A Digest of the Laws (from 12 Charles II. to 58 George III. Inclusive): Relating to Shipping, Navigation, Commerce, and Revenue, in the British Colonies in America and the West Indies, Including the Laws Abolishing the Slave Trade |
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... Britain and Ireland . 13. Secretaries of the said Colonies shall at the End of every Year transmit to the Office of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations , kept in ... Britain Britain and Ireland ) , but shall not be thereby 6 Aliens .
... Britain and Ireland . 13. Secretaries of the said Colonies shall at the End of every Year transmit to the Office of the Commissioners for Trade and Plantations , kept in ... Britain Britain and Ireland ) , but shall not be thereby 6 Aliens .
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... Ireland , or 1. No Pot or Pearl Ashes of the Production or Must be brought Manufacture of the British Plantations in America shall to Great Britain be shipped or conveyed from any of the said Plantations some British to any Place ...
... Ireland , or 1. No Pot or Pearl Ashes of the Production or Must be brought Manufacture of the British Plantations in America shall to Great Britain be shipped or conveyed from any of the said Plantations some British to any Place ...
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... British Plantation , or to Great Britain or Ireland , or before Certificate produced from the Officer of some Custom - house of Great Britain or Ireland , that such Bond has been there duly given , or if any Ship shall , contrary to the ...
... British Plantation , or to Great Britain or Ireland , or before Certificate produced from the Officer of some Custom - house of Great Britain or Ireland , that such Bond has been there duly given , or if any Ship shall , contrary to the ...
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... Britain or Ireland shall give any Warrant for or suffer any Pot or Pearl Ashes ( or any enumerated Article ) to be carried into any other Country or Place , until they have been Places . first put on shore in some Port in Great Britain ...
... Britain or Ireland shall give any Warrant for or suffer any Pot or Pearl Ashes ( or any enumerated Article ) to be carried into any other Country or Place , until they have been Places . first put on shore in some Port in Great Britain ...
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... Britain or Ireland . Bonds void if not prosecuted within Two Years of the Date , or if Judgment not obtained within 10. In all Bonds which shall be entered into in Great Britain or Ireland , in pursuance of any Act , whereby the Goods ...
... Britain or Ireland . Bonds void if not prosecuted within Two Years of the Date , or if Judgment not obtained within 10. In all Bonds which shall be entered into in Great Britain or Ireland , in pursuance of any Act , whereby the Goods ...
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according to Law aforesaid appointed arbitrators Articles Azores belonging Berbice Bermuda Bond Britain or Ireland British Colonies British Plantations British Ships British Subjects British-built Ships Brunswick Canada Cape Finisterre Cargo Certificate Chief Officer Cocket Cocoa Collector and Comptroller Colonies or Plantations Commissioners Continent of America Council Country Court Crooked Island deemed Demerara Ditto Duties enumerated Essequibo Europe South exported from Malta Fishery Foreign European Sovereign Foreign Ships Foreign Vessels forfeited Forfeiture thereof Free Ports Gibraltar Guernsey Hand and Seal Inhabitants judge justice laden Lading landed liable Licence Lower Canada Majesty Majesty's Colonies Majesty's Customs Majesty's Sugar Colonies Malta or Gibraltar Master Naval Officer navigated according Netherlands Newfoundland North America Nova Scotia Number Oath Owners paid Plantations in America Plantations in North Port or Place Principal Officer Produce or Manufacture prosecuted Province Quebec registered according Regulations residing seized Slaves Territories tion Trade United Kingdom West Indies
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Page 191 - ... the defendant or defendants in such issue"1 action or suit, shall and may plead the general issue, and give this act, and the special matter, in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the authority of this act...
Page 365 - ... and in any such action the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Page 26 - Attempts whatever which shall be made against his Person, Crown or Dignity ; and I will do my utmost endeavour to disclose and make known to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, all Treasons and traitorous Conspiracies, which may be formed against Him or Them...
Page 348 - All ships of war of the two nations, which shall hereafter be destined to prevent the illicit traffic in slaves, shall be furnished by their own Government, with a copy of the instructions annexed to the present Treaty, and which shall be considered as an integral part thereof. These instructions shall be written in Spanish and English, and signed, for the vessels of each of the two Powers, by the Minister of their respective marine.
Page 330 - As the two preceding Articles are entirely reciprocal, the two high Contracting Parties engage mutually to make good any losses which their respective subjects may incur unjustly, by the arbitrary and illegal detention of their vessels ; it being understood that this indemnity shall invariably be borne by the Government whose cruizer shall have been guilty of...
Page 347 - Navies, which shall be provided with special instructions for this purpose, as hereinafter provided, may visit such merchant vessels of the two Nations, as may be suspected, upon reasonable grounds, of having slaves on board acquired by an illicit traffic; and in the event only of their actually finding slaves on board) may detain and bring away such vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial before the tribunals established for this purpose, as shall Hereinafter be specified.
Page 25 - Ohio; and along the Bank of the said River, Westward, to the Banks of the Mississippi, and Northward to the Southern Boundary of the Territory granted to the Merchants Adventurers of England, trading to Hudson's Bay...
Page 65 - The buyer is scarce ever under the necessity of buying, and will, therefore, only give such a price as he likes. He considers what the land will cost him in tax and price together. The more he is obliged to pay in the way of tax, the less he will be disposed to give in the way of price. Such taxes, therefore, fall almost always upon a necessitous person, and must, therefore, be very cruel and oppressive...
Page 324 - Lord Keeper, or Commissioners for the custody of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the time being...
Page 28 - Canada or any other part thereof and any foreign country or state, or for appointing and directing the payment of drawbacks of such duties so imposed, or to give to...