And the collector of each
of the said ports severally shall, within ---- days after the arrival of
any ship transporting negroes, report the same to the protector of
negroes, or to one of his inspectors; and the said protector is hereby
authorized and required to examine, or cause to be examined by one of
his inspectors, with the assistance of the said collector, or his
deputy, and a surgeon to be called in on the occasion, the state of the
said ship and negroes; and upon what shall appear to them, the said
protector of negroes, and the said collector and surgeon, to be a
sufficient proof, either as arising from their own inspection, or
sufficient information on a summary process, of any contravention of
this act, or cruelty to the negroes, or other malversation of the said
captain, or any of his officers the said protector shall impose a fine
on him or them, not exceeding ----; which shall not, however, weaken or
invalidate any penalty growing from the bond of the said master or his
owners. And it is hereby provided, that, if the said master, or any of
his officers, shall find himself aggrieved by the said fine, he may
within ---- days appeal to the chief judge, if the court shall be
sitting, or to the governor, who shall and are required to hear the said
parties, and on hearing are to annul or confirm the same.
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