Commander in Chief of the Militia in any County within this Province,
of
any Difference they shall know, or hear of, betwixt his Majesty's Liege
People
and the Indians, or amongst the Indians themselves, or of
any Cause of Suspicion
of such Difference, whether signified by Words or Actions.
V. And be it
further Enacted, by the Authority
aforesaid, That it shall not
be lawful for any of his Majesty's Subjects to buy or purchase, from any
Indian
or Indians whatsoever, any Guns or Match-Coats for Liquor, upon
Pain
of returning to the Indian or Indians such Guns or Match-Coats
by them purchased,
and also of losing the Price or Value of the Liquors sold them for
such Guns or Match-Coats: Nor shall any of this Majesty's Subjects whatsoever,
trust any Indian or Indians for Liquors, or take any Pawn or Pawns
from
them, or any Presence whatsoever; on Pain of losing their Debt for such
Liquors so credited to the Indians as aforesaid, and being obliged
to restore
the Indians Pawns as aforesaid, without any Record or Satisfaction
therefore;
any Law, Statute, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.
VI. And
to the End that no Breach of
Peace may happen between the
neighbouring Indians, and the Inhabitants of this Province; Be
it Enacted,
by the Authority aforesaid,
That any Person or Persons whatsoever, that shall
take, entice, surprize, sell or transport, or cause to be sold or transported
our
of this Province, or otherwise dispose of any Friend Indian or Indians
whatsoever,
or attempt or endeavour so to do, without Licence from the Governor
for the Time being, and all Accessaries thereunto, shall be fined and imprisoned
at the Direction of the Governor and Council for the Time being, and
that any Person or Persons whatsoever, that shall inform against, or cause
such Offender or Offenders to be apprehended, shall have such Satisfaction
therefore as the Governor and Council shall think fit.
VII. And
be it further Enacted, That the
Governor for the Time being,
may, as Occasion shall require, appoint, in any County within this Province,
three good and discreet Persons, whereof any two shall and may hear and
determine
all or any such * Matters or Controversy, as shall arise between any
the Indians and the Inhabitants of this Province, as to him it shall
seem meet.
Examined and Compared with the Original Act, REVERDY GHISELIN,
THOMAS BACON.
* By 1717, ch. 14, any Single Magistrate may
determine such Controversies to the Value of
20 Shillings.
And by 1756, ch. 9, the County Courts are to determine where the
Matter in
Dispute exceeds the Value of 20 Shillings, &c.
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