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have been brought in to the said Commissioners or Register-Generall before the 20th day of February last, doe, in their proceedings, as neer as possibly they can, keep strictly to the lotts, and observe the rules formerly given and practized in their distribution of the former part of the satisfaction assigned unto troopes and companyes, or to regiments, and not particular persons of the army; and wherein they are to take like care that what remaines to bee sett out as afforesaid bee as contiguouse as may bee to their present lotts.
As to that head concerning certificats from the Councill, whereby the souldiers respectively concerned may be deemed in legall possession, orders have been allready issued in that case, requiring the Atturney-Generall to peruse the Acts and ordinances, and accordingly to prepare a forme of a certificate to bee presented unto this board; and for the more satisfactory and speedier preparing thereoff, itt is thought fitt that Sir Charles Coot, Sir Hardress Waller, Collonell Lawrence, and the said Commissioners, doe advise with the Atturney-Generall concerning the same.
To the second, proposing that, by reason of mistakes observed by the said Commissioners in some of the distributions made in 1655, the certificates given by those Commissioners may bee compared by the surveys now perfected, before they have their finall orders for possession, the Commissioners are accordingly carefully to examine the same; and if, in the distribution of the lands sett out (de bene esse) in the yeare 1655, itt shall appeare that any person that hath lands in his possession above his due proportion, they are to take speedy course for recinding the same, they being to have and enjoy what they can justly claime, and noe more, before the signing such certificates.
To the third, proposing what security shall bee left unto the army for the unsatisfyed part of their debentures, as whether the part satisfyed shall bee endorst uppon the debenture, and a receipt taken by them for the lands given out for the same, it is thought fitt that this proposition be referred to a committee of any three or more of the Councill to consider thereof, and to send for such officers as shall be held fitt, as allsoe for Mr. Atturney-Generall, the auditor of His Highness court of Exchequer, and Commissioners for setting out lands, and having together duely considered thereoff, they are to offer unto the board what they shall hold adviseeable in the case.
To the fourth, concerning the examination of the comissions and letters of atturney given the agents and others in receiving satisfaction for their re-
