the other half in equal parts to two inferior beadles, for his affiftants; who, as foon as they can be taught, fhall have an additional falary as trumpeters, to fummon the people to the courts of justice, and to affemble the militia at the head quarters in cafe of publick danger.

Eighthly, One lot for a town clerk, or recorder of the hundred, who shall keep an exact register of all thé appropriations of land in his divifion, the rofters of fervice, both civil and military, the judgements of the courts for fines of labour; and the due registering of all private contracts for labour, in which duty he shall be subject to the control and accompt of the publick Exchequer in the principal township.

Ninthly, One lot for two afiftant clerks of the hundred to be elected from the body of deciners, the most prudent and beft qualified to acquire a general knowledge.

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knowledge of the principles and maxims of the common law, as well as of the regulations of the fettlement, that they may be able to advise the headboroughs on all occafions. And

Tenthly, one publick lot referved to make good the deficiencies of any of the rest, or to be applied to any other publick use that the Hundred Court shall think proper to direct. And if any of these publick lots, or any parts thereof, remain uncultivated, the directors of the nearest bank, with the confent of the Hundred Court, may cause the fuperfluous land to be cleared and cultivated for the increase of the publick ftock, and revenue.

Every apprentice, or indentured male, above the age of fixteen years, that shall afterwards be introduced into the fettlement from Europe, and every male bred

in the fettlement, as they arrive at that age, fhall be allowed by the publick as many acres of land to himself, adjoining to the out lot of his parent, or of his mafter, as will amount to an eighth part of a lot, in order that he may employ his leisure hours to his own profit; and as foon as he is twenty-one years of age, he shall have an addition from the publick of one-eighth more, amounting in all to one quarter of a lot, gratis: and the fon of a fettler, when arrived at that age, shall be allowed to purchafe three-fourths of a lot more, to compleat his proportion for a deciner, at the rate of half a year's fervice for each fourth part-that is in all for 465 days labour to the publick: half of which to be demanded before the end of the fecond year, and the remainder gradually before the end of the third year. But with refpect to an indentured fervant or apprentice, if he shall be able, even before he

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is of age, to purchase out his indentures, either by the produce of his private portion of land, or by entering himself at the town bank, for fuch a proportion of his extra hours, or evening's labour, as fhall be deemed equal to his ftrength, without injury to the labour due to his mafter, but not exceeding two hours (making ten hours labour in all per day :) the master must confent to the redemption, and the late indentured perfon, even though he is not of age, fhall be allowed to purchase one quarter of a lot in whatever township he shall chufe, for one year's fervice (viz. 310 days labour paid by installments as above) to the Exchequer of the township; but on condition however that if he does not chufe to settle in the township of his late master, he fhall give up the land which he there held, on being allowed the value of it, by the Exchequer; and that he shall

previously apply to the headborough or chief of the divifion wherein his defired lot is fituated, in order to obtain the affent of the inhabitants to his admiffion among them; which being granted, he shall make a publick declaration in open court of his fincere intention to comply with the laws of the fettlement, and to behave himself confiftently with the neceffary peace and good order of a civilized fociety. And after he has approved himself to the vicinage of his new settlement by good behaviour, and by a faithful discharge of the ftipulated service or price, he shall be admitted (if he is twenty-one years of age, or as soon as he attains that age) to all the civil rights of the community, provided that he folemnly renews the faid declaration at the next publick court or folkmote of the diftri&t which he inhabits; and he shall then be allowed to purchase at the publick Exchequer as much more land

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