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

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. 250 words

All persons to be kept to the three publications of the bans before marriage and to wait one month thereafter so as to give opportunity for the making of legal objections if any exist; if after the expiration of that time either party refuse to marry without giving lawful reasons, they shall be liable to a penalty of 10 guilders for the first week and 20 guilders for every succeeding week until lawful

reasons for refusal are given.

Further no man or woman may live together as husband and wife without being married, on the penalty of 100 guilders, or of as

warrant

;

if continuing to

much more or less as the quality or ability of the offenders will

offend to be liable every month to pay the

same penalty to the officer,

according to the edict of the 15th of Jany 1658. Conventicles.

No person may surreptitiously hold a meeting for public worship, or sing, read, or preach in the same, on the penalty of 100 pounds Flemish and the hearers to be each liable to a penalty of 25 pounds Flemish, without regard to the religion or sect they may be of, as per the edict of the 1st of ;

Feby. 1657. Brewers not to be retailers of liquors.

These two occupations may not be followed by the same individual, neither shall they sell by the on the penalty of all the beer which may be found in their houses, and in addition of having

can,