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 Country, nor shall the said Sieur Crozat carry any Blacks else where.

XV. He shall not send any Ships into the said Country of Louisiana but directly from France, and he shall Cause the said Ships to Return thither again; the whole under Pain of Confiscation and Forfeiture of the Present Priviledge.

XVI. THE said Sieur Crozat shall be obliged, after the Expiration of the first nine Years of this Grant, to Pay the Officers and the Garrison which shall be in the said Country During the Six last Years of the Continuance of this Present Priviledge: The said Sieur Crozat may in that Time propose and nominate the Officers, as Vacancies shall fall, and such Officers, shall be Confirmed by us, if we approve of them.

Given at FONTAINBLEAU the Fourteenth Day of September in the Year of Grace 1712. And of Our Reign the 70th.

SIGNED LOUIS By the KING

PHELIPEAUX, &c.

Registered at PARIS in the Parliament, the Four and Twentieth of September, 1712.