And We do further give and grant unto the said minister and members of Trinity Church at New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester aforesaid, and to their successors forever, that the minister and churchwardens of ihe said church for the time being, or any two of them, together with the vestrymen of the said church for the time being, or the major part of thera in vestry assembled, shall have full power and authority from time to time, and at all times hereafter to raake, ordain and constitute such rules, orders and ordinances for the good discipline and government of the members of said church and corporation and interests thereof, as the}', or the major part of them, shall think fit and necessary, so as such rules, orders and ordinances he not repugnant to the laws of that part of our kingdom of Great Britain called England, or our province of New York, or the present or future canons of the Church of England, as by law established, but as near as may be agreeable thereto, which rules, orders and ordinances shall be from time to time

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fairly entered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose. And further our will and pleasure is that it shall and may be lawful for the minister and churchwardens of the said church, or any two of them, and the said vestrymen, or the major part of them, at a vestry to nominate and appoint a clerk and a sexton or bell-ringer for the said church, and also a clerk and messenger to serve the said vestry at their meetings, and such other under officers as they shall stand in need of, to remain in their respective offices so long as the said minister, churchwardens and vestrymen for the time being, or the major part of them, shall think fit and appoint.