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1735-02-08

DECREES of the Conseil du Cap, of which one grants a gratuity to the individual who killed a Chief of marrons, and who is maimed

Haitian

SEEN by the Conseil, the Petition of Gilles Nautel, etc.; and M. Samson, Councillor, performing the functions of Procureur-Général du Roi, heard: THE CONSEIL, having regard to the Petition, orders that there shall be paid to the Petitioner the sum of 3,000 liv. by the Receveur of the Droits suppliciés; namely, that of 1500 liv. by way of gratuity, and the other 1500 liv. for his three nègres, of whom two were executed by Decree of this Court, the other killed in the woods.

Seen by the Conseil, the Petition of Gilles Nautel, Settler in the Quartier of Dondon; and M. Ballan, Councillor, performing the functions of Procureur-Général, heard, and all considered: THE CONSEIL, having regard to the Petition, has granted release of the seizure in question; consequently orders that the sum of 3000 liv. shall be delivered to the Petitioner.

Source  ·  p. act 03:415 Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry, Loix et constitutions des colonies françoises de l'Amérique sous le Vent (Vol. 3) (1784-1790), p. act 03:415