Chester during the time of his and their bearing the sd office, in as absolute and ample manner as is usual and customary with other mayors in the like corporations in our realm of England. And further because the sd mayor for the time being may many limes have just occasion to be absent from the sd town, either of the public affairs thereof or for his own private respects, wee do therefore for us, our heirs and successors, by these presents give and grant unto the sd mayor, ald'n and common conncel and their successors, that the sd Coll. Caleb Heathcott and his successors, mayors of the sd borough and town ofW. Chester, and every of them, shall have full power and authority from time to time during his year of government, with the consent of the said aldermen of the sd town for the time being or the greater part of them, to substitute in his absence some discreet and substantial person being one of the members of the sd aldermen inhabiting in the sd town or borough, to be his deputy mayor during the ab-

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sence of the said mayor, and each deputy mayor for the time being, we do by these presents fully and absolutely authorise to do and execute all things whatsoever belonging to the sd office or place of mayor in as large and ample manner as if the sd mayor himself was personally present. And we do farther by these presents give and grant unto the sd mayor, aldermen and common ccuncel of the sd borough and town of Westchester and their successors for ever, that the sd mayor for the time being or lawful deputy and any two or more of tlie sd aldn of the sd town shall and may lawfully hold and keep upon the first Tuesday in every month throughout the year a court within ye sd town of W.