In  the  commission  appointing  the  commissioners,  it  was
provided  that  each  province  should  appoint  two  public  offi-
cers, upon  either  of  whom  or  at  whose  place  of  address  all
notices,  summons  and  the  final  judgment  of  the  commis-

^ State  Papers,  vol.  xxiv,  p.  457;  vol.  xxv,  p.  30;  vol.  xxiv,  pp.  794,
799,  807,  819.     Bodge,  King  Philip's  War,  p.  406.
"^  State  Papers ,  vol.  xxiv,  pp.  78,  172,  215,  272,  282,  287.
^ Ibid.,  vol.  xxiv,  pp.  152,  318,  345,  11^,  773-


256         ^EW  HAMPSHIRE  AS  A  ROYAL  PROVINCE        [438

sioners  should  be  served  or  left.  Furthermore,  each  prov-
ince was  to  submit  to  the  commissioners  in  writing  a  plain
and  full  statement  of  their  demands  or  pretensions,  describ-
ing where  and  in  what  places  the  northern  and  the  southern
boundaries  oi  New  Hampshire  ought  to  begin,  what  courses
they  ought  to  follow,  and  how  far  they  ought  to  run.  If
either  province  failed  tO'  send  to  the  commissioners  at  their
first  meeting  the  names  and  addresses  of  the  two  public
officers  or  neglected  to  present  at  that  meeting  a  full  state-
ment of  their  case,  it  was  stipulated  that  the  commissioners
should  proceed  ex  parte.  After  rendering  their  decision,
the  commissioners  were  to  adjourn  for  at  least  six  weeks,
so  that  either  province  that  considered  itself  aggrieved  might
have  time  to  enter  and  perfect  its  appeal.^

While  the  New  Hampshire  legislature  was  in  session  in
March,  1737,  Governor  Belcher  communicated  to  the  two.
