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kill, any Ewe-Lamb that shall be yeaned before the First Day of
May in any Year, during the Time aforesaid.

Fifthly, That we will not, directly, or indirectly, during the Time
aforesaid, purchase, take up, or receive, on any Terms, or Conditions
whatever, any of the Goods enumerated in the Second Resolution,
that shall, or may be imported into this Province, contrary to the
Intent and Design of these Resolutions, by any Person whatever, or
consigned to any Factor, Agent, Manager, or Storekeeper here, by
any Person residing in Great-Britain, or else where; and if any such
Goods shall be imported, we will not, upon any Consideration what-
ever, rent, or sell to, or permit any Way to be made Use of by any
such Importer, his Agent, Factor, Manager, or Storekeeper, or any
Person, on his, or their Behalf, any Store-House, or other House,
or any Kind of Place whatever, belonging to us, respectively, for
exposing to Sale, or even securing any such Goods, nor will we suffer
any such to be put on Shore on our respective Properties.

Sixthly, That if any Person shall import, or endeavour to import,
from Great-Britain, or any Part of Europe, any Goods whatever,
contrary to the Spirit and Design of the foregoing Resolutions, or
shall sell any Goods which he has now, or may hereafter have on
Hand, or may import, on any other Terms than are herein expressed,
we will not, at any Time hereafter, deal with any such Person, his
Agent, Manager, Factor, or Storekeeper, for any Commodity what-
ever; and that such of us as are, or may be sellers of Goods, will not
take any Advantage of the Scarcity of Goods that this Agreement
may occasion, but will sell such as we have now on Hand, or may
hereafter import, or have for Sale, at the respective usual and ac-
customed Rates for Three Years last past.

Seventhly, That we will not, during the Time aforesaid, import
into this Province, any of the Goods above enumerated for Non-
importation, in the Second Resolution, which have been, or shall be
imported from Great-Britain, or some Part of Europe, from any
Colony, or Province, which hath not entered or shall not, within Two
Months from the Date hereof, enter into Resolutions of Non-im-
portation, nor will we purchase, take up, or receive, on any Terms,
or Conditions whatever, any such Goods, from any Person, or Per-
sons, that may import the same; nor will we purchase, take up, or
receive, on any Terms, or Conditions, any of the said Goods, which
may be imported from any Province, or Colony, which has entered,
or may enter into such Resolutions, unless a Certificate shall ac-
company such Goods, under the Hands of a Committee of Mer-
chants (if any) of the Place from whence such Goods shall come,
or if no such Committee, then under the Hands of at least Three of
the principal Merchants there, who have entered into Resolutions of
Non-importation, that such Goods were imported before such Reso-
lution was entered into in such Place. And, that we will not pur-