All Inhabitants of the abovenamed Villages shall be citable before said Sheriff and Schepens or their delegated Councillors who shall hold their meetings and courts as often as they shall consider requisite. 7.

All criminal offences shall be referred to the Governour General and Council, on condition that apprehend the offenders, to seize and detain them & to convey them as

the Sheriff be obliged to

prisoners under proper safeguard to Chief Magistrate with good

and correct informations for or

against the offenders. 8.

Smaller offences, such as quarrels, abusive words, threats, fisticuffs and such like, are left to the

jurisdiction of the Magistrates of each particular Village. 9.

The Sheriff and Schepens shall have power to conclude on some ordinances for the welfare and

peace of the Inhabitants of their district such as laying highways, setting off lands and gardens and in like manner what appertains to agriculture, observance of the Sabbath, erecting churches, school

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houses or similar public works. Item, against fighting & wrestling and such petty offences provided such ordinances are not contrary but as far as is possible, conformable to the Laws of our Fatherland and the Statutes of this Province and therefore, all orders of any importance shall, before ;

publication, be presented to the Chief Magistrate and his approval thereof requested.

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PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND. 10.

The said Sheriff and Schepens shall be bound strictly to observe and cause to be observed the

Placards and Ordinances which shall be enacted and published by the supreme authority, and not suffer any thing to be done against them, but cause the Transgressors therein to be proceeded against according to the tenor thereof; and further, promptly execute such orders as the Governour General