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Pitcairn Privy Council Record of Proceedings 3-1312 69. Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 (2nd ed 1851) 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1313 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1314 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c ● ● ● d e f g h 3-1315 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1316 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1317 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1318 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1319 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1320 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1321 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1322 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1323 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1324 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1325 69 a Extract from Walter Brodie, Pitcairn’s Island, and the Islanders in 1850 b (2nd ed 1851) March 1850 c d e f g h 3-1326 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders Notes of Admiral Moresby’s address to the Pitcairn Islanders on b Tuesday the 17th May 1853.— 17 May 1853 Your Pastor has requested you to remain after this General thanksgiving to hear the observations I have to make on various c circumstances that have been brought to my notice, they are meant for your future benefit but I request you will keep in mind that they are not intended to dictate what is to be performed, but given as from a friend for your consideration. d The simple but effective rules which old John Adams left are still sufficient for most local purposes if regarded with due observance, the Magistrate also performing his duty in the Spirit of the oath which he takes on his election. This book which contains e some of your early laws & regulations has neither date or signature, some of them have been modified as you saw occasion but there is no record. I recommend you to have these laws and regulations fairly f transcribed g h 3-1327 70. Address by Rear-Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders b 17 May 1853 c d e f g h 3-1328 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders transcribed – Your Register continued & carefully preserved. I am b told that some of the Younger members of your Community are averse to having a Register kept. The Magistrate by his oath is 17 May 1853 compelled to keep a Register and must produce it when a case is referred to by any of Her Majesty’s Officers. The Young men so c outnumber the mature in age, that great mischief might result on putting a question of this sort to the vote especially under circum- stances of excitement, in fact this has already occurred and your fast increasing numbers require a remedy to this growing evil, a d more watchful and experienced guide than when your community consisted of children of the first generation of those who landed from the “Bounty”. — I have read the laws & regulations that have been regis- e tered, have been informed of those that have been modified, and of the customs that have by usage become a law. I think by extending the spirit of the first article of the law which I see by Brodie’s Book was established the 30th day of November 1838 on the occasion of f Captain R. Elliot’s visit: - a desirable object will be gained with g h 3-1329 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders b 17 May 1853 c d e f g h 3-1330 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to with a due consideration for the Public good. Pitcairn Islanders After the Regulations for the Appointment of the Magistrate established in 1838 I recommend you to add: – b 17 May 1853 The Chief Magistrate should be exempt from personal labor in all public works, his duty being to superintend the performance of them and the equal distribution of their expense. c The Chief Magistrate has not the power of making new laws or subtracting from those existing. The Chief Magistrate must be 28 Years of age, the d Councillors 25 Years of Age. Individuals must have obtained the age of 20 to entitle them to vote for the election of a Chief Magistrate or Councillor or at a Meeting called for the Public Service. e No new law can be established or a present one revoked without a majority consenting at a public meeting summoned by the Chief Magistrate at the instance of at least one third of the f Householders or Elders. If a majority of two thirds fails to carry the proposition it is to be referred ten days after to a meeting of the Elders, a majority of whom will decide the question. The g h 3-1331 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders b 17 May 1853 c d e f g h 3-1332 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders The right of voting as an Elder is vested in Married Householders, widowers or widows being 25 Years of age. b Bachelors and Spinsters not householders at 28 Years of age. 17 May 1853 The Chief Magistrate is to take cogniance of all complaints or breaches of the law, in the first instance in trifling circumstances c he must endeavour to judge between the parties complaining and arrange their differences, should his attempt be unsatisfactory he must call the councillors to his assistance, before them a rehearsing is to take place and the verdict of the Majority given:- should d this again fail the parties are to be warned that all reasonable expenses for loss of time must be paid. A jury of the elders must be summoned and their verdict considered decisive. In all public meetings when an equal number of votes occur for and against, the e Magistrate shall have the casting vote. The Magistrate must keep a List of voters and on a Jury being summoned he is to place the names carefully concealed from f view in a Bag or Box from which before a Councillor and the Parties accusing and accused g h 3-1333 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders b 17 May 1853 c d e f g h 3-1334 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders accused, or before the parties litigating, he is to cause the neces- sary number of names for forming a Jury to be drawn, should any b be objected to by the parties, the reasonableness of such objection is to be decided by the Magistrate and Councillors, and if approved, 17 May 1853 other names are to be drawn to complete the number. In all cases where the Public good is concerned and the c assistance of persons required by the Magistrate, his summons is to be immediately obeyed under penalty of fine to the amount awarded by the Magistrate and Council or Jury of Elders if referred to. d A person refusing to serve on a Jury without any reason- able objection shall likewise be fined in the manner above specified. The Magistrate according to his oath must keep a Register of such proceedings as may involve any question where life or e property is concerned or that may be necessary to refer to Her Majesty’s Officers visiting Pitcairn. The addition of the foregoing will I trust ensure the happy f continuance of your present unity and give weight to the experience of age. You have nearly all conversed with me g h 3-1335 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders b 17 May 1853 c d e f g h 3-1336 70 a Address by Rear- Admiral Moresby to Pitcairn Islanders me on the late famine and the prospect of removal before your b numbers exceed the ability of the soil to support you; the scarcity 17 May 1853 has shown how soon and unexpectedly the necessity may arise – it is for yourselves to consider this serious question, whether Bee like you would swarm away or one and all prefer searching for a more c extensive land.
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