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ct29 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 concerned 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 you must get four men

besides yourselves, making six men in all, and your services 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 person; 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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Section 5. Be it enacted by the chiefs & warriors in Council that there shall be regulating parties consisting of six men to each company for the term of one year, whose duty it shall be to suppress horse stealing & stealing of other property and to protect lawful heirs to their father's property and widow's shares and there shall be paid twenty dollars each man for the said term, excepting the leader, he shall receive thirty five dollars for the same, and the second leader thirty dollars for said term and should any horse die belonging to the company & while out upon duty, the owner shall receive sixty dollars for the same out of the national money..

Section 6. Be it further enacted that any person running stolen horses, knowing them to be stolen, shall pay sixty dollars in property and the property so taken shall be brought to the National Council & public sale of.