“An Act for laying a Duty on Negroes imported into this province.”  Disallowed by Great Britain, 1719. Acts and Laws of Pennsylvania, 1715, p. 270; Colonial Records (1852), III. 75-6; Chalmers, Opinions, II. 118.

1715, June 3.  Maryland:  20s.  Duty Act.

“An Act laying an Imposition on Negroes ...; and also on Irish Servants, to prevent the importing too great a Number of Irish Papists into this Province.”  Supplemented April 23, 1735, and July 25, 1754. Compleat Collection of the Laws of Maryland (ed. 1727), p. 157; Bacon, Laws, 1715, ch. xxxvi.  Sec.8; 1735, ch. vi.  Sec.Sec.1-3; Acts of Assembly, 1754, p. 10.

1716, June 30.  South Carolina:  L3 Duty Act.

“An Act for laying an Imposition on Liquors, Goods and Merchandizes, Imported into and Exported out of this Province, for the raising of a Fund of Money towards the defraying the publick charges and expences of the Government.”  A duty of L3 was laid on African slaves, and L30 on American slaves.  Cooper, Statutes, II. 649.

1716.  New York:  5 oz. and 10 oz. plate Duty Act.

“An Act to Oblige all Vessels Trading into this Colony (except such as are therein excepted) to pay a certain Duty; and for the further Explanation and rendring more Effectual certain Clauses in an Act of General Assembly of this Colony, Intituled, An Act by which a Duty is laid on Negroes, and other Slaves, imported into this Colony.”  The act referred to is not to be found. Acts of Assembly, 1691-1718, p. 224.

1717, June 8.  Maryland:  Additional 20s.  Duty Act.

“An Act for laying an Additional Duty of Twenty Shillings Current Money per Poll on all Irish Servants, ... also, the Additional Duty of Twenty Shillings Current Money per Poll on all Negroes, for raising a Fund for the Use of Publick Schools,” etc.  Continued by Act of 1728. Compleat Collection of the Laws of Maryland (ed. 1727), p. 191; Bacon, Laws, 1728, ch. viii.

1717, Dec. 11.  South Carolina:  Prohibitive Duty.

“A further additional Act to an Act entitled An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes and all other Slaves; and to an additional Act to an Act entitled An Act for the better ordering and governing of Negroes and all other Slaves.”

Sec. 3.  “And whereas, the great importation of negroes to this Province, in proportion to the white inhabitants of the same, whereby the future safety of this Province will be greatly endangered; for the prevention whereof,

“Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all negro slaves of any age or condition whatsoever, imported or otherwise brought into this Province, from any part of the world, shall pay such additional duties as is hereafter named, that is to say:—­that every merchant or other person whatsoever, who shall, eighteen months after the ratification of this Act, import any negro slave as aforesaid, shall, for every such slave, pay unto the public receiver for the time being, at the time of each importation, over and above all the duties already charged on negroes, by any law in force in this Province, the additional sum of forty pounds current money of this Province,” etc.