in fifty pounds each (to be renewed annually, for the
conduct of masters in their employ), to perform as follows:--To
take no person without permission and regular notice of
departure; to obtain a clearance; not to navigate beyond the
limits, namely, 10.37. and 43.39. south, and 135. east, from
Greenwich; not to entice seamen, or entertain deserters; to
provide sufficient provisions for the support of their men; not
to break bulk, until entered and the fees paid; not to authorize
strange vessels taking away British subjects from the gangs; not
to purchase or receive more than twenty gallons of spirits from
any vessel they may meet, without the governor's permission.

_Constables_--forbid releasing persons taken in charge,
until discharged by a magistrate.

_Convicts_--not to employ others to do their work: to
which all overseers are strictly to attend, under such punishment
as a bench of magistrates may adjudge. Convicts not to strike or
be struck by free persons: penalty, two hundred lashes the
prisoner, and jail-gang twelve months; a free man to pay two
pounds for the first offence, and be bound over; and, for the
second offence, five pounds, and security doubled. Those
prisoners assigned to individuals to be of no expence to the
crown, nor can any convict's person be attached for debt. Those
prisoners taken off the stores to be employed on their master's
ground only, and in no case be permitted on their own hands, or
let to hire: penalty to Orphans; the master to pay ten pounds,
and half-a-crown for each day the servant has been absent from
public labour. Servants, who are prisoners, are not to be beaten
by their masters; who are to complain to a magistrate when
necessary, on pain of forfeiting such future accommodation. Those
prisoners off the stores who charge exorbitant prices for their
labour, or misbehave in any other respect, will be recalled, and
such other punishment inflicted according to the nature of the
offence. Masters of convicts to clothe and maintain them with a
ration equal to that issued by government; to provide for them a
sheltered lodging; the servant to work, in his own time, for his
master, in preference to any other person, and never absent
himself without leave; in case of misbehaviour, the master is to
prefer his complaint to a magistrate, who will order such
punishment as the case shall require. Persons secreting or
employing such servants during government hours, will be punished
for