the sd mayor, aldern and common councel shall at any time or times hereafter have full power to establish a ferry over the Sound, between the said corporation and the island of Nassau, in such convenient place or places as to the sd mayor and to the greater part of the said aldern shall seem meet and convenient, and to take such fees and perquisites for the same for the use of the sd corporation, as is now paid for the fferidge between N.. York and the sd island.

And farther, fur the more orderly government of the said borough and town, according to the form of the best governed towns and corporations of our realm of England, Wee do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, give an<l grant unto the s'd mayor, alder'n, and common council of the s'd borough and town of W. Chester, full power to elect and nominate one discreet and sufficient person, learned in ye law, to be recorder and town clerk of the s'd borough and town of W. Chester, during the pleasure of the s'd mayor, alder'n, and common council, and such person or persons as they the s'd mayor, alder'n, and common council shall choose to be recorder and town clerk of the s'd borough and town. Wee do, for us, our heirs and success'rs, make, ordain, and constitute recorder and town clerk of the s'd borough and town, and that the s'd person or persons may execute their s'd offices, by themselves or lawful deputy or deputies, so that the same be first approved of by the s'd mayor and the major part of the said alder'n, and wee do hereby authorize the said recorder and town clerk, his or their lawful deputy or deputies, to use and exercise such jurisdictions and authority as the recorder and town clerk doth or ought to do in the like corporations in our realm of England.