s, report the same to the protector of
negroes, or to one of his inspectors; and the said protector is hereby
authorized and required to examine, or cause to be examined by one of
his inspectors, with the assistance of the said collector, or his
deputy, and a surgeon to be called in on the occasion, the state of the
said ship and negroes; and upon what shall appear to them, the said
protector of negroes, and the said collector and surgeon, to be a
sufficient proof, either as arising from their own inspection, or
sufficient information on a summary process, of any contravention of
this act, or cruelty to the negroes, or other malversation of the said
captain, or any of his officers the said protector shall impose a fine
on him or them, not exceeding ----; which shall not, however, weaken or
invalidate any penalty growing from the bond of the said master or his
owners. And it is hereby provided, that, if the said master, or any of
his officers, shall find himself aggrieved by the said fine, he may
within ---- days appeal to the chief judge, if the court shall be
sitting, or to the governor, who shall and are required to hear the said
parties, and on hearing are to annul or confirm the same.

[Sidenote: Rates respecting the sale of negroes.]

7. And be it enacted, that no sale of negroes shall be made but in the
presence of an inspector, and all negroes shall be sold severally, or in
known and ascertained lots, and not otherwise; and a paper containing
the state and description of each negro severally sold, and of each lot,
shall be taken and registered in the office aforesaid; and if, on
inspection or information, it shall be found that any negroes shall
have, in the same ship, or any other at the same time examined, a wife,
an husband, a brother, sister, or child, the person or persons so
related shall not be sold separately at that or any future sale.

[Sidenote: Every island to be divided into districts.]

[Sidenote: A church to be built in each.]

8. And be it enacted, that each and every of his Majesty's islands and
plantations, in which negroes are used in cultivation, shall be, by the
governor and the protector of negroes for the time being, divided into
districts, allowing as much as convenience will admit to the present
division into parishes, and subdividing them, where necessary, into
districts, according to the number of negroes. And the said governor and
protector of negroes shall cause in each district a