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;S ATURD AY, June aB, 1788* -
GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
OR
INDEPENDENT REGISTER.
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FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JUR Y, to remain inviolate forever. Ccnfitnticn ts Qtergia *
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An aQ for regulating the trade between thejub
je&s of his Majesty's colonies and plantations
in North-America-, and in the IP est-India
JJlands , and the countries belonging to the
XJnited Stales of America ; and between his
Mate fix's /aid fubjeds and the foreign funds
in the Weft-Indies .
WHEREAS the regulations
# made by his Majesty’s seve
ral orders in council, for car
rying on the commerce be
tween his Majesty’s fubjetls
in North-America, and in the Weft-Indies,
and the inhabitants of the territories belong
ing to the United States of America, in pur
suance of the powers veiled in his Majesty
.for that purpose by several ad» of parliament,
.have by experience been found to be benefici
al : And whereas it is now proper that the
laid regulations ihould be eftabliftied and
.made permanent; Be it therefore enacted by
-the king's meft excellent majesty , by and nvi ‘h
the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and
temporal , and commons, in this ptefent parlia
ment ffftembledyand by the authority of the fame ,
That n !° good* or commodities whatever ftiall
'.be! imported or brought from any of the ter
ritories belonging to the United States of Ame
rica, into any .of Jus Majesty’s \Veft -India
islands (in which description the Bahama is
lands, and the Bermuda or Somers iftands
are included) under the penalty of the for
feiture thereof, and also ofthe ftiip or veftel in
which the fame iliatl be so imported or brought,
with all her guns, furniture, ammu
nition, tackle and apparel, except tobacco,
.pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flax, malls,
yards., bowsprits, ftaves, heading-boards,
timber, ftiingles, and lumber of any fort;
borfes, neat cattle, llieep, bogs, poultry, and
J>ve flock of any fort; bread, bifeuit, flour,
peas, beans, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats,
barley, and grain of any fort; such commo
dities refpedjvely, being the growth or pro
dudion of any of the territories of the said
United States of America.
And be it further enatfed by the authority
afore paid, That none of the goods or com
modities herein before excepted# enumerated
jand. d.efcribed, fball be imported or brought
into any of the said iftands from the territoi
j-ies of the said United States, under she like
penalty of the forfeiture thereof, and also of
the ftiip or veftel in which the fame dial! be
jfo imported or brought, together with all her
guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle and ap
parel, except by Britilh fubjeds, and in Bri
tish built Chips, owned by his Majesty’s sub-
and navigated according to iavr.
And be it further enacted by the authority
rforejaid , That it ftiaiJ be lawful to export
from any of the said Weft-Indja iftands to
any .port or place withip the territories be
longing so the said United States, any goods
or commodities whatsoever, which are not
now by law prohibited to be exported from
the said islands to any foreign country or place
in Europe; and also sugar, molasses, coffee,
coqoa-nuts, ginger and pimento: And that
all cocoa-nuts or ginger which (hall be so ex
ported, fball be fubjed and liable to the fame
duties to which the fame are now severally
fubjed and liable if exported to any Britilh
colony or plantation in America; and that the
said duties ftiall be raised, levied, colleded,
paid, _ recovered and applied, ia the fame
T H E
manner as the duty on cocoa nuts or ginger
exputted to any Britilh colony or plantation
in America aiefeverally raised, levied, col
lected, paid, recovered and applied : Pro
•vidtd s> That no sugar, molalles, cof
fee, tocoa-nuts, ginger, or pimento, nor any
other articles or commodities whattoever,
(except fait from the islands calied Turk’s
illands, being part of the Bahama islands)
lhall be so exported, except by Btitith fubiefts,
and in Britilh built Ihips, owned by his Ma
jesty’s fubjefts, and navigated according to
law, tinder the like penalty of the foifeiture
thereof, and also of the lhip or veil'd in
which the fame (hall be exporter!, together
with her guns, furniture, ammunition, tackle
and apparel.
And he it further enabled by the authority
afrefaidt That in every case where, on ex
portation of anv goods or commodities to
any Britilh colony or plantation in America,
a bond is now, or may be hereafter required
by law for the due landing of such goods and
commodities in such colony or plantation, and
a certificate is required to difeharge such bond,
a similar bond Jhall be required, on exporta
tion of such goods or commodities to the ter
ritories of the United States, for the due
landing the fame in the said territories;
and such bond (hall and may be difeharged,
upon a certificate under the hand and seal of
the Britilh consul or vice-consul, provided
any such consul or vice-consul thall be resi
dent at the port or place where such goods
{hall be landed; or in there lhall not be
any such consul or vice-consul so refi dent, then
under the hand and seal of any officer or of
ficers who are or may be appointed by the said
United States, or any of them, for the pur
pose of granting such certificate; and if it
lhall happen that thete finll not be any officer
so appointed, then, and in such case, such
bond lhall and may be*c]ifcljarged, upon a
certificate under the hand and seal of any ma
girtl&te of the said Uni ed States, or any of
them, certifying that theie is no such officer
at the port or place where such goods lhall be
landed, and that oath hath been made before
foch niagiftrate by the matter, or other per
son having the charge or command of such
ship or yelfel, that the goods for which such
certificate is required werd duly landed by
him at such port or place within the;territories
belonging to the said United States.
And whereas it is expedient to give due en
couragement to the making of fait in the said
illands called Turk’s islands V Be it therefore
further enabled by ihe authority aforejaid , That
it lhall and may be lawful for any ship or ves
sel belonging to the inhabitants Os fie said
United States of America coming in bailaft,
and net otherwise, to enter the ports of the
said illands, called Turk’s illands, for the
purpose of being there laden with fait, and
for no other purpose whatever; underand :
fubjeft to the provisions, regulations and re
ftriftions hereinafter mentioned ; any thing
in this aft, or any law, bfage, pr custom, to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Providtd always, That the maficr, or other
person having or taking the charge or com
mand of such lhip or veflcl lhall, immediately
after the arrival of such lhip or vettel n.to any
port ofthe said ittands, make a just and true en
try, upon oath, before the collector or othtr
principal officer of such port, of his lhip or
veflekdcclaring of what country ihe is built,ho w
manned; who was the matter during the voy.
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age, and who are the owners thereof, and the
i purpose foi w hich (lie euters the laiu port, in
order that such (hip or vettel may undergo the
ft arch and examination ofthe proper officers
of his Majefiy’a cuftoras j and such matter
or other person taking the charge or command
, thereof, lhall truly answer upon oath to such
quefttons touching and concerning the fame,
as lhall be demanded of him by such collec
tor, or o’her principal officer, upon pain, for
any default therein, that such matter, or 0-
ther person having or taking the charge cr
command of such fli p or vettel, lhall forfeit
i the sum of one b net red founds ; and the
leftor, or oilier principal officer of his Ma«»
jest ’s customs at such port, is hereby autho
rifed and required to adminittcr the said oaths
p herein before required to be taken.
And be it further enabled by 'he authority
aforejaid , That there lhall be raised, levied,
coliefted, and paid, unto and for the use of
| his majesty, bis heirs and fucceflors, a ton-
I nage duty at and after the rate of TwoShiU
| lings and Six-pence fteiling payable in dollar#
at the rate of Five Mailings and Sixpence pet
ounce, so e ichanu every ton but then of every
ftiip or vettel belonging to the inhabitants of the
said United states of America, so corning to
ihe said illands called Turk’s illands; and that
the tonnage of every such lhip or vcliel lhall
be afeertatned bv i cjmeafurement, made by
such officer or officers as Jhall be appointed
for that purpose by the commiffionera of hi#
N»ajefty’s customs in England for the time
being, or any four or more of them; which
said officer or officers so appointed as afore*
said, fliall. adincafure luch lhip or vettel ac
cording to the following method, via. Drop
a plumb hue over the Beta of the lhip, and
meafnre the difiance between such line and
the after-part of the ttern port at the load
water maik; meafure from the top of
the said p’umb-ljne, in a parallel direftiorj
wi h ihe water, to a perpendicular point im
nicdia ely oVer the load watermark at the fore
part .of the main flem ; fubtrafting from fuclt
measurement the above distance, the remain
der will be the (hip’s extreme lengthy from
wh.ch is to be deducted three iuchesfor every
foot of the load draught of water for thd
rake abaft, and also three-fifths of tb# (hip’*
breadth for the rake forward, the remainder
lhall be esteemed the just length of the keel,
to find the tonnage; and the breadth dial! bo
taken from out fide to outside of the plank,
fn the btoadeft part of the (hip, either above
or below the main wales, exclufiye of all
manner of llieathing or doubling that may he
wrought upon the tide of the tttip ; ft l * o mul
tiply the length of the keel for tonnage
flic, bteadth so taken, and that pioduft by
half the breadth, and divided by ninety-four,
the quotient lhall be deemed the true contents
of the tonnage.
And be it further enabled by the authority
aforejaid , That the fufl and Hue amount of rhe
said tonnage duty, so afeertained as aforefald,'
lhall be paid into ths hands of thecoUeftorof
b ; s Majcfty’s customs in the said illands rc
fpettively, at the' port or place wherein bo
lhall t?e appointed to refidcin any of the said
iflandl before any fait (ball be loadcn or laid
on board of such lhip or vettel; and tucb duty
lhall be under the management of the fcid
I committioners of his Majefty 1 # customs, and
> | be railed, levied, coliefted, paid and recover*
} cd, iu such and the like manner; and by fuel*