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According to their ability.
  4. To apply the capital.
   (1) In the original purchase of the land by the company.
   (2) In defraying the expense of management.
   (3) In supplying implements, stock, seed, &c.
   (4) In securing for a time, if necessary, the support and shelter of the Freedmen.
   (5) In providing for their educational and religious privileges suited to their social and Christian elevation.

  5. To secure a profitable return from the cultivation of cotton such as to
   (1) Maintain the Freedmen and their families after the first year.
   (2) Enable them to make compensation to the company for their support, materials &c. while necessary.
   (3) Make small annual payments on their lands by way of purchase.
   (4) Declare dividends to the stockholders.  

 Rules regulating this to be laid down at the outset.