And being thus subjected to the Crown, King Charles the Second making a grant of the same to his Brother James Duke of York, as by the same may at large appear, the said General A''icols and Commissioners demanded the East End of the Island ; and though the Inhabitants thereof were much against, being moved from Connecticut to JVet/j Y6rk, yet it was their Misery and unhappy Fate to have it to be so. The Governor, Commissioners and Council took upon tliem tlic legislative Power, and the People were governed by their Ordinances, until Governor Bungan came to be over them, then an Assembly were called, which Privilege was then declared to be tlie People's Eight ; and some time after an Act of A^eia-

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bly passed) That the Persons to he Elected to sit as Representatives in the General Assembly from time to time, for the several Cities, Towns, Counties, Shires, Divisions or Mannors of this Province, and all Places within the same, shall he according to the Proportion and JYwnber hereafter expressed ; tliat is to say, For the City and County of JVew- York four, for the County of Suffolk two, for Queens-County two, for Kings-County two, for the County of Richmond twoj for the County of Westchester two, for the County of Ulster two, for the County of Albany two, for the Manner of Ranslerwick one, and for Dukes County two, and as many more as their Majesties, their Heirs and Successors shall think fit to establish ; Tiiat all Persons chosen as aforesaid, or the major Part of them shall be deemed and accounted the Representives of this Province in General Assembly, and such Acts made by them, consaited to by the Governor and Counsel, shall he the Laws of the Province, until they are disallowed by their Majesties, their Heirs and Successors, or expire by their own Limitation.