or their Charges in or about the discharge of the Trust hereby in him or them reposed AND whereas after the Expiration of this Act some of the Monies arising by virtue hereof may remain in the Hands of the Treasurer or Treasurers for the time being Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that such Sum or Sums of Mony if any be Surplus of Money in the Hands of the said Treasurer or Treasurers shall notwithstanding the Expiration of this Act be there and still in his or their Hands remain and be Employed to the Uses and Intents in this Act appointed BE it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Secretary of this Island shall from time to time upon demand Copies of this Act to be deliver'd give Copy or Copies of this Act to any Person without delay or excuse for every of which he shall receive the Fee or Sum of Ten Shillings and in Case he shall delay or refuse to give such Copy or Copies as aforesaid to any Person or Persons demanding the same he shall for every Copy so demanded and not given Forfeit the Sum of Forty Shillings to be recovered before any Justice of the Peace BE it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if the Receiver-General or his lawful Deputy shall refuse to make Entry and do and perform all and every such thing or things as by this Act or any Branch thereof is enjoyned him Forfeiture of the Receiver-General on Refusal of Entry he shall Forfeit for every such Offence the Sum of Five Hundred Pounds Currant Mony of this Island and all other Person or Persons Offending contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act shall Forfeit for every such Offence wherein Penalties are not already laid the Sum of One Hundred Pounds the Moiety of all the Forfeitures within this Act mentioned shall be to Their Majesties their Heirs and Successors for and towards the Support of the Government of this Island and the contingent Charges thereof and the other Moiety to the Informer or he that shall Sue for the same to be Recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any Court of Record within this Island where no Essoin Protection Wager of Law or Nonvult ulterius prosequi shall be allowed any Law Custom or Usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding An ACT For Raising Money to Solicit in England the Affairs of this Their Majesties Island Preamble WHEREAS Their Majesties Island of Jamaica hath divers times lain under great Disadvantages through the Misrepresentation of the Proceedings and Interests thereof which hath chiefly happened for want of some fit Persons fully Instructed to appear in England and there truly Represent and Solicit the same And inasmuch as Their Majesties have been Graciously pleased to permit the raising Three Hundred Pounds Sterling per Annum to be Employed to the Use and to prevent the Disadvantage above expressed and that by a modest Calculation of the said Summ it appears that Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds currant Money of this Island of Jamaica the Charges of Collecting and Receivers Charges for the Receipt and the Exchange in remitting the same being included will not amount or produce more than the said Summ of Three Hundred Pounds Sterling Money of England THE Assembly do therefore most humbly beseech Your most Excellent Majesties That it may be Enacted and be it Enacted by the Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds to be raised That the said Summ of Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds currant Money of this Island for the making Good the said Summ of Three Hundred Pounds Sterling Money of England and defraying the Charges of collecting receiving and remitting the same be raised levied and paid within Three Months after the Tenth Day of August One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three and so the said Summ to be raised levied and paid yearly and every Year for and during the full Time and Term of Eleven Years Time limited to and for the Uses above-mentioned to be paid by the Inhabitants of the several Parishes within this Island into the Hands of such Person or Persons who shall from time to time be appointed by the Commissioners hereafter named or the major Part of them to be Receiver or Receivers of the same according to the several Rates and Proportions hereafter following That is to say Rates of the several Parishes for the Parish and Town of Port-Royal Forty Nine Pounds Ten Shillings and Ten Pence for the Parish of St. Andrews Fifty Two Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Five Pence for the Parish of St. Katherines Fifty Six Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Three Pence for the Parish of Sr. Dorothy Twenty Five Pounds Three Shillings and One Peny for the Parish of Vere Forty Seven Pounds One Shilling and Eight Pence for the Parish of Clarendon Forty Two Pounds One Shilling and Eight Pence for the Parish of Sr. Elizabeth Fifty One Pound Six Shillings and Eight Pence for the Parish of St. Thomas to Windward Twenty Seven Pounds Ten Shillings for the Parish of Sr. Davids Sixteen Pounds and Eleven Pence for the Parish of Sr. Thomas in the Vale Twenty One Pound Nine Shillings for the Parish of Sr. Johns Fifteen Pounds Eight Shillings and Three Pence for the Parish of St. George's Three Pounds Thirteen Shillings and-Six Pence for the Parish of St. Mary's Eleven Pounds Five Shillings and Seven Pence for the Parish of St. Ann's Seven Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Six Pence for the Parish of St. James Two Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Eight Pence for the Town and Parish of Kingston Nineteen Pounds and Five Shillings AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Justices and Vestry-men for the time being in their respective Parishes aforesaid and where no Vestry is the Justices by themselves within the Limits of their several Commissions are hereby Impowered and Required at the usual times of Assessing their Parish-Tax Assessors to Assess Tax and Levy for the said Term of Eleven Years the several Summs over and above the usual Taxes assessed and raised on the several Parishes by Virtue of an Act of this Island Entitled An Act for the Maintenance of Ministers and the Poor and Erecting and Repairing of Churches AND whereas in some Parishes there may not be Money in the Church-Wardens Hands for the paying of the Tax above assessed for this present Year it is therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That then the Church-Wardens of such Parish or Parishes Money to be advanc'd and where no Church-Wardens are the Justices themselves within the Limits of their Commissions do Pay the said Summ or Summs as is above Assessed for this present Year in such manner as is hereafter Directed under the Penalty of Ten Pounds each for refusing to Pay the same AND for the Reimbursing the said
Neglect or Default Forfeiture upon Default and for every Vestry-man or Constable the Summ of Forty Shillings to be recovered by Action of Debt if not above Forty Shillings before any Justice of the Peace and if above-Forty Shillings in any Court of Record within this Island wherein no Essoin Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed the one Half of which Forfeiture as aforesaid shall be for and towards the maintaining Guards and Look-outs within the Parish where the Fault was committed and the other Half to the Informer or him that shall Sue for the same any Law Custom or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding Provided always that this Act and all and every thing and things therein contained shall be and continue in Force during the War with France and no longer An ACT For Raising Money as a farther Aid to Their MAJESTIES for and towards the Defence of this Their Island of Jamaica VVHEREAS the Provision heretofore made for the Security and Defence of this Their Majesties Island Preamble hath been found Insufficient and the French continue still to make daily Depredations and Descents upon the Parts adjacent to the Sea and take off and carry away great Numbers of Slaves and other Goods of considerable Value to the Ruin of several of Their Majesties good Subjects and Impoverishing the whole Island for prevention of which and disabling the Enemy a greater Force is absolutely necessary WE therefore Your Majesties most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Assembly of this Their Island of Jamaica having taken into our serious Consideration how injurious the Ruin and Destruction of this their Plantation may in time prove to Their Imperial Crown and being ready and willing to provide further Aid for Their Majesties Island aforesaid and Resistance of Their Enemy have unanimously given and granted and do hereby give and grant unto Their Majesties for and towards the continuance of the Two Sloops of War already in Their Majesties Service with an Addition of Twenty Men more to each Sloop and also towards the Buying or Hiring Providing Victualling or Manning of Two more Sloops of War each consisting of Sixty effective Officers Seamen and Soldiers inclusively all which said Four Sloops of War to be employed for Six Months towards the Defence of this Island Force to be augmented and guarding the Sea-Coasts thereof and in Cruising with Their Majesties Frigats or such other Vessel or Vessels as shall be Impressed into their Service about the same and Attacking and Destroying the Enemy and also for continuing of Two Parties for the like time of Six Months consisting each of Two Officers and Ten Soldiers for Reducing of Rebellious Negroes the full entire Sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Pound currant Mony of this Island and also the Sum of One Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Three Pound Fourteen Shillings and Four Pence formerly Raised and not yet applyed by an Act made this last Session of this present Assembly Entitled An Act for Raising Money for and towards the Defence of this Island The whole amounting to Nine Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Three Pound Fourteen Shillings and Four Pence and do most humbly beseech Their Majesties to accept the same and that it may be Enacted AND be it therefore Enacted by Their Majesties Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly of this Island and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority of the same Sum to be raised that the said Sum of Seven Thousand Five Hundred Pound currant Money of this Island be Assessed Taxed and laid on by the several and respective Parishes or Precincts or within the Commission of the Peace for the same within this Island where they have any lawful Vestries and where they have no lawful Vestries by the Justices of that Parish or Precinct or within the Commission of the Peace for the same or major part of the Vestry in all and every the said Parish or Parishes in this Island on all and every Person within their several and respective Parish or Precinct by an equal and just Tax to be paid within Three Months after the Tenth Day of November which shall be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three by the respective Parishes of this Their Majesties Island of Jamaica into the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers hereafter named according to the several Rates and Proportions hereafter mentioned in such sort and manner as by this present Act shall be limited and appointed and in no other way or manner whatsoever that is to say for every Negroe Mulatto or Indian Slave within this Island of what Age Condition or Quality soever or to whom soever belonging shall be paid for by their Masters Proprietors Owners Possessors Guardians or Persons Intrusted in the several Plantations Pens Crawles or Settlements within this Island the Sum of Two Shillings for each Negro Indian Slaves and Cattel tax'd or Mulatto Slave as aforesaid and also for all Horses Mares Colts Mules Asses and Neat Cattle the Sum of Nine Pence for each Beast and for all Sheep Lambs Goats and Kids the Sum of Two Shillings Six Pence per Score and so in proportion for a greater or lesser Quantity AND for the Parish of Port-Royal it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Justices and Vestry shall Lay Assess Levy and cause to be Levyed Sixteen Pence in the Pound on all Rents Rents and Trades to be paid by all Tenants and allowed by their Landlords and Proprietors and on all Leases to be paid by the Lessee and allowed by the Lessor out of their Rents and also on the several Inhabitants for their several Trades Occupations and Callings as much and one third more in proportion than they were Rated Assessed and Taxed by the Justices and Vestry in the Parish-Roll on Port-Royal aforesaid for this present Year One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three and also on all Persons Residing at the Towns of St. Jago de la Vega Sixteen Pence in the Pound on all Rents to be Paid by all Tenants and allowed by their Landlords and Proprietors and on all Leases to be Paid by the Lessee and allowed by the Lessor out of all their Rents and also according to the Rate Tax and Sum Assessed by the Justices and Vestry of St. Katharines for this present Year One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three and for the Persons Residing in the Town and Parish of Kingston Sixteen Pence in the Pound on all Rents to be Paid by all Tenants and allowed by their Landlords and Proprietors and on all Leases to be paid by the Lessee and allowed by the Lessor out of their Rents and for their several Trades Occupations and Callings to be Rated Assessed and Taxed by the Justices of the said Town and Parish any thing in this Act to the Contrary notwithstanding AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Nation and People of the Jews The Jews rated
ACT For Raising Money for and towards the Defence of this Island WHEREAS it has been found by Sad and Lamentable Experience Preamble that Their Majesties Ships of War hitherto ordered to attend this Government have not been so Serviceable to this Their Majesties Island in Cruising about the Coasts thereof as the Exigences of Their Subjects have from time to time required The Enemies small Crafts Barque-Luengoes and nimble Vessels having from time to time Infested the remote Parts thereof and Landed their Men and made great Incursions into the Country and taken off and carried away a very considerable Number of Slaves and other Goods and Chattels of great Value at several times from many of Their Majesties good Subjects Inhabiting thereabout and may if not timely prevented destroy and unsettle all the Plantations settled on or near the Sea-Coasts round this Island to the great Dishonour of Their Majesties and utter Ruin of Their Subjects here WE therefore Their Majesties Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Assembly of this Their Majesties Island of Jamaica having taken into our Serious Considerations how Injurious the Ruin and Destruction of Their Majesties Plantations may in time prove to Their Imperial Crown and being ready and willing to the utmost of our Abilities under the present Calamities of War and the great Destruction and Ruin of Their Majesties Fortifications and of our own Habitations and Works by the late more dreadful Earthquake to provide for Their Majesties Island aforesaid and the Resistance of Their Enemies Have unanimously given and granted and do hereby give and grant unto Their Majesties for and towards the Buying or Hiring The Design Providing Victualling and Manning Two good Sloops of War each with Fifty Effective Officers Seamen and Soldiers inclusively to be Employed for Six Months towards the Guarding of the Sea-Coasts of this Their Majesties Island and in Cruising with Their Majesties Friggats about the same for the necessary Defence of it and Common Safety of Their Subjects And when on Emergent Occasions the Governour or Commander in Chief shall by his Orders and Instructions send over the Friggats to the Coasts of Hispaniola or South of Cuba to commit Acts of Hostility that then the said Sloop or Sloops shall attend the Friggat or Friggats so ordered the Term of Twenty Days and no longer and upon no other Occasion or Pretence whatsoever the full and entire Sum of Three Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy Seven Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Six Pence currant Mony of this Island and also for and towards the Raising of Two Parties each of Ten Soldiers and Two Officers for the Reducing Rebellious Negroes for the like time of Six Months the full and entire Sum of Three Hundred Twenty Five Pounds Six Shillings and Three Pence like currant Mony of this Island in all Four Thousand Three Hundred Three Pounds Three Shillings and Nine Pence The total Sum. which we do most Humbly beseech Their Majesties to Accept And that it may be Enacted AND be it Enacted by Their Majesties Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly of this Island and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority of the same that the said Sum of Four Thousand Three Hundred Three Pounds Three Shillings and Nine Pence currant Mony of this Island Who to be Assessors be Assessed Taxed and Laid on by the several and respective Justices and Vestries within their several and respective Parishes and Precincts or within the Commission of the Peace for the same within this Island where there is any lawful Vestries and where they have no lawful Vestries by the Justices of that Parish or Precinct or within the Commission of the Peace for the same or Major part of the Vestry in all and every the Parishes of this Island on all and every Person within their several and Respective Parish or Precinct by an Equal and Just Tax to be paid within Three Months after the Tenth day of June Time of Payment which shall be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three by the respective Parishes of this Their Majesties Island of JAMAICA into the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers hereafter Named according to the several Rates and Proportions hereafter mentioned in such Sort and Manner as by this present Act shall be Limited and Appointed and in no other Way or Manner whatsoever that is to say for every Negro Slaves rated Indian or Muletta Slave within this Island of what Age Condition or Quality soever or to whomsoever belonging shall be Paid for by the Masters Proprietors Owners Possessors Guardians or Persons Intrusted in the several Plantations Pens Crawls or Settlements within this Island the Sum of Eighteen Pence for each Negro Indian or Muletta Slave aforesaid and also for all Horses Mares and Cattel Colts Mules Asses and Neat Cattel the Sum of Seven Pence Halfpeny for each Beast and for all Sheep Lambs Goats and Kids the Sum of Two Shillings and Six Pence per Score AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid that it shall and may be Lawful for the Justices and Vestry in the several Parishes or Precincts or within the Commission of the Peace for the same to Assess Tax and Levy on all Overseers and Hired Servants the Sum of Six Pence in the Pound upon the Wages they receive per Annum Hired Servants Taxed And that all Handicrafts and Tradesmen be Rated and Taxed according to the Direction of the Justices and Vestry in the several Parishes where they reside any Law Custom or Usage to the Contrary in any wise notwithstanding AND for the Parish of Port Royal Port-Royal it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid that the Justices and Vestry shall Lay Assess Levy and cause to be Levy'd Twelve Pence in the Pound on all Rents to be Paid by all Tenants and Allowed by their Landlords and Proprietors and on all Leases to be Paid by the Lessee and be Allowed by the Lessor And also on the several Inhabitants for their several Trades Occupations and Callings according as they were Rated Assessed and Taxed by the Justices and Vestry in the Parish-Roll on Port Royal aforesaid for this present Year One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three And also on all Persons so Residing at the Town of St. Jago de la Vega S. Jago de la Vega. Twelve Pence in the Pound on all Rents to be Paid by all Tenants and allowed by the Landlords and Proprietors And all Leases to be Paid by the Lessee and Allowed by the Lessor and also according to the Rate Tax and Sum Assessed by the Justices and Vestry of St. Katharines for this present Year One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three Kingston And for the Persons Residing on Kingston Twelve Pence in the Pound on all Rents to be Paid by all Tenants and Allowed by the Landlords and Proprietors and on all Leases to be paid by the Lessee and allowed
of each Sloop aforesaid by his Commission and Instructions therewith to be given that they take care from time to time to their utmost Abilities to Guard and Defend the Coasts of this Island by constant Cruising and looking out both Windward and Leward North and South sides of this Island as his Honour in his great Wisdom shall from time to time Direct and Command BE it also Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Colonel Charles Knights and Josiah Heathcote Esq be and are hereby appointed impowered and warranted to be Treasurers to Receive and Pay all Sum and Sums of Mony as shall from time to time come to their Hands Treasurers for the more easie and ready dispatch of such Persons as they may have occasion to Deal with or pay all such Wages unto the Officers Seamen and Soldiers as the Occasion and Intent of this Act may require And as soon as the Receiver or Receivers before appointed and impowered have Bought or Hired and Equipped the said Sloops and Victualled them with sufficient Victuals for their respective Complements of Men aforesaid for the time they shall find convenient That the said Sloops be forthwith dispatcht out to Sea by Command and Direction of the Lieutenant Governour or Commander in Chief to Cruise about the Coasts of this Island as aforesaid And that the Receiver or Receivers keep a distinct Accompt of the Mony raised by this present Act. And for all Payments made for the Uses and Purposes by this Act required and render a just and true Accompt thereof Accompt to be given when demanded unto Their Majesties Lieutenant Governour or Commander in Chief and Council of all Sum and Sums of Mony by them and every of them received by Vertue of this present Act and how laid out and for what and to whom and for what Uses And shall in like manner give an Accompt to the Assembly of this Island when Sitting and Assembled when thereunto required of so much of the said Mony as shall be by them and every of them respectively received and to whom the same are issued and paid by them respectively and to what Uses and if the said Receiver or Receivers or any of them after the Receipt of any of the said Monies 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 he or they so Offending shall forfeit to Their Majesties Forfeit for and towards the support of the Government of this Island and contingent Charges thereof double the Sum so diverted or misapplyed AND for the better Order and Government of the said Sloops of War wherein the Honor of Their Majesties and the Interest of this Island are so much concerned Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid Articles and Orders That all and every the Articles and Orders mentioned in certain Acts of Parliament made in the Thirteenth year of the Reign of His Majesty Charles the Second of blessed Memory for the Establishing Articles and Orders for the Regulating and better Governing of his Majesty's Navies and Ships of War and Forces by Sea shall be duly and respectively put in Execution Observed and Obeyed on Board the said Sloops of War And are hereby declared to be the Law of this Island against all such Person or Persons aboard the said Sloops as shall Offend therein And for further Encouragement of the Officers Seamen and Soldiers aboard the said Sloops Encouragement of Officers c. All Ships Sloops or Vessels by them taken from the Enemy and not belonging to this Island are hereby likewise given them for their said Encouragement Provided always that all Slaves Vessels or Goods belonging to Their Majesties Subjects of this Island which the said Sloops of War shall happen to retake before they shall have arrived at the Enemies Port during the time that they or either of them are employed in this present Service on the Countries Charge as aforesaid shall be returned to the respective Owners or Proprietors their Agents or Attorneys any Law Custom or Usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the said Parties hereby raised or to be raised for the subduing the Rebellious Negroes aforesaid in case of Misdemeanour or Neglect of their Duty in that behalf shall be liable to the Pains and Punishments prescribed in the Articles of War as when Martial Law is in force in this Island and that the Captain of each Party receive for his Service in this Act intended and appointed the Sum of Four Pounds per Month Pay for the Land-Forces and that each Serjeant also receive Fifty Shillings per Month and each Soldier Forty Shillings per Month to be paid by the Receiver or Receivers without any Fee or Charge to either Officer or Soldier AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That for the better Encouraging of the Persons Employed on Board the said Sloops for the Service of Their Majesties and this Island that they shall receive as Salvage for all Vessels Slaves Prizes retaken and other Goods taken of this Island and by-them retaken before they are landed in any of the Enemies Commission-Ports One sixth part of the Vessels Slaves or Goods so retaken or the value thereof the said Vessels Slaves or Goods having been first Appraised by two Persons indifferently Chosen one by the Commander or Commanders of the said Sloop or Sloops and the other by the respective Owner or Owners which shall be divided among the Officers Seamen and Soldiers of the said Vessels proportionably to the Pay each Person receives of the 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 Vigour it is hereby Enacted that they shall Receive from the Treasurers Negro kill'd or retaken for each Negro Killed that was Actually in Rebellion which shall be Evidenced by bringing in his Head to any Justice the Sum of Forty Shillings And for each Negro in Rebellion taken and brought in alive not Maimed or Mortally Wounded the Sum 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 this Act Obliged and Impowred to pay the said Ten Pounds our of the Treasury and Receive the said Slave or Slaves and him or them Sell and Transport as aforesaid And the Produce retain in his or their Hands to be employed in the said Service and for defraying the Contingent Charges thereof And to the end that it may be the
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
which said Forfeitures shall be recovered by Action of Debt Bill Plaint or Information in any of Their Majesties Courts of Record within this Island wherein no Essoyn Injunction Protection Wager of Law or Nonvult ulterius prosequi shall be allowed any Law Custom or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding An ACT For Guarding the Sea-Coasts VVHEREAS since this present War with the French King Their Majesties Subjects Preamble Inhabiting the Sea-Coasts of this Island have been and still are frequently alarmed and for their own Safety and Security of the Island in general are obliged to keep constant Guards and Look-outs which by reason of the Scarcity of White Men is found to fall very severely upon the poorer sort of People to their great Disencouragement and even Chasing them away from their Habitations and Settlements WE therefore Your Majesties most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Assembly of this Your Majesties Island do humbly beseech Your Majesties That it may be Enacted and be it Enacted by Their Majesties Lieutenant-Governour Council and Assembly and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority of the same That the Justices and Vestry or the major Part of them or the Justices within the Commissions of the Peace where they have no Vestries in all and every the Parishes of this Island adjacent to the Sea and exposed to the immediate Incursions of an Enemy shall and are hereby Impowered and Required to raise Money how to be raised or cause to be levied such Summ and Summs of Money as to them by the Advice of the Chief Military Officer of that Place shall seem necessary for the Maintaining and Keeping Night-Watches Guards or Look-outs in such Place and Places as to them shall seem most proper and convenient for the Securing of the Inhabitants and Discovering and Preventing the Approach of the Enemy and all and every such Summ or Summs of Money as shall be thought needful as aforesaid to pay the said Guards Night-Watches or Look-outs shall be by them the said Justices and Vestry and in case of no Vestry by the Justices within the Commission of the Peace for the said Parish laid or assessed levied or taxed upon the several Inhabitants with and in such method manner time and form as the Parish-Taxes in their several and respective Parishes are or ought to be raised levied and taxed and the said Summ or Summs of Money so raised or levied shall be Collected with the Parish-Tax that is and shall be yearly raised by an Act of this Island Entitled An Act for the Maintenance of Ministers and the Poor and Erecting and Repairing of Churches by the Constable or Constables of the several Parishes or Precincts and by them forthwith paid into the Hands of the Church-Warden or Church-Wardens for the time being who shall and are hereby required to Issue forth and Pay the same to such Person or Persons employed in Guarding Watching or on Look-outs as aforesaid by Warrant from the Chief Officer of that Place And that all and every Person or Persons so employed and entrusted in Guarding Watching Failure in Duty and for Look-outs that shall fail or neglect his or their Duty according to the Charge and Trust given them shall be liable to such Pains and Punishments as if the Articles of War were now at such time in Force in this Island to be inflicted on them for such their Neglect AND that for this present Year the said Justices with in their said several Parishes or within the Commission of the Peace for the same shall within Ten Days after the Fifteenth Day of September One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three call and warn the Vestry-men to appear at a certain Day Time and Place as to them shall seem convenient Justices c. empower'd who are hereby then and there Impowered to make and lay such Tax as to them by the Advice of the Military Officer of that Place shall be thought needful for the Maintaining and Keeping such Guards Watches and Look-outs as shall be thought requisite for the Security of the Inhabitants and preventing Incursions of the Enemy and that in such Parishes where there is no Vestry the Justices within the Commission of the Peace shall lay such Tax as shall be thought requisite and cause the same to be levied and imployed as aforesaid and for the Receiving and Collecting of the said Tax the Constable shall retain to himself Twelve Pence in the Pound for the Levying and Collecting the same any Law Custom or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding Parish of Vere considered AND whereas several of the Inhabitants of the Parish of Vere have for the general Good and particularly for the Safeguard of their Parish subscribed to a Paper in the whole Summ of their Parish Tax they were asses'd at the last Year and paid the same by way of Loan unto Their Majesties for keeping such Guards and Night-Watches as aforesaid until they could be otherwise provided for by an Act of the Assembly nevertheless many of the Inhabitants of the said Parish have neglected and refused to Pay the same BE it therefore Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That the Justices and Vestry of they said Parish are hereby Required and Impowered at their first Meeting in Order to the Maintaining Guards and Look-outs as aforesaid to Tax Raise and cause to be Levied such Summ or Summs of Money as shall be made appear to them necessary to reimburse such Persons as have paid and expended their Money for the Watches and Safeguard of the said Parish according to the Subscriptions as aforesaid over and above what it shall be thought necessary by the Justices and Vestry with the Advice of the Chief Military Officer to Raise and Assess on the several Inhabitants for Maintaining their Guards and Look-outs as aforesaid which said Summ and Summs of Money so Levied as aforesaid shall be by the Church-Wardens forthwith paid unto such Person or Persons that have deposited and disburs'd their Money for Guarding and Look-outs according to the Subscriptions aforesaid AND whereas in some Parishes by reason of their long Tracts of Land on the Sea Coasts it will prove impossible to keep sufficient Look-outs to give Warning of the Enemies approach without the help of Beacons Be it therefore Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That the Justices and Vestry Beacons to be erected or the Justices within the Commission of the Peace where there is no Vestry shall Assess and Levy at the usual time and times in manner aforesaid such Summ and Summs of Money to erect and keep such and so many Beacons and in such convenient Place and Places as a Regimental Court-Martial shall think fit AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all and every Justice or Justices of the Peace Church-Warden or Church-Wardens that shall neglect or fail in the Execution of his or their Duty as aforesaid shall Forfeit the Summ of Five Pounds for such his
by the Lessor and for their several Trades Occupations and Callings to be Rated and Taxed by the Justices of the Parish of Sr. Andrews any thing in this Act to the Contrary notwithstanding AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid that the Nation and People of the Jews Residing within this Island The Jews Pay or cause to be Paid towards the Raising of the said Sum of Mony before mentioned and expressed to be Raised on the Inhabitants of this Island over and above and besides the Tax as aforesaid Assessed the full Sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds Currant Mony of this Island to be rated Assessed Taxed Collected and Paid in by Solomon Ararij Jacob de Leon Moses Toiro Jacob Mendez Guteres Jacob Henriques Jacob Rodrigues de Leon Moses Jesurum Cardoso Samuel Gabay Jacob Lopes Torres Isaac Coutinho Isaac Nunes Gonsales and Abraham Nunes or any Five of them into the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers hereafter mentioned Impowred and Appointed to Receive the same at or within One Month after the Tenth day of June which will be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three any thing herein to the Contrary notwithstanding Case of Failure And in Case of failure in the Compliance of the said Payment BE it furtâ—â—r Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds more besides the said Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds above appointed to be Assessed on the Nation and People of the Jews abovesaid That then it shall and may be Lawful for the Treasurer or Treasurers hereafter to be appointed by Warrant of Distress under his or their Hands and Seals Directed to the Constable or Constables for the respective Parishes where such Jew or Jews reside to Levy or singly cause to be Levyed at Discretion upon the several Jews Inhabitants of this Island such proportional Sum or Sums as shall make up the Sum of One Thousand Pound as aforesaid And also if any of the Jews Rated or Assessed by the Persons above-named shall refuse to Pay the said Sum by them so Assessed That then it shall and may be Lawful for the respective Justices in their respective Parishes or within the Commission of the Peace for the same where the said Jews reside for so much as any of the said Jews are Assessed and Rated by the Persons abovesaid who are hereby Impowred to Issue out their Warrant or Warrants to the respective Constables to Distrain any of the Goods and Chattels of any of the said Jews that shall refuse or delay to pay the same any Law Custom or Usage to the Contrary notwithstanding AND be it further Enacted that if the several Persons or any of them of the Jewish Nation beforementioned Impowred and Appointed to assess levy collect and pay in the aforesaid Sum assessed upon the Nation of the Jews shall neglect his or their Duty therein that then it shall and may be Lawful for the Governor or Commander in Chief by Warrant under his Hand and Seal Directed to the Provost-Marshal or his Lawful Deputy to Levy or cause to be Levied on all and every Person or Persons so Offending 100 l. forfeit One Hundred Pound currant Mony of this Island or the value thereof upon his or their Monies Slaves Goods or Chattels and sell the same by Publick Outcry returning the Overplus if any be to the Owner and in Case no Mony Slaves or Goods are to be found as aforesaid that then he take into Custody the Body of the Person or Persons so offending and him or them in safe Custody keep until he or they Pay the said Sum of One Hundred Pound for the said Offence any Law Custom or Usage or any thing in this Act seeming to the Contrary notwithstanding AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid that the respective Justices of the respective Parishes and Precincts or within the Commission of the Peace for the same or any two of them deliver into the Hands of their respective Constables within their respective Parishes and Precinct a Roll of such Tax or Assessment as aforesaid Time for Collection so that the Collection be made within Two Months after the Tenth day of June which shall be in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Ninety Three with a Warrant under the same Signed and Sealed by the said Justices or any two of them Impowring and Requiring the said Constables to Levy the said Tax or Assessment and Pay the same into the hands of the Church-Wardens for the time being in the Parish where the same is Taxed or Assessed as aforesaid And where it shall happen there are no Church-Wardens That then the Constables are hereby required to Pay the same into the Hands of the Justices of the said Parish Deducting Four Pence in the Pound for Collecting the same in all the Parishes of this Island Port Royal and Kingston only Excepted where it shall be done gratis who are hereby Required to Receive and Pay the same into the Hands of the Receiver or Receivers hereafter named within one Month after the Collecting thereof And lest any Person or Persons so as aforesaid Taxed or Assessed shall refuse or delay to pay his or their Tat or Assessment the said Justices or any two of them are hereby required in the Warrant aforesaid to Impower and Command the Constables aforesaid by Vertue thereof to Distrain the Slaves Horses Mares Colts Mules Asses Distress to be made Neat Cattle Sheep Lambs Goats Kids or any other Personal Estate whatsoever of Him Her or Them so refusing or delaying and sell the same forthwith at Publick Outcry retaining to themselves Twelve Pence in the Pound for every such Distress on Slaves Horses Mares Colts Mules Asses Neat Cattle Sheep Lambs Goats Kids or any other Personal Estate whatsoever Distrained on or Sold as aforesaid returning the Overplus if any be to the Owner AND be it further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid that for the better Assessing Collecting Levying and Paying in the Sums of Mony so as aforesaid Limited and Appointed to be Raised and Paid as aforesaid and for the more Effectual putting this Act in Execution Justices and Vestries Duty the Justices and Vestries within their several Parishes and Precincts or within the Commission of the Peace for the same are hereby Required and Impowred immediately on the passing this Act with all possible Speed to proceed to the Discharge of their said Duties in Manner and Form as is before Directed and Appointed AND be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if the Justices Vestry-men Constables or Church-Wardens or any of them shall neglect or wilfully fail in his or their Duty in Assessing Penalty of Neglect Collecting or Paying the same as aforesaid That then and in such Case every Justice so Neglecting or wilfully failing in his or their Duty in this Act Prescribed contrary to