Report on the Petition of Jonathan Hudson

v3:1949

The Committee to whom the Petition of Jonathan Hudson was referred reported their opinion in certain Resolutions, which being read, were agreed to, as follows:

Resolved, That so much of the said Petition as prays for permission to export the said cargo to any place other than the Islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, or Man, or the West-Indian Islands, is reasonable.

Resolved, That so much of the said Petition as prays for further permission is unreasonable.

Resolved, That the said Petitioner give bond, with sufficient security, to the Chairman of the Committee of the Town of Baltimore, under a penalty of double the value of the said cargo, to export the said cargo to some place other than the Islands of Great Britain, Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, Alderney, Man, and the Islands of the West-Indies; and within six months after the said exportation, to produce to the said Chairman a certificate of the port to which the said cargo shall have been shipped, authenticated under the hands of two merchants of known character and reputation, residing in the same port; and that, on executing such bond, the said Chairman sign a permit to the said Petitioner, allowing him to export the said cargo.