The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1832-07-10

tant for whole year, or till new be
chosen.
Mr.. William Balston, is chosen assis-
tant and Treasurer for u whole year or
till new be chosen.
Mr.. John Porter, is chosen assistant
for whole year, or till new be chosen.
Wm. Dyre, is chosen Secretary for
G whole year or till new be chosen.
Mr.. Robert Jeffreys is chosen Treas
urer for whole year, or till a new be
chosen.
Thomas Gorton and Henry Bull, is
chosen Sergeant Attendants.
Thomas Cornell, of Portsmouth, and
Henry Bishop, of Newport, is chosen
Constables for one whole year or till a
new be chosen.
Sd. 1t was ordered, and unanimously
agreed upon, that the Government which
this body polite doth attend unto in this
Island and the jurisdiction thereof in
favor Of our Prince is "A DEMOCRACY or
popular Government, that is to say it is
in the power of the body ofFreemen or
derly assembled or n major part of them
to make or constitute just laws by which
they will be regulated and to depute
from among themselves such ministers
as shall see them faithfully executed be-
tween man, and man.
4ih. 1t was further ordered, by tho
authority ofthis present Court, that none
be accounted delinquent for Doctrine
provided it be not directly repugnant to
the Government or laws established.
9Th. 1t is further ordered, that all such
who shall kill Fox shall have 6s. Sd.
for his pains daily paid unto him by the
Treasurer of the town in which bounds
II was killed provided that he shall bring
the head thereof to the Cd Treasurer,
and this order shall be of sufficient au-
thority to the Treasurer, to pay and dis
charge the said sum.
9th. 1t is further ordered, that all men
who shall kill any Deer, Except upon
his own proper land) shall bring and de-
liver half the said deer into the Treasury
or pay 40s.
Farther it is ordered, that the Cover
nor and deputy Governor shall have au-
,hority to give forth warrant to some
one deputed of each town, to kill some
against the Court times for the Country's
use who shall by his warrant have liberty
to kill wherever he find, provided it be
not within any mans enclosure and to be
paid by the Treasury, provided also that
no Indian shall be suffered to kill or de-
s,roy any, at my time or any where.
7th. 1t is ordered, that from hence
forth that the quarter sessions Courts
shall always be kept the first, the first
Tuesday in March the second the first
Tuesday in June, the third the first
Tuesday in September, the last the first
Tuesday in December.
S,h. 1t is ordered, that eight guns and
their furniture with two corsletts now IN
the hands Of William WiIbore shall be
taken of by the Treasury jointly as part
Of satisfaction for what debts, from him
is due thereto, and that the said arms
be equally divided to each town.
9th. 1t is ordered, that the deputy
Governor, Mr.. Wilbore, Mr.. Coggeshall,
and Mr.. Jeremy Clarke, shall be joined
in commission with the two Treasurers
that now be to examine the Treasury
and to even the accounts and then to
present them so rcctifed to the next
General Court, and what unevenness is
found to be, the one Treasurer shall
make payment to the other Treasurer
within twenty days after the period of
their commission, the limits which is set
for the performance Of this shall be three
weeks from the date hereof
10th. 1t is ordered, that Mr.. Porter,
Mr.. Balston, Mr.. Easton and Mr.. JEFF
frcys, shall reer the line between the two
towns within 20 days after the date
hcrcof,or else shall forfeit mark a piece
and performing it within the time or
term they shall have mark piece for