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by as many of the officers of the army, planters, and 

 inhabitants, as could be conveniently admitted to such 

 election, either at one or more places; which said 

 persons, with the secretary of the island, who was 

 thereby appointed always to be one, were established 

 a council, to advise and assist the governor in the ex- 

 ecution of his trust, and five were to be a quorum. 



The fourth and fifth articles direct the taking the 

 oaths, and settling judicatories for the civil affairs and 

 affairs of the admiralty, for the peace of the island, 

 and determining controversy. 



The sixth directs the governor to discountenance 

 vice and debauchery, and to encourage ministers, that 

 Christianity and the protestant religion, according to 

 the Church of England, might have due reverence and 

 exercise amongst them. 



The seventh directs the fortifications at Cagway to 

 be compleated, and empowers him to compel, not 

 only soldiers, but planters, to work by turns. 



The eighth directs him to encourage the planters, 

 and to assure them of his majesty's protection: and, 

 by the ninth, he is to cause an accurate survey to be 

 made of the island. 



By the tenth it is directed, that the secretary shall 

 keep a register of all plantations, and the bounds 

 thereof; and that all persons shall be obliged to plant 

 a proportionable part thereof within a limited time. 



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