SUMATRA* %7 
hefj and Ihe is given in marriage to a ftr anger^Hc may ekli^ be adopted 
into the family, to replace the deceafed ; without adJst ; or he may 
pay her /ffo/V^, or take her by fimmdn^ a3 her relations pleafe. 
If a perfon lies with a man's wife, by force, he is deferving of death j 
but may redeem his head by payment of the bangQony eighty dollars^ 
to be divided between the huiband and proatteens. 
^ If 3 man furprises his wife in the a€t of adultery, he may put both 
man and woman to d^rdttli tijioft tlic fpot, wtthout being liable to any 
bangoon. If he kills the man and fparcs his wite^ he muft redeem 
her life, by payment of fifty dolhirs to the proatteens. If the hufband 
fparea the offender, ot has only information of the fad: from other 
perfons, he may not afterwards kill him, but has his remedy at law, 
the fine for adultery being fifty dollars, to be divided between the 
hu{band and the proatteens. If he divorces his wife on this account, 
lie pays no charro, 
5^ If a younger fifter be firft married, the hufband pays fix dollars, ad- 
dat pehlUOy for paffing over the elder. 
*^ G A M 1 N G. 
*^ All gaming, except cock-fighting at ftated periods, is abfolutely pro- Lawrefpeaii 
hibited. The fine for each offence is fifty dollars. The perfon in ^^'^''S* 
whoCe houfe it is carried on, if with his knowledge, is equally liable 
to the finej with the gameCters* A proatteen knowing of gaming in 
his doofoon, and concealing it, incurs a fine of twenty dolhrSi One 
half of the fines go to the informer ; the other to the Company, to 
be diftributed among the induftrious planters, at the yearly payment 
of the cuftoms, 
**OpiumFarm. 
The fine for retailing of opium by any other than the farmer, is fifty Opiim* 
dollars for each offence : one half to the farmer^ and the other to the 
informer* 
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