Also if your Honors please to choose four We are fully satisfied to choose 4 persons, persons who shall have access to the Council to assist in maintaining the Commonalty in their here, as your Honors formerly proposed, we right, and whom we will invite to our Council, should be much gratified, so that taxes may when necessity requires ; also to fix upon not be imposed on the country in the absence certain periods of the year to meet together on of the Twelve. public business and to conclude on some articles as to the extent of their powers. As regards the 12 men, we are not aware that they received fuller powers from the Commonalty than simply to give their advice respecting the murder of the late Claes Swits.

Also that every inhabitant of New Granted, provided the Hon'''' Company Netherland, be he who he may, shall be receive their dues and that the goods be not henceforward at liberty to resort, go to and sent to an enemy. return from all places in this neighborhood and to our friends, and allies without notifying or asking any one and to repair to all such ;

places as he shall derive most advantage from, on condition of first receiving a regular pass and clearance from your Honors and paying therefor all such duties as to the Hon*"'" Company shall appertain.

In case your Honors choose four of the fittest We are fully content that two of the four to appear in your Council, as stated, it remains be annually changed. to be noted that two of the four retire every year and two others be chosen in their stead out of the 12.