f the Chappequiddick,
Christiantown, Gay Head, Marshpee, Herring Pond, Fall River, and
Dudley tribes, or those whose homes are thereon and are only
temporarily absent.

Sect. 2. Any Indian or person of color, belonging to either of
the tribes before mentioned, and residing within the limits of
any town or city of this Commonwealth, to whom the right of
citizenship is not extended by the first section of this act but
who wishes to exercise that privilege, may certify the same in
writing to the clerk of the town or city where he resides, who
shall make record of the same: and upon paying a poll tax, he
shall become, to all intents and purposes, a citizen of the
State, and shall not, thenceforward, return to the legal
condition of an Indian. And settlement shall be required, by
those who become citizens, under the provisions of this act, in
the same manner they are acquired by other persons, under the
General Statutes of the Commonwealth.

Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of the governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the council, to appoint an able, discreet,
and suitable person, to be Indian commissioner, who shall hold
his office for the term of three years, unless sooner removed by
the governor and council. And the governor and council shall fill
all vacancies which shall happen in said office, by death,
resignation, expiration of said term, or otherwise. It shall be
the duty of said commissioner to exercise a careful supervision
over the affairs of all the Indians of the Commonwealth, not
endowed by the provisions of this act, with the rights of
citizenship, and to aid them, by advice, counsel, and whatever
other suitable means may be within his control, to promote their
welfare, to improve their general condition, and to qualify
themselves, judiciously, and with safety to themselves and
others, to be placed, at as early a time as may be, on the same
legal footing as the other inhabitants of the Commonwealth. He
shall exercise all the powers, perform all the duties, and be
subject to all the restrictions, responsibilities and
liabilities, which now by law appertain to the treasurer of
Marshpee, and to the guardians of other tribes except so far as
they may be charged or varied by the provisions of this act; and
he shall giv