The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-23

colonies has addreed to general Ferrand, the sotA
Meflidor, year ~, of which the following is an ex-
traa.
Thee drafts ought infpire the more confidence
beeaufe the funds aligned them are put in reierve
in the public treaiury, and nothing can alter their def
tinaton.
You may consequently, fir, give to every p.rtou
to whom you will caufe them to be delivered, the
mott poitive ailurance that they will be punaually
paid as they will fall due
d. All the Hour, other than that to be put at the
dhpofal Of government in virtue of the rit article of
the Preient decree. aud the conditions enumerated
IN the third article cannot under any pretext be put
IN requiii'ion; and the captain may diipofe of the
fame as he may think fit
5. Every captain who fha not have confor,ned
hieif to the regulations expreed in the rlt article
OF the preent arrete hall be liable to pay !zuy foe
per cent initead of flee, for the duties belonging to go
vernment upon the expectation Of mahogany Ex DOL
lars inltead oil three, for the duties upon dye zceod and
four dollars inead of two for thele upon Gagiaeus,
Icood
The general contents, in the mean time. that can-
tains OF veiels arriving from the wndward and lee
ward iilands before the 18th March, 1906 and ,boG.
arriving direct from the United States before ,be o,b
April, 1906, having flour on board may load v;,h
mahogany, dye and Cnaiaenn 7vooi, by paying the du
ties impoied by the arrete of the III Ventole wear
IL, provided they furnith fuicient lure,es to fulfil
within two months, the obligations expreNed in arti-
Gle or thoe deiignated in the rf paragraph of the
preient article.
O. 1t is expressly forbidden to all captains of vee,
other than the St. Domingo coaters to anchor with
out written pernion from the general in chief, ON
the coats OF this iland occupied by the French ex
oePt in the ports of Sanfo Douuingo uana and p,,-
fO-Plafa Ii unavoidable conftrain then, to r.
| all kind OF commerce is interdiGted to them
Every captain of veiiel in contravention with the
diPoons expreied by this article, ihall pay fine of
fOe hundred dollars, for which his veHel will be the
guaranty. And the inhabitants who fhall be dere9-
ed trading with him ihall pay fmilar fine of five
hundred dollars to be levied on all their goods sc.
Z. No captain hall be allowed TO load with ssaboo
any, dye, and GnaiaeHn 7voodJ, the coat of Sant
Domingo occupied by the French, without having
Previouily cleared out from the port OF Sano Domn
go, with an order from the general in chief which
hall be given to the captain by the collector of the
cuitoms. That order iha be valid no longer than
twenty days, and will ferve for once only.
Any velel found on the coaa loading with woods
and which fhall not have cleared out from Santo Do
mingo with the order of the general in chief ha b
oonfilcated and fold.
Every proprietor or farmer, whole woods fl,a have
been drawn iorthe purPoe of loading vee in CONTRA
venton, ihall pay fine of one t5ogEard aoilars.
8. There ihall be appointed in each arrond1ement
on the COATS a furveyor under the denomination of
igee70r Of The eoaRs: This infpeeor fha aa in con-
cert with the military conmandan to prevent all fpe-
cles OF fraud and of monopoly. lie fhali have the
right OF calling upon the armed force when circum-
| itances may require it.
9. Relates foley to the diRrbution of the fines
10. The preient arrete hall have its effect from
the twentieth OF the prefent month Goth Feb.) 1t
HAL be regiitered at the colonial INFECTION printed in
both Languages to the number of one hundred comics
poited up and publhed in all the chief places of ar.
rondifements, in the St. Domingo COATS occupied by
the French.
Copies thereof hall be addre1ed to all captain-qe
nerals and governors of The W. India Hands RI n.
m'niter OF France near the United States of Ameri
ca and to all the authorities who ought to be acquaint
| ed Herewith.
18th Pluvoie, year l3, 18th Feb. Iso5)
The general commandment in chief exerciGnor the
r'"eion OF caPtaln-genera member OF the LEGION of
honor. S0" Vi
! (Sgned) L.FRPRANn