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III. The fjiicl proprietors fhall likewife be obliged to caufe fuch 

 permiffion as before-mentioned, to be entered in the regiftry of the 

 jurlfdiaion of the place where their refidence is, before their depar- 

 ture ; and alfo in that of the Admiralty, at the place of their landing, 

 within eight days next after their arrival in France. 



IV. If at any time mailers of flaves intend fending any of them over 

 to France, the perfons charged with their conveyance thither rtiall 

 obferve what is ordained in regard to mafters ; and the names of fuch 

 perfons fliall likewife be inferted in the permiffion aforefaid, of the go- 

 vernors general, or commandants, and in the declarations, and regifter, 

 above prefcribed. 



V. Negroe flaves of either fex, brought into France, or fent thi- 

 ther, by their mafters, may not pretend thereby to have obtained 

 their freedom, by coming within our realms but fliall be obliged to 

 return to our colonies, when their mafters think proper. If however 

 the mafters of flaves negledl to obferve the formalities required ia 

 the preceding articles, the faid flaves fliall be free, and fliall not be 

 reclaimable. 



VI. We forbid all perfons to carry off, or inveigle into France, 

 Negroe flaves from under the authority of their mafl;ers, on pain of 

 being liable to make good their value, in refpedl of age, llrength, 

 and induftry, according to an eftimate to be made thereof by the of- 

 ficers of our Admiralty, to whom we have affigned, and do hereby 

 aflign, the cognizance of thefe mattefs in the firft inftance. And in 

 cafe of appeal to our courts of parliament, or fuperior councils, we 

 will, bcfides, that the offenders be condemned for every delinquency, 

 in a fine of two thoufand livres ; one third part whereof to enure to 

 us, one third to the admiral, and the remaining third to the mafter of 

 the faid flashes, when the fine is awarded by the officers of the gene- 

 ral court of marble tables ; but, in cafe the faid fine be adjudged by 

 the officers of the efpecial courts of admiralty, then one moiety fliall 

 be to the admiral, and the other moiety to the mafter of the faid flaves, 

 and that without poffibllity of moderating fuch fines, under any pre- 

 tence whatever. 



VII. Negroes of either fex, brought or fent by their mafters into 

 France, fliall not marry there without confcnt of their mafters ; and 



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