Note 3 — Vijfde hoofdstuk.
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Terms proposed by their Excellencies Major-General Sir Charles Green, and Commodore Samuel Hood, commander in Chief of His Majesty’s Land and Sea-Forces for the Surrender to the British Government of the Colony of Suriname.
Art. 2. “The inhabitants of the Colony shall enjoy full security for theirs persons, and the free exercise of their Religion, with the immediate and entire possession of their Private Property, whether on shore or alout.
Art 3. The laws of the Colony as they existed at the period of its being given up by the British Government, shall remain in force until His Majesty’s pleasure shall be known, but this article is not meant to restrict His Majesty’s Representative from making such temporary Regulations as may appear to him absolutely necessary for the security and defence of the Colony, nor must it be construed to militate against such establishments as may be necessary for regulating the commerce of the colony agreeable to the practise in the British West-India possessions.
Art. 4. The different persons at present employed in the civil administration of the Colony shall all of them, the Governor excepted, continue in office, provided they take oath of allegiance and fidelity to the British Government, and that their conduct is such as to afford no reasonable ground for suspecting their submission thereto.” ↑