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keepers or gaol-keepers shall and may, and they are hereby authori¬ 
zed to charge the owner or proprietor of such runaway slaves so adver¬ 
tised, at and after the rate of one shilling and three-pence per month 
for each paper, and no more; and that it shall and may be lawful 
for the keeper of the workhouse or gaol-keeper, to detaift and keep in 
his or their custody such runaway slave or slaves so brought unto him 
or them, until the owner or owners thereof, or some person on their 
behalf, properly authorized, shall pay unto him or them what he or 
they so paid to the person or persons who apprehended and brought 
such slave or slaves into custody, with two shillings and six-pence in 
the pound for laying out his or their money, the cost of advertising, 
after the rate above mentioned, and six-pence for every twenty-four 
hours such slave or slaves shall have been in custody, for maintenance, 
and two pence per day for medical care and extraordinary nourish¬ 
ment where necessary, and also the charges of advertising above di¬ 
rected, and no other fees whatever; and that the gaoler, workhouse- 
keeper, or supervisor, and no other person, shall attest, upon oath, that 
the charges in the account for mile-money, and the reward for appre¬ 
hending such slave, were actually paid to the person who brought 
such runaway, and that the whole of the charges in the said account 
are strictly conformable to this law. 
(Keepers of gaols, &c. to allow them provisions.) 
XL. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
the keeper of every workhouse or gaol in this island shall, under the 
penalty of ten pounds for every neglect, provide and give to every 
slave confined in such workhouse or gaol, a sufficient quantity of good 
and wholesome provisions daily ; that is to say, not less than one 
quart of unground Guinea or Indian corn, or three pints of the flour 
or meal of either, or three pints of wheat flour, or eight full-grown 
plantains, or eight pounds of cocoas or yams, and also one herring 
or shad, or other salted provisions equal thereto. 
(Keepers of gaols not to hire them out.) 
XLI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
no gaol-keeper in this island, or any person acting under him as clerk 
or deputy, shall on any pretence whatsoever, work or employ any 
slave or slaves sent to his custody, upon any plantation, pen, or set- 
