An Act to amend an Act, intituled, “An Act to prevent the clandestine departure of persons from the island.”

WHEREAS great inconvenience has arisen from persons underwriting others whose names are set up in the secretary’s office previously to their leaving the Island, by virtue of an Act, intituled, “An Act to prevent the clandestine departure of Persons from the Island;” for the remedy whereof, BE it and it is hereby enacted and ordained by His Majesty’s most loyal and dutiful subjects, his excellency Sir William Young, baronet, captain general and governor in chief in and over His Majesty’s Island of Tobago, the council and general assembly of the said Island, and it is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person underwriting another whose name is set up in the secretary’s office, shall, previously to underwriting, make a positive affidavit of the debt due to him by the person he is about to under write, before one of the justices of the court of Common Pleas, and lodge the same in the secretary’s office: and without such affidavit, no underwriting shall prevent the secretary from issuing a ticket to a person setting up his name, as is directed by the said recited Act; any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the secretary of the Island shall publish in the gazette of this Island every week, the names of persons putting up their names to depart the Island; and also shall publish the date of his issuing tickets, whether taken out by complying with the setting up of the name for fourteen days, or upon giving security: Provided always, that it shall not be necessary to publish any name more than once; and the secretary shall be at liberty to charge therefor the sum of one shilling and sixpence currency; and in the case of neglect, the secretary shall be liable to an action of damages at the suit of any person proving himself or herself endamaged by such neglect. 

James M. Collier, Speaker.

Passed the House of Assembly, this twenty-ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. James Wilcock, Clerk of General Assembly. John Balfour, President.

Passed the Council, the twenty-ninth day of April one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Samuel Hall, Clerk of Council.

Tobago, Council chamber, April twenty-ninth, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Assent given, W. Young, Governor.

Tobago, 30th April one thousand eight hundred and fourteen; and duly published this thirtieth April one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. Gideon Gilman, D.P. Marshal.