Chap. 843.—An ACT to amend and re-enact an act entitled an act to appoin
trustees for the Mattaponi tribe of Indians of King William county, and t
prescribe their duties, approved March 8, 1894.

Approved March 5, 1896.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That a:
act entitled an act to appoint trustees for the Mattaponi tribe o'
Indians of King William county, and to prescribe their duties s
such trustees, approved March eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety
four, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

§ 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That Doc
tor B. Richards, R. C. Hill, senior, L. D. Robinson, J. 8. Robinson
and W. T. Neale be, and they are hereby, appointed trustees for the
Mattaponi Indian tribe, in King William county, Virginia, formerly
known asa branch of the Pamunkey Indian tribe. Said trustees
shall be governed by the laws now in force in regard to Indians and
their reservations in this state; and, further, shall have the right
upon the vote of the majority of the trustees, and also a majority of
the members of the tribe above twenty-one years of age, to expel
from their reservation any person who has no right upon said reser-
vation, or any member of the tribe who shall be guilty of any un-
lawful offence: provided that any person expelled from said reser-
vation shall have the right of appeal to the county court of King
Wailiam from the decision of the trustees and the members of the
ribe.
2. This act shall be in force from its passage.