ORDINANCE of the King, which forbids the Captains of Vessels bringing nègres to the Islands to go ashore, or to send their Crews ashore, without having obtained permission from the Gouverneurs

HIS MAJESTY being informed that the Captains of the Vessels that carry Black people to the Islands of America have communication with the settlers of the said Colonies, and allow the Crews of their Vessels to go ashore, although the nègres whom they bring, and even part of the said Crews, have contagious diseases, which it is important to prevent, so that through this contact the said contagious diseases are not passed to the settlers of the said Islands; His Majesty, on the advice of Monsieur the Duc d’Orléans, Regent, forbids all Captains of Vessels who carry Black people to the said Islands to go ashore, or to allow their Crews to go, as also to have any contact with the settlers, either themselves or through the persons of their Crews, unless they have first obtained permission from the one who Commands in the place where they arrive, which permission shall be granted to them if there are no contagious diseases aboard, and if there are, a place shall be indicated to them where they may put the sick ashore to have them treated there, without their being able, for as long as the…