Sec. 1. " ... on all negro slaves imported from Africa directly, or any other place whatsoever, Spanish negroes excepted, if above ten years of age, ten pounds; on all negroes under ten years of age, (sucking children excepted) five pounds," etc. Sec. 3. "And whereas, it has proved to the detriment of some of the inhabitants of this Province, who have purchased negroes imported here from the Colonies of America, that they were either transported thence by the Courts of justice, or sent off by private persons for their ill behaviour and misdemeanours, to prevent which for the future, "_Be it enacted_ by the authority aforesaid, That all negroes imported in this Province from any part of America, after the ratification of this Act, above ten years of age, shall pay unto the Publick Receiver as a duty, the sum of fifty pounds, and all such negroes under the age of ten years, (sucking children excepted) the sum of five pounds of like current money, unless the owner or agent shall produce a testimonial under the hand and seal of any Notary Publick of the Colonies or plantations from whence such negroes came last, before whom it was proved upon oath, that the same are new negroes, and have not been six months on shoar in any part of America," etc. Sec. 4. "And whereas, the importation of Spanish Indians, mustees, negroes, and mulattoes, may be of dangerous consequence by inticing the slaves belonging to the inhabitants of this Province to desert with them to the Spanish settlements near us, "_Be it therefore enacted_ That all such Spanish negroes, Indians, mustees, or mulattoes, so imported into this Province, shall pay unto the Publick Receiver, for the use of this Province, a duty of one hundred and fifty pounds, current money of this Province." Sec. 19. Rebate of three-fourths of the duty allowed in case of re-exportation in six months. Sec. 31. Act of 1721 repealed. Sec. 36. This act to continue in force for three years, and thence to the end of the next session of the General Assembly, and no longer. Cooper, _Statutes_, III. 193. ~1722, May 12. Pennsylvania: Duty Act.~ "An Act for laying a duty on Negroes imported into this province." Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 165. ~1723, May. Virginia: Duty Act.~ "An Act for laying a Duty on Liquors and Slaves." Title only; repealed by proclamation Oct. 27, 1724. Hening, _Statutes_, IV. 118. ~1723, June 18. Rhode Island: Back Duties Collected.~ Resolve appointing the attorney-general to collect back duties on Negroes. _Colonial Records_, IV. 330. ~1726, March 5. Pennsylvania: L10 Duty Act.~ "An Act for the better regulating of Negroes in this province." Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 214; Bettle, _Notices of Negro Slavery_, in _Penn. Hist. Soc. Mem._ (1864), I. 388. ~1726, March 5. Pennsylvania: Duty Act.~ "An Act for laying a duty on Negroes imported into this province." Carey and Bioren, _Laws_, I. 213. ~1727, February. Virginia: Prohibitive Duty Act (?).~