time are found residing in separate dwellings or farm houses.

Those who do not remove by the 18

of May will also be liable to a penalty of 50 guilders, to be paid immediately and also to have their

houses unroofed at their expense. After this it happened that several persons who resided outside the village paid no attention to the above order, among whom was a Mr. Stilwel, who had purchased the land of Antony Jansen Van

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Salee, Turck, but he made satisfaction to the Director General and Council for the same. Also another was Albert Albertse who hired a part of the plantation of C. Van Werckhoven on the Najack; he excused himself on the ground of being on hired land, and regarded not the Lords order, in

consequence of which the fiscal ex officio brought him on the 19th of August 1660, before the high Council in Fort Amsterdam, and complained of his refusal to obey the ordinance.

and sentenced as follows, after which he came and resided in the his lands

He was condemned

village of Utrecht, which lay near

:

By the Director General and Council of the New Netherland on a hearing of the parties We condemn Albert Albertse alias Lintwever, to amends by paying the penalty of 50 guilders as per ;

proclamation, and to stand imprisonment until the fine be paid.

On this sentence, after being imprisoned, he paid the fine and then removed within the village of New Utrecht. In this year it happened that one Pieter Roeloffe sold his house and building lot in the village of