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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 401 words

Also, w^e have given and granted and do by these presents for us our heirs and successors, forever give and grant unto the said Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns forever, all wafts, estrays, Deodands, wrecks, goods of felons liappening and being forfetted within the said Lordship and Manor, and all and every sumand sums of money to be paid as a fine, post iine upon any fine or fines hereafter to be leveyed of any lands, tenements or hereditaments within the said Lordship and Manor together with the advowson and right of patronage of all and every tlie Church and Churches erected and to be erected and built v«ithin the limitts and bounds of the said Lordsliip and Manor, as also that it shall and may be Lawfull to and for tlie stvid Robert Livingston, his heirs and assigns to summon and call together his or their tenants and inhabitants within the said Manor, when, where, and so often as there shall be occasion or need to choose Assessors and Collectors for the said Manor, and the freeholders and inliabitants thereof, which assessors and Collectors have and shall have like powder and authority to execute their respective offices as other Assessors and Collectors in the Citys, towns and Countys of the same province, or as directed

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by act or acts of General Assembly made or to be made for that purjjose; for defraying of any public charge, and the sum and sums of money now and hereafter to be assessed, levyed, collected and paid to assesse, collect, levy and pay for and towards the use and uses, as directed by act or acts of General Assembly of this Province or Colony, and for the better preservation of the peace, good rule and order amongst the inhabitants within the limitls and bounds of the said Manor, that it sliall and may be likewise lawfull to and for the inhabitants of the said Lordship and Manor once every year at such time and place as the said Kobert Livingston, his heires or assigns or his or their Steward or Deputys shall limitt and appoint, to assemble and meet together and to choose two constables for the said Manor, who shall use and exercise all the powers and authoritys of a constable during the year for which they shall be so chosen to serve in the siiid Manor.