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��Resolve on the address and application of several
tribes of Indians. [line] March 28, 1793.
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Resolved, [underlined] That Stephen Jones, Alexander Campbell 
and George Stillman, Esquires, be, and they hereby are appoint-
-ed a Committee, to meet at some convenient place as soon as
may be, then and there to confer with the Passamaquody [Passamaquoddy] 
tribe of Indians, on the subject of the late address; and
that the said Committee be authorized to lay out and
assigned, from the lands belonging to this Commonwealth
two tracts for the use and improvement of the Passama-
-quody tribe of Indians, one tract, not exceeding six
 miles square, to be located in a regular form, between the
northern and western banks of the Schoodic, and joining
to the said northern branch, and one other tract, not
exceeding one hundred acres, on the sea shoe in the
County of Washington. Provided, nevertheless, tha
the lands to be so assigned, shall be reserved for the use
and improvement of the Indians aforesaid. [line] And 
that the said Indians, either in whole or in part, shall
not have power to alienate or dispose of the lands, which
may be so assigned, or any part thereof; and all conveyance
of the lands aforesaid, by any Indian or Indians shall be
null and void.

And be it further Resolved, [clause underlined] That said Committee
be empowered to inquire into any dispute or complaint
now subsisting between the said Indians and any of the 
Inhabitants of said County of Washington, and make report
of their whole proceedings as soon as may be to the
General Court. [line]

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Resolve restricting
the Passamaquody
Indians [line]
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March 28, 1793