1^8 SUMATRA; 
The executive power for enforcing obedience to thefe laws and cuf- 
tomsj and for preferying the peace of the countr}^, is, with the cod* 
currence of die pangeran and proatteens, vefted in the Company's Re- 
fident. 
** Done at Laye, in the month Rabioel-Achir, m the year 
of Hegira 1193, anrwering to April 1779* 
JOHN MARS DEN, Refident.* 
Rem&rks 
