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1724. In 1732 a duty of five per cent. was laid on slaves imported, to be paid by the buyers; a measure calculated to

    in the various compilations of our laws, or in the Sessions Acts, or Journals.

    1699, c. 12. title only retained.
    Edit. of 1733, p. 113
    1701, c. 5. the same,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    116
    1704, c. 4. the same,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    122
    1705, c. 1. the same,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    126
    1710, c. 1. the same,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    239
    1712, c. 3. the same,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    282
    1723, c. 1. repealed by proclamation,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    333
    1727, c. 1. enacted with a suspending clause, and the royal assent refused,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    376
    1732, c. 3. printed at large,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    469
    1734, c. 3. printed at large in Sessions Acts.
     
    1736, c. 1. the same.
     
    1738, c. 6. the same.
     
    1740, c. 2. the same.
     
    1742, c. 2. the same.
     

    From this period I have not been able to refer to the Sessions Acts.

    1752, c. 1. printed at large in the edit. of 1769,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    281
    1754, c. 1. the same,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    319
    1755, c. 2. Sessions Acts. Ten per cent. in addition to all former duties.
     
    1759, c. 1. printed at large, edition of 1769,
    369
    1763, c. 1. Journals of that session.
     
    1766, c. 3, 4. printed at large, edit. of 1769,
    461, 462
    1766, c. 15. additional duty, the title only is printed, being repealed by the crown,
    Ib. 474
    1769, c. 7, 8, and 12. title only printed, edition of 1785,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    6, 7
    1772, c. 15. title only printed,
    -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -          -
    Ibidem, 24