The City or town being increased to 200 Fiat. With this addition : Which Common families or upwards, they shall choose a Council shall, also, have the absolute election Common Council of 21 persons, who shall of Burgomasters and Common Councilmen, meet with the Burgomasters and Schepens together with the nomination of Schepens, in and resolve together on all matters relating to order that the selection as above may be made the City government. therefrom.

17. 17.

The Schepens shall give judgments for all Fiat. To the Director-General and Council gums under one hundred guilders, but in cases of New Netherland. exceeding 100 01. the party aggrieved shall be allowed an appeal to the President and court of Justice of New Netherland. 18. 18.

Said Schepens shall also pronounce sentence Fiat.

in all criminal cases, but an appeal therefrom shall be provisionally allowed.

19. 19.

The City of Amsterdam shall, also, pro- Fiat. visionally cause to be built 3 houses or residences; namely, 1 for a smith, 1 for a wheelwright and one house for a carpenter.

G22 NEW- YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. 20, 20.

The City of Amsterdam aforesaid shall

divide all the lands round i\bout said town or city into suitable fields for plough land, pasture and meadow land, laid out on proper roads for going to, and coming from, them.

21, 21 Every person who will follow farming shall Fiat. have in free, fast and durable property, as many mmgens as well of plough land as of pasture and meadow, as he and his family will be able to improve and will require for grazing, be it