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same may he. so hiHiotetl, or v/ithoiit tlie 

 presence and attendance, (lurin<; the whole 

 of s'ich piinislmienl oK some peisou of 

 ^ree condition other Ihuii and l)ei>i;le.i the 

 person by or by tlic autlioiity of wliom the 

 sanje may be so inlhcted ; the person or 

 persons so otfending, and eacli and every 

 person vvlio shall or may direct, a:>thorize, 

 instigate, procure, or be aiding, assisting, 

 or abetting, in any siicli ille^'al juiiiislimciit 

 of any male slave, shall be, and be deemed 

 to be, guilty of a niisdenieanonr. 



13. That Iicncefoi'.h it shall not lie 

 Jaufiil to correct or punish by fln;j_'ing or 

 whippinsf, any female slave within the 

 island ot Trinidad, for any offence coui- 

 riuted or alleged to be committed by any 

 such slave. 



14. That tlicre sliall be kept upon every 

 plantation and estate throughout the 

 >ai(l island, a book to be called the Plan- 

 tation Record Book ; and that it shall he 

 the duty of the owner,proprietor, manager, 

 or other person having the direction of, 

 and the chief authority in, the said planta- 

 tion, to enter and record iu the said book, 

 at or immediately after the time of tiie 

 infliciion of any punishment whatsoever, 

 on any female slave, 'or on any male slave 

 ■who may be punished with any number of 

 stripes exceeding three, a statement of 

 the nature and particulars of the offence 

 for or in respect of wbiclisiicb paaislmient 

 may be inflicted. 



15. That if any person, being the owner, 

 proprietor, or manager, of any plantation 

 or estate within the said island, or having 

 Ihe management thereof, or the chief au- 

 Ihority therein, shall neglect or omit to 

 make in the said Plantation Record Book, 

 any entry which, according to the provi- 

 sions of this present order ought to be 

 made therein, or shall not make such entry 

 within two days next after the infliction of 

 racli anil every punishment, to which the 

 name may refer, the person so offending, 

 shall incur and become subject and liable 

 to a penalty not exceeding one hundred 

 pounds, nor less than five pounds sterling. 



16. That every owner, proprietor, or 

 manager, or other person having the chief 

 authority within each and every planta- 

 tion or estate within the said island, shall, 

 on the first Monday which shall happen 

 next after llie fifth day of April, the twen- 

 ty-fourth day of June, t'le twenty-ninth 

 day of September, and the twcnty-fitth 

 day of December, in each year, repair to 

 the commandant for the time being of the 

 <]uarter in wliich such plantation or estate 

 may be situate, and then and there pro- 

 duce before him a precise and exact 

 transcript of every entry, which during 

 the quarter of a year next preceding, may 

 liavc been made in the Plantation Record 

 Book of his or her plantation or estate; 

 anil shall also take and subscribe an oalli, 

 to be annexed to the said transciipt. 



[April I, 



17. That the commandant of every 

 quarter shall, fourteen days before the 

 time of making the returns, transmit to the 

 owner or manager of every plantation^ 

 a printed blank form of the affidavits. 



18. That, if any person or persons shall 

 refuse or neglect to make any return, or to 

 take and subscribe the oaths recjUired by 

 this present order, the person or persons so 

 offending, shall incur and become liable to 

 the payment of a fine, not exceeding one 

 hundred pounds nor less than ten pounds 

 stt rlinj British money. 



19. That the commandant of every 

 quarter shall, and he is hereby required 

 to tiansmit to the protector and guardian 

 of slaves of the said island, at his office in 

 the town of Port of Spain, the whole of 

 the returns so to be made to him as atoie- 

 said, together with the original affidavit* 

 thereunto annexed, within fourteen day* 

 next after such quarterly returns shall be 

 complete. 



20. That the said protector of slaves 

 shall record and enrol in books, to be by 

 him kept for tliat purpose, the whole of 

 the returns so to be made to him. 



21. That upon the prosecution of any 

 person, for inflicting on any slave or slaves 

 any punishment hereby declared illegal, 

 if the marks or traces of recent Hogging 

 shall appear on the person, and if sucli 

 slave shall in open Court declare sucli 

 traces to be the consequences of any such 

 nnlawful punishment or correction, then 

 and in every such case, although sucli 

 slave should not be a competent witness 

 within the provisions of this present order, 

 the owner, proi)rietor, manager, or other 

 person having the charge of such slave, 

 shall be bound to prove, either that the 

 punishment was not inflicted by him, or 

 that such puni'liment was a lawful punish- 

 ment, within the meaninir of this orderj 

 or, iu default t.-f such proof, such owner, 

 proprietor, manager, or other person, shall 

 be convicted, and adjudged to be guilty of 

 the offetice imputed to him. 



22. That any persons being in a state of 

 slavery, who may be desirous to intermarry, 

 shall, at their election, apply either to the 

 protector and guardian of slaves, or to the 

 commandant of Ihe quarter, for a marriage 

 license, and sh.ill produce the consent, iii 

 writing, of their owner or manager; but 

 in case the owner or manager, or either, 

 shall refuse to consent, then the said pro- 

 tector and jfuardian of slaves, or com- 

 mandant, shall issue a summons, requiring 

 the owner or manager to appear before 

 liim. Anil if such owner or manager, 

 shall fail to appear before the said pro- 

 tector of slaves, or commandant, or, ap- 

 pearin;i, shall fail to lay before him good 

 and suliicient proof that such proposed 

 marriage would be injurious to the said 

 slaves, ihci) and in every such case the said 

 proteclw and guardian of slaves, or com- 



uiandant. 



