[Sidenote: Lands may be purchased.]
5. That the said African Company is hereby authorized to purchase, if
the same may conveniently be done, with the consent of the Privy
Council, any lands adjoining to the fort or principal mart aforesaid,
not exceeding ---- acres, and to make allotments of the same; no
allotment to one person to exceed (on pain of forfeiture) ---- acres.
[Sidenote: Churches and schoolhouses, and hospitals to be erected.]
[Sidenote: Chaplain and assistant.]
[Sidenote: Clerk and catechist.]
6. That the African Company shall, at each fort or mart, cause to be
erected, in a convenient place, and at a moderate cost, the estimate of
which shall be approved by the Treasury, one church, and one
school-house, and one hospital; and shall appoint one principal
chaplain, with a curate or assistant in holy orders, both of whom shall
be recommended by the Lord Bishop of London; and the said chaplain or
his assistant shall perform divine service, and administer the
sacraments, according to the usage of the Church of England, or to such
mode not contrary thereto as to the said bishop shall seem more suitable
to the circumstances of the people.
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