e bonds, to the satisfaction of the governor and
council, for the faithful performance of such trust.

Sect. 4. The said commissioner shall, as soon as is convenient,
after his appointment, cause a registration to be made, on the
basis of the general registration of the State, of all the
members of the several tribes, specifying the parentage and date
of the birth of each, as near as can be ascertained, and the date
of all marriages of parties now living, with all the particulars,
that are now required of town clerks, by the laws of the State,
and having completed the same, up to the time required by law for
the last preceding return to be made, he shall, thenceforward
make and keep a true registration of all the births, marriages,
and deaths, in each of the said tribes, and shall annually make
due return thereof, the whole to be done in the same manner as is
required of town clerks, and under the same liabilities and
conditions that are, by law, imposed upon them.

Sect. 5. The said commissioner shall, in concurrence with the
proper officers of the Gay Head tribe, cause a survey of all the
land held in severalty, by the members of said tribe, setting out
the same to each, by betes and bounds, and, when the survey is
complete, shall cause a record of the portion of each proprietor
to be made in the registry of deeds, of the county of Dukes
County, and thereupon, the legal title shall vest in the several
proprietors thereof, their heirs, and assigns, forever:
_provided, however_, that no land on the plantation shall ever be
alienated from the tribe or be held or possessed by any person
who is not a member thereof; and when ever the family of any
proprietor becomes extinct, the real estate of said proprietor
shall revert to said tribe and become the property thereof, in
common. And whenever, hereafter, any common land shall be taken
up to be occupied and possessed in severalty, by any member of
the tribe, having the concurrence of the tribe therein, the same
shall be surveyed, set forth, and recorded, under the supervision
of said commissioner, as is above provided; and no title to any
common land, to be held in severalty, on said plantation shall be
acquired in any other manner.

Sect. 6. The said commission shall cause a survey to be made of