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��Resolve on the address and application of several tribes of Indians. [line] March 28, 1793. [double line]

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]

[back side] 5 Resolve restricting the Passamaquody Indians [line] [flourish]