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Sworn before me at Sombra in the

County of Lambton, this 9th day of EBENEZER WATSON
February 1882. 3) J. G. BIRD Chief
P. W. Merritt
dig JP.

Surrender accepted by Order in Council of 3rd April 1882.

JOHN J. McGEE
Assta Olen Bo C:

Kyow Att MEN sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal men of The Band of Indians of the Half Way River Reserve resident on our
Reserve at Half Way River in the County of Cumberland in the Province of Nova
Scotia and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our
said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and
yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL
AND SINGULAR, the merchantable green spruce and pine timber on that certain
parcel or tract of land and premimses, situate, lying and being in the County of Cum-
berland and Province of Nova Scotia containing by admeasurement one thousand acres
be the same more or less and being composed of the Half Way River Reserve in the
aforesaid County of Cumberland.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said timber unto Her said Majesty the Queen,
her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons,
and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most
conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed
to our credit and the interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or
semi-annually.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Band of Indians do on
behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to
ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully
done, in connection with the disposal of said timber

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this 23rd day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-

one.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- his
senee of PETER x LOUEY i [L.S.]
F. A. RAND aul
JOHN x LoGAN (RE: S3]
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LaMEY x PAUL [L.S.]
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WILLIAM x PauL [L.S.]
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NEWEL x PavuL [L.8.]

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his
JOHN x Lewis [L.S.]J
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his
NEWEL x Barrio [L.S.]
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SAMUEL x NOCOTE ‘[L.S.]
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JOSEPH x Brooks [L.S.]
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FRANK x Brooks [L.s.]
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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me F. A.
Province or Nova Scotia Rand of Parrsboro, in the County of
County OF CUMBERLAND Cumberland, Agent for the Superintend-

To Wit: ent General of Indian Affairs in the said
; Ctunty, in the Province of Nova Scotia
and Peter Louey Chief of the said Band

of Indians.

AND the said F. A. Rand for himself saith :—

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by a majority of the male
members of the said Band of Indians of the Half Way River Reserve of the full age
of twenty-one years then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned
for that purpose and according to their rules.

That he was present at.such meeting or council and heard such assent given.

That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Super-
intendent General of Indian Affairs.

That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a mem-
ber of the Band or interested in the land mentioned ‘in the said Release or Surrender.

And the said Peter Louey for himself says:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority
of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years
then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians
summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an
habitual resident on the Reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the
land mentioned in the said Release or Surrender.

That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said Deponents
E. A. Rand and Peter Louey of the Town
of Amherst in the County of Cumber- | F. A, Ranp.
land this 27th day of July A.D. 1891, his
the same being fully read and explained | PETER x Lovey
to the said Peter Louey who appeared ee
to perfectly understand the same.
J. Meptey Murirneap
Stipendiary Magistrate in and for the
Town of Amherst, in the County of Cumberland.
Recorded 14th September 1891.
Lib: 138, Fol: 170.
L. A. CATELLIER
Dep. Registrar General of Canada