"An act to lay a duty on Negroes & a tax on the Slaves therein mentioned during the time and for the uses within mentioned." The tax was 1s. yearly per slave. Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York, VI. 38.
1734, Nov. 28. New York: £2 and £4 (?) Duty Act.
"An Act to lay a Duty on the Goods, and a Tax on the Slaves therein mentioned, during the Time, and for the Uses mentioned in the same." Possibly there were two acts this year. Laws of New York, 1691–1773, p. 186; Doc. rel. Col. Hist. New York, VI. 27.
1735. Georgia: Prohibitive Act.
An "act for rendering the colony of Georgia more defensible by prohibiting the importation and use of black slaves or negroes into the same." W.B. Stevens, History of Georgia, I. 311; [B. Martyn], Account of the Progress of Georgia (1741), pp. 9–10; Prince Hoare, Memoirs of Granville Sharp (London, 1820), p. 157.
1740, April 5. South Carolina: £100 Prohibitive Duty Act.
"An Act for the better strengthening of this Province, by granting to His Majesty certain taxes and impositions on the purchasers of Negroes imported," etc. The duty on slaves from America was £150. Continued to 1744. Cooper, Statutes, III. 556. Cf. Abstract Evidence on Slave-Trade before Committee of House of Commons, 1790–91 (London, 1791), p. 150.
1740, May. Virginia: Additional Five per cent Duty Act.
"An Act, for laying an additional Duty upon Slaves, to be paid by the Buyer, for encouraging persons to enlist in his Majesty's service: And for preventing desertion." To continue until July 1, 1744. Hening, Statutes, V. 92.