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and if there be any agreemt to the Contrary hereof, the allow-
ance shall be according to the bargaine and Contract made
between the master or owner, And the Servant, And if the
Servant or Servants shall be Assigned over or hired to any
person or persons whatsoever he or they with whom such
Servant or Servants shall serve to the Expiracon of his or their
time of Service shall by vertue hereof be Compelled to pay and
Satisfie his or her the said Servant or Servants, Severall dues
by Indenture or otherwise.
39 Concerning Treating with Indians
It is ordered by the present Generall Assembly That mr
Richard Preston, mr William Parker, mr John Lawson, mr John
Hatch, mr Sampson Waring mr Cuthbt Phenwick, mr John
Wade, mr Arthur Turner mr William Parrott or any six of them
are Authorized by vertue hereof to treat with the Indians
Empiror as in their Discretion they shall think fitt, Concerning
the former Articles Concluded with him or to make others if
need shall require, And it is further ordered that in case the
aforesd persons do not meet according to appointment by mr
Richard Preston, then the said mr Richard Preston shall have
power to make Choice of such as in his discretion he shall
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think fitt for his assistance, And that the ablest Interpreters be
procured to be with them in their Treaty and Service aforesaid.
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40 Concerning Administration
It is ordered by the Assembly that where Administration is
Granted to Creditorships on the Estates of such as dye intes-
tate, if it shall appear to the County Courts that the Estates is
much indebted & shall find Sufficient reason to move them
thereto, the said Courts respectively shall cause the sd Estate
to be Sold at an outcry, for the better Improvemt of the said
Estate and payment of the debts, And for the better Disposing
of such Estates as are of persons dying intestate, where
widdows and children are interested therein, the County Court
shall appoint and dispose one half of the said Estate to the
child, and the other half to the widdow, And if there be more
Children then one, then one third to the widdow, And the
remainder in Equall proportion to the Children, if Children
be under age and destitute of parents the Court shall appoint
them Guardians where any decedent has by will in writing or
by word of mouth bequeathed his Estate to the disposeing of
his wife, and noe Legacie left by him to his children, in case
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