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shall assess the taxes, and give notice of the amount to all the people, 

 that they may understand in suitable time. The tax officers shall make 

 the assessments in subserviency to the orders of the governors, and in 

 accordance with the requirements of the law. And when the taxes are 

 to be gathered, they shall gather them, and deliver the property to the 

 governor, and the governor shall pay it over to the premier, and the 

 premier shall deliver it to the king. 



The tax officers shall also have charge of the public labour done 

 for the king, though if they see proper to commit it to the land 

 agents, it is well; but the tax officers being above the land agents, 

 shall be accountable for the work. They shall also have charge of 

 all new business which the king shall wish to extend through the 

 kingdom. In all business, however, they shall be subject to the go- 

 vernor. 



The tax officers shall be the judges in all cases arising under the 

 tax law. In all cases where land agents or landlords are charged 

 with oppressing the lower classes, and also in all cases of difficulty 

 between land agents and tenants, the tax officers shall be the judges, 

 and also all cases arising under the tax law enacted on the 7th of 

 June, 1839. 



They shall, moreover, perform their duties in the following manner. 

 Each tax officer shall be confined in his authority to his own appro- 

 priate district. If a difficulty arises between a land agent and his 

 tenant, the tax officer shall try the case, and if the tenant be found 

 guilty, then the tax officer, in connexion with the land agent, shall exe- 

 cute the law upon him. But if the tax officer judge the land agent to 

 be in fault, then he shall notify all the tax officers of his particular 

 island, and if they are agreed, they shall pass sentence on him, 

 and the governor shall execute it. But in all trials, if any individual 

 take exception to the decision of the tax officer, he may appeal to 

 the governor, who shall have the power to try the case again, and if 

 exceptions are taken to the decision of the governor, on information 

 given to the supreme judges, there shall be a new and final trial before 

 them. 



OF THE JUDGES. 



Each of the governors shall, at his discretion, appoint judges for his 

 particular island, two or more, as he shall think expedient, and shall 

 give them certificates of office. After having received their certificates, 

 they shall not be turned out except by impeachment, though it shall be 

 proper at any time for the law to limit the term of office. 



They shall act in the following manner. They shall give notice 



