Church-Wardens or Justices who do by Virtue of this Act Advance and Pay the said Parish-Tax for this present Year it shall and may be Lawful for the said Justices and Vestry and where no Vestry is the Justices themselves within the Limits of their respective Commissions are hereby Required and Impowered That at the next usual time of Assessing their Parish-Tax that they Assess such Summ or Summs of Money as shall have been Lent and Advanced by the Church-Wardens or Justices as is above Required which Money so Assessed and Levied shall be by the Church-Wardens and where no Church-Wardens are How to be reimbursed by the Justices within the Limits of their respective Commissions paid unto the Hands of the Persons so Lending the Money for this present Year with Lawful Interest for the same which said Summ with the said Interest shall be Paid by the Church-Wardens or Justices or where no Church-Wardens are by the Justices within the Limits of their respective Commissions on Demand under Penalty of double the Summ so Lent and Demanded as aforesaid AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the several Summs yearly to be Collected as aforesaid shall for this present Year and the Years ensuing during the time mentioned in this Act be Paid by the Church-Wardens or Justices of each respective Parish within Twenty One Days after their Receipt thereof Time of Payment into the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers Impowered to Receive the same and if any of the Justices Church-Wardens Vestry-men or Constables shall neglect his or their Duty in Assessing Levying or Paying the said Summs which are above required to be Assessed Levied and Paid he or they so neglecting or failing of his or their Duty therein shall respectively Forfeit for every such Offence the Summ of Fifty Pounds AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Money so Raised and Paid as aforesaid into the Hands of the said Receiver or Receivers for the time being shall by them be yearly remitted on the Countries Risque in such manner as they shall think fit into the Hands of Gilbert Heathcote To whom remitted Bartholomew Gracedieu and John Tutt of London Merchants or any One of them or such other Person or Persons as shall from time to time be appointed to Solicit in England the Publick Affairs of this Island as Occasion shall require and as to them shall seem most to the Interest and Advantage thereof AND in Case of the Death Absence or Refusal of any of the Solicitors before-mentioned or the Commissioners hereafter mentioned in this Act that then the Persons remaining or surviving or the major Part of them do chuse to themselves such other Person or Persons as they shall think fit in the room or stead of him or them that shall Remove Decease or Refuse and that the Person or Persons so chosen shall here and in England each for themselves be Impowered to Act as fully to all Intents and Purposes in each Place as if he or they had been mentioned and appointed by Name in this Act. AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Honourable Samuel Bernard and Nicholas Law Esquires and James Bradshaw William Hutchinson Thomas Clarke James Banister and Modyford Freeman Esquires Commissioners and Receivers shall be and are hereby Impowered and Appointed to be Commissioners and they or the major Part of them from time to time to appoint one or more of themselves to be Receiver or Receivers of the Money by this Act to be raised AND whereas at this present Sessions there are General Instructions drawn up by the Council and Assembly for Direction to the Solicitors in England the Commissioners named in this Act Instructions to be observed are at no time to Order any thing contrary to any Particulars contained therein but fully to observe and be directed thereby any thing in this Act seeming to the contrary notwithstanding which said Instructions are to be Signed by the Clerk of the Council and the Speaker of the Assembly and be Entred in the Minutes of both Houses PROVIDED nevertheless That the Commissioners before-mentioned Farther Instructions may from time to time upon any sudden or emergent Occasions give to the Solicitors in England such further Instructions as they shall think fit for the Publick Service of this Island AND in case it shall be thought fit at any time hereafter to turn out or alter any of the Solicitors in England that then the said Commissioners or major Part of them are hereby impowered from time to time to turn out Solicitors chang'd or alter as aforesaid all or any of the Solicitors in this Act mentioned AND be it further Enacted That the Person or Persons so named to be Receiver or Receivers shall receive and pay all such Summ or Summs of Money as shall come to his or their Hands arising by Virtue of this Act Of all which the Receiver or Receivers for the time being shall keep an Exact and Distinct Account of all Payments and Remittances made for the Uses and Purposes by this Act required Account to be given and render a Just and True Account thereof when demanded unto the rest of the Commissioners in this Act nominated or the major Part of them when thereunto required or to the Assembly of this Island when sitting and assembled of all the Summ and Summs of Money by him or them received by Virtue of this Act and how laid out or remitted and if the said Receiver or Receivers for the time being after the Receipt of any of the said Money shall divert or misapply the same or any Part thereof by any Pretence whatsoever otherwise than before intended and directed contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act the Person or Persons so Offending shall Forfeit to Their Majesties for and towards the Support of the Government of this Island and the contingent Charges thereof double the Summ so diverted or misapplied and the said Receiver or Receivers for the time being shall be allowed all his or their reasonable Expences in or about the Discharge of the Trust hereby reposed in him or them Expences allowed Commission or pretence of Commission hereby excepted and in case the Receiver or Receivers for the time being shall Neglect or Refuse to remit the aforesaid Summ or Summs of Money when received yearly and every Year during the continuance of the Act to the Solicitors in England shall Forfeit for every such Offence the Summ of Five Hundred Pounds AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That one Half of the Forfeiture contained in this Act Forfeitures applied and not herein applied shall be to our Sovereign Lord and Lady the King and Queen Their Heirs and Successors for and towards the Support of the Government of this Island and the contingent Charges thereof the other Half to him or them that shall Sue for the same
and Paid unto Their Majesties Deduction to Their Majesties to and for the Use of Their Majesties the Summ of One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy Four Pounds Sixteen Shillings as a Summ equivalent to Their Majesties for the Customs of Wines lost in the Earthquake AND be it further Enacted That upon due Proof made in the Supreme Court of Judicature an Action of Debt shall lie for Their Majesties against any Person whatsoever Bond not produced their Executors Administrators or Attorneys that stand Indebted to Their Majesties for Customs whether Bond be given or not without being obliged to produce it the giving of which shall not be pleaded in Bar except by the Persons named and for the Summs in this Act mentioned Provided also that if the Bond for the said Debt supposed to be lost shall afterwards be found and put in Suit that then the said Judgment shall be and be pleaded in Bar to the same and that the said Actions be brought within Two Courts after this Act becomes in Force AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That after the Deduction and Payment of the said Summ of One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy Four Pounds Sixteen Shillings unto Their Majesties Remainder after Deduction the remainder of the Monies arising by Virtue of this Act and the Act before-mentioned shall be and remain as a Fund to Encourage such of Their Majesties Subjects or others as are willing to Transport themselves hither and be applied to no other Use Intent or Purpose whatsoever AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That whereas Benjamin Way Joseph Seargeant William Hutchinson Case of some Private Persons Francis Hall and Edmond Edlyn stand indebted to Their Majesties in the several Summs following viz. Benjamin Way in the Summ of Nine Hundred Twenty One Pounds Twelve Shillings Joseph Seargeant in the Summ of One Hundred Eighty Seven Pounds Four Shillings William Hutchinson in the Summ of One Hundred and Four Pounds Francis Hall in the Summ of Four Hundred Pounds and Edmond Edlyn in the Summ of One Hundred and Sixty Two Pounds which said Summs were due to Their Majesties for the Customs of Wines which were lost in the Earthquake The said Benjamin Way Joseph Seargeant William Hutchinson Francis Hall and Edmond Edlyn and every of them their Heirs Executors and Administrators shall be and are hereby for ever indemnified and saved Harmless against Their Majesties Their Heirs and Successors from Payment of the said several Summs due from the said several Persons or any Part thereof as also from all manner of Action or Actions Suit or Suits against them or any of them their or any of their Executors Administrators or Assigns for the same already commenced or to be commenced and if all or any of the Persons aforesaid be Sued or Impleaded they may Plead the General Issue and give this Act in Evidence any Law Custom or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding Encouragement for Settlers AND to the end it may be understood what sort of People are by this Act intended to be Encouraged Be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Tradesmen and other Persons of what Calling or Condition soever not able to Pay their Passages excepting Jews Cripples and Children under Eleven Years of Age who upon Encouragement of this Act are willing to Transport themselves to this Island shall upon Repairing to any Master or Commander of any Ship or Vessel bound for this Island Passage paid and Person free be received on Board his Ship or Vessel and after his or their Arrival in this Island be Free from all manner of Servitude whatsoever and have Liberty to Hire and Imploy him her or themselves here how they think fit in any Honest Trade Service or Calling and the Captain Master or Commander of such Ship or Vessel shall receive of the Treasurers named and appointed by this Act for the Passage of every Person so Transporting him or themselves from England or Scotland the Summ of Seven Pounds Ten Shillings and for every Person from Ireland the Summ of Six Pounds currant Money of this Island without Fraud or Delay AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That for each Person so brought hither from Europe the Captain Captains c. Encourag'd Master or Commander of each Ship or Vessel shall for his Encouragement and to his own Use receive of the said Treasurer or Treasurers the Sum of Twenty Shillings per Head over and above the said Sums AND whereas several of their Majesties Subjects under the qualifications aforesaid Residing at New England New York Carolina or other Parts of America the Windward Islands and Providence may upon the Encouragement of this Act be willing to Transport themselves to this Island BE it therefore Enacted that all Masters or Commanders of any Vessel or Vessels that shall Import any such Persons before mentioned shall for every Person so brought from New England Persons from other Plantations New York Carolina or other parts of America receive the Sum of Three Pounds Ten Shillings and for every Person brought from Providence and the Windward Islands the Sum of Forty Shillings current Mony of this Island without Fraud or Delay and that the Master or Commander of every Vessel who shall Import any Persons by Encouragement of this Act from New England New York Carolina or other parts of America the Windward Islands and Providence shall receive the Sum of Ten Shillings per Head to and for his Own proper Use and Benefit over and above the Sums aforesaid for the Passage of each Person AND be it likewise Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Master or Masters of any Vessel or Vessels who shall Import any Passenger upon the Credit of this Act shall within Forty Eight Hours after his or their Arrival Deliver to the Secretary of this Island or his Lawful Deputy upon Oath which said Oath the Secretary is hereby Impowered to Administer a fair written List of all such Persons as he A List to be given or they shall have brought to this Island in which List shall be contained the Names Surnames Age Trade and Country of all and every the said Person and Persons as also if Single or Married which said List the Secretary or his Lawful Deputy is forthwith to enter in a Book to be kept for that purpose and then to Transmit the same with his Certificate Indorsed to the Treasurer or Treasurers receiving for the same the Sum of Two Shillings and Sixpence from the said Treasurer or Treasurers who are hereby Ordered and Required upon receipt thereof to pay the said Master or Masters the several Sums for the respective Passages as is above Directed AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That for the well and truly Assessing Collecting Levying and paying in all and every the Sum and Sums of Mony arising by virtue of this
and by them retaken before they are Landed in any of the Enemies Commission-Ports one sixth Part of the Vessels Slaves Salvage allowed or Goods so re-taken or the Value thereof the said Vessel Slave or Goods having been first appraised by Two Persons indifferently Chosen one by the Commander or Commanders of the said Sloops or Vessels and the other by the respective Owner or Owners which shall be divided among the Officers Sea-men and Soldiers of the said Vessels proportionably to the Pay each Person receives of his Country for that Service AND that all such Persons as shall go out in the Parties to reduce the Negroes in Rebellion may be induced to proceed with the more Resolution and Vigor It is hereby Enacted that they shall receive from the Treasurers for each Negro kill'd that was actually in Rebellion which shall be evidenced by bringing in his Head to any Justice the Summ of Forty Shillings Rewards for Negroes slain or taken and for each Negroe in Rebellion taken and brought in alive not maimed or mortally wounded the Summ of Ten Pounds to be paid by the Owner or Proprietor of such Slave or Slaves who is hereby obliged under the Penalty of Fifty Pounds to Transport the Slave or Slaves so reduced from actual Rebellion and in case that no Owner can be found that then the Treasurer or Treasurers by this Act appointed or either of them shall be by Virtue of this Act obliged and impowered to Pay the said Ten Pound out of the Treasury and receive the said Slave or Slaves and him and them Sell and Transport as aforesaid and the Produce retain in his Hands to be Employed in the said Service and for defraying the contingent Charges thereof and to the end it may be better known what Negro shall be accounted Rebellious it is hereby declared That all Negroes absenting themselves from their Owners Plantation the Term of Six Months be and are accounted as in actual Rebellion any thing to the contrary notwithstanding AND be it Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That in case any of the Officers or Sea-men on Board the said Sloops or Vessels or in the said Parties shall in actual Service Sea-man or Soldier disabled lose either Leg or Arm or be otherwise Disabled that then and in all such Cases all and every of the disabled Men shall receive Ten Pounds per Annum without Charge during his or their natural Life and also their Cures to be paid for out of the Publick Revenue of this Island by Order of the Lieutenant-Governour and Council or of the Government of this Island out of the first Payment AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That when there shall be no necessity for the said Sloops or Vessels of War that it shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners or the major Part of them to Sell the same with all the Apparel and Furniture and of the Money arising therefrom with all other Summs of Money which shall remain over and above Remainder how applied or be not expended of the Money arising and appropriated by Virtue of this Act and not hereby applied shall be and remain in the Hands of the said Treasurers or either of them by this Act appointed to be applied and disposed of for and towards such other Use or Uses as the Assembly of this Island shall appoint by a Law and that the said Receiver or Receivers Treasurer or Treasurers shall be allowed all his or their or either of their reasonable Charges in and about the Discharging the Trust hereby reposed in them Commission or Pretences to Commission hereby excepted AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Fines and Forfeitures mentioned in this Act and not declared where they shall be Recovered Forfeitures c. disposed of or how Disposed of be One Half to Their Majesties for and towards the Support of the Government of this Island and the contingent Charges thereof the other Half to the Informer who shall Sue for the same in any Court of Record within this Island wherein no Essoin Protection Injunction Wager of Law or Nonvult ulterius prosequi shall be allowed An ACT Appropriating several Summs of Money heretofore Raised to the immediate Service of this Island WHEREAS there have been several Sums of Money raised by Virtue of one Act Preamble Entitled An Act for Raising Money for and towards the Defence of this Island and also by one other Act Entitled An Act for Raising Monies as a further Aid to Their Majesties for and towards the Defence of this Island And whereas it is provided in the said Acts That such Part of the Monies so raised and not laid out to the Uses therein directed should be appropriated to such Use or Service as the Governour Council and Assembly shall seem meet We do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesties that it may be Enacted AND be it Enacted by your Majesties Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority of the same That of the Monies arising by virtue of the Acts above-mentioned and not hitherto applied or made use of One Thousand and Three Hundred Pound currant Money of this Island Money appropriated be applied for the Payment of One Thousand Pound Sterling in England to Colonel Peter Beckford to be by him made use of for the Service of this Island in such manner as he shall think fit towards the effecting such things as he shall be directed by the Governour there to Solicite AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That of the Monies arising by virtue of the Acts above-mentioned and not hitherto applied or made use of so much thereof as shall be necessary for the Victualling and Manning of a Sloop to Transport Colonel Peter Beckford who is now going for England for the Service of this Island shall be Paid as the Governour shall Direct AND be it also Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That such Money as shall arise from the Freight of Goods Shipped on Board the said Sloop either to or from England be by Colonel Peter Beckford applyed to the Defraying the Charges of the said Vessel and that the Commander of the said Sloop do from time to time observe all such Orders and Instructions as he shall receive from the said Colonel Beckford AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That of the Monies arising by virtue of the Acts aforesaid the Sum of One Thousand Pound shall be Paid into the Hands of the Treasurer or Treasurers Appointed by an Act Entitled An Act to Reimburse Their Majesties Treasury and Encourage Their Subjects to come and Settle in this Island to be by them Employed and used for the paying the Passages of such Persons as shall Transport themselves hither upon the Encouragement of the said Act and to no other Uses Intents or Purposes whatsoever upon the Penalties in the said Act mentioned
AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That of the Money arising by virtue of the Acts aforesaid and not hitherto applyed or made use of that Seventy Pounds or such part thereof as shall be Expended be applyed and made use of for the defraying the Charge of a Sloop already sent to Windward to Cruise there to give notice to the English Fleet daily expected here of the Additional Force the French have or may suddenly receive AND be it further Enacted that of the Money arising by virtue of the Acts aforesaid and not hitherto applyed or made use of the Sum of One Hundred Sixty Two Pounds be Paid into the Hands of Colonel Edward Stanton for defraying the Charge of Twelve Men for Six Months to be constantly kept at Fort-William at Port-Morant for their Defence thereof and the Security of the Adjacent Parts AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Remainder of the said Monies arising by virtue of the beforementioned Acts and not by this present Act applyed shall be by the Governour by and with the Advice and Consent of the Council applyed and made use of for the immediate Defence of this Island and to no other Uses Intents or Purposes whatsoever and the Receiver or Receivers Treasurer or Treasurers in the said Act appointed are hereby Required and Impowered to Pay the same accordingly under the Penalties in this Act hereaftermentioned any thing in this or any other Act seeming to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding AND be it further Enacted that the Receivers and Treasurers in the said Acts appointed are hereby Required and Impowred to Pay the several Sums by this Act appropriated into the Hands of such Person or Persons as shall be Impowred to receive the same by virtue of a Warrant to them or any of them under the Hand of the Governour by and with the Advice and Consent of the Council of this Island and if the said Receiver Forfeit of the Receiver or Treasurer refusing to pay or Receivers Treasurer or Treasurers or any of them shall refuse to Pay the aforesaid Sums or any part thereof having the same in their or any of their Hands the Receiver or Treasurer so refusing shall respectively Forfeit to Their Majesties for and towards the Support of this Government and the Charges thereof double the Sum he shall so refuse to Pay to be Recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any Court of Record where no Essoin Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed AND whereas with part of the Monies by the said Acts arising there were purchased for the Service of the Country Two Sloops Two Sloops to be disposed of be it Enacted that the Governour sell or make use of the said Sloops for the Countries Service at his Discretion and if sold the Governour apply the Monies by and with the Advice and Consent of the Council as before directed AND whereas several Sums of Money ordered to be Assessed and Levyed by the abovementioned Acts either not having been Assessed nor Levyed within the time in the said Acts limited and appointed in some of the Parishes within this Island BE it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That where any Tax mentioned to be Raised by either of the above-recited Acts Re-Assessment to be made and omitted to be either Assessed or Levyed by the Justices and Vestry or the Justices where the Vestries neglect their Duty or where no Vestry is are Impowered at any other Day or Place within Three Months after the Passing this Act as to the said Justices shall seem meet to Appoint to Assess and Levy as well during Martial Law as while the Common-Law is in force upon the several Inhabitants of the said Parishes the said Taxes and issue out their Warrants accordingly to the respective Constables for the Collecting Levying and Distraining for the same and Payment thereof as is directed in the said Acts which said Constables are hereby Impowered to Collect and in Case of refusal to Levy and Distrain for the same accordingly notwithstanding the time then limited in the said Acts be Elapsed by reason of Martial-Law or any other Cause Protection or Priviledge whatsoever and whatsoever Justices or Vestry or Constables shall omit to do their Duty therein shall Forfeit as is directed by the said Acts and to be Recovered and applied accordingly AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Pains and Penalties Penalties remitted by the abovementioned Acts by any the Justices or Vestry of the respespective Parishes incurred are hereby absolutely remitted and discharged and the Parties Offending fully indemnified for the same any Law or Statute to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding An ACT For Appropriating several Sums of Money for the speedy Relief of the Wounded and Distressed Inhabitants of this Island who have suffered by the late Invasion of the French WHEREAS there have been several Sums of Money Raised by virtue of one Act Preamble Entitled An Act for Raising Money for and towardâ— the Defence of this Island And also by One other Act Entitled An Act for Raising Money as a further Aid to their Majesties for and towards the Defence of this Island and whereas it 's Provided in the said Acts that such part of the Money so Raised and not laid out to the Uses therein Directed should be appropriated to such other Use and Service as to the Governour Council and Assembly shall seem meet AND whereas by a Subsequent Act of Their Majesties Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly of this Their Majesties Island of Jamaica made this present Sessions of this Assembly 't was Enacted among other things that of the Money arising by virtue of the Acts abovementioned and not therein applied or made use of the Sum of One Thousand and Three Hundred Pound currant Money of this Island Recourse to former Acts. should be applied for the Payment of One Thousand Pound Sterling in England to Colonel Peter Beckford to be by him made use of for the Service of this Island in such manner as he should think fit towards the Effecting such things as he should be directed there to Solicite by the Governour AND whereas by the said Act it was further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that out of the Monies arising by virtue of the said Acts abovementioned and not applied or made use of as much thereof as should be necessary for the Victualling and Manning a Sloop to Transport Colonel Peter Beckford who was then going for England for the Service of this Island should be Paid as the Governour should Direct AND whereas it was further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That of the Monies arising by virtue of the Acts abovementioned and not hitherto applied or made use of the Sum of One Hundred Sixty and Two Pounds should be Paid into the Hands of Colonel Edward Stanton for defraying the Charge of Twelve Men for Six Months to
be constantly kept at Fort-William at Port-Morant for the Defence thereof and Security of the adjacent Parts AND whereas the Receivers and Treasurers in the said Act first abovementioned and appointed are Required and Impowered by the said appropriating Act to Pay the several Sums by the said Acts appropriated under certain Penalties therein contained into the Hands of such Person or Persons as shall be impowered to receive the same by virtue of a Warrant to them or any of them under the Hand of the Governour by and with the Advice and Consent of the Council since the Passing of which Act Intitled An Act for Appropriating several Sums of Money heretofore Raised to the immediate Service of this Island this Your Majesties Island has been most miserably harrassed by Your Majesties Enemies Subjects to the Crown of France who with inhuman barbarity with Fire and Sword have laid Wast Four Parishes of this Island and infested and destroyed several Plantations in the other Parishes to the utter ruin and destruction of most of the Inhabitants thereof whereby without some speedy Relief several Hundreds of this Your Majesties Island must perish through Extreme Want General Calamity and the said Parishes and most part of the Sea-Coasts be wholly Deserted being destitute of Habitations and having no Means to Rebuild them except some speedy Succour from the Publick WE therefore Your Majesties Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly do humbly pray Your Majesty that for the immediate Relief and Support of the said poor distressed Inhabitants of this Island who have suffered in the late Invasion it may be Enacted and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same that the aforesaid Sum of One Thousand and Three Hundred Pounds above recited by the Appropriating Act ordered to be applied for the Payment of One Thousand Pound Sterling in England to Colonel Peter Beckford to be by him made use of as by the said Act is directed as also the said Sum of One Hundred Sixty and Two Pound by the said Act appointed to be Paid into the Hands of Colonel Edward Stanton for the defraying the Charge of Twelve Men for Six Months to be constantly kept at Fort-William at Port-Morant for the Defence thereof and the Security of the Parts adjacent which said Sums are not yet made use of be forth with applied for Appropriations taken off and towards the Relief of the said distressed Inhabitants of this Your Majesties Island of Jamaica who have suffered by the barbarous Cruelties of Your Majesties Enemies in the late Invasion of this Island by the French as also for the Relief of the Sick and Wounded Persons in the late Expedition to Whily-Wood against the Enemy and to no other use whatsoever to be distributed in such manner and to such Persons as shall seem meet to the Commissioners to be appointed by Your Majesties Lieutenant-Governor and Council of this Your Island for that purpose AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the abovementioned Act Past this present Sessions Entitled An Act appropriating several Sums of Money heretofore Raised to the immediate Service of this Island as to so much of the said Act only as concerns the applying the One Thousand and Three Hundred Pound for the Payment of One Thousand Pound Sterling in England to Colonel Peter Beckford to be by him made use of for the Service of this Island as also for the applying any Sums of Monies other than what are already Expended for the Victualling and Manning a Sloop to Transport the said Colonel Peter Beckford for England or whereby the Receivers or Treasurers who by the Two Acts first abovementioned are Appointed Required and Impowered to Pay the several Sums by the said Appropriating Act applied into the Hands of such Person or Persons as shall be Impowered to receive the same by virtue of a Warrant to them or any of them under the Hand of the Governour by and with the Advice and Consent of the Council as also for the applying One Hundred Sixty and Two Pounds to be Paid into the Hands of Colonel Edward Stanton for the defraying the Charge of Twelve Men for Six Months to be constantly kept at Fort-William at Port-Morant shall be Repeal of Clauses and are hereby Repealed to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever any thing in the said recited Act to the Contrary notwithstanding AN ACT For the Encouragement and Freedom of Servants and Slaves which have done or shall do any remarkable Service against the French during this present War WHEREAS upon Advice of the late Invasion made by the French upon this Island Preamble there was set forth an Order of Council of War for the Encouragement of Negroes that All Negroes or Slaves that should do any Eminent Service against the Enemy should be forthwith set Free and that it is also thought reasonable for the Reward of Servants that have behaved themselves well in the late Service that they be freed of the time they have yet to Serve BE it therefore Enacted and Ordained by Their Majesties Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority of the same that all Servants who receive no Salary which have or shall do any good Service against the Enemy the French Servants signalizing themselves against the Enemy and can prove the same before the Commissioners hereafter named shall forthwith be freed and that the said Commissioners upon Enquiry made of what time any such Servant or Servants had to Serve and his and their Occupation shall Value and Appraise the said time he or they had to Serve and give him or them a Certificate mentioning his or their Name or Names and the Party or Parties to whom he or they belonged and the Sum or Sums the Owner or Owners ought to receive for him or them which being Entred into the Secretary's Office shall be a sufficient Testimony of his or their Freedom as also a good Proof for the Owner or Owners to Recover the Summ or Summs he or they were appraised at AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all 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