Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

Towne of Grauesend & to make such civill ordinances as the Maior part

of y e Inhabitants ffree of the Towne shall thinke fitting for theyr quiett and peaceable subsisting & to Nominate elect & choose three of y e Ablest

approued honest men & them to present anuuallie to

e y Gouernor Generall of this Prouince for the tyme being, for

him y e said Gouern r to establish and

PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND.

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three men soe chosen k confirmed, wee doe hereby give & graunt full power

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authoritie, absolutelie k definitiuely to determine (w th out appeal to any superior Court) for debt or

trespasse not exceeding ffiftie Holland Guilders ffor all such act" 8 as shall

happen w th in y e iurisdict n

of the above said limitt with power likewise for any one of the said three to examine uppon oath all witnesses in cases depending before

them & in case any shall refuse to stand to the award of what

the Maior part of the s d three shall agree unto, in such cases wee doe hereby give and graunt full

power and authoritie to any two of y e s d three, to attache k ceise uppon y e lands goods, catties k chatties of y e parties condemned by their said sentence & fourteen days after the s d ceizure (if y e partie soe condemned agree not in the interim k submitte himself unto y e sentence of the s d three