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(Slaves not to purchase horses, ®Y.) 
LXV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
from and after the passing of this act, no negro or other slave in this 
island shall purchase or buy any horse, mare, mule, or gelding, un¬ 
der the penalty of forfeiting such horse, mare, mule, or gelding, and 
to be disposed of as herein before mentioned: And if any person 
whatsoever shall sell or give any horse, mare, mule, or gelding, to 
any negro or other slave, or to any person in trust for such negro or 
other slave, every such person shall, for every such horse, mare, 
mule, or gelding, so sold or given, forfeit the sum of thirty pounds; 
and every person who shall purchase, or be concerned in the purchase 
of, any horse, mare, mule, or gelding, in trust for any negro or 
other slave, shall fos feit the sum of thirty pounds ; which said penal¬ 
ties shall be recovered in the same summary manner, and disposed of 
as herein before mentioned ; any law, custom, or usage, to the contra.- 
ry in anywise notwithstanding. 
(.Penalty for concealing slaves against whom warrants are issued.) 
LXVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That 
in future, whenever a warrant shall be granted by one or more of his 
majesty’s justices of the peace against any slave, if the said slave can¬ 
not be immediately taken on the said warrant, the owner, possessor 
attorney, guardian, or overseer, of such slave, shall be served with a 
copy of the said warrant; and if he, she, or they, do not ca ry the 
said slave before a magistrate, to be dealt with according to law on 
the said warrant; and if it shall be afterwards proved that the owner, 
possessor, attorney, guardian, or overseer of such slave, wilfully de¬ 
tained or concealed said slave, he, she, cr they, shall forfeit the sum 
of one hundred pounds. 
(Slaves attempting to depart this island, how punishable.) 
LXVII. And whereas several slaves have lately found means to de¬ 
sert from their owners, and depart from this island, to the great da¬ 
mage of such owners, in evil example to other slaves, who may there¬ 
by be induced to attempt or conspire to do the same; And whereas 
there is reason to suspect that such slaves have been aided and assisted 
in such escape and departure by other persons, and there is not any 
