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A History of the County of Westchester, Vol. II

Bolton, Robert Jr. A History of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Alexander S. Gould, 1848. 392 words

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. And further, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, make ordain, and constitute the s'd mayor and aldermen of the s'd borough and town of W. Chester to be justices of the peace within the s'd bounds and limits of the s'd town, and do hereby give them full power and authority to do and execute all and every act and acts, thing and things whatsoever, within the s'd bounds and limits of the s'd borough and town, in as absolute and ample manner as any justice of the peace within the s'd county of W. Chester may or ought to do, by the laws and statutes of our realm of England and this our province of N. York. And we do further, for us, our heirs, and successors, give and grant unto the s'd mayor, aldermen, and common council of ye s'd borough for the time being, and to their success'rs forever, full power and authority to nominate and appoint, from time to lime, one serjeant of the mace, and all other inferior officers and ministers which they shall think to be convenient and necessary, and which are accustomary in any of our corporations in our realm of England, for ye service of the s'd borough and town ; all which officers being from time to time appoin'd by the s'd mayor and aldermen as afores'd, we do, for us, our heirs, and successors, by these presents, constitute and establish in their several offices, and do give them and every of them full power and authority to use and exercise ye same within the s'd borough and town, and within the limits and franchises thereof during ye will and pleasure