[Sidenote: Instructions to be formed for inspectors.]
4. And be it enacted, that the said protector of negroes, by and with
the consent the governor and chief judge of each island, shall form
instructions, by which the said inspectors shall discharge their trust
in the manner the least capable of exciting any unreasonable hopes in
the said negroes, or of weakening the proper authority of the overseer,
and shall transmit them to one of his Majesty's principal secretaries of
state; and when sent back with his approbation, the same shall become
the rule for the conduct of the said inspectors.
[Sidenote: Registry.]
5. And be it enacted, that the said Attorney-General, protector of
negroes, shall appoint an office for registering all proceedings
relative to the duty of his place as protector of negroes, and shall
appoint his chief clerk to be registrar, with a salary not exceeding
----.
[Sidenote: Ports where negroes are to be landed. Vessels to be
inspected.]
[Sidenote: Masters or officers offending to be fined.]
6. And be it enacted, that no negroes shall be landed for sale in any
but the ports following: that is to say, ----.
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