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Sec. 1. " ... from and after the passing of this act, there shall be paid
... for all slaves imported or brought into this colony and dominion
from Maryland, North-Carolina, or any other place in America, by the
owner or importer thereof, after the rate of twenty per centum on the
amount of each respective purchase," etc. This act to continue until
April 20, 1767; continued in 1766 and 1769, until 1773; altered by Act
of 1772, _q.v. Ibid._, VII. 338; VIII. 191, 336.
~1760. South Carolina: Total Prohibition.~
Text not found; act disallowed by Great Britain. Cf. Burge,
_Commentaries_, I. 737, note; W.B. Stevens, _History of Georgia_, I.
286.
~1761, March 14. Pennsylvania: L10 Duty Act.~
"An Act for laying a duty on Negroes and Mulattoe slaves, imported into
this province." Continued in 1768; repealed (or disallowed) in 1780.
Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 371, 451; _Acts of Assembly_ (ed. 1782), p.
149; _Colonial Records_ (1852), VIII. 576.
~1761, April 22. Pennsylvania: Prohibitive Duty Act.~
"A Supplement to an act, entituled An Act for laying a duty on Negroes
and Mulattoe slaves, imported into this province." Continued in 1768.
Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 371, 451; Bettle, _Notices of Negro
Slavery_, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem._ (1864), I. 388-9.
~1763, Nov. 26. Maryland: Additional L2 Duty Act.~
"An Act for imposing an additional Duty of Two Pounds per Poll on all
Negroes Imported into this Province.
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