[Sidenote: No public officer to be concerned in the negro trade.]
10. That no governor, counsellor, inspector, chaplain, surgeon, or
schoolmaster shall be concerned, or have any share, directly or
indirectly, in the negro trade, on pain of ----.
[Sidenote: Journals and letter-books to be kept and transmitted.]
11. Be it enacted, that the said governor and council shall keep a
journal of all their proceedings, and a book in which copies of all
their correspondence shall be entered, and they shall transmit copies of
the said journals and letter-book, and their books of accounts, to the
African Company, who, within ---- of their receipt thereof, shall
communicate the same to one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of
state.
[Sidenote: Chaplain to report to the Bishop of London.]
12. And be it enacted, that the said chaplain or principal minister,
shall correspond with the Bishop of London, and faithfully and
diligently transmit to him an account of whatever hath been done for the
advancement of religion, morality, and learning amongst the natives.
[Sidenote: Negroes to be attested before sale.]
13. And be it enacted, that no negro shall be conclusively sold, until
he shall be attested by the two inspectors and chaplain, or, in case of
the illness of any of them, by one inspector, and the governor, or one
of the council, who are hereby authorized and directed, by the best
means in their power, to examine into the circumstances and condition of
the persons exposed to sale.
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