w th all other his Ma ties Subjects Inhabitants upon this Island, commonly called & knowne by the Name of the Manhattans Island, are and shall bee for ever accounted, nominated and Established, as one Body Politique and Corporate under the Governm 4 of a Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriife, and I do by these P'sents constitute and appoint for one whole year, commencing from the date hereof, and

M Thomas Willett to bee M Cornelius Van Ruyven &

ending the 12 th day of June w ch shall be in the yeare of our Lord 1666 ; r r Oloife Stuyvesant, r Thomas Delavall, John Brugges, Mayor,

M John Lawrence to bee Aldermen, & M Allard Anthony to be Sheriffe r

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Giving k Granting to them

the said Mayor and Aldermen, or any four of them, whereof the said Mayor or his Deputy, shall bee

alwayes one, and upon Equall division of voyces, to have always the casting and decisive voyce, full power and authoritye to Rule & Governe as well all the Inhabitants of this Corporacon, as any Strangers, according to the Generall

thought convenient

Lawes of this Governm* and such peculiar Lawes as are, or shall be

& necessary for the good and Welfare of this his Maties Corporacon

;

as also to

appoint such under officers, as they shall judge necessary, for the orderly execution of Justice ; and

& execute, from Time to Time, all such made the Constitutions as shall be by said Mayor and Aldermen as they will & warrants, orders answer the Contrary at their utmost Perills And for the due administracon of Justice, according to the ft'orme and manner prescribed in this Commission, by the Mayor, Aldermen & Sheriife, These Presents shall bee to them, & every of them, a sufficient Warrant and discharge in that behalfe Given under mv hand and seale at ifort James in New Yorke this 12 th day of June 1665.