farms, under penalty of being mulcted as
aforesaid.
5, I f any free or private trader shall be
found to remain and carry on trade at the
trading town, after the expiration of the
four weeks granted by agreement; or at
the authorized out-ports, and there carry
on tra d e ; then, and in such case, all such
persons, be they masters, mates, or seamen,
shall pay a penalty of four rix-dollars for
every day, that it shall be lawfully proved
they have staid above the said time.
6, And likewise, such private traders,
as live in out-ports, where there has not
been any proper or authorized trading town,
or in the fiords and bays, for the purpose
of trading, shall be subject to the penalties
ascertained by the 1st
7, One fourth part of the fines aforesaid
shall be given to the informer, one fourth
part falls to the justiciary box, one fourth
to the house of correction, and the other
fourth part, if the fines are under ten rix-
dollars, to the poor of the parish ; but, if
it exceeds ten rix-dollars, it shall be given
to the poor of the whole district ; and the
merchant, in whose district such unlawful
trade is carried on, shall not only be
authorized to give information thereof, but
also, in the absence of the magistracy, shall
have power, with the assistance of people
employed for the purpose, to lay a sequester
on the goods, on condition of his immediately
requiring the magistracy to take a legal
survey and estimate on the same, and thereafter
to proceed in the cause to its conclusion,
according to agreement, and at the
expence of the person implicated.
According whereto, all persons have to
conduct themselves.
Chamber o f Taxes and Interest, 23rd April, 1792.
(Signed)
R e v e n t l o w . H o e .
H a n s e n . C o l b io r n s e n .
K o l l e . S c h io n n in g . W o r m s k io l d . B u d t .
M. v o n E s s e n . M e in c k e . H a m e l e f f .
J o h a n s e n . V o r n d r a n . W a d u m .
G u n d e l a c h ,
Clerk.
F IN I S .