21Q ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND. Chap. VII. 
shall exceed three months, and no fine to be so stated 
shall exceed 10/. 
8th. That in all civil proceedings, the Umpire shall 
preside ; that each party may choose an arbitrator, who 
shall sit with the Umpire, and the award of the ma- 
jority shall bind the parties; and the Umpire shall have 
all necessary powers of compelling the attendance of 
witnesses, and the production of books and papers, and 
of examining the witnesses. 
9th. That the Committee shall have power to appoint 
five of their members, who shall be called a Committee 
of Appeal ; and to such Committee an appeal may be 
made in all cases civil and criminal, and the decision 
of such Committee shall be final. 
10th. That the Committee and the Umpire shall be 
authorized to make such rules and orders for their 
government in the execution of their duties as they 
shall think fit. 
11th. That the Committee may direct in what man- 
ner the Assessors shall be chosen. 
12th. That the Committee shall direct the calling 
out of the armed inhabitants, and shall make rules 
and regulations for the government of the same. 
13th. That the Company's principal Agent shall have 
the highest authority in directing the armed inhabi- 
tants when called out ; and that the Committee shall 
have the power to appoint such other persons as they 
think fit to assist in such direction. 
14th. That the Committee shall have power to make 
regulations for preserving the peace of the settlement, 
and shall have power to levy such rates and duties 
as they shall think necessary to defray all expenses 
attending the management of the affairs of the colony 
and the administration of justice. 
