LETTERS PATENT interpreting art. 24 of those of March 1696, which grant a gratuity of 13 livres per head of nègres brought into the Islands and Colonies of America by the Compagnie Royale du Sénégal & Côtes d’Afrique

Louis, etc. To our beloved and faithful Conseillers, the People holding our Chambre des Comptes at Paris: Greeting. The former Directors of the Compagnie Royale du Sénégal and coast of Africa, established by our Letters Patent of March 1696, registered where needed, have had it represented to us that by art. 24 of our said Letters Patent, We granted the said Company, by way of gratuity, the sum of 13 livres for each head of nègres it would bring into our Islands and Colonies of America, which would be paid to the said Company by the Garde of our Trésor Royal, on the certificates of our Intendant of the said Islands and of our Gouverneurs, in his absence, etc. FOR THESE REASONS, etc. We further order, interpreting, as far as needed, art.