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 C. 27. 1x tue 30th year or GEORGE III. A. D. 1790. 
 CAP. XXVIIL. 
 
 “+ An. Act encouraging new setilers in His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in Ame- ; 
 rica. 
 
 HEREAS it is expedient that encouragement should be given to persons that 
 4 are disposed to come and settle in ar of His Majesty’s Colonies and 
 ie in America and the West Indies; Be it therefore enacted by the 
 f4ing’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spi- 
 ritual and te mporal and commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the 
 authority of the same, that from and after the first day of August, one thousand seven 
 hundred and ninety, if any person or persons, being a subject or subjects of the ter- 
 ritory or countries be longing to the United States of America, shal come from thence 
 | together with his or their family or families, to any of thegahama, Bermuda, or So- 
 ~ mers Islands, or to any part of ‘the Province of Quebec Op Novascotia, or any of the 
 territories belonging to his Majesty in North America, rr the purpose of residing 
 and settling there, it shall and may be lawful for any such person or persons having 
 first obtained a license for that purpose from the Governor, or in his absence, the 
 _ Lieut. Governor of the said Islands, Colonies, or Provinces respectively, to import the 
 ~ same in British ships, owned by his Majesty’s s subjects, and navigated according to 
 law, Any Negroes, household furniture, utensils of husbandry or clothing, free of du- 
 ty: provided “always s that such household furniture, utensils of husbandry and cloth- 
 ing, shall not in the whole exceed the value of fifty pounds, for every white person that 
 | shall belong to such family; and the value of for ly shillings for every negro brought 
 by such white person; and if any dispute shall arise as to the value of such household 
 furniture, utensils of husbandry or clothing, the same shall be heard and determined 
 by the arbitration of three British merchants, at the port where the same shall be im- 
 : ported, one of such merchauts to be appointed by the Governor, oy in his absence 
 ' the Lieut. Governor of such Islands or Province, one by the collector of the custonis at 
 } - such port and one by the person so coming with his family. 
 | And be it further enacted, That all sales or bargains for the sale of any Negro, 
 household furniture, utensils of husbandry, or clothing so imported, which shall~be 
 made within twelve calender months after the importing of the same, (except in cases 
 of bankruptcy or death of the owner thereof,) shall be null and void to all intents and 
 purposes whatsoever. 
 y And be it further enacted, That every white person so coming to reside, if above 
 3 the age of fourteen years, shall, and he is hereby required, immediately after his arri- 
 yal, to take the oath of allegiance to His Majesty, his heirs and successors, before the 
 r Gor ernor, Lieut. Governor, or chief magistrate of the place where such persons shall 
 arrive, and at the same time swear that it is his intention to reside and settle in such 
 Island and Province, for which oaths, such Governor, Lieut. Governor, or chief Magis- 
 trate shall receive the same fee and no more, as is pi iyable by law on administering the 
 oath of allegiance ‘n cases where the same is now by law required, 
 
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 ~. MACKENZIE; PRINTER—YORK, U. (