PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND.

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Wages or hire of Indians.

Those who hire Indians for money, must pay them promptly and fulfil the engagement: for failuree y shall be condemned to pay the hire and be punished according to the edict of the 28th of Sep-tember 1648.

Concubinage.

All persons to be kept to the three publications of the bans before marriage and to wait one monththereafter so as to give opportunity for the making of legal objections if any exist; if after the ex-piration of that time either party refuse to marry without giving lawful reasons, they shall be liabI ®to a penalty of 10 guilders for the first week and 20 guilders for every succeeding week until lawfulreasons for refusal are given. , ,

Further no man or woman may live together as husband and wife without being married, on thepenalty of 100 guilders, or of as much more or less as the quality or ability of the offenders willwarrant; if continuing to offend to be liable every month to pay the same penalty to the officer,according to the edict of the 15th of Jany 1658.

Conventicles.

No person may surreptitiously hold a meeting for public worship, or sing, read, or preach in thesa ae, on the penalty of 100 pounds Flemish ; and the hearers to be each liable to a penalty of 25

pounds Flemish , without regard to the religion or sect they may be of, as per the edict of the 1st olFeby. 1657.

Brewers not to be retailers oj liquors.

These two occupations may not be followed by the same individual, neither shall they sell by thecar b on the penalty of all the beer which may be found in their houses, and m addition of havingtheir trade stopped for 6 months, according to the edict of the 12th of Jany 1648.

Goats.

The Goats which run at large without keepers, in consequence of their injuring fruit and othertrees, may be seised by the officer and taken possession of according to the edict of the 16th of March,

Public instruments or papers.

No man may draft public documents or papers, unless authorized by the Director ,.

Council; offenders shall be brought to trial before the high court of judicature according to the «uof May 1649.

Receiving articles in paum far the g0 ods, and paying in

No man may take anything in pawn for liquors, on P e “ a second m c\ double (100 guilders) for t eaddition 25 guilders for the first offence, 50 guilders fo stopped, according to the edict of the

third offence, and also to have his license taken away and trade stopp ,

3r d of Dec. 1657. 1

1 F ° r the Translation of the above paper, the public is indebted to Teunis G. Bergen, Esq., of Kings Co.

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