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Article II. 



The government shall consist of a chief magistrate, and a council comprised of two persons ; 

 and, by virtue of this article, we hereby unanimously elect and appoint Nathaniel Savory 

 chief magistrate, and James Mottley and Thomas H. Webb councilmen ; each to hold his 

 said office of chief magistrate and councilman for the period of two years from the date of this 

 convention. The said chief magistrate and council shall have power to enact such rules and 

 regulations for the government of this island as by them, from time to time, may appear ne- 

 cessary for the public good. Such rules and regulations, to become binding on the residents, 

 must have the approval and concurrence of two-thirds of the whole number of the residents. 



Article III. 



Until such time as the chief magistrate and council may be enabled to form a code of regu- 

 lations, we hereby unanimously ordain and establish the following thirteen sections under this 

 article, which shall have full force and effect until the adoption of others, and until the expi- 

 ration of two years : 



Section 1. It shall be the duty of any and all person or persons having claims and demands 

 against each other, or who shall have any disputes or difficulties between themselves, which 

 they cannot amicably settle, to refer the same to the chief magistrate and council for adjudi- 

 cation and settlement ; and their decision shall be final and binding. 



Sec. 2. All penalties in this colony shall be a pecuniary fine ; and no penalty for any offence 

 shall exceed the sum of . 



Sec. 3. The chief magistrate and council shall have power to direct the seizure and sale of 

 any property of any offender sufficient to pay the same against whom a fine has been decreed, 

 wherever it may be found within the limits of Peel island. 



Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any resident, settler, or other person on the island, to entice 

 anybody to desert from any vessel that may come into this port, or to harbor or secrete any 

 such deserter. 



Sec. 5. Any person who shall entice, counsel, or aid any other person to desert from any 

 vessel in this port, or shall harbor or conceal him to prevent his apprehension, shall be liable 

 to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 



Sec. 6. All moneys arising from the levy of fines upon offenders shall be a public fund for 

 the use and behoof of the colony ; and the same shall be placed in the hands of the chief 

 magistrate for safe-keeping, and to be appropriated to such public purposes as the chief magis- 

 trate and council may deem necessary and proper ; and a correct account of all expenditures 

 of said moneys shall be kept by them, and a statement of receipts and expenditures published 

 at the end of one year. 



Sec. 7. All public moneys remaining unexpended at the end of one year shall be equally 

 divided among the present settlers., unless otherwise ordained by a convention of the people. 



Sec. 8. Port Regulations. — There shall be two regularly appointed and recognized pilots for 

 this port ; and, by virtue of this section, of article 3d, we hereby unanimously appoint James 

 Mottley and Thomas H. Webb as such, for a period of two years from the date of this conven- 

 tion ; said pilots may appoint capable substitutes under them, and it shall be unlawful for any 

 other person or persons to perform the duty of pilot. Any one who shall, without the au- 



