[Sidenote: Governor to give special instructions.]
2. And be it enacted, that the governor and council, with the assistance
of the said naval commander, shall have power to give such special
written instructions for the health, discipline, and care of the said
slaves, during their passage, as to them shall seem good,
[Sidenote: Presents and musical instruments to be provided.]
3. And be it further enacted, that each slave, at entering the said
ship, is to receive some present, not exceeding in value ----, to be
provided according to the instructions aforesaid; and musical
instruments, according to the fashion of the country, are to be
provided.
[Sidenote: Table of allowances.]
4. And be it further enacted, that the negroes on board the transports,
and the seamen who navigate the same, are to receive their daily
allowance according to the table hereunto annexed, together with a
certain quantity of spirits to be mixed with their water. And it is
enacted, that the table is to be fixed, and continue for one week after
sailing, in some conspicuous part of the said ship, for the seamen's
inspection of the same.
[Sidenote: Negro superintendents to be appointed.
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