the Indian plantation at Fall River and the bounds thereof to be
renewed, agreeably to the surveys made by order of the State in
one thousand seven hundred and sixty-three. He shall ascertain to
whom the several lots belong by hereditary descent from the
proprietors to whom they belonged in one thousand seven hundred
and sixty-four, so far as descendants of said proprietors still
remain, and shall designate the same by the numbers of the lots
respectively; and in the same manner, he shall designate the
several lots, if such there be, of which the families of the
former proprietors have become extinct, and shall make return of
the same to the governor and council, for the use of the
legislature, and shall report such other facts connected
therewith as may be useful to them, and shall recommend such
disposition of the land remaining in common, as in his judgment,
shall be most conducive to the welfare of the Indians, and of the
State.

Sect. 7. The said commissioner shall, as soon as the performance
of the duties of his office shall have made him sufficiently
acquainted with the necessities and wants of the Indians, and
with the other facts necessary to qualify him for the service,
prepare a bill embodying a system for governing, managing, and
regulating the affairs of the several tribes, as nearly uniform
in its provision respecting them severally, as the circumstances
of the different tribes will permit, as a substitute for the
present laws on that subject, and report the same to the governor
and council for the consideration of the legislature, accompanied
by the reasons on which the several provisions therein
recommended are sustained.

Sect. 8. The Indians and people of color on Gay Head, and the
officers by them appointed for the purpose, shall have the same
powers in the management of their municipal affairs, and in
relation to the employment of teachers, and the making and
enforcing of all rules for the regulation and government of their
schools, that by law are exercised by the inhabitants and
corresponding officers of the several towns of the Commonwealth:
_provided, however_, that this shall not be construed to
authorize the alienation of any of the territory of the
plantation: and _provided, further_, that no person sha