t the colony in which such slave or slaves may be resident, who shall terwards be duly registered, in the next return required by law, in the said colony, shall be deemed and considered to pass, and be conveyed and affected as registered slaves, by such deed or instrument as effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if such issue were therein named and described; any thing in this act contained to the contrary notwithstanding." slaves from one British colony to ano ther regu lated. Clause 11.-"That wherever any slave or slaves shall be sent Transfers of from any colony now or hereafter under the dominion of his majesty, his heirs or successors, with intent that such slave or slaves shall be removed to, and remain in, some other colony under the dominion of his majesty, his heirs or successors, the owner or owners, or other person or persons sending any such slave or slaves, shall produce to the collector, or other principal officer of his majesty's customs, at the port at which any such slave or slaves shall. be shipped or embarked, a copy duly certified by the registrar of the said colony, of the name and description, or names and descriptions by which such slave or slaves has or have been registered, and of all other particulars relating thereto, stated in the - said registry; which copy, so certified, shall be by such collector or other principal officer, indorsed with his own name and handwriting, and shall be annexed to the clearance or permit to be given for the shipment and exportation of such slave or slaves, and shall, on the arrival of such ship or vessel, in which such slave or slaves shall be sent, at the port in any other British colony to which the same shall be destined, be produced; also to the collector or principal officer of the customs, at such last-mentioned port, who shall examine the same, and shall also ascertain, by personal inspection, whether the slave or slaves brought by such ship or vessel, agree in description with the slave or slaves mentioned in such certificate or clearance, and if not, shall refuse to admit the same to an entry; but in case of such agreement, shall indorse such certificate with his name and hand-writing; and the said certificate, so indorsed, shall be forthwith delivered by the collector to the registrar of slaves in such last-mentioned colony." Clause 12." That if any slave or slaves shall be exported, sent, carried, or conveyed, from any colony under the dominion of his majesty, his heirs or successors, without such certified copy from the registrar of the colony from which the same shall be so exported, sent, carried, or conveyed, such slave or slaves, with the ship or vessel in which the same shall be so exported, sent, carried, or conveyed, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized as forfeited, and prosecuted, condemned, and dealt with in all respects, as if such slaye or slaves had been brought from, or destined Penalties for slaves withou exporting a certificate. mestic slaves aud mariners. destined to, any foreign colony or place, contrary to the act, passed in the forty-seventh year of his majesty's reign, intituled, "An act for the abolition of the slave trade;" Provided always, That nothing Proviso for do- herein contained, shall prevent, or be construed to prevent, the embarkation or passage from one British colony to another, or to any other colony or place, in such manner as is now permitted by law, of any domestic slave or slaves, in actual attendance on the person of his, her, or their, master or mistress, or any part of the family of such master or mistress, being a passenger or passengers in the same ship or vessel, or of any slave or slaves employed as a mariner or mariners on board of any such ship or vessel, but in addition to all clearances and certificates now required by law, it shall be necessary in all such cases, after the first day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty, for the master or owner of any such domestic slave or slaves, or mariner or mariners, to btain from the registry of the colony to which the same shall belong, an extract, certified by the registrar thereof, showing that such domestic slave or slaves, or that such slave or slaves employed as a mariner or mariners, has or have been duly entered in the slave registry of the said colony, by their name and description, or names and descriptions therein specificd, which extract and certificate shall be always on board the ship or vessel in which any such domestic or mariner is carried or employed; and unless such extract and certificate of registration shall be found on board, any such slave or slaves, so carried or employed, after the time aforesaid, shall be forfeited, and shall and may be seized as forfeited, and prosecuted, condemned, and dealt with, as aforesaid: Provided always, That if any domestic slave or slaves, in actual Certificates to attendance upon the person of his, her, or their, master or mistress, or any part of the family of such master or mistress, shall be 'brought into, or landed in, any British colony, the extract and certificate of his, her, or their, registration in the colony from which he, she, or they, may have come, shall be forthwith produced to the collector or principal officer of the customs, and a copy thereof shall be by him delivered to the registrar of slaves in the colony into which he, she, or they, may be brought; and if the said domestic slave or slaves shall be again removed from the colony into which they may have been so brought, previous to the next period for making returns of slaves therein, the collector shall, previous to the embarkation of such domestic slave or slaves, return to the party requiring it, the original extract and certificate of registration delivered into his office, to be kept on board the ship or vessel in which such domestic slave or slaves may be Carried.” be produced for domestic, slaves, which are to be de. livered back. THE END, { " INDEX TO THE SLAVE LAWS OF JAMAICA, ABOLITION acts declared in force, 92. AFRICANS not to be imported nor held in slavery, under penalty, 92-mode of ALLIGATOR'S teeth in obeah, 124. ALLOWANCE to be given where no grounds cultivated, 106. ARMS in possession of slaves, 123. ARSON felony, 122, 134. ASSAULTS by slaves on whites or persons of free condition, 123-on slaves, 127 INGS. Ass-stealing, 125-maiming, 126. BAPTISM of slaves not to give freedom, 77-fee for, 104-slaves to be fitted BIRTHS and deaths to be annually given in to vestry, and reward for births, 107. BLOOD-drinking for unlawful oaths punished, 125. BOND. See MANUMISSION and TRANSPORTED. BREAKFAST-time half an hour, 112. BURGLARY, how punishable, 122. BURIALS regulated, 118. CARRYING off slaves felony, 3-captains of vessels not to carry them off, 18- CATTLE, horses, &c. punishment for stealing, 125-or maiming, 126, 127. CHILDREN of slaves to revert like the parents, 78-females having six, ex- CHRISTIANS, slaves not to be free by becoming, 77. CHRISTIAN religion, rectors and curates to instruct slaves and free people in CHURCHWARDENS to record manumission bonds, 39. CLERGYMEN to baptisé slaves when required, 105. 1.. CLOTHING CLOTHING to he as directed by justices and vestry, 106-to whom yearly ac Coco-bay. See YAWS. COFFEE, sugar, or other produce, not to be sold by slaves, nor purchased! COLLAR, on whom it may be put, 115. COLLECTING Constables not to distrain on slaves when other distress can be 48. CONCEALMENT of slaves, in cases of disputed titles, penalty for, 69-in cases CORONERS proceedings regulated; 145, 6, 7. COUNCIL of protection, magistrates and vestry, 113. COURTS. See SLAVE-COURTS. CRIMES Committed by slaves previous to manumission to be tried by slave lars, CROWN slaves, how to be returned, 84. CRUELLY whipping, punishable, 113. CURATIS to propagate Christianity among slaves and free people, 103-to DAYS, one in every fortnight allowed, except in crop time, 105. DEATHS, sudden, eoroner to be informed of, 145-bodies not to be buried but. DEBTS, slaves may be taken for when no other effects, 77. DETAINING slaves under false pretences punishable, 28. DEVISES of slaves by will, form of, 9. DINNER, two hours allowed for, 112. DISABLED: See INFIRM DISMEMBERING. See MUTILATING. DISTEMPERED or disabled slaves, how disposed of, 109. DIVERSIONS allowed and regulated, 118. DIVINE service, shops to be shut during, 105. Docs, slaves not to hunt or travel with, 133-dogs teeth as obeah, 124. DOWER, slaves for may be taken for debts, 78-barred by husband's sale of DROGGER, Only one slave to be employed in a, 1-not to employ foreign EJECTMENT, in workhouses, 131. See TITLFS. ESCAPES, from the island, 133-from workhouses, 142. EVIDENCE of slaves good against maroons, 22-against each other, 134-pu EXECUTION, Do slaves to be taken under, when goods offered, 1, 77. EXECUTIONS of slaves may be suspended, 134-must be solemn and public, 139 FEES of slaves discharged by proclamation to be paid by the public, 143. FELONIES by slaves, how prosecuted, 122, 134. FEMALES having six children exempted from hard labour, 108. FEMME COVERT, slaves belonging to cannot be tolled, 78. FIREARMS or gunpowder not to be sold or given to slaves or maroons, 145➡ FIRING houses, canes, or corn, how punishable, 122, 134 FLESH or meat, slaves punishable for having large quantities unaccounted FOREIGN FOREIGN and French slaves. See ST. DOMINGO. FOREIGNERS of colour exciting sedition, how to be treated, 52. FREEDOM not to be given to slaves until proper security lodged, 8-baptism MISSION. GAOLS, slaves confined in to be allowed five shillings per week and medical as✔ GOAT stealing punishable, 125. GROUNDS to be inspected every month, and annually reported to the vestry, GUNPOWDER or firearms not to be possessed by slaves, 123-not to be dis HARBOURING slaves, how punished, 128 HAWKING goods regulated, 2. HIGHWAYS, laying nuisances on punishable, 20. HIRING slaves to themselves prohibited, 4-Tickets for a month allowed, 116, HOLIDAYS allowed, 112. HOMINE REPLEGIANDO in workhouses, 131. HORSE-kind not to be kept by slaves, 119-oath to be made that they have HOURS of working fixed, 112. HOUSES, not to be built for, or rented to, slaves in towns or savannas, 36, 37% HUSBANDS Conveyance of slaves, held in his own right, bars dower, 78. I CREASE of slaves encouraged, 107. INDIANS declared free, 3, 12-punishment for kidnapping, purchasing, or self- INDICTMENTS, no exceptions to be made to for slaves, 137. INFERIOR crimes. See Misdemeanours. INFIRM slaves in workhouses, how the owners dealt with, 25:-to be kept on INQUESTS to be held on slaves, 145, 146. INVEIGLING slaves, how punishable, and mode of proceeding in trials for, 28 JUDGMENTS to bind slaves, 38. JURY on slave trials twelve, 135-those ou quarter sessions must attend, 137: KILLING slaves felony, 113. LAW of 1809 in force as to crimes committed by slaves, 145-as also for crimes LETTERS of marque, slaves taken in and condemned, to be transported, 63, LEVIES of slaves under certain circumstances, not to be removed, 14-mode LIFL-HOLD, if slaves so held, or for a term of years, are levied on, notice of |