" Forasmuch as divers inhabitants of this colony have suffered many grievous losses in their stocks, both of sheep and neat cattle, for the prevention of which, and encouragement of those who shall destroy wolves in the said colony, and that the breed of wolves within the colony may be wholly rooted out and extinguished, be it enacted, &c, that in the County of West Chester, twenty shillings for a grown wolf killed by a Christian, and ten shillings for such a wolf killed by an Indian, and half that sum respectively for a whelp."6

Att a Court of Sessions held at West Chester, for the County of West Chester, Sept. 7, 1692, by their Majestie's authority, present the Hon. Caleb Heatcott, one of their Majestie's Councell for the Province of

a Vanderrtoncks N. N., N. Y. Hist S 10. 20T. b Acta of Col. Assembly, N. Y., p. 47.

THE TOWN OF EAST CHESTER.

New Yorke, Lt. Coll. John Pell, Justice & Quorum, Joseph Theale, Dan. Strange, Esq.'s, Justice's of the Peace.

Whereas, the grand Inquest Represents to this Court that care may be taken for the Destroying of wolves & the Court being Impowered by Act of Generall Assembly to see the same put in Execution.

The Court 01 ders that every Township & Constables jurisdiction -- The Con- Stables in their respective place shall take care under the penalty of five pounds for the neglect, that they cale together the Inhabitants & give notice that the Court of Sessions lia^e ordered & it is hereby ordered for the prevention of Damages done by wolves in this County, that the Inhabitants of every respective place shall make or cause to bo made two wolfe pitta in such places where the Inhabitants shall see most convenient : and that for every wolfe cateched kild or destroyed by the said pitts, or otherwise the heads shall be brought to the Constables who shall cutt of the earcs of from the said wolofes head and naile it up in some convenient Publick place : and that the said Constable shall pay or sattisfie for every such wolofes head soc brought to him it being made appeare that it was kild within his precints the sum of twelve shelhngs, and for the defraying of the charge of makeing of the said wolofe Pitts & killing the said wolves a rate shall be made upon the severall Inhabitants of the said Constableshipp for the defraying the said charge, and for the incurragem' of the Indians they shall have ten shillings a pice for every wolofe they kill within the severall Constableshipps, they bringing the heads first to the said Constables, and that such pitts be made between this and the twenty-fifth day of March next.