THE ( BERBICE GAZETTE 11811) Twelve dollars p. anmimJ] By Hi* Excellency Henry William Bentinck, Esquire, Lieut.-Governor of the colony Berbice ami its Dcpendcn- II ties, sc. Sgc. &;c. And the Honorable the Court of Policy and Criminal Justice of the said colony. To all to whom these presents may or shall Come, Greeting I Be it known: A& I WHEREAS Representation has been made to us, that notwithstanding the severe penalties contained I ia our Proclamation of the Ist October IS 10, respect respecting ing respecting the number of white persons ordered to be kept on Estates in proportion to the number of Negroes I thereon; that many Plantations, either from the igno ignorance rance ignorance or neglect of die Proprietors thereof; are very deficient, in (his particular; and having taken under cur serious consideration the consequences likely to he attendant the want of observance of our aforesaid order. We have deemed it proper to republish for more | general information, the aforesaid Proclamalion of the Ist October, 1810, and to order, as wedo hereby order, authorize, and empower the Fiscal of this co co.l-ny, .l-ny, co.l-ny, in six month* after (he Publication of this our pleasure shall have been notified to the public, thro’ the Berbice Gazette, to proceed thro’ each division ’ of the colony Berbice ami its dependencies, with the Senior Burgher Officer in loco of each respective dis district trict district or division, and inspr et each and every Plan Plantation tation Plantation within the jurisdiction of this Government, jn order to ascertain whether due obedience is paid Jfoour aforesaid ordinance. Arid should after this salutary warning, any Estate Within the colony be found deficient in the number of white si rvants prescribed by law to be thereon, the Fiscal is ordered and enjoined without delay, to enforce the penalties coni lined in our aforementioned Proclamation of the sot October, 1810, against of offenders, fenders, offenders, and that without respect to Persons. And in order that no ignorance may be pretended, these presents shall be published and sent round to each respective Estate within the colony Berbice. Thus resolved and enacted in our Ext raoi dinar y. « Assembly of the Court of PbMcy and Criminal Jus Justice, tice, Justice, held in (he Town of New Amsterdam on lhe sd.hme, 1814. Present His Excellency Lieut.-Go Lieut.-Governor vernor Lieut.-Governor H. ll'. I‘e.ntinck, President; un i the Hon. Members John McCamon, PtUr Fairbairn, A. J. Glasius and George Munro; demptis, the Honorable Members L. ( . Abkcnstts, and Janies leaser. And Piibl’.-h <1 on the 4th day of July, 1814, in presence of His Excellency (he Lieut.-Governor. By command of Hie Court, IL C. DO\V NER, Sec. Ills Excellency the Governor and the ■B Honorable Court of Policy and Criminal Justice of the colony Berbice, sc. %c. %c %c---' --' %c---' To all to whom these presents may or shall come; Greeting ! Be it known : WHEREAS w c find a considerable Decrease in the number of white Inhabitants, residing on Planta Plantations tions Plantations within this colony, a circumstance which threa threa,lcus ,lcus threa,lcus to involve its tranquility and safety. In order •therefore to remedy the same, we have thought pro proper per proper to establish the present Regulations, enacting, as We do hereby enact as follows : That in future every Plantation in this Colony, possessing from 1 to 79 Negroes, shall have at least one white Person resident upon the same, capable of doing Burgher Militia Duty when required, and that all Estates in this colony possessing -from SO to 199 •Flaves, shall have Two or more white Persons—from •SOO to 319, Three whites, —320 to 450 Four whites, ,450 and upwards Five whites. Such plantations as art?found not to possess the number of whites above Stated, being subject to a penalty of f 500 for each offence, and further of f 100. per 1 month for every white P/ command of Hie Court, ‘IL C. DOWNER, Sec. ■ ' —- By His Excellency Henry William s Bentinck, Esquire, Lieut.-Governor /V* over the colony Berbice and its JDcpcn JDcpcn( ( JDcpcn( y dencies, sc. Sgc. sc. r > And the Honorable Court of Policy and Criminal Justice of the said colony. all whom these presents may or shall come, Greeting ! Be it known : ” HE ELLAS It has been reported to us by the dif different ferent different Burgher Officers of this Government, and others, tbit Negroes belonging to the respective Estates within the jurisdiction of this colony, are in constant practice and habit of walking during the night from one plantatfon to another, and there as assembling, sembling, assembling, in direct violation of the positive orders and ordinances made and provided by us against such transgressions; and whereas we have lately seen the ill effect which arose from such irregular and reprehensible conduct, and being fully impressed with the urgent necessity which exists for a rigid ob observance servance observance of our ancient Saluntary Regulations, with regard to the conduct ot Slaves ;as also that by the exertion of due vigilance, the recurrence of similar evils may be prevented, and a stop put to the frequent complaints made to ns on the subject of the Negroes appertaining to this Government; we do now hereby issue our Ordersand Directions to all Owners, Pro Proprietors prietors Proprietors or Administrators of Estates and Negroes, as well as to the different Burgher < Hlicers of the colony; that no Negroes under any pretext shall be allowed to proceed from one Estate to another, or depart from the Estate, Property, or Place to which he, or they belong, or are working on, or proceed from the Town New Amsterdam to Estates without thp precincts of the Town New Amsterdam, without being provided with a written pass from their Masters or Persons having charge of them; which pass shall spt cify the name of the Negroe, of his Owner, whither going, and the date when permitted to absent himself from the Estate and when to return. —And should not notwithstanding withstanding notwithstanding this our Order, any Negroe or Negroes be found on the public roads or from off the Estates to which they belong, unprovided with a proper pass from their Masters, all the Subjects of this Govern Government ment Government are required to aid and assist in securing such Offender or Offenders, ami carrying them forthwith to the Burgher Captain of the Division, and inhisab inhisabsencc sencc inhisabsencc to the next Senior Officer in loco, inorder that such Negroe or Negroes found straying without a proper pass, may be punished at the discretion of the Burgher Captain or Senior Officer in loco, by the in infliction fliction infliction of any number of lashes, not exceeding thir thirty ty thirty nine; and we in consequence declare as abrogated and made void by these presents, all such parts of | any of our former Piuckimatiom, whereby Slaves arrested without a pass were required forthwith to be delivered to his Honor the Fiscal. , And we do hereby warn and caution all Masters of Slaves, Proprietors, and Administrators of Estates to pay proper attention and guard against any trespass of this our Proclamation, the penalty whereof we positively order to be fully enforced, without consi consideration deration consideration of Persons to whom the Offenders may belong. ** And in order the better to ensure due obedience tel this our Order, the Burgher Captain of each district shall be furnished with printed copies of this Publi Publication, cation, Publication, that the same may be generally distributed throughout the colony. And whereas we are informed that in disobedience of the existing orders enacted to the contrary, Pro Proprietors prietors Proprietors of Negroes, still permit the said Negroes, when pissing up and down the Rivers and Creeks of this colony, to sing shout or express themselves to other Negroes on different Estates, in certain songs tending to inflame and produce improper effect on their minds; and whereas such practise is not alone contrary Io Law, but is often limes productive of inischiei, we therefore absolutely ami peremptorily forbid any Owner, Proprietors, Administrators, or oilier Persons having charge of Negroes, from allow allowing ing allowing their own Negroes, or such as they have charge of, from singing, shouting, or making outcry in boats, within the River and Creeks of this colony, under a penajly of One hundred guilders, which the Proprie Proprietor, tor, Proprietor, Administrator, or Person having charge of such Negroes, shall pay to his Honor the Fiscal. Ami should any Slaves while in any kind of boat N unaccompanied by any white Person dare to sing shout, or raise outcry in manner as aforesaid, such Negroe Negroes shall be punished with any num number ber number of lashes not exceeding One hundred, winch the Fiscal, Burgher Captain, or Senior Officer in loro, shall arbitrarily inflict upon the Offender or Offen Offenders ders Offenders on being brought before him for this purpose. And we do hereby order and direct the Fiscal of the colony am|a|l other Subjectsof this Government, 10 arrest and, AV and aid in arresting any and all Negroes be found singing in boats, and we do such of the Inhabitants of this colony witness such misconduct to report the same tomis4lonor the Fiscal, who is strictly enjoin enjoined ed enjoined to proceed aginsl the Offender or Offenders. Lastly we Order and Direct, that the pecuniary fine to be imposed on the transgressors of this out Order, be divided as follows ; namely : one third to the Fiscal, one third to the Poor fund of the Reform Reformed ed Reformed Church of this colony, and the remaining one third to the Informer. Thus resolved and enacted in our ordinary Assem Assembly bly Assembly of the Court of P< licy and Criminal Justice of the colony Berbice on tljc 6lh day of July 1814. Present 11 is Excellency Lieut.-Governor H. IF. Bentinck* President ; and the Honorable Members John McCa McCamon, mon, McCamon, James Fraser, Peter Fairbairn, Geo. Munro • deniplo the Honorable Member A. J. Glasius. And published on the same day, present His Ex Excellent cellent Excellent the Lieut.-Governor, and the aforesaid Honorable Members. By command of the Court. R. C. DOWNER. Secy. Jjfßy the Honorable Court of Policy and 1 " Criminal Justice of the colony Berbice. NOTICE is hereby given that the Honorable*Court of Policy has been pleased to fix thp rates of produce <>n which the Colonial Duty of percent is to be paid to the Receiver General, for the 6 months, com commencing mencing commencing Ist January, and ending GOth June 1814, as follows: ’ Colton, 17{ Sfiv. pr. pound. Coffee whole, 9 do. do. Coffee broken or black, do. do. Cocoa,. 9 do. do. Sugar, 6 do. do. Num, 30 do. pr. gallon. M01a55e5............ | Guilder pr. do. Secretary's Office, Berbice, 12th July 1814. By Command, R. C. DOWNER, Secy. PROCLAMATION. BY the Honorable Court of Policy and Criminal Justice, of the colony Berbice. To all to whom these presents may-or shall eome ; Greeting ! Be it known :■ WHEREAS a vacancy has occurred in the No. 519. [Payable in advance.