[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, surveying, and mensuration, at a salary of ——.  And the said African Company is hereby authorized to provide for each settlement a carpenter and blacksmith, with such encouragement as to them shall seem expedient, who shall take each two apprentices from amongst the natives; to instruct them in the several trades, the African Company allowing them, as a fee for each apprentice, ——.  And the said African Company shall appoint one surgeon and one surgeon’s mate, who are to be approved on examination, at Surgeons’ Hall, to each fort or mart, with a salary of ——­ for the surgeon, and for his mate ——­; and the said surgeon shall take one native apprentice, at a fee to be settled by the African Company.

[Sidenote:  How removable.]

8.  And be it enacted, that the said catechist, schoolmaster, surgeon, and surgeon’s mate, as well as the tradesmen in the Company’s service, shall be obedient to the orders they shall from time to time receive from the governor and council of each fort; and if they, or any of them, or any other person, in whatever station, shall appear, on complaint and proof to the majority of the commissioners, to lead a disorderly and debauched life, or use any profane or impious discourses, to the danger of defeating the purposes of this institution, and to the scandal of the natives, who are to be led by all due means into a respect for our holy religion, and a desire of partaking of the benefits thereof, they are authorized and directed to suspend the said person from his office, or the exercise of his trade, and to send him to England (but without any hard confinement, except in case of resistance) with a complaint, with inquiry and proofs adjoined, to the African Company.