1705, Dec. 5. Massachusetts: £4 Duty Act.
"An act for the Better Preventing of a Spurious and Mixt Issue," etc.
§ 6. On and after May 1, 1706, every master importing Negroes shall enter his number, name, and sex in the impost office, and insert them in the bill of lading; he shall pay to the commissioner and receiver of the impost £4 per head for every such Negro. Both master and ship are to be security for the payment of the same.
§ 7. If the master neglect to enter the slaves, he shall forfeit £8 for each Negro, one-half to go to the informer and one-half to the government.
§ 8. If any Negro imported shall, within twelve months, be exported and sold in any other plantation, and a receipt from the collector there be shown, a drawback of the whole duty will be allowed. Like drawback will be allowed a purchaser, if any Negro sold die within six weeks after importation. Mass. Province Laws, 1705–6, ch. 10.
1708, February. Rhode Island: £3 Duty Act.
No title or text found. Slightly amended by Act of April, 1708; strengthened by Acts of February, 1712, and July 5, 1715; proceeds disposed of by Acts of July, 1715, October, 1717, and June, 1729. Colonial Records, IV. 34, 131–5, 138, 143, 191–3, 225, 423–4.
1709, Sept. 24. New York: £3 Duty Act.
"An Act for Laying a Duty on the Tonnage of Vessels and Slaves." A duty of £3 was laid on slaves not imported directly from their native country. Continued by Act of Oct. 30, 1710. Acts of Assembly, 1691–1718, pp. 97, 125, 134; Laws of New York, 1691–1773, p. 83.
1710, Dec. 28. Pennsylvania: 40s. Duty Act.