But it is hereby provided
and enacted, that, if any European shall be convicted of any of the said
offences, he shall be sent to Europe, together with the evidence against
him; and on the warrant of the said commissioners, the keeper of any of
his Majesty's jails in London, Bristol, Liverpool, or Glasgow shall
receive him, until he be delivered according to due course of law, as if
the said offences had been committed within the cities and towns
aforesaid.
[Sidenote: Negroes exposed to sale contrary to the provisions of this
act, how to be dealt with.]
17. Be it further enacted, that, if the said governor, &c, shall be
satisfied that person or persons are exposed to sale, who have been
stolen or surprised as aforesaid, or are not within the qualifications
of sale in this act described, they are hereby authorized and required,
if it can be done, to send the persons so exposed to sale to their
original habitation or settlement, in the manner they shall deem best
for their security, (the reasonable charges whereof shall be allowed to
the said governor by the African Company,) unless the said persons
choose to sell themselves; and then, and in that case, their value in
money and goods, at their pleasure, shall be secured to them, and be
applicable to their use,-without any dominion over the same of any
purchaser, or of any master to whom they may in any colony or plantation
be sold, and which shall always be in some of his master's [Majesty's?]
colonies and plantations only.
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