Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7Joutel, Henri
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Joutel's Journal of La Salle's Last Voyage, 1684-7
Joutel, Henri
La Salle, Robert Cavelier, sieur de, 1643-1687; Louisiana -- History -- To 1803; Mississippi River -- Discovery and exploration
X. The Wares and Merchandize which the said _Sieur Crozat_ shall
consign to the said Country of _Louisiana_ shall be exempt from all
Duties of Exportation, laid or to be laid, on Condition, that his
Directors, Deputies or Clerks, shall engage to give within the Space of
a Year, to be reckon’d from the Date thereof, a Certificate of their
Unlading in the said Country of _Louisiana_; under Penalty, in Case
of Contravention, to pay the Quadruple of the Duties, reserving to
our selves the Power of giving him a longer Respite in such Cases and
Occurrences as we shall think proper.
XI. And as for the Goods and Merchandize, which the _Sieur Crozat_
shall cause to be brought from the said Country of _Louisiana_, and
upon his Account, into the Ports of our Kingdom, and shall afterwards
cause to be transported into Foreign Countries, they shall pay no
Duties either of Importation or Exportation, and shall be deposited
in the Custom-House, Warehouses of Ports where they shall arrive,
until they be taken away; and when the Deputies and Clerks of the said
_Sieur Crozat_ shall be minded to cause them to be transported in
Foreign Countries, either by Sea or Land, they shall be oblig’d to give
Security to bring within a certain Time, a Certificate from the last
Office, containing what they Exported there, and another Certificate
of their unlading in Foreign Countries.
XII. In Case the said _Sieur Crozat_ be obliged, for the furtherance of
his Commerce to fetch from Foreign Countries some Goods and Merchandize
of Foreign Manufacture, in order to TRANSPORT them into the said
Country of _Louisiana_. He shall make Us Acquainted therewith, and
lay before Us States thereof; upon which we, if we think fit, will
Grant him our Particular Permission with Exemptions from all Duties of
Importation and Exportation, Provided the said Goods and Merchandize
be Deposited afterwards in our Custom-House Ware-houses until they be
Laden in the Ships of the said _Sieur Crozat_, who shall be obliged
to bring in one Year, to be reckoned from the Day of the Date hereof,
a Certificate of their unlading in the said Country of _Louisiana_,
under Penalty, in Case of Contravention, to pay quadruple the Duties:
Reserving to our selves, in like Manner, the Liberty of granting to the
said _Sieur Crozat_, a longer Respite, if it be necessary.
XIII. The Feluccaes, Canoes, and other Vessels belonging to us, and
which are in the said Country of _Louisiana_, shall serve for loading,
unloading and transporting the Effects of the said _Sieur Crozat_, who
shall be bound to keep them in good Condition, and after the Expiration
of the said Fifteen Years shall restore them, or a like Number of equal
Bulk and Goodness, to our Governor in the said Country.
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