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of what can be raised, and shall be necessary for substance and forage for the colony. And at the same time;
5th To lay off and improve, as fast as may be necessary farms, for that whenever and individual shall have accumulated from his earnings, and contributions the requisite sum, he can purchase and hold in seperate proprietorship, subject to the laws of the colony, the property which is the final object of his association. To this end to acquire for the Colony from the public domain such timber lands as remain subject to entry, and are situated near to and adjacent to the lands of the colony; and to detail for the comon service from the colonists all such as may be Carpenters, blacksmiths and of other trades, crediting them with the value of their services, and distributing justly the charge thereof, among the beneficiaries. 
6th To ordain and execute suitable regulations for the endorsement, and encouragement, of such schools and churches, as may be demanded, by the wants, and public spirit of the Colonists, and also "dispose of all vagrants, and paupers, necessarily connected with the colonists, that, if possible, they may sustain themselves, and promote the common good;-
7th Until a reimbursement to the government of what shall be paid, for the purchase and settlement, and the conducting the affairs of the Colony, the revenues arising from the crops, except those of individuals who from time to time shall be segregated by purchase of farms, to belong to the common fund, the crops to be controlled and disposed of as the property of the government. 
8th For the promotion of the common good, and the attainment of the paramount objects of the colony, the several members to stand pledges to each other, for a service of labor, under directing agents, equal to their utmost skill, and capacity, and the Bureau to be charged with the institution and application of all such regulations