Speaker.
Continuance.
That the Grand Council have Power to Chuse their Speaker, and
shall neither be Dissolved, prorogued nor Continue Sitting longer
than Six Weeks at one Time without their own Consent, or the Special
Command of the Crown.
Member's Allowance
That the Members of the Grand Council shall be Allowed for
their Service ten shillings Sterling per Diem, during their Sessions
or Journey to and from the Place of Meeting; Twenty miles to be
reckoned a days Journey.
Assent of President General.
His Duty.
That the Assent of the President General be requisite, to all
Acts of the Grand Council, and that it be His Office, and Duty to
cause them to be carried into Execution.
Power of President and Grand Council.
Peace and War.
Indian Purchases.
New Settlements.
Laws to Govern them.
That the President General with the Advice of the Grand
Council, hold or Direct all Indian Treaties in which the General
Interest or Welfare of the Colony's may be Concerned; And make Peace
or Declare War with the Indian Nations. That they make such Laws as
they Judge Necessary for regulating all Indian Trade. That they make
all Purchases from Indians for the Crown, of Lands not within the
Bounds of Particular Colonies, or that shall not be within their
Bounds when some of them are reduced to more Convenient Dimensions.
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