[830] The laws are given in _Acts and Resolves_, i, ii, iii, and iv. [831] See laws of 1707 and 1718. [832] See laws of 1695 and 1707. [833] Moore, _op. cit._, p. 64; Sewall’s _Diary_, in _Massachusetts Historical Society Collections_, series 5, vii, p. 87; Coffin, _A Sketch of the History of Newbury_, etc., p. 188. [834] Laws of 1758 and 1777 in _The Statutes at Large of South Carolina_, iv, pp. 116, 365. These laws serve as examples of the various tax acts. [835] _The Statutes at Large of South Carolina_, iii, p. 77. [836] _New York Colonial Laws_, edition of 1894, i, pp. 682–683. [837] _Ibid._, ii, pp. 877, 881. [838] Baird, _History of Rye_, p. 202. [839] _Ibid._, p. 182. [840] _The Statutes at Large of South Carolina_, ii, p. 153. [841] _Ibid._, iii, p. 196. [842] _Ibid._, iii, p. 196. [843] _South Carolina Public Records_, xviii, 1736–1737; _B. P. R. O._, S. C., B. T., viii, p. 37. [844] _The Centennial of Incorporation of Charleston, South Carolina_, p. 210. [845] By the terms of the act this duty was to continue three years. Hening, _op. cit._, iii, p. 193; _Virginia Historical Society Collections_, new series, vi, p. 10. All enactments which increased the duties were vetoed by the crown. [846] Hening, _op. cit._, iii, p. 482; _Letters of Governor Spotswood_, in _Virginia Historical Society Collections_, new series, i, p. 52; Ballagh, _op. cit._, p. 14. [847] _Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations_, iv, p. 134. Exceptions were sometimes made to this law. During the Yamasee War in South Carolina, many of the planters left the colony. Several ladies came to Rhode Island bringing with them their Indian slaves. On their petition, the assembly voted, June 13, 1715, to relieve them from the import duties on their slaves. Arnold, _op. cit._, ii, p. 55; _Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations_, iv, p. 186. A similar instance occurred in August of the same year. Arnold, _op. cit._, ii, p. 57; _Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations_, iv, p. 197. [848] _Laws of New Hampshire_, edition of 1711, p. 53. Since New Hampshire did not afford as ready a market for the sale of the southern Indians, because of its small population, the duty was doubtless more nearly prohibitive than in the case of Rhode Island. [849] _Pennsylvania Statutes at Large_, ii, pp. 433, _et seq._; _Pennsylvania Historical Society Memoirs_, i, p. 389; _Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the Province of Pennsylvania_, ii, pp. 112, 114; _Pennsylvania Colonial Records_, ii, pp. 550, 553. A special officer was appointed to have charge of this matter of imported Indians and negroes, and given special directions regarding the duties of his office. The act was repealed by the crown, February 20, 1714. _Pennsylvania Colonial Records_, ii, p. 546.