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. And we do further give and grant unto the said Hobert Livingston, his heirs assigns for ever, that from henceforth it shall and may be lawfull to and for the freeholders of t'io said Lordsiiip and Manor to Assemble and meet together, and to elect, choose, and send some fit person being a freeliolder and inhabitant within the said Manor, to be their representative, and to siit and vote in General Assembly of this Colony as the Ilrpresentrtive of the freeholders and inhabitants of the said Maiior to ail intents, constructions and purposes pursuant to a certain v.ritt or writs under tlie seal of the Province tliereof to be directed to constables of the said Lordship and Manor for the time being, or to one of them, which Election to be made by the direction and appointment of the said Constable or Constables, with subordination to the said writt and writts in the like manner as Sheriffs of Citys and Countys within the said Province do use to make tlie same, being assisted by a suitable number of the freeholders of the said Lordship and Manor in the making of a due and orderly return of then said Election by Indentures between them the said Constable or Constables and tlie said freeholders thereof to be made, sealed and executed in due form ; and we do further give and grant unto the said Robert Livingston liis lieires and assigns, that the representative for the said Lordship and Manor of Livingston, so chosen ano