strikly Prohibite &, forbid in the name of King William & queen Mary.yt no Inhabitants of the Citty and County of Albany doe sell or give any Rom Brandy Strong Liquor or Beer to any Indian or Indians upon any pretence whatsoever upon ye Penalty of Two monthes Imprisonement without Baile or main prise & moreover a fine of five Pounds toties quoties, y® ProofFe hereof to be made as is Incerted in ye Proclamation Prohibiting ye Selling of Strong Drink dated ye 21*^ day of May 1689 which is by Proof or Purgation by oath, always Provided yt it shall and may be in ye Power of ye Mayor aldermen & Commonality of y« s^ Citty if they see cause to give any smal quality of Rom to any Sachims who come here about Publick Bussinesse any Prohibition abovesd in any manner notwithstanding, given att ye Citty hall of Albany ye 12"! day of Septembr 1689

pr Ordr RoBT Livingston Clk

Att a Convention &c. Sept 17tt» 1689 Present, all the members heretofore mentioned.

The Messenger Johannes Beeker who was sent Expresse to N . Yorke with a letter to Capt Leysler and ye Rest of y® Military officers of ye Citty & County of N: Yorke according to y^ Resolution of this Convention ye 4*^ of this Instant being Returned was sent for and asked whither he had Delivered ye Letter as it Wiis Directed and if he had Received any answer from s<^ Leysler to y*^ gent" that had sent him who answered that he had delivered y" Letter to Capt. Leysler but had no letter in answer but thatt Directed to Capt Wendel and Capt Bleeker and y* he further heard Capt. Leysler say, y* he had nothing to doe w*^ y® Civill Power he was a Souldier and would write to a Souldier.