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 manner as other fines are agreed on by these Articles; and on nonpayment thereof, to be excluded the benefit of any advantage arising from the fines and forfeitures herein beforementioned, and intended for the uses and benefit of the said inhabitants.

Seventh, In order for the better putting in execution the Articles and Regulations herein mentioned, and for the better government of the said inhabitants residing in the Bay, it will be absolutely necessary that proper officers should be chosen to try and determine all causes, disputes, and complains whatever, at such time and such places, and by such persons as shall be chosen by the majority of the voices of the inhabitants of the Bay, then and there residing. Be it therefore agreed, and it is hereby agreed, by and with the consent of the inhabitants of the Bay of Honduras, that from and after the date hereof, Joseph Maud, John Lawrie, James Ferrell, David FitzGibbon, Basil Jones, John Douglas, and Christopher Sinnet, be invested with the full power and authority from us to hold courts of justice, to try and determine any