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.

II. And be it Further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid. That if any Sheriff of the said Counsy of Westchester, or Deputy of the said Sheriff, Shall after the Publication of this Act, in the Execution of any Writ or Writs for the electing " Representatives for the Said County, to serve in this or any future Assembly, act contrary to the Directions, and true Intent and Meaning of this Act; they shall respectively forfeit the Sum of One Hundred Pounds ($250). to be recovered in any Court of Record within this Colony, by any person aggrieved ; and the said Election so made contrary to the Directions and true Intent and Meaning of this Act, shall be null and void to all Intents, Constructions, and Purposes Whatsoever."

Not only does it prove the great change of population, south of the Manor of Cortlandt, to which it not apply as that Manor elected its own representative, but the severity of the last clause would seem to show that there was some opposition, probably political, to the change. It applied to the whole County except the Manor of Cortlandt and the " Borough " of Westchester, which elected their own representatives.