All the members of the Assembly but one were Dissenters, and in considering a bill for settling a ministry they obstinately refused to incori>orate an amendment submitted by the Governor, providing that the bill should be presented to him, " to be apjtrovod and collated." His object was to construct it to the advantage of the Church of England, and as the Assemblymen could not be coerced or persuaded, he prorogued the session and scolded them vigorously in an address wherein he notified them that he "would take care that neither heresy, schism nor rebellion be preached amongst you."

This enactment of September 22, 1693, required the establishment of a " a good, sufficient Protestant minister, to olKciate and have the care of souls within one year next " in specified districts. Two were ordered for Westchester County -- " one to have the care of Westchester, East Chester, Yonkers and the Manor of Pelham ; the other to have the care of Rye, Mamaroneck and Bedford." Each was to be paid fifty pounds per annum by a levy laid upon the people, which they might pay " in country jiroducc at money price." Iron-clad enactments jjrotected the pastor against the possibility of non-payment of salary. The justices of the county were required to issue warrants to the constables to summon the freeholders on the second Tuesday of January, to choose ten vestrymen and two church wardens ; the justices and the vestrymen laid the tax, and if it was not paid, the constables had the ])ower to distrain for it. At each stage of the proceedings fines were jirovided for persons or officials who failed to discharge their duties.'