And in regard of the Said Congregation is one of the Longest Standing in this Government and that they have Ever since Enjoyed the free Exercise of their Discipline and Worship, We do Judge the prayers of the said Petitions very reasonable, and therefore are of Opinion, that 3'o»" Honour may Grant a Patent of Encorporation under the Broad seal of this Province to the said Minister Elders and Deacons and their Successors for Ever for the free use and Exercise of their said Religion and Worship according to the Cannons Rules Institutions and Church Government Established by the Nationall Synod held and assembled in the City of Dort in Holland in they years 1618 and 1619 and also such and the like Libertys and Priviledges as are Granted to the Ministers Elders and Deacons of the Dutch Reformed Churches in the City of New York and of the Township of Kingstown respectively with such Variations and additions as may be proper and agreeable to the Present Circumstances of tlie said Congregation and that a Clause ought to be inserted tliat the Yearly Rents and jncomes of the Lands and Tenements now held by them or hereafter to beholden by them, shall not exceed the Sume of three hundred pounds Current Money of this Province p»' ann.

We are likewise of Opinion that not only the Said Dutch Church but also the several Lands and Tenements of which the

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said Congregation by Several mean Conveyances now stands seized and possessed of Scituate lyeing and being within tlie City and Corporation of Albany being particularly mentioned In a Schedule or List hereunto annexed, may in the said Patent of Incorporation be Confirmed unto the said Minister Elders and Deacons and to their Successors for Ever Vnder the Yearly lient or acknowledgement of one Pepper Corn (if demanded) Saveing nevertheless the Right and Title of all manner of Persons Body Politick and Corporate to the aforesaid Lands and Tenements or any part or parcell thereof all which is nevertheless humbly submitted by