A. D. 1763, Anno quarto Georgii III.. C. 19, 20, 267 L, A 1 . Xlii:. Tor former Prtriijims con* An Aft for importing Salt from Europe into the Province of Quebec in America^ for ®"m. : ff. n f "& lw % : limited Time. 3- <■• 31- 9 ® lo ^ ■ 3. e. 6£f 44. 10 &f u If. 3. r. 22. 1 Ann.ft. 1. c.ii. z<3 t, Ann. c. ti,. 4. Ann. c. 12. 5 ^»». e. 29. b Ann, c. 12. q Ann. e. 23. 12 Aim.Jl.z. c. 2, t C», 1, (, lS-- 8 Ca. I, e. 4. &f 16, 11 Geo, I.e. 30. 3 Geo. 2. c. 20. 5 Geo. 2. i 6. 7 Gee. .2. c. 6. 8 Geo. c. 12. 14 Geo. 2. r. 22. 26 Geo. 2. e, 3 £? 32. « IT7HEREAS the Rivers, Bays, and Coafts, of the Colony of ghuhec, in America,, and the Preamble, ' VV Seas adjoining, are cornrnodioufly fituated for carrying on a very advantageous Fifhery, to
- the great Benefit of the Inhabitants of the faid Colony, and to the extending the Commerce, and
' increafing the Riches of thefe Kingdoms : And whereas it would be of great Advantage to the faid ' Fifhery, if his Majefty's Subjects were permitted to import Salt into the faid Colony direftly from,
- foreign Parts, in like manner as is allowed with refpeft to the Fifheries of New E?igland, Nova. '
- Seotia, and Nevjfoundland, by feveral Laws now in being : May it pleafe your moft Excellent Ma-
' jelly, that it may be enafted ;' And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confeat of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, Thatfromaud after the twenty fourth Day Fro™ and after 4 ]um of June one thoufand feven hundred and nxty-four,. it fhall and may be lawful to and for any of" his. ll^A & Britifti Vefi'e™". Majefty's Subjects to carry and import Salt from any Part of Europe into the faid Province of gh/ebec m ?.nned and navigated ' in Am made and inert rope .....,,,.. faid King Charles the Second, intituled, An Ail for the Encouragement of Trade ; any Law, Statute, England, &c. by virtue Ufage, or Cuftorn, to- the contrary in any wife notwithftanding. ofA£t 15 Car. 2. c. 7; II. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Aft fhall continue and be in ^a to 'be in force for force from, and after the faid twenty-fourth Day of June for the Term of one Year, and from. thence one Year from 24 June to the end of the then next Seffion of Parliament.. 1764* C A P. XX. An Act for veiling the Fort of Senegal, and its Dependencies, in the Company of Mer- chants trading to Africa. c TT 7"HEREASbyanAftmade in the twenty-third Year of the Reign of his late Majefty King G r ^r|-? Preamb ; e)rec ; tin! , C j au „ c V V the Second, intituled, An Ail for extending and i?nproving the Trade to Africa, all the Britifj f es in Aft 23 Geo. 2. „ Forts, Settlements, and Factories, on the Coaft of Ajrica, and all other the Regions, Countries, c. 31. Anc/jiez^ G«„
- Dominions, Territories, Continents, Coafts, Ports, Bays, Rivers, and Places,, within the Li- 2 -^^ "
- mits of the faid Act defcribed, were veiled in the Company by the faid Act eftablifhed, and called
- The Company of Merchants trading to Africa, and their Succeftbrs, to the Intent and Purpofe, that
- the faid Forts,. Settlements, and Premilfes, ffiould be employed at all Times thereafter, only for the
" Protection, Encouragement, and Defence, of the faid Trade : And whereas the Fort of Senegal
- and its Dependencies were, by the late Treaty of Peace, ceded to Great Britain, and are now fub-^
' ject thereto : And whereas it would be of Advantage to Great Britain, and to the Trade to Africa, . ' if the faid Fort and its Dependencies were alfo veiled in the faid Company:. May it therefore
- pleafe your Majefty that it may be enacted ;' And be it enacted by the King's moft Excellent Ma-
jefty,. by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afiembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from- and after the The F ° rt " f Senega^ • paffing of this- Aft, the Fort of Senegal, and its Dependencies, fhall be, and the- fame,-., and "every veft^'^AiiS ' Part thereof, are hereby declared to be, veiled in the Company of Merchants trading to Africa, to Company; be employed at all Times hereafter for the Protection, Encouragement,, and Defence of the African Trade, in the fame manner, and under the fame Regulations, and fubjeft to the. fame Rules, Orders, Directions, Governments, Limitations, Reftrictions, Powers, and Authorities, , as the other Forts and Settlements on the Coaft of Africa are now veiled in the faid Company, and fubjeft toy by virtue of the faid recited Aft, in as full, ample, and effectual manner, as the fame could or. would have teen, if the faid Fort and Dependencies had been mentioned in the faid Aft, or all the Clau.fes, Pro- vjfoes, Authorities, Powers, Directions, Limitations,, Reftrictions, Matters, and Things, contained. in the faid recited Aft, were herein again repeated and enafted. . ' II. And 'whereas by the faid recited Aft, the Committee for. the Time being having the Direction claufe in the recited A4V ■*~and"Management of, the Affairs of the faid Company.* . are impov/ered, out of the Monies they '■ fhall receive, to deduft annually a Sum not exceeding eight hundred Pounds, for paying Salaries, '•Houfe-rent, and other Charges, and for the other Purpoles mentioned in the laid Aft; whicn Sum will . ' now be inadequate to the Expences of the faid Committee, and the Intention of the laid Aft;' Be it there- The Committee having;- fore further enafted by. the Authority aforefaid, That the faid Committee fliall deduft annually out the Direaion and m> of the Monies they, fhall receive, a further Sum not;exceeding four hundred Pounds, for the Pur- nagemem of the Affairs - pofe of paying the Salaries of their Clerks and A°:ents^at London; Bri/hi and Liverpoole, the Houf'e- of the Company, im- s - - '. A~- T , , ,, „, 5 . 1, '^ J .._ »■*■ ' . _ powered to dedict, an- rent of. then Ofnce.in London^ and all.Chargcsiof Management, Coinrnuiion, or Agency in. England, auaiiy, a further Sum»f - and
