r as shall relate to them; and it is
hereby provided and enacted, that, as cases of sudden emergency may
arise, the said governor or first counsellor, and the first commander of
his Majesty's ship or ships on the said station, and the said
inspectors, or the majority of them, the governor having a double or
casting vote, shall have power and authority to make such occasional
rules and orders relating to the said trade as shall not be contrary to
the instructions of the African Company, and which shall be valid until
the same are revoked by the said African Company.

[Sidenote: Lands may be purchased.]

5. That the said African Company is hereby authorized to purchase, if
the same may conveniently be done, with the consent of the Privy
Council, any lands adjoining to the fort or principal mart aforesaid,
not exceeding ---- acres, and to make allotments of the same; no
allotment to one person to exceed (on pain of forfeiture) ---- acres.

[Sidenote: Churches and schoolhouses, and hospitals to be erected.]

[Sidenote: Chaplain and assistant.]

[Sidenote: Clerk and catechist.]

6. That the African Company shall, at each fort or mart, cause to be
erected, in a convenient place, and at a moderate cost, the estimate of
which shall be approved by the Treasury, one church, and one
school-house, and one hospital; and shall appoint one principal
chaplain, with a curate or assistant in holy orders, both of whom shall
be recommended by the Lord Bishop of London; and the said chaplain or
his assistant shall perform divine service, and administer the
sacraments, according to the usage of the Church of England, or to such
mode not contrary thereto as to the said bishop shall seem more suitable
to the circumstances of the people. And the said principal chaplain
shall be the third member in the council, and shall be entitled to
receive from the directors of the said African Company a salary of ----,
and his assistant a salary of ----, and he shall have power to appoint
one sober and discreet person, white or black, to be his clerk and
catechist, at a salary of ----.

[Sidenote: Schoolmaster.]

[Sidenote: Carpenter and blacksmith.]

[Sidenote: Native apprentices.]

[Sidenote: Surgeon and mate.]

[Sidenote: Native apprentice.]

7. And be it enacted, that the African Company shall appoint one
sufficient schoolmaster, who shall be approved by the Bishop of London,
and who shall be capable of teaching writing, arithmetic, surve