any one except by advice of the Court

;

he shall also take good care that the places under his charge

shall be cleansed of all mobs, gamblers, whorehouses and such like impurities.

14.

The Sheriff shall receive the half of all civil fines accruing during his term of office together

with one third part of what belongs to the respective Villages from criminal cases neither directly nor indirectly receive any presents forbidden by law.

;

but he shall

15. Towards the time of election, the Sheriff and Schepens shall nominate as Schepens a double number of the best qualified, honest, intelligent and wealthiest inhabitants, exclusively of the Reformed Christian Religion or at least well affected thereunto, to be presented to the Governour, who shall then make his election therefrom with continuation of some of the old ones in case his honour

may deem it necessary. Note.

Done in Fort Wilera Hendrick 1 st October 1673.

Similar instruction were sent to Flushing, Hemsted, Middleburgh, Jamaica, Oysterbay, Southampton, Southold,

Seatalcot, Huntington and East Hampton, on L. I., to Swanenburgh, Hurley & Marbletown in the Esopus; to Elizabethtown, Woodbridge, Shrewsbury, Newarke, Bergen, Piscattaway and Middletown, behind Achter Cul; and to Staten Island &

Westchester.

NAMES OF INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD 1673. [

Vanderkemp's Transl. of Dutch Rec. XXII. ]

j onn

Robbert Beedill

John Smith Blew Richard Geldersly, Sen

George Hallet Samuel Allen

Vrolphert Jacobs

Kaleb Carman

Jan Carman

John Williams Thomas Richmore

Richard Valentyn

John Symons jun

John Smith