The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-28

annually: one to the proprietor Of more than ATTY
slaves who may have had proportionAlly during the
year the greatest number Of legitimate or egiti-
mixed childreni second to the proprietor who,
possessing greater number Of slaves than the other
competitors, may have had proportionally fewer
losses by death during the same PERIOD and third
to the proprietor who, possessing also greater
number of male slaves than the other competitors,
may present in equal proportion greater number
OF female slaves belonging to him.
VII These premiums shall be adjudicated on the
18th November of each year, BY Junta presided
shall b. composed Of the Regent of the Audiences,
of the President of tho Tribunal Of Commerce OF
Havana, of two propretoIs elected by the corpora
ton Of the same capital, and of two merchants
selected by the said Tribunal OF Commerce from per-
SONS not belonging thereto.
| VIII. The Captain-General Of the island, making
use OF the powers which belong to him civil COVER
nor and superintendent Of finance in commission.
shall make, subject to my royal appreciation, the
proper arrangements for the collection, assessment
and puDctual levying OF this tax.
TX The Junta de F0mento shab transmit to the
political secretary all the informati and documents
which it may have relating to the}suppressed CAPT
tation, and shall deliver over to(my royal treasury
the produce of the same, which may not have been
paid over on the publication Of the present decree
in the leland Of Cuba.
x. No alcabala shall be paid for the slaves who,
after the eaid publication, may be sold or transfer
red in order to eerve or reside in agricultural es
tates or establishments, the proprietor who may &C
qlre them with that object always making it known
at the Office charged with the collection Of that tax
the proper arrangementsfor recording the perma-
nent residence of the slaves transferred under the
exemption from alcabala to agricultural estates aud
establishments, in order that the said slaves may
owners first paying the said duty.
XII. Double alcabala shall be paid for slaves who,
having their residence in agricultural estates or es
Establishments, may be transferred to serve or reside
in the towns.
XIII. Any proprietor committing fraud for the
purpose of eluding the payment OF alcabaa IN cases
in which he is not exempt from it according to this
decree, shall pay double. without prejudice to the
penal or civil responsibility which he may incur by
the same act.
XIV. Only half the alcabaa shall be exacted for
the transfer of slaves under fourteen years of age
XIV. No alcabala shall be exacted -
l. For sales Of slaves which may take place on &C
count of marriages under article xxx. of the regu-
lations of the year 1872 provided the marriage snail
be proved.
2. For the legitimate and legitimised children of
slaves who may be born after the publication of this
decree in the island, when they leave for the first
time the ownership under which they were born.
Given at the Palace, March %. 1854.
Signed by the royal hand.
The President Of the Council OF Ministers.
(Sgned.) LUIS JOSE SARroRIUs.
Having considered the report Of the President of
my Council of Ministers, and in accordance with
the opinion Of the same Council, hereby approve
the following regulations for the import alton and
management of cOlonists in the island Of Cuba:-
CHATTER I.
Ofthe Importation of Col0nasts.
ART. !. Private persons who wish to introduce on
their account into the island of Cuba, Spanish,
Chinese, Yucatan coonists, shall be able to do
from this day, and for the space Of two years. sub
jecting themselves to the conditions established in
these regulations.
II. The importer of the said colonists must pre-
viOueIv obtain DnrYNlei0n from fhn
and must, for that purpose, present certificate
document showing that the vessel in which they
to be conveyed is cit for the voyage If the vessel
SHOULD be in foreign port, this certificate or docu-
ment shall be issued by the Spanish Consul there,
and if in Spanish port By the proper naval au-
thority.
III. Neither of the said permissions shall be con-
coded unless the person in whose favor it is Issued
oblges himself to import the number of women
which the government may determine, on taking
into consideration the number of the men who are
to be imported in each expedition, their nationality
and other circumstances. No tonnage duties shall
be paid by the importers for women.
". The government, on conceding the permits
sion of which the previous articles treat may exact
from the importers any other conditions which it
may think fit with regard to the number, nationality
and ether circumstances of the colonists who are
to be imported.
" The contracts between the importers and the
colcnists shall be written in the language Of the lat
ter, and shall be vised by her Majestys Consul if
made abroad or by the Governor Of the province if
made III Spanish territory.
VI. These contracts must set forth the following
PARTICULARS
/. The age, sex, and place of birth Of the coonist
force.
3. The wages, and the kind, quantity and quail.
ty of the food ard clothing which he is to receive.
4: The obligation to afford him medical assistance
during illness.
5. Whether the wages are to be stopped when the
colonist falls Ill from any cause not connected with
his work, or independent Of the will Of the master.
6. The number of hours during which the colomst
oblges himself to work each day, it being declared
whether the master is to have the power Of ncreas
ing that number on some days, provided this in
crease shall be compensated by q proportionate
diminution on other days.
master for the hours Of labor lost to him by the colo
niat's fault.
8. The obligation of the same colonist to subject
himself to the discipline of the estate workshop,
establishment In which he may have to labor
Q. A clause drawn up in these terms: al, N. NJ,
assent to the rate Of wages above stipulated, al.
though l know that what the free laborers and
slaves of the Island Of Cuba get is much greater, be-
by the other advantages which my master has to af
ford to me, as stated in this contract"
TO- The signature of the colonist If he can write,
and that Of the contractor.
VII. The celonist shall receive, and keep in his
possession copy of the contra ct signed by the con-
VIII. If the colonists should be Spaniards and
under age, they shall not be permitted to contract
with the importers without the consent Of their pa
rents or guardians. If they should be foreigners and
under fourteen years Of age, the person on whom
they depend must be party to the contract.
TX. The importers Of colonists shall not embark
in any vessel more than one person for each ton OF
measurement on voyage from the ports Of the pen
insnla; one person for each ton and half on voya
gees made from the ports of China, and in the like
proportion for the shorter voyage from Yucatan.
X. The importers shall also be bound =
]. To provide the vessels with water and whole
some food fully sufficient for the number Of persons
conveyed, and for the length of the voyage.
2. To adopt the necessary precautions in order tc
maintain in the said vessels the cleanliness and ven
tiaton indispensable for the health Of the pas
scngere.
2. To carry a physician and medicine chest on
board when the number Of persons embarked Is
above hundred.
A. To subject themselves, on their arrival at any
Iort of Cuba, to the sanatOy and police regulations
in force there.
XII In order to ensure the observance Of these
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