THE PAMUNKEY INDIANS OF VIRGINIA. 17 



replace all damages aud if any miner are engaged iu sutch, their parent shall be 

 responsible for their acts and each and anny that are found guilty Shall be fined 

 from $1 to $5. 



7th be it known that each road of Indian Town shall be 30 ft. wide and all person 

 that has moved their fence in the road shall have 30 days to move them out and if 

 they are not moved they are to be moved by the chief and the councl men and the 

 oxpence paid by the Trespasser. 



8th if anny citizen are notitide to attend anny meeting and fails to do so with 

 without sufficient excuse shall be fined from $1 to $1.50. 



9th be it known that all the citizens age 16 to GO of Indian Town shall work on the 

 road as far as rod hill and anny member refuse to work shall be fined 7.5c and Jacob 

 Miles to be Road Master and he to be jjaid $1 pr. year. 



lOth Be it knowu that no person be allowed to swear on the high way of Indian 

 Town and if so they are to be fined from $1 to $2. (Amendment) Ist offence 25 2nd 

 75 3rd 100. 



11th Be it known that anny person or persons seen or known to be fighting upon 

 the highways or else where of Indian Town in the Town the one found guilty of 

 first breaking the peace shall be fined not less than $3. nor more than $5 dollars. 



12th Resolve that each male citizen of Indian Town owning a piece of land shall 

 pay $1 "" pr. year or the value in produce to the Treasurer of Indian Town yearly 

 for her benefits. 



13th be it known that the Hall Sein Shore of Indian Town shall be rented out 

 yearly for the benefit of the Treasury of Indian Town and if anny person are known 

 to set anny obstruction iu the way shall be fined $5 in each ofl'ence. 



14th If anny person owning a piece of land and do not build and live upon it iu 

 18m it shall be considered as town jiroperty and the jierson shall be allowed 20 days 

 to move what they has fchereou ofl'; then it shall be considered as Town Propertj' 

 and the Town can allow any one else the same privelege under the above obligatious. 



15th Anny person that become rude and corrupt and refuse to be submissive to 

 the Laws of Indian Town shall be removed by the Trustees, chief and counclmen. 



16th Anny person that ai'e in debt to the town and refuse to pay the amt. enoug 

 of their property shall be sold to satisfy the claim. 



17th be it knowu that we shall have a fence law and it shall be 4 ft, high on a ditch 

 Bank and 5 ft. high on a levil and the holes are to be 1 foot 4 in hole 2 ft 6 in holes 

 3 ft 8 in hole and Remainder to the judgement of the fencer. 



18th An amendment to Resolution all male citizens of Indian from 18 year upward 

 shall pay $1.00 pr. year and until the amt is paid they will not be given no laud. 



Besides these written laws, there are others which have not been 

 committed to writing, the most im[)ortant of whicli relate to the tenure 

 of land. The reservation belongs to the tribe as a whole. There is no 

 individual ownership of land. The chief and council allot a parcel of 

 cleared ground of about 8 acres to the head of ea(;h family. The occu- 

 pant is generally allowed to keep the land for life, and at his death it 

 goes back to the tribe to be realloted, unless the deceased should leave 

 helpless dependents, in which case the land is rented for their benefit. 

 The houses on the reservation are individual property and can be 

 bought and sold at pleasure. 



ARTS. 



In 1891 the writer was sent by the Smithsonian Institution to visit 

 the Pamunkey Indians and make a collection of specimens of their 

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