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1679-05-02

DECREE of the Conseil d’Etat, which declares the nègres, Kettles and Livestock of the Sugar Works exempt from seizure for payment of the Capitation Duty

Haitian

THE KING, continuing to give his attention to everything that can strengthen the Commerce of his Subjects established in the French Islands of America, and wishing to give them the means of increasing the Sugar Works in the said Islands; His Majesty being in his Conseil, has discharged and discharges the nègres, Kettles and Livestock serving the Sugar Works established in the said Islands, from all seizures that might be made by Maître Jean Oudiette, Fermier of the Domaine d’Occident, for payment of the Capitation Duties owed by the Settlers of the said Islands, saving to him the right to proceed by way of seizure and sale of the other goods and assets belonging to the said Settlers for payment of the said Duties, even by the ordinary and customary means for His Majesty’s affairs, and he enjoins the sieur Patoulet, Intendant of Justice, Police and Finances in the said Islands to see to the execution of the present Decree. DONE at the Conseil d’Etat of the King, His Majesty being present, held at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 2 May 1679. Signed COLBERT.

Source  ·  p. act 00:229 Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent (Vol. 1) (1784-1790), p. act 00:229