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A46390	The laws of Jamaica passed by the assembly, and confirmed by His majesty in council, Feb. 23. 1683 : to which is added, A short account of the island and government thereof, with an exact map of the island.; Laws, etc.	Jamaica.; Hanson, Francis.	1683 (1683)	Wing J124; ESTC R8077	81,296	288

Most Excellent MAJESTY Lord Keeper Lord President Lord Privy Seal Duke of Ormond Duke of Beaufort Earl of Oxford Earl of Chesterfield Earl of Sunderland Earl of Clarendon Earl of Bath Earl of Craven Earl of Ailesbury Earl of Conway Earl of Nottingham Earl of Rochester Lord Bishop of London Mr. Secretary Jenkins Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Chief Justice Pemberton Mr. Godolphin WHereas by the Powers given unto Charles Earl of Carlile late Governour in Chief of the Island of Jamaica and in his Absence to the Commander in Chief thereof for the time then being Dated the Third day of November in the 32 d Year of His Majesties Reign as also by a Commission unto Sir Thomas Lynch Knight now Governour in Chief of the said Island bearing Date the Sixth Day of August 1681. His Majesty has been Graciously Pleased to Authorize and Impower the Governour Council and Assembly of the said Island to Constitute and Ordain Laws which are to continue and be in force untill His Majesties Pleasure be signified to the contrary And forasmuch as certain Laws have in pursuance of the said Powers and Commissions been transmitted unto His Majesty with the Humble Desire of the said Council and Assembly that His Majesty would be Pleased to pass the same in the Words following An ACT Appointing the Number of the Assembly BE it Enacted and Ordained by the Governour Council and Assembly and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same that in every Assembly hereafter to be called by His Majesties Writs and held within this Island there be Chosen Three Representatives for the Parish of St. Catharines the like number for the Parish of Port Royal and Two for each other of the respective Parishes that now are or hereafter shall be in this Island and that the Provost Marshal or his Lawful Deputy give to every Person Elected within ten Days after his Election notice that he is so Elected Provided always that every Person Elected shall be a Free-holder in this Island and that none have Right to Vote in any Election but those that are Free-holders in the same Parish Where the Election is to be made An ACT For Regulating Servants BE it Enacted and Ordained by the Governour Council and Assembly and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority of the same That all and every Master or Masters of Slaves for the first five Working Slaves shall be Obliged to keep one White Man Servant Over-seer or Hired Man for Three Months at least and if the Number increase to Ten Two and for every Ten after the first One to be Resident in the Plantation where the Negroes are employed and if any shall be wanting for the space of six Months of the proportion aforesaid he she or they for every Servant so wanting shall forfeit five pounds to the Use of the Parish where such Default shall be made to be Recovered by the Church-Wardens by Action of Debt in any Court of Record in this Island And it is further Enacted and Ordained by the Authority aforesaid That all Masters Mistresses or Over-seers of Slaves who shall not truly inform the Constable or Constables within their several Precincts when thereunto required of all such Hired Men or Servants and Working Slaves as shall justly and truly belong unto them or under their Care shall forfeit the Sum of Twenty pounds to be Recovered by Bill Plaint or Information in any Court of Record within this Island where no Essoign Protection or Wager of Law shall be allowed one Third of which Penalty shall be to our Soveraign Lord the King his Heirs and Successors for and towards the Support of the Government of this Island and the Contingent Charges thereof one Third to the Church-Wardens of the Parish where the Offence shall be Committed for the Use of the said Parish and the other Third to the Informer or he that shall sue for the same And whatever Constable or Constables shall neglect his or their Duty herein by not demanding an Account every Six Months and returning the same unto the Justices sitting at the next Quarter-Sessions of that Precinct which they are hereby required to do shall for every such Default forfeit the like Sum of Twenty pounds to be Recovered and applyed in manner and form aforesaid That all Servants shall have according to their Contract and Indenture and where there is no Contract or Indenture Servants under Eighteen Years of Age at their Arrival in this Island shall serve Seven Years and above Eighteen Years of Age shall Serve Four Years and all Convicted Felons for the time of their Banishment and at the expiration of the Times aforesaid shall receive from their last Master Mistress or Employer Forty shillings and a Certificate of their Freedom upon Demand and whosoever shall refuse without just Cause to give such Certificate to Servant Artificer or Labourer whose Time is expired or Contract performed shall forfeit forty shillings for every such Refusal And whosoever shall Employ any Free Person without a Certificate from the the last Employer of the Performance of his or their last Bargain or Contract shall forfeit Ten pounds That no Person or Persons presume to Trade with any Servant or Slave without the Master or Mistresses Consent on Penalty of forfeiting to the Master or Mistress of such Servant or Slave treble the value of the things Traded for bought or Sold and also Ten pounds Currant Money of this Island to be recovered by such Master or Mistress by Action of Debt in any Court of Record And all Contracts made with Servants or Slaves to be utterly void That if any Servant or Hired Labourer shall lay violent Hands upon his or her Employer Over-seer or other Person put in Authority over him or her such Servant or Labourer shall for such Offence Serve his or her Employer without any Wages twelve Months by Order of any Justice of the Peace on Conviction That by the like Order and Conviction any Over-seer or Artificer Hired Labourer or Servant that shall embezle purloin make away or waste any of his or her Employers Money Goods or Chattels not exceeding the value of forty shillings shall serve or make Satisfaction according to the Discretion of any one of His Majesties Justices of the Peace and if above the value of forty shillings to serve two Years by the like Order without any Wages and be further liable in case that Time will not satisfie and if any such Person as aforesaid shall embezle purloin or make away any Money Goods or Chattels of any others than their Masters Mistresses or Employers they shall incur the same Penalty and Serve the Party injured as aforesaid after their Time expired with their Masters or Mistresses And be it further Enacted by Authority aforesaid That if any Freeman of this Island shall at any time hereafter beget a Woman-Servant with Child he shall upon due Proof thereof made which Proof shall be by the Oath of the

any Court of Record within this Island by Bill Plaint or Information wherein no Essoin Protection Wager of Law or Non vult ulterius prosequi shall be admitted or allowed any thing in this Act or any other seeming to the contrary notwithstanding And that the said Collector Receiver or his Deputy shall not at any time hereafter upon any pretence whatsoever pay the said One Thousand Pounds per Annum or any part or parcel thereof or any other Sum or Sums of Money whatsoever arising from the Quit-Rents or by Vertue of this Act unless he or they shall first have or receive for his or their Authority a Warrant under the Hand and Seal of the Governour or Commander in Chief for the time being with the Advice and Consent of the Council expressing the Sum to be paid and the end and purpose whereunto the same is or shall be applied And in case the Collector Receiver-General or his Deputy shall contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof pay any Sum or Sums of Money whatsoever or if any other person or persons whatsoever shall misapply any of the Moneys so as aforesaid appropriated contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act the Offender or Offenders shall forfeit and pay treble the Sum by him or them so paid or misapplied Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid That all Forfeitures and Penalties mentioned in this Act and not declared how they shall be disposed of and in what manner to be recovered shall be one half to our Sovereign Lord the King His Heirs and Successors for and towards the Support of the Government of this Island and the contingent Charges thereof and the other half to the Informer to be recovered by Bill Plaint or Information in any Court of Record within this Island wherein no Essoin Protection Wager of Law Non vult ulterius prosequi or Injunction shall be allowed any thing in this Act or any other to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding And it is hereby Enacted and Declared by the Authority aforesaid That from and after the First day of this present October an Act intituled An Act for Raising a Publick Impost made at an Assembly held at the Town of St. Jago de la Vega the Fourth day of October in the Three and thirtieth Year of His Majesty's Reign that now is and all and every Clause and Clauses therein contained be and are hereby repealed to all intents and purposes whatsoever And it is hereby Enacted and Declared by the Authority aforesaid That this present Act remain and continue in force for the Term of Seven Years and no longer WHich Laws having upon the perusal of the Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Trade and Foreign Plantations been presented to His Majesty at this Board His Majesty was graciously pleased with the Advice of His Privy Council to approve and confirm the same for the space of Seven Years to commence from the First of October last preceding the Date hereof And pursuant to His Royal Pleasure thereupon signisied and expressed the said Laws are hereby approved and consirmed for the space of Seven Years accordingly John Nicholas FINIS LAW-BOOKS Printed for or Sold by Charles Harper at the Flower-de-Luce over against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleet-street Folio Law THe Statutes at large from Magna Charta to this present Year 1682. in Paragraphs and Sections with References to the Books of the Law and an exact Table By Joseph Keble of Gray's-Inn Esq in folio An Assistance to Justices of the Peace for the easier performance of their Duty The first Part thereof being a Collection of all the particular Clauses of Statutes from Magna Charta to this time that does any ways concern Juslices of the Peace In the other Part the whole Office of a Justice is methodically digested with the newest and most approved Presidents under proper Heads the whole accommodated to present use By Joseph Keble of Gray's-Inn Esq A Collection of Entries c By William Rastal fol. The Lord Coke's Book of Entries His Commentary on Littleton being the first Part of the Institutes His Commentary on Magna Charta c. or the 2 d Part of the Institutes His Pleas of the Crown or 3d. Part of the Institutes His Jurisdiction of Courts or 4th Part of the Institutes His 11 Reports in French with a Table and the 12th and 13th in English His 11 Reports compleat in English with a Table An Abridgment of Cases and Resolutions of Law contained as well in the Law-Books Statutes and Records as of modern Judgments in the Courts of Westminster By H. Roll Serjeant at Law Published by the L. C. J. Hales The Year Books in to Volumes the last Edition with new Notes and Tables to them all Origines Juridiciales oran Account of the English Laws Courts of Justice Forms of Tryal Punishment in Cases Criminal Law-Writers Law-Books Grants and Settlements of Estates c. Also a Chronology of the Lord Chancellors Keepers Treasurers Justices Itinerant Judges Barons Masters of the Rolls Kings Attorneys and Sollicitors and Serjeants at Law By Sir William Dugdale Kt. The Law of Common Assurances touching Deeds in general viz. Feoffinents Gifts Grants Leases with two Alphabetical Tables By William Sheppard Esq The Country Justice containing the Practice of the Justices of the Peace as well in as out of Sessions By M. Dalton with large Additions printed 1682. Modern Reports By William Style of the Inner-Temple Esq Actions for Slanders By William Sheppard Esq Reports of H. 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Vaughan lato Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The Reports of Sir James Dyer in the time of H. S. Ed. 6. Phil. and Mary and Q. Elix with a Table The Reports of the Lord Keeper Littleton in the time of King Charles the First with Tables The Office and Authority of Sheriffs gathered out of the Statutes and Books of the Common Law Corrected and very much enlarged by Mich. Dalton with