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AND WHEREAS. It is of great importance to the safety of this state that peace and amity with the Indians within the same be at all times supported and maintained: AND WHEREAS, The frauds too often practiced towards the said Indians, in contracts made for their lands, have, in divers instances, been productive of dangerous discontents and animosities; BE IT ORDAINED, That no purchases or contracts for the sale of lands made since the 14th day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, or which may hereafter be made with or of the said Indians, within the limits of this state, shall be binding on the said Indians, or deemed valid, unless made under the authority and with the consent of the legislature of this state.