By a reference to the charter, it will be seen that the borough of Westchester enjoyed the right of being represented in Assembly, The first representative appears to have been Lewis Morris, Esq. The following certificate refers to the services of this individual.

General Assembly for the Colony of New York.

Die Sabbati, 6 July, 1723. These are to certifie that Lewis Morris, Esq., one of the persons duly elected for ye borough of Westchester to serve in General Assembly for ye Colony of New York, hath attended the service of this house in General Assembly, the full term of sixty-one days.

By order of ye General Assembly,

R. Livingston, Speaker.

July 6th, 1723. Received ye full payment of this certificate from ye borough of Westchester, I say received by me.

Lewis Morris.':

» The old court house and jail occupied the site of the present carriage shed, on the south side of St. Peter's church. Both were burned during the Revolution.

b Westchester Rec. On the 4th of September, 1 700, Josepli Haviland and John Hunt were directed to agree for the timber work of the prison.

c Town Rec. book 9, 155.

198 ■ HISTORY OF THE

Peter de Lancey, Esq., represented the borough, in 1756, for which he received ten shillings per diem.^

One of the most important privileges conferred upon this town by the royal charter, was ihat of holding a 7nayor''s courts the first Tuesday in every month. This court had full power to hear and determine all causes " not exceeding in debtor damages the sum of twenty pounds." From the town records it appears, that "at a mayor's court holden in Westchester, 6th of July, 1697, the court did order that Capt. William Barnes shall see out for a workman to make a pair of stocks and the prison sufficient for the securing of prisoners, until such time as a w^ay may be found for the building of a new one," &c.''