Glossary : fair play men
Definition 1
About the year 1769, there was a tract of country in
Pennsylvania, situate between Lycoming creek and Pine creek, in which the
proprietaries prohibited the making of surveys, as it was doubtful whether
it had or had not been ceded by the Indians. Although settlements were
forbidden, yet adventurers settled themselves there, being without the pale
of ordinary authorities, the inhabitants annually elected a tribunal, in
rotation, of three of their number, whom they denominated fair-play men,
who had authority to decide all disputes as to boundaries. Their decisions
were final, and enforeed by the whole community en masse. Their decisions
are said to have been just and equitable. 2 Smiths Laws of Pennsylvania
195, Serg. Land Laws, 77. "
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