[Sidenote: Ships of war stationed.]
3. And be it enacted, that the Lord High Admiral, or commissioners for
executing his office, shall appoint one or more, as they shall see
convenient, of his Majesty's ships or sloops of war, under the command
severally of a post-captain, or master and commander, to each mart, as a
naval station.
[Sidenote: Inspectors appointed.]
4. And be it enacted, that the Lord High Treasurer, or the commissioners
for executing his office, shall name two inspectors of the said trade at
every mart, who shall provide for the execution of this act, according
to the directions thereof, so far as shall relate to them; and it is
hereby provided and enacted, that, as cases of sudden emergency may
arise, the said governor or first counsellor, and the first commander of
his Majesty's ship or ships on the said station, and the said
inspectors, or the majority of them, the governor having a double or
casting vote, shall have power and authority to make such occasional
rules and orders relating to the said trade as shall not be contrary to
the instructions of the African Company, and which shall be valid until
the same are revoked by the said African Company.
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