No man may draft public documents or papers, unless authorized by the Director General and Council ; offenders shall be brought to trial before the high court of judicature according to the edict of May 1649. Receiving articles in pawn for liquor forbidden.

No man may take anything in pawn for liquors, on penalty of restoring the coods, and paying in addition 25 guilders for the first offence, 50 guilders for the second and double (100 guilders) for the third offence, and also to have his license taken away and trade stopped, according to the edict of the

3rd of Dec. 1657. 1

For the Translation of the above paper, the public ii indebted to Teunis G. Bergen, Egq., of Kings Co.

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PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND.

GOV. COLVES

CHARTER TO THE SEVERAL TOWNS ON LONG ISLAND.

ANNO.

1673.

PROVISIONAL INSTRUCTION FOR THE SHERIFF AND MAGISTRATES OF THE VILLAGES OF MIDWOUT, (FLAT-

BUSH) AMERSFOORT (FLATLANDS) BREUKELEN,

NEW UTRECHT, GRAVESEND AND BOSWYCK, SITUATE ON

LONG ISLAND. [

Art. 1

.

Flatbush Rec.

;

also Alb. Rec. ]

The Sheriff and Magistrates shall, each in his quality, take care that the Reformer! Christian

Religion be maintained in conformity to the Synod of Dordrecht without permitting any other sects

attempting any thing contrary thereto. 2.

The Sheriff shall be present, as often as possible, at all the meetings and preside over the same

but should he act for himself as party, or in behalf of the rights of the Lords Patroons or of Justice, he shall, in such case, rise from his seat and leave the Bench & in that event he shall not have any advisory much less a concluding vote, but the oldest Schepen shall, then, preside in his place. 3.