" Whereas the County of Westchester is very extensive, and the extreme parts thereof to the Northward, have of late years become very populous ; and whereas the Elections for Representatives to serve in the General Assembly for the said County, have, from the first settlement of the said County, been held at the Southern Part of said County; it now becomes extremely inconvenient for the Freeholders of the Upper or Northern Parts thereof, which are now become, by far, the most numerous, to attend those Elections at so great a distance from their respective Habitations : For Remedy whereof for the Future ;

I. Be it Enacted by his Excellency the Governor, the Council, and the General Assembly and by Authority of the Same, That in All Elections hereafter to be Made in the said County of W<stvhcster, for electing Repre-

1 1 Van Schaak's Laws, ch. 690.

- II. Bradford :!3. The reference here is to tlie elections held for the Assemblies for 1683 to 168.') inclusive under the Duke of York, the last of which was under James as King.

3 Ch. 1411 of I. Liv. & Smith, 453.

sentatives to serve in this, or any future Assembly of this Colony, the Sheriff of the Said County for the time being, or his Deputy, shall- hold his Court of Election at or near the Presbyterian Meeting-House in the AVhiie-Plains, in the said County, and at no other Place Whatsoever ; any Law, Usage, or Custom to the contrary notwithstanding.