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confirme to w cl> s l1 three men soe chosen & confirmed, wee doe hereby give & graunt full power &authorise, absolutelie & definitiuely to determine (w th out appeal to any superior Court) for debt ortrespasse not exceeding ffiftie Holland Guilders ffor all such act nS as shall happen w th in y e iurisdict nof the above said limitt with power likewise for any one of the said three to examine uppon oath allwitnesses in cases depending before them & in case any shall refuse to stand to the award of whatthe Maior part of the s d three shall agree unto, in such cases wee doe hereby give and graunt fullpower and authoritie to any two of y e s d three, to attache & ceise uppon y e lands goods, cattles &chatties of y® parties condemned by their said sentence & fourteen days after the s d ceizure (if y epartie soe condemned agree not in the interim & submitte himself unto ye sentence of the s d threemen) the said three or three appointed men as aifors d to take or ioyen to themselves two more oftheyre neighbours discreete honest men, and w ,h the advice of them to apprise the lands, goods cat-tles & chatties w th in the above s d jurisdict n & belongs to the partie condemned as afores d to y e fullvalleu & then to sell them to any that will paye, that sattislaction & paiement may be made accordingto the sentence of y e appointed men; Likewise giuing & graunting & by virtue hereof wee doe give& graunt unto y® said Pattentees, theyre associates heyres, successours &c full power & authoritie toElect & nominate a certaine officer amongst themselves to execute the place of a Scoute & him like-wise to present annuallie to the Gouernor Generali of this Province to bee established and confirmedto w ch s a officer soe chosene confirmed, Wee doe hereby give & graunt as large & ample power as isusuallie given to y e Scoutes of any Village in Holland for the suppression or prevention of any dis-orders that maye theyr arise, or to arrest and app’hend the body of any Criminall, Malefactouer orof anye that shall by worde or act disturbe the publick tranquilletie of this Province or civill peaceof the inhabitants w th in the above s d jurisdict n & him, them & her so arrested or apprehended tobring or case to be brought before the Gouernor Gen 11 of this Province & theyre by way of Processedeclare against the P’tie soe offending; farther Wee doe give & graunt unto the P’tentees theyr asso-ciates heyres &c free libertie of hawking, hunting, fishing, fowling within the above s d limitts; & touse or exercise all manner of trade & commerce according as the Inhabitants of this Province mayor can by Virtue of any Priviledge or graunt made unto them, inducing all and singular y e s d patt eestheyr associates, heyres &c with all & singular the immunities & priueledges allready graunted to y eInhabitants of this Prov c ® or hereafter to be graunted, as if they were natives of the United BelgickProvinces, allways prouided the s d patten 1 ' 3 y r associates heyres &c shall faithfully acknowledge &reverently respect the above named High Mightie Lords &c. for they r Superiour Lords & patrons &in all loialtie & fidellitie demeane themselves towards them & theyr successours accord’g as the In-habitants of this prouince in dutye are bound, soe long as they shall [be] within this iurisdict" & attthe experat n of ten yeares to beginne from the daye of the date hereof to paye or cause to bee paidto an officer thereunto deputed by the Gouern r Gen 1 of this Prov ce for the time being, the tenth par teof the reueneew that shall arise by the ground manured by the plough or howe, in case it bee de-manded to be paid to the s d officer in the ffield before it bee housed, gardens or orchards not exceed-ing one Hollands acre being excepted, and in case anye of the s d pattentees theyr associates heyres&c shall only improue theyr stocks in grasing or breeding of cattle, then the partie soe doing shallatt the end of the ten yeares afforesaid paye or cause to be paid to an officer deputed as afores d suchreasonable sattisfact" in butter and cheese as other Inhabbat* of other townes shall doe in the likecases: Likewise injoyning the said pattentees theyre associates heyres &c in the dating of all publicinstruments to use the New Style w th the w to & measure of this place. Given under my hand &Seale of this Prouince this 19 th of December in the fort Amsterdam in New Netherland. 1645.
Signed Wilhem Kieft.
Endorsed, —Ter ordonnantie van de H r Direct 1 Generael & Raden van Nieuw Nederlandt.
Cornelis Van Tienhouen, Secrety.