For Eemedy whereof for the Future, I have thought fit, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Majesties Council for the Province of J\^ew- York, and by virtue of the Power and Authority unto me given and granted under the Great Seal of Great Britain, and do hereby Erect, Establish and Ordain, That fi'om hence-forward there shall be held and kept at Poghkeepson, near the Center of the said County, a General Sessions of the Peace, on the third Tuesday in May, and tlie third Tuesday in October, yearly and every year for ever; which General Sessions of the Peace, in every Sessions, shall not continue for longer tlian Two Days, but may finish the busines of the Sessions, possibly, in one Day, and that from hence forward there shall be held and kept at Poghkepson, near the Center, of the said County, a Court of Common-Pleas to begin the next Day, after the said Courts of General Sessions of the Peace Terminates, and then only, if Busines require, to hold and continue for two Days next following, and no longer, with the like Power and Jurisdictions as other Courts of Common-Pleas in other Counties within the Province of Mew-York, have used and enjoyed, any former Ordinance, Practice or Usage to the Contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding.

Given under my Hand and Seal at ^irms in Council at Fort George in New-York, the Sixth Day of July, in the Seventh Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lords George, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.