15th GEO. I. Nis. 181, 182, A. D. 1730. An Act for settling, confirming, and establishing, the Col- No. 181. lection made of the Acts of Antigua, and making the OBSOLETE. same Collection, and certain Copies thereof, to be taken 180 was the to be Records. Dated 15th January, 1730. Mem. No. last Act in the Collection, which occasioned, in placing this, an Interruption of the Order of Time. An Act to invest certain Lands in His Majesty, His Heirs No. 182. and Successors, for the Use of His Majesty's Ships of War. WHEREAS pursuant to and by Virtue of an Act of this Island, Preamble. of Lands to bearing Date the twenty-fourth Day of December, in the Year of our Recites Grant Lord God one thousand seven hundred, intituled, An Act for the fur- Joseph Green; ther promoting the Number of the Inhabitants of this Island, and more particularly encouraging the King's Soldiers now to be disbanded, to continue therein, by enabling them to become Settlers amongst us; there were granted, by the Commander in Chief, Council, and Assembly of this Island, unto Joseph Green, ten Acres of Land, lying in the Division of Falmouth, in this Island, bounded to the North with the Land of Colonel Edward Warner, to the South with the Land formerly of Pentecost Kerby, but lately in the Possession of John Blunden, East with the Land of Henry Nanton and Charles Pritchet, deceased, and West with English Harbour; as by the Petition of the said Joseph Green, and the Grant thereon, dated the fourteenth Day of September, one thousand seven hundred and eighteen, duly recorded, may appear : Greatrix; II. And whereas also, by Virtue of the same recited Act, there were formerly granted, in like Manner, to William Greatrix, other ten and to William Acres of Land, in the Division of Falmouth aforesaid, being butted and bounded as follows; viz. Beginning at a Loblolly Tree, and running thence West nine Chains eighty-four Links, thence round the Point to a Loblolly Tree at the Head of the Swamp, and thence to the first Station; bounded to the East with Land now or late of Richard Soanes, South with the Land now or late of William Anderton, to the North with the Land now or late of Pentecost Kerby, and to the West with the Sea; as by the Petition of the said William Greatrix, the Grant thereon, and that said Lands, by Non-settle ment and De sertion, had reinvested in the Crown; and that it had been represented by Naval Officers, that such Lands would improve En if appropriated to Public Uses. Аст. Said Lands to No. 182. 12th GEO. I. III. And whereas by Virtue of the afore-recited Act, the said two Parcels of Land are forfeited, by the Non-settlement and Desertion of the said Grantees, and are reinvested in the Crown, to the Use and Intent to be granted away again to poor Settlers in Parcels of ten Acres of Land; but inasmuch as it hath been represented to us by Captain Francis Cooper, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Lynn, and by Captain Arthur Del Garno, Commander of His Majesty's Ship South-Sea Castle, that the Harbour, called English Harbour, in this Island, wherein the said Ships are now careening, is a Place very commodious and proper for careening and refitting His Majesty's Ships of War, appointed for the Stations of Barbadoes and these Islands, and safely preserving them from the Danger of Tempests and Hurricanes, and that the before-mentioned Pieces of Land lie very conveniently for building of Wharfs, Magazines, and Stores, and will afford Brush Wood for the burning Ship's Bottoms, and furnishing Fire Wood; and that much Charge might be saved to the Crown, if the Lands aforesaid were appropriated for the Use of His Majesty's Ships of War, by preventing the Trouble of going to the Northern Colonies, as has been usual, for careening and fitting, and to preserve themselves from Tempests and Hurricanes; which was not only an Expense to the Crown'; but the Trade here, during the Absence of the Ships of War, was exposed to the Dangers of Pirates in Peace, and Privateers in Time of War: IV. All which being considered, we Your Majesty's most dutiful, loyal, and obedient Subjects, the Governor in Chief of all Your Majesty's Leeward Caribbee Islands in America, and the Council and Assembly of this Your Majesty's Island Antigua, humbly pray Your Sacred Majesty, that it may be enacted and ordained; and be it, and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That the herein before-mentioned and described two Parcels of Land, concareening and taining each ten Acres or thereabouts, shall be and are hereby vested fitting Ships of and estated in His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors for ever, to be employed and used for careening and fitting such Ships of War belonging to the Crown of Great Britain, as shall from Time to Time come into the said Harbour, called English Harbour; any Law, Grant or Gift thereof, by the Publick heretofore made, to the contrary notwithstanding. be used for War. Dated 12th GEO. I. Nis. 182, 183. A. D. 1725. Dated in the Town of St. John's, this twenty-fifth Day of September, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five, and in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. ASHTON WARNER, Speaker. Past the Assembly this twenty, fifth Day of September, one thousand seven hnndred and twenty-five. WILLIAM JOHNSON, Clerk to the Assembly. Past the Council this twenty- WILLAM SMITH, JOHN HART. ANTIGUA. Published in the Town of Saint John's, this sixthDay of ARTHUR DABRON, Deputy Provost Marshal. See, with this, Aug. An Act for explaining a certain Act of this Island, past No. 183. the ninth Day of December one thousand seven Act of 1st hundred twenty and three, intituled, An Act for at- A170, tainting several Slaves, now run away from their Masters' Service; and for the better Government of Slaves. WHEREAS by an Act of this Island, dated the ninth Day of RECITAL of December, one thousand seven hundred twenty and three, intituled, No. 176. An Act for attainting several Slaves, run-away from their Masters' Service; and for the better Government of Slaves; it is, among other Things, enacted, That all Slaves condemned to Death for Running-away should be appraised: II. And whereas it has been found by Experience that such Appraisements have amounted to great Sums, and thereby encouraged too frequent and too rigorous Prosecutions: Аст. 12th GEO. I. No. 183. A. D. 1725. III. We therefore Your Majesty's most dutiful, loyal, and obedient Subjects, the Governor in Chief of all Your Majesty's Leeward Caribbee Islands in America, and the Council and Assembly of this Your Majesty's Island Antigua, humbly pray Your Sacred Majesty that it may be enacted and ordained, and be it, and it is hereby enacted and Appraised ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the Date Compensation of this Act, in every Case where any Negro shall be condemned to Death for Running-away, no Appraisement of such condemned Negro shall exceed the Sum of thirty-five Pounds for a Man Slave, and thirty Pounds for a Woman Slave, excepting all such Slaves, who in Gangs, to the Number of ten or upwards, shall run-away, or be absent from their Master or Mistress for the Space of ten Days, then, and in such Case, any one of the said Negroes, such as the Justices shall judge the greatest Offender, being above the Age of sixteen Years, shall suffer Death as a Felon, and be appraised upon Oath, according to the Consciences of the Appraisers; any Thing in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. for Man-Slave condemned for Runningaway, not to 851.; exceed 354; Woman-Slave 301.: Except out of ten or more, but one be ex ecuted: Such one to be appraised to full Value. Dated in St. John's, this ninth Day of August, in the Year of our Lord God, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five, and in the twelfth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. ASHTON WARNER, Speaker. Past the Assembly this ninth WILLIAM JOHNSON, Past the Council this ninth Day of August, one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five. JAMES SMITH, Deputy Clerk to the Council. JOHN HART. ANTIGUA. Published in the Town of Saint John's, this sixth Day of October, one thousand seven hundred and twentyfive. ARTHUR DABRON, Deputy Provost Marshal. An 12th GEO. I. No. 184. A. D. 1725. No. 184. An Act for dividing the Parish of Saint Peter in the said For Powers of Island; and for erecting a new Parish, to be called the Parish Officers Parish of Saint George. see Act of 1st WHEREAS the Rector, Vestrymen, and Churchwardens of the PREAMBLE. said Parish of Saint Peter, have, by their Petition, set forth, that the said Parish is of a very large Extent, and hath at present one Parochial Church, and a Chapel of Ease belonging thereunto, situate in remote Parts of the said Parish, and very distant from each other, for the Conveniency of such of the Parishioners dwelling near the same respectively, and that great Part of the said Parishioners have not an Opportunity of attending the Publick Worship of God oftener than one Sunday in three, to the great Decay of Religion; and have humbly prayed, that the said Parish might be divided, and that the said Chapel of Ease might be made a Parochial Church, and a separate Rector or Minister appointed thereto, with a suitable Maintenance for him and his Successors, and endowed in all Respects as the other Parishes in this Island: II. And whereas the Reverend Samuel Sanders, Clerk, present Incumbent of the said Parish, hath, before us, personally signified and declared his Consent to the said Petition : Аст. The Part of III. We therefore Your Majesty's most loyal, dutiful and obedient Subjects, his Excellency John Hart, Esquire, Captain General and Commander in Chief over all Your Majesty's Leeward Caribbee Islands in America, and the Council and Assembly of this Your Majesty's Island Antigua, taking the same into our Consideration, and approving thereof, do humbly pray Your Most Sacred Majesty, that it may be enacted and ordained; and be it, and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That all that Part or District of the said Parish of Saint Peter, included within the Bounds and Limits hereafter expressed, that is to say, All the Houses, Plantations, and Lands, beginning eastward in the Divison of Old North Sound, and including the Island commonly called Long Island, the Plantation, Lands, and Houses of John Lucy, Blackman Bayer, Otto Bayer, and George Thomas, Esquires, and the Plantation, Lands, and Houses of Benjamin Nibbs; and extending thence westward, and comprehending all the Plantations, Lands, and Houses in the Division of New North Sound, according to the present Limits and Bounds of the said Parish, See No. 80, S. shall be forever henceforth a distinct Parish of itself, and be called by VOL. I. Kk the St. Peter's Parish described, and form the new Parish of to be detached, St. George. |