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29 Forteville Oct. 21, 1817

    Captain John Brown & James Hughes, you are each of you appointed this once Captain and the other Lieutenant of the Light Horsemen of Regulators, to suppress horse stealing & stealing of every other description of property & to punish all persons that may be concurred in such dishonest practices; and you & your company will range within the district laid out for your particular superintendance, unless you are called upon by some other captain for your assistance in case of opposition from the refractory; -- and besides yourselves, making six men in all, and your services com you must get four men commencing from the 15th of September last, 1817, are to continue to the next year; and you must always have good proof before you punish any perform; and the Laws passed at Brownstown & Urill's? town, are to be your guide in word marked out punishment or in the treatment of resistance to your orders; and your pay will remain the same as last year, until the National Council shall raise your pay and in case of disobedience to your orders by your men, word marked out you are to deduct two dollars for each trip which may be lost through such disobedience, out of his or their pay; excepting in case of sickness or loss of his or their horses.

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