
;
Such
Person
for
such
his
Offence
,
is
by
the
said
Judge
immediately
to
be
committed
to
Prison
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
.
But
since
the
making
the
said
Act
,
the
Clause
aforesaid
hath
been
found
to
be
inconvenient
,
in
that
if
any
Persons
Goods
or
Chattels
being
in
Execution
,
and
he
making
away
the
same
,
it
is
not
only
inconvenient
,
but
impossible
for
the
Plaintiffs
in
any
Execution
,
to
make
proof
thereof
by
Witnesses
;
whereby
the
Plaintiffs
are
not
only
retarded
from
their
just
Debts
,
but
left
without
Remedy
for
obtaining
the
same
.
For
Remedy
whereof
,
The
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
do
Ordain
and
Enact
,
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
,
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
where
any
Goods
or
Chattels
whatsoever
,
that
are
or
hereafter
shall
be
legally
Attached
,
and
left
in
the
Debtors
Hands
;
and
after
the
Expiration
of
Eighty
Days
,
if
the
Marshal
shall
duly
Summon
the
Debtor
or
Debtors
to
bring
down
the
Goods
,
Wares
,
Merchandizes
so
Attached
,
to
the
Market
,
there
to
be
sold
according
to
Law
in
such
Cases
made
and
provided
.
And
in
case
the
same
be
not
brought
or
sent
to
the
Market
accordingly
,
that
in
such
Cases
it
shall
not
be
required
of
the
Plaintiff
or
Plaintiffs
to
make
proof
by
the
Defendants
Confession
,
or
by
Witnesses
,
that
the
Defendants
have
wilfully
made
away
such
things
attached
:
But
if
the
Debtor
shall
not
make
it
appear
to
the
Judge
of
the
Court
of
that
Precinct
from
whence
the
Execution
issued
,
that
such
things
Attached
,
are
without
his
Default
miscarried
,
It
shall
be
taken
for
granted
,
Goods
not
brought
to
Market
by
the
Defendant
,
construed
to
be
made
away
by
the
Defendant
.
that
he
or
they
are
guilty
of
making
them
away
,
and
the
Judge
of
the
said
Court
is
then
to
proceed
,
as
by
the
said
Act
is
provided
.
Any
thing
to
the
contrary
in
any
Law
notwithstanding
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
18th
Day
of
October
,
1670.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
141.
A
Repeal
of
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
prevent
Multiplicity
of
Lawyers
and
Law-Suits
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
142.
An
ACT
to
prevent
abuse
of
Lawyers
,
and
Multiplicity
of
Law-Suits
.
FOrasmuch
as
many
Complaints
have
been
lately
made
,
that
several
Persons
Pleaders
at
Law
in
the
Courts
within
this
Island
,
as
Council
or
Attorneys
,
have
been
too
much
exacting
in
their
Fees
,
to
the
great
Burthen
of
the
Inhabitants
of
the
same
.
And
it
oftentimes
happeneth
,
That
many
of
them
are
retained
on
one
Side
in
one
Cause
,
so
that
their
Pleadings
have
been
often
reiterated
,
and
the
Courts
much
troubled
thereby
,
and
more
than
necessary
time
spent
in
hearing
such
Causes
.
For
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
,
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
To
imploy
but
Two
Atorneys
in
one
Cause
.
Penalty
2000
lb.
of
Sugar
.
no
Person
whatsoever
shall
imploy
or
entertain
in
any
one
Cause
more
than
Two
Attorneys
,
upon
pain
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
to
be
set
upon
the
Party
so
offending
,
as
a
Fine
by
the
Court
,
where
and
when
the
Cause
is
in
trying
,
and
to
be
committed
to
the
Marshal
of
the
Court
for
the
present
,
and
then
to
the
Provost
Marshal
,
till
he
pay
the
same
.
And
that
upon
any
Bill
of
Costs
,
Cost
100
lb.
and
200
lb.
Sugar
for
Attorneys
Fees
.
the
Court
shall
tax
no
more
than
One
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
in
any
plain
Cause
,
and
but
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
in
any
Special
Cause
for
Lawyers
Fees
.
And
if
the
Client
be
willing
to
pay
Money
,
it
shall
not
be
refused
at
Twelve
Shilling
and
Six
Pence
the
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
Clause
III
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Attorney
refuse
to
plead
any
Man's
Cause
whatsoever
,
Attorneys
to
plead
every
Man's
Cause
for
his
Fee
.
wherein
he
is
not
retained
against
him
,
upon
the
tender
of
such
a
Fee
to
him
as
aforesaid
,
having
respect
to
his
Oath
herein
after
expressed
,
nor
shall
directly
nor
indirectly
take
more
Fees
than
before
set
down
,
To
take
no
more
Fees
.
or
offend
aganist
this
Act
in
any
particular
,
upon
pain
of
being
debarred
for
ever
pleading
more
in
any
Court
of
this
Island
.
And
that
all
Judges
of
any
of
His
Majesty's
Courts
whatsoever
within
this
Land
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
at
the
next
Sitting
in
their
respective
Courts
,
to
administer
the
following
Oath
to
all
the
Attorneys
whatsoever
,
before
they
be
admitted
to
Plead
in
any
Cause
whatsoever
,
The
Attorney's
Oath
.
as
followeth
.
You
shall
do
no
falsehood
,
nor
consent
to
any
to
be
done
in
this
Court
,
and
if
you
know
of
any
to
be
done
,
you
shall
give
knowledge
thereof
to
the
Judge
and
his
Assistants
of
the
said
Court
,
that
it
may
be
Reformed
:
You
shall
delay
no
Man
for
Lucre
or
Malice
,
nor
shall
increase
no
Fees
,
but
he
contented
with
,
and
neither
directly
or
indirectly
take
more
than
the
set
Fees
in
this
Act.
You
shall
plead
no
Foreign
Plea
,
nor
Sue
Foreign
Suits
unlawfully
,
to
hurt
any
Man
,
but
such
as
shall
stand
with
the
Order
of
Law
and
your
Conscience
.
You
shall
not
wittingly
nor
willingly
Sue
,
nor
cause
or
procure
to
be
Sued
,
any
false
Cause
nor
Suit
,
nor
give
Aid
or
Consent
to
the
same
,
upon
pain
of
being
expulsed
this
Court
for
ever
.
And
further
,
you
shall
demean
your self
in
the
Office
of
Attorney
within
this
Court
according
to
your
Learning
and
Discretion
.
So
help
you
God
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
this
19th
Day
of
October
,
1670.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
143.
An
ACT
for
the
Retailing
of
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
to
be
sold
by
the
Retailers
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
144.
An
ACT
for
the
Trying
all
Petty
Larcenies
at
the
several
Quarter
Sessions
held
within
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
there
are
many
Vagrant
People
in
this
Island
,
whereby
small
Thefts
are
daily
increased
,
and
the
Inhabitants
much
troubled
,
and
such
loose
Persons
being
often
taken
,
are
sent
to
the
Goal
,
and
there
lye
for
many
Months
,
and
become
of
great
Charge
and
Trouble
,
and
take
much
time
at
the
General
Sessions
.
For
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy-Governour
,
Council
and
the
Representatives
now
assembled
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
all
such
Persons
that
at
any
time
hereafter
shall
be
sent
or
committed
to
the
publick
Goal
for
any
Theft
not
exceeding
Petty
Larceny
,
That
the
Person
so
complaining
against
them
,
be
bound
to
appear
,
Persons
informing
,
bound
over
to
prosecute
.
and
prosecute
them
at
the
then
next
Quarter-Sessions
to
be
held
for
the
Town
of
St.
Michaels
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
His
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Michael's
for
the
future
,
have
hereby
full
power
and
authority
to
Hear
,
Examine
and
Sentence
such
Offenders
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
,
as
if
the
same
were
done
at
the
General
Sessions
and
Goal
Delivery
for
this
Island
;
and
that
the
Provost
Marshal
for
the
time
being
,
from
time
to
time
,
carry
such
Persons
to
the
said
Quarter-Sessions
,
and
obey
the
Warrants
and
Commands
of
His
Majesty's
Justices
,
in
the
due
Prosecution
hereof
.
Clause
III
And
be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
accused
for
any
Crime
or
Crimes
,
and
having
had
their
Trial
,
and
acquitted
or
otherwise
discharged
from
the
Fact
laid
to
their
Charge
,
That
it
shall
not
be
lawful
for
the
Provost
Marshal
or
any
other
Keeper
or
Officer
whatsoever
,
to
detain
him
or
them
for
any
Fees
;
What
Fees
to
be
paid
.
but
to
take
One
Shilling
and
Six
Pence
for
the
Fees
of
Turn-Key
,
and
none
other
.
And
all
such
Persons
as
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
taken
for
the
Offence
of
Petty
Larceny
,
and
finding
Bail
to
appear
in
another
Parish
,
than
the
Parish
of
St.
Michaels
,
Then
that
His
Majesty's
Justices
proceed
to
Try
and
Sentence
the
same
in
their
Quarter
Sessions
according
to
Law
,
in
the
Precincts
where
they
are
taken
,
as
fully
as
is
before
in
this
Act
set
down
;
any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
21st
of
October
,
1670.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
145.
An
ACT
for
the
regulating
and
appointing
the
Fees
of
the
Secretary
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
serious
consideration
,
the
great
Burthen
the
several
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
have
long
sustained
and
complained
under
,
by
reason
of
the
extraordinary
Rates
and
Prizes
unduly
exacted
,
and
taken
under
colour
of
Fees
,
contrary
to
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
by
the
Secretary
in
all
Offices
of
Trust
where
he
immediately
by
himself
,
Deputy
or
Servants
doth
act
.
For
Remedy
whereof
for
the
future
,
and
to
the
intent
all
the
said
several
Fees
and
Demands
of
the
said
Secretary
in
his
several
Offices
may
be
certainly
made
known
,
and
all
Exactions
and
unlawful
Demands
by
him
or
his
Deputy
or
Servants
be
prevented
and
Punished
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Established
,
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
if
the
Secretary
either
as
Secretary
,
or
as
he
is
capacitated
to
act
in
any
other
Publick
Office
within
this
Island
,
by
himself
,
Deputy
,
Clerk
or
Servants
,
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
receive
or
take
directly
or
indirectly
,
either
by
way
of
Dispatch
or
Expedition
Money
,
any
other
Fee
or
Fees
for
any
Business
hereafter
nominated
,
than
is
for
the
same
hereafter
expressed
and
annexed
thereunto
(
the
same
being
according
to
a
former
Act
,
and
what
were
taken
in
the
time
of
Thomas
Noell
Esquire
,
then
Secretary
of
this
Island
,
and
now
granted
to
John
Daws
,
Esquire
,
by
His
Majesty's
Letters
Patents
)
under
penalty
of
forfeiting
all
such
publick
Offices
wherein
he
shall
act
within
this
Island
.
To
take
over
Fees
,
forfeits
Office
.
And
whatsoever
he
or
any
Secretary
,
or
his
or
their
Deputies
for
the
future
,
shall
take
contrary
to
this
Act
,
Proceeded
against
as
Extortioners
.
shall
be
proceeded
against
as
Extortioners
,
as
the
Law
in
such
Cases
hath
provided
,
and
for
ever
after
be
made
incapable
of
acting
in
any
such
Office
,
or
in
any
Office
of
publick
Trust
whatsoever
within
this
Island
;
the
same
to
be
executed
upon
him
or
them
,
upon
his
or
their
Conviction
,
Convicted
by
Confession
,
or
One
Witness
.
by
his
or
their
own
Confession
,
or
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
before
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
residing
within
this
Island
,
Tried
before
the
Governour
or
any
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
.
or
any
Two
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
who
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
execute
the
same
.
And
to
the
intent
all
due
Order
may
be
herein
kept
and
observed
,
and
that
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
may
not
be
ignorant
hereof
,
Clause
II
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
Established
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Secretary's
Fees
,
and
the
Fees
of
the
several
Offices
committed
to
his
Management
and
Prices
of
them
,
according
as
they
are
in
this
Act
annexed
,
Table
of
Fees
set
up
in
the
Secretary's
Office
.
10000
lb.
Sugar
Forfeit
.
set
down
and
expressed
,
be
fairly
ingrossed
,
and
hung
up
in
a
Table
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
there
constantly
to
abide
,
under
the
Penalty
of
forfeiting
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
the
one
half
to
His
Majesty
,
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
;
the
same
to
be
recovered
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
And
whereas
there
are
,
and
hereafter
may
be
,
several
things
registred
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
and
several
Copies
of
Writings
taken
out
of
the
said
Office
,
and
several
Certificates
and
other
Writings
,
which
by
Virtue
of
the
said
Offices
,
may
and
ought
to
be
taken
from
thence
,
which
are
not
in
the
Schedule
hereunto
annexed
,
set
down
and
appointed
.
Clause
III
Be
it
therefore
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
he
shall
not
presume
to
set
a
Price
upon
the
same
,
at
his
own
Pleasure
;
but
shall
for
the
present
take
so
much
as
the
Governour
shall
appoint
,
Governour
pro
tempore
Settle
Fees
,
&c.
and
no
more
.
Provided
the
same
Price
so
set
,
do
not
exceed
One
Pound
of
Sugar
per
Line
,
Eight
Words
in
a
Line
,
until
the
next
Sitting
of
the
Assembly
.
And
then
the
same
being
confirmed
or
otherwise
ascertained
by
them
,
Assembly
to
ascertain
new
Fees
.
be
annexed
to
the
rest
of
the
Fees
of
the
respective
Offices
he
acts
by
,
and
set
up
in
the
publick
Table
of
Fees
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
under
the
Penalty
of
forfeiting
his
several
Offices
,
and
Six
Months
Imprisonment
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
by
Conviction
as
aforesaid
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
21st
of
October
,
1670.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
The
SECRETARY's
Fees
.
|
lb.
Sug.
|
s.
|
d.
|
For
Recording
Deeds
and
Bills
of
Sale
|
20
|
2
|
6
|
For
every
Bond
for
an
English
Ship
|
40
|
5
|
0
|
For
every
Ship
Bond
for
a
Stranger
|
80
|
10
|
0
|
For
Recording
Articles
of
Agreement
and
Covenants
,
10
Pound
of
Sugar
,
or
1
s.
3
d.
a
Side
,
with
Thirty
Lines
on
a
Side
,
an
Inch
left
for
the
Margent
|
|
|
|
For
Recording
Certificates
of
Land
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
For
Search
of
any
Record
,
where
the
Party
doth
ascertain
the
Year
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
For
every
Recognizance
|
6
|
0
|
9
|
For
every
Caveat
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
For
every
under-writing
|
2
|
0
|
3
|
For
every
Ticket
|
6
|
0
|
9
|
For
Drawing
a
Bond
Obligatory
|
6
|
0
|
9
|
For
Drawing
a
Deposition
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
For
a
License
for
Marriage
|
50
|
6
|
3
|
For
Search
for
any
Record
where
the
time
is
not
ascertained
,
Ten
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
or
1
s.
3
d.
per
Annum
for
every
Year
he
shall
desire
to
have
search
made
|
|
|
|
For
Recording
Depositions
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
For
every
Order
of
the
Governour
and
Council
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
For
every
Letter
of
Attorney
Recording
|
20
|
2
|
6
|
For
every
License
for
keeping
a
Country
Store-house
|
100
|
12
|
6
|
For
every
Surveyor's
Commission
|
100
|
12
|
6
|
For
every
Clerk
of
the
Market
for
his
Commission
|
100
|
12
|
6
|
For
every
Protest
at
the
Bridge
|
50
|
6
|
3
|
For
License
to
draw
Drink
,
not
being
of
the
Country
growth
|
100
|
12
|
6
|
For
a
Writ
of
Error
,
and
Proceedings
upon
it
at
the
Council
Board
|
100
|
12
|
6
|
For
every
Copy
of
Records
given
out
of
the
Office
attested
under
the
Secretary's
Hand
,
he
shall
receive
for
the
same
,
as
much
as
he
is
allowed
by
the
Act
for
Recording
the
same
|
|
|
|
For
a
Commission
to
end
Difference
|
80
|
10
|
0
|
For
Recording
of
Bonds
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
For
Recording
Returns
of
Commissions
|
20
|
2
|
6
|
For
a
Bill
of
Health
|
40
|
5
|
0
|
For
Recording
Receipts
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
For
Recording
Releases
,
Discharges
and
Bills
of
Loading
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
For
every
Ticket
wherein
is
named
more
than
one
Person
,
and
being
of
one
Family
,
or
belonging
to
one
Man
|
12
|
1
|
6
|
For
Proving
a
Will
before
the
Governour
|
40
|
5
|
0
|
For
Recording
a
Will
|
20
|
2
|
6
|
For
the
Probate
,
or
Letters
of
Executorship
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
For
an
Order
from
the
Governour
for
Letters
of
Administration
|
40
|
5
|
0
|
For
a
Bond
and
Security
for
it
|
10
|
1
|
3
|
For
Letters
of
Administration
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
For
a
Warrant
of
Appraisment
|
8
|
1
|
0
|
For
ingrossing
the
Inventory
or
Appraisment
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
For
the
Copy
of
a
Will
|
20
|
2
|
6
|
For
the
Copy
of
an
Inventory
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
For
the
Copy
of
Letters
of
Administration
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
For
a
Copy
of
a
Probate
|
16
|
2
|
0
|
Nᵒ
146.
An
ACT
for
the
Incouragement
of
the
Manufacture
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
by
Act
213.
Nᵒ
147.
An
ACT
to
prohibit
bringing
Wines
to
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
148.
An
Additional
ACT
for
the
further
Continuance
of
the
Authority
of
Commissioners
for
the
Publick
Revenue
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
149.
An
ACT
for
raising
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
150.
An
ACT
for
Levying
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
on
every
Copper
and
Still
,
&c.
within
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
151.
An
ACT
impowering
James
Beeke
Esq.
to
build
a
publick
Wharf
in
the
Town
of
St.
Michaels
.
Private
Act.
Nᵒ
152.
An
ACT
for
the
Continuation
of
the
Imposition
on
Wines
and
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
153.
An
Additional
ACT
to
the
Act
for
the
Levy
,
&c.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
154.
An
Additional
ACT
to
the
Act
to
prohibit
bringing
Wines
to
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
155.
An
Additional
ACT
for
the
further
Continuance
of
the
Authority
of
the
Commissioners
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
,
&c.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
156.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Duty
to
be
levied
on
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
157.
An
ACT
to
prevent
Depopulations
.
Repealed
by
Act
338.
Nᵒ
158.
An
ACT
for
the
speedy
getting
in
such
Sums
of
Sugar
as
remain
due
to
the
Publick
by
several
Levies
appointed
by
several
Acts.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
159.
An
ACT
for
recovering
a
Publick
Debt
from
the
Estate
of
Richard
Romney
,
the
late
Receiver
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
160.
An
ACT
for
the
prevention
of
Firing
Sugar
Canes
.
IT
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
wittingly
or
willingly
Burn
or
set
on
Fire
any
Sugar-Cane-Field
,
or
other
Place
where
Sugar-Canes
do
grow
in
any
Place
in
this
Island
,
Shall
for
every
such
Offence
proved
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
receive
by
Order
of
the
said
Justice
,
Wilful
burning
of
Canes
,
40
Lashes
,
and
Branded
.
Forty
Lashes
upon
his
Naked
Back
,
and
be
branded
in
the
Forehead
with
a
hot
Iron
with
the
letter
R
,
and
become
Servant
to
the
Party
or
Parties
that
shall
be
so
damnified
by
the
Burning
or
setting
on
Fire
the
said
Canes
,
Accidental
Fire
Satisfaction
to
the
Party
injured
.
for
the
term
of
Seven
Years
:
But
whosoever
shall
casually
do
the
same
,
shall
be
liable
to
make
Restitution
and
Satisfaction
to
the
Party
damnified
,
according
to
the
nature
and
quality
of
the
Damage
.
Provided
that
this
Act
extend
not
to
any
that
shall
Burn
or
set
on
Fire
their
own
Sugar-Cane
Fields
,
so
that
it
be
not
prejudicial
to
any
other
.
And
whereas
several
Fields
of
Canes
and
Pastures
have
of
late
been
fired
accidentally
,
by
carrying
Fire
,
and
smoaking
Tobacco
in
Paths
,
where
Canes
are
planted
on
either
side
,
to
the
great
Loss
and
Damage
of
several
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
.
It
is
therefore
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
To
carry
Fire
,
or
Smoke
Tobacco
in
Paths
where
Canes
are
planted
.
that
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
after
publication
hereof
,
presume
to
carry
Fire
,
or
take
any
Tobacco
in
any
Path
,
where
Sugar-Canes
are
planted
on
both
sides
of
the
same
Path
,
or
near
to
any
planted
Canes
,
upon
Conviction
before
any
Justice
of
Peace
,
by
the
Oath
of
One
or
more
Witnesses
or
the
Parties
own
Confession
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
for
every
such
Offence
,
Forfeits
500
Pound
of
Sugar
.
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
the
same
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
of
Distress
,
under
the
Hand
of
such
Justice
of
Peace
before
whom
such
Proof
thereof
shall
be
made
,
as
by
the
Act
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
is
appointed
.
The
said
Forfeiture
to
be
put
into
the
Hands
of
the
Church-wardens
of
the
same
Parish
,
where
the
Offence
is
committed
,
and
to
go
and
be
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
same
Parish
,
according
as
the
Vestry
of
the
said
Parish
shall
think
fit
.
And
in
case
the
Person
so
offending
as
aforesaid
,
shall
not
be
able
to
pay
the
said
Forfeiture
,
such
Person
or
Persons
shall
then
upon
Conviction
aforesaid
,
by
Order
of
the
said
Justice
of
Peace
,
Or
Twenty
Lashes
if
Poor
.
have
and
receive
Twenty
Lashes
upon
his
bare
Back
,
the
same
to
be
executed
by
the
next
Constable
or
his
Deputy
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
this
4th
Day
of
July
,
1671.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
161.
An
Additional
ACT
for
the
further
continuance
of
the
Authority
of
Commissioners
for
Setling
the
Publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
162.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Free-holders
of
the
Parish
of
St.
George's
,
to
meet
and
choose
a
Vestry
of
the
Free-holders
in
the
said
Parish
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
163.
An
Additional
ACT
for
preventing
the
Landing
of
Prohibited
Strong
Liquors
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
164.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Committee
of
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
,
to
appoint
Payment
to
Mr.
William
Withington
,
for
so
much
of
his
Account
relating
to
the
Publick
Affairs
,
as
the
Country
hath
Benefit
by
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
165.
An
ACT
to
Prohibit
the
Transporting
of
Vncured
Ginger
off
this
Island
.
Clause
I
THe
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
have
for
sundry
good
causes
and
considerations
thought
fit
to
Enact
,
And
be
it
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
manner
of
Person
or
Persons
,
of
what
Estate
,
Degree
or
Condition
soever
he
or
they
be
,
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
bring
,
deliver
,
send
,
receive
or
take
,
or
procure
to
be
brought
,
delivered
,
No
uncured
Ginger
to
be
Ship'd
off
.
sent
or
received
,
into
any
Ship
,
Barque
,
Vessel
or
other
Bottom
whatsoever
,
any
uncured
Ginger
,
to
be
transported
off
this
Island
,
upon
the
pain
,
That
every
such
Person
or
Persons
so
offending
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
Forfeit
.
shall
forfeit
all
such
his
Ginger
so
Shipp'd
or
put
on
Board
,
one
half
to
the
Governour
of
this
Island
resident
here
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
.
Complaint
and
Information
thereof
being
made
to
any
Two
of
his
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
,
Two
Justices
to
Convict
.
the
said
Justices
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
issue
their
Warrant
or
Warrants
,
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
,
for
appearance
of
such
Offender
or
Offenders
;
and
upon
Conviction
and
Proof
thereof
,
made
by
the
Oaths
of
Two
or
more
credible
Witnesses
,
or
the
Party
's
own
Confession
,
the
said
Forfeiture
shall
be
levied
by
Warrant
of
Distress
,
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
the
said
Two
Justices
,
in
the
same
manner
and
way
as
is
provided
in
the
Act
for
Servants
Wages
,
the
same
to
be
disposed
of
as
aforesaid
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Two
such
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
this
Island
,
before
whom
such
Conviction
shall
be
made
,
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
every
Person
so
convicted
as
aforesaid
,
to
commit
to
Prison
,
To
imprison
the
Offender
for
a
Year
.
there
to
remain
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
for
the
space
of
One
whole
Year
.
Clause
III
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Commander
or
Master
of
any
Ship
,
Master
of
Ship
taking
uncured
Ginger
on
Board
.
Barque
or
Vessel
now
Riding
at
Anchor
in
or
about
this
Island
,
or
that
shall
hereafter
come
and
arrive
here
,
who
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
take
on
Board
His
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
,
any
uncured
Ginger
,
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
and
being
convicted
as
aforesaid
,
Forfeits
10000
Pound
of
Sugar
,
and
Twelve
Months
Imprisonment
.
Shall
for
such
his
Offence
,
forfeit
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
and
suffer
One
Years
Imprisonment
,
without
Bayl
or
Mainprize
.
The
said
Forfeiture
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
of
Distress
,
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
the
said
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
before
whom
Conviction
thereof
shall
be
made
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
is
provided
and
accustomed
,
and
be
disposed
,
the
one
half
to
the
then
resident
Governour
of
this
Island
,
and
the
other
half
to
him
or
them
that
shall
inform
the
same
.
Clause
IV
And
it
is
hereby
likewise
Enacted
,
That
whatsoever
Master
of
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
now
in
or
about
this
Island
,
that
hath
already
taken
or
received
on
Board
His
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
,
any
Uncured
Ginger
,
Such
Master
shall
with
all
convenient
speed
,
Vncured
Ginger
on
Board
,
to
be
landed
for
the
Owner
.
bring
and
land
the
same
on
Shoar
,
at
some
usual
Landing-Place
,
that
the
same
may
be
restored
to
the
Owners
thereof
.
Clause
V
And
in
case
any
Commander
of
any
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
,
refusing
or
neglecting
to
bring
on
Shoar
such
Ginger
as
aforesaid
,
and
shall
transport
the
same
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
thereof
,
Then
and
in
such
Case
,
The
Master
not
delivering
,
convicted
on
his
Return
.
the
Commander
or
Master
so
offending
,
returning
to
this
Island
,
and
convicted
as
aforesaid
,
shall
for
such
his
Offence
,
stand
committed
by
Warrant
,
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
the
Justices
before
whom
such
Conviction
was
made
,
for
the
space
of
One
whole
Year
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
.
Clause
VI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Justice
of
Peace
within
this
Island
,
shall
refuse
,
neglect
or
fail
in
the
Execution
of
his
Duty
here
by
this
Act
injoyned
him
,
after
due
Notice
,
Complaint
and
Information
made
before
him
,
of
any
breach
of
this
Act
;
Justices
neglecting
their
Duty
punished
.
That
then
upon
Complaint
made
by
any
Person
against
the
said
Justice
,
at
the
next
Quarter
Sessions
for
that
Precinct
,
to
the
Justices
holding
the
same
,
the
said
Justice
offending
,
shall
by
the
said
Justices
holding
the
said
Sessions
,
be
summoned
,
and
caused
to
come
before
them
,
who
shall
hear
and
examine
the
matter
complained
of
,
and
upon
Conviction
and
Proof
thereof
,
made
by
the
Oaths
of
Two
credible
Witnesses
,
or
the
Parties
own
Confession
,
the
said
Justice
so
offending
,
shall
by
the
Justices
holding
the
said
Sessions
,
be
amerced
the
Sum
of
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
Forfeits
10000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
the
same
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
of
Distress
,
under
the
Hands
and
Seals
of
the
said
Justices
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
,
and
be
disposed
of
to
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
of
this
Island
.
Clause
VII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
The
Governour
to
appoint
all
Searchers
to
Seize
all
uncured
Ginger
.
That
the
Resident
Governour
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
be
hereby
desired
and
impowred
to
appoint
and
commissionate
from
time
to
time
,
as
he
shall
see
cause
,
a
Waiter
or
Waiters
,
Searcher
or
Searchers
,
who
shall
be
hereby
sufficiently
impowered
to
go
on
Board
any
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
riding
at
Anchor
in
or
about
this
Island
,
and
there
to
make
search
for
all
such
uncured
Ginger
.
And
if
upon
search
any
such
prohibited
Ginger
be
found
on
Board
contrary
to
this
Act
,
That
then
the
said
Waiter
or
Searcher
forthwith
may
and
shall
seize
the
same
,
and
give
notice
thereof
to
any
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
that
further
Proceedings
may
be
made
according
to
the
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act.
Clause
VIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Master
of
any
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
,
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
give
Bond
into
the
Secretary's
Office
,
that
he
shall
not
unlawfully
carry
any
Person
off
this
Island
,
A
Clause
in
the
Bond.
It
shall
be
also
inserted
by
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
in
the
condition
of
the
said
Bond
,
that
the
said
Master
shall
not
take
on
Board
his
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
,
any
such
Prohibited
Ginger
,
or
do
any
thing
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act.
And
in
case
any
Master
of
any
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
,
shall
refuse
to
sign
such
Bond
,
with
the
aforesaid
Clause
inserted
,
he
shall
be
wholly
debarred
Trading
here
,
as
if
he
had
refused
to
Sign
the
said
Bond
as
formerly
,
until
he
shall
conform
according
to
this
Act.
Clause
IX
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
is
hereby
required
to
be
very
diligent
and
careful
to
insert
the
said
Clause
in
the
said
Bond
,
to
be
Signed
by
every
Master
of
Ship
,
Barque
or
Vessel
,
Secretary
omitting
such
Clause
in
the
Bond
,
forfeits
10000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
upon
the
Pain
and
Forfeiture
of
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
for
every
Default
or
Neglect
therein
,
by
means
of
which
,
any
such
prohibited
Ginger
may
be
transported
contrary
to
the
true
intent
of
this
Act
;
the
said
Forfeiture
to
be
levied
in
manner
aforesaid
,
for
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
15th
Day
of
February
,
1671.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
166.
An
ACT
for
the
Settlement
of
the
Militia
within
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
167.
By
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
for
the
speedy
Payment
of
the
late
Levy
on
Coppers
and
Stills
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
168.
An
ACT
for
the
continuation
of
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
appointing
a
Duty
on
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
169.
An
ACT
to
Repeal
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
Recovering
in
a
Publick
Debt
from
the
Estate
of
Richard
Rumney
the
late
Receiver
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
170.
An
ACT
for
the
Annual
Rating
of
Liquors
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
is
appointed
that
there
shall
be
an
Excise
or
Rate
upon
Liquors
,
&c.
It
is
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
That
the
Governour
or
Deputy
Governour
and
Council
,
shall
once
in
every
Year
,
at
such
time
as
they
shall
think
meet
,
set
a
Rate
upon
strong
Liquors
at
what
Rate
they
shall
pass
in
Taverns
and
Drinking
Houses
,
from
the
Day
of
the
setting
the
said
Rate
for
One
Year
.
None
to
sell
contrary
to
the
Rates
set
.
3000
Pound
of
Sugar
Penalty
.
And
whosoever
shall
sell
contrary
to
those
Rates
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
such
Offence
,
Three
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
the
one
half
to
the
publick
Use
of
this
Island
,
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
,
to
be
recovered
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
Seventh
Day
of
May
,
1672.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
171.
An
ACT
concerning
Forestallers
and
Ingrossers
of
Provisions
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
many
Ill
Disposed
People
,
in
and
about
this
Island
,
(
studying
and
contriving
to
work
their
own
Designs
for
their
private
Gain
,
though
much
against
a
Publick
Good
)
have
lately
bought
up
several
great
Quantities
of
Salt
,
Salt-pork
,
Beef
,
Bacon
and
other
needful
Provisions
brought
to
this
Island
,
and
have
sold
the
same
again
at
greater
Prices
,
than
accustomed
,
or
otherwise
transported
them
to
other
Places
,
with
intent
of
Gain
,
which
hath
proved
much
to
the
Damage
and
Injury
of
the
Inhabitants
and
People
of
this
Island
.
For
certain
Remedy
and
Prevention
whereof
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy-Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
within
this
Island
,
Several
Offences
deemed
forestalling
.
shall
at
any
time
after
publication
hereof
,
buy
or
cause
to
be
bought
up
any
Salt
,
Salt-beef
,
Pork
or
Bacon
,
or
other
manner
of
Provisions
coming
into
,
or
being
come
into
any
Port
,
Harbour
or
Anchoring-Place
,
in
and
about
this
Island
,
Aboard
any
Ship
Boat
,
Barque
or
Vessel
whatsoever
,
from
any
part
beyond
the
Seas
,
to
be
sold
,
or
shall
make
any
Bargain
,
Contract
,
or
Promise
,
for
the
having
or
buying
of
the
same
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
before
the
said
Victuals
and
Provisions
aforesaid
,
shall
be
brought
on
Shoar
and
Housed
in
a
Store-house
or
other
Place
upon
this
Island
,
or
shall
make
any
Motion
by
Word
,
Letter
or
otherwise
,
to
any
Person
for
the
Inhauncing
the
Price
,
or
the
dearer
selling
or
withholding
thereof
from
present
Sale
for
further
Advantage
of
Price
in
Sale
;
Forestaller
.
All
such
Person
and
Persons
shall
be
thereupon
deemed
a
Forestaller
or
Forestallers
,
and
shall
forfeit
and
suffer
as
hereafter
is
expressed
.
And
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
by
any
means
procure
,
obtain
,
regrate
,
ingross
or
get
into
their
Hands
,
directly
or
indirectly
,
by
Buying
,
Contracting
or
Promise
,
taken
either
on
Board
as
abovesaid
,
or
on
Shoar
after
the
Landing
of
the
several
Victuals
or
Provisions
aforesaid
,
Several
Offences
deemed
regrating
.
to
the
intent
to
sell
the
same
at
higher
Prices
,
or
make
Profit
thereby
,
or
Transport
the
same
to
other
Parts
or
Places
,
without
License
from
the
Governour
and
Council
for
the
time
being
,
first
had
and
obtained
,
Shall
be
deemed
and
accounted
a
Regrator
or
Regrators
,
Regrator
or
Ingrosser
.
Ingrosser
or
Ingrossers
,
and
thereof
be
convicted
,
shall
suffer
as
hereafter
is
appointed
.
And
for
that
all
such
Persons
so
Offending
,
do
become
most
pernicious
Enemies
to
the
common
good
of
all
Places
and
People
,
when
they
are
turning
Plenty
into
Scarcity
,
for
the
advantage
of
their
particular
or
private
Lucre
,
Clause
II
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
and
by
Authority
of
by
same
,
That
all
and
every
the
Person
or
Persons
at
any
time
against
this
Act
or
any
part
thereof
,
Conviction
by
Justices
,
or
at
the
Quarter-Sessions
.
or
in
any
of
the
particulars
afore
recited
Offending
,
and
thereof
being
duly
convicted
before
any
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
or
at
the
Quarter
or
General
Sessions
of
this
Island
,
Who
have
hereby
power
,
and
are
hereby
respectively
by
virtue
hereof
,
authorized
and
required
to
inquire
,
hear
and
determine
all
and
every
the
Defaults
and
Offences
done
contrary
to
this
Act
,
and
every
part
therein
,
by
Inquisition
,
Presentment
,
Bill
or
Information
,
The
Method
.
or
by
Examination
of
Two
Lawful
Witnesses
therein
,
upon
Oath
,
as
if
a
Trial
by
Twelve
Men
were
thereupon
had
,
for
his
or
their
First
Offence
,
1st
Offence
.
Forfeits
Good
:
and
3
Months
Imprisonment
.
shall
forfeit
all
their
Provisions
so
Bought
,
Transported
,
Bargained
for
,
or
had
,
and
so
enhaunced
in
the
Price
or
Value
thereof
,
and
suffer
Imprisonment
the
Space
of
Three
Months
without
Bayl
or
Mainprize
.
2d
Offence
.
Double
Punishment
.
And
for
his
or
their
Second
Offence
,
shall
forfeit
double
the
Value
of
the
Goods
or
Provisions
so
bought
up
,
Transported
,
Bargained
for
,
had
or
enhaunced
in
the
Price
,
and
suffer
Imprisonment
for
the
space
of
Six
Months
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
.
And
for
his
or
their
Third
Offence
,
3d
Offence
.
Forfeits
Goods
and
Chattels
,
and
Nine
Months
Imprisonment
.
shall
forfeit
all
his
Goods
and
Chattels
that
he
or
they
have
in
their
own
Right
,
and
suffer
Imprisonment
for
the
space
of
Nine
Months
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
.
In
all
and
every
of
which
Forfeitures
,
the
one
half
of
the
Provisions
or
the
Value
thereof
in
the
first
Offence
,
and
the
half
of
the
double
Value
of
the
Provisions
in
the
Second
Offence
,
and
the
half
of
the
Goods
and
Chattels
in
the
Third
Offence
,
shall
go
to
the
use
of
the
Complainant
,
or
him
that
shall
inform
;
Disposition
of
Forfeitures
.
and
the
other
half
shall
be
and
remain
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
;
the
same
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
of
the
said
Two
Justices
,
or
of
the
General
or
Quarter
Sessions
in
manner
of
Execution
or
Attachment
,
as
used
in
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas.
And
the
several
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
their
several
Precincts
within
this
Island
,
are
hereby
required
at
their
several
and
respective
Quarter
Sessions
from
time
to
time
,
to
give
in
charge
to
the
Clerk
of
the
Market
for
the
time
being
,
or
his
Deputy
or
Officers
,
or
to
any
other
Person
,
for
the
strict
inquiring
after
,
and
information
of
the
several
Breaches
or
Offences
against
the
particulars
in
any
kind
in
this
Act
mentioned
and
contained
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
7th
Day
of
May
,
1672.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
172.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
,
and
prohibiting
Brandy
or
Distilled
Spirits
to
be
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
173.
An
ACT
concerning
Persons
intended
to
depart
this
Island
,
and
the
setting
up
their
Names
in
the
Secretary's
Office
and
Warrants
of
Arrest
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
it
hath
long
been
a
Law
and
Custom
of
this
Island
,
that
all
Persons
whatsoever
inhabiting
or
residing
within
the
same
,
(
except
Women
Covert
and
Children
under
the
Age
of
Fourteen
Years
)
intending
to
depart
hence
,
have
used
to
put
up
their
Names
publickly
in
the
Secretary's
Office
upon
a
Table
there
for
that
purpose
;
And
after
Twenty
One
Days
so
past
or
otherwise
,
upon
entring
and
giving
their
sufficient
Securities
as
hath
been
accustomed
in
such
cases
,
have
a
Ticket
or
License
from
the
Secretary
for
the
time
being
,
Signed
by
the
Resident
Governour
,
hath
been
a
sufficient
Warrant
for
any
Master
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
,
to
transport
them
to
any
other
Place
.
The
intent
and
practice
of
which
Law
and
Custom
hath
been
,
that
Persons
indebted
might
not
privately
go
off
,
But
that
they
might
be
compelled
before
their
Departure
,
to
give
Security
in
the
said
Office
,
to
pay
their
just
Debts
,
and
answer
all
other
Claims
and
Demands
that
might
justly
be
made
against
them
.
Which
Law
and
Custom
in
this
kind
,
hath
hitherto
by
experience
been
found
of
good
use
and
benefit
to
the
Inhabitants
and
Traders
here
:
But
for
that
the
said
Act
and
Law
hath
not
sufficiently
provided
for
giving
Securities
in
the
said
Office
for
Payment
of
Debts
,
performing
of
Contracts
and
other
Agreements
at
times
and
days
to
come
,
after
such
putting
up
their
Names
:
Nor
strictly
appointed
Persons
under-writing
,
to
underwrite
for
their
exact
Sums
due
,
or
to
become
due
,
or
other
Pretences
not
really
just
or
true
,
and
other
Defects
not
well
or
sufficiently
provided
for
by
the
said
Act.
For
Remedy
whereof
,
and
supplying
such
Defects
as
are
already
known
,
Clause
I
The
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
the
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
have
thought
fit
to
Ordain
and
Enact
,
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
and
by
authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
present
Secretary
by
himself
or
his
Deputy
or
Deputies
,
officiating
as
Secretary
or
Deputy
here
,
and
all
others
for
the
future
,
shall
have
and
keep
publickly
in
the
said
Office
,
a
Table
for
the
entering
and
putting
up
of
all
Persons
Names
intending
to
depart
hence
,
The
manner
of
putting
up
Names
in
the
Secretary's
Office
.
and
to
enter
thereon
their
Christian
and
Sirnames
at
large
,
and
in
what
Parish
they
reside
,
and
whither
intended
,
and
the
Day
and
Year
when
their
Names
are
so
put
up
.
And
that
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
for
the
time
being
,
give
not
,
or
grant
unto
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
a
Ticket
or
Licence
for
any
to
depart
hence
,
When
a
Ticket
to
be
given
.
Vnless
their
Names
have
been
first
put
up
as
aforesaid
,
in
the
said
Table
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
full
One
and
Twenty
Days
,
or
otherwise
taken
good
and
sufficient
Security
to
answer
all
Under-writings
whatsoever
,
that
are
or
shall
be
there
entred
within
One
and
Twenty
Days
from
the
first
setting
up
their
Names
as
aforesaid
.
Clause
II
And
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
intending
so
to
go
off
,
are
not
well
known
to
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
for
the
time
being
,
Persons
unknown
to
the
Secretary
,
a
Justice
to
certify
his
Name
.
to
have
gone
by
that
Name
so
put
up
,
That
in
all
such
cases
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
grant
out
no
Ticket
to
such
Person
,
until
he
be
certified
of
his
or
her
Name
so
requiring
the
Ticket
,
by
a
Certificate
under
the
Hand
of
some
one
of
His
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
in
this
Island
,
That
he
or
she
hath
gone
,
or
been
known
by
,
or
upon
the
Justices
own
Knowledge
,
Of
his
own
knowledge
,
or
by
the
Oath
of
Two
Witnesses
.
or
the
Oath
of
Two
Witnesses
well
known
to
the
said
Justice
,
and
such
Certificate
to
be
filed
and
kept
in
the
said
Office
for
his
Warrant
therein
;
and
likewise
to
take
Security
to
answer
all
Under-writings
as
is
aforesaid
,
That
then
and
in
all
such
Cases
,
The
Secretary
and
Governour
to
Sign
all
Tickets
.
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
for
the
time
being
,
to
grant
out
such
Ticket
first
by
him
to
be
Signed
,
as
a
Sign
and
Token
of
his
due
Performances
in
his
Office
in
such
Cases
,
according
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act.
And
that
then
the
Resident
Governour
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
is
hereby
desired
and
lawfully
authorized
to
Sign
such
Ticket
for
his
or
her
Departure
.
And
such
Ticket
so
Signed
by
the
Resident
Governour
and
Secretary
,
or
Deputy
Secretary
chiefly
officiating
in
the
said
Office
,
shall
and
may
be
a
lawful
Warrant
for
any
Master
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
to
transport
such
Person
or
Persons
to
any
other
Place
whatsoever
,
without
impeaching
any
Obligation
,
Master
of
any
Ship
may
safely
transport
with
such
Tickets
.
Women
Covert
,
and
Children
under
14
Excepted
.
Vnless
Feme
Sole
Traders
.
Law
or
Custom
of
this
Place
to
the
contrary
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
That
the
Clauses
before-going
,
extend
not
to
Women
Covert
,
or
Children
under
the
Age
of
Fourteen
Years
;
other
than
such
Women
Covert
,
that
trade
,
use
or
exercise
any
Trade
as
a
Sole
or
Feme
Merchant
within
this
Island
and
not
otherwise
.
And
for
the
Prevention
of
the
great
Mischiefs
that
many
times
happen
to
Persons
going
off
this
Island
,
Against
evil
and
malitious
Vnder-writings
.
through
the
malice
of
some
evil
disposed
Persons
,
upon
pretence
of
Debts
or
other
pretended
Claims
,
make
or
cause
Under-writings
to
be
made
against
them
for
great
Sums
of
Sugar
or
other
large
Demands
not
really
due
,
or
owing
,
to
their
great
Hurt
and
Damage
.
Clause
III
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whosoever
shall
under-write
any
Person
or
Persons
,
so
having
their
Names
up
as
aforesaid
,
Directions
how
to
under-write
.
shall
set
forth
the
Sum
or
Sums
of
Money
,
Sugar
,
Cotton
or
other
thing
that
is
due
and
owing
,
or
to
be
performed
so
near
as
may
be
,
and
especially
,
by
what
means
it
doth
arise
,
whether
by
Bill
,
Bond
,
Judgment
,
Account
,
Promise
,
Covenant
or
otherwise
howsoever
.
And
if
it
be
for
part
of
any
such
Bill
,
Obligation
,
Judgment
,
Account
,
Promise
,
Penalty
,
or
for
any
other
Cause
,
That
then
it
be
,
Where
part
of
a
Bill
,
Bond
,
&c.
is
due
,
it
is
so
to
be
under-writ
for
.
and
set
forth
the
remaining
Sum
or
Sums
,
or
near
the
same
,
mentioning
and
setting
forth
,
that
it
is
for
Part
of
such
a
Bill
,
Obligation
,
Judgment
,
Account
,
Promise
,
Covenant
or
Penalty
,
containing
the
First
Sum
or
Sums
therein
,
and
the
Date
or
Dates
,
and
Times
of
the
same
,
So
that
the
Secretary
or
Person
officiating
in
the
said
Office
as
Secretary
or
Deputy
there
may
know
the
Value
,
and
take
the
Security
for
the
Sum
so
under-written
for
as
aforesaid
.
A
Plaintiff
or
Plaintiffs
may
declare
for
part
of
a
Debt
.
And
that
the
Person
or
Persons
so
becoming
Plaintiff
or
Plantiffs
at
Law
as
aforesaid
,
may
declare
for
Part
,
if
for
Part
of
any
Sum
or
Sums
being
,
and
saying
,
for
Part
of
the
Original
Sum
,
and
for
his
so
declaring
,
shall
not
be
Nonsuited
,
Abated
,
Barred
or
Overruled
by
any
Plea
whatsoever
;
notwithstanding
any
Practice
,
Law
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
That
the
Persons
so
under-writing
,
file
their
Action
or
Actions
within
One
and
Twenty
Days
after
the
Security
be
given
for
their
Debts
then
due
,
as
hath
been
accustomed
:
Otherwise
the
same
being
pleaded
to
be
a
sufficient
Bar
to
their
Action
or
Actions
,
and
all
others
for
the
same
Cause
for
ever
,
and
forfeit
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
the
one
half
to
the
Party
or
Parties
so
under-written
,
2000
Pound
of
Sugar
Forfeit
.
the
other
half
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
at
Common
Law
in
the
Precincts
where
the
Party
or
Parties
live
,
except
where
the
Party
or
Parties
Arresting
or
Under-writing
happen
to
depart
this
Life
within
the
One
and
Twenty
Days
aforesaid
.
Clause
IV
And
it
is
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Vnder-writings
for
Debts
due
in
futuro
.
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
Person
or
Persons
to
under-write
any
other
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
in
the
said
Office
,
for
any
Sum
or
Sums
,
or
Duty
whatsoever
due
,
owing
or
to
be
performed
at
any
future
time
,
observing
the
Method
for
Under-writing
as
aforesaid
.
And
the
Secretary
or
Deputy
Secretary
officiating
in
the
said
Office
,
take
sufficient
Security
for
the
same
,
before
he
deliver
the
Person
or
Persons
so
under-written
,
his
,
her
or
their
Ticket
,
upon
Penalty
of
paying
the
Debt
,
Debts
or
Cause
of
Action
,
of
such
Under-writings
to
the
Parties
thereby
endamaged
.
Actions
to
be
filed
within
21
Days
after
the
Debt
become
payable
.
Provided
always
,
that
the
Person
or
Persons
so
under-writing
,
File
their
Action
or
Actions
against
the
Security
,
within
One
and
Twenty
Days
next
after
the
Debt
or
Duties
become
payable
.
Otherwise
the
same
being
pleaded
,
to
be
a
sufficient
Bar
to
their
Action
or
Actions
,
and
all
others
for
the
same
Cause
for
ever
:
Any
Law
,
Custom
or
Practice
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
,
except
in
case
of
Mortality
as
aforesaid
.
And
whereas
the
same
Inconveniencies
oftentimes
happen
to
Persons
liable
to
Arrests
as
by
Under-writings
,
Clause
V
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Person
having
Ten
Acres
of
Freehold
Land
within
this
Island
,
None
to
be
Arested
that
hath
10
Acres
of
Land
,
nor
for
a
Debt
under
1000
Pound
of
Sugar
,
or
6
l.
5
s.
Except
he
has
taken
out
his
Ticket
,
and
not
given
Security
.
shall
not
be
liable
to
Arrest
,
nor
any
other
Inhabitant
whatsoever
,
for
any
Sum
under
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
or
Six
Pounds
Five
Shilling
in
Money
;
but
be
summoned
to
answer
Suits
in
the
Precincts
where
they
live
,
according
to
the
Act
for
Judicial
Proceedings
;
Vnless
he
hath
taken
out
his
Ticket
to
depart
this
Island
,
and
not
having
given
in
Bond
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
to
answer
all
Under-writings
,
that
shall
be
entred
against
him
or
her
in
the
Secretary's
Office
within
One
and
Twenty
Days
from
the
first
putting
up
his
or
their
Names
.
And
all
Actions
grounded
on
such
Arrest
,
if
the
Defendant
by
himself
or
Attornies
plead
the
same
,
are
to
be
Nonsuited
,
and
the
Plantiff
or
Plantiffs
in
such
case
shall
pay
treble
Costs
.
Clause
VI
And
whatsoever
Person
Arresting
any
other
,
is
to
set
forth
his
Cause
of
Action
in
the
Warrant
of
Arrest
,
The
Cause
of
Action
to
be
set
forth
in
Warrants
of
Arrest
.
as
in
Case
of
Under-writings
before
set
down
in
this
Act
,
upon
the
like
Penalties
,
as
in
Cases
of
Under-writings
.
And
to
the
intent
that
Persons
Under-written
or
Arrested
,
having
Occasions
and
Affairs
requiring
their
present
departure
hence
,
and
would
be
inconvenient
for
them
to
stay
the
Proceedings
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
so
that
a
Special
Court
may
be
appointed
for
the
determining
the
Differences
between
Party
and
Party
.
Clause
VII
Therefore
the
Deputy
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
do
hereby
Ordain
and
Enact
,
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
That
the
Governour
in
Chief
,
or
Deputy
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
have
hereby
full
Power
and
Authority
upon
Complaint
of
any
Person
or
Persons
Under-written
or
Arrested
,
to
grant
and
issue
out
a
Commission
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
,
thereby
impowering
Five
good
and
able
Men
,
Special
Court
.
as
to
him
shall
seem
meet
,
or
any
Three
of
them
,
whereof
One
to
be
a
Justice
of
Peace
and
of
the
Quorum
,
or
Two
of
them
Private
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
to
be
the
Judges
of
a
Court
,
as
a
Special
Court
of
Common
Pleas
intended
for
Expedition
,
to
try
all
Causes
of
Under-writings
and
Arrests
,
The
way
to
procure
a
Special
Court
.
So
as
every
such
Person
or
Persons
under-written
in
the
Secretary's
Office
as
aforesaid
,
or
Arrested
for
Cause
or
Causes
of
Action
or
Actions
then
said
to
be
due
,
as
will
appear
by
the
said
Arrest
or
Under-writing
,
shall
apply
themselves
to
the
said
Governour
or
Deputy
Governour
desiring
such
Commission
,
shall
first
before
him
make
Oath
upon
the
Holy
Evangelists
of
Almighty
God
,
that
he
or
they
are
really
intended
off
this
Island
,
and
cannot
without
prejudice
to
their
Affairs
,
stay
the
Proceedings
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
and
desire
a
special
Court
for
speedy
Trial
of
such
Differences
.
Clause
VIII
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
for
the
due
Administration
of
Justice
,
That
all
and
every
such
Persons
to
be
made
Commissioners
and
Judges
as
aforesaid
,
The
〈…〉
be
Sworn
.
shall
be
sworn
to
do
equal
Right
between
Party
and
Party
,
as
the
Judges
and
Assistants
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
be
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
Then
they
the
said
Judges
,
or
any
Three
of
them
qualified
as
aforesaid
,
are
hereby
required
and
authorized
,
To
Summon
the
Plaintiff
.
to
issue
out
a
Smmons
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
directed
,
to
the
said
Under-writer
or
Person
Arresting
,
to
appear
before
them
at
a
certain
time
and
place
to
be
appointed
by
the
Commissioners
,
and
file
his
Action
before
them
,
so
as
the
same
may
be
determined
without
delay
;
And
to
appoint
the
Marshal
and
Clerk
of
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
for
the
Precincts
where
the
Commissioners
shall
sit
,
to
be
their
Clerk
and
Marshal
;
who
are
hereby
required
to
perform
the
Duty
of
their
respective
Places
accordingly
,
and
to
issue
out
their
Precept
to
the
said
Marshal
,
to
Summon
a
Jury
to
appear
,
To
Summon
&
Jury
.
To
act
with
speed
as
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas.
as
they
shall
appoint
by
the
said
Precept
,
and
to
act
and
do
in
all
things
for
the
speedy
determining
the
Differences
in
question
,
in
as
large
,
full
and
ample
manner
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
,
as
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
in
this
Island
,
do
and
are
impowered
.
And
in
case
the
Verdict
pass
for
the
Plaintiff
or
Plaintiffs
,
then
forthwith
to
enter
Judgment
,
〈◊〉
〈◊〉
issue
our
after
Judgment
●gainst
Good●
or
Body
.
and
issue
out
Execution
for
immediate
Satisfaction
,
by
Appraisment
of
Three
lawful
Freeholders
of
the
Precincts
where
the
matter
in
difference
shall
be
tried
,
or
otherwise
by
imprisoning
the
Body
till
Satisfaction
,
in
case
no
Effects
be
shewed
to
satisfy
the
same
.
Clause
IX
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
the
Person
so
Under-writing
or
Arresting
,
appear
not
,
Several
〈◊〉
for
which
the
Jury
shall
give
Verdict
for
〈◊〉
Defendant
.
being
duly
Summoned
in
Person
,
or
Summons
left
at
his
most
usual
Place
of
Abode
,
Forty
Eight
Hours
at
the
least
,
before
the
setting
of
the
said
Court
,
to
prosecute
and
make
good
his
Under-writing
or
Arresting
as
aforesaid
,
Or
upon
tryal
of
the
issue
or
other
Proceedings
at
the
said
Court
,
that
there
was
no
just
Cause
or
Ground
for
such
Arrest
or
Under-writing
,
Or
upon
Trial
had
,
not
the
Major
part
of
the
Debt
or
Sum
under-written
or
arrested
for
,
be
found
to
be
due
,
or
shall
be
judged
by
the
said
Court
,
the
same
Arrest
or
Under-writing
,
to
be
done
of
Malice
,
or
with
vexatious
intent
of
Prejudice
and
Trouble
to
the
Party
or
Parties
so
Under-written
or
Arrested
,
In
all
such
Cases
,
the
Jury
shall
give
Verdict
for
the
Defendant
,
and
Judgment
be
entred
thereon
for
the
Party
or
Parties
so
Arrested
or
Under-written
,
against
the
Party
or
Parties
Arresting
or
Under-writing
,
If
Judgement
against
the
Plaintiff
,
he
is
to
pay
1st
,
Treble
Damages
.
2d
,
Double
Costs
.
3d
,
2000
lb.
of
Sugar
.
4th
,
Stand
committed
till
Payment
.
to
pay
the
Treble
Damages
which
shall
be
made
out
to
the
Court
,
he
,
she
or
they
have
sustained
,
with
double
Costs
likewise
to
the
Party
so
injured
,
to
be
had
by
Execution
and
Appraisment
,
as
in
the
case
aforesaid
,
wherein
any
Party
or
Parties
Under
writing
or
Arresting
as
aforesaid
shall
recover
;
and
likewise
be
awarded
by
the
said
Court
to
pay
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
to
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
for
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
and
stand
committed
by
the
Court
till
he
pay
the
same
.
And
in
case
any
Person
or
Persons
Under-writing
or
Arresting
,
being
summoned
as
aforesaid
,
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
appear
to
make
good
his
or
their
Arresting
or
Under-writing
,
whereby
his
or
their
Action
or
Actions
upon
the
said
Under-writing
or
Arrest
come
not
to
Tryal
by
a
Jury
,
but
be
Nonsuit
,
or
upon
Under-writings
doth
not
duly
file
his
Action
;
Then
and
in
all
such
Cases
,
the
said
Judges
shall
proceed
to
award
and
give
Judgment
for
all
Costs
and
Damages
,
as
to
them
shall
seem
meet
,
together
with
the
Forfeitures
and
Penalties
before
in
this
Act
provided
,
in
as
full
and
ample
manner
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
,
as
if
the
said
Action
had
been
tried
by
a
Jury
,
and
Verdict
by
them
given
thereupon
:
And
such
Verdicts
and
Judgements
to
be
a
perpetual
Bar
to
such
pretended
Cause
or
Causes
of
Action
for
ever
.
Clause
X
And
be
it
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Marshals
Fees
for
Summoning
the
Jury
,
The
Marshal
and
Clerk's
Fees
.
and
attending
there
on
the
sitting
of
the
Court
,
exceed
not
Five
Hundred
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
and
the
Clerks
Fees
for
issuing
the
Precept
,
receiving
the
Action
,
Plea
,
Judgment
and
Execution
from
the
Court
,
Two
Hundred
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
and
for
Filing
the
Record
in
the
Office
of
the
Common
Pleas
,
Fifty
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
Clause
XI
And
it
is
hereby
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
as
the
Proceedings
prove
before
the
said
Judges
upon
such
Trials
,
The
Judges
to
certify
the
effect
of
the
Tryal
to
the
Secretary
.
they
certify
the
same
to
the
Secretary
,
so
as
he
may
give
or
refuse
a
Ticket
;
and
also
to
the
Provost
Marshal
,
that
the
Person
or
Persons
in
Custody
,
may
be
released
or
detained
accordingly
.
Provided
always
,
That
in
case
the
cause
of
Under-writing
or
Arresting
,
be
not
made
good
upon
Trial
or
by
Non-appearance
,
Vnder-writing
void
.
That
then
the
Under-writing
in
the
Secretaries
Office
be
forthwith
made
null
and
void
,
as
if
the
same
had
never
been
made
or
done
.
On
Arrest
,
Action
to
be
filed
in
3
Days
.
And
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
at
whose
Suit
any
shall
be
Arrested
,
do
not
within
Three
Days
after
serving
the
said
Arrest
,
File
his
Action
against
the
Defendant
,
at
the
Office
belonging
to
the
Court
where
the
Writ
is
returnable
,
That
then
a
Certificate
taken
out
from
the
Clerk
signifying
the
same
,
shall
be
a
sufficient
Cause
to
take
up
the
Bayl
Bond
,
and
discharge
the
Party
or
Parties
out
of
Prison
,
and
no
Action
to
be
filed
or
received
thereafter
upon
that
Arrest
;
3000
Pound
of
Sugar
Forfeit
for
not
filing
Action
in
3
Days
.
Where
cause
of
Action
is
for
Damages
,
to
write
Damages
in
gross
.
and
shall
forfeit
to
the
Party
or
Parties
Arrested
,
the
Sum
of
Three
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
in
any
Court
of
Common
Pleas
in
this
Island
.
And
where
any
Person
or
Persons
having
any
Cause
of
Action
or
Actions
against
any
other
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
which
lye
only
in
Damages
and
not
in
certainty
,
then
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
under-write
for
a
Sum
in
gross
,
as
the
case
may
require
,
and
not
be
liable
to
the
former
Rules
before-mentioned
in
this
Act.
And
for
that
the
taking
and
valuing
of
Securities
upon
all
Cases
of
Under-writings
,
Secretary
and
Marshal
Judges
of
Securities
under
200
l.
Sterl.
or
30000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
lye
in
the
Breast
of
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
officiateing
here
;
and
the
like
upon
Arrests
in
the
power
of
the
Provost
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
officiating
likewise
;
so
that
the
Persons
Under-writing
and
Arresting
,
are
bound
up
by
their
respective
Wills
in
such
Cases
;
so
that
they
may
if
evilly
intended
,
take
insufficient
Securities
,
and
thereby
endamage
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Place
.
Therefore
,
Clause
XIII
It
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
all
Under-writings
and
Arrests
for
any
Sum
of
Money
above
Two
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
Governour
and
Council
,
Judges
of
Securities
,
above
200
l.
Sterl.
or
30000
Pound
of
Sugar
.
Preamble
.
or
Thirty
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
that
the
Security
tendred
in
all
such
Cases
,
be
approved
of
by
the
Governour
and
Council
for
the
time
being
,
or
the
major
part
of
them
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Practice
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
for
that
it
hath
often
happened
,
That
Persons
Defendants
upon
Arrests
,
appeared
not
the
first
Court
,
but
made
Default
,
Whereby
the
Bail
Bond
became
forfeited
,
and
the
Persons
Plaintiffs
in
such
Suits
,
have
been
driven
to
sue
the
Securities
in
other
Precincts
,
than
where
the
Warrant
of
Arrest
was
returnable
,
and
by
a
fresh
Suit
thereon
,
and
Appeal
upon
the
Recovery
,
no
effects
came
to
such
Plaintiff
in
any
reasonable
time
.
For
Remedy
therein
,
Clause
XIV
It
is
hereby
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
where
the
Defendant
or
Defandants
upon
any
Arrest
,
appear
not
at
the
said
Court
being
called
,
but
make
Default
,
Defendants
not
appearing
on
Arrests
,
1st
Court
Judgment
.
That
then
the
same
Proceedings
be
had
against
him
or
them
,
Defendant
or
Defendants
aforesaid
,
as
is
used
in
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
upon
Nihil
dicit
,
and
Judgment
be
entred
thereupon
,
and
Execution
issue
.
And
in
case
Effects
of
the
principal
Defendant
cannot
be
found
,
nor
his
Body
return'd
to
the
Prison
,
then
Judgment
to
be
entred
,
Judgment
against
Bayl.
and
Execution
to
issue
against
the
Security
or
Securities
(
they
being
first
Summoned
to
shew
Cause
against
the
same
,
if
they
have
any
)
the
said
Execution
to
be
levied
,
and
Appraisment
,
Sales
and
other
Matters
whatsoever
,
by
the
Marshal
of
that
Court
,
where
Judgment
shall
be
given
,
as
in
other
Cases
;
with
all
Penalties
thereon
insuing
from
such
Court
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
,
notwithstanding
the
Security
or
Securities
live
in
any
other
Precincts
:
Any
Law
,
Usage
or
Practice
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
XV
And
it
is
hereby
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Secetary
or
his
Deputy
for
the
time
being
,
take
no
more
Fees
for
Under-writings
,
Secretary
to
take
no
more
Fees
,
&c.
Tickets
or
other
Matters
herein
mentioned
,
than
hath
been
accustomed
and
is
appointed
and
provided
for
by
a
late
Act
of
this
Island
.
To
answer
for
all
Office
Miscarriages
.
And
if
he
or
they
shall
neglect
and
not
perform
all
things
in
this
Act
appointed
to
be
done
on
his
or
his
Deputy's
part
,
and
by
all
Persons
in
relation
to
the
said
Office
contained
in
this
Act
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
all
Damages
and
Costs
whatsoever
,
to
all
Persons
wronged
or
prejudiced
thereby
.
Clause
XVI
And
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
use
any
indirect
Means
by
getting
any
Ticket
or
Hand
to
any
Ticket
,
Tickets
got
by
indirect
means
.
otherwise
than
from
the
Secretary's
Office
,
in
due
manner
foresaid
,
shall
pay
and
satisfy
all
Costs
and
Damages
whatsoever
to
the
Persons
grieved
or
injured
thereby
.
And
whatsoever
Person
shall
be
Convicted
by
the
Oath
of
Two
Witnesses
,
Tickets
duly
or
unduly
got
,
not
to
be
assigned
.
or
his
own
Confession
,
before
any
Justice
of
Peace
in
this
Island
,
for
assigning
,
giving
or
delivering
any
Ticket
Lawfully
or
Unlawfully
taken
out
from
the
Secretary's
Office
(
so
as
some
other
Person
or
Persons
are
carryed
off
this
Island
)
shall
find
good
Securities
to
appear
and
answer
the
Fact
at
the
then
next
General
Sessions
,
and
be
liable
to
pay
and
answer
all
Costs
and
Damages
occasioned
to
any
Person
or
Persons
hereby
.
Clause
XVII
And
in
case
any
Master
or
Owner
of
any
Servant
or
Servants
,
Slave
or
Slaves
,
Tickets
to
be
taken
out
for
Servants
or
Slaves
.
shall
have
occasion
to
Transport
such
Servants
or
Slaves
from
this
Island
,
That
then
and
in
such
case
,
the
Master
or
Owner
of
such
Servant
or
Slave
,
shall
have
and
obtain
from
the
Resident
Governour
,
or
Deputy
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
of
this
Island
,
a
Ticket
for
such
their
Transportation
.
Which
Ticket
shall
comprize
the
whole
number
and
Names
of
such
Servants
or
Slaves
,
of
the
Master
or
Owner
aforesaid
;
for
which
Ticket
the
Owner
to
pay
Ten
Pounds
of
Sugar
.
Provided
always
,
the
Master
or
Owner
of
such
Servant
or
Slave
shall
before
some
one
of
His
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
prove
upon
the
Oath
of
some
one
credible
Person
well
known
to
the
Justice
,
Oath
to
be
made
they
are
the
proper
Estate
of
&c.
before
Ticket
granted
.
or
his
or
her
own
Oath
,
that
the
said
respective
Servant
or
Slave
is
at
that
time
the
proper
Estate
of
that
Person
,
upon
Certificate
of
which
taken
in
manner
as
aforesaid
,
the
said
Ticket
to
be
granted
.
Clause
XVIII
And
whatsover
Person
or
Persons
within
this
Island
,
intended
to
depart
the
same
,
who
have
set
up
his
or
her
Name
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
and
shall
be
under-written
by
any
Person
or
Persons
,
for
any
Debt
under
One
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
All
under-writings
under
1000
Pound
of
Sugar
,
or
6
l.
5
s.
to
be
determined
by
a
Justice
.
or
Six
Pounds
Five
Shillings
Sterling
,
the
same
shall
be
heard
and
determined
by
any
of
His
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
to
whom
Complaint
thereof
shall
be
made
in
the
same
manner
and
way
,
as
by
the
Act
for
Servants
Wages
is
provided
and
appointed
.
Clause
XIX
Repeal
of
the
former
Law
.
And
it
is
hereby
further
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
a
former
Law
of
this
Island
heretofore
made
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
concerning
Persons
intended
to
depart
this
Island
,
and
the
setting
up
their
Names
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
and
Warrants
of
Arrests
,
and
all
things
therein
contained
,
be
and
is
hereby
Repealed
and
made
void
for
the
future
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
Provided
this
Repeal
extend
not
to
any
Person
now
in
Custody
,
or
liable
to
any
Judgment
,
Execution
or
Precept
,
by
Virtue
of
the
last
mentioned
Act
;
any
thing
in
this
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
9th
Day
of
May
,
1672.
Signed
,
Christopher
Coddrington
.
Nᵒ
174.
An
ACT
to
Repeal
several
Acts
relating
to
the
Prohibiting
the
Importation
of
Wines
and
other
Liquors
into
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
175.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Duty
to
be
levied
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
Imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
An
ACT
to
prohibit
the
Importation
of
Brandy
or
other
Distilled
Spirits
in
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
176.
Expired
and
Repealed
by
Act
181.
Nᵒ
177.
An
Additional
ACT
for
the
further
continuance
of
the
Authority
of
the
Commissioners
,
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
178.
A
Declarative
ACT
upon
the
ACT
making
Negroes
Real
Estate
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
bearing
Date
the
Twenty
Ninth
Day
of
April
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty-Eight
,
It
is
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
That
Negroes
shall
be
deemed
Real
Estate
and
not
Chattels
.
Clause
I
Be
it
Declared
by
His
Excellency
,
Council
and
the
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
And
it
is
hereby
Declared
,
That
by
the
true
meaning
of
that
Act
,
Negroes
recovered
by
Action
Personal
.
Negroes
may
be
sued
for
and
recovered
by
Action
Personal
,
as
they
usually
were
before
the
making
the
said
Act.
And
also
that
by
the
true
meaning
of
the
Act
aforesaid
,
Negroes
continue
Chattels
for
the
payment
of
Debts
.
Chattels
to
pay
Debts
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
That
Negroes
shall
be
taken
and
deemed
real
Estate
,
Real
Estate
.
to
all
other
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
;
except
what
before
excepted
.
Vide
ultra
,
the
Act
revived
and
continued
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
29th
Day
of
January
,
1672.
Signed
,
William
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
179.
An
Additional
ACT
for
the
further
Continuance
of
the
Authority
of
the
Commissioners
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
180.
A
Repeal
of
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
Prohibit
the
Importation
of
Brandy
or
other
Distilled
Spirits
to
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
181.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Duty
upon
Brandy
and
other
Distilled
Liquors
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
182.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
Imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
183.
An
ACT
for
the
Continuation
of
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
Imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
184.
An
Additional
ACT
for
the
further
continuance
of
the
Authority
of
the
Commissioners
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
185.
Repealed
by
several
after
Acts.
An
Additional
ACT
concerning
the
detaining
of
Negroes
.
Nᵒ
186.
An
ACT
for
Collecting
the
Arrears
of
divers
Levies
for
Repair
of
the
Fortifications
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
187.
An
ACT
to
confirm
the
Lease
of
Fontabell
,
unto
His
Excellency
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Governour
of
this
Island
,
&c.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
188.
An
ACT
for
taking
off
the
Eighty
Days
after
Execution
,
for
future
Contracts
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
by
a
Law
of
this
Island
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Establishing
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
,
declaring
the
Method
of
Proceedings
to
Judgments
and
Executions
,
and
the
manner
of
Proceedings
afterwards
;
and
for
that
amongst
other
things
,
It
is
Enacted
,
That
upon
all
Executions
to
be
levied
upon
Lands
,
Goods
or
Chattels
whatsoever
,
no
Prosecution
should
be
thereupon
had
for
Eighty
Days
then
next
after
Execution
as
aforesaid
;
Which
said
continuance
or
delay
of
the
said
Eighty
Days
,
is
found
to
be
inconvenient
,
and
not
of
any
benefit
or
advantage
to
Trader
or
Planter
,
as
was
supposed
or
intended
by
the
said
Act.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
And
it
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
upon
all
Executions
hereafter
issuing
upon
any
Judgment
or
Judgments
whatsoever
,
grounded
upon
any
Debts
,
Contract
or
Agreement
of
what
Nature
or
Quality
soever
,
made
or
contracted
after
Publication
of
this
present
Act
,
and
not
otherwise
howsoever
;
It
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
respective
Judges
of
the
respective
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
and
their
respective
Marshals
and
their
Deputies
.
To
take
out
Execution
as
before
.
And
they
are
hereby
required
to
proceed
upon
all
Executions
to
Appraisments
or
Out-crys
,
as
hath
been
accustomed
,
not
having
regard
to
the
Eighty
Days
:
For
that
the
said
Eighty
Days
are
hereby
taken
off
,
The
Eighty
Days
after
Execution
taken
off
.
and
by
this
Act
declared
to
be
void
and
taken
off
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
,
for
all
future
Executions
grounded
upon
all
future
Debts
and
Contracts
in
manner
aforesaid
.
Preamble
.
And
whereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
consideration
a
great
Mischief
sometimes
practised
by
Debtors
to
shew
their
Wind-mills
,
Cattel-mills
and
other
Houses
,
and
other
things
intire
in
Execution
to
their
Creditors
;
when
as
such
Mills
,
Houses
,
Buildings
and
other
intire
things
are
of
far
greater
value
than
the
Debt
upon
Execution
.
So
as
the
Creditors
have
been
forced
to
take
the
same
upon
intire
Appraisment
,
and
lay
down
the
Overplus
or
otherwise
be
unsatisfied
.
For
Remedy
whereof
,
Clause
II
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
that
in
all
such
Cases
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Marshals
of
the
respective
Courts
,
and
Constables
for
Labour
,
and
Servants
Wages
or
Provisions
;
And
they
are
hereby
respectively
required
to
Attach
any
Part
or
Parcel
of
any
Wind-mills
,
Mill-house
or
any
Buildings
or
other
things
intire
whatsoever
,
for
or
towards
satisfaction
of
any
Debt
whatsoever
,
and
the
same
so
Attached
to
appraise
and
deliver
in
severalty
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Practice
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
25th
of
March
,
1675.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
25th
of
March
,
1675.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Higginbothom
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
189.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
Imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
190.
An
ACT
reviving
and
continuing
the
Authority
of
Commissioners
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
191.
An
ACT
for
Regulating
the
Gage
of
Sugar
Cask
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
his
most
Gracious
Majesty
hath
by
his
Letter
under
the
Privy
Seal
,
Dated
the
Two
and
Twentieth
of
August
last
,
signifyed
to
his
Excellency
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
That
the
Farmers
of
the
Revenue
of
Four
and
an
Half
per
Cent.
of
all
the
dead
Commodities
of
the
Growth
and
Product
of
this
Island
,
have
Complained
that
they
have
wrong
done
them
in
the
largeness
of
the
Cask
entred
at
His
Custom-House
,
That
therefore
,
Cask
may
be
in
the
future
reduced
to
a
certain
Standard
and
Gage
,
and
that
His
Majesty
may
not
suffer
the
least
Loss
or
Prejudice
in
the
Entries
made
at
his
Custom-House
,
or
that
any
colour
may
be
left
to
his
Farmers
to
make
any
Complaint
thereon
,
or
to
press
for
,
or
continue
longer
the
weighing
the
Cask
entred
contrary
to
Law
,
to
the
Method
setled
by
his
former
Governours
,
and
the
practice
of
the
Island
to
this
Day
,
and
to
the
insupportable
trouble
of
the
Inhabitants
,
and
ruinous
delay
of
Shipping
trading
hither
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
His
said
Excellency
,
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
assembled
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
Gage
of
Sugar
Cask
.
That
the
Dimension
of
a
Butt
shall
be
in
length
Fifty
Two
Inches
,
in
the
Bulge
Thirty
Five
Inches
,
in
the
Head
Twenty
Nine
Inches
;
a
Puncheon
in
length
Forty
Four
Inches
,
in
the
Bulge
Thirty
Two
Inches
,
in
the
Head
Twenty
Eight
Inches
;
a
Hogshead
in
length
Thirty
Seven
Inches
,
in
depth
in
the
Bulge
Thirty
One
Inches
,
and
in
the
Head
Twenty
Seven
Inches
;
Which
Dimensions
of
Cask
are
the
same
and
of
like
Gage
with
such
Cask
as
were
generally
made
use
of
and
entred
in
his
Majesty's
Custom-houses
in
the
time
of
the
Government
of
the
Lord
Francis
Willoughby
,
who
in
pursuance
of
the
appointment
made
in
the
said
Act
,
setled
and
established
the
Method
and
Rules
for
Entries
to
be
made
in
His
Majesty's
Custom-house
here
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whomsoever
shall
make
any
Entries
of
Sugars
at
His
Majesty's
Custom-house
here
,
after
the
Publication
hereof
in
Cask
larger
than
is
above
limitted
and
exprest
,
and
cause
the
said
Cask
to
be
water-born
in
order
to
their
Shipping
,
not
having
first
declared
the
same
upon
their
Entry
at
the
Custom-house
,
and
given
Satisfaction
thereon
,
and
have
Permits
according
to
the
Rules
of
the
Custom-house
,
Punishment
.
shall
forfeit
to
the
uses
,
and
to
be
recovered
in
the
same
manner
,
as
by
the
Act
of
Four
and
a
half
per
Cent.
is
directed
,
all
such
Cask
exceeding
the
Dimensions
aforesaid
,
together
with
the
Sugar
therein
contained
.
And
it
shall
be
lawful
for
any
of
His
Majesty's
Officers
of
his
Custom-House
,
or
such
as
are
imployed
by
his
Farmers
to
make
Seizure
of
all
such
Cask
as
aforesaid
.
Read
,
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
15th
of
April
,
1675.
Read
,
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
April
the
15th
,
1675.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Higginbothom
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
192.
An
ACT
for
reviving
and
continuing
the
authority
of
Commissioners
for
setling
the
Publick
Account
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
193.
An
ACT
for
the
settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
194.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
195.
An
ACT
for
allowance
of
a
Second
free
Entry
for
the
dead
Production
of
this
Island
lost
or
taken
,
relating
to
the
Four
and
a
half
per
Cent.
Preamble
.
WHereas
since
the
passing
the
grant
of
Four
and
a
half
per
Cent.
of
all
the
dead
Productions
of
this
Island
,
Ship'd
off
to
any
Port
,
several
Losses
have
been
sustained
by
the
Merchants
and
other
Freightors
of
Merchandize
transported
from
this
Island
,
by
Enemies
,
and
the
Perils
of
the
Seas
in
and
out
of
Harbour
;
For
which
the
said
Merchants
and
Freightors
used
to
have
allowance
to
enter
again
in
the
Custom-House
of
this
Island
the
like
quantity
of
Goods
as
those
perished
,
for
which
the
Duty
had
been
paid
or
agreed
for
(
the
said
Practice
continuing
in
the
Two
Governours
time
next
after
the
said
Act
,
pursuant
to
the
common
Usage
of
all
Ports
,
as
also
to
the
express
Provision
of
the
Act
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
made
the
Twelfth
Year
of
His
Majesty's
Reign
.
)
Which
said
allowance
hath
been
lately
denied
by
the
Commissioners
of
the
said
Custom-house
to
several
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
since
the
late
Farm
of
the
said
Duty
to
the
present
Farmers
,
to
the
great
injury
and
discouragement
of
the
said
Inhabitants
.
Whereof
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
taking
due
notice
and
no
ways
doubting
the
good
will
and
favour
of
His
Majesty
,
in
reference
to
the
Premises
,
especially
considering
the
same
is
according
to
the
Pattern
of
the
said
Act
of
Parliament
made
in
England
,
Do
Enact
and
Declare
,
And
be
it
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
aforesaid
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Goods
liable
to
pay
the
said
Duty
,
for
which
the
same
shall
be
paid
or
agreed
for
,
shall
be
cast
away
,
or
taken
by
Enemies
or
Pirates
,
after
the
same
have
been
water-borne
,
or
Ship'd
in
any
Ship
or
Vessel
designed
to
be
transported
from
this
Island
,
from
the
First
Day
of
December
next
,
and
so
from
thenceforth
for
ever
,
the
like
quantity
of
Goods
may
be
again
Ship'd
Custom-free
,
upon
such
Proof
made
before
the
Governour
of
this
Island
,
or
the
Commissioners
aforesaid
for
the
time
being
,
or
any
of
them
in
such
manner
as
is
appointed
by
the
Act
of
Tonnage
and
Poundage
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
His
Excellency
,
this
25th
of
November
,
1675.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
25th
of
November
,
1675.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Higginbothom
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
196.
An
ACT
for
reviving
and
continuing
the
Authority
of
Commissioners
,
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
197.
An
ACT
for
reviving
and
continuing
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
198.
An
ACT
to
prevent
People
called
Quakers
,
from
bringing
Negroes
to
their
Meeting
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
of
late
many
Negroes
have
been
suffered
to
remain
at
the
Meeting
of
Quakers
as
hearers
of
their
Doctrine
,
and
taught
in
their
Principles
;
whereby
the
safety
of
this
Island
may
be
much
hazarded
;
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
at
any
time
or
times
after
Publication
hereof
,
any
Negro
or
Negroes
be
found
with
the
said
People
called
Quakers
;
at
any
of
their
Meetings
,
and
as
Hearers
of
their
Preachings
,
Negroes
hearing
,
are
forfeited
.
Half
to
the
Informer
.
That
such
Negro
or
Negroes
shall
be
forfeited
,
that
is
to
say
,
one
half
to
the
Party
or
Parties
,
that
shall
seize
or
sue
for
such
Negro
or
Negroes
,
if
the
Negro
or
Negroes
belong
to
any
of
the
said
People
called
Quakers
,
Half
to
the
Country
.
and
the
other
Moyety
to
the
publick
use
of
the
said
Island
.
Provided
,
That
if
the
said
Negro
or
Negroes
be
seized
,
that
the
Party
or
Parties
so
seizing
,
The
Prosecutor
to
bring
an
Action
in
3
Months
.
shall
bring
an
Action
within
Three
Months
,
grounded
upon
this
Statute
against
the
Owner
or
supposed
Owner
of
the
said
Negro
or
Negroes
in
any
Court
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
,
at
the
Choice
of
the
Informer
.
And
in
all
Suits
upon
this
Statute
,
the
Defendant
or
Defendants
therein
having
Ten
Days
Summons
,
as
is
used
at
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
at
the
first
Court
after
Summons
shall
appear
,
To
be
tryed
the
First
Court
.
Immediate
Execution
.
plead
and
come
to
Trial
,
or
the
Court
to
give
Judgment
on
such
Action
or
Actions
by
Nihil
Dicit
,
and
upon
all
Judgments
on
every
Action
grounded
on
this
Statute
,
Execution
immediately
to
issue
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
such
Negro
or
Negroes
being
at
the
Meetings
aforesaid
,
and
doth
not
belong
to
any
of
the
Persons
present
at
the
same
Meeting
,
then
may
any
Person
or
Persons
bring
an
Action
grounded
upon
this
Statute
against
any
of
the
Persons
present
at
the
said
Meetings
at
the
Election
of
the
Informer
,
For
every
strange
Negro
,
10
l.
Forfeit
against
any
at
the
Meeting
.
for
the
Sum
of
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
for
every
Negro
and
Negroes
so
present
as
aforesaid
,
and
shall
recover
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
for
every
such
Negro
and
Negroes
,
to
be
divided
in
the
manner
before
expressed
;
on
which
Action
or
Actions
there
shall
be
such
Proceedings
as
is
before
appointed
.
Clause
III
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
shall
keep
any
School
or
Schools
to
instruct
any
Child
or
Children
in
any
Learning
,
None
to
teach
School
but
those
who
take
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
.
unless
such
Person
or
Persons
in
one
Month
after
Publication
hereof
,
first
take
the
Oath
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
before
some
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
the
Parish
where
such
Person
lives
,
and
have
a
Certificate
thereof
;
For
which
Certificate
the
Justices
Clerk
only
to
take
for
the
Writing
one
Shilling
Sterling
;
or
that
the
Party
have
special
License
from
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
of
this
Island
.
Except
licens'd
by
the
Governour
.
And
if
any
Person
or
Persons
keep
any
School
or
Schools
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
shall
for
such
Offence
suffer
Three
Months
Imprisonment
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
Three
Months
Imprisonment
,
and
3000
lb.
Sugar
.
and
shall
forfeit
Three
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
the
one
Moyety
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
to
be
sued
for
,
and
recovered
as
aforesaid
.
Clause
IV
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
None
to
Preach
who
have
not
been
here
12
Months
.
That
is
not
an
Inhabitant
and
Resident
of
this
Island
,
and
hath
been
so
for
the
space
of
Twelve
Months
together
,
shall
hereafter
publickly
Discourse
or
Preach
at
the
Meeting
of
the
Quakers
,
upon
the
Penalty
of
suffering
Six
Months
Imprisonment
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
and
shall
forfeit
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
the
one
Moyety
to
such
Person
as
shall
sue
for
the
same
,
the
other
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
aforesaid
;
Provided
that
all
Action
or
Actions
upon
this
Statute
be
brought
within
Six
Months
next
after
the
Offence
.
Read
,
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
the
21st
of
April
,
1676.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
19th
of
April
,
1676.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Higginbothom
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
199.
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
a
former
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
better
ordering
and
governing
of
Negroes
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
200.
An
ACT
for
binding
out
of
Apprentices
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
201.
An
ACT
for
the
Explanation
to
the
ACT
of
Negroes
,
and
to
prohibit
the
bringing
of
Indians
to
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
202.
An
ACT
to
prevent
Frauds
and
Concealments
in
the
Payment
of
the
Excise
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
203.
An
ACT
for
the
better
enabling
the
Executors
of
William
Plumley
,
Deceased
,
to
sell
his
Estate
for
the
Payment
of
his
Debts
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
204.
An
ACT
for
reviving
and
continuing
the
Authority
of
Commissioners
for
setling
the
publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
205.
An
ACT
appointing
Satisfaction
to
the
Owners
of
such
Negroes
as
have
lately
suffered
Death
for
their
Rebellion
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
206.
An
ACT
for
reviving
and
continuing
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
Imported
this
Island
;
and
another
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
prevent
Fraud
and
Concealments
in
the
Payment
of
the
Excise
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
207.
An
ACT
to
prevent
the
Inconveniences
upon
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
by
Forestallers
,
Ingrossers
and
Regrators
.
INasmuch
as
a
few
Persons
of
late
Years
,
by
feigned
Bills
of
Loading
,
and
by
other
Crafts
and
Engines
,
have
forestalled
the
Market
,
and
ingrossed
into
their
Possessions
and
Disposal
,
most
of
the
Beef
,
Pork
,
Fish
,
Salt
and
other
dead
Victuals
brought
to
this
Island
.
For
Remedy
whereof
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
,
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
And
it
is
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
after
Publication
hereof
,
shall
sell
,
barter
or
dispose
of
any
Beef
,
Pork
,
Fish
,
Salt
or
other
dead
Victuals
or
Provision
that
shall
at
any
time
or
times
after
the
Date
hereof
,
be
brought
to
this
Island
,
or
any
Harbour
,
No
Beef
,
&c.
to
be
sold
,
before
an
Oath
be
made
that
he
imported
it
,
or
was
consigned
to
him
.
Port
or
Creek
thereof
,
before
such
time
as
he
or
they
who
selleth
or
disposeth
thereof
,
or
offereth
the
same
to
Sale
,
maketh
Oath
on
the
Holy
Evangelists
,
That
such
Beef
,
Pork
,
Fish
,
Salt
or
other
dead
Victuals
or
Provision
,
was
really
and
bona
fide
consigned
and
sent
by
Bill
of
Loading
from
some
Foreign
Part
beyond
the
Seas
,
to
him
or
them
in
this
Island
,
that
so
selleth
or
offereth
the
same
to
Sale
;
or
that
he
or
they
who
disposed
of
the
same
,
or
offereth
the
same
to
Sale
,
did
themselves
bring
such
Beef
,
Pork
,
Fish
,
Salt
or
other
dead
Victuals
as
aforesaid
,
without
any
manner
of
Craft
or
Equivocation
whatsoever
to
this
Island
,
from
some
part
beyond
the
Seas
;
which
Oath
to
be
taken
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
to
the
Place
where
such
Ship
or
Vessel
shall
arrive
and
unload
;
who
is
to
Record
such
Oath
,
and
give
a
Certificate
thereof
without
any
Reward
.
And
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
offend
contrary
to
the
tenour
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
deemed
and
adjudged
a
Forestaller
,
and
shall
suffer
such
Penalties
as
in
this
Act
hereafter
is
expressed
.
And
for
that
there
is
no
better
means
to
deter
the
wickedness
of
Offenders
,
than
by
the
Severity
of
Punishment
,
Clause
II
It
is
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Person
or
Persons
by
an
Act
made
in
the
Fifth
Year
of
the
Reign
of
our
late
dread
Sovereign
Edward
the
Sixth
King
of
England
,
&c.
described
to
be
a
Forestaller
,
Ingrosser
or
Regrator
,
shall
be
in
this
Island
deemed
and
judged
such
an
Offender
;
and
every
Person
and
Persons
complained
of
,
or
informed
against
to
be
a
Forestaller
,
Ingrosser
or
Regrator
by
the
said
Statute
of
England
,
or
by
this
or
any
other
Statute
of
this
Island
,
such
Person
or
Persons
shall
be
bound
to
appear
at
the
Election
of
the
Informer
either
to
the
General
or
any
Quarter
Sessions
of
this
Island
,
An
Informer
to
bind
over
an
Offender
to
Quarter
or
Grand
Sessions
.
in
the
Sum
of
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
,
with
Sureties
in
Twenty
Pounds
Sterling
each
.
And
if
at
the
General
or
Quarter
Sessions
,
such
Person
or
Persons
be
found
guilty
of
any
the
said
Offences
,
1st
Offence
,
30
l.
for
the
first
Offence
such
Person
or
Persons
shall
forfeit
the
Sum
of
Thirty
Pounds
Sterling
;
for
the
Second
Offence
he
or
they
shall
forfeit
Sixty
Pounds
Sterling
;
2d
Offence
,
60
l.
3d
Offence
,
Pillory
,
and
all
his
Goods
and
Chattels
.
and
for
the
Third
Offence
shall
be
set
on
the
Pillory
,
and
there
stand
for
the
space
of
Two
whole
Hours
,
and
also
shall
forfeit
all
the
Goods
and
Chattels
that
he
or
they
at
the
time
of
the
Offence
shall
hold
in
their
own
Right
;
the
one
Moyety
of
all
which
Forfeitures
to
be
to
the
Informer
,
or
he
or
they
that
sueth
for
the
same
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
.
And
further
,
Informer
to
sue
in
St.
Michael's
Precincts
,
if
,
&c.
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
,
to
and
for
every
Informer
or
Informers
,
for
any
the
Offences
aforesaid
,
to
sue
for
any
the
said
Forfeitures
in
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
held
for
the
Precincts
of
St.
Michael's
in
this
Island
.
In
which
Suit
,
there
shall
be
such
Proceedings
as
by
the
Act
of
Excise
of
this
Island
is
appointed
;
in
which
also
no
Protection
,
Essoign
or
Wager
of
Law
shall
be
allowed
:
And
every
Offence
against
this
or
any
other
Statute
against
Forestallers
,
Nusance
.
&c.
shall
be
deemed
and
taken
as
a
Nusance
against
the
weal
publick
of
this
Island
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
none
shall
be
twice
punished
for
one
Offence
,
Not
to
extend
to
our
Market
People
.
or
that
this
Act
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
do
and
shall
not
extend
to
the
Hucksters
or
Market
People
in
this
Island
,
who
sell
out
Salt
,
Victuals
and
Provisions
by
small
Quantities
in
the
Market
Towns
of
this
Island
only
.
Provided
also
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
,
to
and
for
any
Person
or
Persons
who
are
to
make
Oath
by
this
Act
,
and
their
Perswasions
will
not
give
him
or
them
leave
so
to
do
,
A
Person
scrupling
to
Swear
,
another
may
do
it
.
to
produce
a
sufficient
Witness
to
testify
the
tenor
of
the
Oath
in
this
Act
appointed
,
so
as
such
Oath
be
taken
and
recorded
as
aforesaid
.
Clause
III
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
after
any
Beef
,
Pork
,
Fish
,
Salt
or
other
dead
Victual
or
Provisions
is
brought
on
Shoar
,
or
into
any
Harbour
,
Road
or
Creek
of
any
part
of
this
Island
,
shall
buy
and
carry
off
the
same
or
any
part
thereof
,
into
any
Ship
,
Sloop
,
Boat
or
other
Vessel
,
with
an
apparent
intent
to
Transport
the
same
from
this
Island
,
None
to
transport
Victuals
hence
.
Loss
of
Ship
and
Goods
.
Vpon
the
Penalty
,
Loss
and
Forfeiture
of
the
Ship
,
Sloop
,
Boat
or
other
Vessel
,
with
all
it's
Guns
,
Ammunition
,
Tackle
,
Furniture
and
Apparel
,
so
seeming
to
carry
the
same
off
;
together
with
the
same
Victuals
or
Provisions
.
And
in
case
such
Beef
,
Pork
,
Fish
,
Salt
or
other
dead
Victual
be
not
discovered
and
seized
before
the
same
is
sent
from
this
Island
,
Then
shall
such
Person
or
Persons
as
sent
the
same
off
,
contrary
to
the
intent
of
this
Act
,
Five
Pounds
for
every
Barrel
of
Beef
,
Pork
,
100
lb.
of
Fish
,
Salt
,
&c.
conveyed
off
.
Except
Ships
Provision
.
forfeit
Five
Pound
Sterling
for
each
Barrel
of
Beef
,
Pork
,
or
Hundred
of
Fish
,
Salt
or
Hundred
weight
of
other
dead
Victuals
;
the
one
Moyety
of
the
said
several
Forfeitures
to
be
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
and
to
be
recovered
in
manner
aforesaid
,
unless
the
same
be
for
the
necessary
use
and
provision
of
such
Ship
,
Sloop
,
Boat
or
other
Vessels
Company
and
Passengers
.
Clause
IV
Lastly
,
It
is
Enacted
and
Appointed
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Clerk
of
the
Market
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
or
his
Deputy
or
Deputies
,
do
from
time
to
time
take
all
due
care
,
That
this
and
all
other
the
Acts
aforesaid
be
duly
observed
;
otherwise
to
prosecute
the
Offender
or
Offenders
,
upon
the
Penalty
of
losing
his
or
their
Offices
or
Places
,
The
Clerk
of
the
Market
the
Informer
.
who
are
hereby
the
Persons
appointed
to
be
the
Informer
or
Informers
,
upon
all
or
any
of
the
Statutes
aforesaid
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
His
Excellency
,
the
29th
of
November
,
1676.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
31st
of
October
,
1676.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Higginbothom
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
208.
An
ACT
to
prevent
the
breaking
up
and
taking
away
of
any
Rocks
or
Stones
in
any
part
of
the
Sea
or
Sea-Shoar
before
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
209.
An
ACT
to
burthen
those
who
have
Rent
,
Charges
and
Profits
issuing
out
of
Lands
and
Negroes
in
this
Island
,
to
bear
a
proportion
of
Taxes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
210.
An
ACT
to
explain
a
Clause
in
the
ACT
,
for
establishing
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
the
said
Act
it
is
appointed
,
That
the
Chief
Judge
of
each
respective
Court
,
shall
command
the
appearance
of
Defendants
in
all
Causes
whatsoever
,
by
Warrant
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
,
which
the
Defendant
is
to
be
served
with
,
or
the
same
to
be
left
at
the
Defendants
House
,
as
by
the
said
Act
appears
.
And
whereas
the
respective
Judges
of
this
Island
,
to
the
end
they
might
hold
to
one
Form
therein
,
have
heretofore
agreed
upon
the
Method
and
Manner
of
the
said
Writ
of
Summons
,
and
that
after
it
had
been
duly
served
,
as
by
the
Act
required
,
it
should
be
returned
into
the
Court
from
whence
it
issued
.
Notwithstanding
which
,
the
Courts
have
proceeded
variously
,
some
of
them
having
made
return
of
the
said
Summons
,
leaving
only
a
Certificate
thereof
of
the
Officers
with
the
Defendant
,
and
others
having
made
no
Return
,
but
left
the
Warrant
of
Summons
with
the
Defendant
.
And
for
that
the
variety
of
the
ways
tending
to
one
and
the
same
effect
,
may
not
be
construed
to
produce
any
error
in
the
Proceedings
thereon
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
,
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
And
it
is
hereby
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Writs
of
Summons
heretofore
issued
from
any
of
the
said
respective
Courts
of
this
Island
,
and
left
in
the
Defendants
Hands
,
and
all
such
Writs
of
Summons
as
have
issued
from
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
held
for
the
Precincts
of
St.
Michael's
,
&c.
which
have
been
returned
,
and
notice
left
with
the
Defendant
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
held
good
and
lawful
Summons
in
all
causes
for
the
time
past
;
But
for
the
future
,
the
several
Judges
are
to
proceed
according
to
the
former
Law
.
And
for
the
avoiding
Corruption
and
other
Abuses
that
may
be
supposed
to
arise
by
reason
of
leaving
the
Original
Writs
of
Summons
with
the
Defendant
,
and
no
Copy
or
Copies
thereof
kept
by
the
Judge
,
Clause
II
It
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
several
and
respective
Judges
in
their
several
Precincts
of
this
Island
,
Original
Writs
to
be
fairly
entred
in
a
Book
before
they
be
issued
out
.
before
the
issuing
out
any
such
Writ
,
do
cause
the
same
to
be
fairly
entred
in
a
Book
of
Entries
for
that
purpose
,
to
be
by
them
in
their
Respective
Precincts
kept
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
the
same
Day
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
29th
of
November
,
1676.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Higginbothom
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
211.
An
ACT
for
the
securing
the
Possession
of
Negroes
and
Slaves
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
212.
A
Repeal
of
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
incouragement
of
the
Manufacture
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
213.
Repealed
by
after
Acts.
An
ACT
for
continuance
of
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
a
former
ACT
for
the
better
ordering
and
governing
of
Negroes
.
Nᵒ
214.
An
ACT
appointing
the
Sale
in
open
Market
of
Effects
Attached
for
the
Excise
,
the
Parish
Dues
and
Servants
Wages
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Custom
of
this
Island
hath
been
,
That
where
Executions
or
Attachments
have
been
levied
upon
Goods
,
Chattels
or
other
Effects
for
the
Satisfaction
and
Payment
of
Parish-Dues
and
Servants
Wages
,
such
Effects
have
been
Appraised
by
Two
Men
of
the
same
Parish
;
and
if
the
Effects
so
Appraised
,
exceed
the
Debt
and
Charges
,
Then
was
the
Parish
or
the
poor
Labourer
constrained
to
pay
the
Overplus
,
and
many
times
the
Effects
so
Appraised
,
were
valued
at
one
Third
more
than
the
same
could
ever
afterwards
be
sold
for
.
For
Remedy
of
which
Inconveniences
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
And
it
is
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
all
such
Cases
hereafter
,
where
any
Attachment
is
made
,
or
Execution
levied
upon
any
Negroes
,
Goods
,
Chattels
or
other
Effects
that
are
Moveables
for
the
satisfaction
of
any
Parochial
Levy
or
Assessment
imposed
and
laid
for
the
use
of
the
Parish
,
by
the
Major
part
of
any
Vestry
of
any
Parish
in
this
Island
;
or
for
the
satisfaction
of
any
Servant
or
Labourers
Hire
or
Wages
within
the
cognizance
of
a
Justice
of
Peace
,
Effects
when
to
be
out-cry'd
and
sold
.
That
such
Effects
should
be
out-cryed
and
sold
within
those
Hours
,
and
between
the
first
Day
of
January
,
and
the
last
of
September
in
every
Year
,
as
is
used
by
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
(
except
for
Labourers
and
Servants
Wages
;
For
which
Markets
shall
continue
all
the
Year
,
)
and
every
Day
in
every
Week
in
that
time
,
shall
be
as
a
Market
Day
,
if
the
Justice
of
Peace
from
whom
the
Execution
issues
,
Out-crys
to
be
at
the
Market-Towns
in
the
Precincts
where
Attached
.
or
the
Churchwarden
who
makes
the
Attachment
shall
so
appoint
.
And
such
Out-cries
to
be
at
the
Market-Towns
for
the
Precincts
where
the
Attachment
is
made
,
or
Execution
levied
;
And
where
the
Party
Debtor
refuses
to
shew
such
Effects
as
aforesaid
,
or
the
Officer
as
aforesaid
cannot
meet
with
such
,
Then
it
is
and
shall
be
in
the
Election
of
the
Vestry
of
such
Parish
,
or
the
Creditor
as
aforesaid
,
either
to
cause
the
Person
of
the
Debtor
to
be
taken
into
Execution
,
or
to
lay
and
levy
the
same
upon
his
Lands
or
Buildings
,
if
he
have
any
;
the
which
shall
be
out-cried
as
Chattels
in
the
method
by
this
Act
appointed
,
upon
Executions
for
want
of
Payment
of
the
said
Duty
of
Excise
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
where
any
Person
or
Persons
buy
any
Effects
aforesaid
,
at
any
the
Markets
aforesaid
,
and
doth
not
pay
for
the
same
in
the
time
used
in
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
upon
Sales
made
at
Out-cry
,
Penalty
on
Buyers
not
paying
.
Then
shall
such
Buyer
incur
such
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
as
are
accustomed
in
the
said
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
:
And
where
any
Person
or
Persons
are
taken
in
Execution
by
force
of
this
Act
,
Penalty
on
the
Marshal
suffering
the
Prisoner
to
go
Abroad
.
It
shall
not
be
in
the
liberty
or
power
of
the
Provost
Marshal
,
or
any
other
Officer
of
this
Island
,
to
suffer
such
Prisoner
to
go
Abroad
with
any
Keeper
or
without
,
upon
Penalty
of
paying
to
the
Creditor
or
Creditors
,
double
the
Debt
and
Charges
for
which
such
Debtor
is
taken
in
Execution
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
in
any
Court
of
Common
Pleas
in
this
Island
;
Vnless
it
happen
,
That
the
Debtor
breaks
Prison
,
or
that
he
go
Abroad
with
the
consent
of
the
Creditor
.
And
where
the
Body
is
in
Prison
as
aforesaid
,
Estate
of
the
Debtor
liable
to
Attachment
.
any
Estate
that
can
be
afterwards
met
with
,
either
real
or
Personal
,
shall
notwithstanding
be
liable
to
the
Satisfaction
of
the
Recovery
and
Charges
.
Clause
III
Also
it
is
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
all
Executions
upon
Judgments
for
want
of
Payment
of
the
said
Duty
of
Excise
,
Lands
to
be
taken
as
Chattels
for
Payment
of
Debts
.
The
Effects
to
be
hereafter
Attached
thereon
,
be
the
same
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Buildings
,
they
shall
be
deemed
and
taken
as
Chattels
,
and
shall
be
sold
by
Out-cry
to
the
Person
or
Persons
that
will
give
most
for
the
same
,
at
the
place
where
the
Buildings
or
Tenements
are
,
or
Lands
lye
.
Which
Out-cry
shall
be
in
all
respects
as
effectual
to
the
Creditor
or
Buyer
,
as
if
there
had
been
an
Appraisment
thereof
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
,
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
the
15th
of
March
,
1676.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
21st
of
February
,
1676.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Higginbothom
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
215.
An
ACT
for
reviving
and
continuing
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
Imported
this
Island
;
and
another
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
prevent
Frauds
and
Concealments
in
the
Payment
of
the
Excise
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
216.
An
ACT
for
continuance
of
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
217.
Expired
by
the
Commission
.
An
ACT
appointing
what
Freeholders
shall
be
capable
to
Elect
at
the
choosing
of
Representatives
and
Vestries
for
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
218.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
Levy
of
Two
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Acre
,
and
Five
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Negro
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
219.
Expired
.
An
Explanatory
ACT
to
the
ACT
of
Vnder-writings
and
Arrests
.
BE
it
Enacted
,
&c.
That
hereafter
no
Warrant
of
Arrest
shall
be
returnable
in
any
Court
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
,
but
in
the
Precincts
where
the
Parties
Residence
is
generally
known
to
be
that
is
Arrested
;
and
all
Arrests
otherwise
shall
be
void
.
Dated
the
11th
of
July
,
1677.
Nᵒ
220.
An
ACT
impowering
Benjamin
Middleton
,
Esquire
,
to
sell
his
Estate
for
the
Payment
of
his
Debts
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
Thomas
Middleton
,
late
of
this
Island
,
Esquire
,
Died
seiz'd
of
a
considerable
Estate
in
Land
,
and
possessed
of
divers
Negroes
,
Stock
and
many
other
Goods
and
Chattels
of
Value
,
and
in
his
Life-time
did
contract
very
great
Debts
and
Ingagements
upon
himself
and
Estate
,
and
by
several
Obligations
and
other
Contracts
,
did
intangle
and
incumber
his
said
Estate
:
Which
Incumbrances
are
now
speedily
like
to
fall
upon
the
said
Estate
,
and
to
tear
the
same
in
pieces
,
to
the
utter
undoing
of
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
,
his
Surviving
Son
and
Heir
.
And
whereas
the
said
Thomas
Middleton
by
his
last
Will
and
Testament
,
bearing
Date
the
Fifth
Day
of
December
,
Anno
Dominia
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Seventy
and
Two
,
amongst
other
things
therein
mentioned
,
has
made
several
Bequests
,
and
given
divers
Annuities
of
Value
chargeable
upon
all
his
said
Estate
,
which
are
very
great
Burthens
upon
the
same
,
and
tend
very
much
to
the
disenabling
his
Son
Benjamin
Middleton
,
whom
he
has
appointed
his
sole
Heir
and
Executor
,
to
defray
and
dischage
the
many
several
Debts
and
incumbrances
afore-mentioned
,
wherewith
he
hath
clogged
the
said
Estate
.
And
forasmuch
as
by
the
said
Will
,
the
said
Thomas
Middleton
did
make
and
appoint
several
Limitations
of
his
said
Estate
,
appointing
divers
Remainders
to
vest
in
others
,
in
case
his
said
Son
Benjamin
Middleton
,
should
happen
to
dye
without
Issue
of
his
Body
lawfully
begotten
;
the
fatal
Consequences
whereof
,
are
as
followeth
.
That
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
for
the
prevention
of
the
Ruin
of
the
said
Estate
,
hath
been
in
disburse
out
of
his
own
Estate
the
Sum
of
Four
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
;
he
is
disabled
to
sell
all
or
part
of
the
said
Estate
to
raise
Mony
for
the
satisfying
of
the
many
great
Debts
and
Incumbrances
aforesaid
;
which
cannot
be
paid
without
the
real
Estate
of
the
said
Thomas
Middleton
be
exposed
to
Sale
:
All
which
tend
very
much
to
the
ruin
of
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
and
his
Fortune
in
the
World
,
and
more
especially
the
Creditor
of
the
said
Estate
.
For
the
speedy
Prevention
of
all
which
Mischiefs
and
Inconveniences
,
and
that
he
may
be
enabled
to
make
any
legal
Sale
of
all
or
any
part
of
the
said
Estate
,
to
raise
Money
for
the
Payment
of
the
said
Debts
,
thereby
to
prevent
many
Law-Suits
and
Troubles
which
will
inevitably
fall
upon
the
said
Estate
,
and
in
the
end
prove
very
ruinous
and
destructive
to
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
,
his
Posterity
and
Family
.
And
to
the
end
that
any
Person
or
Persons
that
hereafter
shall
and
will
come
in
and
offer
to
purchase
and
buy
all
or
any
part
of
the
said
Estate
and
Premises
,
may
be
better
incouraged
thereunto
.
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
,
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
It
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
,
That
all
and
every
part
of
the
said
Lands
,
Tenements
,
Hereditaments
,
Negroes
and
Premises
,
and
all
other
the
real
Estate
whatsoever
mentioned
and
comprized
in
the
last
Will
and
Testament
of
the
said
Thomas
Middleton
,
Esq
.
and
limited
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
ever
hereafter
,
to
all
Intents
,
Constructions
and
Purposes
in
the
Law
vested
and
setled
in
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
,
Esquire
,
and
his
Heirs
as
a
good
,
The
Fee
Simple
to
be
vested
in
Benjamin
the
Son
.
perfect
and
indefeazable
Estate
in
Fee
Simple
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
hereby
further
Declared
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Remainders
and
Reversions
expectant
upon
the
said
Land
and
Premises
,
are
for
ever
barred
of
their
Claims
and
Demands
;
and
also
that
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
and
his
Heirs
,
Power
to
sell
.
are
hereby
inabled
to
make
any
Sale
,
Conveyance
or
other
Disposition
,
of
all
or
any
part
of
the
said
Estate
,
Lands
and
Premises
as
aforesaid
,
to
any
Person
or
Persons
that
shall
purchase
or
buy
the
same
,
for
the
better
inabling
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
and
his
Heirs
,
to
satisfy
the
said
Debts
and
Incumbrances
,
and
for
the
purposes
and
intents
aforesaid
;
any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
hereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
Exceptions
of
Dower
and
Legacies
.
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
That
nothing
therein
contained
,
shall
prejudice
or
injure
any
Person
whatsoever
,
that
claims
any
Legacy
or
Annuity
by
the
last
Will
and
Testament
of
the
said
Thomas
Middleton
,
Esquire
,
or
his
the
said
Thomas
Middleton's
Widow
,
in
any
Jointure
,
Dower
or
Legacy
she
can
or
may
claim
;
or
any
other
Person
whatsoever
,
who
claims
any
Right
,
Title
or
Interest
to
the
said
Estate
of
the
said
Benjamin
Middleton
,
before
the
Death
of
the
said
Thomas
Middleton
,
Esquire
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
Second
of
October
,
1677.
Jonathan
Atkins
.
Nᵒ
221.
Expired
by
the
Commission
.
An
ACT
for
the
more
speedy
Remedy
in
Distresses
taken
Damage
feasant
.
Nᵒ
222.
An
ACT
for
reviving
and
continuing
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
Imported
this
Island
;
and
another
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
prevent
Frauds
and
Concealments
in
the
Payment
of
the
Excise
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
223.
Repealed
by
the
Act
made
the
8th
of
August
,
1688.
An
ACT
to
explain
a
Branch
of
a
former
ACT
,
for
Ordering
and
Governing
of
Negroes
.
Nᵒ
224.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
225.
An
ACT
to
enable
Colonel
William
Bate
to
receive
the
Debts
by
him
contracted
relating
to
the
Excise
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
226.
An
ACT
to
continue
the
ACT
of
the
Militia
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
227.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
allowance
of
a
second
free
Entry
of
the
dead
Productions
of
this
Island
lost
or
taken
,
&c.
relating
to
the
Four
and
a
half
per
Cent.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
228.
An
ACT
for
the
supply
of
a
Strength
of
Labourers
to
the
Repairing
and
finishing
of
Fortifications
and
Breast-works
,
and
Building
new
ones
,
where
occasion
requires
.
Expired
.
An
ACT
to
incourage
the
bringing
of
Christian
Servants
.
Nᵒ
229.
Expired
by
the
Commission
of
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
.
Nᵒ
230.
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
the
ACT
of
Excise
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
231.
An
ACT
for
the
better
Regulating
the
manner
of
giving
Tickets
out
of
the
Secretary's
Office
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
232.
An
ACT
to
continue
the
ACT
of
Militia
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
233.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
further
Levy
to
defray
the
Charge
of
Building
,
Rebuilding
and
Repairing
our
several
Fortifications
and
Breast-works
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
234.
An
ACT
for
the
Supply
of
a
further
Strength
of
Labourers
to
the
Repairing
and
finishing
of
Fortifications
and
Breast-works
,
and
building
new
ones
where
occasion
requires
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
235.
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
the
late
ACT
for
a
further
Supply
of
Labourers
to
the
Repairing
and
Finishing
Fortifications
and
Breast-works
.
Obsolete
.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
to
prevent
the
People
called
Quakers
from
bringing
Negroes
to
their
Meetings
.
Nᵒ
236.
Continued
by
Act
in
Sir
Richard
Duttons
time
for
Six
Months
,
and
since
Expired
.
Nᵒ
237.
Repealed
by
Act
made
the
8th
of
August
,
1688.
An
ACT
to
Repeal
part
of
an
ACT
for
continuance
of
an
ACT
for
the
better
Ordering
and
Governing
of
Negroes
.
Nᵒ
238.
An
ACT
to
strengthen
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
239.
An
ACT
to
revive
the
Excise
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
240.
An
ACT
for
the
setling
Six
Acres
and
Thirty
Perches
of
Land
and
Two
Negroes
in
the
Representatives
of
the
Parish
of
Christ-church
,
for
maintaining
Five
poor
People
by
the
Gift
of
Mr.
Philip
Trowel
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
Mr.
Philip
Trowel
,
of
the
Parish
of
Christ-church
in
this
Island
,
Planter
,
being
well
and
charitably
disposed
,
did
by
his
Deed
indented
,
bearing
Date
the
Tenth
Day
of
this
instant
April
,
settle
and
convey
Six
Acres
of
Land
,
and
Thirty
Perches
,
with
its
Appurtenances
,
lying
and
being
in
the
said
Parish
of
Christ-church
,
and
Island
aforesaid
;
together
with
one
Negro
Man
,
and
one
Negro
Woman
therein
named
,
to
Nathaniel
Kingsland
and
Richard
Seawell
,
Esquires
,
the
present
Representatives
of
the
said
Parish
of
Christ-church
,
and
their
Successors
Representatives
of
the
said
Parish
for
ever
,
for
or
towards
the
Support
or
Maintainance
of
Five
poor
Decayed
English
Men
of
the
said
Parish
,
with
full
Power
and
Authority
to
settle
and
place
such
Five
poor
Men
with
other
Powers
and
Authorities
to
them
and
their
Successors
given
relating
thereto
;
as
by
the
said
Deed
,
relation
being
thereunto
had
,
doth
and
may
appear
.
And
to
the
intent
so
good
and
pious
a
Gift
may
take
effect
to
all
intents
and
purposes
,
as
by
the
said
Deed
is
intended
,
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Ordained
,
Enacted
and
Declared
by
his
Excellency
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
Island
,
the
Council
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
now
Assembled
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
said
Six
Acres
and
Thirty
Perches
of
Land
,
with
its
Appurtenances
and
Negroes
mentioned
in
the
said
Deed
,
bearing
Date
the
said
Tenth
Day
of
this
instant
April
,
are
fully
and
effectually
conveyed
and
setled
by
the
said
Deed
,
according
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
thereof
:
And
that
the
said
Nathaniel
Kingsland
and
Richard
Seawell
the
present
Representatives
of
the
said
Parish
and
their
Successors
,
Representatives
of
the
said
Parish
,
are
hereby
Declared
and
Enacted
to
have
full
Power
and
Authority
to
take
and
hold
by
the
said
Deed
for
ever
,
Trust
lodged
in
the
Representatives
for
the
uses
of
the
Deed.
to
and
for
the
Uses
therein
Declared
:
And
that
the
said
Deed
is
full
and
effectual
for
the
Purposes
thereby
intended
,
and
shall
be
so
judged
,
deemed
,
taken
and
reputed
.
Dated
the
15th
Day
of
April
,
in
the
Year
of
our
Lord
,
according
to
the
computation
of
the
Church
of
England
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Seventy
and
Five
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
His
Excellency
,
the
same
Day
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
April
the
15th
,
1675.
John
Higginbothom
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
241.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
242.
An
ACT
to
continue
the
ACT
of
the
Militia
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
243.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
binding
out
Apprentices
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
244.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
to
prevent
the
breaking
and
taking
away
of
any
Rocks
or
Stones
in
any
part
of
the
Sea
or
Sea-Shoar
before
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
245.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
to
burthen
those
who
have
Rent-Charges
and
Profits
issuing
out
of
Land
and
Negroes
in
this
Island
,
to
bear
a
proportion
of
Taxes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
246.
An
ACT
to
continue
the
ACT
of
Excise
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
247.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
Publick
Stock
to
discharge
the
Losses
of
Negroes
suffering
by
appointment
of
Law
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
248.
Repealed
by
Act
260
,
which
is
Expired
.
An
Additional
ACT
,
to
an
ACT
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
Allowance
of
a
Second
free
Entry
for
the
Dead
Productions
of
this
Island
Lost
or
Taken
,
relating
to
the
Four
and
a
half
per
Cent.
Nᵒ
249.
An
ACT
for
continuance
of
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
250.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
Levy
to
defray
the
Charge
of
Building
,
Rebuilding
and
Repairing
our
several
Fortifications
and
Breast-works
,
and
other
Publick
Occasions
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
251.
An
ACT
for
the
better
enabling
the
Executors
of
William
Plumley
,
Deceased
,
to
sell
his
Estate
for
the
Payment
of
his
Debts
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
William
Plumley
,
late
of
this
Island
Mariner
,
died
seized
of
a
considerable
Estate
in
Lands
and
Negroes
,
and
possest
of
divers
Stocks
and
other
Goods
and
Chattels
of
Value
and
in
his
Life
time
,
did
contract
very
great
Debts
and
Ingagements
upon
himself
and
his
Estate
,
and
by
several
Obligations
,
Judgments
and
Mortgages
,
did
intangle
and
incumber
his
said
Estate
;
which
Incumbrances
are
now
speedily
like
to
fall
upon
the
said
Estate
,
and
to
tear
the
same
in
pieces
,
to
the
utter
undoing
of
his
surviving
Wife
and
Children
.
And
whereas
the
said
William
by
his
last
Will
and
Testament
,
bearing
Date
the
4th
Day
of
February
,
1675
,
amongst
divers
other
things
therein
mentioned
,
has
appointed
and
devised
all
or
the
greatest
part
of
his
Estate
,
to
his
Executors
to
be
sold
for
the
payment
of
his
said
Debts
,
and
has
made
several
Bequests
to
his
younger
Children
for
their
Provision
and
Maintenance
.
And
forasmuch
as
there
is
an
absolute
necessity
,
that
his
whole
Estate
,
Interest
and
Premises
,
should
be
forthwith
sold
to
raise
Money
for
the
satisfying
and
discharging
the
said
Debts
and
Ingagements
,
and
making
convenient
and
competent
Provisions
for
the
Wife
and
Children
out
of
the
Overplus
after
the
Debts
paid
,
in
case
any
shall
happen
to
be
.
But
in
regard
some
of
the
Executors
and
Devisees
are
yet
in
their
Minority
,
and
uncapable
by
Law
to
convey
any
good
and
sufficient
Titles
and
Assurances
to
any
Person
or
Persons
that
would
purchase
and
buy
the
same
,
for
the
Purposes
and
intents
aforesaid
.
And
because
there
is
great
justice
and
equity
that
the
Sale
thereof
should
be
speedily
effected
to
hinder
all
Vexatious
Law-suits
,
Charges
and
other
Troubles
that
will
unavoidably
fall
upon
the
said
Estate
,
the
consequence
whereof
will
absolutely
ruin
the
Wife
and
Children
.
For
the
Prevention
whereof
,
and
to
the
end
that
all
the
just
Debts
of
the
said
William
Plumley
may
be
truly
and
bona
fide
paid
and
satisfied
,
and
the
Wife
and
Children
duly
provided
for
,
with
competent
Portions
and
Maintenance
out
of
the
overplus
of
the
said
Estate
and
Premises
,
in
case
any
shall
happen
to
remain
according
to
the
intent
of
the
said
William
Plumley
,
and
as
is
befitting
all
justice
and
equity
.
And
also
to
the
end
That
any
Person
or
Persons
who
hereafter
shall
or
will
come
in
and
offer
to
purchase
and
buy
the
said
Estate
and
Premises
may
be
incouraged
thereunto
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
It
is
Enacted
,
That
John
Plumley
,
Paul
Plumley
and
Sarah
Plumley
,
Widow
,
and
the
Survivours
or
Survivour
of
them
,
shall
have
good
Right
,
and
hereby
full
power
and
authority
is
given
and
granted
to
them
and
the
Survivours
and
Survivour
of
them
,
upon
good
and
valuable
considerations
,
whether
for
Money
,
Sugar
,
or
other
Goods
and
Commodities
;
To
Grant
,
Bargain
,
Sell
in
Fee-simple
or
Fee-tail
,
or
Demise
,
make
Lease
or
Leases
for
Life
or
Lives
or
Years
,
and
to
make
any
other
Disposition
,
Sale
or
grant
of
the
whole
or
any
part
of
the
said
Land
,
Negroes
,
Stock
and
other
the
Estate
,
Interest
,
Right
,
Claim
or
Property
that
was
belonging
to
the
said
William
Plumley
at
the
time
of
his
Death
;
to
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
,
or
any
Grant
,
Bargain
or
Sale
,
or
other
Disposition
that
shall
be
so
made
by
the
said
John
Plumley
,
Paul
Plumley
and
Sarah
Plumley
,
and
the
Survivours
or
Survivour
of
them
,
of
the
Estate
,
Interest
,
Right
,
Title
and
Property
aforesaid
,
either
in
the
whole
or
by
Parcels
,
either
in
Fee-Simple
,
Fee-Tail
General
or
Special
,
Lease
or
Leases
for
Life
,
Lives
or
Years
in
Possession
or
Reversion
,
Shall
be
good
and
effectual
in
Law
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
,
to
any
Person
or
Persons
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
in
as
large
and
ample
manner
as
the
said
William
Plumley
in
his
Life-time
,
might
or
could
have
done
the
same
and
not
otherwise
,
according
to
the
respective
limitation
of
every
such
Estate
or
Estates
,
that
shall
upon
good
and
valuable
Considerations
aforesaid
,
bona
fide
,
purchase
and
buy
the
same
:
Any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
whatsoever
to
the
contrary
hereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Provided
this
Act
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
prejudice
or
injure
the
Right
,
Title
or
Interest
of
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
that
on
the
Day
of
the
Date
hereof
,
have
any
Claim
,
Right
or
Title
to
the
Premises
aforesaid
,
or
any
part
thereof
,
either
by
any
Act
or
thing
done
by
the
said
William
Plumley
in
his
Life-time
,
or
by
any
other
ways
or
means
,
or
by
the
Creditors
of
the
said
William
Plumley
,
in
case
Payment
be
not
made
to
them
according
to
the
Intent
and
Provision
of
this
Act.
It
is
also
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
case
Payment
be
not
made
to
the
Creditors
of
the
said
William
Plumley
by
his
said
Executors
or
their
Appointment
,
That
all
or
any
part
of
the
said
Estate
,
shall
be
liable
to
the
satisfaction
thereof
in
the
same
manner
,
as
if
the
said
Estate
had
remained
in
the
Possession
of
the
said
John
,
Paul
,
and
Sarah
unsold
and
undisposed
of
.
And
whereas
all
the
foregoing
Premises
were
passed
into
an
Act
on
the
12th
of
July
,
1676
;
but
it
has
so
happened
,
that
Two
Years
are
fully
elapsed
since
the
Date
thereof
,
and
has
not
received
the
King's
Gratious
Ratification
to
make
it
perpetual
.
And
forasmuch
as
since
the
making
the
said
Act
,
the
Estate
and
Premises
mentioned
and
intended
therein
,
has
been
sold
for
very
valuable
considerations
,
for
the
ends
and
purposes
designed
by
the
said
Act
;
And
the
Purchasers
thereof
have
been
chiefly
incouraged
thereunto
by
the
indubitable
Security
of
their
Title
,
being
grounded
upon
the
said
Act
;
but
now
the
said
Act
being
of
no
force
,
for
want
of
his
Majesty's
Royal
Confirmation
as
aforesaid
.
And
forasmuch
as
some
Contentious
Persons
may
possibly
hereafter
arise
and
endeavour
to
overthrow
the
Title
of
the
said
Purchasers
under
the
said
Act
;
For
Prevention
whereof
,
and
for
the
better
quieting
the
Possessions
and
Titles
of
the
said
Purchaser
or
Purchasers
that
claim
under
that
Act
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
that
since
the
Date
of
the
said
Act
,
have
for
valuable
considerations
,
bona
fide
,
bought
and
purchased
all
or
any
part
of
the
said
Estate
and
Premises
mentioned
and
intended
within
the
said
Act
,
Shall
by
virtue
of
this
present
Act
,
have
,
hold
and
enjoy
their
said
Purchases
and
Premises
,
according
to
the
true
purview
and
meaning
of
the
said
Act
,
against
all
manner
of
Persons
whatsoever
,
as
if
the
said
Act
were
still
in
force
,
and
confirmed
by
the
King's
Majesty
as
aforesaid
;
any
Act
,
Law
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
hereof
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
And
We
His
Majesty's
Council
and
the
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
do
humbly
request
your
Excellency
,
as
the
Father
of
Orphans
in
this
Island
,
to
cause
a
due
Distribution
of
the
Surplusage
of
the
said
William
Plumley's
Estate
,
after
his
Debts
are
paid
,
to
the
Legatees
,
Widow
and
Children
of
the
said
Plumley
,
according
to
the
purport
of
his
last
Will
and
Testament
.
And
it
is
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
your
Excellency
have
such
Power
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
to
cause
the
said
Will
in
all
respects
to
be
performed
,
and
at
your
Excellency's
Discretion
to
cause
Security
accordingly
to
be
given
.
Given
under
my
Hand
this
23d
of
January
,
1678.
Jonathan
Atkins
.
Nᵒ
252.
An
ACT
to
continue
the
ACT
of
Excise
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
253.
An
ACT
to
continue
the
ACTS
of
the
Militia
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
254.
An
ACT
for
the
more
effectual
putting
in
Execution
a
Statute
of
England
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
preventing
Danger
which
may
happen
from
Popish
Recusants
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
a
late
Statute
of
England
,
made
in
the
Five
and
Twentieth
Year
of
His
Majesty's
Reign
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
preventing
Dangers
which
may
happen
from
Popish
Recusants
,
It
is
Enacted
,
That
all
and
every
Person
or
Persons
that
shall
bear
any
Office
or
Offices
,
Civil
or
Military
,
or
shall
receive
any
Pay
,
Sallary
,
Fee
or
Wages
by
reason
of
any
Patent
or
Grant
,
or
shall
have
Command
,
or
Place
or
Trust
from
or
under
His
Majesty
,
or
from
any
of
his
Majesty's
Predecessors
,
or
by
his
or
their
Authority
,
or
by
Authority
derived
from
him
or
them
,
shall
take
the
Oaths
of
Supremacy
and
Allegiance
;
and
likewise
make
and
subscribe
a
Declaration
in
the
said
Act
expressed
.
And
whereas
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
England
(
save
only
such
as
have
received
alteration
by
the
necessary
Laws
,
Constitutions
and
Usages
of
this
Island
)
do
extend
to
this
Place
both
in
Priviledge
and
Penalty
,
and
are
and
ought
to
be
here
in
full
force
.
But
for
that
also
the
times
and
Places
set
down
in
the
said
Act
,
for
taking
the
said
Oaths
,
and
making
the
said
Declaration
,
cannot
here
be
observed
and
complied
with
.
To
the
end
therefore
the
said
Statute
may
here
take
due
effect
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
,
Sir
Jonathan
Atkins
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
the
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
aforesaid
,
It
is
Enacted
,
That
all
the
Persons
inhabiting
or
residing
in
this
Island
,
that
shall
bear
any
Office
or
Offices
,
Civil
or
Military
,
or
shall
receive
any
Pay
,
Sallary
,
Fee
or
Wages
,
by
reason
of
any
Patent
or
Grant
from
his
Majesty
,
or
shall
have
Command
or
Place
of
Trust
,
from
or
under
His
Majesty
,
or
by
Authority
derived
from
him
,
as
in
the
said
Act
is
expressed
,
shall
Personally
be
and
appear
in
His
Majesty's
High
Court
of
Chancery
,
or
before
the
Governour
and
Council
at
their
Publick
Sitting
,
or
in
any
one
of
His
Majesty's
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
for
this
Island
;
and
there
in
publick
and
open
Court
,
some
time
before
the
Tenth
Day
of
April
next
ensuing
,
take
the
said
Oaths
,
and
make
and
subscribe
the
said
Declaration
following
,
Viz.
I
A.
B.
do
declare
,
that
I
do
believe
,
that
there
is
not
any
Transubstantiation
in
the
Sacrament
of
the
Lord's
Supper
,
or
in
the
Elements
of
Bread
and
Wine
,
at
or
after
the
Consecration
thereof
by
any
Person
whatsoever
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
what
Person
or
Persons
soever
within
this
Island
,
shall
hereafter
be
taken
or
admitted
into
any
of
the
Office
or
Offices
,
Powers
or
Trust
before
mentioned
,
He
and
they
shall
within
Two
Months
after
such
Admission
,
take
the
said
Oaths
,
and
make
the
said
Declaration
in
manner
aforesaid
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
the
Persons
aforesaid
,
That
shall
neglect
or
refuse
to
take
the
said
Oaths
,
and
make
the
said
Declaration
as
is
before
provided
,
shall
incur
and
undergo
the
same
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
which
are
appointed
by
the
said
Statute
to
be
recovered
in
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
where
the
Offender
liveth
.
And
Lastly
,
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
the
respective
Courts
aforesaid
,
to
give
and
administer
the
Oaths
aforesaid
,
to
the
Person
or
Persons
aforesaid
,
in
manner
as
aforesaid
;
and
upon
the
due
tender
of
any
such
Person
or
Persons
to
take
the
said
Oaths
and
Declarations
,
The
said
Courts
are
hereby
required
and
injoyned
to
administer
the
same
,
and
keep
a
Register
thereof
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
the
19th
of
February
,
1678.
Jonathan
Atkins
.
Nᵒ
255.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
256.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
securing
the
Possession
of
Negroes
and
Slaves
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
257.
An
ACT
for
the
speedy
Collecting
of
all
arrears
of
Levies
of
Sugar
and
Labour
of
Hands
appointed
by
divers
ACTS
for
the
speedy
Finishing
the
Fortificaions
and
Breast-works
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
258.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
several
ACTS
of
the
Militia
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
259.
An
ACT
Repealing
an
ACT
for
allowance
of
a
second
free
Entry
of
the
dead
Productions
of
this
Island
lost
or
taken
,
and
relating
to
the
Four
and
a
half
per
Cent.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
260.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
for
the
better
Regulating
the
manner
of
giving
Tickets
out
of
the
Secretary's
Office
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
261.
An
ACT
for
destroying
Wild
Monkies
and
Raccoons
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
262.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
appointing
a
Committee
for
settling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
263.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
Levy
to
defray
the
Charge
of
Building
,
Repairing
and
Finishing
the
Leeward
Fortifications
and
Breast-works
,
and
other
Publick
Occasions
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
264.
An
ACT
for
the
settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
265.
An
ACT
for
settling
an
Impost
on
the
Commodities
of
the
Growth
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
our
late
Sovereign
Lord
,
Charles
the
First
of
blessed
Memory
,
did
by
his
Letters
Patent
,
under
the
great
Seal
of
England
,
grant
and
convey
unto
James
Earl
of
Carlisle
,
and
his
Heirs
for
ever
,
the
Propriety
of
this
Island
of
Barbados
:
And
his
Sacred
Majesty
that
now
is
,
having
by
Purchase
invested
himself
in
all
the
Rights
of
the
said
Earl
of
Carlisle
,
and
in
all
other
Rights
which
any
other
Person
may
claim
from
that
Patent
or
any
other
,
And
thereby
more
immediately
and
particularly
hath
taken
this
Island
into
his
Royal
Protection
.
And
His
Most
Excellent
Majesty
,
having
by
Letters
Patent
under
the
great
Seal
of
England
,
bearing
Date
the
Twelfth
of
June
,
in
the
Fifteenth
Year
of
his
Reign
,
appointed
His
Excellency
,
Francis
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
Barbados
,
and
all
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
with
full
Power
and
Authority
to
Grant
,
Confirm
and
Assure
to
the
Inhabitants
of
the
same
,
and
their
Heirs
for
ever
;
All
Lands
,
Tenements
and
Hereditaments
under
His
Majesty's
great
Seal
,
appointed
for
Barbados
and
the
rest
of
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
as
Relation
being
thereunto
had
,
may
and
doth
more
at
large
appear
.
And
whereas
by
virtue
of
the
said
Earl
of
Carlisle's
Patent
,
divers
Governours
and
Agents
have
been
sent
over
hither
,
with
Authority
to
lay
out
,
set
,
grant
or
convey
in
Parcels
the
Lands
within
this
Island
,
to
such
Persons
as
they
should
think
fit
;
which
was
by
them
in
their
respective
times
,
as
much
as
in
them
lay
accordingly
performed
.
And
whereas
many
have
lost
their
Grants
,
Warrants
and
other
Evidences
for
their
said
Lands
,
and
others
by
reason
of
the
ignorances
of
those
times
,
want
sufficient
and
legal
Words
to
create
Inheritances
in
them
and
their
Heirs
;
and
others
that
never
Recorded
their
Grants
or
Warrants
;
and
others
that
can
make
no
Proof
of
any
Grants
or
Warrants
they
ever
had
for
their
Lands
,
and
yet
have
been
long
and
quiet
Possessors
of
the
same
and
bestowed
great
Charges
thereon
.
And
whereas
the
Acknowledgment
of
Forty
Pounds
per
Head
,
and
other
Taxes
and
Compositions
formerly
raised
to
the
Earl
of
Carlisle
was
held
very
heavy
.
For
a
full
Remedy
therefore
for
all
the
Defects
afore
related
,
and
quieting
the
Possessions
and
setling
the
Tenures
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
Francis
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
&c.
his
Council
and
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
notwithstanding
the
Defects
afore
related
,
all
the
now
Rightful
Possessors
of
Lands
,
Tenements
and
Hereditaments
within
this
Island
,
according
to
the
Laws
and
Customs
thereof
,
may
at
all
times
repair
unto
his
Excellency
for
the
full
Confirmation
of
their
Estates
and
Tenures
;
and
then
and
there
shall
and
may
receive
such
full
Confirmation
and
Assurance
under
His
Majesty's
great
Seal
for
this
Island
,
as
they
can
reasonably
advise
or
desire
,
according
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
the
Payments
of
Forty
Pounds
of
Cotton
per
Head
,
and
all
other
Duties
,
Rents
and
Arrears
of
Rents
,
which
have
or
might
have
been
levied
,
be
from
henceforth
absolutely
and
fully
released
and
made
void
;
And
that
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
have
and
hold
their
several
Plantations
to
them
and
their
Heirs
for
ever
,
in
free
and
common
Soccage
;
yielding
and
paying
therefore
at
the
Feast
of
St.
Michael
every
Year
,
(
if
the
same
be
lawfully
demanded
)
one
Ear
of
Indian
Corn
to
His
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
for
ever
,
in
full
and
free
Discharge
of
all
Rents
and
Services
for
the
future
whatsoever
;
in
consideration
of
the
Release
of
the
said
Forty
Pounds
,
and
in
consideration
of
the
confirmation
of
all
Estates
in
this
Island
as
aforesaid
;
and
in
acknowledgment
of
his
Majesties
Grace
and
Favour
,
in
sending
to
,
and
appointing
over
us
his
said
Excellency
,
of
whose
Prudence
and
moderate
Government
,
we
have
hertofore
had
large
experience
,
and
do
rest
most
assured
thereof
,
for
the
future
.
And
forasmuch
as
nothing
conduceth
more
to
the
Peace
and
Prosperity
of
any
Place
,
and
the
Protection
of
every
Single
Person
therein
,
than
that
the
Publick
Revenue
thereof
may
be
in
some
measure
proportioned
to
the
Publick
Charges
and
Expences
,
and
also
well
weighing
the
great
Charges
that
there
must
be
of
necessity
,
in
the
maintaining
the
Honour
and
Dignity
of
His
Majesty's
Authority
here
,
the
publick
Meeting
of
the
Sessions
,
the
often
Attendance
of
the
Council
,
the
Reparation
of
the
Forts
,
the
Building
a
Sessions
House
and
a
Prison
,
and
all
other
publick
Charges
incumbent
on
the
Government
,
do
in
consideration
thereof
,
give
and
grant
unto
his
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
for
ever
;
And
do
most
humbly
desire
your
Excellency
,
to
accept
these
our
Grants
;
and
we
humbly
pray
your
Excellency
,
That
it
may
be
Enacted
.
And
be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Francis
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
Island
of
Barbados
,
and
all
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
and
by
and
with
the
Consent
of
the
Council
and
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
an
Impost
or
Custom
be
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
raised
upon
the
Native
Commodities
of
this
Island
,
after
the
proportions
,
and
in
manner
and
form
as
is
hereafter
set
down
and
appointed
,
That
is
to
say
,
Upon
all
dead
Commodities
,
of
the
Growth
or
Produce
of
this
Island
,
that
shall
be
shipped
off
the
same
,
shall
be
paid
to
our
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
for
ever
,
Four
and
a
Half
in
Specie
for
every
Five
Score
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Goods
before-mentioned
,
on
which
the
said
Custom
is
imposed
and
due
by
this
Act
,
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
Ship'd
or
put
into
any
Boat
or
other
Vessel
,
to
the
intent
to
be
carried
into
any
Parts
beyond
the
Seas
(
the
said
Imposition
due
for
the
same
,
not
paid
,
compounded
for
,
or
lawfully
tendred
to
the
Collectors
or
their
Deputies
,
or
not
having
agreed
with
the
Commissioners
for
that
purpose
to
be
appointed
,
or
their
Deputies
,
for
the
same
,
according
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
the
said
Act
,
That
then
,
and
from
thenceforth
,
shall
the
said
Goods
be
forfeit
,
the
one
Moyety
thereof
to
be
to
our
Sovereign
Lord
the
King
,
and
the
other
to
him
that
shall
Inform
,
Seize
and
Sue
for
the
same
,
in
any
Court
of
Record
within
this
Island
.
Which
Grants
are
left
to
your
Excellencies
own
way
of
Levying
,
in
full
Confidence
and
Assurance
,
That
your
Excellency
will
take
such
course
for
the
collecting
and
gathering
of
the
said
Impost
,
without
any
Charge
,
Duty
or
Fees
,
as
may
be
most
for
the
ease
of
the
People
of
this
Island
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
neither
this
Act
,
nor
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
extend
,
or
be
construed
to
bar
his
Majesty
,
or
his
said
Excellency
from
his
or
their
Right
to
any
Land
granted
,
or
any
Incroachments
made
upon
the
Sea
,
since
the
Year
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
and
Fifty
,
or
to
any
Lands
commonly
called
or
known
by
the
Name
of
The
Ten
Thousand
Acres
,
the
Merchants
Land
granted
by
the
late
Earl
of
Carlisle
or
his
Father
,
unto
Marmaduke
Rawden
,
Esquire
,
William
Perkins
,
Alexander
Banister
,
Edmond
Forster
,
Captain
Wheately
and
others
their
Associates
,
on
certain
Covenants
and
Conditions
.
Provided
also
,
That
the
Growth
and
produce
of
the
said
Lands
mentioned
in
the
preceeding
Proviso
,
be
not
liable
to
any
Tax
,
Impost
or
Custom
imposed
by
this
Act
;
any
thing
in
the
same
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
one
Act
made
the
Nineteenth
Day
of
October
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
and
Fifty
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
Importing
the
Customs
imposed
and
granted
by
the
Council
and
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
to
the
Right
Honourable
Francis
Lord
Willoughby
of
Parham
,
Lord
Lieutenant
General
of
the
Province
of
Carliola
,
and
Governour
of
Barbados
.
As
also
his
Lordship's
Confirmation
of
the
Right
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
to
their
several
Estates
,
with
the
Tenure
and
Rent
thereon
created
,
be
and
is
from
henceforth
Repealed
,
made
void
,
frustrate
,
of
none
effect
,
to
all
Intents
,
Constructions
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
this
12th
Day
of
September
,
1663.
Signed
,
Fran.
Willoughby
.
Nᵒ
266.
An
ACT
concerning
Replevins
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
267.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
publick
Accounts
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
268
Expired
An
ACT
to
continue
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
269.
An
ACT
for
a
Supply
of
a
further
Strength
of
Labourers
to
the
Repairing
and
Finishing
of
Forts
and
Fortifica●ions
,
and
building
new
ones
where
occasion
require
,
and
raising
Money
for
defraying
the
necessary
Charges
thereof
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
270.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
271.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
272.
Expired
.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
taking
off
the
Eighty
Days
after
Execution
for
future
Contracts
.
BE
it
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
,
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
,
and
chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Council
and
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
an
Act
bearing
Date
the
Five
and
Twentieth
Day
of
March
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Seventy
and
Five
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
taking
off
the
Eighty
Days
after
Execution
for
future
Contracts
,
and
all
and
every
the
Powers
,
Authorities
,
Clauses
,
Sentences
,
Penalties
and
Provisoes
therein
contained
,
Be
and
is
hereby
Declared
to
be
revived
and
in
force
,
from
and
immediately
after
the
expiration
of
the
said
Act
,
and
shall
continue
and
have
their
full
strength
,
according
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
thereof
,
and
shall
be
so
adjudged
,
deemed
and
taken
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
,
except
only
such
Executions
as
are
already
issued
upon
any
Judgment
obtained
since
the
Three
and
Twentieth
Day
of
January
last
,
and
until
the
Date
of
this
present
Act
,
and
not
otherwise
.
Given
under
my
Hand
the
Fifth
Day
of
July
,
1681.
Signed
,
Richard
Dutton
.
Nᵒ
273.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
appointing
the
Sale
in
open
Markets
of
Effects
attached
for
the
Excise
,
the
Parish
Dues
,
and
Servants
Wages
.
And
a
Declarative
ACT
,
upon
the
ACT
making
Negroes
Real
Estate
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
274.
An
ACT
for
computing
the
Arrears
of
Publick
Levies
into
Money
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
275.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
276.
An
ACT
for
the
raising
a
Levy
for
the
better
defraying
some
Publick
Occasions
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
277.
An
ACT
to
confirm
the
Lease
of
Fontabell
to
his
His
Excellency
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Governour
of
this
Island
.
Expired
▪
Nᵒ
278.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
appointing
a
Committee
for
settling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
An
ACT
appointing
Red
Coats
to
be
worn
by
all
the
Foot
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Nᵒ
279.
Prouided
for
in
the
Act
of
Militia
.
Nᵒ
280.
An
ACT
to
revive
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
281.
An
ACT
for
the
destroying
Wild
Monkies
and
Raccoons
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
282.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
283.
An
ACT
for
the
better
Regulating
the
manner
of
giving
Tickets
out
of
the
Secretary's
Office
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
sundry
Persons
have
of
late
departed
this
Island
to
Jamaica
,
the
Leeward
Islands
,
and
other
new
Settlements
,
and
left
behind
them
their
Wives
and
Children
,
many
of
which
are
,
and
others
may
become
burthensome
to
the
Parishes
they
are
left
in
:
To
Prevent
which
Inconveniency
,
and
to
the
intent
no
such
Person
may
hereafter
so
depart
this
Island
,
It
is
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
,
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
no
such
Person
shall
be
admitted
to
a
Ticket
from
the
Secretary
to
depart
this
Island
,
Vnless
he
bring
from
some
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
a
Certificate
to
the
Secretary
,
A
Certificate
to
the
Secretary
.
that
he
well
knows
him
,
or
that
Proof
is
made
by
Oath
before
him
,
that
he
is
a
single
Man
,
and
commonly
reputed
as
such
,
and
hath
no
charge
of
Children
:
Or
if
he
hath
Wife
and
Children
in
this
Island
,
that
he
is
Owner
of
a
competent
Estate
sufficient
in
this
Island
for
their
Maintenance
,
or
hath
given
good
Security
to
some
of
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
of
the
Parish
where
he
lives
,
That
his
Wife
and
Children
,
or
any
of
them
,
shall
not
hereafter
become
a
Burthen
or
Charge
to
the
said
Parish
,
or
any
other
Parish
of
this
Island
.
And
the
Secretary
or
his
Deputy
officiating
in
the
said
Office
,
is
required
not
to
issue
any
Ticket
to
any
Person
without
such
Certificate
,
upon
pain
of
answering
the
Damage
of
such
Parishes
as
shall
suffer
thereby
.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
this
Fourteenth
Day
of
July
,
1682.
Signed
,
Richard
Dutton
.
Nᵒ
284.
An
ACT
to
incourage
the
bringing
of
Christian
Servants
,
and
to
prevent
their
running
away
,
or
being
sent
off
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
285.
An
Additional
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
on
Land
and
Negroes
to
discharge
the
necessary
Debts
,
and
for
providing
for
the
security
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
286.
An
ACT
appointing
the
Sale
in
open
Markets
of
Effects
attached
for
Arrears
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Custom
of
this
Island
hath
been
,
That
where
Executions
or
Attachments
have
been
levied
upon
Goods
,
Chattels
or
other
Effects
for
the
Satisfaction
and
Payment
of
Parish
Dues
,
and
Servants
Wages
,
such
Effects
have
been
Appraised
by
Two
Men
of
the
same
Parish
;
and
if
the
Effects
so
Appraised
,
exceed
the
Debt
and
Charges
,
then
was
the
Parish
or
poor
Labourers
constrained
to
pay
the
Overplus
,
and
many
times
the
Effects
so
Appraised
,
were
valued
at
far
more
than
the
same
could
ever
afterwards
be
sold
for
.
To
Remedy
which
Incoveniency
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
in
all
Cases
hereafter
,
How
Effects
are
to
be
levied
and
out-cryed
.
where
Attachments
are
made
,
or
Execution
levied
upon
any
Negroes
,
Goods
,
Chattels
or
other
Effects
that
are
Moveables
,
for
the
Satisfaction
of
any
Parochial
Levy
or
Assessment
imposed
and
laid
for
the
use
of
the
Parish
,
by
the
Major
part
of
any
Vestry
of
any
Parish
in
this
Island
,
or
for
the
satisfaction
of
any
Servants
or
Labourers
Hire
or
Wages
,
within
the
Cognizance
of
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
such
Effects
shall
be
out-cryed
,
and
sold
within
those
Hours
,
and
between
the
first
Day
of
January
,
and
the
last
of
September
in
every
Year
,
as
is
used
by
the
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
,
(
except
for
Labourers
or
Servants
Wages
,
for
which
Markets
shall
continue
all
the
Year
)
And
every
Day
in
every
Week
in
that
time
shall
be
as
a
Market-Day
,
if
the
Justice
of
Peace
from
whom
the
Execution
issues
,
or
the
Church-warden
who
makes
the
Attachment
shall
so
appoint
.
And
such
Out-cries
to
be
at
the
Market-Towns
for
the
Precincts
where
the
Attachment
is
made
,
or
Execution
levied
.
And
the
Charge
and
Trouble
of
the
Carriage
,
or
driving
the
attached
Effects
of
Moveables
to
Market-Towns
,
and
the
Out-cries
shall
be
paid
,
and
fully
recompenced
to
the
Church-wardens
or
Constables
,
or
those
that
attend
them
or
their
Deputies
,
out
of
the
attached
Effects
of
the
Debtor
or
Offender
.
And
where
any
Disputes
arise
relating
to
the
Charge
of
Carriage
,
The
same
shall
be
ended
and
determined
by
some
Justice
of
the
Peace
in
the
Parish
where
the
Attachment
was
made
;
And
where
the
Party
Debtor
refuseth
to
shew
such
Effects
as
aforesaid
,
or
the
Officer
aforesaid
cannot
meet
with
such
,
Then
it
is
and
shall
be
in
the
Election
of
the
Vestry
of
such
Parish
,
or
the
Creditor
aforesaid
,
either
to
cause
the
Person
of
the
Debtor
to
be
taken
in
Execution
,
or
to
lay
and
levy
the
same
upon
his
Lands
or
Buildings
,
if
he
have
any
;
the
which
shall
be
out-cryed
as
Chattels
,
in
the
Method
by
this
Act
appointed
upon
Executions
for
arrears
of
Excise
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
where
any
Person
or
Persons
buy
any
Effects
as
aforesaid
,
The
Buyers
not
paying
,
to
incur
such
Penalties
as
are
appointed
in
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas.
at
any
the
Markets
aforesaid
,
and
doth
not
pay
for
the
same
in
the
time
used
,
in
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
upon
Sales
made
at
Out-cry
,
Then
shall
such
Buyer
incur
such
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
,
as
are
accustomed
in
the
said
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
.
And
where
any
Person
or
Persons
are
taken
in
Execution
by
force
of
this
Act
,
It
shall
not
be
in
the
Liberty
or
Power
of
the
Provost
Marshal
,
or
any
other
Officer
of
this
Island
,
to
suffer
such
Prisoner
to
go
Abroad
with
any
Keeper
or
without
,
upon
Penalty
of
paying
to
the
Creditor
or
Creditors
,
double
the
Debt
and
Charges
for
whith
such
Debtor
is
taken
in
Execution
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
in
any
Court
of
Common-Pleas
in
this
Island
,
unless
it
happens
,
that
the
Debtor
breaks
Prison
,
or
he
go
Abroad
with
the
Consent
of
the
Creditor
.
And
where
the
Body
is
in
Prison
as
aforesaid
,
any
Estate
that
can
afterwards
be
met
with
,
either
Real
or
Personal
,
shall
notwithstanding
be
liable
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
Recovery
and
Charges
.
Clause
III
Also
it
is
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
all
Executions
upon
Judgments
for
want
of
payment
of
the
Arrears
of
the
said
Excise
,
the
Effects
to
be
hereafter
Attached
thereon
(
be
the
same
Lands
,
Tenements
or
Buildings
)
they
shall
be
deemed
and
taken
as
Chattels
,
and
shall
be
sold
by
Out-cry
to
the
Person
or
Persons
that
will
give
most
for
the
same
,
at
the
Place
where
the
Buildings
or
Tenements
are
,
or
Lands
lye
;
which
Out-cry
shall
be
in
all
Respects
as
effectual
to
the
Creditor
or
Buyer
,
as
if
there
had
been
an
Appraisment
thereof
:
Any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
His
Excellency
,
this
12th
of
July
,
1682.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
this
11th
of
July
,
1682
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
Richard
Cartwright
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
287.
An
ACT
for
raising
Monies
to
the
Fortifications
of
this
Island
,
and
for
other
Services
of
His
Majesty
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
288.
An
Additional
ACT
,
to
an
ACT
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
Raising
Monies
for
the
Fortifications
of
this
Island
,
and
other
Services
of
His
Majesty
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
289.
An
ACT
for
the
regulating
the
Gage
of
Sugar
Cask
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
290.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
a
former
ACT
for
the
better
Ordering
and
Governing
of
Negroes
;
and
an
ACT
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
securing
the
Possession
of
Negroes
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
291.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
292.
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Wind-Mills
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
293.
An
ACT
for
the
further
acommodation
of
his
Excellency
in
his
intended
Voyage
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
294.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
,
appointing
a
Committee
for
settling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
295.
An
ACT
for
the
ascertaining
the
Bounds
of
the
several
Parishes
,
and
inclosing
the
Church-Yards
within
this
Island
.
Clause
I
FOr
ascertaining
the
Bounds
of
the
Parishes
of
this
Island
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
,
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
where
the
Line
or
any
part
of
the
Line
between
Parish
and
Parish
is
obscure
and
doubtful
,
Lines
how
to
be
run
out
.
in
such
Case
the
Church-wardens
of
either
of
the
said
Parishes
concerned
,
may
apply
themselves
to
the
Governour
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
to
grant
an
Order
unto
Two
of
the
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
that
neither
live
,
nor
have
Land
in
either
of
the
said
Parishes
,
thereby
commanding
them
to
cause
so
much
of
the
said
Line
as
is
doubtful
,
to
be
run
out
by
some
able
Sworn
Surveyor
or
Surveyors
:
And
the
said
Justices
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
issue
out
their
Warrant
to
the
Church-wardens
of
the
said
Parishes
,
to
appear
at
a
Place
and
Time
,
certain
to
see
such
Line
laid
out
;
and
also
to
such
Surveyor
or
Surveyors
,
as
the
said
Justices
shall
think
fit
,
requiring
him
or
them
to
come
at
the
said
Time
and
Place
to
run
out
the
said
Line
;
And
the
said
Justices
are
also
authorized
to
Summon
all
such
Evidences
they
shall
judge
convenient
,
for
clearing
upon
Oath
any
Doubts
or
Matters
concerning
the
said
Line
;
which
Oath
the
said
Justices
have
hereby
full
power
to
administer
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
the
Charge
of
running
out
the
said
Lines
,
The
Charge
to
be
born
by
both
Parishes
.
shall
be
born
by
both
the
said
Parishes
in
such
proportion
as
the
said
Justices
with
regard
to
the
clearness
of
the
Right
on
either
side
,
shall
appoint
and
determine
;
and
if
any
Evidence
or
Witness
shall
fail
to
appear
according
to
Summons
,
so
that
by
this
means
the
Matter
in
Controversy
cannnot
be
decided
;
The
said
Justices
may
appoint
another
Meeting
for
that
Purpose
,
at
the
Charge
of
the
Witness
or
Witnesses
so
failing
,
to
be
levied
,
in
case
of
Non-payment
,
by
Warrant
of
Execution
from
the
said
Justices
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
.
And
where
by
virtue
of
the
Line
or
Lines
so
run
as
aforesaid
,
any
Parish
obtains
an
increase
of
Land
,
by
taking
in
any
Plantation
or
Parcel
of
Land
into
the
said
Parish
,
which
was
not
formerly
accounted
appurtenant
,
or
part
of
the
said
Parish
,
and
paid
Dues
thereunto
;
Such
Lands
shall
be
from
thence-forward
obliged
to
pay
its
proportion
of
all
Parochial
Taxes
and
Duties
which
shall
be
levied
or
raised
in
that
Parish
it
becomes
a
Member
of
,
Parochial
Taxes
to
be
paid
in
the
P●rish
where
the
Land
●●es
,
and
to
be
discharged
from
the
other
Parish
.
by
reason
of
the
said
Survey
,
and
be
freed
from
all
Arrears
whatsoever
:
And
the
Owner
thereof
shall
be
Released
or
Discharged
out
of
the
Parish
Books
where
it
was
formerly
reputed
to
be
,
or
paid
for
so
much
Land
as
he
is
charged
for
in
the
other
Parish
as
aforesaid
.
And
whereas
the
Church-Yards
in
the
several
Parishes
in
this
Island
,
do
for
the
most
part
want
a
sufficient
and
substantial
inclosure
,
Clause
III
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Church-wardens
and
Vestries
of
the
respective
Parishes
,
shall
take
order
with
all
convenient
speed
for
making
a
good
Wall
or
Pale
,
Church-Yards
to
be
inclosed
.
or
other
decent
and
strong
Fence
about
all
Parts
of
the
Church-yards
belonging
to
each
Parish
,
with
good
Gates
or
other
Passages
into
the
same
.
And
the
said
Vestries
have
power
by
this
Act
to
lay
such
Levies
and
Taxes
upon
their
respective
Parishes
,
as
shall
be
needful
to
this
purpose
;
which
shall
be
collected
in
the
same
manner
,
and
by
the
same
Authority
as
all
other
Parish
Levies
are
.
Passed
the
Assembly
,
the
16th
of
March
,
1682.
Given
under
my
Hand
,
this
16th
of
March
,
1682.
-
Richard
Cartwright
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
-
Richard
Dutton
.
Nᵒ
296.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
297.
An
ACT
to
revive
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
Settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
298.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
299.
An
ACT
for
holding
a
Court
of
Grand
Sessions
,
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
general
Goal
Delivery
,
and
Commission
of
the
Peace
in
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
300.
An
ACT
for
more
speedy
Remedy
in
Distresses
taken
Damage
fesant
,
and
Trespasses
done
by
Horses
,
Cattel
,
and
other
living
Chattels
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
consideration
,
that
frequently
very
Costly
,
and
sometimes
very
Tedious
Suits
at
Law
do
happen
upon
Replevins
of
Distresses
pretended
to
be
taken
Damage
fesant
,
when
indeed
the
Damage
hath
been
little
or
nothing
,
and
the
Distress
detained
rather
to
vex
and
charge
the
Owner
by
forcing
him
to
sue
Replevin
,
Than
for
any
Harm
done
,
or
Satisfaction
hoped
thereby
,
and
sundry
Evils
tending
to
the
impoverishment
of
the
poorer
sort
,
are
observed
to
follow
the
same
.
To
Prevent
the
like
for
the
future
,
and
that
the
Owner
of
the
Distress
may
not
be
injured
by
too
long
detention
thereof
,
nor
the
other
Party
for
want
of
due
Satisfaction
,
and
both
have
Right
with
the
greatest
speed
,
ease
and
equity
,
and
with
the
least
Cost
that
may
be
,
Clause
I
It
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
His
Excellency
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
any
Person
or
Persons
that
shall
have
any
his
Horses
,
Cattel
or
other
living
Chattels
of
what
kind
soever
,
taken
Damage
feasant
,
or
so
pretended
to
be
,
may
repair
to
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
A
Justice
to
grant
a
Summons
.
who
is
hereby
required
and
impowered
upon
complaint
and
request
of
the
Owner
,
to
grant
a
Warrant
to
Summons
the
other
Party
before
him
,
To
accord
them
.
to
answer
the
said
Complaint
;
And
if
upon
hearing
the
matter
,
and
what
shall
be
said
on
either
side
,
If
not
Three
Men
to
view
and
appraise
.
he
the
said
Justice
cannot
accord
the
Parties
,
Then
grant
a
Warrant
directed
to
Three
of
the
Neighbouring
Free-holders
,
them
requiring
,
or
any
Two
of
them
,
to
view
and
appraise
the
Damage
:
Vpon
return
whereof
,
An
Oath
.
and
Oath
made
by
the
Appraisers
to
the
said
Appraisment
;
as
also
Proof
made
of
the
payment
or
tender
of
what
the
Damage
was
appraised
unto
;
which
the
said
Justice
hath
hereby
full
power
to
Administer
.
Or
if
the
Party
detaining
,
shall
not
on
Summons
appear
,
or
deliver
the
Goods
detained
,
That
then
the
Justice
aforesaid
shall
issue
a
Warrant
instead
of
a
Replevin
,
to
the
next
or
any
other
Constable
of
the
Parish
,
To
re-deliver
the
Distresses
.
where
the
Distress
was
taken
,
him
requiring
and
commanding
the
said
Distress
to
take
,
and
the
same
deliver
and
restore
to
the
Complainant
.
Any
Law
or
Custom
heretofore
used
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
the
Party
distreining
,
or
any
other
Person
shall
to
frustrate
the
effect
of
this
Act
,
or
so
convey
away
such
Distress
,
that
the
Constable
cannot
make
deliverance
according
to
his
Warrant
,
If
the
deliverance
of
the
Distresses
hindred
,
the
Offenders
Person
to
be
Arrested
.
In
such
case
the
Constable
shall
take
such
Offender
and
bring
him
before
the
said
Justice
,
to
whom
if
it
appear
he
hath
so
done
,
The
said
Justice
shall
cause
Chattles
of
the
Parties
,
to
the
value
,
to
be
taken
and
delivered
the
Complainant
,
or
in
want
thereof
,
To
lye
in
Goal
till
be
re-deliver
.
shall
commit
the
Offender
to
Prison
there
,
to
remain
until
the
said
Distress
may
be
taken
,
and
deliverance
made
by
the
Constable
as
aforesaid
.
And
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Justice
or
his
Clerk
to
receive
and
take
for
each
Warrant
Six
Pence
in
Money
,
and
for
each
Replevin
Twelve
Pence
in
Money
.
Clause
III
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
hereof
,
that
in
case
of
Distresses
for
Rent
,
If
he
or
they
dispute
of
Title
.
or
pretence
of
Title
,
where
the
Distress
is
taken
,
or
upon
pleading
Property
to
the
Goods
so
distreined
,
That
then
the
power
hereby
given
the
said
Justice
of
the
Peace
is
immediately
to
cease
,
The
Justices
power
to
cease
.
To
be
tried
at
Common
Law
.
and
the
Replevin
to
issue
from
the
Common
Law
,
where
the
same
matter
in
difference
is
to
be
decided
and
not
otherwise
.
Clause
IV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
pleading
property
as
aforesaid
,
doth
not
upon
the
Tryal
of
the
Cause
make
good
the
same
,
the
said
Court
,
where
such
Tryal
is
had
,
Treble
Cost
.
shall
tax
treble
Cost
against
the
Person
so
failing
as
aforesaid
.
Any
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
the
10th
Day
of
December
,
1684.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
9th
Day
of
December
,
1684
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
Richard
Cartwright
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
301.
An
ACT
to
revive
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
a
former
ACT
for
the
better
Ordering
and
Governing
of
Negroes
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
302.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
303.
An
ACT
to
impower
Attorneys
to
confess
Judgment
upon
particular
Warrants
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
has
been
a
usual
and
lawful
Practice
for
many
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
to
confess
Judgment
by
Warrant
of
Attorney
directed
to
some
one
of
the
Attorneys
of
his
Majesty's
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
therein
warranting
and
desiring
them
,
to
appear
before
a
certain
Judge
,
naming
the
said
Judge
of
his
Majesty's
Court
of
Common
Pleas
held
for
a
certain
Precinct
of
this
Island
,
there
before
such
Judge
to
confess
Judgment
,
&c.
And
whereas
it
hath
lately
hapned
by
Death
and
Removal
of
the
Honourable
the
Judges
of
this
Island
,
from
one
Court
to
another
,
into
other
Precincts
than
where
they
lived
at
the
time
of
giving
such
Warrant
as
aforesaid
;
it
becomes
impossible
directly
for
the
Attorney
to
pursue
such
Warrant
,
although
the
true
intent
and
meaning
thereof
is
only
relating
to
the
Judgment
,
and
not
the
precise
manner
of
doing
the
same
.
And
whereas
many
Inconveniencies
may
thereby
arise
,
in
as
much
as
Debtors
under
those
circumstances
may
either
dispute
or
avoid
their
Judgments
so
to
be
confessed
as
aforesaid
:
For
prevention
of
which
Inconveniency
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
,
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
in
such
Case
where
any
of
the
Attorneys
of
his
Majesty's
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
in
this
Island
,
have
such
Warrants
of
Attorney
directed
to
them
,
to
confess
Judgment
before
such
Judge
,
that
is
since
the
giving
of
the
same
,
dead
or
removed
from
the
Precincts
where
he
was
Judge
at
the
time
,
Attorneys
to
confess
Judgment
before
the
Judge
of
the
Precincts
,
notwithstanding
the
death
or
removal
of
the
former
Judge
.
It
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
such
Attorney
or
Attorneys
by
virtue
of
such
Warrant
as
aforesaid
,
to
confess
Judgment
for
such
Sum
or
Sums
of
Money
or
Sugar
,
as
in
the
said
Warrant
is
contained
,
before
the
present
Judge
of
that
Precinct
where
the
Judgment
is
to
be
confessed
,
by
virtue
of
such
Warrant
.
Which
said
Judgment
so
to
be
confessed
as
aforesaid
,
The
Judgment
to
be
effectual
.
shall
be
as
firm
and
binding
,
and
as
good
and
effectual
in
Law
,
as
if
the
same
had
been
confessed
before
the
Judge
named
in
the
said
Warrant
.
And
the
Attorney
indempnified
.
And
the
Attorney
or
Attorneys
so
confessing
Judgment
by
virtue
of
such
Warrant
,
is
hereby
indempnified
in
so
doing
:
Any
Law
,
Custom
or
Construction
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
His
Excellency
,
the
19th
of
March
,
1684.
Pass'd
the
Assembly
the
19th
of
March
,
1684.
Nᵒ
304.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Committee
of
Publick
Accounts
to
Collect
the
Arrears
of
Labourers
.
●●●●●ed
.
Nᵒ
305.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
the
destroying
of
Wild
Monkies
and
Raccoons
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
306.
How
Pyrates
and
Felonies
done
upon
the
Sea
shall
be
tried
and
punished
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
several
Colonies
and
Plantations
belonging
to
our
most
Gracious
Sovereign
King
Charles
the
Second
in
America
,
have
been
lately
infested
by
a
dangerous
sort
of
People
called
Pirates
,
who
are
not
only
Enemies
to
them
of
His
Majesty's
Settlement
,
but
of
all
Mankind
:
And
for
that
the
Persons
said
to
be
Pirates
,
are
most
commonly
Thieves
,
Robbers
,
Murtherers
and
Man-slayers
,
and
other
Misdoers
contrary
to
the
known
Laws
.
And
to
the
intent
that
all
such
that
shall
be
taken
in
or
about
this
Island
,
or
brought
Prisoners
hither
,
may
be
proceeded
against
according
to
the
Statute
made
in
the
Twenty
Eighth
Year
o●
●●●ry
the
Eighth
,
Declaring
and
Enacting
how
Pirates
on
the
Seas
shall
be
Tried
and
Punished
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
,
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
Captain
General
,
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
that
are
or
shall
be
taken
,
sent
or
brought
to
this
Island
Prisoners
,
for
having
committed
Treason
,
Felonies
,
Pyracies
or
other
Offences
upon
the
Seas
,
or
in
any
Creek
,
Haven
or
Bay
in
or
about
this
Island
,
shall
be
inquired
,
heard
,
tryed
and
determined
in
this
Island
,
in
such
Form
and
Manner
,
as
if
such
Offences
had
been
committed
,
perpetrated
and
done
upon
the
Land
,
Treason
,
Pyracy
,
&c.
to
be
tried
as
Offences
at
Land
.
by
virtue
of
a
Commission
under
His
Majesty's
Seal
appointed
for
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
signed
by
His
Majesty's
Governour
or
Commander
in
Chief
here
for
the
time
being
,
impowering
one
Person
to
be
chief
Judge
,
together
with
Five
or
more
substantial
Persons
by
him
in
the
said
Commission
to
be
appointed
,
to
hear
,
try
and
determine
the
Offences
aforesaid
,
after
the
common
course
of
the
Laws
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
.
And
such
as
shall
be
convicted
of
any
such
Offence
or
Offences
,
by
Verdict
,
Confession
or
Process
,
by
Authority
of
any
such
Commission
,
shall
have
and
suffer
such
Pains
of
Death
,
Loss
of
Lands
Goods
and
Chattels
,
as
if
they
had
been
attainted
and
convicted
of
any
such
Crimes
and
Offences
done
upon
the
Land
:
Any
Law
or
Statute
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
,
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
10th
Day
of
December
,
1684.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
this
10th
Day
of
December
,
1684
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
Edwin
Stede
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
Richard
Cartwright
,
Cl.
of
the
Assemb.
Nᵒ
307.
An
ACT
to
raise
a
Sum
of
Money
to
farm
the
Duty
of
Four
and
a
Half
per
Cent.
upon
Commodities
of
the
Produce
of
this
Country
Exported
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
308.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
309.
An
ACT
to
confirm
the
Lease
of
Fontable
,
unto
His
Excellency
Sir
Richard
Dutton
,
Knight
,
&c.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
310.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Committee
of
Publick
Accounts
to
collect
the
Arrears
of
Labourers
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
311.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
312.
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Negroes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
313.
An
ACT
for
the
Governing
and
Retaining
within
this
Island
,
all
such
Rebels
Convict
,
as
by
His
Majesty's
most
Sacred
Order
or
Permit
,
have
been
,
or
shall
be
Transported
from
his
European
Dominions
to
this
Place
.
Repealed
by
Act
354.
Nᵒ
314.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Treasurer
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
315.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
Expired
.
Nᵒ
316.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
317.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
318.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
319.
An
ACT
for
laying
a
Duty
on
Shipping
for
the
Building
of
Peers
,
and
clearing
the
Bar
in
Carslile
Road.
Repealed
by
Act
430.
Nᵒ
320.
An
ACT
impowering
a
Committee
to
Collect
the
Laws
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
321.
To
the
Right
Honourable
Edwin
Stede
,
His
Majesty's
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
;
A
Present
to
him
of
One
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
.
Nᵒ
322.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
323.
An
ACT
to
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
impowering
a
Committee
to
Collect
the
Laws
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
324.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
325.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
326.
An
ACT
to
confirm
the
Lease
of
Fontabell
,
to
the
Honourable
Edwin
Stede
,
Esquire
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
327.
An
Additional
and
Explanatory
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
Governing
of
Servants
,
and
Ordaining
Rights
between
Masters
and
Servants
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
many
Disputes
have
arisen
,
whether
Servants
,
Labourers
and
Artificers
,
and
all
Persons
that
by
an
Act
for
good
governing
of
Servants
,
and
Ordaining
the
Rights
between
Masters
and
Servants
,
may
recover
their
Wages
and
Debts
arising
for
Work
done
against
the
Executor
or
Administrator
,
before
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
as
well
as
they
might
have
recovered
the
same
,
against
the
Testator
or
Intestate
in
their
Life-time
.
For
Removing
of
which
Doubts
and
Disputes
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Right
Honourable
Edwin
Stede
,
His
Majesty's
Lieutenant
Governour
,
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
An
Executor
or
Administrator
to
be
Sued
for
Wages
before
a
Justice
as
Testator
or
Intestate
.
That
all
Persons
that
by
Virtue
of
the
said
Act
,
may
Sue
the
Testator
or
Intestate
before
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
shall
have
the
like
Remedy
against
the
Executor
or
Administrator
.
And
whereas
it
is
by
the
said
Act
provided
,
that
the
Debt
or
Duty
recoverable
before
a
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
shall
not
be
above
the
Sum
of
Four
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
;
so
that
the
Ballance
of
an
Account
often
falls
within
that
Sum
,
when
the
Debt
is
much
beyond
it
.
Clause
II
Be
it
therefore
Declared
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Persons
,
The
Ballance
4000
Pound
of
Sugar
,
or
25
Pound
to
be
cognizable
.
the
Ballance
of
whose
Accounts
for
Wages
or
Work
done
,
doth
not
exceed
the
value
of
Four
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
or
Five
and
Twenty
Pounds
Sterling
,
may
Sue
before
the
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
as
by
the
Act
aforesaid
is
appointed
.
And
the
said
Justice
of
the
Peace
hath
hereby
full
power
to
consider
of
the
Value
of
the
Materials
,
that
any
Artificer
upon
Contract
have
made
use
of
,
together
with
their
Labour
not
exceeding
the
Sum
aforesaid
,
as
well
as
by
the
said
Act
they
may
do
of
their
Labour
only
:
Any
Law
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Eodem
Die
Pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
the
Lieutenant
Governour
.
Pass'd
the
15th
Day
of
May
,
1688.
Nᵒ
328.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
divers
ACTS
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
329.
An
ACT
for
the
Governing
of
Negroes
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Plantations
and
Estates
of
this
Island
cannot
be
fully
managed
,
and
brought
into
Use
without
the
Labour
and
Service
of
great
Numbers
of
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
:
And
for
as
much
as
the
said
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
brought
unto
the
People
of
this
Island
for
that
purpose
are
of
barbarous
,
wild
and
salvage
Natures
,
and
such
as
renders
them
wholly
unqualified
,
to
be
governed
by
the
Laws
,
Customs
and
Practices
of
our
Nations
.
It
therefore
becoming
absolutely
necessary
,
that
such
other
Constitutions
,
Laws
and
Orders
,
should
be
in
this
Island
framed
and
Enacted
for
the
good
regulating
and
ordering
of
them
,
as
may
both
restrain
the
Disorders
,
Rapines
and
Inhumanities
to
which
they
are
naturally
prone
and
inclined
,
with
such
Encouragements
and
Allowances
as
are
fit
and
needful
to
their
Support
,
that
from
both
this
Island
through
the
Blessing
of
God
thereon
,
may
be
preserved
,
His
Majesty's
Subjects
in
their
Lives
and
Fortunes
secured
,
and
the
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
be
well
provided
for
,
and
guarded
from
the
Cruelties
and
Insolences
of
themselves
or
other
ill-tempered
People
or
Owners
.
To
which
purpose
,
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Right
Honourable
Edwyn
Steed
,
his
Majesty's
Lieutenant
Governour
,
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charribee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
Master
Mistriss
,
Commissioner
or
Overseer
,
of
any
Family
in
this
Island
,
shall
give
their
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
leave
on
Sabbath-Days
,
Holy-Days
or
any
other
time
,
to
go
out
of
their
Plantations
,
except
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
as
usually
wait
upon
them
at
Home
or
Abroad
,
and
wearing
a
Livery
,
And
no
other
Negro
or
Slave
,
except
with
a
Ticket
under
the
Master
or
Mistress
Hand
,
or
some
other
Person
by
his
or
her
appointment
,
specifying
the
time
allowed
for
his
or
her
return
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
for
every
Negro
or
other
Slave
so
licensed
to
go
Abroad
,
Two
Shillings
,
and
Six
Pence
Sterling
,
half
of
the
said
Fine
to
be
to
the
Informer
,
and
the
other
to
the
publick
Treasury
.
And
if
any
Master
,
Mistess
,
Commssioner
or
Overseer
of
a
Plantation
shall
find
any
Negro
,
or
other
Slave
in
their
Plantation
at
any
time
,
without
a
Ticket
or
Business
from
his
said
Master
and
doth
not
apprehend
them
,
or
endeavour
so
to
do
,
and
having
apprehended
them
,
shall
not
punish
them
with
a
Moderate
Whipping
,
shall
forfeit
Ten
Shillings
Sterling
,
to
be
disposed
of
as
aforesaid
.
And
for
that
as
it
is
absolutely
necessary
to
the
safety
of
this
Place
,
That
all
due
care
be
taken
to
restrain
the
Wandrings
and
Meetings
of
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
at
all
times
,
more
espcially
on
Saturday
Nights
,
Sundays
and
other
Holy-days
,
and
their
using
,
and
carrying
of
Clubs
,
Wooden-Swords
,
or
other
mischevious
and
dangerous
Weapons
,
or
using
or
keeping
of
Drums
,
Horns
,
or
other
loud
Instruments
,
which
may
call
together
,
or
give
Sign
or
Notice
to
one
another
of
their
wicked
Designs
and
Purposes
;
and
that
all
Masters
,
Overseers
,
and
others
may
be
encouraged
and
enjoyned
diligently
and
carefully
to
prevent
the
same
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
be
lawful
for
all
Masters
,
Overseers
,
and
other
Persons
whatsoever
,
to
apprehend
and
take
up
any
Negro
,
or
other
Slave
that
shall
be
found
out
of
the
Plantation
of
his
,
or
their
Master
or
Owner
,
at
any
time
,
especially
on
Saturday
Nights
,
Sundays
or
other
Holy-days
not
being
on
lawful
business
,
and
with
a
Letter
from
their
Master
,
or
a
Ticket
,
or
not
having
a
white
Man
with
them
(
except
only
such
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
as
usually
attend
their
Masters
,
and
have
on
a
Livery
)
and
the
said
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
correct
by
a
moderate
Whipping
;
and
after
Notice
given
to
their
Master
,
Owner
or
Overseer
,
him
or
them
detain
,
until
the
said
Master
,
Owner
or
Overseer
pay
to
the
said
Person
that
took
him
up
,
Two
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
for
every
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
;
he
making
Oath
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
(
if
thereunto
required
)
by
the
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
that
he
found
or
saw
no
Letter
or
Ticket
with
him
,
as
also
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
met
or
found
out
of
the
Plantation
of
his
or
their
Master
or
Mistress
,
though
with
a
Letter
or
Ticket
,
If
he
or
they
be
armed
with
such
Clubs
or
other
Offensive
Weapons
aforesaid
,
him
or
them
so
disarmed
,
take
up
and
whip
,
and
shall
receive
the
same
Reward
as
aforesaid
,
from
the
Master
or
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
;
And
whatsoever
Master
,
Owner
or
Overseer
shall
permit
or
suffer
his
or
their
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
at
any
time
hereafter
to
beat
Drums
,
blow
Horns
,
or
use
any
other
loud
Instruments
,
and
shall
not
cause
his
Negro-Houses
once
every
Week
to
be
diligently
searched
,
and
such
Instruments
if
any
be
found
,
cause
to
be
burned
;
or
whosoever
shall
suffer
and
countenance
any
publick
Meeting
or
Feasting
of
Strange
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
in
their
Plantations
,
shall
forfeit
Fifty
Shillings
Sterling
for
every
such
Offence
,
upon
Conviction
,
or
Proof
as
aforesaid
,
Provided
an
Information
or
other
Suit
be
commenced
within
One
Month
after
Forfeiture
thereof
for
the
same
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Overseer
of
a
Family
in
this
Island
,
shall
cause
all
his
Negro
Houses
to
be
searched
diligently
and
effectually
once
every
Fourteen
Days
for
Fugitive
and
Run-away
Slaves
,
Clubs
,
Wooden-Swords
,
and
other
mischievous
Weapons
;
and
finding
any
so
,
to
take
them
away
,
and
cause
them
to
be
burned
;
as
also
For
Cloaths
,
Goods
and
any
other
things
and
Commodities
that
are
not
given
them
by
their
Master
,
Mistress
,
Commander
or
Overseer
,
and
honestly
come
by
;
in
whose
Custody
they
find
any
thing
of
that
kind
,
and
suspect
or
know
to
be
Stolen
Goods
,
the
same
they
shall
seize
and
take
into
their
Custody
;
and
a
full
and
ample
Description
of
the
particulars
thereof
in
Writing
,
within
Six
Days
after
the
Discovery
thereof
,
to
send
to
the
Clerk
of
the
Parish
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
required
to
receive
the
same
,
and
to
enter
upon
it
the
Day
of
its
Receipt
,
and
the
particulars
to
file
and
keep
to
himself
;
and
shall
set
upon
the
Posts
of
the
Church
Door
,
a
short
Brief
that
such
lost
Goods
are
found
;
whereby
any
Person
that
hath
lost
his
Goods
,
may
the
better
come
to
the
Knowledge
where
they
are
,
by
further
enquiring
for
Stollen
Goods
,
until
he
shall
first
declare
what
he
hath
lost
,
and
the
Marks
and
Descriptions
thereof
,
and
paid
him
Twelve
Pence
for
the
same
;
by
which
,
if
the
Clerk
shall
be
convinced
,
That
any
part
of
the
Goods
certified
to
him
to
be
found
,
appertains
to
the
Party
enquiring
,
he
is
to
direct
the
said
Party
enquiring
,
to
the
〈◊〉
and
Party
where
his
Goods
be
,
who
is
hereby
required
to
make
〈…〉
●f
what
is
in
being
,
to
the
true
Owner
,
upon
the
Penalt●
〈…〉
Forfeitures
of
Twenty
Shillings
Sterling
for
every
neglect
by
●●e
Overseer
or
Clerks
aforesaid
in
any
of
the
particulars
aforesaid
.
And
for
the
more
effectual
detecting
and
punishing
such
Persons
that
trade
with
any
Slaves
for
Stollen
Goods
,
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
that
where
any
Person
shall
be
suspected
to
trade
as
aforesaid
,
any
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
or
the
Justices
of
the
Quarter
Sessions
of
the
Peace
,
shall
have
power
to
take
from
him
sufficient
Recognizance
not
to
trade
with
any
Slaves
contrary
to
the
Laws
of
this
Island
;
and
if
it
shall
afterwards
appear
to
the
Justices
of
the
Quarter
Sessions
,
that
such
Person
hath
,
or
hath
had
,
or
Shipped
off
any
Goods
suspected
to
be
unlawfully
come
by
,
such
Person
being
called
before
the
Justices
at
the
next
Quarter
Sessions
following
,
shall
there
be
obliged
to
make
reasonable
Proof
of
whom
he
bought
,
or
how
he
came
by
the
said
Goods
;
and
unless
he
do
it
,
his
Recognizance
shall
be
forfeited
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
That
if
any
Negro
or
Slave
whatsoever
,
shall
offer
any
Violence
to
any
Christian
,
by
striking
or
the
like
,
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
shall
for
his
or
her
first
Offence
,
by
Information
given
upon
Oath
to
the
next
Justice
,
be
severely
whipped
by
the
Constable
,
by
Order
of
the
said
Justice
.
For
his
Second
Offence
of
that
nature
,
by
Order
of
the
Justice
of
Peace
,
he
shall
be
severely
whipped
,
his
Nose
slit
,
and
be
burned
in
some
part
of
his
Face
with
a
Hot
Iron
.
And
for
his
Third
Offence
,
he
shall
receive
by
Order
of
the
Governour
and
Council
,
such
greater
Punishment
as
they
shall
think
meet
to
inflict
.
Provided
always
,
That
such
Striking
or
Conflict
be
not
in
the
Lawful
Defence
of
their
Master's
,
Mistresses
or
Owners
of
their
Families
or
of
their
Goods
.
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
,
That
all
the
Slaves
within
this
Island
,
shall
have
Cloaths
once
every
Year
(
that
is
to
say
)
Drawers
and
Caps
for
Men
,
and
Petty-Coats
and
Caps
for
Women
,
upon
pain
of
Forfeiting
Five
Shillings
for
each
Slave
that
shall
not
be
cloathed
as
aforesaid
;
one
Third
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
Two
Thirds
to
His
Majesty
,
for
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
Offender
liveth
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Persons
who
shall
hereafter
take
up
any
Run-away
or
Fugitive
Negro
,
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
not
knowing
the
Master
or
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
Slave
,
and
shall
bring
them
unto
the
Provost-Marshal
or
his
Deputy
,
shall
receive
Ten
Shillings
Sterling
from
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
appointed
to
pay
the
same
:
And
in
case
he
shall
refuse
to
make
the
said
Payment
upon
presentment
of
the
said
Negro
,
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
and
thereof
Oath
to
be
made
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
the
said
Justice
is
hereby
authorized
and
required
,
to
direct
his
Warrant
to
any
Constable
,
to
cause
the
Value
thereof
to
be
immediately
levied
out
of
the
Goods
of
the
said
Treasurer
,
and
the
said
Goods
to
be
delivered
to
the
said
Party
.
And
the
Negroes
so
brought
,
shall
be
kept
in
the
Cage
at
the
Stepping-Stones
by
the
Provost
Marshal
,
and
not
in
Goal
;
which
said
Cage
is
always
to
be
kept
in
sufficient
Repair
,
at
the
Publick
Charge
of
this
Island
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
said
Provost
Marshal
,
to
retain
and
keep
in
his
Custody
as
aforesaid
,
the
Body
of
all
such
Run-aways
,
until
the
Owner
of
them
shall
pay
unto
the
said
Treasurer
,
Eleven
Shillings
Sterling
;
and
also
unto
the
said
Provost
Marshal
,
Four
Pence
for
every
Four
and
Twenty
Hours
the
said
Fugitive
Slave
hath
been
in
his
Custody
,
and
also
until
he
have
a
Discharge
under
the
Hand
of
the
said
Treasurer
or
his
Clerk
.
And
the
Turn-Key
shall
receive
Six
Pence
for
every
Negro
delivered
:
Provided
always
,
That
the
said
Provost
Marshal
do
furnish
the
said
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
,
with
sufficient
Food
and
Drink
,
which
is
to
be
proved
upon
Oath
,
if
by
the
Owner
of
the
Negro
or
other
Slaves
it
shall
be
so
required
to
be
done
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
of
the
said
Slaves
shall
dye
for
want
of
Food
,
the
said
Provost
Marshal
shall
be
responsible
for
them
to
the
Owners
:
And
if
the
said
Marshal
suffer
any
Slave
to
escape
before
he
be
duly
delivered
by
a
Discharge
in
Writing
under
the
Hand
of
the
abovesaid
Treasurer
,
the
Provost
Marshal
shall
pay
unto
him
the
aforesaid
Treasurer
,
Eleven
Shillings
,
and
shall
make
further
Satisfaction
to
the
Owner
,
as
by
the
Governour
and
Council
shall
be
thought
fit
:
And
if
the
said
Provost
Marshal
shall
suffer
any
Slave
to
be
otherwise
employed
out
of
the
Cage
,
before
due
Delivery
as
aforesaid
,
he
shall
forfeit
for
each
Slave
so
suffered
as
aforesaid
,
to
the
Owner
thereof
,
the
Sum
of
Five
Pounds
Sterling
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Persons
as
shall
apprehend
and
bring
down
any
Run-away
Slave
or
Slaves
to
St.
Michael's
Town
,
unto
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
,
or
to
the
Cage
,
shall
upon
such
bringing
down
of
such
Run-away
Slave
or
Slaves
,
deliver
upon
Oath
to
the
said
Treasurer
,
or
in
case
of
his
Sickness
or
Absence
,
to
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
to
be
by
him
returned
to
the
Treasurer's
Office
(
before
he
shall
receive
the
Consideration
before
appointed
)
an
Account
of
his
Name
and
Place
of
Aboad
,
with
the
Time
when
,
and
Place
where
he
apprehended
such
Fugitive
Slave
or
Slaves
;
And
that
he
knew
of
no
Ticket
the
Negro
had
,
nor
the
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
Slave
,
which
the
said
Treasurer
is
hereby
required
to
take
and
enter
into
a
Book
;
to
the
intent
that
all
Owners
of
Slaves
may
come
to
the
right
Knowledge
and
Understanding
when
their
Slaves
were
Apprehended
,
and
by
whom
,
and
whether
they
might
be
wrongfully
taken
up
,
or
not
;
and
that
the
Keeper
of
the
Cage
at
the
delivery
of
any
Slaves
,
do
take
a
Receipt
of
the
Person
to
whom
delivered
,
and
there
insert
the
Mark
or
Description
of
the
Slave
delivered
.
And
whereas
divers
Evil
and
Ill-disposed
Persons
,
have
hitherto
attempted
to
steal
away
Slaves
by
specious
Pretence
of
promising
them
Freedom
in
another
Country
,
against
which
pernicious
Practices
,
no
Punishment
suitable
hath
been
yet
provided
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
what
Person
soever
shall
directly
or
indirectly
at
any
time
after
Publication
hereof
,
tempt
or
perswade
any
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
to
leave
their
Masters
or
Mistresses
Service
to
whom
they
are
Slaves
,
out
of
an
Intent
and
Design
to
carry
away
any
of
them
off
this
Island
,
or
to
conceal
or
Entertain
any
of
them
upon
this
Island
,
or
howsoever
to
defraud
the
said
Masters
or
Mistresses
of
them
,
and
be
thereof
convicted
by
their
own
Confession
,
or
the
Oath
of
One
Credible
Witness
,
shall
be
by
the
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
where
the
Injured
Person
lives
,
whereof
One
to
be
of
the
Quorum
,
adjudged
to
pay
the
Master
of
the
said
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
Five
and
Twenty
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
levied
as
in
the
case
of
Servants
Wages
:
But
in
case
the
Party
offending
shall
not
be
found
worth
Lands
,
Goods
or
Chattels
,
to
the
value
aforesaid
;
then
shall
the
Justice
for
so
long
time
as
will
recompence
the
Party
injured
for
the
Twenty
Five
Pounds
aforesaid
,
adjudge
him
Servant
for
Five
Years
to
the
Party
injured
,
and
so
deliver
him
over
to
him
,
and
make
a
Record
thereof
.
But
if
any
Man
shall
so
tempt
and
practise
with
any
Persons
,
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
,
and
them
actually
so
attempted
,
convey
away
,
or
send
off
the
Island
,
and
be
after
Apprehended
and
convicted
for
the
same
in
this
Island
,
he
shall
be
by
the
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
as
aforesaid
,
condemned
to
pay
the
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
Three
times
the
Value
of
him
or
them
,
and
Execution
for
the
same
from
the
Two
Justices
,
to
issue
accordingly
,
as
in
the
case
of
Servants
Wages
:
And
if
the
Person
so
offending
,
has
no
Estate
,
then
he
shall
be
ordered
by
the
Justices
to
serve
the
Party
injured
as
aforesaid
.
And
whereas
many
heinous
and
grievous
Crimes
,
as
Murders
,
Burglaries
,
Robbing
in
the
High-ways
,
Rapes
,
Burning
of
Houses
or
Canes
,
be
many
times
committed
by
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
,
and
many
times
maliciously
attempted
by
them
to
be
committed
,
in
which
,
though
by
divers
Accidents
they
are
prevented
,
yet
are
their
Crimes
nevertheless
heinous
,
and
therefore
deserve
the
like
Punishment
:
And
also
do
many
times
Steal
wilfully
,
Kill
,
Maim
or
Destroy
one
or
more
Horses
,
Mares
,
Geldings
,
Cattel
,
Sheep
or
other
Quick
or
Dead
thing
of
the
like
nature
,
and
of
the
Value
of
Twelve
Pence
or
above
:
And
many
times
by
attempting
to
steal
from
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
Stock
and
other
Goods
before-mentioned
,
of
above
or
under
the
value
aforesaid
,
do
put
such
Inhabitants
or
some
of
his
Family
in
Terror
,
Dread
and
Jeopardy
of
their
Lives
,
which
several
Offenders
for
danger
of
Escape
,
are
not
long
to
be
imprisoned
:
And
being
Bruitish
Slaves
,
deserve
not
,
for
the
Baseness
of
their
Condition
,
to
be
tried
by
the
Legal
Trial
of
Twelve
Men
of
their
Peers
or
Neighbourhood
,
which
neither
truly
can
be
rightly
done
as
the
Subjects
of
England
are
,
nor
is
Execution
to
be
delayed
towards
them
,
in
case
of
such
horrid
Crimes
committed
.
It
is
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
when
any
such
Crime
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
committed
,
or
attempted
to
be
committed
,
by
any
Negroes
,
Slave
or
Slaves
,
and
the
said
Criminals
be
apprehended
and
brought
before
any
of
His
Majesty's
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
,
and
the
Justices
before
whom
the
Criminals
are
brought
,
shall
take
Security
for
their
forth
coming
,
or
send
them
to
Prison
,
and
with
all
convenient
speed
,
shall
join
with
him
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
;
And
these
Two
shall
by
their
Warrant
or
Precept
,
call
to
them
Three
Able
,
Good
and
Legal
Free-holders
of
the
Place
nearest
where
the
said
Crimes
were
committed
,
and
these
Five
Persons
,
viz.
The
Two
Justices
and
the
Three
Freeholders
,
shall
hear
and
examine
all
Evidences
,
Proofs
and
Testimonies
,
or
by
violent
Circumstances
they
shall
find
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
guilty
thereof
,
they
shall
give
Sentence
of
Death
upon
them
accordingly
,
the
said
Freeholders
being
first
Sworn
before
the
Two
Justices
,
who
are
hereby
impowered
to
administer
the
same
,
and
forthwith
by
their
Warrant
cause
Execution
to
be
done
upon
such
Negro
or
Negroes
,
Slave
or
Slaves
,
by
some
Negro
to
be
pressed
for
that
purpose
,
by
some
Constable
,
to
be
appointed
by
Warrant
from
the
said
Justices
.
It
is
further
Provided
,
That
if
any
Free-holder
shall
make
default
to
appear
upon
such
Summons
before
the
Justices
,
as
is
before
mentioned
,
or
appearing
,
refuse
to
joyn
with
them
as
is
before
appointed
,
and
do
shew
no
Cause
for
such
Default
,
to
be
approved
by
the
said
Justices
,
then
the
aforesaid
Justices
do
set
a
Fine
upon
him
of
Fifty
Shillings
Sterling
,
forthwith
by
their
Warrant
or
Precept
to
the
next
Constable
,
or
what
Constable
they
shall
think
fit
,
to
levy
the
same
upon
the
said
Freeeholders
,
their
Goods
or
Chattels
accordingly
.
And
if
any
Person
shall
send
off
his
Negro
that
hath
killed
another
,
he
shall
pay
unto
the
Master
of
such
Negro
,
the
Value
of
such
Negro
so
killed
as
aforesaid
.
And
in
regard
great
Mischiefs
daily
happen
by
the
Petty
Larcenies
,
committed
also
by
the
Negroes
and
Slaves
of
this
Island
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
shall
hereafter
steal
or
destroy
any
Goods
,
Chattels
and
Provisions
,
Canes
or
green
Corn
whatsoever
of
any
other
Persons
than
his
Master's
or
Mistresses
,
being
under
the
value
of
Twelve
Pence
,
every
Negro
or
other
Slave
so
offending
,
and
being
brought
before
some
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
this
Island
,
upon
Complaint
of
the
Party
injured
,
and
shall
be
adjudged
guilty
by
Confession
,
Proof
or
probable
Circumstances
,
such
Negro
or
Slave
so
offending
(
excepting
Children
,
whose
Punishment
is
left
wholly
to
the
Discretion
of
the
said
Justice
,
shall
be
adjudged
by
such
Justice
to
be
publickly
and
severely
whipped
,
not
exceeding
Forty
Lashes
;
and
the
said
Justice
shall
order
and
cause
the
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
to
make
Satisfaction
to
the
Party
injured
;
and
if
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
punished
as
aforesaid
,
be
afterwards
found
guilty
of
the
like
Crimes
aforesaid
,
under
the
value
of
Twelve
Pence
as
aforesaid
,
he
or
they
for
such
,
his
or
their
Second
Offence
,
shall
by
Order
of
the
Justice
of
Peace
before
whom
such
Complaint
and
Proof
is
made
,
have
his
or
their
Noses
slit
,
and
be
branded
in
the
Forehead
with
a
hot
Iron
,
that
the
Mark
thereof
may
remain
:
And
the
said
Justices
shall
order
the
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
to
make
Satisfaction
to
the
Party
injured
,
double
the
value
of
what
his
Loss
shall
appear
:
And
if
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
after
the
Second
time
as
aforesaid
,
be
accused
of
Petty
Larceny
,
or
of
any
of
the
Offences
before
mentioned
,
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
shall
be
tried
in
such
manner
as
Murther
,
Burglary
,
&c.
are
provided
for
to
be
Tryed
;
and
if
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
as
shall
be
Tryed
,
shall
be
found
guilty
a
Third
time
of
any
the
Offences
afore-mentioned
,
then
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
for
that
Third
Offence
,
shall
be
adjudged
to
suffer
Death
,
in
the
manner
as
is
appointed
in
Cases
of
Murder
as
aforesaid
;
or
other
Punishments
as
the
said
Justices
shall
think
fit
.
And
in
case
the
said
Justices
and
Freeholders
,
and
any
or
either
of
them
,
shall
neglect
or
refuse
to
perform
the
Duties
by
this
Act
required
of
them
,
they
shall
severally
for
such
their
respective
Defaults
,
forfeit
the
just
Sum
of
Five
and
Twenty
Pounds
Sterling
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Published
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
,
shall
make
Mutiny
or
Insurrection
,
or
rise
in
Rebellion
against
this
Place
or
People
,
or
make
preparation
of
Arms
,
Powder
,
Bullets
,
or
Offensive
Weapons
,
or
hold
any
Council
or
Conspiracy
of
,
or
raising
Mutiny
or
Rebellion
against
this
Island
,
as
hath
been
formerly
attempted
;
that
then
for
speedy
Remedy
thereof
,
the
Governour
of
the
Island
,
or
Superior
Officer
for
the
time
being
,
appoint
a
Colonel
and
the
Field
Officers
of
the
Regiment
of
this
Island
,
or
any
Four
of
them
,
to
meet
in
Council
,
and
proceed
by
the
Marshal
Law
against
the
Actors
,
Contrivers
,
Raisers
,
Fomenters
and
Concealers
of
such
Mutiny
or
Rebellion
,
and
them
punish
by
Death
or
other
Pains
as
their
Crimes
shall
deserve
;
As
to
the
aforesaid
Colonel
and
Field
Officers
,
or
any
Four
of
them
shall
seem
fit
.
Now
forasmuch
as
the
Loss
of
the
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
that
shall
suffer
Death
by
this
Act
,
would
prove
so
heavy
for
the
Owner
of
them
only
to
bear
,
and
that
the
Owners
of
Negroes
may
not
be
discouraged
to
detect
and
discover
the
Offences
of
their
Negroes
;
and
that
the
Loss
may
be
born
by
the
Publick
,
whose
safety
by
such
Punishments
is
hereby
provided
for
and
intended
.
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
all
cases
whatsoever
,
where
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
by
the
appointment
and
Provision
of
this
Act
shall
suffer
Death
,
then
shall
such
Justices
and
Freeholders
,
Colonel
and
Field
Officers
,
who
adjudged
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
to
suffer
Death
,
immediately
after
Sentence
thereof
given
,
inquire
by
the
best
means
they
are
able
,
of
the
Value
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
in
which
Value
they
shall
never
exceed
the
Sum
of
Five
and
Twenty
Pounds
Sterling
,
for
any
One
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
and
also
the
Damage
of
the
Party
injured
,
and
make
Certificate
thereof
to
the
Treasurer
for
the
Time
being
,
therein
requiring
the
said
Treasurer
to
pay
out
of
the
Value
of
the
said
Negro
or
Negroes
,
the
Value
of
the
Damage
to
the
Party
injured
:
And
the
Overplus
if
any
be
,
to
the
Owner
or
Owners
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slaves
;
and
if
there
be
no
Party
injured
,
then
the
whole
Value
to
the
Owner
or
Owners
of
the
said
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
,
and
if
there
be
no
Party
injured
,
then
the
whole
Value
of
the
Danger
or
Dangers
of
the
said
Negroe
or
other
Slave
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
.
But
in
regard
there
are
some
Masters
and
Owners
of
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
in
this
Island
,
who
do
not
make
sufficient
Conscience
of
providing
what
is
necessary
for
their
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
,
or
allowing
them
time
to
Plant
or
Provide
for
themselves
;
for
which
cause
such
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
,
are
necessitated
to
commit
Crimes
contrary
to
the
Law
;
and
yet
the
safety
of
this
Island
requiring
,
that
such
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
shall
suffer
as
the
Law
hath
appointed
,
rather
than
the
poor
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
be
ruined
,
and
driven
from
hence
by
their
means
.
That
therefore
such
Masters
and
Owners
of
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
whose
neglect
of
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
,
makes
them
in
some
measure
guilty
of
their
Crimes
,
may
not
be
countenanced
therein
at
the
Charge
of
the
Publick
.
Be
it
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Justices
and
Freeholders
appointed
as
aforesaid
,
to
enquire
into
the
Value
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
as
they
shall
sentence
to
Death
,
shall
also
further
enquire
by
Witnesses
examined
on
their
Oaths
,
or
by
their
good
Information
,
how
the
Owner
or
Owners
of
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
condemned
as
aforesaid
,
was
provided
with
Provision
and
other
Necessaries
,
and
what
Allowances
those
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
had
received
.
And
if
it
shall
appear
to
the
said
Justices
and
Freeholders
,
or
the
Major
part
of
them
,
that
the
said
Master
or
Owner
had
not
provided
reasonably
and
as
is
generally
accustomed
for
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
,
and
that
necessity
might
have
compelled
the
said
Negro
or
other
Slave
to
the
Offences
they
have
committed
,
Then
and
in
that
case
,
the
Justices
and
Freeholders
as
aforesaid
,
shall
certify
the
same
to
the
Treasurer
aforesaid
,
and
only
appoint
the
said
Treasurer
to
pay
the
Damage
to
the
Party
injured
,
out
of
the
Value
of
the
said
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
and
nothing
to
such
Master
or
Owner
.
And
if
the
Treasurer
for
the
time
being
(
having
sufficient
Publick
Stock
in
his
Hands
)
shall
fail
to
make
Satisfaction
and
Payment
to
such
Master
or
Owner
of
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
he
having
the
Governour
's
Warrant
for
the
same
,
the
Party
injured
shall
have
an
Action
of
Debt
upon
such
Certificate
as
aforesaid
,
against
the
said
Treasurer
in
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
for
the
Precincts
of
St.
Michael's
,
&c.
And
the
Treasurer
being
thereto
duly
summoned
,
shall
at
the
First
Court
after
Summons
,
plead
and
come
to
Tryal
,
or
else
Judgment
to
pass
against
him
by
Default
;
and
after
Judgment
,
Execution
immediately
to
issue
for
Satisfaction
.
And
in
regard
the
Planters
necessity
doth
compel
them
for
the
Managemnt
only
of
their
Lands
,
to
keep
so
vast
a
Stock
of
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
,
whose
desperate
Lives
and
great
Numbers
become
dangerous
to
them
,
and
all
other
the
Inhabitants
.
That
therefore
such
who
are
not
bound
up
by
that
necessity
in
having
Plantations
of
their
own
,
and
hired
Land
,
may
not
increase
the
danger
to
this
Island
,
by
keeping
Negroes
or
other
Slaves
to
hire
out
to
others
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
of
the
Hebrew
Nation
residing
in
any
Sea-Port
Town
of
this
Island
,
shall
keep
or
imploy
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
be
he
Man
or
Boy
,
for
any
Use
or
Service
whatsoever
,
more
than
one
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
Man
or
Boy
to
be
allowed
to
each
of
the
Persons
of
the
said
Nation
,
except
such
as
are
Denizen'd
by
His
Majesty's
Letters
Patents
,
and
not
otherwise
,
who
are
to
keep
no
more
than
for
their
own
use
,
as
shall
be
approved
by
the
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
:
And
if
any
Negro
,
Man
or
Boy
,
more
than
is
before
allowed
by
this
Act
,
shall
be
found
Three
Months
after
Publication
hereof
,
in
the
Custody
,
Possession
or
Use
of
any
the
Persons
aforesaid
,
then
every
such
Person
or
Persons
,
shall
forfeit
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
one
Moyety
of
the
Value
thereof
to
whomsoever
shall
inform
,
and
the
other
Moyety
to
His
Majesty
,
to
the
Uses
in
this
Act
appointed
.
And
whereas
divers
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
at
this
present
are
,
and
have
been
long
since
run
away
into
Woods
and
other
Fastness
of
this
Island
,
doing
continually
much
Mischief
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
hiding
themselves
sometimes
in
one
Place
,
and
sometimes
in
another
,
so
that
they
are
not
to
be
found
without
much
difficulty
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
Constable
or
Captain
of
a
Company
within
this
Island
,
that
shall
have
notice
of
the
Residency
or
Hiding-place
of
any
Run-away
Negroes
,
or
other
Fugitive
Slaves
,
to
Raise
and
Arm
any
number
of
Men
,
not
exceeding
Twenty
,
to
apprehend
and
take
them
,
either
Alive
or
Dead
.
And
for
every
Negro
or
other
Slave
that
they
shall
take
alive
,
having
been
run
away
above
Six
Months
from
his
Master
,
they
shall
receive
Fifty
Shillings
Sterling
;
and
for
every
Negro
or
other
Slave
that
they
shall
take
alive
,
having
been
run
away
above
Twelve
Months
Five
Pound
from
the
Master
or
Commanders
of
the
said
Negro
or
other
Slave
;
if
killed
in
taking
,
they
shall
receive
Fifty
Shillings
Sterling
from
the
Publick
;
any
Act
or
Statute
heretofore
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
under
Punishment
by
his
Master
or
his
Order
for
running
away
,
or
any
other
Crimes
or
Misdemeanors
towards
his
said
Master
,
unfortunately
shall
suffer
in
Life
or
Member
,
which
seldom
happens
;
no
Person
whatsoever
shall
be
liable
to
any
Fine
therefore
.
But
if
any
Man
shall
of
wantonness
,
or
only
of
Bloody
Mindedness
,
or
Cruel
Intention
,
willfully
kill
a
Negro
or
other
Slave
of
his
own
,
he
shall
pay
into
the
Publick
Treasury
,
Fifteen
Pounds
Sterling
:
But
if
he
shall
so
kill
another
Man's
,
He
shall
pay
to
the
Owner
of
the
Negro
,
double
the
Value
,
and
into
the
Publick
Treasury
,
Twenty
Five
Pounds
Sterling
.
And
he
shall
further
by
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
be
bound
to
the
good
Behaviour
during
the
Pleasure
of
the
Governour
and
Council
,
and
not
be
liable
to
any
other
Punishment
or
Forfeiture
for
the
same
;
neither
is
he
that
kills
another
Man's
Negro
or
other
Slave
by
Accident
,
liable
to
any
other
Penalty
but
the
Owner's
Action
at
Law
.
But
if
any
poor
small
Freeholder
or
other
Person
,
kill
a
Negro
or
other
Slave
by
Night
,
out
of
the
Road
or
Common
Path
,
and
Stealing
,
or
attempting
to
Steal
,
his
Provision
,
Swine
or
other
Goods
,
he
shall
not
be
accountable
for
it
:
Any
Law
,
Statute
or
Ordinance
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
the
Fines
and
Forfeitures
arising
by
this
Act
,
shall
be
to
His
Majesty
for
the
use
of
this
Island
,
according
to
such
uses
and
proportion
that
in
the
aforesaid
Clauses
are
respectively
appointed
;
and
such
thereof
as
are
not
otherwise
limited
and
appointed
in
this
Act
,
as
are
above
the
Sum
of
Five
Pounds
Sterling
,
shall
be
recovered
by
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
,
in
any
of
his
Majesty's
Courts
of
Record
within
this
Island
;
and
such
as
are
of
the
Sum
aforesaid
,
or
under
,
shall
be
recovered
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
,
who
is
hereby
required
to
grant
Execution
for
the
same
,
as
in
the
case
of
Servants
Wages
,
Provided
the
same
be
commenced
within
Thirty
Days
after
the
same
be
forfeited
.
And
lastly
,
to
the
intent
this
Act
and
every
Clause
and
Branch
thereof
may
receive
full
Execution
,
and
no
Person
plead
Ignorance
therein
,
It
is
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
this
Act
be
Read
and
Published
in
all
the
respective
Parish
Churches
in
this
Island
,
the
first
Sunday
in
February
,
and
the
first
Sunday
in
August
in
every
Year
ensuing
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Acts
heretofore
made
concerning
,
or
any
ways
relating
to
the
Governing
of
Negroes
,
Enacted
before
the
Date
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
Repealed
,
and
are
hereby
Repealed
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
the
L.
Governour
,
the
8th
of
August
,
1688.
Pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
10th
of
July
,
1688.
Nᵒ
330.
To
the
Right
Honourable
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
A
Present
of
One
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
.
Nᵒ
331.
An
ACT
for
binding
out
,
and
Ordering
Poor
Apprentices
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
many
Disorders
have
happened
between
Apprentices
and
their
Masters
,
sometimes
occasioned
by
the
Masters
,
but
most
commonly
by
the
idleness
and
loosness
of
the
Apprentices
,
which
has
grown
the
more
frequent
,
for
want
of
a
declared
Method
in
punishing
the
Idle
,
and
relieving
the
Injured
Apprentice
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Right
Honourable
Edwin
Stede
,
His
Majesty's
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
Any
under
21
Years
,
to
bind
themselves
by
Indenture
,
till
21
Years
.
That
from
and
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
Boy
or
Girl
within
this
Island
,
under
the
Age
of
one
and
Twenty
Years
by
Indenture
under
Hand
and
Seal
,
to
contract
,
agree
and
bind
him
or
herself
an
Apprentice
to
any
Person
exercising
a
Trade
,
Calling
or
Husbandry
within
this
Island
,
for
and
during
any
Term
,
until
they
shall
arrive
unto
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
,
With
Parents
Consent
if
living
.
Provided
the
said
Contract
and
Agreement
be
made
by
and
with
the
Consent
of
one
of
the
Parents
of
the
said
Boy
or
Girl
so
to
be
bound
Apprentice
as
aforesaid
.
And
in
case
the
Parents
of
each
Boy
or
Girl
be
dead
,
If
Dead
,
by
consent
of
the
next
Justice
of
Peace
,
and
Church-warden
.
then
by
and
with
the
Consent
and
Approbation
of
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
to
the
Place
where
the
Parents
of
the
said
Boy
or
Girl
lived
,
and
the
Church-warden
of
that
Parish
.
Which
Justice
and
Church-warden
are
hereby
required
to
examine
the
Master
or
Mistress
,
what
Trade
,
Calling
or
Occupation
he
or
she
is
of
,
and
consider
whether
the
said
Boy
or
Girl
so
to
be
bound
Apprentice
as
aforesaid
,
be
fit
for
such
the
Trade
,
Calling
or
Occupation
of
such
Master
or
Mistress
.
To
be
bound
by
Indenture
.
And
if
it
appear
to
the
said
Justice
and
Churchwarden
,
that
the
said
Boy
or
Girl
be
fit
for
such
Trade
,
Calling
or
Occupation
,
then
the
said
Justice
and
Church-warden
are
to
see
the
said
Master
or
Mistress
,
and
the
said
Boy
or
Girl
,
Sign
,
Seal
and
Deliver
the
Indentures
of
Apprentiship
interchangeably
,
and
set
their
Hands
to
an
Indorsement
thereupon
,
signifying
their
Approbation
thereof
.
And
all
such
Indentures
of
Apprenticeship
so
Signed
and
Sealed
by
any
Boy
or
Girl
under
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
,
with
the
Consent
of
the
Parents
,
Justice
of
the
Peace
and
Church-warden
aforesaid
,
shall
be
sufficient
to
oblige
the
said
Boy
or
Girl
to
serve
his
Master
or
Mistress
the
Term
,
and
to
do
and
perform
the
Covenants
and
Agreements
therein
specified
,
as
well
and
effectually
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
,
as
if
the
said
Boy
or
Girl
were
above
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
at
the
Sealing
thereof
:
Any
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Apprentice
already
Bound
,
or
any
Apprentice
to
be
bound
in
manner
aforesaid
,
shall
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
neglect
or
refuse
to
serve
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistress
,
according
to
their
Contract
or
Agreement
,
Then
and
in
such
case
,
the
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
to
the
Place
where
the
Master
or
Mistress
liveth
,
upon
Complaint
made
to
them
by
the
Master
or
Mistress
,
Apprentice
in
fault
,
to
be
whipped
by
the
Constable
.
1st
Offence
.
or
some
Person
on
their
Behalf
,
shall
enquire
into
the
Matters
complained
of
,
and
if
they
find
the
Apprentice
faulty
,
contrary
to
his
or
her
Contract
,
and
the
Duty
of
an
Apprentice
,
They
shall
order
him
or
her
to
be
whipped
by
the
Constable
,
according
to
his
or
her
Demerits
.
2d
Offence
.
But
if
such
Apprentice
shall
be
complained
of
,
and
found
guilty
a
Second
time
,
he
or
she
shall
by
order
of
the
said
Justice
,
be
severely
whipped
by
the
Constable
,
not
exceeding
One
and
Twenty
Lashes
:
3d
Offence
.
And
for
the
Third
Offence
,
he
shall
receive
One
and
Twenty
Lashes
,
or
be
sent
to
Goal
,
there
to
suffer
Imprisonment
for
one
Months
and
receive
Ten
Lashes
by
the
Goaler
every
Saturday
in
the
Afnoon
,
during
the
time
he
or
she
is
imprisoned
,
as
aforesaid
:
For
which
one
Months
Imprisonment
and
Diet
during
that
time
,
the
Goaler
shall
receive
Twenty
Shillings
and
no
more
,
to
be
paid
him
by
the
Church-warden
of
the
Parish
where
the
Offender
was
an
Apprentice
,
Provided
the
Goaler
doth
prove
,
that
he
hath
punished
the
Apprentice
according
to
this
Act.
Clause
III
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Master
or
Mistress
shall
hereafter
abuse
or
inhumanely
beat
or
punish
any
Apprentice
,
or
shall
not
allow
them
fit
and
convenient
Meat
,
Drink
and
Apparel
at
the
least
,
according
to
the
Allowance
that
by
Law
is
allowed
unto
bought
Servants
,
or
shall
imploy
them
in
hard
Labours
contrary
to
their
Trade
or
Agreement
,
Then
and
in
such
case
,
upon
the
Complaint
of
the
Apprentice
to
the
next
Two
Justices
to
the
Place
where
the
Master
or
Mistress
liveth
,
the
said
Justices
shall
grant
their
Warrant
for
the
Master
or
Mistress
to
appear
before
them
;
Too
much
Correction
,
want
of
Cloathing
,
hard
Labour
.
And
if
upon
Enquiry
they
shall
find
the
Master
or
Mistress
faulty
,
either
in
too
much
Correction
for
small
Faults
in
the
Apprentice
,
or
in
not
allowing
sufficient
Cloathing
and
Provisions
as
aforesaid
,
or
in
imploying
them
in
hard
Labours
,
contrary
to
their
Trade
and
Agreement
;
The
said
Justices
shall
take
Security
for
the
Appearance
of
the
said
Master
or
Mistress
,
at
the
next
Quarter-Sessions
of
the
Peace
to
be
held
for
the
Parish
where
the
said
Justice
lives
.
Where
upon
Enquiry
if
the
said
Justices
at
the
Quarter-Sessions
shall
find
him
or
her
to
have
been
severe
against
the
said
Apprentice
without
sufficient
Cause
,
or
that
he
or
she
have
not
used
to
allow
sufficient
Cloaths
and
Provisions
to
their
said
Apprentice
complaining
as
aforesaid
,
or
that
they
have
imployed
them
in
hard
Labour
contrary
to
their
Trade
or
Agreement
,
Apprentice
set
Free
per
Sessions
.
The
said
Justices
are
hereby
impowered
in
such
Cases
,
to
set
the
said
Apprentice
free
from
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistress
;
Any
Indenture
,
Contract
or
Agreement
whatsoever
notwithstanding
.
But
in
case
it
shall
appear
to
the
Justices
first
complained
to
by
the
Apprentice
as
aforesaid
,
That
the
said
Apprentice
had
not
just
cause
of
Complaint
,
the
said
Justices
shall
,
if
they
think
fit
,
order
the
said
Apprentice
to
receive
Ten
Lashes
to
be
given
by
the
Constable
for
such
his
unjust
Vexation
.
Apprentice
Ten
Lashes
.
Clause
IV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
any
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
,
Two
Justices
to
bind
out
any
loose
Persons
.
to
bind
out
any
loose
,
idle
or
unsetled
Persons
under
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
,
to
Apprenticeship
,
for
any
Term
,
until
he
or
she
arrive
unto
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
;
wherein
the
said
Justices
shall
observe
and
proceed
in
such
manner
as
is
appointed
by
a
good
and
wholesome
Statute
made
in
the
Fifth
Year
of
the
Reign
of
Queen
Elizabeth
of
ever
blessed
Memory
,
Chap.
4.
5
Eliz.
Cap.
4.
Clause
V
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
when
any
Apprentice
shall
for
ill
Usage
of
his
Master
or
Mistress
,
be
set
free
by
the
Quarter-Sessions
as
aforesaid
is
provided
,
It
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
to
the
Place
,
where
the
Apprentice
lived
,
together
with
the
Church-warden
to
bind
out
the
said
Apprentice
so
freed
as
aforesaid
,
to
some
other
Person
to
serve
the
remaining
part
of
the
Term
which
he
or
she
was
to
serve
at
the
time
of
his
setting
Free
as
aforesaid
.
And
all
Constables
that
shall
refuse
to
perform
his
or
their
Duty
,
as
by
this
Law
is
required
of
him
,
either
by
himself
or
some
Person
provided
by
him
for
that
purpose
,
Shall
forfeit
for
each
Refusal
,
Constable
neglecting
his
Duty
to
pay
40
s.
Forty
Shillings
to
be
levied
upon
his
Goods
and
Chattels
,
by
Warrant
from
the
Justice
whose
Order
he
disobeyed
,
as
in
the
case
of
Servants
Wages
,
to
be
to
His
Majesty
,
his
Heirs
and
Successors
,
for
the
Defence
of
this
Island
.
Clause
VI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
if
any
Person
Marry
any
Girl
that
is
Apprentice
,
Marrying
a
Girl
without
Master's
Consent
,
to
pay
5
l.
per
Annum
.
without
the
Consent
of
the
Master
or
Mistress
of
such
Apprentice
,
he
shall
pay
unto
the
Master
or
Mistress
Five
Pounds
Sterling
per
Annum
,
for
and
during
the
remaining
part
of
the
time
she
hath
to
serve
,
to
be
annually
levied
by
Warrant
from
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
to
the
Place
where
the
Master
or
Mistress
liveth
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
:
And
if
the
Person
offending
hath
not
Effects
to
pay
the
said
Five
Pounds
per
Annum
,
he
shall
be
ordered
by
the
said
Justice
to
serve
the
said
Master
or
Mistress
the
time
unexpired
of
the
Term
aforesaid
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
the
3d
of
Octob.
1688.
Pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
2d
of
October
,
1688.
Nᵒ
334.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
335.
An
ACT
for
the
better
Regulating
of
Outcries
in
Open
Market
.
WHereas
great
Inconveniences
have
daily
hapned
to
Debtors
that
have
their
Negroes
,
Cattel
,
Coppers
and
Stills
,
and
other
Chattels
brought
by
Execution
to
open
Market
to
be
outcryed
,
whereat
the
said
Marshals
have
set
the
said
Negroes
,
Cattel
,
Coppers
and
Stills
and
other
Goods
in
great
Lots
or
Numbers
to
be
sold
;
so
that
only
Ready
Money
and
Rich
Men
are
able
to
buy
them
;
whereby
for
want
of
Bidders
,
the
said
Negroes
,
Cattel
and
Coppers
,
Stills
and
other
Goods
are
often
bought
at
under
Rates
and
Value
.
Wherefore
for
Prevention
of
the
said
Inconveniences
for
the
future
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Right
Honourable
Edwin
Stede
,
His
Majesty's
Lieutenant
Governour
,
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
Marshal
or
other
Deputed
Officer
of
every
Court
in
this
Island
,
upon
Attachment
of
any
Negro
Slaves
,
Cattel
,
Coppers
,
Stills
or
other
Chattels
by
virtue
of
any
Execution
for
above
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
Above
100
l.
or
the
Value
thereof
,
Four
Days
notice
on
every
Court
House
.
that
shall
be
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
taken
out
,
shall
set
up
Four
Days
at
the
furthest
after
Attachment
as
aforesaid
,
notice
in
Writing
upon
the
Court
Door
of
each
and
every
Precinct
within
this
Island
,
of
the
Negroes
,
Cattel
,
Coppers
,
Stills
or
other
Goods
so
Attached
as
aforesaid
,
and
the
Place
and
Time
when
and
where
they
are
to
be
sold
;
Between
Ten
and
Fourteen
Days
after
Attachment
.
which
Sale
shall
be
at
some
time
between
Ten
and
Fourteen
Days
after
Attachment
as
aforesaid
,
to
the
end
Persons
intending
to
buy
,
may
have
timely
notice
thereof
.
And
when
the
Negroes
,
Cattel
,
Coppers
,
Stills
or
other
Chattels
aforesaid
to
be
Attached
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
brought
to
Market
,
the
Debtor
or
his
Assigns
shall
have
free
Liberty
to
dispose
the
Goods
so
attached
into
Lots
,
as
he
shall
think
most
convenient
for
his
Interest
.
But
if
the
Debtor
shall
neglect
or
refuse
so
to
do
,
the
Marshal
is
hereby
required
to
dispose
the
Negroes
and
other
Chattels
aforesaid
,
Lot
not
above
●
Negroes
.
into
Lots
,
not
exceeding
the
number
of
Five
Negroes
in
one
Lot
;
unless
it
happen
that
there
be
more
than
Five
of
one
Family
of
Negroes
;
in
which
case
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Marshal
to
sell
a
whole
Family
in
one
Lot
:
And
also
the
Marshal
is
hereby
required
not
to
sell
above
Five
Head
of
Cattel
,
Head
of
●
in
one
and
one
Copper
,
or
one
Still
in
one
Lot
,
unless
otherwise
appointed
by
the
Debtor
.
And
all
other
Chattels
the
Marshal
shall
to
the
best
of
his
Judgment
estimate
and
dispose
of
into
Lots
,
not
exceeeding
the
Value
of
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
in
each
Lot
,
〈◊〉
Fif●●
〈◊〉
in
a
Lot
.
unless
therein
also
otherwise
directed
by
the
Debtor
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Out-cries
of
Sales
aforesaid
,
No
Outcries
at
Plantations
.
shall
be
had
or
made
at
Plantations
or
in
any
other
Places
,
but
in
open
Market
only
;
except
Timber
,
Sugar-Pots
,
Drips
and
other
ponderous
and
heavy
Goods
too
troublesome
to
be
removed
out
of
the
Plantation
to
open
Market
.
And
whereas
the
Fees
of
the
respective
Marshals
of
the
said
Courts
for
levying
Executions
,
have
been
hitherto
variously
construed
,
to
the
great
injury
of
many
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
sometimes
computing
the
said
Fee
in
Sugar
,
but
most
commonly
in
Money
,
which
proves
very
inconvenient
:
For
Remedy
of
which
various
Construction
for
the
future
,
Clause
III
Be
it
Declared
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Marshal
levying
any
Execution
,
Marshals
Fees
for
levying
Executions
.
shall
for
the
future
computing
and
taking
his
Fee
aforesaid
,
commute
the
Moneys
,
if
the
Execution
be
in
Moneys
,
into
Sugar
at
Twelve
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
per
Hundred
,
and
shall
charge
Four
per
Cent.
for
the
First
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
,
Three
for
the
Second
,
Paid
in
Money
12
s.
6
d.
per
Cent.
and
Two
per
Cent.
for
all
above
;
which
Fee
being
thus
computed
,
the
Marshal
shall
receive
in
Money
at
Twelve
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
per
Hundred
and
no
more
.
And
to
the
end
the
Officers
of
the
several
Courts
of
this
Island
may
not
extort
more
for
their
respective
Fees
,
than
by
Law
is
established
for
them
,
and
that
the
Inhabitants
may
the
better
know
what
Fees
are
appointed
to
be
paid
,
Clause
IV
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
respective
Officer
in
this
Island
,
Court
Fees
to
be
set
up
in
all
Offices
.
shall
set
up
in
their
respective
Offices
,
a
fair
Table
of
the
Fees
,
that
by
the
Laws
of
this
Island
are
allowed
them
.
Fifty
Pound
on
him
that
Extorts
.
And
whatsoever
Officer
shall
presume
to
exact
or
extort
more
than
by
the
Laws
aforesaid
are
allowed
,
shall
forfeit
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
,
one
half
to
His
Majesty
for
the
use
and
defence
of
this
Island
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
that
shall
sue
for
the
same
;
and
for
ever
after
Conviction
thereof
,
be
hereby
deemed
uncapable
to
execute
that
Office
.
And
what
Marshal
or
other
Officer
soever
,
shall
neglect
to
set
up
and
continue
the
Table
of
their
Fees
in
their
respective
Offices
in
this
Island
within
One
Month
after
Publication
hereof
,
shall
for
every
Months
neglect
thereof
,
Ten
Pound
for
want
of
Table
of
Fees
.
forfeit
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
to
His
Majesty
for
the
use
aforesaid
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Informer
that
shall
sue
for
the
same
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
the
19th
Day
of
December
,
1688
,
and
consented
to
by
the
Lieutenant
Governour
.
Pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
18th
Day
of
December
,
1688.
Nᵒ
336.
An
ACT
for
the
securing
the
Possession
of
Negroes
and
Slaves
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
Possession
of
the
Lands
of
this
Island
hath
been
secured
by
the
Act
against
clandestine
Entries
,
That
the
Possession
of
Negroes
and
Slaves
may
be
secured
in
like
manner
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Right
Honourable
Edwin
Stede
,
His
Majesty's
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
authority
of
the
same
,
Take
no
Negro
from
him
that
has
had
him
3
Months
.
That
no
Person
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
take
or
detain
any
Negro
or
Slave
,
which
hath
been
in
the
possession
of
another
within
this
Island
for
the
space
of
Three
Months
(
Eight
and
Twenty
Days
to
be
reckoned
to
each
Month
)
together
without
due
course
of
Law
,
upon
any
pretence
whatsoever
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
Two
Shillings
Sterling
,
2
s.
6
d.
per
Day
.
to
the
Party
grieved
for
every
Day
,
that
he
shall
detain
each
Negro
or
other
Slave
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Party
grieved
,
shall
and
may
apply
himself
to
the
two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
to
the
Place
where
the
Offender
liveth
,
who
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
order
the
Offender
to
restore
unto
the
Party
grieved
,
the
Negro
or
Negroes
,
Slave
or
Slaves
taken
,
Two
Justices
to
restore
to
the
Party
grieved
.
or
detained
contrary
to
this
Act
,
and
likewise
to
order
the
Offender
to
pay
the
Penalty
in
this
Act
expressed
.
Which
Orders
,
if
the
Offender
refuse
or
neglect
to
pay
,
the
said
Justices
shall
commit
him
or
her
to
the
Common-Goal
,
there
to
remain
until
he
or
they
perform
the
said
Orders
.
And
if
he
or
they
continue
to
refuse
to
pay
the
Forfeiture
in
this
Act
appointed
,
or
deliver
the
Slave
or
Slaves
so
detained
,
Then
are
such
Justices
to
grant
Execution
for
the
Sum
of
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
as
a
Penalty
for
every
Negro
or
Slave
so
detained
;
and
also
for
the
Forfeiture
aforesaid
,
Fifty
Pounds
.
to
be
levied
upon
all
or
any
the
Estate
Real
or
Personal
of
the
Offender
,
by
a
Constable
,
by
Order
of
the
said
Justices
,
and
what
is
Attached
thereon
,
in
Fourteen
Days
to
be
out-cryed
,
as
in
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
in
this
Island
is
used
,
and
the
Person
of
the
Offender
not
to
be
inlarged
,
until
satisfaction
be
made
;
and
the
Party
may
also
have
his
further
Remedy
for
the
Value
of
the
said
Negro
,
by
his
Action
at
the
Common
Law
.
Clause
III
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
this
Act
or
any
thing
therein
contained
,
shall
not
extend
to
any
Person
whatsoever
that
hath
,
This
Act
not
to
extend
to
Negroes
lent
or
hired
out
.
or
shall
let
or
lend
any
Negro
or
Negroes
for
any
term
of
time
,
or
to
any
Attorney
,
Overseer
or
other
Person
who
come
by
the
Possession
of
such
Slave
or
Slaves
,
by
Act
or
Consent
of
the
Claimer
,
or
of
some
Person
from
whom
the
Claimer
pretends
Title
;
And
if
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
do
his
Duty
in
this
Matter
,
he
shall
forfeit
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
,
whereof
the
one
half
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Party
grieved
.
Which
Forfeitures
shall
and
may
be
recovered
in
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
where
the
Defendant
liveth
.
And
that
those
who
are
out
of
Possession
of
Slaves
,
if
they
have
Right
,
or
do
pretend
so
to
have
,
may
have
speedy
Remedy
by
Law
.
Clause
IV
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
all
Suits
for
detinue
of
any
Slave
or
Slaves
,
the
Defendant
being
lawfully
Summoned
by
a
Writ
or
Warrant
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
Judge
of
the
Court
,
served
at
least
Ten
Days
before
the
Sitting
of
the
said
Court
,
The
respective
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
proceed
to
Trial
,
Trial
and
Judgment
,
1st
Court
after
Summons
.
Judgment
per
Default
,
1st
Court
.
and
to
give
Judgment
the
first
Court
after
Summons
,
and
Execution
forthwith
to
issue
for
immediate
Satisfaction
:
Notwithstanding
any
Act
or
Statute
to
the
contrary
.
And
in
case
such
Deteiner
or
Deteiners
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
appear
at
the
said
first
Court
(
lawful
Summons
being
proved
)
the
Court
shall
give
Judgment
by
Nihil
dicit
,
and
Execution
forthwith
to
issue
as
aforesaid
.
And
it
shall
not
be
in
the
liberty
of
any
Court
upon
Non-appearance
of
any
Defendant
,
to
give
longer
time
for
pleading
or
for
Trial
,
or
giving
Judgment
upon
a
Trial
by
Jury
,
2d
Court
,
Peremptory
.
or
issue
in
Law
,
than
the
Second
Court
after
lawful
Summons
.
Clause
V
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Widow
Seized
of
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
as
of
the
Dower
of
her
Husband
,
Widow
sending
off
any
Slave
,
forfeits
.
shall
send
off
this
Island
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
without
the
lawful
Consent
of
him
or
her
in
Reversion
,
shall
forfeit
such
Negro
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
and
all
other
the
Dower
,
which
she
holds
of
the
endowment
of
her
Husband
,
unto
the
Person
or
Persons
that
have
the
Reversion
thereof
;
any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
VI
And
if
any
Widow
seized
as
aforesaid
,
shall
afterwards
marry
an
Husband
,
Husband
Marrying
a
Widow
,
offending
,
forfeits
his
Estate
.
who
shall
send
off
this
Island
any
Negro
or
Slave
without
consent
of
him
or
her
in
Reversion
,
in
such
case
it
shall
be
lawful
for
him
or
her
in
Reversion
to
enter
into
,
possess
and
enjoy
all
the
Estate
which
such
Husband
holdeth
in
Right
of
his
Wife's
Dower
for
and
during
the
Life
of
the
said
Husband
.
Clause
VII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Right
and
Possession
of
all
Negroes
and
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
Actions
for
Right
of
Negroes
.
shall
be
sued
for
by
Action
of
Detinue
,
Writ
De
partitione
facienda
,
or
of
Dower
,
as
the
case
shall
require
,
and
by
no
other
Writ
or
Action
whatsoever
.
Clause
VIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Persons
whatsoever
are
prohibited
to
bring
,
Indians
not
to
be
sold
or
imported
here
.
sell
and
dispose
of
any
Indians
to
this
Island
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
the
same
unto
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
;
one
Moyety
to
the
use
of
this
Island
;
and
the
other
Moyety
to
him
that
shall
inform
and
sue
for
the
same
.
Pass'd
the
Council
,
the
19th
of
December
,
1688.
Pass'd
the
Assembly
the
18th
of
December
,
1688.
Nᵒ
337.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
incourage
the
bringing
in
of
Christian
Servants
,
and
to
prevent
their
Running
away
,
and
being
sent
off
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
338.
An
ACT
to
Repeal
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
prevent
Depopulation
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
several
Clauses
and
Paragraphs
mentioned
and
expressed
in
the
said
Act
of
Depopulation
,
bearing
Date
the
Fourteenth
Day
of
June
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Seventy
and
One
,
are
fully
and
sufficiently
provided
for
in
the
several
other
Laws
and
Statutes
in
this
Island
,
under
more
proper
Titles
and
Denominations
.
And
for
that
the
other
Clauses
of
the
said
Act
are
now
become
useless
and
impracticable
,
and
of
no
Benefit
or
Advantage
to
His
Majesty
or
his
Subjects
of
this
Island
,
and
are
also
contradictory
to
some
other
Laws
established
here
,
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Right
Honourable
Edwin
Stede
,
Esq
.
His
Majesty's
Lieutenant
Governour
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
aforesaid
Act
bearing
Date
the
Fourteenth
Day
of
June
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Seventy
and
One
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
to
prevent
Depopulation
,
and
all
and
every
the
Clauses
,
Sentences
,
Penalties
and
Provisoes
therein
contained
,
is
hereby
declared
to
be
Repealed
,
and
is
Repealed
,
made
null
and
void
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
Any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
the
Lieutenant
Governour
,
the
same
Day
.
Pass'd
the
19th
Day
of
December
,
1688.
Nᵒ
339.
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Negroes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
340.
An
Additional
ACT
,
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
341.
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Negroes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
342.
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Negroes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
343.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
344.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
345.
An
ACT
declaring
the
further
uses
of
an
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Negroes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
346.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
incourage
the
bringing
in
of
Christian
Servants
,
and
to
prevent
their
Running
away
,
or
being
sent
off
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
347.
An
ACT
for
the
further
Accommodation
of
His
Excellency
in
his
intended
Voyage
.
Nᵒ
348.
An
ACT
to
incourage
Artificers
and
others
to
take
Apprentices
.
WHereas
the
binding
out
of
Apprentices
,
and
bringing
them
up
in
Merchandize
,
Manual
Occupations
,
Husbandry
and
other
lawful
Vocations
,
will
conduce
very
much
to
the
Profit
and
Advantage
of
this
Place
;
And
forasmuch
as
many
of
the
poorer
sort
of
Children
have
been
brought
up
in
Idleness
and
disorderly
living
,
to
the
dishonour
of
Almighty
God
,
the
Ruin
and
Destruction
of
themselves
,
and
the
great
Prejudice
of
this
Island
:
For
Remedy
of
which
Idleness
,
and
incouragement
of
such
as
shall
take
Apprentices
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charribee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
No
Person
obliged
to
arm
or
accouter
his
Apprentice
for
the
Militia
.
no
Person
whatsoever
that
shall
take
one
Apprentice
or
more
,
shall
be
compelled
to
send
to
the
Militia
him
or
them
armed
and
accoutred
at
his
own
Charge
;
nor
shall
be
liable
to
any
of
the
Forfeitures
,
Penalties
or
Clauses
in
the
Act
of
Militia
contained
and
in
that
case
provided
.
And
that
the
Militia
may
not
hereby
be
lessened
,
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
Clause
II
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Person
or
Persons
that
shall
hereafter
take
any
Apprentice
or
Apprentices
,
shall
within
Three
Months
after
such
Apprentice
or
Apprentices
are
bound
,
To
present
his
Appr
ntice
in
Three
Months
to
the
Colonel
.
The
Colonel
to
place
him
on
a
Person
wanting
his
Complement
.
To
be
armed
and
accoutred
.
bring
the
said
Apprentice
or
Apprentices
before
the
Colonel
of
that
Division
where
such
Master
lives
:
Which
said
Colonel
is
hereby
impowered
to
place
such
Apprentice
or
Apprentices
on
such
Person
or
Persons
as
to
him
shall
seem
meet
,
which
have
not
their
Complement
of
Men
to
serve
in
the
Militia
,
to
be
armed
and
accoutred
according
to
the
Act
of
the
Militia
,
at
the
Charge
of
such
Person
or
Persons
on
whom
the
said
Apprentice
or
Apprentices
are
placed
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
the
1st
of
October
,
1690.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
this
30th
of
September
,
1690
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
G.
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
349.
An
ACT
for
the
better
assertaining
how
the
Bonds
forfeited
for
carrying
Persons
off
this
Island
without
a
Ticket
shall
be
imployed
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
concerning
Ships
,
and
the
Duty
of
the
Master
or
Merchant
upon
their
Arrival
,
with
the
appointment
of
the
Impost
of
Powder
and
Tunnage
,
bearing
Date
the
First
Day
of
July
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Three
;
Clause
I
Amongst
other
things
,
It
is
Enacted
by
the
President
,
Council
and
Assembly
,
No
Ship
to
trade
before
the
Master
presents
himself
to
the
Governour
.
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Master
,
Commander
or
Merchant
of
any
Ship
or
Ships
,
Vessel
or
Boat
whatsoever
,
arriving
in
any
Port
or
Harbour
,
in
or
about
,
or
coming
to
this
Island
,
shall
dare
presume
to
trade
,
barter
or
bargain
with
any
Person
or
Persons
of
this
Island
,
or
land
any
Goods
or
Commodities
whatsoever
(
living
Creatures
only
excepted
)
before
he
hath
presented
himself
to
the
Governour
or
President
for
the
time
being
,
2d
,
Obtain
License
to
Trade
.
3d
,
Certified
Ships
Voyage
and
Loading
.
4th
,
Made
Entry
.
5th
,
Given
2000
l.
Security
to
carry
none
off
without
license
.
and
obtained
License
for
the
same
,
and
certified
his
Ship
's
Voyage
and
Loading
,
and
made
Entry
,
and
having
given
Security
in
the
Secretary's
Office
in
St.
Michael's
Town
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
,
not
to
depart
with
his
Vessel
from
,
nor
carry
off
this
Island
,
any
Inhabitant
thereof
,
Freemen
,
Servants
or
Slaves
,
without
a
Ticket
from
the
Governour
or
President
for
the
time
being
,
&c.
Shall
pay
and
forfeit
Ten
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
.
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
shall
carry
off
this
Island
in
his
Ship
,
Vessel
or
Boat
,
any
Freemen
,
Servants
or
Slaves
as
have
resided
here
,
without
a
Ticket
for
the
same
,
first
had
and
obtained
as
aforesaid
;
That
in
all
such
Cases
,
such
Persons
Bond
shall
be
signed
over
by
Letter
of
Attorney
from
the
Governour
or
President
,
to
such
Person
or
Persons
as
shall
be
thereby
prejudiced
,
to
be
sued
,
and
the
Penalty
thereof
recovered
against
him
or
them
,
out
of
which
Recovery
Satisfaction
shall
be
awarded
to
the
Person
prejudiced
,
with
his
Charge
and
Damages
,
as
by
the
said
Act
,
Reference
thereunto
being
had
,
may
more
fully
appear
.
It
is
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
no
Recovery
that
shall
be
made
on
any
Obligation
which
hereafter
shall
be
forfeited
for
carrying
off
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
without
a
Ticket
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
imployed
or
assigned
,
to
any
other
Intent
or
Purpose
than
what
in
and
by
the
said
Act
is
declared
and
appointed
.
And
that
no
other
use
shall
be
hereafter
made
of
any
such
Recovery
nor
greater
Sum
levied
or
taken
from
the
said
Person
,
against
whom
such
Recovery
is
or
shall
be
made
,
Than
only
to
satisfy
the
said
injured
Person
or
Persons
his
or
their
Debt
,
Charges
and
Damages
in
that
behalf
sustained
;
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
17th
Day
of
December
,
1690.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
25th
Day
of
November
,
1690
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
350.
An
ACT
to
establish
and
ascertain
the
Bushel
Weight
,
by
which
all
sorts
of
Corn
,
Pulse
or
other
the
Produce
of
this
Island
shall
be
bought
and
sold
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
great
Damage
and
Deceit
hath
not
only
been
done
unto
,
but
also
many
Differences
and
Controversies
have
arose
and
been
moved
between
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
in
buying
and
selling
the
Produce
thereof
,
by
reason
of
the
uncertainty
of
the
Contents
of
the
Bushel
weight
,
by
which
they
bought
and
sold
,
some
Persons
allowing
Seventy
Pounds
,
others
Seventy
Four
Pounds
to
the
Bushel
,
&c.
For
Remedy
whereof
for
the
future
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
Indian
and
Guinea
Corn
,
Bonavis
,
Pease
,
Beans
in
the
Ear
or
Husk
,
74
l.
Thrasht
,
Beaten
or
huskt
.
56
l.
a
Bushel
of
Corn
,
either
Indian
or
Guinea
in
the
Ear
or
Stalk
,
or
of
any
Bonavists
,
Pease
,
Beans
or
other
Pulse
in
the
Husk
or
Shell
,
shall
contain
Seventy
Four
Pounds
Averdupoize
Weight
:
And
a
Bushel
of
any
the
afore-mentioned
Produce
Thrasht
,
beaten
out
or
husked
out
of
the
Ear
,
Shell
,
Cod
or
Stalk
,
shall
contain
Fifty
Six
Pounds
of
like
weight
.
And
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
,
shall
sell
or
dispose
of
any
the
Commodities
aforementioned
,
contrary
to
the
tenor
of
this
Act
,
and
the
true
intent
and
meaning
hereof
,
shall
forfeit
the
same
,
Forfeit
.
Half
to
the
Informer
.
Half
to
the
Poor
.
To
be
recovered
by
Warrant
from
a
Justice
of
Peace
.
the
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
half
to
the
Church-wardens
of
the
Parish
where
such
Commodities
are
so
disposed
of
,
for
the
use
of
the
Poor
thereof
,
to
be
recovered
against
the
Offender
or
Offenders
,
by
Warrant
from
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
directed
to
a
Constable
,
who
is
hereby
required
to
proceed
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
17th
Day
of
December
,
1690.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
this
17th
Day
of
December
,
1690
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
351.
An
ACT
for
regulating
the
exorbitant
Rates
demanded
and
received
by
Masters
of
Ships
and
others
for
Freight
of
Sugars
,
&c.
for
Europe
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
352.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
353.
An
ACT
to
confirm
the
Lease
of
Fontable
to
His
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
354.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
355.
An
ACT
to
Repeal
an
ACT
,
for
the
Governing
and
Retaining
within
this
Island
all
such
Rebels
Convict
,
as
by
His
Majesty's
most
Sacred
Order
or
Permit
,
have
been
or
shall
be
Transported
from
His
European
Dominions
to
this
Place
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
an
Order
in
Council
bearing
Date
at
Whitehall
,
the
Twentieth
Day
of
November
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
and
Ninety
,
His
Majesty
was
pleased
to
extend
his
Mercy
to
certain
Persons
convicted
of
Rebellion
,
and
sent
as
Servants
to
this
Island
;
and
that
the
aforesaid
Act
passed
here
the
Fourth
Day
of
January
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Eighty
and
Five
concerning
them
should
be
Repealed
.
And
whereas
His
Majesty
hath
been
graciously
pleased
to
signifie
to
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
his
Royal
Pleasure
and
gracious
Intentions
,
as
well
to
keep
this
Island
in
a
state
of
Defence
,
and
rendring
his
Mercy
effectual
to
the
Persons
aforesaid
,
as
to
make
known
to
the
Council
and
Assembly
,
in
that
behalf
,
That
an
Act
might
be
passed
to
Repeal
the
former
,
whereby
the
said
Persons
might
be
freed
from
their
Servitude
,
under
such
Provisoes
and
Restrictions
as
shall
be
requisite
for
hindering
their
Departure
off
this
Island
without
his
Majesty's
special
leave
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
aforesaid
Act
bearing
Date
the
Fourth
Day
of
January
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Eighty
and
Five
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
Governing
and
Retaining
within
this
Island
,
all
such
Rebels
Convict
,
as
by
His
Majesty's
most
Sacred
Order
or
Permit
,
have
been
,
or
shall
be
Transported
from
His
European
Dominions
to
this
Place
;
and
all
and
every
the
Clauses
,
Sentences
,
Penalties
and
Provisoes
aforesaid
contained
therein
,
is
and
are
hereby
Repealed
,
and
Declared
to
be
null
and
void
,
from
and
after
the
Date
hereof
,
to
all
Intents
,
Constructions
and
Purposes
whatsoever
:
Any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Not
to
receive
the
customary
Reward
.
Provided
always
nevertheless
,
That
all
and
every
such
Person
and
Persons
as
shall
have
Benefit
and
Freedom
by
this
Act
,
shall
not
receive
the
Reward
according
to
the
Custom
of
this
Country
,
as
all
other
Servants
at
Expiration
of
their
times
do
usually
receive
:
And
shall
be
liable
and
obliged
to
serve
and
perform
all
Military
Duties
,
To
serve
in
the
Militia
.
as
by
the
Act
of
Militia
in
this
Island
is
appointed
,
till
His
Majesty's
Gracious
Pleasure
be
farther
known
.
And
to
the
intent
the
aforegoing
Clause
may
be
duly
observed
,
Clause
II
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
none
of
the
Persons
receiving
Benefit
by
this
Act
,
None
to
leave
this
Island
without
their
Majesty's
License
.
shall
at
any
time
attempt
to
go
off
this
Island
without
His
Majesty's
special
leave
.
And
for
Prevention
of
such
going
off
,
the
Secretary
of
this
Island
is
hereby
required
,
not
to
grant
any
Ticket
to
any
Person
whatsoever
,
without
a
Certificate
first
had
and
obtained
from
some
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
the
Justices
own
Knowledge
,
that
he
is
not
one
of
the
Persons
that
by
the
Law
Repealed
were
called
Rebels
Convict
:
Which
Oath
the
several
Justices
within
this
Island
,
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
administer
.
And
if
they
or
any
one
of
them
,
shall
at
any
time
attempt
to
run
off
or
make
an
Escape
from
this
Island
,
None
to
escape
but
to
incur
the
Penalties
of
Run-aways
.
without
their
Majesty's
leave
,
shall
for
every
such
Offence
be
liable
to
,
and
incur
the
like
Penalties
,
as
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
governing
and
ordering
the
Rights
between
Masters
and
Servants
in
this
Island
is
appointed
.
Which
Penalty
of
their
Servitude
shall
be
one
Third
to
the
Informer
that
shall
prosecute
such
of
the
Persons
aforesaid
,
that
shall
attempt
to
run
off
as
aforesaid
;
and
the
other
Two
Thirds
to
the
publick
use
of
this
Island
,
and
to
be
recovered
as
the
said
Act
does
direct
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
17th
Day
of
March
,
1690.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
this
17th
Day
of
March
,
1690
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
356.
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Mills
Negroes
,
and
Inhabitants
of
the
several
Towns
within
this
Island
,
for
their
Houses
,
Trades
and
Personal
Estates
.
Obsolete
.
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
Strength
of
Labourers
for
Intrenching
and
Fortifying
this
Island
in
such
Places
as
His
Excellency
shall
direct
.
Nᵒ
358.
An
ACT
appointing
what
Freeholders
shall
be
deemed
capable
to
elect
or
be
elected
Representatives
,
Vestry-Men
,
or
serve
as
Jurors
to
try
real
Actions
within
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
359.
An
ACT
for
Prohibiting
the
several
Clerks
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
,
to
practise
as
Attorneys
in
the
Courts
where
they
are
Clerks
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
the
several
Clerks
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
stand
,
have
been
sometimes
Sworn
Attorneys
,
and
admitted
to
practise
the
Law
,
and
plead
in
those
Courts
where
they
are
Clerks
,
which
hath
been
found
of
evil
consequence
to
such
Persons
as
have
had
Suits
depending
in
the
said
Courts
(
the
said
Clerks
preferring
and
furthering
the
Clauses
of
their
Clients
,
and
impeading
and
delaying
others
,
they
were
retained
against
to
the
great
obstruction
and
disturbance
of
the
course
of
the
Common
Law
,
and
against
the
good
Customs
heretofore
had
and
used
.
For
Remedy
whereof
for
the
future
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
No
Clerk
of
a
Court
to
be
a
Practicer
there
.
That
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
no
Clerk
whatsoever
,
of
any
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
within
this
Island
,
while
he
continues
to
execute
the
Clerks
Office
,
shall
draw
or
prosecute
,
or
be
any
ways
as
a
Pleader
or
Practicer
concerned
in
any
Declaration
,
Count
or
Action
,
Real
,
Personal
or
mixed
,
or
any
Plea
,
Replication
,
Rejoinder
,
Sur-rejoinder
,
Rebutter
,
Sur-rebutter
,
Demurrer
,
or
other
Proceedings
whatsoever
in
the
said
Court
in
which
he
is
Clerk
,
upon
pain
of
forfeiting
his
Office
,
Forfeits
his
Office
,
and
being
barred
and
excluded
from
being
a
Sworn
Clerk
in
any
of
the
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
for
ever
.
And
he
shall
forfeit
Fifty
Pounds
Current
Money
to
be
recovered
by
Bill
,
And
50
l.
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
of
their
Majesty's
Courts
of
Common-Pleas
within
this
Island
,
the
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
half
to
their
Majesties
for
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
thereof
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
4th
Day
of
August
,
1691.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
being
carried
in
the
Affirmative
,
the
Third
time
,
this
4th
of
Aug.
1691.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
360.
An
ACT
declaring
in
what
manner
the
Salaries
and
Expences
of
Edward
Littleton
and
William
Bridges
,
Esquires
,
Agents
in
England
,
appointed
for
Solliciting
of
the
Affairs
of
this
Island
shall
be
paid
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
361.
An
ACT
to
Repeal
a
Clause
of
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
a
Levy
upon
Mills
,
Negroes
and
Inhabitants
of
the
several
Towns
within
this
Island
,
for
their
Houses
,
Trade
and
Personal
Estates
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
362.
An
Additional
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
Strength
of
Labourers
for
Intrenching
and
Fortifying
this
Island
in
such
Places
as
His
Excellency
shall
direct
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
363.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
364.
An
ACT
for
the
enabling
the
Honourable
William
Sharp
,
Esq
.
Son
and
Heir
of
Colonel
William
Sharp
,
late
of
this
Island
,
Deceased
,
to
sell
and
convey
a
part
of
his
Land
being
waste
and
unimproved
,
for
the
Payment
of
his
Father's
Debts
,
and
some
other
Debts
contracted
in
his
Minority
,
which
is
now
a
Burthen
upon
the
said
Estate
;
as
also
to
enable
him
to
stock
and
fully
improve
the
remainder
.
WHereas
Colonel
William
Sharp
late
of
this
Island
,
Deceased
,
was
in
his
Life-time
,
and
at
the
time
of
his
Death
,
seized
of
a
certain
Plantation
lying
and
being
in
the
Parishes
of
St.
Thomas
and
St.
Joseph
,
in
this
Island
,
some
part
whereof
was
by
him
at
great
Expence
,
Cost
and
Charges
,
improved
and
reduced
into
a
Sugar-work
;
the
residue
lying
and
being
remote
,
continued
waste
and
unimproved
,
yielding
little
or
no
benefit
to
him
or
any
other
.
And
the
said
Colonel
William
Sharp
dying
much
indebted
by
reason
of
the
great
Charge
of
building
and
stocking
the
said
improved
part
;
at
whose
Death
the
whole
descending
to
William
Sharp
,
Esquire
,
his
Eldest
Son
and
Heir
,
much
incumbred
with
the
said
Debts
of
his
Father
,
as
also
with
other
large
and
considerable
Debts
contracted
by
his
Mother
during
his
Minority
,
which
still
remains
unpaid
.
And
whereas
the
said
William
Sharp
the
Son
,
has
been
always
desirous
and
willing
to
pay
and
discharge
the
said
Debts
since
his
being
of
full
Age
,
but
hath
not
been
able
to
perform
the
same
,
nor
now
is
,
unless
he
can
sell
some
part
of
his
said
wast
and
unimproved
Land
.
But
by
reason
of
a
Writing
pretended
to
be
a
Will
of
his
said
Fathers
,
though
it
was
never
Sealed
,
Published
or
Declared
to
be
such
;
and
likewise
of
a
pretended
Deed
supposed
to
be
made
and
executed
between
the
said
William
the
Son
,
his
said
Mother
,
and
Sir
Thomas
Mompesson
,
wherein
Four
Hundred
and
Fourteen
Acres
of
his
said
Land
is
pretended
to
be
made
over
as
Security
for
several
Settlements
contained
in
the
said
pretended
Deed.
He
the
said
William
the
Son
,
cannot
get
any
Person
to
purchase
of
him
any
of
his
said
waste
Land
(
they
fearing
the
Title
may
be
incumbred
by
the
said
pretended
Will
and
Deed
:
(
So
that
the
said
Debts
and
Incumbrances
remain
unsatisfied
,
and
will
do
so
,
Vnless
the
said
William
Sharp
be
enabled
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
for
the
better
satisfaction
of
Purchasers
to
make
Sale
of
his
superfluous
and
waste
Land
,
which
he
has
over
and
above
Four
Hundred
and
Fourteen
Acres
,
to
pay
the
said
Debts
,
which
must
otherwise
fall
upon
the
Stock
and
improved
part
,
to
its
utter
Ruin
,
he
being
every
Day
rendred
less
and
less
capable
,
through
the
growing
interest
of
the
said
Debts
,
not
only
to
pay
them
,
but
to
continue
the
improvements
of
the
said
Four
Hundred
and
Fourteen
Acres
,
for
want
of
such
Stock
as
it
at
present
needs
.
For
Redress
and
Remedy
of
which
apparent
Mischiefs
,
and
that
the
Creditors
may
be
duly
paid
,
and
the
rest
of
the
Estate
preserved
and
fully
improved
,
wherein
also
the
Publick
is
in
some
measure
concerned
,
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
their
Majesty's
Captain
General
and
Governour
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
&c.
and
by
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
and
the
said
William
Sharp
is
hereby
allowed
and
fully
impowered
and
enabled
by
virtue
of
this
Act
,
to
make
any
Sale
,
Conveyance
or
Disposition
in
Fee-Simple
or
otherwise
,
as
he
shall
think
fit
,
to
any
Person
or
Persons
,
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
for
ever
,
for
the
better
enabling
him
to
pay
the
said
Debts
,
and
further
stocking
the
remainder
of
all
such
Lands
of
the
said
Plantation
that
was
his
Fathers
,
which
now
lies
waste
and
unimproved
;
that
is
over
and
above
Four
Hundred
and
Fourteen
Acres
next
adjoining
,
and
most
convenient
to
the
Sugar-work
thereon
:
Which
Four
Hundred
and
Fourteen
Acres
is
first
to
be
made
certain
by
a
Plot
thereof
,
to
be
run
out
by
a
Sworn
Surveyor
,
and
recorded
in
the
Secretary's
Office
of
this
Island
,
before
any
Disposition
or
Sale
be
made
of
the
said
Overplus
,
The
said
William
Sharp
being
now
willing
to
reserve
from
Sale
,
the
Four
Hundred
and
Fourteen
Acres
of
Land
aforesaid
,
to
answer
all
Pretences
that
may
be
grounded
upon
the
said
pretended
Deed
,
until
the
validity
or
invalidity
thereof
be
determined
by
due
course
of
Law
or
Equity
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whosoever
shall
purchase
any
of
the
said
Lands
permitted
to
be
sold
by
this
Act
,
shall
be
enabled
hereby
to
hold
and
keep
the
same
to
them
and
their
Heirs
or
otherwise
,
according
to
the
tenor
of
the
Conveyance
thereof
to
him
or
them
made
by
the
said
Honourable
William
Sharp
.
Any
thing
contained
in
the
said
pretended
Will
or
Deed
of
Settlement
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
this
19th
Day
of
January
,
1691.
Read
and
carried
the
Third
time
in
the
Affirmative
,
this
19th
Day
of
January
,
1691.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
365.
An
ACT
to
prohibit
and
hinder
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
to
imploy
their
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
in
Buying
and
Selling
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
366.
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
Strength
of
Labourers
for
intrenching
and
fortifying
this
Island
in
such
Places
as
his
Excellency
shall
direct
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
367.
An
ACT
to
secure
and
reimburse
the
Honourable
Colonel
Richard
Salter
,
Treasurer
of
this
Island
,
all
such
Sums
of
Money
,
together
with
the
Interest
of
the
same
,
after
the
Rate
of
Ten
per
Cent.
per
Annum
he
shall
lend
and
accommodate
towwards
the
hiring
,
equipping
and
fitting
out
Two
Ships
,
Sloops
or
other
Vessels
of
War
for
the
Defence
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
368.
A
further
Supplemental
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
Strength
of
Labourers
for
intrenching
and
fortifying
this
Island
in
such
Places
as
his
Excellency
shall
direct
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
369.
An
ACT
for
Accommodating
and
Quartering
their
Majesty's
Souldiers
lately
arrived
here
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
370.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
371.
A
Declarative
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
Strength
of
Labourers
for
intrenching
and
fortifying
this
Island
in
such
Places
as
his
Excellency
shall
direct
,
and
the
Additional
and
Supplemental
Acts
thereto
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
372.
An
ACT
enabling
John
Kirton
,
Gentleman
,
to
Sell
certain
Lands
in
the
Parish
of
Christ-church
,
in
the
Island
of
Barbados
,
for
the
Payment
of
his
Debts
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
William
Kirton
,
late
of
the
said
Parish
and
Island
Esquire
,
Father
of
the
said
John
Kirton
,
was
in
his
Life-time
and
at
his
Death
seized
in
Fee-Simple
of
and
in
a
certain
Plantation
or
Parcel
of
Land
,
with
the
Appurtenances
lying
and
being
in
the
said
Parish
of
Christ-church
,
called
Brook-haven
Plantation
,
containing
by
estimation
One
Hundred
,
Forty
Six
Acres
of
Land
,
be
the
same
more
or
less
;
And
being
so
seized
,
the
said
William
Kirton
did
by
his
last
Will
and
Testament
in
Writing
bearing
Date
the
Eleventh
Day
of
November
,
Anno
Domini
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Nine
,
amongst
divers
other
Gifts
Legacies
and
Bequeasts
therein
,
give
and
bequeath
to
his
said
Son
,
John
Kirton
,
and
to
the
Issue
Male
of
his
Body
to
be
begotten
,
the
said
Plantation
,
with
Twenty
Negroes
;
And
did
thereby
make
and
appoint
several
Limitations
over
in
Tail
,
and
Remainders
of
the
said
Estate
to
vest
in
several
other
Persons
named
in
the
said
Will
,
in
case
the
said
John
Kirton
should
happen
to
dye
without
Issue
Male
of
his
Body
begotten
.
And
whereas
the
said
John
Kirton
hath
long
since
accomplished
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
,
and
hath
issue
Male
of
his
Body
lawfully
begotten
,
and
now
living
inheritable
to
the
said
Estate
Tail
setled
by
the
said
Will
.
And
forasmuch
as
the
said
John
Kirton
is
become
considerably
indebted
to
divers
Persons
in
this
Island
,
and
hath
not
any
Personal
Estate
wherewith
to
satisfy
his
said
Debts
,
which
daily
increase
by
Addition
of
Interest
,
Nor
hath
he
any
Stock
of
Negros
or
Cattel
to
manure
his
aforesaid
Plantation
,
which
must
inevitable
lye
desolate
and
become
of
no
profit
or
benefit
to
the
said
John
Kirton
to
support
himself
and
Family
,
or
to
satisfy
his
Creditors
Debts
;
and
to
extricate
himself
from
these
Mischiefs
,
There
is
no
means
left
but
the
assistance
of
one
Act
of
this
Island
to
enable
him
to
sell
his
Plantation
,
Land
and
Premises
,
devised
and
setled
by
the
said
Will
in
manner
aforesaid
,
and
thereby
Dock
all
Intails
,
and
Barr
all
Remainders
depending
upon
the
Estate
Tail
,
created
by
the
said
Will
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
chief
Governour
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Council
and
Assembly
thereof
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
it
is
hereby
Declared
and
Enacted
,
that
the
said
Plantation
,
Lands
and
Premises
called
Brook-haven-Plantation
,
with
the
Appurtenances
lying
and
being
in
the
said
Parish
of
Christ-Church
,
and
setled
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
for
ever
hereafter
adjudged
and
deemed
,
and
to
all
Intents
,
Constructions
and
Purposes
in
the
Law
whatsoever
vested
and
setled
in
the
said
John
Kirton
and
his
Heirs
,
as
a
good
,
pure
,
perfect
and
absolute
Estate
of
Inheritance
in
Fee-Simple
.
Clause
II
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Estates
in
Remainders
or
Reversion
,
and
all
Remainders
or
Reversions
expectant
upon
the
said
Plantation
,
Lands
and
Premises
,
and
setled
and
limited
by
the
said
Will
of
the
said
William
Kirton
,
are
for
ever
hereby
docked
and
barred
;
And
all
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
claiming
any
Estate
,
Right
or
Title
in
Remainder
or
Reversion
by
the
said
Will
are
for
ever
hereby
foreclosed
of
their
Claims
and
Demands
:
And
also
that
he
the
said
John
Kirton
and
his
Heirs
,
are
hereby
enabled
to
make
any
Conveyance
,
Sail
or
Disposition
of
all
or
any
part
of
the
said
Plantation
,
Lands
and
Premises
with
their
Appurtenances
,
to
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
and
to
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
,
for
the
better
enabling
the
said
John
Kirton
to
pay
and
satisfy
his
Debts
:
Any
Law
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
all
such
Sum
or
Sums
of
Money
,
as
shall
be
raised
upon
the
Sail
of
the
aforesaid
Plantation
(
Except
the
Sum
of
Two
Hundred
Pounds
,
which
the
said
John
Kirton
hath
disbursed
in
raising
Buildings
on
the
said
Estate
and
other
Necessaries
for
the
advantage
thereof
,
which
Sum
shall
be
applied
towards
satisfaction
of
the
aforesaid
John
Kirton's
Debts
)
shall
be
by
him
laid
out
;
and
he
the
said
John
Kirton
is
hereby
injoyned
and
required
to
lay
out
,
apply
and
dispose
of
the
same
in
the
purchase
of
other
Lands
in
this
Island
,
to
the
same
uses
and
for
such
Estates
as
the
Plantation
is
setled
by
the
said
Will
.
Provided
always
nevertheless
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
nothing
therein
contained
,
shall
prejudice
or
hinder
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
in
their
just
Claims
,
Right
and
Title
to
the
said
Plantation
,
Lands
and
Premises
deraigned
paramount
to
the
last
Will
and
Testament
of
the
said
William
Kirton
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
15th
Day
of
November
,
1692.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
373.
An
ACT
appointing
what
Freeholders
shall
be
deemed
capable
to
Elect
or
be
Elected
Representatives
,
Vestry-men
,
or
serve
as
Jurors
to
try
real
Actions
within
this
Island
.
Repealed
.
Nᵒ
374.
A
Declarative
ACT
concerning
Trade
.
WHereas
heretofore
the
Subjects
of
the
Kingdom
of
Spain
have
been
permitted
to
trade
here
,
and
to
buy
and
purchase
Negroes
,
which
Trade
hath
been
in
some
measure
restrained
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
or
by
some
Clause
or
Clauses
thereof
,
laying
a
Tax
or
Duty
on
such
Negroes
so
bought
and
purchased
,
which
said
Act
long
since
expired
.
To
the
intent
therefore
,
That
the
same
may
be
manifest
and
made
known
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
said
Act
,
and
all
and
every
Act
and
Acts
of
this
Island
,
and
all
and
every
the
Sentences
,
Clauses
and
Penalties
therein
contained
,
which
did
lay
a
Tax
or
Duty
on
any
Negro
or
Negroes
so
bought
or
purchased
by
any
Subjects
of
the
King
of
Spain
,
shall
be
and
are
hereby
declared
absolutely
null
,
void
and
of
none
effect
;
and
that
the
said
Subjects
of
the
King
of
Spain
may
have
free
liberty
of
trading
to
this
Place
for
Negroes
as
aforesaid
,
and
that
no
Tax
or
Duty
shall
be
laid
upon
or
required
from
them
for
such
Negroes
as
shall
be
by
them
bought
for
the
future
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
2d
Day
of
August
,
1692.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
2d
Day
of
August
,
1692.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
375.
An
ACT
to
Raise
,
Arm
and
Accouter
One
Thousand
Men
for
an
Expedition
against
the
French
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
376.
A
Supplemental
and
Explanatory
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
Raise
,
Arm
and
Accouter
One
Thousand
Men
for
an
Expedition
against
the
French
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
377.
An
ACT
appointing
an
Oath
to
be
taken
by
all
such
as
by
the
Laws
of
this
Island
are
or
shall
be
impowered
to
hear
and
determine
Writs
of
Error
and
Petitions
of
Grievances
,
and
all
other
Matters
of
Equity
whatsoever
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
by
the
ancient
Customs
,
Laws
and
Practices
of
this
Island
,
the
Governour
and
Council
for
the
time
being
,
have
always
set
to
hear
and
determine
all
Matters
and
Controversies
in
Error
and
Equity
;
Which
Custom
and
Practice
hath
hitherto
been
continued
in
this
Island
,
and
believed
to
be
part
of
the
business
of
the
Council
,
to
which
they
thought
themselves
obliged
by
their
Oath
of
Councellor
.
But
forasmuch
as
some
Doubts
and
Scruples
have
lately
arisen
touching
the
authority
of
the
Council
to
set
and
judge
in
the
Matters
aforesaid
,
without
a
distinct
Oath
,
and
that
it
is
therefore
necessary
that
some
other
Oath
should
be
taken
by
the
Members
thereof
,
more
fully
to
qualify
them
to
act
therein
,
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Commander
in
Chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
the
Date
hereof
,
no
Person
shall
be
admitted
to
set
and
judge
in
the
aforesaid
Matters
,
until
he
hath
first
taken
the
following
Oath
:
You
do
Swear
,
That
you
will
according
to
the
best
of
your
Skill
,
Conscience
and
Judgment
,
do
equal
Right
,
Law
and
Justice
to
their
Majesty's
and
all
their
Subjects
and
People
,
both
Rich
and
Poor
,
without
Favour
or
Affection
,
Hatred
or
Malice
,
or
having
regard
to
any
Person
whatsoever
,
that
hath
any
Matter
,
Cause
or
Thing
at
any
time
depending
before
you
.
So
help
you
God
,
&c.
Which
said
Oath
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
is
hereby
impowered
to
administer
to
each
Member
that
is
to
set
and
determine
in
the
matters
aforesaid
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Provided
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whereas
his
Excellency
is
by
the
Laws
of
this
Island
,
greatly
intrusted
in
determining
all
the
Matters
aforesaid
,
and
of
consequence
is
become
included
in
the
Oath
aforesaid
,
and
there
being
no
sufficient
Authority
to
administer
unto
him
the
said
Oath
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
That
his
Excellency
taking
the
same
Oath
of
his
own
Administration
,
shall
be
as
effectual
compliance
with
this
Act
,
as
if
done
by
a
Dedimus
specially
obtained
therefore
.
Read
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
the
said
25th
Day
of
October
,
1692.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
from
them
sent
to
the
Assembly
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
Read
and
passed
the
Assembly
,
this
25th
Day
of
October
,
1692
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
378.
An
ACT
for
incouragement
of
all
Negroes
and
Slaves
,
that
shall
discover
any
Conspiracy
.
WHereas
sundry
of
the
Negroes
and
Slaves
of
this
Island
,
have
been
long
preparing
,
contriving
and
designing
a
most
horrid
,
bloody
,
damnable
and
detestable
Rebellion
,
Massacre
,
Assassination
and
Destruction
by
them
to
be
committed
,
done
and
perpetrated
upon
and
against
all
the
white
Inhabitants
hereof
.
But
before
this
should
be
effected
,
it
hath
pleased
Almighty
God
to
give
us
a
gracious
Deliverance
by
a
miraculous
discovery
thereof
.
To
the
end
such
barbarous
Purposes
and
Practices
may
be
prevented
for
the
future
,
and
that
such
Negroes
and
Slaves
as
are
not
infected
and
drawn
in
by
the
wicked
and
devillish
instigations
of
others
may
not
be
excited
thereto
,
nor
perverted
in
point
of
their
obedience
,
but
may
be
incouraged
to
continue
orderly
and
quietly
,
and
discover
so
soon
as
shall
come
to
their
Knowledge
,
any
Design
,
Purpose
or
Intent
of
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
,
to
commit
or
abet
any
Insurrection
or
Rebellion
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charribee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Negro
or
Slave
shall
after
Publication
hereof
,
hear
any
other
Negro
or
Slave
,
speak
or
utter
any
Words
tending
to
Mutiny
,
Insurrection
or
Rebellion
,
or
shall
have
or
prepare
any
Gun-powder
,
Ball
,
Sword
,
Launce
or
other
warlike
Instrument
than
what
are
allowed
for
watching
or
other
Service
of
the
Country
,
and
shall
forthwith
discover
the
same
to
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
this
Island
,
The
said
Iustice
shall
join
himself
to
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
and
they
two
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
cause
the
said
Negro
or
other
Slave
so
accused
,
forthwith
to
be
apprehended
,
and
the
Accuser
and
Accused
to
be
brought
Face
to
Face
,
and
shall
diligently
inquire
into
the
said
Matter
:
And
if
they
shall
find
the
Accusation
just
,
they
shall
secure
the
said
Negro
or
Slave
,
and
report
the
said
Matter
to
his
Excellency
or
other
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
humbly
requested
to
appoint
Field-Officers
to
try
the
said
Negro
or
Slave
,
as
by
the
Act
intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Governing
of
Negroes
is
provided
,
who
are
to
proceed
accordingly
.
And
if
they
the
said
Field
Officers
shall
find
the
said
Negro
or
Slave
guilty
of
what
he
or
she
stands
accused
,
and
shall
condemn
him
or
her
to
suffer
Death
,
Such
Field
Officers
shall
appraise
the
Condemned
Negro
as
by
the
said
Act
is
appointed
:
But
the
Negro
which
accuses
the
other
,
the
Field
Officers
shall
appraise
at
his
or
her
full
Value
and
worth
,
although
it
exceed
the
Sum
by
the
said
Act
limited
;
of
which
the
said
Field
Officers
shall
forthwith
certify
his
Excellency
or
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
upon
Oath
;
who
is
hereby
requested
to
draw
an
Order
on
the
Treasurer
for
that
Sum
which
such
Accuser
is
valued
at
,
to
be
paid
to
the
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
Slave
at
sight
.
And
upon
Payment
thereof
,
his
Excellency
or
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
is
requested
to
declare
the
said
Negro
or
Slave
free
,
and
such
Negro
shall
be
sent
off
this
Island
by
the
Treasurer
,
to
such
Place
where
he
or
she
shall
desire
,
who
is
hereby
required
to
pay
for
such
Negroes
Passage
.
But
if
such
Negro
had
rather
stay
here
with
his
Master
,
Mistress
or
Family
,
and
not
be
Free
,
such
Negro
shall
receive
Forty
Shillings
to
his
own
use
from
the
said
Treasurer
.
And
if
any
Negro
or
Slave
shall
not
make
good
his
or
her
Accusation
against
such
Negro
or
Slave
as
he
or
she
shall
accuse
,
such
Negro
or
Slave
shall
receive
such
Punishment
,
not
to
extend
to
Life
or
Member
,
as
by
order
of
the
said
Two
Justices
or
Field
Officers
who
shall
hear
the
Matter
,
shall
think
fit
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
27th
Day
of
October
,
1692.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
26th
Day
of
October
,
1692.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
G.
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
379.
An
Additional
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
Governing
of
Negroes
.
WHereas
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
Governing
of
Negroes
,
bearing
Date
the
Eighth
Day
of
August
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Eighty
and
Eight
,
amongst
other
things
it
was
Enacted
in
these
Words
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Acts
heretofore
made
concerning
or
relating
any
ways
to
the
governing
of
Negroes
enacted
before
the
Date
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
Repealed
,
and
are
hereby
Repealed
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
.
And
whereas
by
a
former
Act
of
this
Island
,
Intituled
,
Recital
of
a
former
Act.
A
Supplemental
Act
to
a
former
Act
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
better
Ordering
and
Governing
of
Negroes
,
bearing
Date
the
One
and
Twentieth
Day
of
April
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Seventy
and
Six
,
it
was
Enacted
in
these
Words
,
viz.
That
if
any
Negro
or
Slave
after
he
hath
lived
in
this
Island
for
the
space
of
Twelve
Months
at
least
,
shall
run
away
from
his
Master
or
Mistress
,
and
continue
absent
above
the
space
of
Thirty
Days
,
such
Negro
or
Slave
shall
suffer
Death
for
the
same
,
the
Offence
to
be
tried
as
the
Offences
expressed
in
the
first
Branch
of
this
Act
;
and
the
Owner
of
such
Negro
or
Slave
,
shall
be
allowed
his
reasonable
Value
from
the
publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
,
in
the
same
manner
as
is
allowed
for
other
Negroes
that
suffer
Death
by
this
Act.
Which
last
mentioned
Act
was
often
revived
and
continued
;
but
the
same
Clause
after
some
Negroes
had
suffered
Death
for
running
away
as
aforesaid
was
Repealed
,
it
being
expected
,
that
others
would
have
taken
warning
thereby
,
and
not
have
been
guilty
of
such
Offence
for
the
future
.
And
forasmuch
as
the
first
mentioned
Act
now
in
force
,
bearing
Date
the
Eighth
Day
of
August
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Eighty
and
Eight
,
hath
made
no
Provision
,
That
such
Slaves
as
absent
themselves
Thirty
Days
,
shall
suffer
Death
as
aforesaid
;
and
such
is
their
brutish
and
barbarous
Nature
,
that
they
will
not
be
reclaimed
by
any
fair
means
,
But
by
the
often
running
away
of
Negroes
and
Slaves
,
and
by
their
long
Absence
from
the
Service
of
their
Owners
,
they
become
desperate
,
and
daily
plotting
,
commit
Felonies
and
other
Enormities
,
not
only
to
the
terror
and
affrightment
of
the
Neighbourhood
,
but
the
danger
of
the
Island
in
general
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
if
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
any
Negro
or
Negroes
,
or
other
Slave
or
Slaves
,
after
he
,
she
or
they
have
lived
in
this
Island
one
whole
Year
,
Run-away
30
Days
,
to
suffer
Death
.
that
is
,
are
or
shall
run
away
and
absent
him
,
her
or
themselves
from
the
Service
of
his
,
her
or
their
Master
,
Mistress
or
other
Persons
with
whom
he
,
she
or
they
reside
,
and
shall
continue
absent
for
and
during
the
space
of
Thirty
Days
,
shall
suffer
Death
for
the
same
,
the
said
Offence
and
Offences
to
be
tried
in
the
like
manner
by
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
and
Three
Freeholders
,
as
other
Criminals
in
and
by
the
said
Act
now
in
force
(
to
which
this
is
an
Addition
)
are
appointed
to
be
tried
,
Such
Negro
or
Slave
to
be
valued
by
them
the
said
Justices
and
Freeholders
;
which
Value
the
Owner
thereof
shall
be
paid
and
allowed
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
,
as
is
allowed
for
other
Negroes
that
suffer
Death
by
the
said
Act.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
27th
Day
of
October
,
1692.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
26th
Day
of
October
,
1692.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
380.
An
ACT
for
the
free
Quartering
a
Regiment
of
Their
Majesties
Souldiers
.
WHereas
the
late
Mortality
,
sparing
of
Men
to
the
Relief
of
the
Leeward
Islands
,
and
the
want
of
Servants
coming
during
this
War
,
hath
much
lessened
the
Strength
of
this
Island
,
and
his
Excellency
hath
been
pleased
to
signify
,
that
he
will
write
to
the
Lords
of
the
Committee
to
interceed
with
Their
Majesties
to
permit
a
Regiment
of
Souldiers
designed
for
the
Leeward
for
the
Expedition
against
the
French
,
may
after
such
Expedition
is
over
,
remain
here
for
the
reinforcement
and
defence
hereof
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
,
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
in
case
Their
Majesties
will
please
graciously
to
appoint
a
Regiment
of
Soldiers
to
be
sent
up
hither
from
the
Leeward
Islands
,
after
the
Expedition
is
over
,
to
remain
here
during
this
present
War
;
Souldiers
to
have
free
Quarter
.
Such
Souldiers
shall
have
and
receive
Free-Quarters
here
,
viz.
Meat
,
Drink
and
Lodging
,
in
as
full
manner
as
hired
Freemen
,
and
shall
be
placed
on
such
Persons
inhabiting
here
,
as
his
Excellency
or
Governour
for
the
time
being
shall
appoint
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
27th
Day
of
October
,
1692.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
27th
Day
of
October
,
1692.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
381.
An
ACT
appointing
Persons
to
ride
Armed
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
382.
An
ACT
for
prohibiting
the
Selling
of
Rum
or
other
Strong
Liquors
to
any
Negro
or
other
Slave
.
WHereas
many
Enormities
have
been
committed
,
and
Mischiefs
hatched
and
contrived
by
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
when
Opportunities
have
been
given
of
meeting
and
excessive
Drinking
thereat
:
For
Remedy
thereof
for
the
future
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
James
Kendal
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
whatsoever
Person
or
Persons
after
Publication
hereof
,
shall
sell
any
Rum
or
any
other
Strong
Liquors
to
any
Negro
or
Slave
,
or
any
other
Person
for
the
use
of
any
Negro
or
Slave
,
and
being
convicted
thereof
by
the
Oath
of
any
Christian
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
shall
forfeit
Twenty
Shillings
Sterling
for
every
such
Offence
,
the
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
half
to
the
Poor
of
the
Parish
where
the
Offender
liveth
,
to
be
recovered
by
Warrant
from
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
.
And
if
any
white
Person
whatsoever
shall
buy
any
Rum
or
other
Strong
Liquors
for
any
Negro
or
Slave
,
shall
forfeit
Twenty
Shillings
for
every
such
Offence
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
as
aforesaid
,
the
one
half
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
half
to
the
Poor
as
aforesaid
,
or
receive
Ten
Lashes
upon
his
or
her
bare
Back
,
by
Order
of
the
next
Justice
,
the
Whipper
to
receive
Fifteen
Pence
to
be
paid
by
the
Church-warden
by
order
of
the
said
Justice
for
the
time
being
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
25th
of
Octob.
1692.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
27th
of
October
,
1692.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
-
John
Whetstone
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
Nᵒ
383.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
to
prohibit
and
hinder
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
to
imploy
their
Negroes
and
other
Slaves
in
Buying
and
Selling
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
384.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
strong
Liquors
imported
to
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
385.
An
ACT
for
defraying
the
Charge
of
accommodating
the
Court
Martial
and
Officers
appointed
for
the
Trial
of
Negroes
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
386.
An
ACT
for
setling
the
Rates
of
Freight
for
Commodities
of
the
Produce
of
this
Island
Ship'd
for
Europe
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
387.
An
ACT
for
a
present
Accommodation
of
Their
Majesty's
Forces
arrived
and
daily
expected
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
388.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
389.
An
ACT
for
a
Present
to
the
Governour
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
390.
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
Strength
of
Labourers
to
clean
the
Trenches
,
and
repair
the
Breast-works
and
Fortifications
of
this
Island
,
as
his
Excellency
shall
direct
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
391.
Repealed
by
the
late
Act
of
Militia
.
A
Supplemental
ACT
,
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
Settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
Nᵒ
392.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Comptroller
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
393.
An
ACT
for
adding
some
new
Commissioners
for
setling
the
Accounts
of
the
late
Expedition
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
394.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
395.
An
ACT
for
the
speedy
Supplying
Their
Majesties
Ships
of
War
the
Tyger
and
the
Mermaid
with
Men.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
396.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
Levy
to
discharge
the
Debts
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
397.
An
Additional
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
398.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
399.
An
ACT
for
a
present
Supply
of
the
Necessities
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
400.
An
ACT
for
an
equal
Quartering
of
the
Souldiers
of
his
Excellencies
Regiment
lately
arrived
and
that
shall
arrive
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
401.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
And
an
Additional
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
402.
An
ACT
to
prevent
the
breaking
up
and
taking
away
of
any
Rocks
or
Stones
in
any
part
of
the
Sea
or
Sea-Shoars
before
this
Island
.
WHereas
divers
Persons
for
their
private
Benefit
do
continually
break
and
dig
up
,
and
carry
away
great
Quantities
of
Rocks
and
Stones
near
the
Sea-Shoar
,
and
thereby
render
those
Places
where
the
Access
of
Boats
was
difficult
,
easie
and
safe
,
to
the
great
hazard
of
the
Island
,
in
case
of
Foreign
Invasion
.
It
is
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Colonel
Francis
Russel
,
Esquire
,
Captain
General
,
and
chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
authority
of
the
same
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
after
Publication
hereof
,
presume
to
dig
or
break
up
,
or
carry
away
by
Boat
or
Vessel
or
otherwise
,
any
Stones
or
Rocks
in
any
part
of
the
Sea
of
this
Island
,
within
Musket-shot
of
Low-water
Mark
,
under
Penalty
of
forfeiting
all
such
Boats
or
Vessels
,
in
which
the
same
shall
be
so
loaded
and
carried
,
and
for
every
Person
,
Negro
or
Slave
imployed
in
such
Work
,
The
Person
imploying
him
or
them
,
shall
forfeit
Six
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
recovered
upon
Complaint
and
Proof
made
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
,
the
one
Moyety
thereof
to
the
Informer
,
the
other
Moyety
thereof
to
the
Publick
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
this
Act
shall
not
restrain
the
taking
of
loose
Stones
washt
up
by
the
Sea
over
all
such
Rocks
and
Shoals
where
no
Boat
can
pass
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
13th
Day
of
November
,
1694.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
13th
of
November
,
1694.
-
Thomas
Brewster
,
acting
as
Deputy
Secretary
,
by
the
Governour
's
Order
.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
403.
An
ACT
to
remit
the
Forfeitures
incurred
by
non-payment
of
the
Levies
imposed
by
an
ACT
for
a
present
Supply
of
the
Necessities
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
404.
An
ACT
for
setting
forth
the
Brigandeen
Marygold
now
taken
up
in
the
Service
of
this
Island
,
and
defraying
other
pressing
Necessities
thereof
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
405.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Freeholders
of
the
Parish
of
St.
John's
,
to
meet
and
choose
a
Vestry
of
Freeholders
in
the
said
Parish
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
406.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
407.
An
ACT
for
Securing
such
Persons
as
shall
advance
Seven
Hundred
and
Four
Pounds
Sterling
,
for
Victualling
of
His
Majesty's
Ships
of
War
,
the
Bristol
and
the
Play
Prize
,
and
the
furnishing
them
with
other
present
Necessities
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
408.
An
ACT
appointing
the
Agents
and
the
Payment
of
their
Sallaries
for
the
solliciting
the
Affairs
of
this
Country
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
on
a
full
Debate
of
this
House
,
it
hath
been
held
absolutely
necessary
that
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
should
have
some
fitly
qualified
Persons
residing
in
England
,
to
present
,
sollicit
and
manage
their
Addresses
,
Grievances
,
Negotiations
and
Affairs
,
as
shall
from
time
to
time
be
intrusted
and
committed
to
them
,
have
resolved
and
do
Elect
,
Nominate
and
Appoint
Edward
Littleton
and
William
Bridges
,
Esq
.
and
Francis
Eysles
,
Merchant
,
Agents
in
England
for
the
purpose
aforesaid
,
to
each
of
whom
there
is
setled
the
respective
Annual
Sum
of
Two
Hundred
and
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
continue
for
Two
Years
certain
,
and
to
commence
from
their
Receipt
of
a
Letter
,
to
be
forthwith
sent
by
his
Excellency
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
general
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
have
also
appointed
that
the
Sum
of
One
Thousand
,
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
be
placed
and
lodged
in
the
Hands
of
the
said
Francis
Eysles
,
to
be
imployed
for
Fees
,
Sollicitations
and
other
necessary
Charges
incident
to
the
same
imployment
,
and
for
payment
of
any
Sum
or
Sums
which
have
or
shall
be
expended
in
the
Service
of
this
Island
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Francis
Russel
,
Esquire
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
250
Pound
Sterling
per
Annum
for
the
Agents
.
That
the
Sum
of
Two
Hundred
and
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
per
Annum
,
shall
be
respectively
allowed
,
and
is
hereby
declared
to
be
allowed
,
and
shall
be
paid
in
London
to
each
of
the
said
Agents
for
the
Management
of
the
Affairs
aforesaid
,
to
be
defrayed
and
paid
by
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
thereof
.
And
the
said
Treasurer
is
hereby
required
to
remit
to
the
said
Edward
Littleton
,
William
Bridges
and
Francis
Eysles
,
the
said
Salleries
of
Two
Hundred
and
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
each
,
at
the
expiration
of
each
Year
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Declared
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Sum
of
One
Thousand
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
be
speedily
remitted
by
the
said
Treasurer
,
1500
Pound
to
be
remitted
to
the
Agents
.
to
the
said
Francis
Eysles
in
England
,
to
be
imployed
,
disbursed
and
expended
for
Fees
,
Sollicitations
and
other
necessary
Charges
incident
to
the
Service
of
this
Island
,
and
the
Imployment
and
Trust
reposed
in
the
said
Agents
,
as
also
for
the
payment
of
any
Sum
or
Sums
which
have
or
shall
be
expended
in
the
Service
of
this
Island
;
and
the
said
Treasurer
is
hereby
allowed
to
defaulk
out
of
the
Treasury
,
and
pay
unto
himself
the
usual
Exchange
allowed
between
this
Island
and
England
,
at
such
time
and
times
as
such
Payments
shall
be
made
:
This
Act
to
continue
,
and
be
of
full
force
for
Two
Years
,
from
and
immediately
after
the
Receit
of
the
Letters
aforesaid
,
by
the
said
Agents
in
manner
aforesaid
,
and
no
longer
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
the
18th
Day
of
December
,
1695.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
18th
Day
of
December
,
1695
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
409.
An
ACT
for
a
Present
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
the
Honourable
Francis
Russel
,
Esquire
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
410.
An
ACT
for
Additional
Supply
of
the
Souldiers
of
His
Majesty's
Regiment
of
Foot
,
whereof
his
Excellency
Francis
Russel
,
Esquire
is
Colonel
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
411.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
412.
An
ACT
for
a
Present
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
,
unto
the
Honourable
Francis
Russel
,
Esquire
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
413.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
414.
An
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
415.
An
ACT
for
taking
up
a
Sloop
to
fetch
up
the
Men
from
the
Leeward
Islands
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
416.
An
ACT
for
raising
a
Levy
to
set
out
Ships
,
and
incourage
Privateers
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
417.
An
ACT
for
the
Encouragement
of
Privateers
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
418.
An
ACT
impowering
Philip
Kirton
,
Gent.
to
Sell
certain
Lands
in
the
Parish
of
Christ-church
.
WHereas
William
Kirton
,
late
of
the
said
Parish
and
Island
,
Esquire
,
Grandfather
of
the
said
Philip
Kirton
,
was
in
his
Life-time
and
at
his
Death
seized
in
Fee-Simple
of
and
in
several
Plantations
or
Parcels
of
Land
,
with
the
Appurtenances
lying
and
being
in
the
said
Parish
of
Christ-church
,
and
Island
aforesaid
,
containing
by
estimation
in
the
whole
,
Two
Hundred
Forty
Five
Acres
,
be
the
same
more
or
less
;
And
being
so
seized
,
the
said
William
Kirton
did
by
his
last
Will
and
Testament
in
Writing
,
bearing
Date
the
Eleventh
Day
of
November
,
in
the
Year
of
Our
Lord
God
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Nine
,
amongst
other
Legacies
and
Bequeasts
therein
,
give
and
bequeath
unto
his
Eldest
Son
Philip
,
by
his
Second
Wife
Susannah
,
and
to
the
Issue
Male
of
his
Body
lawfully
to
be
begotten
,
the
said
Plantations
,
with
all
and
every
their
Appurtenances
,
together
with
all
his
Negroes
and
Stock
whatsoever
not
before
by
the
said
Will
given
,
to
be
to
his
said
Son
Philip
Kirton
,
and
the
Heirs
Male
of
his
Body
to
be
begotten
;
And
did
thereby
also
make
and
appoint
several
Limitations
over
in
Tail
,
and
Remainders
of
the
said
Estates
to
vest
in
several
other
Persons
named
in
the
said
Will
,
in
case
the
said
Philip
Kirton
should
happen
to
dye
without
Issue
Male
of
his
Body
begotten
.
And
whereas
the
said
Philip
Kirton
Son
of
the
said
William
Kirton
,
had
issue
lawfully
begotten
,
the
said
Philip
Kirton
,
which
said
Philip
Kirton
the
Grandson
,
is
now
living
and
possess'd
of
the
said
Lands
setled
by
the
said
Will
.
But
forasmuch
as
that
the
said
Philip
hath
not
any
Stock
of
Negroes
or
Cattel
to
manure
the
said
Lands
,
which
for
want
thereof
,
lye
desolate
,
and
are
of
no
profit
or
benefit
to
the
said
Philip
Kirton
,
to
support
himself
and
Family
,
part
of
which
Lands
have
been
already
Attached
and
extended
for
Military
Duties
,
and
Parochial
Charges
,
and
the
Quantity
will
be
daily
lessened
by
such
unavoidable
Incumbrances
;
To
Prevent
which
Mischiefs
,
there
is
no
means
left
but
the
assistance
of
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
to
enable
him
to
sell
his
said
Plantation
or
Plantations
,
Lands
and
Premises
,
and
thereby
Dock
all
Intails
and
Bar
all
Remainders
depending
on
the
Estate
Tail
,
created
by
the
said
Will
.
Be
it
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Francis
Russel
,
Esquire
,
Captain
General
and
Chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
said
Plantation
and
Plantations
,
Lands
and
Premises
,
with
the
Appurtenances
lying
and
being
in
the
Parish
of
Christ-Church
,
and
Island
aforesaid
,
setled
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
for
ever
hereafter
adjudged
and
deemed
,
and
to
all
Constructions
of
the
Law
whatsoever
,
vested
and
setled
in
the
said
Philip
Kirton
,
as
a
good
,
pure
,
perfect
and
absolute
Estate
of
inheritance
in
Fee-simple
.
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
,
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Estates
in
Remainder
or
Reversion
,
and
all
Reversions
and
Remainders
expectant
upon
the
said
Plantation
and
Plantations
,
Lands
and
Premises
,
and
setled
and
limitted
by
the
Will
of
the
said
William
Kirton
,
are
hereby
for
ever
docked
and
barred
,
and
all
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
claiming
any
Estate
,
Right
or
Title
in
Remainder
or
Reversion
by
the
said
Will
,
are
for
ever
hereby
foreclosed
of
their
Claims
and
Demands
,
and
also
that
the
said
Philip
Kirton
and
his
Heirs
,
are
hereby
enabled
to
make
any
Sale
or
Disposition
of
the
said
Lands
and
Premises
,
with
their
Appurtenances
,
to
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
and
to
their
Heirs
and
Assigns
;
any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
the
19th
Day
of
June
,
1696.
Read
and
carried
in
the
Affirmative
,
the
3d
time
,
this
13th
Day
of
April
,
1696.
-
G.
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
419.
An
ACT
to
encourage
the
bringing
in
of
Christian
Servants
to
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
420.
An
ACT
for
the
supply
of
Commission
Officers
of
His
Majesty's
Regiment
,
whereof
his
Excellency
Francis
Russel
is
Colonel
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
421.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Freeholders
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Thomas
,
to
meet
and
choose
a
Vestry
of
Freeholders
in
the
said
Parish
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
422.
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
strength
of
Labourers
to
clear
the
Trenches
,
and
repair
the
Breast-works
and
Fortifications
of
this
Island
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
423.
A
Supplemental
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
the
Settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
An
ACT
to
prevent
Frauds
and
Concealments
in
the
Payment
of
the
Powder
Duty
.
Nᵒ
424.
Repealed
by
Act
Jun.
15
,
1697
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
to
ascertain
the
Duty
of
Masters
of
Ships
.
Nᵒ
425.
An
ACT
for
the
speedy
supply
of
Arms
,
Ammunitions
,
Stores
and
white
Servants
.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
426.
An
ACT
declaring
the
decision
of
all
Controverted
Elections
of
Members
to
serve
in
the
General
Assembly
,
to
be
legally
and
rightfully
in
the
Representatives
of
His
Majesty's
Liege
People
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
is
the
undoubted
Right
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
of
England
,
for
their
Representatives
in
the
Honourable
House
of
Commons
,
to
have
the
deciding
of
all
Controverted
Elections
of
Parliament
Men
,
and
forasmuch
as
the
Government
of
this
His
Majesty's
Island
of
Barbados
,
doth
resemble
that
of
England
as
near
as
may
be
,
and
the
Assembly
here
,
that
of
the
House
of
Commons
there
,
being
composed
of
Persons
elected
by
the
Freeholders
to
represent
them
in
the
making
of
Laws
,
and
levying
and
raising
Money
for
His
Majesty
,
for
the
publick
Use
,
Support
and
Defence
of
this
Island
.
And
forasmuch
as
the
Differences
and
Disputes
that
have
arisen
upon
Elections
of
the
Assembly
Men
here
,
have
been
decided
by
the
Assembly
,
till
of
late
Years
some
Governours
have
decided
the
same
,
to
the
great
Discontent
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
here
,
whose
Estates
may
by
that
means
be
liable
to
be
disposed
of
,
by
Persons
not
by
them
legally
chosen
their
Representatives
.
To
Prevent
which
Evil
for
the
future
,
and
that
we
may
in
this
Island
come
as
near
as
may
be
to
the
English
Form
of
Government
in
this
particular
,
we
do
in
behalf
of
His
Majesty's
Liege
People
and
Faithful
Subjects
of
this
Island
,
pray
that
it
be
Enacted
and
Declared
.
And
be
it
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Honourable
the
President
and
Council
,
Legallity
of
Elections
to
be
decided
by
the
plurality
of
Votes
in
the
Assembly
.
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
it
is
the
Right
and
Priviledge
of
the
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
to
judge
and
determine
of
the
truth
and
legality
of
the
Election
of
any
Member
or
Members
chosen
,
where
there
shall
be
any
Dispute
or
Controversie
of
the
same
;
and
that
no
Practice
or
Proceeding
to
the
contrary
hereof
heretofore
had
or
done
,
shall
be
drawn
into
Example
or
Precedent
,
to
the
Prejudice
of
the
People
of
this
Island
;
but
that
for
the
future
,
the
truth
and
legality
of
all
Elections
of
any
Member
or
Members
to
serve
in
the
Assembly
when
any
Dispute
shall
arise
touching
the
same
,
shall
be
tried
by
the
Representatives
of
the
People
of
this
Island
only
;
and
the
Members
of
the
Assembly
shall
by
Plurality
of
Voices
decide
all
such
controverted
Elections
.
Read
and
consented
to
by
the
President
and
Council
,
the
10th
of
February
,
1696/7.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
26th
Day
of
January
,
1696/7.
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
427.
An
ACT
to
raise
and
provide
a
strength
of
Labourers
to
clear
the
Trenches
,
and
repair
the
Breast-works
and
Fortifications
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
428.
A
Supplemental
and
Explanatory
ACT
to
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
Binding
and
Ordering
poor
Apprentices
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
an
Act
of
this
Island
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
binding
and
ordering
poor
Apprentices
,
dated
the
Third
Day
of
October
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Eighty
and
Eight
,
hath
of
late
been
much
controverted
,
and
some
Question
and
Scruple
moved
thereon
,
whether
any
Person
being
within
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
,
and
bound
to
serve
as
an
Apprentice
,
can
be
obliged
by
Indenture
for
a
longer
Term
or
time
than
until
such
Apprentice
arrive
to
the
Age
of
Twenty
One
Years
,
which
Disputes
and
Differences
of
Opinions
often
happening
between
the
Magistrates
of
this
Island
by
the
absence
of
their
Apprentices
,
and
the
vexatious
Suits
they
have
brought
against
them
by
their
Apprentices
for
their
Freedom
,
which
if
not
timely
provided
for
,
may
prove
of
great
detriment
to
the
prosperity
of
this
Place
.
Clause
I
For
the
Resolution
of
the
said
Scruple
and
Doubt
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
President
,
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
Apprentices
though
under
Age
of
21
,
yet
bound
to
serve
the
time
mentioned
in
their
Indentures
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
all
and
every
such
Person
or
Persons
already
bound
,
or
at
any
time
or
times
from
henceforth
shall
be
bound
by
Indenture
to
serve
as
an
Apprentice
in
any
Art
,
Science
or
Occupation
,
according
to
the
Tenour
of
the
before
recited
Act
,
and
in
manner
and
form
as
in
and
by
the
said
Act
is
prescribed
,
albeit
the
same
Apprentice
or
any
of
them
shall
be
within
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
at
the
time
of
the
making
their
several
Indentures
,
shall
be
bound
to
serve
for
the
Years
in
their
several
Indentures
contained
as
amply
and
largely
to
every
Intent
,
as
if
the
said
Apprentice
were
of
full
Age
at
the
time
of
the
making
such
Indentures
,
any
Law
,
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Provided
always
,
Proviso
.
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
To
serve
but
Seven
Years
.
That
all
Persons
within
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
,
to
be
bound
Apprentices
as
aforesaid
,
shall
not
by
Indenture
be
obliged
for
a
longer
time
than
Seven
Years
,
unless
such
Person
or
Persons
be
so
young
at
the
time
when
they
are
bound
Apprentices
that
they
want
a
greater
number
of
Years
to
arrive
to
the
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
.
And
whereas
by
the
afore
recited
Act
,
it
is
provided
,
that
if
any
Apprentice
shall
neglect
,
absent
or
refuse
to
serve
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistress
,
according
to
his
or
her
Contract
or
Agreement
,
that
then
and
in
such
Case
,
the
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
are
authorized
to
order
Punishment
to
be
inflicted
by
Whipping
or
Imprisoning
such
disorderly
Apprentice
as
in
and
by
the
said
Act
(
reference
thereto
being
had
)
will
more
at
large
appear
;
which
Method
(
Experience
hath
made
manifest
,
doth
in
no
measure
relieve
the
Masters
or
Mistresses
,
or
work
any
Reformation
in
such
unruly
Apprentices
.
Clause
II
Be
it
therefore
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
Apprentice
or
Apprentices
already
Bound
,
An
Apprentice
absenting
himself
without
leave
,
a
Justice
to
order
Service
after
the
Expiration
of
his
Indenture
.
or
to
be
Bound
in
manner
as
aforesaid
,
that
shall
presume
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
to
absent
himself
or
her self
from
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistress's
Service
without
leave
first
obtained
from
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistress
,
or
to
be
warranted
for
his
or
their
so
doing
,
by
the
Two
next
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
every
such
Apprentice
so
absenting
him
or
herself
without
such
License
as
aforesaid
,
upon
Conviction
thereof
,
by
the
Oath
of
One
or
more
Witnesses
,
or
his
or
her
own
Confession
,
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
shall
for
every
Hours
Absence
be
adjudged
and
ordered
by
the
said
Justice
to
serve
his
or
her
said
Master
or
Mistress
,
the
like
space
of
time
after
his
or
her
time
of
Apprentiship
by
Indenture
is
expired
,
or
be
proceeded
against
,
as
in
and
by
the
afore-recited
Act
is
appointed
at
the
Election
of
his
or
her
Master
or
Mistress
complaining
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
to
the
end
that
Apprentices
may
receive
no
manner
of
Incouragement
whatsoever
to
neglect
their
Duty
,
and
that
such
Persons
who
have
heretofore
given
countenance
,
concealed
or
entertained
Apprentices
that
have
absented
themselves
from
their
Masters
or
Mistresses
Service
,
may
be
deterred
from
the
evil
of
such
unjust
Practices
for
the
future
,
Clause
III
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
The
Penalty
against
Entertainers
.
shall
wittingly
or
willingly
entertain
any
Apprentice
for
the
space
of
Twelve
Hours
,
or
otherwise
countenance
his
or
her
Absence
from
their
Masters
or
Mistresses
Service
,
upon
Complaint
and
Conviction
thereof
,
by
One
or
more
Witnesses
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
or
the
Party
's
own
Confession
,
the
said
Justice
is
hereby
authorized
to
proceed
against
such
Entertainer
or
Concealer
of
Apprentices
convicted
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
adjudge
them
in
the
like
Penalties
,
and
in
the
same
manner
as
is
appointed
for
Proceedings
against
the
Entertainers
of
Servants
,
by
an
Act
dated
the
Twenty
Seventh
of
September
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
One
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
good
government
of
Servants
,
and
ordering
the
Rights
between
Masters
and
Servants
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
Council
,
this
16th
Day
of
February
,
1696.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
26th
Day
of
January
,
1696
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
429.
An
ACT
that
the
Solemn
Affirmation
and
Declaration
of
the
People
called
Quakers
,
shall
be
accepted
instead
of
an
Oath
in
the
usual
Form
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
His
Gracious
Majesty
King
William
,
with
advice
of
the
Lords
and
Commons
in
Parliament
assembled
,
by
an
Act
made
in
the
Seventh
and
Eighth
Years
of
William
the
Third
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
that
the
Solemn
Affirmation
and
Declaration
of
the
People
called
Quakers
,
shall
be
accepted
instead
of
an
Oath
in
usual
Form
,
Did
Enact
,
That
the
solemn
Affirmation
and
Declaration
of
the
People
called
Quakers
,
should
be
accepted
and
taken
in
all
the
Courts
of
Justice
within
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
Dominion
of
Wales
,
Town
of
Berwick
upon
Twede
,
or
on
any
lawful
Occasion
where
an
Oath
shall
be
required
;
and
it
being
as
reasonable
that
the
same
Liberty
should
be
granted
unto
the
People
called
Quakers
in
this
Island
,
being
part
of
His
Majesty's
Dominions
.
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
President
,
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
every
Quaker
within
this
Island
who
shall
be
required
upon
any
lawful
Occasion
,
to
take
an
Oath
in
any
case
where
by
Law
an
Oath
is
required
,
shall
instead
of
the
usual
Form
,
be
permitted
to
make
his
or
her
Solemn
Affirmation
or
Declaration
in
these
Words
following
,
viz.
I
A.
B.
do
declare
in
the
presence
of
Almighty
God
,
The
form
of
the
Declaration
.
the
Witness
of
the
truth
of
what
I
say
;
which
said
Solemn
Affirmation
or
Declaration
shall
be
adjudged
and
taken
.
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Declared
to
be
of
the
same
Force
and
Effect
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
,
in
all
Courts
of
Justice
and
other
Places
where
by
Law
an
Oath
is
required
within
this
Island
,
as
if
such
Quaker
had
taken
an
Oath
in
the
usual
Form
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Quaker
making
such
Solemn
Affirmation
or
Declaration
,
shall
be
lawfully
convicted
wilfully
,
falsely
and
corruptly
to
have
affirmed
or
declared
any
matter
or
thing
,
which
if
the
same
had
been
in
the
usual
Form
,
would
have
amounted
to
wilful
and
corrupt
Perjury
,
Perjury
.
every
such
Quaker
so
offending
,
shall
incur
the
same
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
as
by
the
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
are
Enacted
,
against
Persons
convicted
of
wilful
and
corrupt
Perjury
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Quaker
or
reputed
Quaker
,
shall
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
be
qualified
or
permitted
to
give
Evidence
in
any
Criminal
Causes
,
or
serve
on
any
Juries
,
or
bear
any
Office
or
Place
of
Profit
in
the
Government
,
any
thing
in
this
Act
contained
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
This
Act
to
continue
for
the
space
of
Seven
Years
from
the
Publication
hereof
and
no
longer
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
Council
,
the
3d
of
March
,
1696.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
26th
of
March
,
1696
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
430.
An
ACT
to
disable
the
Judges
from
Pleading
and
Practising
in
any
of
the
Courts
of
this
Island
.
FOrasmuch
as
it
is
very
inconsistent
with
the
Honour
and
Dignity
of
a
Judge
,
to
be
a
common
Pleader
,
or
to
practise
as
an
Attorney
at
Law
in
any
the
Courts
of
this
Island
;
and
that
such
Pleading
is
an
evident
debarring
of
their
Power
and
Authority
,
and
may
introduce
and
be
an
inlet
into
several
Mischiefs
,
as
well
as
Enormous
Crimes
,
and
illegal
and
undue
Proceedings
,
to
the
prejudice
of
Justice
,
and
the
laying
open
a
Gap
for
Bribery
.
For
Prevention
whereof
,
Judges
not
to
plead
.
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
and
it
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Honourable
the
President
and
Council
,
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
it
shall
not
be
lawful
for
any
Judge
in
this
Island
,
to
plead
or
practise
in
any
of
the
Courts
within
the
same
;
any
former
Usage
or
Custom
to
the
contrary
in
any
wise
notwithstanding
.
May
the
18th
,
1697
,
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
Council
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
this
23d
of
March
,
1696/7.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
431.
An
ACT
to
Repeal
an
ACT
,
Intituled
,
An
ACT
for
laying
a
Duty
on
Shipping
for
the
Building
of
Peers
,
and
clearing
the
Bar
in
Carlisle-Road
.
An
Act
of
Repeal
.
BE
it
Enacted
by
the
President
,
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
an
Act
bearing
Date
the
One
and
Twentieth
Day
of
July
,
in
the
Year
of
our
Lord
God
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
Eighty
and
Seven
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
laying
a
Duty
on
Shipping
for
the
building
of
Peers
,
and
clearing
the
Bar
in
Carlisle-Road
,
and
all
the
Branches
,
Clauses
and
Articles
,
Sentences
and
Provisoes
therein
contained
,
and
every
of
them
,
shall
be
Repealed
,
and
are
hereby
declared
to
be
Repealed
,
Null
and
Void
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
;
any
thing
in
the
said
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
May
the
18th
,
1697.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
March
the
23d
,
1696/7.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
432.
An
ACT
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
433.
An
ACT
to
revive
and
continue
an
ACT
for
laying
an
Imposition
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
imported
this
Island
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
434.
An
ACT
declaring
how
the
Charges
and
Expences
for
the
taking
up
and
fitting
out
the
Ship
Providence
Frigot
,
and
the
Ship
Benjamin
which
were
lately
imployed
in
the
Country's
Service
,
shall
be
born
and
paid
.
Expired
.
Nᵒ
435.
An
ACT
to
keep
inviolate
,
and
preserve
the
Freedom
of
Elections
,
and
appointing
who
shall
be
deemed
Freeholders
,
and
be
capable
of
Electing
,
or
being
Elected
Representatives
,
Vestry-Men
,
or
to
serve
as
Jurors
to
try
Real
Actions
within
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
not
been
hitherto
fully
and
plainly
ascertained
how
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
shall
be
qualified
to
render
them
capable
to
Elect
or
be
Elected
Members
of
the
Assembly
or
Vestry-Men
,
or
to
try
real
Actions
,
from
whence
manifold
Disputes
and
Controversies
have
arisen
.
And
whereas
many
undue
and
illegal
Practices
have
been
used
by
Menaces
and
Threats
to
awe
and
force
Men
to
vote
contrary
to
their
Inclinations
and
Consciences
,
to
the
manifest
violation
of
the
freedom
of
Elections
of
Assembly-Men
and
Vestry-Men
.
To
the
intent
therefore
to
put
an
end
to
all
such
Disputes
for
the
future
,
and
that
Men
of
Interest
only
may
share
in
so
great
Trusts
,
and
to
obviate
such
Mischievous
and
Violent
Proceedings
,
and
any
other
indirect
Practices
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Honourable
the
President
and
Council
,
and
Representatives
of
this
Island
,
and
by
authority
of
the
same
,
Every
Person
who
hath
10
Acres
of
Land
,
or
10l
.
per
Annum
Rent
,
deemed
a
Freeholder
.
That
every
white
Man
professing
the
Christan
Religion
,
the
free
and
natural
born
Subject
of
the
King
of
England
,
or
naturalized
,
who
hath
attained
to
the
full
Age
of
One
and
Twenty
Years
,
and
hath
Ten
Acres
of
Freehold
,
that
is
to
say
,
who
is
actually
seized
of
Ten
Acres
of
Land
in
Fee-simple
or
Fee-tail
,
for
term
of
his
own
,
or
for
Term
of
another's
Life
,
within
any
Parish
of
this
Island
,
or
of
any
House
,
Houses
,
Store-houses
,
or
any
other
Buildings
in
any
one
of
the
Towns
of
this
Island
,
of
the
Yearly
Value
of
Ten
Pounds
Current
Money
of
this
Island
,
or
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Muscovadoe
Sugar
,
which
Value
shall
be
proved
by
the
Oaths
of
Two
credible
Witnesses
,
or
by
some
Lease
produced
and
proved
by
any
One
of
the
Witnesses
to
the
same
,
or
the
Oath
of
the
Lessee
,
if
any
there
present
shall
be
deemed
a
Freeholder
,
and
shall
and
may
be
capable
of
Electing
Representatives
or
Vestry-Men
,
or
of
being
Elected
a
Representative
or
Vestry-Man
in
the
Parish
wherein
such
his
Estate
lieth
,
or
to
serve
as
a
Juror
to
try
real
Actions
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
it
shall
happen
that
there
be
Two
or
more
Joynt-Tenants
or
Tenants
in
Common
of
a
Parcel
or
certain
Quantity
of
Land
in
any
Parish
of
this
Island
,
Joint-Tenants
or
Tenants
in
Common
.
or
any
House
,
Houses
,
or
Buildings
within
any
One
of
the
Towns
of
this
Island
,
which
Parcel
of
Land
contains
as
many
Tens
of
Acres
or
more
as
there
are
Joynt-Tenants
or
Tenants
in
Common
,
which
House
,
Houses
or
other
Buildings
shall
be
worth
as
many
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
or
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
a
Year
,
as
there
are
Joynt-Tenant
,
or
Tenants
in
Common
,
shall
be
deemed
a
Freeholder
to
all
Intents
,
Constructions
and
Purposes
of
this
Act
whatsoever
.
And
no
Joynt-Tenant
or
Tenant
in
Common
that
shall
not
have
for
his
share
Ten
Acres
of
Land
,
or
in
the
House
,
Houses
,
or
other
Buildings
,
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
per
Annum
,
or
Two
Thousand
Pounds
of
Sugar
per
Annum
,
if
the
same
shall
be
equally
divided
;
shall
be
esteemed
a
Freeholder
to
any
Construction
or
Purpose
of
this
Act
whatsoever
.
Clause
III
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
at
any
Election
of
Representatives
,
or
Vestry-Men
shall
be
deemed
a
Freeholder
,
qualified
to
Elect
or
be
Elected
a
Representative
or
Vestry-Man
,
Free-holders
Deeds
to
be
Acknowledged
.
who
shall
produce
any
Bill
of
Sail
or
other
Conveyance
of
Lands
,
or
other
Estate
whereby
he
claims
to
be
a
Freeholder
,
in
order
to
prove
his
Freehold
,
which
shall
not
have
been
acknowledged
before
the
Governour
for
the
time
being
,
or
some
Judge
of
some
Court
of
Common
Pleas
of
this
Island
,
and
duly
recorded
in
the
Secretary's
Office
preceeding
the
Date
of
the
Writ
for
Election
of
Assembly-Men
.
And
who
shall
not
together
with
the
Person
who
sold
and
conveyed
the
said
Freehold
,
Provided
the
said
Person
be
there
and
then
present
,
make
Oath
before
the
Person
to
whom
the
Writ
for
Electing
Representatives
is
directed
,
who
is
hereby
authorized
and
required
to
Administer
the
same
;
if
any
Person
present
require
the
same
,
or
he
himself
shall
think
meet
,
that
such
Deed
,
or
Deeds
by
him
so
produced
is
,
and
are
bona
fide
,
a
Real
and
Absolute
Deed
or
Deeds
,
according
to
the
Purport
thereof
,
without
Covin
or
Fraud
,
and
not
made
or
executed
to
him
under
Colour
only
,
to
make
him
capable
to
Elect
or
be
Elected
a
Representative
,
and
that
he
is
in
Actual
Possession
of
the
said
Land
or
Houses
,
and
receiveth
to
his
own
use
all
the
Profits
thereof
and
is
under
no
Promise
,
or
any
other
Obligation
whatsoever
,
to
give
up
,
or
surrender
the
said
Deed
or
Deeds
,
or
the
Lands
or
Tenements
in
the
said
Deed
or
Deeds
,
sold
and
conveyed
at
any
time
after
he
shall
have
Voted
,
Proviso
.
or
shall
be
Elected
.
Except
nevertheless
such
Person
or
Persons
who
claim
to
be
Freeholders
by
such
Deed
or
Deeds
,
which
shall
be
Executed
in
England
for
Conveyance
of
any
Lands
in
Barbados
,
and
authentickly
proved
in
England
,
and
here
proved
so
to
have
been
,
and
Recorded
in
the
Secretary's
Office
of
this
Island
,
as
by
an
Act
of
this
Island
is
provided
.
Proviso
.
Except
such
also
as
claim
by
any
Last
Will
and
Testament
duly
proved
,
and
recorded
in
the
Secretary's
Office
:
And
the
said
Person
to
whom
the
said
Writ
is
directed
,
is
further
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
ask
such
other
Questions
upon
Oath
concerning
the
Freehold
,
and
Qualification
of
any
Person
offering
to
Elect
,
or
standing
to
be
Elected
of
him
or
the
Person
who
sold
the
Freehold
,
or
conveyed
it
,
as
to
him
shall
seem
meet
,
or
shall
be
required
by
any
Freeholder
present
.
Clause
IV
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
offering
to
Elect
,
or
standing
to
be
Elected
,
shall
refuse
to
take
such
Oath
,
All
Persons
electing
,
or
to
be
elected
,
to
Swear
.
or
to
answer
to
such
Questions
upon
Oath
as
above
,
the
said
Person
so
refusing
,
shall
absolutely
be
debarred
from
giving
his
Vote
for
Electing
,
or
from
being
Elected
a
Representative
for
that
time
.
Clause
V
Be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
the
like
Rules
and
Methods
shall
be
used
for
enquiring
into
the
Qualifications
of
such
as
offer
to
Elect
,
Justice
to
administer
the
Oath
,
or
in
his
absence
,
the
Vestry-man
present
.
or
may
be
Elected
Vestry-Men
,
and
that
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
in
Commission
present
at
the
Election
of
Vestry-Men
,
if
none
such
there
,
then
the
Vestry
Man
present
,
and
first
named
in
the
Church-Book
the
foregoing
Year
,
shall
hereby
have
the
same
Power
to
administer
any
Oath
or
Oaths
as
the
Person
to
whom
the
Writ
for
Electing
of
Representatives
hath
by
Verue
of
this
Act.
Clause
VI
But
forasmuch
as
some
People
call'd
Quakers
do
refuse
to
take
an
Oath
,
Be
it
Enacted
,
Quakers
to
declare
instead
of
an
Oath
.
That
all
such
People
are
permitted
instead
of
taking
any
Oath
or
Oaths
as
above
is
required
touching
their
Freehold
and
Qualification
to
Vote
,
to
promise
and
declare
in
the
Presence
of
God
,
that
what
they
shall
answer
touching
any
New
Deeds
produced
by
them
at
any
Election
of
Representatives
,
or
to
any
Questions
as
shall
be
asked
them
touching
their
Freehold
,
or
Qualifications
to
elect
Representatives
for
the
General
Assembly
,
shall
be
the
Truth
,
the
whole
Truth
,
and
nothing
but
the
Truth
;
who
after
so
having
made
out
their
Freehold
,
shall
be
then
as
capable
of
giving
their
Votes
as
if
they
had
taken
any
Oath
or
Oaths
hereby
required
;
any
thing
in
this
Act
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
if
it
shall
appear
at
any
time
that
any
Person
who
hath
Sworn
or
Declared
in
manner
aforesaid
at
such
Election
,
an
Untruth
or
False
thing
concerning
any
such
new
Deed
,
or
his
qualification
of
his
Electing
,
or
being
Elected
,
and
proof
thereof
made
before
any
One
Justice
of
the
Peace
of
this
Island
,
such
Justice
is
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
bind
the
said
Person
over
to
the
Grand
sessions
,
there
to
be
proceeded
against
,
and
punished
as
in
case
of
Perjury
,
and
be
for
ever
held
uncapable
of
giving
any
Vote
,
at
any
Election
in
this
Island
.
Clause
VII
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Writs
for
Election
of
Assembly
Men
,
shall
be
issued
by
the
President
,
To
whom
the
Writs
for
Election
shall
be
directed
.
and
Council
,
or
the
Governour
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
Council
for
the
time
being
,
in
the
usual
Form
directed
to
the
several
Members
of
His
Majesty's
Council
of
this
Island
:
And
if
there
shall
be
more
than
one
residing
in
a
Parish
,
the
Writ
for
that
Parish
shall
be
directed
to
the
Eldest
Councellor
,
who
is
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
execute
the
same
.
Clause
VIII
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Councellor
shall
have
any
Writ
directed
to
him
,
Councellors
not
to
go
out
of
their
Parish
to
execute
the
Writs
.
so
as
to
oblige
him
to
go
out
of
the
Parish
where
he
lives
or
resides
,
unless
there
be
more
Councellors
than
one
in
such
Parish
:
And
in
such
Case
the
said
Writ
or
Writs
shall
be
directed
to
the
Younger
Councellor
or
Councellors
to
execute
the
same
in
some
other
Parish
or
Parishes
,
as
near
as
may
be
,
to
their
Place
of
Dwelling
or
Aboad
.
But
in
case
there
shall
not
be
Councellors
enough
within
this
Island
to
execute
the
several
Writs
for
Election
of
Assembly
Men
,
or
any
of
them
be
disabled
by
Sickness
to
perform
such
Duty
,
If
no
Councellor
in
the
Parish
,
then
the
President
and
Council
to
appoint
.
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
President
and
Council
,
or
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Council
to
direct
such
Writ
or
Writs
to
such
Person
of
the
same
Parish
as
they
shall
think
fit
;
who
are
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
execute
the
same
.
Clause
IX
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
calling
of
an
Assembly
,
All
Elections
to
be
at
one
time
.
all
Elections
throughout
the
Island
shall
begin
in
one
Day
,
between
the
Hours
of
Eight
and
Nine
in
the
Morning
,
and
shall
continue
without
interruption
till
the
Votes
shall
be
shut
up
and
finished
,
which
shall
not
be
before
the
Hour
of
Two
in
the
Afternoon
at
soonest
.
Clause
X
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Persons
to
whom
the
Writs
shall
be
directed
,
Shall
have
a
paper
of
Columns
.
to
prevent
unnecessary
Disputes
and
Mistakes
,
shall
in
a
Paper
of
several
Columns
,
set
down
the
Names
of
the
Freeholders
proposed
to
be
voted
for
,
and
shall
cause
each
Voter
to
subscribe
his
Name
,
or
set
his
Mark
under
the
Persons
Name
he
Votes
for
.
Clause
XI
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whosoever
for
the
future
shall
be
elected
a
Representative
or
Assembly
Man
,
Every
Representative
to
take
the
Oaths
appointed
.
shall
before
the
President
and
Council
,
or
Governour
and
Council
for
the
time
being
,
take
the
Oaths
appointed
,
instead
of
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
;
in
an
Act
Intituled
,
An
Act
declaring
the
Rights
and
Liberties
of
the
Subjects
,
and
setling
the
Succession
of
the
Crown
,
and
all
other
Oaths
and
Tests
taken
or
subscribed
by
the
Members
of
the
House
of
Commons
in
England
;
which
Oaths
shall
be
administred
by
the
Secretary
for
the
time
being
,
in
the
Presence
of
the
President
and
Council
,
or
of
the
Governour
and
Council
for
the
time
being
:
And
any
Person
elected
a
Representative
,
who
shall
refuse
to
take
the
said
Oaths
,
or
take
and
subscribe
the
said
Tests
,
shall
hereby
be
uncapable
of
serving
as
a
Representative
,
or
Assembly-Man
for
that
Assembly
then
chosen
,
and
a
new
Writ
shall
issue
immediately
to
chuse
another
in
his
Room
.
Clause
XII
And
be
it
Enacted
,
That
no
Person
shall
be
chosen
or
serve
as
Vestry-Man
,
None
to
be
Elected
who
refused
to
swear
.
who
shall
refuse
to
take
the
Oaths
appointed
,
instead
of
the
Oaths
of
Allegiance
and
Supremacy
,
if
thereto
required
by
any
of
the
Electors
present
,
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
in
Commission
there
present
:
But
if
no
Justice
be
present
,
then
before
that
Person
of
the
Vestry
who
is
first
named
in
the
Church-Book
,
who
is
present
,
who
are
hereby
authorized
and
required
to
administer
the
same
if
demanded
.
Clause
XIII
Be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
case
any
Member
of
the
Assembly
shall
dye
,
If
any
Member
of
the
Assembly
die
or
depart
this
Island
,
the
President
Council
to
issue
a
new
Writ
in
20
Days
.
or
depart
this
Island
,
the
President
and
Council
,
or
the
Governour
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
Council
for
the
time
being
,
shall
within
Twenty
Days
after
such
Death
or
departure
,
issue
a
new
Writ
directed
as
before
in
this
Act
is
appointed
,
for
choosing
another
Person
to
serve
in
that
Assembly
,
in
the
Place
of
such
Member
so
dead
or
departed
this
Island
.
Clause
XIV
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
shall
presume
to
violate
the
Freedom
of
Elections
by
Menaces
or
Threats
,
No
Menaces
or
indirect
means
to
be
used
in
Elections
.
or
endeavour
to
force
any
Freeholder
to
vote
for
any
Person
or
Persons
against
his
Inclination
or
Conscience
,
either
by
calling
the
Inhabitants
into
Arms
,
by
making
sham
Freeholders
,
or
hire
or
otherwise
procure
any
Vote
,
or
who
shall
after
Election
is
over
,
menace
,
despightfully
use
or
abuse
any
Freeholder
,
because
he
hath
not
voted
as
he
would
have
had
him
,
such
Person
so
offending
,
shall
be
proceeded
against
as
hereafter
in
the
following
Clause
in
this
Act
is
appointed
.
And
if
the
Person
so
offending
,
shall
be
an
Officer
or
Magistrate
,
by
vertue
and
power
of
which
Office
,
he
shall
endeavour
or
attempt
to
overawe
or
affright
any
Freeholder
to
vote
contrary
to
his
Inclination
and
Conscience
;
every
such
Officer
or
Magistrate
so
offending
,
shall
upon
due
and
sufficient
proof
made
of
such
his
Violence
before
the
Assembly
for
the
time
being
,
who
are
hereby
impowered
to
examine
upon
Oath
any
Person
or
Persons
,
and
to
send
for
Papers
and
Records
for
the
Discovery
thereof
.
(
And
whosoever
shall
refuse
to
deliver
such
Papers
,
shall
be
committed
to
Goal
till
he
deliver
the
same
by
Warrant
under
the
Speaker's
Hand
directed
to
the
Provost
Marshal
of
this
Island
,
who
is
hereby
required
him
or
them
in
safe
Custody
to
keep
until
they
conform
to
this
Law
)
every
such
Offender
shall
by
any
Two
Justices
of
the
Peace
for
this
Island
(
one
of
which
to
be
of
the
Quorum
)
be
bound
over
to
the
next
General
Sessions
,
himself
in
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
and
Two
Sureties
each
in
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
of
good
Behaviour
,
and
abide
the
Sentence
of
the
said
Court
,
who
are
hereby
impowered
,
if
the
Offender
or
Offenders
are
convicted
and
found
guilty
of
such
Offences
,
to
impose
and
lay
a
Fine
on
every
such
Offender
,
of
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
,
and
commit
the
Offender
or
Offenders
to
Goal
,
without
Bayl
or
Mainprize
,
till
the
same
be
paid
;
which
Fine
so
imposed
,
shall
be
one
half
to
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
,
to
be
paid
to
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
for
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Party
or
Parties
grieved
.
And
if
any
Person
offending
as
aforesaid
,
shall
be
chosen
a
Member
of
the
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
after
Conviction
of
such
Illegal
Practices
before
the
Assembly
for
the
time
being
,
by
a
Vote
of
the
Assembly
,
every
such
Person
so
offending
,
shall
be
uncapable
to
sit
as
Members
of
that
present
Assembly
,
and
be
further
liable
to
the
Fines
and
Forfeitures
,
and
be
proceeded
against
as
in
the
foregoing
Clause
is
appointed
.
Clause
XV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
,
shall
causelessly
and
without
just
ground
,
False
Information
,
the
Penalty
.
inform
against
,
charge
or
impeach
any
Person
to
be
an
Offender
against
this
Act
,
in
such
case
,
every
such
Person
so
informing
,
charging
or
impeaching
as
aforesaid
,
who
doth
not
make
good
the
same
;
and
also
every
Justice
of
the
Peace
who
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
do
his
Duty
in
and
by
this
Act
enjoyned
and
required
,
shall
forfeit
the
Sum
of
Fifty
Pounds
Sterling
to
His
Majesty
,
His
Heirs
and
Successors
for
the
Uses
aforesaid
,
to
be
recovered
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
within
the
Court
of
Common
Pleas
where
the
Offender
liveth
,
Provided
such
Action
be
brought
within
Three
Months
after
the
Offence
.
Clause
XVI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whensoever
the
Writs
shall
be
issued
for
electing
of
Representatives
,
Writs
to
be
published
on
Sundays
.
all
and
every
such
Writs
shall
be
forthwith
published
Three
Sundays
successively
,
as
formerly
in
the
like
cases
have
been
used
.
And
lastly
,
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
former
Acts
of
this
Island
concerning
Electing
Representatives
,
be
from
the
Publication
of
this
Act
void
,
and
are
hereby
declared
Void
and
Repealed
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
Council
,
the
5th
Day
of
August
,
1697.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
4th
Day
of
August
,
1697.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
436.
An
ACT
to
ascertain
the
Duty
of
Masters
of
Ships
and
Merchants
for
the
Payment
of
an
Impost
of
Powder
on
the
Tunnage
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
heretofore
many
Deceits
and
Frauds
have
been
used
and
practised
in
the
Payment
of
the
Duty
of
Powder
,
which
tends
very
much
to
the
Prejudice
and
great
Hazard
of
the
Loss
of
this
Island
,
if
not
timely
prevented
.
To
the
intent
therefore
that
Merchants
,
Owners
and
Masters
of
Vessels
for
the
future
may
know
their
respective
Duties
on
their
Arrival
,
and
what
Impost
of
Powder
shall
henceforward
be
required
of
them
,
and
in
what
manner
and
to
whom
the
same
shall
be
paid
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Honourable
the
President
and
Council
,
and
the
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
One
Pound
of
Powder
per
Tun
,
to
be
paid
by
every
Master
arriving
here
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
every
Master
or
Commander
of
any
Ship
or
Vessel
trading
to
this
Island
;
shall
pay
One
Pound
of
Good
Gun-powder
per
Tun
,
for
every
Tun
(
according
to
the
Tunnage
of
his
Ship
or
Vessel
)
to
the
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
for
the
time
being
,
before
they
Land
any
Goods
on
Shoar
(
Horses
or
other
Living
Creatures
excepted
)
upon
Penalty
and
Forfeiture
of
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
forthwith
paid
by
the
said
Master
or
Commander
,
upon
Conviction
before
the
President
and
Council
,
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
by
the
Oath
of
one
or
more
credible
Witnesses
that
he
or
they
have
not
paid
the
same
according
to
the
tenour
of
this
Act
:
And
in
case
he
or
they
shall
refuse
to
pay
the
Penalty
aforesaid
,
to
stand
committed
by
Warrant
from
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
,
until
he
or
they
shall
have
paid
the
same
;
which
Forfeiture
to
be
to
His
Majesty
,
and
applied
to
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
of
this
Island
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
All
Ships
to
be
reported
on
Oath
or
gaged
.
That
all
Ships
and
Vessels
liable
to
the
Payment
of
the
Duty
by
this
Act
imposed
;
shall
be
reported
on
Oath
,
or
Gaged
by
the
length
of
the
Keel
taken
within
Board
(
so
much
as
she
treads
upon
the
Ground
)
and
the
breadth
to
be
taken
within
Board
by
the
Midship-beam
from
Plank
to
Plank
;
and
the
depth
of
the
Hold
from
the
Plank
below
the
Kelsey
,
to
the
under
part
of
the
Deck
Flank
;
and
for
a
Two
Deck
Ship
(
which
carrieth
Goods
between
Decks
)
the
Depth
of
her
Hold
to
be
taken
from
the
Plank
below
the
Kelsey
,
to
the
under
part
of
the
Upper
Deck
Plank
,
and
the
length
and
depth
as
before
;
then
multiply
the
length
by
the
breadth
,
and
the
Product
thereof
by
the
depth
,
and
divide
the
whole
by
Ninety
Four
,
and
the
Quotient
will
give
the
true
Contents
of
the
Tunnage
,
according
to
which
Method
and
Rule
all
Vessels
shall
be
measured
,
and
the
Duty
computed
and
paid
accordingly
,
any
Custom
,
Usage
or
Practice
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
III
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
for
the
time
being
,
A
Register
of
all
Entries
to
be
kept
on
Oath
.
is
hereby
required
to
keep
a
fair
Register
of
all
Entries
upon
Oath
,
in
a
well
Bound
Book
,
or
Books
by
him
to
be
provided
and
kept
for
that
purpose
,
and
in
no
case
whatsoever
,
to
receive
,
take
or
demand
any
Reward
,
Fee
or
Fees
,
by
vertue
of
his
said
Office
other
than
what
in
this
Act
is
appointed
.
And
at
all
times
when
required
by
the
Committee
of
Publick
Accounts
,
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
shall
bring
before
the
said
Committee
the
said
Book
or
Books
,
wherein
shall
be
fairly
written
the
Names
of
such
Master
or
other
Person
who
hath
so
Entred
or
Reported
;
with
the
Names
of
such
their
Ships
or
Vessels
,
their
Tunnage
or
Burthen
,
and
faithfully
account
for
all
Powder
,
Arms
or
other
Stores
that
shall
be
delivered
,
or
come
into
his
Care
and
Possession
by
vertue
of
his
Office
,
for
the
use
or
account
of
the
Publick
:
And
if
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
shall
have
reason
to
suspect
any
Master
or
Commander
who
hath
made
a
short
Entry
of
his
Ship
or
Vessel
,
Then
and
in
such
case
,
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
shall
himself
,
or
imploy
a
Sworn
Surveyor
as
a
Gager
,
immediately
to
repair
on
Board
such
Vessel
or
Vessels
by
him
so
suspected
,
to
take
the
true
Burthen
of
such
Vessel
,
according
to
his
best
Judgment
,
and
thereof
shall
make
report
upon
Oath
before
the
Governour
and
President
,
or
Commander
in
Chief
for
the
time
being
,
in
Presence
of
the
Master
,
Commander
or
other
Person
that
made
Entry
of
the
said
Ship
or
Vessel
;
upon
which
said
Judgment
and
Oath
,
if
it
be
found
that
the
Entry
of
the
said
Ship
or
Vessel
be
short
,
the
Master
or
other
Person
making
that
short
Entry
,
shall
for
the
same
,
forfeit
and
pay
Three
Pounds
of
good
Gun-powder
for
every
Tun
short
entred
,
without
any
Fee
or
Charges
to
be
paid
by
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
.
And
whereas
the
welfare
and
safety
of
this
Place
in
a
very
great
measure
depends
on
the
care
and
fidelity
of
such
Person
or
Persons
as
shall
for
the
future
be
nominated
and
appointed
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
it
being
a
Place
of
great
Trust
,
and
highly
requisite
that
a
fit
Person
from
time
to
be
elected
and
chosen
by
the
general
Consent
and
Approbation
of
the
President
or
Governour
,
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
:
Clause
IV
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
from
henceforth
shall
be
annually
nominated
by
the
General
Assembly
recommended
by
them
to
the
President
or
Governour
,
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
Such
Officer
to
continue
for
one
Year
,
then
a
new
Election
.
with
consent
of
the
Council
for
his
confirmation
and
continuance
in
such
Office
for
the
term
and
space
of
One
Year
and
no
longer
,
without
a
new
Election
to
be
made
of
him
in
manner
as
aforesaid
:
And
to
the
end
such
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
chosen
as
aforesaid
,
may
have
due
Encouragement
to
perform
and
execute
the
said
Office
:
Clause
V
It
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
shall
Annually
receive
for
his
Care
and
Pains
therein
,
after
the
Rate
of
One
Hundred
Pounds
sterling
per
Annum
;
which
said
Reward
or
Sallery
as
the
same
becomes
Annually
due
,
100
l.
per
Annum
Sallery
.
shall
be
paid
him
by
Vertue
of
an
Order
from
the
President
or
Governour
,
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
with
the
consent
of
the
Council
drawn
on
the
publick
Treasurer
of
this
Island
at
the
Motion
and
Request
of
the
General
Assembly
:
And
the
said
Treasurer
is
hereby
authorized
and
required
from
time
to
time
,
and
at
all
times
hereafter
,
to
give
due
Obedience
,
and
make
Payment
of
all
such
Order
and
Orders
that
shall
be
drawn
on
him
as
aforesaid
,
out
of
any
the
publick
Treasures
.
Clause
VI
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
Sufficient
Security
to
be
given
.
shall
give
sufficient
Security
in
the
Secretary's
Office
,
with
Two
sufficient
and
responsible
Persons
besides
himself
,
to
the
President
and
Council
,
or
to
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
in
the
Sum
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
Sterling
Money
,
for
the
true
and
faithful
Execution
of
his
Office
,
and
performance
of
all
and
every
the
Trusts
and
Powers
that
are
by
this
Law
to
him
committed
.
And
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
before
he
shall
be
capable
of
acting
in
the
said
Place
,
shall
appear
before
the
President
and
Council
for
the
time
being
,
and
take
an
Oath
on
the
Holy
Evangelists
,
in
the
words
following
;
The
Officer's
Oath
.
viz.
I
do
swear
that
I
will
endeavour
to
my
utmost
Power
in
all
things
to
observe
,
perform
,
fulfil
,
and
execute
the
Place
of
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
and
that
I
will
not
do
or
consent
to
be
done
any
thing
that
is
or
may
be
to
the
Wrong
,
Injury
or
Disadvantage
of
His
Majesty
,
in
the
Uses
appointed
by
this
Act
,
but
will
take
due
care
,
well
and
truly
to
preserve
all
such
Stores
,
Arms
and
Munitions
of
War
as
shall
be
placed
or
lodged
in
the
Magazine
,
or
put
into
my
Custody
or
Charge
,
until
the
same
be
lawfully
required
from
me
.
Clause
VII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
20
l.
per
Ann.
for
keeping
Accounts
.
That
the
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
shall
be
allowed
Twenty
Pounds
Current
Money
more
per
Annum
for
his
Charges
and
Trouble
in
surveying
all
such
Vessels
as
he
or
any
other
Person
shall
suspect
to
be
under-entred
,
besides
all
reasonable
Charges
for
the
bringing
to
,
or
carrying
from
the
Magazine
any
of
the
Stores
thereof
,
to
be
paid
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
;
and
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
shall
Account
with
the
Committee
of
Publick
Accounts
for
the
time
being
,
for
all
Matters
relating
to
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
and
all
other
things
for
which
he
is
or
ought
be
to
accountable
as
often
as
he
shall
be
thereunto
required
by
the
said
Committee
of
Publick
Accounts
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
No
Stores
to
be
bartered
or
,
sold
.
shall
not
any
ways
,
Sell
Barter
or
Exchange
,
Export
,
send
off
this
Island
,
or
Commute
or
take
Mony
or
any
other
Value
in
Lieu
of
Gunpowder
,
Fire
Arms
or
other
Stores
of
the
said
Magazine
,
or
which
shall
be
under
his
Care
or
Trust
,
without
the
Consent
,
Leave
or
Licence
of
the
President
and
Council
,
and
Assembly
or
Governour
,
Council
and
Assembly
for
the
time
being
,
first
had
and
obtained
in
Writing
,
to
warrant
his
so
doing
:
And
in
case
the
said
Keeper
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
,
or
any
Person
or
Persons
having
at
any
time
hereafter
the
Charge
and
Custody
of
any
Armour
,
Ordnance
and
Munition
,
Shot
,
Powder
or
Habiliments
of
War
,
of
the
King's
Majesty's
Stores
,
shall
for
any
Lucre
or
Gain
,
wittingly
and
advisedly
,
and
of
purpose
to
hinder
,
or
Impead
His
Majesty's
Service
,
Imbezel
,
Purloyn
or
Convey
away
any
of
the
same
Armour
,
Ordnance
or
Munition
,
Shot
,
Powder
or
Habiliments
of
War
,
to
the
Value
of
Twenty
Shillings
,
at
One
or
several
times
,
that
then
every
such
Offence
shall
be
adjudged
Felony
;
and
the
Offender
or
Offenders
therein
to
be
tryed
,
proceeded
on
and
suffer
as
in
case
of
Felony
.
And
as
is
Provided
,
Enacted
and
Declared
by
an
Act
made
in
the
Thirty
First
Year
of
the
Reign
of
Queen
Elizabeth
,
Chapter
the
Fourth
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
against
the
imbezelling
of
Armour
,
Habiliments
of
War
and
Victuals
;
and
also
of
a
Statute
made
in
the
Twenty
Second
Year
of
the
Reign
of
His
late
Majesty
King
Charles
the
Second
,
Chapter
the
Fifth
;
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
taking
away
the
benefit
of
the
Clergy
from
such
as
Steal
Cloath
from
the
Rack
and
from
such
as
shall
Steal
or
Imbezel
his
Majesty's
Ammunitions
and
Stores
.
Clause
VIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Established
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Commissioners
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
are
hereby
declared
to
have
,
Such
Officers
to
render
just
Accounts
.
and
shall
have
full
Power
and
Authority
to
call
,
and
cause
to
come
before
them
all
such
Person
or
Persons
,
Officer
or
Officers
,
as
have
been
,
or
shall
be
entrusted
with
,
or
have
had
the
Care
and
Charge
of
the
Stores
of
the
Magazine
for
any
time
past
,
and
that
they
and
every
of
them
render
fair
and
just
Accounts
of
all
such
Stores
,
Ammunition
and
Money
,
as
have
been
by
him
or
them
received
for
the
Use
of
the
publick
,
or
for
which
he
or
they
do
or
shall
stand
Charged
;
and
are
or
ought
to
be
accountable
;
and
therein
the
said
Commissioners
have
and
shall
have
full
power
and
authortiy
to
grant
Execution
against
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
their
Executors
and
Administrators
,
that
are
any
ways
indebted
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
command
all
Books
of
Accounts
and
Writings
of
any
Debtor
or
Debtors
before
them
,
whereby
proof
or
discovery
may
be
made
of
any
such
Debt
or
Debts
so
due
for
any
Stores
,
Arms
or
Ammunitions
as
aforesaid
,
and
to
administer
Oaths
to
any
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
for
manifesting
the
truth
.
And
in
all
these
particulars
to
have
the
like
Authority
as
is
used
in
the
high
and
honourable
Court
of
Chancery
,
and
to
proceed
therein
as
by
an
Act
lately
expired
;
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
appointing
a
Committee
for
setling
the
Publick
Accounts
of
this
Island
,
bearing
Date
the
Eighth
Day
of
May
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Ninety
and
Six
;
the
said
Committee
was
Impowered
to
proceed
against
any
other
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
indebted
to
the
bublick
.
Provided
always
,
That
the
Power
given
to
the
said
Committee
,
extend
not
to
call
in
Question
any
Person
or
Persons
who
have
had
the
Care
and
Trust
of
the
said
Magazine
,
for
above
Twelve
Years
last
past
;
any
thing
in
the
aforesaid
Act
,
or
this
Present
Act
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
IX
Repeal
of
the
former
Acts
to
this
purpose
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
an
Act
bearing
Date
the
Twenty
Fifth
Day
of
May
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Sixty
and
Nine
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
appointing
an
Impost
of
Powder
on
the
Tunnage
of
all
Ships
trading
to
this
Island
;
and
one
other
Act
bearing
Date
the
Nineteenth
Day
of
August
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
Ninety
and
Six
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
to
prevent
Frauds
and
Concealments
in
the
Payment
of
the
Powder
Duty
;
and
all
the
Clauses
,
Sentences
and
Provisoes
therein
contained
,
are
hereby
declared
to
be
Repealed
,
and
shall
stand
Repealed
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
;
any
thing
in
the
said
Acts
or
any
of
them
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
Council
,
the
15th
Day
of
June
,
1697.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
the
Eighth
Day
of
June
,
1697
,
Nemine
contradicente
.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
437.
An
ACT
for
the
Settlement
of
the
Militia
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
FOrasmuch
as
it
is
highly
reasonable
that
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
should
be
well
armed
and
provided
with
sufficient
Stores
of
Ammunition
and
other
Necessaries
of
War
;
as
also
be
carefully
exercised
and
instructed
in
the
Military
Art
and
Feats
of
Arms
,
which
will
tend
as
well
to
the
Honour
and
Service
of
His
most
excellent
Majesty
,
as
the
Preservation
of
our
Lives
and
Estates
.
Clause
I
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
President
,
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
Every
Freeman
to
serve
in
the
Militia
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
every
Freeholder
or
other
Freeman
inhabiting
this
Island
,
who
hath
not
already
contracted
to
serve
some
Person
in
his
Plantation
,
to
appear
and
serve
for
him
in
the
Militia
,
for
,
and
during
the
space
of
Six
Months
at
least
,
and
not
serving
on
Horse
Back
,
shall
be
forthwith
inlisted
a
Souldier
on
Foot
in
such
Regiment
where
they
do
or
shall
reside
,
and
provide
himself
with
one
Red
Coat
,
one
Black
Hat
,
one
well
fixed
Musquet
or
Fusil
,
one
good
Sword
or
Byonet
,
one
Cartridge-Box
filled
with
Cartridges
,
fitted
with
Powder
and
Ball
,
or
one
Collar
of
Bandaleers
,
and
shall
always
have
by
him
in
Store
,
one
Pound
or
very
good
Musquet
Powder
,
Four
Pounds
of
Bullet
fitting
the
Bore
of
his
Musquet
or
Musquets
,
Fusil
or
Fusils
when
put
into
the
Cartridges
(
or
otherways
if
Bandaleers
)
which
shall
be
made
up
into
Cartridges
by
such
Person
or
Persons
as
have
Cartridge-Boxes
,
and
kept
in
their
Cartridge-Boxes
,
except
always
such
Persons
who
are
already
provided
with
Collars
of
Bandaleers
,
who
are
hereby
allowed
Eight
Months
to
provide
themselves
with
good
Trunks
or
Bucchaneer
Cartridge
Boxes
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Inhabitant
of
this
Island
,
Every
Owner
of
20
Acres
of
Land
,
to
send
one
Man
to
the
Foot
,
who
is
,
or
shall
be
in
actual
Possession
of
Twenty
Acres
of
Land
or
upwards
within
this
Island
,
shall
find
or
provide
for
every
such
Twenty
Acres
of
Land
,
one
sufficient
Able
Man
to
bear
Arms
for
the
Service
of
His
Majesty
in
defence
of
this
Island
;
and
so
proportionably
for
a
greater
quantity
of
Land
,
and
shall
provide
for
every
such
Man
,
such
Arms
and
Accouterments
,
and
like
quantity
of
Ammunition
in
all
respects
as
every
Freeman
serving
on
Foot
is
before
by
this
Act
appointed
to
provide
,
to
be
always
in
store
by
him
,
except
only
such
Persons
who
have
but
Twenty
Acres
of
Land
and
no
more
,
who
serve
in
their
own
Persons
.
Vnless
he
serve
himself
.
Clause
III
And
be
it
also
further
Enacted
,
That
every
Two
Tenants
appearing
compleat
in
Arms
for
the
Landlord
,
Two
Tenants
to
be
taken
as
Three
Common
Freemen
.
shall
be
henceforth
deemed
and
taken
equivalent
to
Three
common
Freemen
or
Servants
serving
either
on
Horse
or
Foot
.
Provided
always
,
That
every
such
Tenant
occupy
and
possess
Two
Acres
of
Land
at
the
least
,
they
having
a
Lease
of
the
same
in
Writing
for
Three
Years
or
more
,
and
live
upon
the
same
Land
;
otherwise
the
Landlord
shall
receive
no
advantage
thereby
.
Clause
IV
Every
Hundred
Acres
to
find
a
Horse
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Person
that
is
Owner
or
Possessor
of
One
Hundred
Acres
of
Land
or
more
,
either
in
his
own
Right
,
or
as
Agent
to
another
;
or
by
any
other
Way
,
Title
or
Tenure
whatsoever
,
shall
for
every
Hundred
Acres
,
furnish
and
set
forth
one
Able
Horse
,
Manned
and
compleatly
Armed
for
His
Majesty's
Service
,
and
this
Islands
further
Preservation
,
in
case
of
Invasion
or
Insurrection
;
and
for
One
Hundred
Sixty
Acres
of
Land
,
find
and
set
forth
Two
such
Horses
and
Men
,
and
so
one
Horse
and
Man
for
every
Hundred
Acres
of
Land
he
hath
more
manned
,
and
furnished
each
with
a
Red
Coat
,
and
Black
Hat
,
a
good
serviceable
Saddle
,
Crupper
,
Breast-Plate
,
Head-stall
and
Reins
,
with
a
Case
of
good
well
fixed
Pistols
and
Holsters
,
a
good
Carabine
with
a
Belt
and
Swivel
to
sling
it
in
,
and
a
good
Fusil
,
with
a
Wire
and
Worm
,
and
Cover
for
the
Lock
and
Cork
for
the
Muzzel
.
Provided
they
have
One
Years
time
from
the
Publication
of
this
Act
to
be
provided
with
Fusees
,
and
appear
with
a
Fusil
upon
Alarms
only
,
and
not
upon
usual
Exercise
,
one
Flask
or
Cartridge-Box
,
a
good
Sword
,
a
pair
of
Shoe-Boots
,
or
Sping
Boots
and
Spurs
,
and
have
always
in
Store
by
him
,
One
Pound
of
good
Pistol-Powder
,
and
Two
Pounds
of
good
Pistol
Bullets
,
and
one
Pound
of
Bullets
fit
for
the
Bore
of
his
Carrabine
and
Fusil
,
made
up
in
Cartridges
,
if
he
have
,
or
send
Cartridge-Boxes
to
be
kept
close
in
his
or
their
Box
or
Boxes
,
as
far
as
it
,
or
they
will
contain
them
for
each
such
Horse
so
set
forth
,
for
which
the
Owner
or
Possessor
of
each
such
Horse
so
set
forth
,
shall
be
excused
Two
Foot
Soldiers
.
Clause
V
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Freeholder
or
Freeman
within
this
Island
,
Every
one
that
keeps
a
Horse
,
to
serve
in
the
Troop
.
although
he
be
not
possessed
of
One
Hundred
Acres
of
Land
,
yet
if
he
have
a
sufficient
Horse
of
his
own
,
able
for
such
Service
,
shall
in
like
manner
be
provided
with
Furniture
,
Arms
and
Ammunition
for
the
Service
aforesaid
,
and
shall
attend
his
Officers
on
Exercising
Days
,
or
upon
any
other
lawful
Summons
whatsoever
,
at
the
Place
appointed
;
and
shall
therefore
be
excused
Two
Foot-Soldiers
if
any
be
required
from
him
by
this
Act
before
mentioned
.
And
to
the
intent
the
careless
and
stubborn
People
of
this
Island
,
who
shall
either
neglect
or
refuse
to
yield
Obedience
to
this
Act
may
be
compelled
thereto
,
Clause
VI
And
be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
such
Persons
who
are
by
this
Act
appointed
to
serve
on
Foot
,
Every
Person
to
appear
on
Summons
.
do
duly
make
their
Appearance
compleat
in
Arms
,
as
is
before
mentioned
at
such
Times
and
Places
as
are
or
shall
be
to
them
legally
appointed
for
Exercise
,
by
their
respective
Officer
or
Officers
,
or
upon
any
other
lawful
Summons
whatsoever
,
and
do
then
bring
with
them
Four
Charges
of
Gun-powder
and
Ball
;
and
that
every
Person
who
shall
be
found
defective
in
fitting
themselves
,
or
providing
such
Persons
as
they
are
to
set
forth
with
Arms
,
Ammunition
and
Accouterments
,
as
by
this
Act
is
enjoyned
,
shall
(
unless
he
send
a
reasonable
Excuse
in
Writing
,
to
the
Commander
then
and
there
being
,
or
proves
it
afterward
by
the
Oath
of
some
credible
Witness
)
forfeit
in
manner
and
form
following
,
viz.
For
every
Default
of
Appearance
at
the
Time
and
Place
of
Exercise
,
or
upon
other
Lawful
Summons
whatsoever
,
Five
Shillings
Sterling
for
every
Day
each
Man
,
according
to
the
Offenders
Proportion
of
Land
,
shall
be
wanting
,
and
the
like
Sum
of
Five
Shillings
for
every
Day
,
if
the
Service
be
for
the
Day
only
;
or
every
Night
,
if
the
Service
be
for
the
Night
only
:
But
if
the
Duty
shall
continue
Twenty
Four
Hours
,
he
shall
forfeit
but
Five
Shillings
for
the
whole
upon
any
Duty
whatsoever
that
he
shall
be
wanting
.
And
all
Persons
appearing
not
being
compleatly
armed
,
and
cloathed
according
to
this
Act
,
shall
forfeit
(
for
the
Person
for
whom
he
serves
)
for
every
well
fixed
Musquet
or
Fusil
he
or
she
shall
want
of
his
or
her
Proportion
,
Two
Shillings
;
for
every
Sword
or
Byonet
,
Two
Shillings
;
for
every
Cartridge-Box
or
Collar
of
Bandaleers
,
Two
Shillings
;
for
appearing
without
a
Red
Coat
,
Two
Shillings
and
Six-pence
;
without
a
black
Hat
,
Two
Shillings
;
and
for
want
of
Shoes
and
Stockings
Two
Shillings
;
and
for
want
of
Four
Charges
of
Powder
and
Ball
one
Shilling
;
and
for
every
Pound
of
Gun-powder
he
shall
want
of
his
proportion
in
Store
by
him
,
made
up
into
Cartridges
,
or
filled
into
Bandaleers
,
One
Shilling
;
and
for
want
of
every
Pound
of
Bullet
by
him
,
or
placed
in
the
Pouch
,
Six
Pence
,
as
is
by
the
first
Paragraph
in
this
Act
appointed
;
which
aforesaid
Fines
are
to
be
levied
for
each
particular
default
expressed
in
the
Execution
,
and
not
otherwise
:
Always
Provided
,
Proviso
.
That
none
of
the
particular
Defaults
aforesaid
,
are
to
be
levied
upon
Persons
not
appearing
,
but
such
Fine
only
as
is
imposed
for
their
Non-appearance
.
And
to
the
end
each
Man's
Stores
may
be
the
better
known
,
the
respective
Colonels
within
this
Island
,
are
impowered
to
appoint
fit
Persons
from
time
to
time
of
their
Commission
Officers
immediately
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
to
inspect
the
same
within
their
several
Divisions
,
who
shall
report
the
state
thereof
to
them
,
who
shall
immediately
return
the
Names
of
every
Offender
and
Offenders
against
this
Act
,
to
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
every
respective
Regiment
,
under
the
Penalty
of
Thirty
Shillings
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
respective
Colonels
directed
to
the
next
Constable
to
be
by
him
levied
in
the
same
manner
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
;
and
so
from
Month
to
Month
:
And
the
respective
Colonels
shall
make
due
Report
of
all
such
Returns
unto
the
President
and
Council
,
or
to
the
Commander
in
chief
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
in
Two
Months
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
and
so
every
Two
Months
,
under
the
Pain
and
Forfeiture
of
Fifty
Shillings
,
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
under
the
Hand
and
Seal
of
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
;
who
is
hereby
desired
and
impowered
to
issue
the
same
directed
to
the
Provost
Marshal
or
his
lawful
Deputy
,
to
levy
the
same
in
manner
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
.
Clause
VII
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
Declared
and
Established
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Person
shall
neglect
to
appear
with
a
Sufficient
Horse
or
Horses
in
proportion
to
his
Land
,
Manned
and
Equipped
as
by
this
Act
is
Enjoyned
,
at
such
Time
and
Place
as
shall
be
Legally
appointed
for
Exercise
by
the
respective
Officer
or
Officers
,
or
upon
any
other
Lawful
Summons
shall
(
unless
he
sent
a
reasonable
Excuse
to
the
Commander
then
or
there
being
,
or
prove
it
afterwards
by
the
Oath
of
some
Credible
Witness
,
as
in
case
of
Sickness
or
some
extraordinary
unexpected
Business
,
such
Excuse
to
be
Lawfully
accepted
)
forfeit
as
follows
;
Forfeiture
of
every
Person
not
appearing
.
viz.
For
non-appearance
of
each
Person
on
Horse-back
Ten
Shillings
for
every
Day
,
if
the
Service
be
for
the
Day
only
;
or
for
every
Night
,
if
the
Service
be
for
the
Night
only
:
But
if
the
Duty
shall
continue
Twenty
Four
Hours
,
he
shall
forfeit
for
the
whole
time
but
Ten
Shillings
.
And
all
Persons
appearing
,
not
being
compleatly
Armed
according
to
this
Act
,
shall
for
default
of
every
pair
of
well
fixed
Pistols
and
Holsters
,
forfeit
Five
Shillings
;
for
every
Flask
or
Cartridge-Box
,
Two
Shillings
;
for
every
Sword
,
Two
Shilling
;
for
every
Carabine
,
Belt
and
Swivel
,
Five
Shillings
;
for
every
pair
of
Boots
and
Spurs
Five
Shillings
;
for
every
Pound
of
Powder
he
should
have
in
Store
by
him
,
Five
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
;
and
for
every
Two
Pound
of
Bullet
,
one
Shilling
,
in
such
manner
as
is
appointed
in
the
Fifth
Paragraph
of
this
Act
to
be
levied
for
,
by
the
Marshal
of
each
respective
Regiment
(
or
his
lawful
Deputy
)
in
manner
following
;
Viz.
A
List
of
the
aforesaid
Defaults
so
soon
as
they
or
any
of
them
shall
happen
,
shall
be
Signed
by
a
Commission
Officer
of
the
Troop
or
Company
in
which
it
or
they
are
made
,
and
sent
to
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
of
the
said
Regiment
,
who
hath
hereby
full
Power
and
Authority
as
occasion
shall
offer
,
to
sign
Execution
against
the
Offender
,
and
issue
out
his
Warrant
to
the
Marshal
of
the
said
Regiment
,
or
his
Deputy
;
and
in
Case
of
resistance
,
then
and
in
such
Case
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
such
Regiment
is
hereby
authorized
to
raise
such
Forces
as
he
in
his
discretion
shall
think
fit
,
who
are
hereby
required
at
all
times
upon
Summons
by
Vertue
of
the
said
Precept
,
to
be
aiding
and
assisting
to
the
utmost
of
their
Power
to
the
said
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
,
in
executing
the
same
:
And
if
any
Person
or
Persons
incurring
the
said
Penalties
,
shall
refuse
to
shew
such
Goods
,
Chattles
or
Estate
,
as
may
be
sufficient
for
Payment
of
the
Forfeiture
according
to
the
Execution
granted
,
then
and
in
such
Case
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
the
said
Officer
or
his
Deputy
,
to
take
whatsoever
he
can
find
in
the
Plantation
or
Custody
of
the
said
Offender
that
is
legally
distrainable
for
the
Payment
aforesaid
;
Provided
always
,
Proviso
.
That
the
said
Marshals
of
the
Respective
Regiments
or
their
Deputies
,
do
not
make
unreasonable
Distresses
,
taking
Goods
that
much
exceed
the
Value
of
the
Defaults
distrained
for
;
but
do
come
as
near
the
Value
of
the
Defaults
as
possibly
they
can
:
And
that
it
may
be
the
better
understood
whether
they
observe
the
Proviso
aforesaid
,
the
said
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
upon
such
Distress
,
shall
leave
a
Certificate
of
what
Goods
and
Chattles
he
hath
so
distrained
upon
,
and
for
what
Value
,
with
the
Owner
thereof
;
and
all
such
Attachments
shall
be
fully
executed
,
and
an
Appraisment
of
all
Goods
Attached
,
made
and
Finished
within
Ten
Weeks
next
after
the
Default
of
the
Delinquent
,
otherwise
to
be
void
,
and
the
Overplus
if
any
be
,
shall
be
retained
by
the
Marshal
to
the
Party
from
whom
it
was
Attached
:
And
the
said
Marshal
neglecting
or
refusing
to
do
the
same
within
Ten
Days
,
from
taking
the
Distress
,
shall
forfeit
double
the
Value
of
the
Overplus
so
by
him
taken
,
to
be
recovered
by
Complaint
of
the
Party
grieved
,
before
any
Justice
of
the
Peace
within
this
Island
,
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
.
Clause
VIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
the
Colonel
or
Commissioner
in
chief
of
every
respective
Regiment
for
the
time
being
,
Colonels
to
sign
Executions
against
Defaulters
.
to
sign
Execution
against
Defaulters
,
and
to
issue
out
Warrants
of
Appraisment
,
and
thereby
to
command
the
respective
Marshals
of
such
Regiments
or
their
Deputies
,
to
Summon
Three
Free-holders
of
the
Neighbourhood
,
which
Three
(
or
any
Two
of
them
)
are
to
make
a
just
and
conscionable
Appraisment
of
such
Goods
and
Effects
as
shall
be
shewed
by
the
Delinquent
himself
;
and
in
case
of
his
refusal
,
then
by
the
Officer
or
his
Deputy
for
satisfaction
of
the
Execution
aforesaid
;
and
such
Appraisment
to
give
under
their
Hands
or
any
Two
of
them
upon
Oath
;
which
Oath
the
Marshal
of
each
respective
Regiment
or
his
Deputy
,
is
hereby
authorized
and
required
to
administer
to
such
Appraisers
;
and
if
the
Person
or
Persons
Delinquents
as
aforesaid
,
shall
not
shew
Effects
,
or
if
the
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
shall
not
find
any
Goods
,
Chattels
or
Estate
of
the
said
Delinquents
whereupon
to
levy
his
Execution
for
satisfaction
of
the
Forfeitures
therein
mentioned
,
Then
the
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
by
Warrant
from
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
said
Regiment
for
the
time
being
,
Marshals
to
apprehend
the
Bodies
of
Delinquents
.
who
is
hereby
impowered
to
grant
the
same
,
shall
apprehend
the
Body
or
Bodies
of
the
Person
or
Persons
delinquent
as
aforesaid
,
and
him
or
them
to
bring
or
cause
to
be
brought
before
the
said
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
Regiment
for
the
time
being
,
where
such
Default
is
or
shall
be
made
as
aforesaid
;
who
is
hereby
required
to
command
such
Delinquents
to
be
obedient
to
this
Act
,
and
to
make
Payment
for
every
past
Default
so
due
as
aforesaid
:
And
upon
Non-compliance
or
Refusal
,
to
send
such
Delinquent
or
Delinquents
by
the
said
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
,
with
a
Mittimus
to
the
Provost
Marshal
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
impowered
and
commanded
to
receive
the
Body
or
Bodies
of
such
Refractory
Person
or
Persons
,
and
in
safe
Custody
to
keep
,
until
he
or
they
shall
become
conformable
to
the
said
Act
,
Proviso
.
or
be
thence
delivered
by
due
course
of
Law
.
Always
Provided
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
when
any
Troop
or
Company
are
summoned
unto
Arms
for
Exercise
or
otherwise
,
and
no
Commission
Officer
be
there
present
to
perform
the
Duty
,
no
Default
of
all
or
any
Person
shall
be
then
or
for
such
time
Finable
;
but
the
Commission
Officers
in
such
case
shall
be
Fined
for
their
Defaults
;
viz.
The
Captain
of
Horse
,
Twenty
Shillings
,
the
Lieutenant
Fifteen
Shillings
,
the
Cornet
,
Ten
Shillings
,
and
the
Quarter-Master
,
Seven
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
:
The
Captain
of
a
Foot-Company
,
Twenty
Shillings
,
the
Lieutenant
Fifteen
Shillings
,
and
the
Ensign
Ten
Shillings
,
upon
due
Proof
thereof
made
before
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
said
Regiment
;
and
the
Fine
shall
be
levied
as
other
Offences
before
by
this
Act
are
appointed
to
be
levied
.
And
since
it
is
not
legal
or
equitable
to
punish
Men
for
Impossibilities
,
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
not
being
able
to
provide
themselves
with
Servants
during
this
War
,
and
that
all
imaginable
Provision
hath
been
made
by
the
President
,
Council
and
General
Assembly
,
both
to
provide
Servants
,
and
to
impose
the
said
Servants
upon
such
as
want
the
same
to
serve
in
the
Militia
.
Clause
IX
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
from
and
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
Who
sends
his
full
Complement
not
to
be
returned
.
shall
be
returned
or
levied
upon
for
not
sending
his
Complement
of
Men
,
who
sends
all
the
Servants
and
Tenants
he
hath
or
can
procure
on
the
terms
in
this
Act
;
and
the
Act
that
now
doth
,
or
any
Law
that
shall
hereafter
set
the
Prizes
given
for
Servants
brought
to
this
Island
,
shall
appoint
to
the
best
of
his
Knowledge
;
which
said
Person
shall
make
out
upon
Oath
if
thereto
required
,
before
the
Captain
of
every
Troop
or
Company
in
the
Division
he
lives
,
or
before
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
said
Regiment
for
the
time
being
:
Proviso
.
Provided
always
,
That
no
Person
be
obliged
to
give
more
than
Nine
Pounds
Sterling
per
Annum
during
the
present
War
with
France
to
any
such
Servant
.
And
Provided
always
,
That
such
Servant
shall
do
such
Service
and
Duty
as
he
hath
contracted
for
;
and
in
case
he
shall
prove
unfit
for
such
Service
,
and
not
deserve
the
Wages
aforesaid
,
then
the
Master
having
proved
the
same
before
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
and
having
Certificate
thereof
,
under
the
said
Justices
Hand
,
may
lawfully
dismiss
the
said
Servant
from
such
Service
,
and
yet
shall
not
be
deemed
a
Delinquent
,
according
to
the
purport
of
this
Act
;
any
thing
herein
before
contained
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
X
Be
it
also
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Established
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Servant
or
other
Soldier
enlisted
to
serve
for
any
other
Person
,
shall
make
any
of
the
aforesaid
Defaults
,
Defaults
of
the
Souldiers
to
be
punished
with
Corporal
Punishment
.
which
are
in
no
wise
chargeable
upon
,
or
imputable
to
the
Person
for
whom
he
serves
,
then
and
in
such
case
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
of
such
Regiment
,
to
give
such
Offender
Corporal
Punishment
,
Proviso
.
(
Provided
he
pay
not
his
Fine
before
,
or
at
the
next
Exercising
Day
that
the
Person
he
serves
for
should
have
paid
)
by
lying
Neck
and
Heels
,
running
the
Gantlop
,
or
riding
the
Wooden
Horse
,
not
exceeding
One
Hour
,
with
one
Musket
at
each
Foot
,
at
the
next
meeting
of
the
Troop
or
Company
,
at
the
discretion
of
the
said
Colonel
or
Commander
.
Clause
XI
And
it
is
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
that
shall
be
summoned
as
Appraisers
(
which
Summons
are
to
be
made
in
Writing
)
and
left
with
the
Party
or
Parties
at
his
or
their
House
or
Houses
,
Appraisers
to
be
summoned
.
or
common
Place
of
Abode
,
at
the
least
Forty
Eight
Hours
before
the
time
of
Appraisment
,
to
be
proved
upon
Oath
before
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
such
Regiment
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
authorized
to
administer
the
same
,
shall
not
appear
,
or
appearing
,
Not
appearing
to
be
fined
.
shall
refuse
to
make
Appraisment
as
aforesaid
,
that
then
every
such
Person
without
a
reasonable
Excuse
,
to
be
adjudged
by
the
said
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
of
the
said
Regiment
,
shall
forfeit
Thirty
Shillings
,
to
be
levied
by
Warrant
from
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
Chief
for
the
time
being
,
of
the
said
Regiment
directed
to
the
said
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
,
to
levy
the
same
upon
their
or
any
of
their
Goods
or
Estate
by
way
of
Distress
,
in
the
same
manner
,
form
and
effect
,
to
all
intents
and
purposes
whatsoever
,
as
is
appointed
and
practised
by
Justices
and
Constables
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
:
All
which
said
Fines
the
said
Marshals
of
the
Horse
and
Foot
may
retain
to
their
own
Use
.
Clause
XII
And
it
is
hereby
Enacted
,
Published
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Colonels
of
the
Life-Guard
have
power
to
levy
Fines
.
That
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
of
the
Life-Guard
,
hath
,
and
shall
have
the
same
power
to
issue
forth
his
Warrant
and
Warrants
to
his
Marshal
;
and
the
said
Marshal
or
his
Deputy
hath
and
shall
have
thereby
the
same
Power
to
levy
such
Fines
,
Penalties
and
Forfeitures
of
the
Goods
or
Estate
of
any
Person
or
Persons
inlisted
under
his
Command
,
offending
as
aforesaid
;
and
have
also
the
like
power
in
all
things
,
and
in
the
same
manner
as
the
Colonels
or
Commanders
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
of
every
respective
Regiment
have
hereby
unto
them
granted
.
And
whereas
the
Assessment
upon
every
Hundred
Acres
of
Land
to
find
one
Horse
and
Rider
as
aforesaid
,
may
prove
very
inconvenient
to
the
Honourable
the
Members
of
His
Majesty's
Council
in
this
Island
,
to
the
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
Judges
of
Courts
,
and
Field
Officers
of
the
respective
Regiments
within
this
Island
,
in
respect
of
their
Publick
Imployments
.
Clause
XIII
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
Ordained
,
Published
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Persons
that
are
actually
of
the
Council
,
Every
Councellor
and
every
Field
Officer
abated
Two
Horses
each
.
Proviso
.
and
all
Field-Officers
in
Commission
,
and
Resident
in
this
Island
,
be
allowed
and
abated
out
of
their
Proportion
enjoyned
by
this
Act
,
Two
Horses
each
,
whereof
his
own
Riding
Horse
to
be
one
,
(
Provided
they
take
this
Priviledge
in
one
Capacity
only
)
all
Gentlemen
of
the
Assembly
,
all
that
have
been
of
the
Council
,
all
that
are
or
have
been
chief
Judges
of
Courts
,
and
also
all
that
have
born
Commissions
as
Field-Officers
and
resident
within
this
Island
,
shall
be
allowed
out
of
their
Proportion
before
Enacted
,
One
Horse
each
and
no
more
for
his
own
use
with
the
above
Condition
.
Clause
XIV
And
it
is
further
Enacted
and
Declared
,
That
all
the
Honourable
Members
of
the
Council
,
Council
exempted
from
Military
Duty
.
are
hereby
exempted
from
all
Military
Duty
in
their
own
Persons
,
they
being
by
their
Offices
obliged
to
attend
the
Person
of
the
General
,
and
to
be
employed
in
no
other
Service
,
nor
upon
that
but
in
case
of
Alarums
,
Invasion
or
Insurrection
,
unless
such
as
bear
a
Military
Command
.
Clause
XV
And
it
is
further
Enacted
,
That
every
Gentleman
of
the
Assembly
for
the
time
being
,
Present
Assembly
,
and
former
Field
Officers
,
exempted
from
Duty
but
on
Alarums
.
all
chief
Judges
of
Courts
and
their
Assistants
,
or
that
have
been
chief
Judges
,
all
that
have
been
Members
of
the
Council
,
all
that
have
served
as
Field-Officers
,
but
are
out
of
Commission
,
all
Justices
of
the
Peace
be
exempted
from
all
Military
Duty
in
their
own
Persons
,
(
except
in
case
of
Alarums
)
who
are
then
and
in
such
case
,
enjoyned
to
appear
with
such
Arms
,
Ammunition
and
Accouterments
as
are
by
this
Act
required
,
from
all
and
every
other
Person
serving
on
Horseback
in
the
Troop
within
the
Division
where
they
live
,
and
be
liable
to
the
like
Penalties
for
Non-appearance
,
and
other
Deficiences
herein
after
expressed
.
But
for
,
and
during
the
time
of
the
present
War
,
the
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
and
the
several
respective
Assistants
of
each
respective
Court
within
this
Island
,
All
Justices
to
ride
Armed
in
in
time
of
War
.
shall
appear
armed
and
accoutred
as
aforesaid
,
in
their
respective
Troops
within
the
Division
they
live
,
on
all
Days
of
Exercise
,
to
the
intent
their
Horses
may
be
enured
to
the
Firing
of
Guns
,
and
become
the
more
bold
,
thereby
to
charge
the
Enemy
in
case
of
an
Invasion
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
that
the
said
Justices
be
not
liable
to
Petrols
,
or
the
common
Duties
of
the
Troop
,
at
no
other
time
than
upon
Alarums
or
actual
Invasion
.
Clause
XVI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
other
Person
or
Persons
,
All
other
Persons
not
to
be
exempted
.
of
what
account
soever
(
except
as
it
is
before
excepted
)
shall
be
freed
or
exempted
from
Personally
riding
his
own
Horse
,
or
otherwise
being
in
Arms
on
Foot
,
when
thereunto
legally
required
for
the
strengthening
the
Militia
of
this
Island
,
and
that
all
Persons
that
are
able
to
bear
Arms
may
be
exercised
and
made
fit
for
the
better
Service
of
his
Majesty
,
in
the
Defence
and
Preservation
of
this
Island
.
Clause
XVII
Be
it
Ordained
and
Established
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
what
Persons
soever
who
have
Apprentices
as
Merchants
,
Apprentices
to
be
inlisted
.
Artificers
and
others
,
and
be
deemed
fit
for
his
Majesty's
Service
,
shall
be
forthwith
inlisted
by
the
Commanders
of
the
several
Companies
in
whose
Division
they
reside
,
and
appear
compleat
in
Arms
in
all
respects
as
by
this
Act
before
is
appointed
upon
Foot
Soldiers
;
and
for
any
Defect
or
Default
,
to
be
subject
to
the
like
Penalties
as
Landed
Men
are
,
if
the
Master
be
found
in
default
therein
.
Proviso
.
Always
Provided
,
all
such
Apprentices
of
Artificers
,
shall
be
by
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
that
Regiment
for
the
time
being
billeted
proportionably
upon
Persons
that
want
Servants
for
their
number
of
Acres
aforesaid
;
and
the
Persons
for
whom
they
serve
,
shall
furnish
them
with
all
Accouterments
,
Arms
and
Ammunition
as
is
by
this
Act
appointed
.
Clause
XVIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Established
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
what
Person
soever
that
is
or
shall
be
hereafter
inlisted
under
the
Command
either
of
Horse
or
Foot
within
this
Island
,
and
receiving
legal
Summons
according
to
the
appointment
of
this
Act
,
All
Persons
to
appear
being
summoned
,
and
not
to
depart
without
leave
.
by
sound
of
Trumpet
,
Beat
of
Drum
,
or
otherwise
to
appear
in
Arms
,
it
being
by
Order
from
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
of
this
Island
,
and
appearing
,
shall
refuse
and
neglect
to
perform
such
Military
Duty
as
shall
be
required
from
him
;
or
in
case
such
Person
shall
depart
his
Colours
or
his
Guard
with
his
Arms
,
without
leave
from
his
Officer
or
Officers
,
and
being
convicted
thereof
before
his
Captain
or
Field
Officer
there
being
,
shall
be
fined
Twenty
Shillings
;
and
in
case
he
doth
not
pay
the
same
before
,
or
at
the
next
exercising
Day
,
then
to
receive
moderate
Corporal
Punishment
,
by
lying
Neck
and
Heels
,
running
the
Gantlop
,
or
riding
the
Wooden-Horse
,
not
exceeding
one
Hour
,
with
one
Musquet
at
each
Heel
,
by
order
of
the
Colonel
or
any
Field
Officer
of
the
said
Regiment
.
Clause
XIX
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
Established
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
All
Persons
to
serve
in
the
Place
to
which
they
remove
.
That
if
any
Person
or
Persons
listed
in
some
Company
or
Troop
of
a
Regiment
,
shall
remove
from
his
or
their
Place
of
Aboad
into
any
other
Company
of
the
same
Regiment
,
or
within
the
bounds
of
some
other
Regiment
,
he
shall
forthwith
upon
such
Removal
cause
himself
to
be
inlisted
in
that
Company
or
Troop
where
he
goeth
to
abide
,
and
shall
thereof
bring
a
Certificate
to
the
last
Captain
,
who
upon
Receit
thereof
,
shall
give
him
a
Furloe
for
his
Discharge
from
further
Duty
to
be
required
of
him
;
and
whosoever
shall
neglect
his
Duty
therein
,
shall
in
case
of
any
Defect
by
him
or
them
made
in
the
Company
or
Companies
Troop
or
Troops
where
he
or
they
were
first
inlisted
,
incur
the
Penalties
of
this
Act
enjoyned
for
non-appearance
,
and
shall
be
levied
in
the
same
manner
,
and
converted
to
the
same
use
as
is
therein
expressed
.
Clause
XX
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
Established
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
poor
Freeman
within
this
Island
,
Every
Person
to
be
inlisted
that
is
a
Freeman
.
whether
hired
to
or
with
any
Person
or
otherwise
,
shall
duly
appear
compleat
in
Arms
in
the
Company
wherein
he
is
,
or
shall
be
inlisted
,
and
in
the
same
Company
,
shall
diligently
serve
for
the
space
of
Six
Months
then
next
following
his
inlisting
;
and
if
such
Freeman
hath
not
such
Arms
and
Ammunition
as
is
required
by
this
Act
,
he
shall
be
provided
therewith
by
the
Person
with
whom
he
lives
or
doth
work
for
the
time
of
his
being
so
hired
,
and
shall
secure
the
return
thereof
to
the
proper
Owner
whensoever
thereunto
required
;
but
if
any
such
Freeman
shall
break
,
spoil
or
lose
such
Arms
,
so
that
he
cannot
make
re-delivery
of
them
in
as
good
order
and
condition
as
they
were
when
he
received
them
,
then
he
shall
make
satisfaction
for
such
Arms
to
the
proper
Owner
thereof
,
either
in
Money
or
Goods
;
or
else
upon
complaint
made
to
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
of
the
Regiment
to
which
the
said
Party
belongs
,
the
said
Freeman
shall
be
by
him
ordered
to
serve
the
Owner
of
such
Arms
,
until
satisfaction
be
made
for
the
same
,
according
to
the
discretion
of
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
that
Regiment
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
authorized
and
required
to
do
the
same
,
by
sending
his
or
their
Warrant
or
Warrants
to
cause
the
Party
offending
to
appear
before
him
or
them
;
and
upon
hearing
the
Matter
,
shall
(
if
he
or
they
so
cause
)
order
him
to
make
satisfaction
as
aforesaid
:
And
if
the
Person
so
offending
,
refuse
to
satisfy
or
serve
according
to
the
Order
of
the
said
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
,
that
he
be
committed
to
Goal
by
the
said
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
said
Regiment
for
the
time
being
,
there
to
remain
until
he
conform
accordingly
.
Clause
XXI
And
to
the
intent
such
of
His
Majesty's
good
Subjects
of
this
Island
who
are
willing
and
forward
to
serve
in
their
own
Persons
,
and
to
provide
and
send
such
number
of
Men
with
Arms
and
Ammunition
,
either
to
Horse
or
Foot-Service
,
upon
all
Occasions
as
by
this
Act
is
enjoyned
them
,
may
not
be
discouraged
by
the
unpunished
Contempts
of
the
Refractory
,
Stubborn
and
Malicious
,
who
wilfully
and
obstinately
make
default
,
and
will
not
appear
themselves
,
as
in
this
Act
provided
,
nor
send
Men
in
Arms
according
to
the
proportion
of
Land
whereof
they
are
Possessors
,
obstinately
refusing
to
yield
Obedience
to
the
Law
,
shall
forfeit
for
his
first
Offence
,
Forfeiture
of
Refractory
Persons
.
Ten
Shillings
for
each
Horse
and
Man
compleat
in
Arms
he
ought
by
this
Act
to
appear
on
,
or
send
into
the
Field
for
Exercising
;
and
for
his
Second
Offence
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
Twenty
Shillings
,
and
for
his
Third
Offence
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
Thirty
Shillings
for
each
Omission
as
aforesaid
.
And
every
Person
that
shall
not
appear
or
send
to
the
exercising
of
the
Foot
,
shall
forfeit
and
pay
for
the
first
Offence
,
Five
Shillings
,
and
for
the
Second
Ten
Shillings
,
and
for
the
Third
Fifteen
Shillings
.
And
for
the
better
ascertaining
who
shall
be
deemed
a
Refractory
Person
,
Clause
XXII
It
is
hereby
Ordained
and
Enacted
,
That
any
Person
that
shall
have
Execution
levied
upon
him
for
not
appearing
or
sending
Horse
or
Foot
as
by
this
Act
is
appointed
,
Who
shall
be
deemed
a
Refractory
Person
.
compleat
in
Arms
to
the
Exercise
,
and
shall
notwithstanding
wilfully
and
obstinately
in
contempt
of
this
Law
,
refuse
to
,
and
continue
not
to
send
any
,
shall
be
deemed
and
taken
for
a
Refractory
Person
by
this
Act
,
and
no
other
Person
whatsoever
,
and
shall
for
his
first
Offence
,
forfeit
and
pay
Ten
Shillings
;
for
his
Second
Offence
Twenty
Shillings
;
and
for
his
Third
Offence
Thirty
Shillings
;
and
after
the
said
Third
Offence
,
the
said
Forfeiture
to
begin
again
,
as
for
the
First
Offence
,
and
so
on
to
the
Third
,
not
exceeding
the
several
Forfeitures
aforesaid
,
to
be
imposed
and
levied
for
every
such
Offence
as
they
shall
happen
severally
as
aforesaid
,
until
he
do
appear
or
send
his
Proportion
of
Horse
and
Men
compleat
in
Arms
,
as
by
this
Act
is
provided
.
And
in
like
manner
,
such
as
are
obliged
to
serve
in
or
send
to
the
Foot
as
shall
be
Refractory
as
aforesaid
,
shall
pay
for
himself
and
each
Person
he
is
or
ought
to
send
,
Five
Shillings
for
the
First
Offence
,
Ten
Shillings
for
his
Second
Offence
,
and
Fifteen
Shillings
for
his
Third
Offence
;
and
so
begin
again
,
as
from
his
First
,
to
the
Third
Offence
severally
,
and
not
otherwise
,
until
he
doth
appear
or
send
as
aforesaid
.
And
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
of
the
respective
Regiments
,
have
hereby
full
Power
and
Authority
to
issue
Execution
directed
to
the
Marshal
of
the
Regiment
,
to
attach
any
of
the
Goods
or
Estate
of
the
Person
so
contemptuously
in
default
,
and
the
same
to
appraise
,
and
further
to
proceed
in
all
things
as
is
in
and
by
this
Act
appointed
.
And
whereas
great
Mischiefs
will
unavoidably
happen
,
unless
some
strict
course
be
taken
for
the
punishing
of
Mutinies
,
which
may
be
committed
in
the
time
of
Service
and
other
Disorders
,
as
Soldiers
striking
or
threatning
their
Officers
,
being
a
thing
of
dangerous
Consequences
.
Clause
XXIII
It
is
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Soldier
or
Soldiers
in
time
of
Service
,
Exercise
or
Duty
whatsoever
,
shall
presume
to
strike
or
threaten
his
Officer
,
shall
begin
,
raise
,
abet
or
countenance
any
Mutiny
or
Disturbance
whatsoever
amongst
his
Fellow
Soldiers
,
Forfeiture
in
case
of
Mutiny
.
such
Offender
or
Offenders
shall
forfeit
and
pay
Twenty
Pound
Sterling
for
such
Offence
,
to
be
levied
by
the
Marshal
of
that
Regiment
in
manner
aforesaid
,
for
the
use
of
His
Majesty
,
to
the
Repairs
of
the
Publick
Fortifications
,
or
for
default
of
such
Payment
in
Ten
Weeks
after
the
Offence
committed
,
shall
be
moderately
punished
by
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
under
whose
Command
such
Soldier
or
Soldiers
are
,
by
running
the
Gantlop
,
lying
Neck
and
Heels
,
or
riding
the
Wooden-Horse
,
at
the
discretion
of
the
Colonel
or
Commander
of
the
said
Regiment
for
the
time
being
.
And
forasmuch
as
the
Safety
and
Preservation
of
this
Island
lieth
very
much
in
speedy
giving
forth
and
setting
forward
of
an
Alarum
,
and
forasmuch
as
the
nature
of
the
Forces
that
may
come
to
invade
this
Place
,
will
in
all
likelihood
be
best
and
soonest
known
to
the
Honourable
the
President
,
or
to
His
Majesty's
Governour
here
,
or
Commander
in
chief
of
this
Island
;
and
also
forasmuch
as
that
an
Enemy
may
the
better
know
how
to
take
his
Measures
,
if
how
many
Ships
shall
give
an
Alarum
should
be
established
by
an
Act
:
Clause
XXIV
The
Honourable
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
is
hereby
desired
by
and
with
the
advice
and
consent
of
the
Council
from
time
to
time
,
What
shall
be
an
Alarum
.
to
appoint
how
many
Ships
or
Vessels
shall
give
an
Alarum
to
the
Forts
,
and
how
many
Ships
or
lesser
Vessels
shall
give
an
Alarum
to
the
whole
Island
,
and
also
to
appoint
how
the
said
Alarums
shall
be
set
forward
,
either
by
firing
Guns
,
beat
of
Drums
,
discharging
Three
Muskets
distinctly
,
ringing
of
Bells
,
blowing
of
Shells
,
sending
of
Messengers
from
one
Neighbour
to
another
,
hanging
out
white
Cloaths
from
the
Top-Fanes
of
Wind-mills
by
Day
,
and
Lights
by
Night
;
and
so
from
one
Mill
to
another
,
until
it
hath
passed
the
whole
Island
throughout
,
or
by
all
these
recited
particulars
,
or
by
as
many
of
them
,
or
any
other
,
as
the
Honourable
the
President
,
or
the
Commissioner
in
chief
here
for
the
time
being
,
and
Council
shall
from
time
to
time
think
fit
and
reasonable
.
And
the
President
is
humbly
supplicated
to
place
Guns
upon
Lessly's-Hill
,
Ramsay's-Hill
,
the
Mount
,
Brigg's-Hill
,
and
other
convenient
Places
for
the
speedy
carrying
on
of
an
Alarum
,
which
appointment
for
an
Alarum
when
agreed
upon
,
the
President
or
the
Commissioner
in
chief
as
aforesaid
,
is
humbly
desired
to
cause
Publication
thereof
to
be
made
in
the
several
Parish
Churches
of
this
Island
,
to
the
end
the
respective
Inhabitants
may
know
what
is
their
Duty
in
that
particular
;
and
after
such
Publication
,
if
any
Person
shall
fail
of
setting
forward
the
Alarum
,
by
the
Signs
to
him
appointed
,
according
to
his
Capacity
with
all
diligence
,
he
shall
for
every
such
Offence
,
suffer
Six
Months
Imprisonment
,
Six
Months
imprisonment
for
the
Person
who
sets
not
forward
an
Alarum
.
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
,
the
same
to
be
inflicted
by
order
of
the
Commissioner
in
chief
of
this
Island
;
and
th●t
on
the
Alarum
given
according
to
the
Rules
of
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
,
and
Council
for
the
time
appointed
and
ordained
;
if
the
Alarum
be
to
the
Forts
only
,
all
Persons
that
are
or
shall
be
appointed
in
such
case
for
the
Defence
of
the
said
Forts
,
are
to
repair
immediately
to
their
Colours
,
or
to
such
other
place
as
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
shall
direct
.
And
if
the
Alarum
be
to
the
whole
Island
,
all
Persons
of
what
Degree
or
Quality
whatsoever
,
are
to
repair
to
their
Colours
,
or
Places
of
Meeting
that
are
or
shall
be
by
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
and
Council
for
the
time
being
appointed
,
and
till
such
Publication
as
aforesaid
,
any
and
every
Person
may
and
shall
upon
sight
of
Seven
Ships
,
give
an
Alarum
to
the
Towns
,
and
of
Twelve
Ships
or
more
to
the
Country
.
And
whereas
the
Penalty
aforesaid
in
this
Act
,
provided
upon
Persons
not
appearing
in
Arms
upon
Alarms
,
are
not
thought
sufficient
Punishment
for
such
refractory
Contemners
of
the
Law
,
and
Enemies
unto
the
Safety
of
this
Island
,
Clause
XXV
It
is
therefore
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Man
(
not
excused
by
this
Act
)
who
is
Personally
in
this
Island
,
Forfeiture
for
Non-appearance
in
Alarums
.
who
is
of
the
Age
of
Fifteen
Years
,
shall
appear
in
Arms
at
his
Post
,
as
by
this
Act
is
appointed
;
and
every
Person
wilfully
failing
as
aforesaid
,
shall
forfeit
for
every
Foot-man
not
appearing
,
Five
Pounds
Sterling
,
and
so
for
every
Four
and
Twenty
Hours
the
like
Sum
,
till
they
are
legally
discharged
;
and
for
every
Horse-Man
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
,
in
like
manner
as
aforesaid
,
the
same
to
be
levied
by
the
Marshal
belonging
to
the
Colonel
,
by
Warrant
under
the
Hand
of
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
to
whom
the
said
Defaults
doth
belong
,
in
the
same
manner
as
in
case
of
Servants
Wages
by
Law
is
appointed
;
and
the
said
Forfeiture
to
be
paid
into
the
Hands
of
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
to
and
for
the
use
of
His
Majesty
,
for
the
Fortifications
,
reserving
only
out
of
the
same
,
Ten
per
Cent.
to
the
Marshal
:
And
that
the
Colonels
or
Commanders
in
chief
of
each
Regiment
,
do
within
One
Month
after
each
Alarum
,
give
a
true
List
of
all
the
Executions
they
signed
for
Defaults
on
all
Alarums
,
to
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
,
the
better
to
enable
him
to
charge
the
several
Marshals
of
the
Regiments
therewith
;
who
is
hereby
required
to
pay
the
same
into
the
Treasury
of
this
Island
within
Ten
Weeks
after
the
Date
of
the
several
Executions
as
aforesaid
.
And
further
,
that
the
said
Defaulters
be
by
Order
of
the
said
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
brought
by
a
Guard
to
the
Post
where
he
or
they
ought
to
appear
,
there
to
be
employed
as
Pioneers
or
otherwise
,
at
the
discretion
of
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
.
And
for
the
greater
Encouragement
of
all
such
Persons
as
are
or
shall
be
appointed
Commission
Officers
,
and
are
notwithstanding
to
find
Horse
and
Arms
in
the
several
Troops
of
Horse
in
whose
Division
they
dwell
;
and
that
they
may
the
more
chearfully
proceed
in
the
great
Credit
and
Trust
reposed
in
them
,
Clause
XXVI
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
Commission
Officers
now
being
in
Commission
,
Every
Commission
Officer
excused
one
Horse
and
Man
.
or
which
shall
hereafter
be
,
shall
from
and
after
publication
hereof
,
be
excused
of
One
Horse
and
a
Man
,
of
those
which
he
is
to
send
,
according
to
the
Prescription
of
this
Act
,
to
serve
in
the
Troop
or
Troops
to
which
the
said
Commission
Officer
did
or
doth
,
or
shall
hereafter
belong
during
the
time
of
his
being
in
Commission
as
aforesaid
;
any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
XXVII
And
it
is
further
Enacted
and
Declared
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
all
such
Occasions
,
Provisions
to
be
sent
down
to
Persons
on
Duty
.
the
Masters
of
such
Servants
or
Freemen
who
are
so
upon
Service
for
their
Account
,
and
are
detained
on
the
Guard
all
Night
,
shall
forthwith
send
down
such
Provisions
ready
drest
as
may
be
needful
and
sufficient
for
every
such
Soldier
then
upon
Service
,
in
default
thereof
,
the
chief
Officer
there
being
,
shall
supply
the
same
;
and
the
Person
so
offending
,
shall
pay
for
every
such
Default
,
Two
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
Sterling
,
besides
Charges
for
each
Souldier
,
every
Twenty
Four
Hours
the
said
Guards
shall
continue
,
the
same
to
be
levied
in
manner
and
form
as
is
before
provided
;
and
that
the
said
Fines
be
paid
to
the
said
Officer
that
had
Command
of
that
Guard
,
to
reimburse
his
present
Expences
,
and
the
overplus
,
if
any
be
,
by
him
distributed
amongst
the
inferior
Officers
and
Soldiers
then
and
there
in
Service
.
Clause
XXVIII
And
it
is
hereby
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
upon
the
approach
of
an
Enemy
,
Commanders
in
chief
to
press
Horses
,
Wains
,
&c.
it
shall
be
lawful
for
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
of
every
Regiment
,
to
press
Horses
,
Cattel
,
Harness
and
Drivers
for
Draught
of
the
Field-Guns
,
to
such
Places
as
Order
shall
be
then
given
for
,
and
also
Carts
,
Horses
and
Cattel
for
any
other
Service
,
at
such
time
requisite
,
and
also
to
press
Boats
,
and
Negroes
for
Pioneers
,
and
Victuals
for
Soldiers
in
case
of
necessity
;
for
all
which
the
respective
Owners
shall
receive
full
recompence
out
of
the
publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
.
And
to
the
intent
that
due
encouragement
may
be
given
to
all
such
Freemen
and
Servants
as
shall
cheerfully
and
boldly
oppose
the
common
Enemy
,
Clause
XXIX
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
every
Servant
that
shall
engage
and
manfully
behave
himself
in
Fight
against
the
Enemy
,
Encouragement
of
Servants
behaving
themselves
well
in
Battel
.
and
produce
a
Certificate
thereof
from
any
Commission
Officer
,
shall
be
,
and
is
hereby
declared
a
Freeman
,
and
be
absolutely
held
free
,
from
all
future
Service
towards
his
Master
or
Mistress
,
from
and
immediately
after
his
engaging
against
the
Enemy
as
aforesaid
;
and
whatsoever
Negro
shall
so
behave
himself
,
and
prove
the
same
by
Oath
of
any
credible
Witness
,
shall
receive
Yearly
a
Livery
Coat
and
an
Hat
from
the
Publick
Treasury
,
and
white
Servants
allowance
of
Victuals
from
the
Master
or
Owner
.
Clause
XXX
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
in
the
Service
aforesaid
,
any
Servant
or
Negro
shall
happen
to
be
kill'd
,
lost
,
Servant
or
Negro
killed
,
lost
or
disabled
,
to
be
made
good
to
the
Owner
.
maimed
or
disabled
in
the
defence
of
this
Island
,
that
the
Loss
and
Damage
of
such
Negro
or
Servant
shall
be
paid
for
to
the
Owner
,
and
allowed
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
:
And
if
any
poor
Freeman
or
Servant
shall
be
maimed
or
disabled
,
shall
receive
from
thence
forthwith
Yearly
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
,
to
maintain
him
during
his
Life
or
abode
in
this
Island
,
the
Sum
of
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
.
But
if
the
Freeman
so
maimed
or
disabled
as
aforesaid
,
be
a
Married
Man
,
then
such
Freeman
shall
for
the
Maintenance
of
himself
,
his
Wife
and
Children
,
receive
out
of
the
publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
,
during
his
Life
or
Abode
in
this
Island
,
Fifteen
Pounds
Sterling
Yearly
.
And
if
it
shall
happen
that
any
Freeman
that
is
a
Married
Man
as
aforesaid
,
shall
lose
his
Life
in
the
Service
aforesaid
,
that
then
the
Widow
of
such
Freeman
shall
thenceforth
during
her
Widowhood
,
receive
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
,
Ten
Pounds
Sterling
Yearly
for
the
support
of
her self
and
her
Children
if
she
have
any
.
And
in
regard
by
good
experience
it
is
well
known
,
that
many
Negroes
and
Slaves
are
worthy
of
great
Trust
and
Confidence
to
be
reposed
in
them
,
Clause
XXXI
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
and
every
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
enjoyned
to
find
Horse
or
Horses
for
the
Militia
,
Every
Horseman
to
bring
a
Negro
Man
armed
.
shall
(
for
every
Horse
they
are
so
enjoyned
to
send
)
with
each
Horse-man
,
send
one
able
Man-Slave
armed
(
provided
he
hath
a
Man
Slave
)
with
a
Bill
and
Launce
,
and
apparell'd
with
a
black
Hat
and
a
Red
Jacket
upon
every
Alarum
of
Ships
:
And
the
Negroes
appearing
at
the
said
Rendezvouz
by
vertue
of
this
Act
,
shall
be
inlisted
,
commanded
and
directed
for
the
Service
of
this
Country
,
by
that
Officer
that
commands
the
rest
of
the
Forces
in
that
Division
,
or
such
as
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
shall
impower
to
that
end
and
purpose
:
Also
that
every
Person
possessed
of
Forty
Acres
of
Land
,
shall
send
one
able
Man-Slave
;
and
so
proportionably
to
his
full
quantity
of
Land
,
upon
Service
,
upon
Alarums
of
Shipping
armed
as
aforesaid
,
to
be
commanded
at
the
discretion
and
appointment
of
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
,
who
shall
be
conducted
by
some
fit
Persons
to
be
appointed
by
the
Masters
for
that
purpose
to
such
Places
,
and
to
be
under
such
Discipline
and
Command
as
the
President
,
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
shall
from
time
to
time
direct
;
and
such
as
shall
offend
contrary
thereto
,
shall
forfeit
for
each
Slave
he
shall
not
send
upon
that
Service
armed
and
apparelled
as
aforesaid
,
the
Sum
of
Fifty
Shillings
Sterling
to
His
Majesty
for
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
of
this
Island
.
Clause
XXXII
And
it
is
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Th●●
〈◊〉
soever
Person
or
Persons
shall
raise
or
spread
any
false
Alarums
,
Forfeiture
for
spreading
false
Alarums
.
not
having
just
Grounds
or
Warrant
so
to
do
,
shall
suffer
,
undergo
or
pay
such
Penalties
as
the
President
and
Council
,
or
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
by
and
with
the
consent
of
the
major
part
of
the
whole
Council
resident
in
Barbados
,
shall
think
fit
to
inflict
or
impose
,
provided
the
said
Penalty
doth
not
exceed
the
Sum
of
Five
Hundred
Pounds
current
Money
;
which
Fine
when
so
imposed
,
shall
be
to
His
Majesty
,
and
paid
into
the
publick
Treasury
for
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
of
this
Island
.
And
to
the
intent
no
Person
shall
have
wrong
done
,
and
be
left
without
Relief
,
Clause
XXXIII
It
is
hereby
appointed
,
that
in
all
cases
where
any
Person
is
supposed
to
be
an
Offender
against
this
Act
in
any
particular
,
All
Persons
aggrieved
,
to
be
addressed
on
Complaint
to
the
Colonel
.
that
the
Party
shall
and
may
apply
himself
to
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
of
such
Regiment
,
who
hath
and
shall
hereby
have
power
to
hear
all
Complaints
,
and
examine
Witnesses
upon
Oath
,
and
to
give
redress
according
to
the
Merits
of
the
Cause
in
matters
relating
to
the
Execution
of
this
Act
,
except
where
in
this
Act
it
is
otherwise
appointed
.
Clause
XXXIV
Also
it
is
hereby
appointed
,
that
all
Men
remaining
in
this
Island
,
and
are
unfit
to
bear
Arms
in
their
own
proper
Persons
,
Every
Person
having
but
a
Personal
Estate
what
to
send
.
whether
being
superannuated
or
otherwise
howsoever
,
and
have
no
Land
to
send
any
Soldiers
.
If
such
Person
be
in
esteem
to
have
a
Personal
Estate
of
the
Value
of
Two
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
or
an
Estate
in
Negroes
of
the
like
Value
or
more
,
to
be
estimated
by
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
as
aforesaid
,
shall
find
one
Foot-Soldier
,
and
if
the
said
Person
keepeth
an
Horse
,
shall
find
an
Horse
manned
and
compleatly
armed
as
is
appointed
by
this
Act
to
serve
at
Exercise
upon
all
Duty
,
and
upon
Alarums
,
upon
the
like
Penalty
,
as
is
upon
all
other
Occasions
imposed
by
this
Act
for
the
like
Offence
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
Overseers
excused
.
That
all
Head-Overseers
of
Plantations
to
which
belong
the
number
of
more
than
Six
Negro
Men
,
shall
and
are
hereby
excused
from
being
inlisted
or
made
liable
to
serve
upon
any
occasion
whatsoever
;
but
are
reserved
to
take
care
of
the
Family
to
which
they
do
belong
,
during
such
Service
;
any
thing
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
,
unless
upon
such
Duty
as
is
before
express'd
.
And
in
regard
divers
Persons
have
greater
Numbers
of
Servants
,
Slaves
and
Horses
than
by
this
Act
is
required
from
them
,
and
that
such
Persons
may
receive
no
Damage
by
sending
such
Supernumeraries
to
the
Defence
of
this
Island
,
Clause
XXXV
Be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Losses
of
Servants
being
freed
by
this
Act
,
Supernumerary
Servants
lost
in
Battel
,
to
be
paid
for
.
as
well
of
the
Supernumeraries
,
as
of
the
standing
Militia
,
either
in
Servants
,
Negroes
,
Slaves
,
Horses
or
Cattel
,
be
allowed
and
paid
for
to
the
proper
Owner
,
out
of
the
publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
.
Clause
XXXVI
And
it
is
further
Agreed
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
Thirty
Pounds
Sterling
shall
be
deemed
the
value
of
each
Negro
Man
or
Slave
that
shall
be
lost
in
the
Publick
Service
as
aforesaid
;
Value
of
Negroes
lost
.
and
that
every
Person
that
in
that
case
shall
be
a
Loser
,
shall
in
recompence
of
every
Negro
Man
or
Slave
he
loseth
as
aforesaid
,
receive
the
Sum
of
Thirty
Pounds
Sterling
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
as
aforesaid
;
and
all
such
Sums
as
shall
hereby
arise
due
from
the
Publick
Treasury
,
shall
be
charged
by
the
President
or
Commander
in
chief
,
by
and
with
the
advice
of
the
Council
on
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
.
And
whereas
it
hath
been
laudably
used
and
accustomed
in
this
Island
,
even
from
the
first
setling
of
the
Militia
therein
,
unto
this
day
,
that
all
Commissioners
of
the
Trained
Bands
therein
,
have
been
of
the
Inhabitants
thereof
;
and
such
who
have
been
Persons
of
such
Honourable
Qualifications
,
and
visible
Estates
,
that
they
have
not
been
in
the
least
Burthensome
to
the
Inhabitants
,
by
receiving
Pay
or
other
Gratuity
,
further
than
the
Affections
of
the
Souldiers
,
and
Reputation
of
their
Commands
,
as
a
Reward
of
that
great
Care
and
Expence
in
discharge
of
their
Trust
,
which
hath
been
,
and
is
much
to
the
Ease
and
Contentment
to
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Place
,
which
otherwise
would
be
very
grievous
and
burthensome
unto
them
.
Clause
XXXVII
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
,
Ordained
and
Established
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Who
shall
be
capable
of
being
a
Field-Officer
.
That
no
Person
whatsoever
shall
be
hereafter
held
fit
or
capable
to
be
a
Field-Officer
,
or
General
Officer
within
this
Island
,
except
such
Officer
shall
be
known
to
have
an
Estate
of
One
Hundred
Acres
of
Land
of
Inheritance
or
Free-hold
,
at
the
least
within
the
same
,
being
thereby
fit
to
bear
the
Charge
and
Expence
thereof
;
and
that
no
Person
be
admitted
a
Captain
,
unless
he
have
an
Inheritance
or
Freehold
of
Forty
Acres
at
the
least
;
and
that
no
Field-Officer
or
Commission
Officer
whatsoever
,
shall
expect
,
demand
or
receive
any
Pay
,
Gratuity
or
Reward
,
for
,
or
in
consideration
of
any
Duty
or
Service
by
him
or
them
done
,
or
to
be
done
;
or
for
any
Charge
or
Expences
which
any
of
them
hath
been
,
or
shall
be
at
;
but
that
every
of
them
support
and
maintain
himself
in
such
Office
and
Command
,
at
his
own
Expence
and
Charge
,
without
putting
the
Publick
to
the
defraying
any
part
thereof
.
Proviso
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
That
such
Gentlemen
whose
Parents
are
Persons
of
considerable
Estates
in
this
Island
,
may
be
trusted
in
Command
as
Captain
Lieutenant
,
or
Cornet
of
Horse
,
or
Captain
Lieutenant
or
Ensign
of
Foot
,
each
respective
Parent
of
such
Son
in
Commission
,
shall
be
allowed
or
abated
one
Horse
out
of
the
Proportion
he
or
she
is
enjoyned
to
send
for
every
Son
so
in
Commission
,
he
living
with
the
Father
or
Mother
,
Proviso
.
and
serving
at
his
or
her
Charge
.
Provided
also
,
That
this
Present
Act
be
not
construed
to
disable
any
Person
now
in
Commission
,
or
that
hereafter
shall
be
in
Commission
,
who
are
Gentlemen
of
considerable
Estates
in
any
Towns
of
this
Island
.
Clause
XXXVIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
several
Troops
and
Companies
of
the
Respective
Regiments
of
this
Island
,
Every
Company
to
meet
once
a
Month
in
time
of
War
,
and
once
in
Two
Months
in
time
of
Peace
.
shall
meet
one
Day
in
every
Four
Weeks
in
time
of
War
,
and
one
Day
in
every
Eight
Weeks
in
time
of
Peace
,
to
be
by
their
several
Officers
Disciplined
,
and
no
oftener
,
unless
upon
some
credible
Advice
or
Intelligence
of
some
intended
Invasion
upon
this
Island
,
it
shall
seem
expedient
to
the
President
and
Council
,
or
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
by
and
with
the
advice
of
the
Council
or
the
Major
part
of
them
resident
upon
this
Island
,
for
their
better
Exercise
and
Discipline
,
to
order
the
Troops
and
Companies
to
meet
oftener
.
Provided
nevertheless
,
Proviso
.
That
the
President
and
Council
,
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
may
for
expedition
appoint
or
command
any
Company
or
Companies
,
Troop
or
Troops
,
or
sufficient
part
of
the
Militia
as
may
be
needful
to
guard
any
Bay
or
Bays
of
this
Island
,
if
any
Vessel
or
Vessels
under
the
number
appointed
for
an
Alarum
,
which
is
by
this
Act
already
provided
,
shall
Land
or
attempt
to
Land
in
any
of
the
said
Bays
,
or
appear
before
this
Island
,
and
upon
just
ground
be
deemed
to
be
Enemies
of
the
King
,
and
there
be
good
cause
of
Suspition
of
the
same
;
or
for
the
prevention
of
an
intestine
Commotion
or
Insurrection
,
Proviso
.
and
which
is
not
by
this
Act
already
provided
for
:
Provided
That
in
neither
of
the
Cases
aforesaid
,
the
said
Companies
Troops
or
Forces
do
continue
longer
upon
the
Duty
than
Forty
Eight
Hours
,
unless
it
be
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Major
part
of
the
whole
Council
as
aforesaid
;
or
that
the
said
Ship
or
Ships
disappear
,
and
that
the
Danger
of
any
such
suspected
Commotion
or
Insurrection
be
over
.
Proviso
.
Provided
likewise
,
That
for
the
Honour
of
the
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
for
which
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
have
been
,
and
are
still
very
willing
to
provide
for
,
may
have
a
Company
to
attend
him
to
Church
,
or
a
sufficient
Guard
at
the
time
of
the
Grand
Sessions
,
or
for
raising
of
such
convenient
part
of
the
Militia
for
the
Honourable
Reception
of
any
Governour
when
any
such
shall
be
appointed
by
his
Majesty
;
and
also
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Major
part
of
the
Council
as
aforesaid
,
the
same
to
be
done
upon
any
extraordinary
and
publick
Occasion
.
Provided
also
,
That
Horse
Petrols
do
Duty
as
formerly
every
Saturday
Night
,
Sunday
and
Sunday
Night
,
and
other
Holy-Days
,
in
such
manner
as
hath
hitherto
been
usual
in
this
Island
;
all
which
being
duly
observed
,
will
tend
to
the
Liberty
,
Safeguard
and
Quiet
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Place
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
,
That
no
other
Summons
to
appear
in
Arms
for
Exercise
or
otherwise
,
besides
what
is
in
this
Act
expressed
and
appointed
,
shall
be
deemed
Legal
or
Lawful
.
And
whereas
sundry
intire
Plantations
within
this
Island
may
happen
to
lye
in
several
Divisions
,
which
of
necessity
will
occasion
great
inconveniences
to
the
Inhabitants
,
in
sending
their
People
upon
Alarums
,
or
other
occasion
of
Service
:
For
Remedy
whereof
,
Clause
XXXIX
Be
it
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
in
all
such
Cases
,
Every
Person
to
serve
in
the
Division
where
he
lives
.
in
what
Division
soever
the
Mansion-house
of
any
Person
shall
stand
,
in
that
Division
only
shall
he
serve
himself
,
and
all
the
Men
and
Horses
from
him
required
by
this
Act
,
and
in
no
other
whatsoever
;
any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
forasmuch
as
many
Persons
by
this
Act
appointed
to
bear
Arms
,
are
not
Men
of
sufficient
Estates
to
maintain
themselves
in
Arms
,
Ammunition
and
Provisions
,
should
His
Majesty's
Service
require
their
being
any
length
of
time
in
Arms
;
and
that
many
Landed
Men
have
not
Men
sufficient
to
serve
for
them
according
to
the
appointment
of
this
present
Act
,
To
Remedy
both
which
Inconveniences
,
Clause
XL
It
is
hereby
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
That
the
Colonel
or
Commanders
in
chief
of
each
respective
Regiment
,
Persons
insufficient
to
provide
for
themselves
,
to
be
billeted
on
Landed
Men.
and
Captain
of
each
Company
and
Troop
,
do
make
diligent
inspection
within
the
Limits
of
their
respective
Regiments
,
Companies
and
Troops
,
and
out
of
the
said
insufficient
Persons
proportionably
billet
and
supply
the
Landed
Men
within
their
Regiments
,
Companies
and
Troops
;
which
Landed
Men
shall
find
Horses
,
Arms
,
Ammunition
,
Provision
,
and
pay
Seven
Pence
Half
Peny
per
Day
to
each
Person
so
serving
;
and
in
case
of
refusal
of
such
Payment
,
the
respective
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
,
or
Captains
of
Companies
or
Troops
,
are
hereby
authorized
to
levy
upon
the
said
Landed
Men
,
Five
Shillings
for
each
Default
for
the
time
aforesaid
,
for
the
support
and
incouragement
of
the
poor
sort
as
aforesaid
;
one
half
of
the
said
Levy
to
be
to
the
Marshal
who
makes
the
same
,
and
the
other
half
to
the
Party
grieved
,
and
if
any
such
Men
remain
when
all
the
Land
is
Mann'd
as
aforesaid
,
a
List
of
all
such
Persons
to
return
unto
the
President
and
Council
,
or
Commander
in
chief
,
to
the
end
due
Provision
may
be
made
for
them
in
time
of
need
.
Clause
XLI
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Two
Clauses
in
this
Act
concerning
the
incouragement
of
Freemen
,
Publication
of
Two
Clauses
concerning
Freemen
,
Servants
and
Negroes
be
made
Twice
per
Annum
.
Servants
and
Negroes
,
be
published
in
each
Parish-Church
in
this
Island
,
upon
the
First
Sunday
in
June
,
and
every
first
Sunday
in
December
;
and
such
Minister
that
shall
neglect
the
same
,
shall
for
every
time
neglected
,
forfeit
Fifty
Shillings
,
to
be
paid
to
the
Church-wardens
of
the
respective
Parishes
where
such
Omission
shall
be
made
,
to
the
use
of
the
Poor
of
that
Parish
.
And
forasmuch
as
great
Complaints
have
been
made
of
the
Marshals
of
the
respective
Regiments
,
for
taking
greater
Fines
,
and
Distraining
for
above
Twice
the
Value
of
the
Fines
by
this
Act
imposed
for
Defaults
than
is
allowed
hereby
,
For
Restraint
and
Prevention
of
such
Inconveniences
for
the
future
,
Clause
XLII
It
is
hereby
Provided
and
Enacted
,
That
if
any
of
the
Marshals
aforesaid
,
shall
in
the
Distraining
for
any
Fine
whatsoever
as
aforesaid
,
commit
or
do
any
Injury
unto
the
Person
upon
whose
Goods
he
so
Distrained
beyond
the
Power
and
Duty
by
this
Act
to
him
given
and
appointed
,
and
shall
not
leave
a
Certificate
of
the
Goods
distrained
on
,
as
herein
before
is
declared
in
such
case
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Person
or
Persons
so
or
in
any
wise
grieved
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
Persons
grieved
by
the
Marshals
,
to
apply
themselves
to
the
Colonels
or
Commanders
in
chief
.
to
apply
him
or
themselves
to
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
Regiment
to
which
the
said
Marshal
belongeth
,
who
is
hereby
impowered
to
redress
the
Person
if
injured
,
by
granting
Execution
against
the
said
Marshal
,
to
the
next
Constable
for
restitution
of
what
the
Person
complaining
appears
to
be
injured
in
,
who
is
required
to
levy
the
same
,
as
in
the
case
of
Servants
Wages
.
And
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
such
Regiment
,
and
he
is
hereby
required
so
to
do
(
if
the
Marshal
appeareth
to
be
greatly
in
fault
)
to
commit
him
to
Goal
without
Bayl
or
Mainprize
,
there
to
remain
for
the
space
of
One
Month
,
and
be
Fined
Five
Pound
Sterling
to
His
Majesty
,
to
be
paid
to
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
,
for
the
use
of
the
Fortifications
:
And
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
such
Persons
so
grieved
as
aforesaid
,
to
complain
to
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
said
Regiment
,
and
if
he
gives
no
redress
,
then
the
Person
grieved
,
if
he
think
fit
,
may
commence
his
Action
at
the
Common
Law
,
against
the
Marshal
,
whose
Complaint
being
made
out
to
be
just
and
true
,
the
Jury
shall
give
Treble
Damages
to
the
Plaintiff
,
and
the
Court
double
Cost
,
the
said
Action
to
be
tried
the
first
Court
after
Service
thereof
:
Proviso
.
Provided
always
,
the
said
grieved
Person
commenceth
his
Action
within
Six
Months
after
such
Injury
done
him
as
aforesaid
:
Provided
also
,
Proviso
.
That
if
the
Plaintiff
doth
not
make
good
his
Action
,
the
Judge
of
that
Court
where
such
Action
is
commenced
,
shall
tax
double
Cost
against
the
Plaintiff
for
his
unjust
Vexation
.
Clause
XLIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
Two
Field-Pieces
well
mounted
and
fixed
,
Each
Regiment
to
have
Two
Field-Pieces
.
with
all
Necessaries
,
be
forthwith
provided
at
the
Publick
Charge
,
for
each
Regiment
of
Foot
within
this
Island
,
to
be
placed
at
such
convenient
Post
as
each
respective
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
said
Regiment
shall
appoint
.
Clause
XLIV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Articles
of
War
or
Military
Laws
,
Articles
of
War
not
to
be
in
Force
till
an
Enemy
appear
.
shall
be
by
the
President
and
Council
,
or
Commander
in
chief
of
this
Island
,
made
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
major
part
of
the
General
Council
of
War
here
,
shall
not
commence
or
begin
until
an
Enemy
sufficient
to
cause
an
Alarum
to
the
whole
Island
,
appear
in
Sight
here
;
and
shall
discontinue
and
lose
their
Power
,
so
soon
as
the
Enemy
shall
be
gone
out
of
Sight
of
this
Island
.
Provided
always
,
That
the
said
Laws
be
duly
published
,
and
a
Copy
thereof
hung
up
in
every
Court
of
Guard
for
publick
View
.
Clause
XLV
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Person
within
this
Island
,
None
to
fire
a
Gun
small
or
great
,
after
Eight
of
the
Clock
at
Night
.
shall
after
Eight
a
Clock
at
Night
,
fire
any
Gun
,
small
or
great
,
or
permit
or
order
any
to
be
so
fired
within
his
House
or
Plantation
,
shall
for
every
such
Offence
forfeit
(
except
it
be
in
his
own
Defence
,
or
Preservation
of
his
Goods
,
or
in
case
of
an
Alarum
)
Two
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
.
But
if
it
shall
so
happen
,
that
the
Person
be
insolvent
,
Servant
or
Negro
,
then
and
in
such
case
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
,
to
and
for
the
next
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
to
bind
the
Offender
to
the
Quarter
Sessions
if
a
Christian
,
or
order
him
if
a
Slave
,
such
Corporal
Punishment
as
he
thinks
the
Offence
deserves
.
And
forasmuch
as
many
Disorders
are
committed
by
Petrols
,
by
reason
that
the
Command
of
them
is
given
often
to
loose
and
inconsiderable
Persons
,
occasioned
chiefly
by
refusal
of
such
Command
,
by
the
more
able
and
sober
Persons
.
For
Remedy
whereof
,
Clause
XLVI
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whatsoever
Person
(
except
as
before
excepted
)
shall
from
and
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
Neglect
of
Service
on
Petrols
,
to
forfeit
Twenty
Shillings
.
refuse
or
neglect
such
Command
,
being
thereunto
required
by
the
Captain
or
Commander
in
chief
of
each
respective
Troop
,
shall
for
every
such
Offence
,
forfeit
Twenty
Shillings
,
to
be
levied
by
the
Marshal
of
the
said
Regiment
;
and
the
Commander
of
such
Petrol
,
is
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
make
Returns
of
such
Defaulters
for
Non-appearance
,
to
one
of
the
Commission
Officers
of
the
Troops
and
Companies
to
which
such
Petrols
belong
,
that
by
the
said
Officer
the
said
Returns
may
be
made
to
the
Colonel
,
that
Execution
may
issue
against
the
Delinquents
in
manner
and
form
as
for
other
Defaults
for
Non-appearance
is
in
and
by
this
Act
prescribed
and
appointed
.
Clause
XLVII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Officer
or
any
other
Person
qualified
by
this
Act
to
make
Returns
,
shall
contrary
to
the
true
intent
and
meaning
of
this
Act
,
Persons
suffering
by
false
Returns
,
to
have
their
Actions
at
Common
Law
.
make
any
false
or
undue
Returns
wittingly
and
willingly
,
so
that
such
Execution
be
levied
,
the
Party
so
aggrieved
,
shall
have
his
Action
at
Common
Law
in
the
Court
of
the
Precincts
where
such
Officer
that
hath
made
such
false
Returns
,
doth
live
or
reside
,
which
Action
shall
be
entred
in
Thirty
Days
after
such
Execution
levied
,
and
shall
be
tried
the
first
Court
after
such
Entry
made
by
a
Jury
;
and
if
the
said
Officer
shall
be
found
guilty
by
the
Jury
of
having
made
such
false
Returns
,
then
the
said
Jury
for
his
making
such
a
false
Return
,
shall
find
him
in
Damages
Five
Pounds
Sterling
;
and
the
Court
shall
award
to
the
Plaintiff
,
Three
Pounds
Sterling
in
Cost
,
and
no
more
.
But
if
the
Plaintiff
doth
not
make
good
his
Action
,
so
that
the
Returns
appear
to
be
legally
made
,
then
the
Court
shall
tax
treble
Cost
for
the
Officer
or
Person
who
made
such
Returns
for
his
unjust
Vexation
;
any
thing
in
this
Act
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
And
for
that
the
Marshal
upon
an
Execution
Signed
against
any
Person
by
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
Regiment
shall
not
be
hindred
from
executing
the
said
Execution
against
,
or
upon
any
Person
so
returned
for
the
Defaults
in
the
Militia
,
as
by
this
Act
appointed
,
and
for
that
likewise
the
Party
grieved
may
not
have
his
Goods
carried
and
driven
away
by
the
said
Marshal
,
Clause
XLVIII
It
is
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
,
That
the
Party
whose
Goods
are
so
Attached
,
Goods
levied
on
,
to
be
in
the
Delinquents
●
Custody
,
Bon●
being
given
.
shall
apply
himself
in
Ten
Days
after
such
Execution
levied
to
the
Colonel
or
Commander
in
chief
of
the
Regiment
to
which
he
belongs
,
who
is
hereby
impowered
and
required
to
order
the
Goods
so
Attach'd
from
the
Party
,
to
remain
in
the
Delinquent's
own
Possession
;
and
the
said
Marshal
is
hereby
required
to
yield
all
due
Obedience
to
the
same
,
and
the
said
Delinquent
at
the
same
time
,
shall
give
a
Bond
to
the
said
Marshal
in
double
the
Value
of
such
Execution
or
Executions
so
levied
,
that
he
will
bring
the
aforesaid
Action
within
one
Month
at
furthest
after
such
Complaint
;
and
that
if
the
Action
so
brought
,
or
being
brought
,
shall
not
be
found
for
the
Plaintiff
,
so
that
the
return
of
the
Officer
is
adjudged
lawful
,
then
the
Complainant
shall
in
Five
Days
return
the
Goods
so
Attached
to
the
Marshal
,
or
pay
the
Value
they
shall
be
Appraised
at
;
which
if
not
complied
with
,
then
the
said
Marshal
shall
recover
the
whole
Penalty
in
the
said
Bond
,
against
such
Complainant
as
aforesaid
,
by
Action
at
the
Common
Law
without
Appeal
,
and
the
Court
is
hereby
impowered
to
Tax
common
Cost
.
Clause
XLIX
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
all
Acts
or
Statutes
heretofore
made
,
All
former
Acts
of
the
Militia
Repealed
.
for
or
concerning
the
Militia
of
this
Island
,
be
and
are
hereby
declared
to
be
absolutely
Void
,
Null
and
Repealed
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
;
any
Law
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
Council
,
the
3d
of
November
,
1697.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
14th
Day
of
October
,
1697.
-
George
Paine
,
Clerk
of
the
Council
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
438.
An
ACT
for
the
better
Securing
the
Liberty
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
within
this
Island
,
and
preventing
long
Imprisonment
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
several
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
have
heretofore
been
committed
for
Criminal
or
supposed
Criminal
Matters
,
and
have
been
long
detained
in
Prison
for
such
Causes
and
Matters
,
and
in
such
Cases
where
by
the
Law
of
England
they
ought
to
be
Bailed
(
to
their
great
Damage
and
Vexation
.
)
For
Remedy
whereof
,
and
the
more
speedy
Relief
of
all
Persons
so
imprisoned
for
any
such
Criminal
or
supposed
Criminal
Matters
as
aforesaid
,
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Honourable
the
President
and
Council
,
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
How
to
move
for
an
Habeas
Corpus
.
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
that
from
and
after
the
Publication
of
this
Act
,
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
to
and
for
any
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
within
this
Island
,
which
are
or
shall
be
committed
for
any
Criminal
,
or
supposed
Criminal
Matters
(
unless
such
Commitment
be
for
Treason
or
Felony
plainly
and
specially
expressed
in
the
Warrant
of
Commitment
)
at
any
time
or
times
after
such
Commitment
to
move
,
and
pray
by
Petition
,
or
otherwise
by
himself
or
any
other
Person
for
him
and
in
his
behalf
,
to
the
chief
Baron
of
His
Majesty's
Court
of
Exchequer
in
this
Island
,
or
any
one
of
the
chief
Judges
of
the
Courts
of
Common
Pleas
,
held
for
the
several
Precincts
of
this
Island
,
for
the
obtaining
his
or
their
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
,
which
said
Writ
shall
by
the
chief
Baron
,
or
any
one
of
the
chief
Judges
,
be
ordered
and
granted
within
Eight
and
Forty
Hours
at
furthest
,
after
such
application
made
to
the
said
Baron
or
Judge
,
Signed
by
such
chief
Baron
or
chief
Judge
,
and
directed
to
the
Provost-Marshal
,
Goaler
or
such
other
Officer
or
Person
whatsoever
who
hath
the
Custody
of
such
Prisoner
;
and
the
said
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
to
be
served
upon
the
said
Officer
or
other
Person
whatsoever
,
in
whose
Custody
the
said
Prisoner
shall
be
,
by
any
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
,
for
and
in
the
behalf
of
the
Person
so
committed
and
detained
in
Prison
,
or
left
at
the
Goal
or
Place
where
such
Prisoner
is
,
with
the
Provost
Marshal
or
his
Officers
,
Deputies
,
Keepers
,
or
any
other
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
,
having
the
Custody
of
the
said
Prisoner
,
and
the
said
Provost
Marshal
,
or
other
Officer
or
Person
whatsoever
,
shall
within
Twelve
Hours
after
such
Service
of
the
said
Writ
,
(
unless
such
Commitment
shall
be
for
Treason
or
Felony
,
plainly
and
specially
set
forth
in
the
Warrant
of
Commitment
)
upon
Payment
or
Tender
of
the
Charges
of
bringing
the
said
Prisoner
to
be
ascertained
by
the
chief
Baron
or
Judge
that
awarded
the
same
,
and
indorsed
upon
the
Writ
,
not
exceeding
Twelve
Pence
per
Mile
,
and
Security
given
by
his
own
Bond
to
pay
the
Charges
of
the
bringing
him
the
said
Prisoner
back
(
if
he
shall
be
remanded
by
such
Baron
or
Judge
)
and
that
he
will
not
make
Escape
by
the
way
,
shall
make
Return
of
such
Writ
,
and
bring
or
cause
to
be
brought
the
Body
of
such
Person
so
committed
,
before
such
Baron
or
Judge
from
whom
such
Writ
shall
issue
,
and
made
returnable
according
to
the
Command
thereof
,
and
shall
then
likewise
certifie
the
true
cause
of
his
Detainer
,
or
Imprisonment
to
the
said
Baron
or
Judge
.
Clause
II
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Baron
or
Judge
before
whom
such
Party
shall
be
brought
as
aforesaid
,
How
Prisoners
shall
be
discharged
.
shall
discharge
the
said
Prisoner
from
his
Imprisonment
,
taking
his
Recognizance
with
one
or
more
Surety
or
Sureties
,
in
any
reasonable
Sum
according
to
his
Discretion
,
having
regard
to
the
Nature
of
the
Crime
,
and
the
Quality
of
the
Prisoner
for
his
Appearance
at
such
Court
or
Place
where
such
Offence
is
properly
cognizable
,
and
as
the
Cause
shall
require
,
and
then
shall
certifie
the
said
Writ
,
with
the
Return
thereof
,
and
the
said
Recognizance
or
Recognizances
into
the
said
Court
,
where
such
Appearance
is
to
be
made
,
unless
it
shall
appear
to
such
Baron
or
Judge
that
the
said
Matters
or
Offences
are
such
for
which
the
Prisoner
by
the
Law
of
England
or
this
Island
is
not
Bailable
as
aforesaid
;
and
if
such
Baron
or
Judge
(
to
whom
the
Motion
is
made
for
the
said
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
,
)
upon
view
of
the
Copy
or
Copies
of
the
Warrant
of
Commitment
,
or
upon
Oath
that
such
Copy
or
Copies
were
denied
the
Prisoner
upon
his
Request
,
or
any
other
Person
or
Persons
demanding
or
requiring
the
same
in
the
Prisoners
behalf
,
shall
deny
to
grant
such
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
as
by
this
Act
is
appointed
,
or
having
granted
such
Writ
,
shall
refuse
,
neglect
or
delay
to
discharge
the
said
Prisoner
from
his
Imprisonment
,
as
in
and
by
this
Act
directed
,
he
shall
forfeit
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
to
the
Party
grieved
,
to
be
recovered
by
the
Prisoner
or
Party
grieved
,
his
Executors
or
Administrators
,
against
such
Baron
or
Judge
,
his
Executors
or
Administrators
,
by
Action
of
Debt
,
Bill
,
Plaint
or
Information
in
any
the
Courts
of
Record
within
this
Island
,
wherein
no
Essoign
,
Protection
,
Priviledge
,
Injunction
,
Wager
of
Law
or
stay
of
Prosecution
by
non
vult
ulterius
prosequi
,
or
otherwise
shall
be
admitted
or
allowed
.
Clause
III
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Provost
Marshal
,
Goaler
or
any
other
Officer
or
Person
whatsoever
,
Provost
Marshal
or
Goaler
not
to
keep
any
in
Prison
above
Twelve
Hours
,
except
by
a
Mittimus
,
shall
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
upon
any
Pretence
whatsoever
,
imprison
,
keep
in
Custody
or
detain
any
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
within
this
Island
above
Twelve
Hours
,
unless
it
be
by
a
Mittimus
in
Writing
,
setting
forth
the
Cause
thereof
,
upon
Penalty
of
forfeiting
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
to
the
Party
so
imprisoned
,
kept
in
Custody
or
detained
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
aforesaid
;
and
if
any
Person
shall
be
committed
,
imprisoned
or
detained
above
the
said
Twelve
Hours
,
without
a
Mittimus
as
aforesaid
,
it
may
and
shall
be
lawful
for
the
chief
Baron
,
or
any
one
of
the
chief
Judges
aforesaid
,
who
are
hereby
strictly
required
and
enjoyned
upon
application
made
to
him
or
them
,
or
any
one
of
them
,
by
the
Party
so
committed
,
imprisoned
or
detained
,
or
by
any
other
Person
in
his
behalf
,
immediately
to
issue
his
Warrant
under
his
Hand
,
commanding
the
said
Provost
Marshal
or
other
Officer
or
Person
whatsoever
,
in
whose
Custody
such
Person
shall
be
,
upon
sight
thereof
,
to
bring
the
said
Prisoner
before
him
;
and
the
said
Baron
or
Judge
shall
immediately
discharge
the
said
Prisoner
without
Bail
,
or
paying
any
manner
of
Fees
whatever
:
And
if
the
said
Provost
Marshal
,
or
other
Officer
or
Person
whatsoever
,
shall
refuse
or
neglect
to
yield
ready
Obedience
to
the
said
Warrant
,
the
Baron
or
Judge
who
granted
the
same
,
is
hereby
required
to
commit
him
to
the
common
Goal
,
there
to
remain
for
Six
Months
,
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
;
and
if
such
Baron
or
Judge
to
whom
such
Application
is
made
for
the
said
Warrant
,
shall
refuse
to
grant
the
same
,
or
to
discharge
the
Prisoner
as
by
this
Act
is
directed
,
shall
forfeit
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
to
the
Party
grieved
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
aforesaid
.
And
to
the
intent
His
Majesty's
Subjects
in
this
Island
may
not
be
twice
committed
for
one
and
the
same
Offence
,
and
be
unjustly
vexed
,
Clause
IV
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
no
Person
or
Persons
whatsoever
that
shall
be
set
at
large
upon
any
Habeas
Corpus
pursuant
to
this
Act
,
Persons
once
dismissed
,
not
to
be
again
imprisoned
for
the
same
Offence
.
shall
at
any
time
hereafter
be
imprisoned
again
,
or
committed
for
the
same
Offence
,
otherwise
than
by
such
Court
where
the
Prisoner
is
bound
to
appear
.
And
if
any
Person
whatsoever
shall
knowingly
and
contrary
to
this
Act
,
commit
or
imprison
,
or
cause
to
be
committed
or
imprisoned
for
the
same
Offence
,
or
pretended
Offence
,
any
Person
or
Persons
delivered
or
bayled
as
by
this
Act
is
directed
,
Forfeiture
of
500
l.
for
imprisoning
a
Person
twice
.
he
shall
forfeit
to
the
Party
grieved
,
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
Clause
V
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Provost
Marshal
or
Officer
,
Neglect
of
Return
how
punished
.
or
under-Officer
,
or
Deputy
,
or
other
Person
whatsoever
,
Keeper
or
under-Keeper
of
such
Goal
or
Place
where
such
Prisoner
is
,
or
where
such
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
is
left
,
or
to
whom
it
is
directed
,
shall
neglect
,
refuse
or
delay
to
make
Return
of
the
said
Writ
,
or
to
bring
the
Body
or
Bodies
of
such
Prisoners
,
according
to
the
Command
of
the
said
Writ
,
and
within
the
time
therein
prefixt
,
or
shall
refuse
within
Six
Hours
after
Demand
made
by
such
Prisoner
,
or
by
any
other
Person
in
his
or
her
behalf
,
to
deliver
unto
him
or
her
a
true
Copy
under
his
Hand
,
of
the
Warrant
or
Warrants
of
Commitment
and
Detainer
;
he
the
said
Provost
Marshal
or
Officer
,
or
other
Person
whatsoever
,
in
whose
Custody
such
Prisoner
is
,
shall
forfeit
to
the
Party
grieved
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
And
whereas
there
can
be
nothing
more
commendable
and
necessary
than
a
speedy
bringing
to
Justice
Criminal
Offenders
,
and
acquitting
of
Innocent
Persons
imprisoned
upon
suspicion
of
Crimes
,
which
cannot
be
done
,
unless
there
be
a
more
frequent
calling
and
holding
of
Courts
of
General
Sessions
,
or
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
and
General
Goal
delivery
than
hath
of
late
been
practised
in
this
Island
,
to
the
great
grief
and
oppression
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
,
who
have
some
times
lain
several
Years
in
Prison
,
before
they
have
been
brought
to
their
Trials
.
For
Remedy
of
which
great
Evil
for
the
future
,
Clause
VI
Be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
of
this
Act
,
General
Sessions
to
be
held
Twice
per
Annum
.
there
shall
be
held
Yearly
within
this
Island
,
Two
Courts
of
General
Sessions
,
or
Courts
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
and
general
Goal
Delivery
,
one
whereof
to
begin
,
and
be
held
at
and
upon
the
Second
Tuesday
in
every
Month
of
December
,
and
to
continue
the
rest
of
that
Week
if
need
be
;
and
another
upon
the
Second
Tuesday
in
every
Month
of
June
,
and
to
continue
the
rest
of
that
Week
if
need
be
in
every
Year
,
the
Charge
whereof
to
be
bourn
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
,
not
exceeding
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
each
of
the
said
Sessions
,
any
Law
,
Custom
or
Usage
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Clause
VII
And
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
within
this
Island
,
Treason
and
Felony
to
be
tried
the
next
General
Sessions
after
the
Offence
committed
,
otherwise
to
be
set
at
liberty
.
shall
be
hereafter
committed
to
Prison
for
Treason
or
Felony
,
so
as
by
this
Act
he
cannot
have
his
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
,
and
shall
not
be
indicted
and
tryed
for
the
same
at
the
next
General
Sessions
or
Court
of
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
and
General
Goal
Delivery
held
(
or
which
by
this
Law
ought
to
be
held
)
next
after
such
his
Commitment
,
or
upon
his
Tryal
shall
be
acquitted
:
Then
and
in
such
case
it
shall
and
may
be
lawful
for
the
chief
Baron
or
any
One
of
the
chief
Judges
aforesaid
;
(
Any
thing
in
this
Law
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
)
And
he
is
hereby
required
upon
application
made
unto
him
by
the
Prisoner
,
or
any
other
Person
in
his
behalf
,
to
set
at
Liberty
the
Prisoner
on
Bayl
,
as
in
and
by
this
Act
he
is
directed
and
appointed
,
in
case
such
Warrant
or
Warrants
of
Commitment
had
not
been
for
Treason
or
Felony
Plainly
and
Specially
expressed
.
And
if
such
Baron
or
Judge
to
whom
such
application
is
made
,
shall
refuse
or
delay
to
do
his
Duty
herein
,
he
shall
forfeit
to
the
Party
grieved
,
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
recovered
in
manner
as
aforesaid
.
And
the
Provost
Marshal
or
any
other
Person
who
shall
have
the
Custody
of
such
Prisoner
,
is
hereby
required
(
any
thing
in
Law
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
)
to
act
,
do
and
perform
in
all
respects
,
as
in
and
by
this
Act
he
is
directed
and
appointed
,
in
case
such
Warrant
or
Warrants
of
Commitment
had
not
been
for
Treason
or
Felony
,
plainly
and
specially
expressed
.
And
if
such
Provost
Marshal
or
other
Person
shall
refuse
,
neglect
or
delay
to
do
his
Duty
herein
,
he
shall
forfeit
to
the
Party
grieved
Five
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
,
to
be
recovered
as
aforesaid
.
And
the
Baron
or
Judge
that
shall
grant
the
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
,
is
hereby
required
to
Commit
him
to
the
Common
Goal
,
there
to
remain
for
Six
Months
without
Bail
or
Mainprize
.
Provided
always
,
and
be
it
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
Proviso
.
That
nothing
in
this
Act
shall
extend
to
discharge
out
of
Prison
for
Debt
,
or
for
any
Decree
or
Order
of
His
Majesty's
Court
of
Chancery
,
or
any
legal
and
judicial
Proceedings
of
any
of
His
Majesty's
Courts
of
Record
within
this
Island
;
and
that
no
Person
or
Persons
shall
be
sued
,
impleaded
,
molested
or
troubled
for
any
Offence
against
this
Act
,
unless
the
Party
offending
be
impleaded
or
sued
for
the
same
within
Three
Years
after
the
Offence
be
committed
,
in
case
the
Party
grieved
shall
not
be
then
imprisoned
;
and
if
he
shall
be
in
Prison
,
then
within
Three
Years
after
the
decease
of
the
Person
imprisoned
,
or
his
or
their
delivery
out
of
Prison
which
shall
first
happen
.
Clause
VIII
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Baron
or
Judge
who
shall
grant
such
Writ
of
Habeas
Corpus
,
may
have
,
Baron
or
Judges
Fees
.
take
or
receive
for
himself
or
his
Clerks
Fees
from
the
Party
who
shall
demand
the
same
,
Two
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
,
and
for
the
Recognizance
the
like
Sum
of
Two
Shillings
and
Six
Pence
and
no
more
;
and
the
Provost
Marshal
may
have
,
take
and
receive
for
his
Fees
as
followeth
:
For
every
Commitment
,
Five
Shillings
;
for
every
Bond
the
Prisoner
is
to
Sign
,
One
Shilling
and
Three
Pence
;
for
every
Copy
of
a
Mittimus
,
One
Shilling
and
Three
Pence
and
no
more
;
Miles
he
bringeth
back
the
Prisoner
,
One
Shilling
and
Three
Pence
and
no
more
.
Clause
IX
And
be
it
also
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
if
any
Information
,
General
issue
to
be
pleaded
.
Suit
or
Action
shall
be
brought
or
exhibited
against
any
Person
or
Persons
for
any
Offence
committed
,
or
that
shall
be
committed
against
the
form
of
this
Law
,
it
shall
be
lawful
for
such
Defendants
to
plead
the
general
Issue
that
they
are
not
guilty
,
or
that
they
owe
nothing
,
or
to
give
such
special
Matter
in
Evidence
to
the
Jury
that
shall
try
the
same
;
which
Matter
being
pleaded
,
had
been
good
and
sufficient
Matter
in
Law
to
discharge
the
said
Defendant
or
Defendants
against
the
said
Information
,
Suit
or
Action
;
and
the
said
Matter
shall
then
be
as
available
to
him
or
them
,
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
,
as
if
he
or
they
had
sufficiently
pleaded
,
set
forth
or
alledged
the
same
Matter
in
Bar
,
or
discharge
of
such
Information
,
Suit
or
Action
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
President
and
Council
,
the
3d
Day
of
November
,
1697.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
2d
Day
of
November
,
1697.
-
George
Paine
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
439.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Freeholders
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Peters
All-Saints
,
to
meet
and
chuse
a
Vestry
of
Freeholders
in
the
said
Parish
,
&c.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
440.
An
ACT
impowering
the
Freeholders
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Lucy
,
to
meet
and
chuse
a
Vestry
of
Freeholders
in
the
said
Parish
,
&c.
Obsolete
.
Nᵒ
441.
An
ACT
to
declare
and
ascertain
the
Rights
and
Powers
of
the
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
there
have
been
some
Doubts
arisen
of
late
,
whether
the
General
Assembly
of
Barbados
have
any
Coercive
Power
to
call
before
them
such
Persons
as
shall
be
able
to
give
Evidence
in
Matters
relating
to
Grievances
upon
His
Majesty's
good
Subjects
of
this
Island
,
or
to
send
for
Persons
,
Papers
and
Records
,
in
order
to
the
better
Discovery
and
Redressing
such
Grievances
,
and
for
the
better
enquiry
into
the
Breach
of
His
Majesty's
good
and
wholsome
Laws
of
this
Island
,
without
which
,
they
could
by
no
means
attain
to
such
good
Ends
for
which
it
shall
please
His
Majesty
to
call
them
,
which
would
very
much
tend
to
His
Majesty's
Dishonour
and
Disservice
,
and
very
much
to
the
Detriment
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
of
this
His
Island
of
Barbados
,
who
are
very
far
distant
from
His
Most
Sacred
Person
,
and
thereby
want
many
of
the
happy
Circumstances
of
His
Subjects
in
England
,
who
live
more
immediately
under
the
Influences
of
his
good
and
happy
Government
.
To
the
Intent
therefore
to
put
an
end
to
all
these
Doubts
which
have
been
principally
mov'd
by
such
Offenders
,
who
would
thereby
avoid
the
just
Punishment
due
to
their
Crimes
,
and
the
better
to
quiet
the
Minds
of
His
Majesty's
good
and
faithful
Subjects
of
this
Island
,
and
that
the
General
Assembly
may
better
answer
the
good
and
wholsom
Ends
for
which
it
shall
please
His
Majesty
from
time
to
time
to
call
them
.
Clause
I
Be
it
Enacted
and
Declared
by
His
Excellency
,
Ralph
Grey
,
Esq
.
Captain
General
and
chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
Assembly
to
send
for
Persons
that
are
able
to
give
Evidence
in
Aggrievances
,
and
to
send
for
Papers
,
&c.
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
have
,
and
for
the
future
shall
have
full
Power
and
Authority
to
call
before
them
all
such
Persons
as
shall
be
able
to
give
Evidence
in
Matters
relating
to
Grievances
upon
His
Majesty's
Subjects
of
this
Island
,
and
to
send
for
such
Persons
,
Papers
and
Records
,
in
order
to
the
better
Discovery
of
,
and
redressing
such
Grievances
;
and
for
the
better
enquiring
into
the
breach
of
His
Majesty's
good
and
wholsom
Laws
of
this
Island
,
and
to
punish
their
Contempt
in
case
of
Disobedience
,
and
also
to
punish
any
Affronts
or
Misbehaviours
offered
against
the
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
after
the
manner
and
method
of
the
House
of
Commons
in
England
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Council
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
without
any
Amendment
,
the
9th
Day
of
August
,
1698.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
9th
Day
of
August
,
1698.
-
William
Hart
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
442.
An
ACT
to
settle
Five
Hundred
Pounds
per
Annum
on
His
Excellency
for
His
Habitation
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
is
necessary
and
expedient
for
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
to
find
and
provide
an
Habitation
for
His
Majesty's
Governours
of
this
Island
;
and
by
Reason
of
the
decay
and
want
of
Repairs
of
Fountabel
,
the
late
Habitation
of
the
Governour
,
and
the
Danger
he
will
be
exposed
to
in
case
of
War
,
so
that
it
is
no
ways
fit
for
his
Excellency's
Reception
:
And
his
Excellency
having
declared
his
Pleasure
,
that
he
would
provide
,
hire
and
make
choice
of
some
other
House
for
himself
,
as
may
be
most
suitable
to
his
own
and
the
Country's
Conveniency
.
May
it
therefore
please
his
Excellency
,
that
it
may
be
Enacted
,
and
be
it
therefore
hereby
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
the
Honourable
Ralph
Grey
Esquire
,
Captain
General
,
and
chief
Governour
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
Five
Hundred
Pounds
per
Annum
be
duly
paid
out
of
the
Publick
Treasury
of
this
Island
by
Two
equal
Payments
in
each
Year
during
his
Government
in
this
Island
,
to
such
Person
or
Persons
as
his
said
Excellency
shall
order
or
appoint
,
for
the
Rent
of
such
Habitation
as
he
shall
think
fit
to
hire
;
which
said
Sum
of
Five
Hundred
Pounds
per
Annum
,
shall
be
paid
by
the
Publick
Treasurer
of
this
Island
for
the
time
being
,
who
is
hereby
fully
impowered
,
required
and
authorized
to
pay
the
same
,
and
which
shall
be
allowed
him
in
his
Publick
Account
for
the
said
Island
,
and
which
Annual
Sum
of
Five
Hundred
Pounds
shall
commence
and
begin
from
the
Day
of
his
Excellency's
Arrival
on
this
Island
.
Read
and
past
the
Council
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
,
this
16th
Day
of
August
,
1698.
Read
and
passed
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
9th
Day
of
August
,
1698.
-
William
Hart
,
Deputy
Secretary
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assembly
.
Nᵒ
443.
An
ACT
for
Two
Thousand
Pounds
for
his
Excellency's
Charges
of
his
Voyage
towards
the
better
Support
for
the
Government
.
Preamble
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
His
Majesty's
most
gracious
Pleasure
through
his
abundant
Care
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
to
extend
his
unlimited
and
benign
Favours
to
us
(
amongst
the
rest
of
his
Repeated
Blessings
)
to
send
us
a
Person
of
such
Eminent
Dignity
,
Judicious
Conduct
,
Knowledge
and
long
Experience
as
well
in
Parliamentary
Affairs
,
as
all
others
,
necessary
and
expedient
for
the
Support
of
His
Majesty's
Gvernment
,
with
due
Regard
to
preservation
of
the
Prerogative
Right
,
as
also
the
Justice
,
Liberty
and
Property
of
His
Obedient
and
Loyal
Subjects
,
all
which
have
been
so
eminently
demonstrated
by
his
present
Excellency
the
Honourable
Ralph
Grey
,
Esquire
,
that
should
we
be
deficient
in
a
dutiful
Acknowledgment
,
we
could
not
but
account
our selves
not
only
remiss
in
our
Duties
,
but
highly
ungrateful
:
And
considering
the
great
Expences
and
Charges
(
which
of
necessity
His
Excellency
must
have
been
at
in
his
Voyage
to
this
Government
,
We
therefore
out
of
true
and
most
sincere
Respect
to
your
Excellency
,
and
a
grateful
Acknowledgment
of
your
Signal
Favours
and
Concessions
,
most
humbly
pray
that
it
may
be
Enacted
,
And
be
it
therefore
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
the
Honourable
Ralph
Grey
,
Esquire
,
Captain
General
,
and
Commander
in
chief
of
this
and
other
the
Charibbee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Council
and
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
the
Sum
of
Two
Thousand
Pounds
Current
Money
of
this
Island
be
paid
by
the
Treasurer
of
this
Island
,
out
of
the
Duty
arising
out
of
the
Excise
on
Wines
and
other
Strong
Liquors
unto
His
Excellency
the
Honourable
Ralph
Grey
,
Esquire
,
his
Executors
or
Administrators
,
which
is
humbly
presented
him
as
a
Testimony
of
the
Respects
of
the
Inhabitants
of
this
Island
,
for
and
towards
his
better
Support
in
his
Government
over
us
;
and
we
most
humbly
beseech
His
Majesty
,
that
he
will
be
graciously
pleased
to
permit
the
said
Sum
to
be
paid
accordingly
by
his
Warrant
or
Royal
Order
,
as
to
him
shall
seem
meet
.
And
the
Treasurer
is
hereby
required
to
keep
in
his
Hands
the
said
Sum
of
Money
,
until
His
said
Majesty's
Royal
Assent
shall
be
had
to
the
Payment
of
the
same
,
or
his
further
Pleasure
known
.
The
7th
Septemb.
1698
,
Read
Three
Times
,
and
pass'd
the
Council
Nemine
contradicente
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
.
Read
and
pass'd
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
7th
Day
of
September
,
1698.
-
George
Paine
,
acting
as
Deputy
Secretary
pro
hac
Vice
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assemb.
An
ACT
concerning
the
General
Sessions
.
WHereas
it
hath
been
taken
into
Consideration
the
multiplied
Crimes
and
daily
growing
Evils
that
in
all
parts
of
this
Island
are
committed
,
to
the
Provocation
of
the
Wrath
of
God
upon
us
,
the
Dishonour
of
His
Majesty
,
and
Contempt
to
His
Government
.
And
to
the
intent
a
speedy
and
due
administration
and
execution
of
Justice
on
all
Offenders
,
may
at
all
times
take
off
that
Countenance
and
Encouragement
which
the
delay
of
their
just
and
deserved
Punishments
may
seem
to
give
to
their
sinful
and
wicked
Practices
both
against
God
,
their
King
and
Laws
.
Clause
I
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
his
Excellency
Ralph
Grey
,
Esquire
,
Once
in
Six
Months
successively
to
be
held
a
Court
of
General
Sessions
.
Captain
General
and
Commander
in
chief
of
this
and
other
the
Carribee-Islands
,
the
Honourable
the
Members
of
His
Majesty's
Council
,
and
the
General
Assembly
of
this
Island
,
and
by
the
Authority
of
the
same
,
That
from
and
after
Publication
hereof
,
once
in
Six
Months
successively
,
viz.
Upon
the
Second
Tuesday
in
every
Month
of
December
,
and
upon
the
Second
Tuesday
in
every
Month
of
June
successively
,
shall
be
held
a
General
Sessions
or
Assize
of
the
Peace
or
Goal
Delivery
,
by
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
the
Honourable
His
Majesty's
Council
,
the
Judges
and
Justices
of
the
Peace
:
But
if
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
,
and
the
Honourable
the
Members
of
the
Council
,
by
Reason
of
their
other
great
and
weighty
Affairs
shall
not
think
fit
to
sit
or
give
their
continual
Attendance
at
the
said
Sessions
or
General
Goal
Delivery
:
Clause
II
Be
it
therefore
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
Governour
and
Council
to
appoint
Judges
,
if
they
cannot
sit
themselves
.
by
and
with
the
Advice
,
and
Consent
and
Approbation
of
the
Council
,
hath
hereby
full
Power
and
Authority
,
to
issue
a
Commission
under
his
Hand
and
Seal
,
to
authorize
,
impower
,
and
appoint
some
able
,
discreet
,
and
learned
Person
in
the
Law
,
to
sit
and
Act
as
chief
Judge
,
or
Chair-Man
,
and
to
hold
the
said
Sessions
of
the
Peace
,
and
to
be
assisted
by
all
the
Judges
and
Justices
;
by
Vertue
of
which
Commission
,
they
and
every
one
of
them
,
are
required
personally
to
attend
at
such
convenient
Place
for
the
Holding
of
the
same
,
as
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Council
shall
think
fit
and
convenient
.
Clause
III
And
for
the
more
regular
holding
the
said
Sessions
,
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
,
A
Writ
to
be
directed
to
all
the
Inhabitants
.
by
and
with
the
Advice
and
Consent
of
the
Council
,
shall
give
Notice
to
all
and
every
the
Inhabitants
,
by
his
Precept
or
Writ
directed
to
some
One
Member
of
the
Council
residing
in
every
Parish
;
but
if
it
happen
that
no
Counsellor
dwell
therein
,
then
to
some
one
Justice
of
the
Peace
in
every
Parish
,
to
be
Published
in
the
several
Parish-Churches
within
this
Island
,
Three
several
Sundays
before
the
Holding
of
the
same
;
which
said
Counsellor
or
Justice
of
the
Peace
,
shall
therein
be
required
in
His
Majesty's
Name
,
to
Appoint
,
Nominate
and
Summon
Six
of
the
most
able
and
substantial
Freeholders
of
the
said
Parish
,
being
such
as
are
not
of
the
Assembly
,
or
immediatley
in
Commission
as
Field-Officers
,
at
the
time
and
place
nominated
and
published
when
and
where
it
is
to
be
holden
,
to
repair
to
the
said
Sessions
,
and
there
give
their
attendance
to
do
such
Services
in
His
Majesty's
behalf
,
as
shall
be
then
and
there
required
of
them
,
and
thence
not
to
depart
till
they
be
discharged
by
the
said
Court
.
And
to
the
Intent
His
Majesty's
Honour
may
be
held
in
all
due
Reverence
,
his
Peace
the
better
preserved
,
the
Matters
of
the
Crown
timely
and
duly
fitted
and
dispatched
,
and
the
Laws
receive
an
effectual
Execution
on
all
Delinquents
.
Clause
IV
It
is
Ordained
and
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
several
Justices
of
the
Peace
,
Justices
,
Coroners
,
&c.
to
send
a
List
of
Freeholders
to
the
Clerk
of
the
Crown
.
Coroners
and
other
Officers
before
whom
any
Matters
of
Life
and
Death
shall
come
,
or
Recognizances
,
Inquests
,
Depositions
,
Examinations
or
other
Writings
relating
to
the
Sessions
,
be
made
or
taken
,
that
they
shall
send
the
same
,
together
with
a
List
certified
of
the
Six
Freeholders
by
them
appointed
,
to
attend
the
said
Sessions
,
to
the
Clerk
of
the
Crown
or
his
Deputy
,
at
his
Office
in
that
behalf
appointed
,
at
least
Six
Days
before
the
said
Sessions
,
under
Penalty
of
Forfeiting
Five
Pounds
Sterling
to
the
Use
of
His
Majesty
,
upon
conviction
by
the
Oath
of
the
said
Clerk
of
the
Crown
,
before
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
and
the
Offender
herein
to
stand
Committed
by
Warrant
of
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
,
till
he
pay
the
same
unto
the
Teasurer
for
the
time
being
,
to
defray
the
Publick
Charge
of
the
Sessions
:
Provided
the
said
Offender
can
shew
no
just
cause
for
his
neglect
.
Clause
V
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
whosoever
of
His
Majesty's
Justices
,
Forfeiture
for
Non-appearance
being
summoned
.
Coroners
and
other
Officers
,
or
other
Persons
summoned
as
Jury
Men
,
or
which
ought
to
give
their
Attendance
at
the
said
Sessions
,
shall
fail
in
their
attendance
according
to
their
several
Duties
,
or
neglect
to
appear
being
called
,
or
depart
from
the
said
Sessions
during
the
Sitting
of
the
same
,
without
Leave
for
his
so
doing
,
shall
be
Fined
Five
Pounds
Sterling
to
the
Use
of
His
Majesty
,
for
,
and
towards
defraying
the
Publick
Charges
of
the
Sessions
,
and
stand
committed
till
he
pay
the
same
,
Proviso
.
Provided
always
,
and
it
is
hereby
declared
,
that
all
Proceedings
,
Judgments
and
Executions
in
Criminal
Matters
,
commonly
called
Pleas
of
the
Crown
,
shall
be
had
according
as
by
His
Majesty's
Laws
and
Statutes
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
and
of
this
Island
,
is
ordained
and
appointed
.
In
all
which
Matters
before
in
this
Act
mentioned
and
contained
,
every
Justice
of
the
Peace
shall
have
a
free
Vote
,
beginning
from
the
last
Justice
named
in
the
Commission
of
the
Peace
,
and
so
onward
to
the
First
,
and
that
according
to
the
Custom
and
Usage
of
the
Kingdom
of
England
,
the
incident
Charges
of
the
Sessions
,
as
to
the
Entertainment
of
the
Court
,
and
Jurors
be
bourn
and
satisfied
out
of
the
Fines
,
Forfeitures
and
Amerciaments
,
no
one
exceeding
the
Sum
of
Ten
Pounds
,
and
other
Profits
thereby
accrewing
,
as
far
as
they
will
extend
,
and
also
any
Sum
not
exceeding
Three
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
for
the
holding
the
next
immediate
Sessions
;
and
then
afterwards
,
One
Hundred
Pounds
Sterling
for
the
holding
every
other
Sessions
,
according
as
is
appointed
by
an
Act
,
Intituled
,
An
Act
for
the
better
securing
the
Liberty
of
His
Majesty's
Subjects
within
this
Island
,
and
preventing
long
Imprisonments
,
bearing
Date
the
Third
Day
of
November
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Ninety
and
Seven
.
And
to
the
end
the
said
Fines
,
Forfeitures
and
Amerciaments
may
be
duly
levied
and
paid
,
Clause
VI
Be
it
Enacted
and
Ordained
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
the
Provost
Marshal
and
Clerk
of
the
Crown
,
Officers
to
give
an
Account
of
all
Fines
once
a
Year
.
and
other
Officers
of
the
said
Court
,
and
of
every
Court
,
do
once
every
Year
,
or
oftner
,
if
thereunto
required
,
give
an
Account
of
all
Fines
,
Forfeitures
and
Amerciaments
,
and
other
Profits
which
come
to
their
Hands
,
or
happen
in
their
Courts
,
to
the
Governour
or
Commander
in
chief
for
the
time
being
,
a
Copy
whereof
shall
be
transmitted
by
the
said
Officer
or
Officers
to
the
Assembly
then
in
being
;
and
if
no
Assembly
,
then
to
him
that
was
last
Speaker
of
the
Assembly
,
who
is
hereby
required
to
deliver
the
same
to
the
Speaker
of
the
next
Assembly
,
to
the
End
that
the
Committee
of
Accounts
may
be
enabled
to
charge
the
Treasurer
for
the
same
;
and
upon
his
accounting
with
them
,
they
the
said
Committee
have
hereby
given
them
full
Power
and
Authority
;
and
they
are
hereby
required
to
discharge
the
Treasurer
for
the
same
.
Clause
VII
Repeal
of
Two
former
Acts
to
this
purpose
.
And
be
it
further
Enacted
by
the
Authority
aforesaid
,
That
an
Act
Intituled
,
An
Act
concerning
the
General
Sessions
,
being
one
of
the
Collected
Laws
;
and
an
Act
bearing
Date
the
Sixth
Day
of
November
,
One
Thousand
,
Six
Hundred
,
Eighty
and
Four
,
Entituled
,
An
Act
for
holding
a
Court
of
Grand
Sessions
,
Oyer
and
Terminer
,
general
Goal
Delivery
,
and
Commission
of
the
Peace
in
this
Island
;
and
all
and
every
the
Branches
,
Clauses
,
Penalties
and
Provisoes
in
the
said
Acts
,
and
each
of
them
contained
,
are
hereby
declared
to
be
Repealed
,
and
shall
be
null
and
void
to
all
Intents
and
Purposes
whatsoever
,
any
thing
in
the
said
Acts
,
or
either
of
them
contained
seeming
to
the
contrary
notwithstanding
.
Septemb.
7th
,
1698
,
Read
and
passed
the
Council
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
and
consented
to
by
his
Excellency
.
Read
and
passed
the
Assembly
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
the
9th
Day
of
August
,
1698.
Read
and
passed
with
Amendments
,
Nemine
contradicente
,
this
6th
Day
of
September
,
1698.
-
George
Paine
,
acting
as
Deputy
Secretary
,
pro
hac
Vice
.
-
William
Rawlin
,
Clerk
of
the
Assemb.
FINIS
.