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with tatau, if it be clearly proved, shall be tried and punished. The 
punishment of the man shall be this—he shall make a piece of road ten 
fathoms long for the first marking, twenty (fathoms) for the second ; or, 
stone-work, four fathoms long and two wide; if not this, he shall do some 
other work for the king. This shall be the woman’s punishment—she 
shall make two large mats, one for the king, and one for the governor; or 
four small mats, for the king two, and for the governor two. If not this, 
native cloth, twenty fathoms long, and two wide; ten fathoms for the 
king, and ten for the governor. The man and woman that persist in 
tatauing themselves successively for four or five times, the figures marked 
shall be destroyed by blacking them over, and the individuals shall be 
punished as above written. 
XXVIII. Concerning Voyaging in Large Companies. 
When a member of the reigning family, or a governor, or other man of 
rank or influence, shall project a voyage to another land—such as those 
from Raiatea or Tahiti, visiting Huahine—it is right that he select steady 
men, such as are of the church, or have been baptized, not immoral and 
mischievous men, that cease not from crime ; such should remain in their 
(own) land. But if these voyagers continue to bring troublesome persons, 
when they land upon the shore, the magistrates shall admonish them not 
to disturb the peace of the place, nor wander about at night. If they do 
not regard, such disturbers shall be bound with ropes until their masters 
depart, when they shall be liberated 
XXIX. Concerning the Magistrates or Judges. 
When a man is accused of a crime, such a man may, perhaps, take 
enticing property (a bribe) to the magistrate or judge, that his sen¬ 
tence may be diminished; but the magistrate or judge shall on no ac¬ 
count receive such bribe or property. The magistrate or judge who 
shall receive the property (or present) taken by such individual, is crimi¬ 
nal. His office shall be discontinued or taken away; neither shall he 
ever be eligible to be a magistrate or judge again. 
XXX. Concerning New Laws. 
If any crime comparatively small should arise, and which is not speci¬ 
fied in these laws, it is right that this code be altered. Annually the 
laws shall be revised or amended. Then shall the prohibition of such 
crimes as may have been omitted, be inserted, together with the punish¬ 
ment annexed to their commission; that the usages in this land may be 
straight, or correct. 
