DECREE of the Conseil of the Cap, which forbids, 1. to set up Guildives; 2. to sell strong Liquors to the nègres if they do not have a note from their enslaver, and, 3

Having seen by the Conseil the Remonstrance of the Procureur-Général du Roi, THE CONSEIL forbids all Settlers and Officers of whatever rank they may be to make and manufacture Guildives until it pleases His Majesty to order otherwise, on pain of a fine of 3000 l.; and as for the Guildives that may have been made up to today, bans are made under the same penalty on selling or retailing them to the nègres; furthermore said Conseil forbids all Tavern keepers to sell or retail French Brandy, Liquors or Wines to said enslaved nègres, unless they have a note from their enslaver, under the penalties set out in the present Decree; as also said Conseil forbids all Settlers to send their nègres from Quarter to Quarter without a note from their enslaver, or a mark by which it can be known that they come from his hand, on pain of a fine of 15 livres; furthermore orders that the present Decree shall be read, published and posted in all the Parishes of this jurisdiction. GIVEN, etc.