DECREE of the Conseil of Petit-Goave, which forbids nègres to have Horses

HAVING SEEN the Remonstrance of the Procureur-Général, and ruling on it, the Council makes very express prohibitions and prohibits all enslaved nègres from having any Horses, and for this purpose they shall get rid of them within two

months, counting from the day of the publication of the Present, after which time those found in possession of them shall be sentenced to the whip, and their said Horses confiscated for the benefit of the Hospitals of the places, the costs of execution first being taken from their price. It also forbids all sorts of persons, of whatever rank and condition they may be, after the said time, to buy any Horses from nègres, on pain of a fine of twenty-five écus, applicable to the furnishings needed for the Chamber of the Council, and of costs. And it enjoins all the enslavers of the said nègres to see, each in his own sphere, to the execution of the Present, on pain of answering for it. And the Present shall be read, published, etc. GIVEN in the Council extraordinarily assembled, etc.