was charged with the preservation of order, and who could try all causes of Complaint of every Kind, and all disputes, arising at the Fairs, and could punish "by Attachments, Summons, Arrests, Issues, Fines, Redemptions, and Commodities, and otiier Rights whatsoever, to the same Courts of Py|)()wder any way appertaining," To these Fairs, i-ould be carried, lor sale, (for they were not E.\hibitions for prizes like modem Fairs, but places for trade) "all sorts of Cattle Horses, Mares, Colts, Grains, Victuals, Provisions, and other Necessaries, together with all sorts of i\Ierchandize of what nature soever, and them to ex])ose to >alc or Barter in Gross or by Retail, at the Times, Hours, and Seasons, that Governours or Rulers of the said respective Fairs, for the Time being, shall proclaim and appoint." The Governor was also obliged to set ai)art a certain space or " Open Place " for all the lun-se kind, where they could be sold, and \mi a person in charge as " Toll-tiatherer " who was to take " Nine pence" a day for every animal brought there and sold ; and who was to put down in writing in a book, the names, sir-names, and dwelling places of all the said Parties, and the Colour, with one special mark at least, of every such Horse, Mare, Gelding, or Colt," sold, bartered, or exchanged under a penalty of a fine of Forty Shillings. The "Toll-gatherer, was obliged the next, day after the Fair" to deliver the said book to the "Governour," who was to make a note therein of all the number of all the animals, so sold &c. at the Fair, and subscribe his name to it, for which entry of such sale Ac. he was "to take for Toll of the same the sum of Nine pence, the one half to be paid by the Buyer, the other half by the Seller." It is evident from this that the old Westchester men meant that their dealings in horses at their Fairs should be as honest as the nature of the business would permit, whatever may been the practical result.