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REPORT ON THE FOREGOING.
May it please your Honour
In Obedience to your Honours order in Counciil of the 6 th of this jnstant Referring to us thePetition of Petrus Van Driessen Minister of the Dutch Protestant Congregation in the City of Albany ;Joliannis Cuyler, Johannis Roseboom, Hendrick Van Renselaer, Willim Jacobse Van Deursen thePresent Elders, Rutgert Bleaker, Volkert Van Veghten Myndert Roseboom and Dirk Ten Broek thepresent Deacons of the same, We have not only Maturely considered of the Same, But likewise oftheir former Petition to the same purpose bearing date the 3 d of this jnstant and also of a Caveatagainst the Prayer of the Said Petitions Entred by M r Wileman in behalf of Hendrick Hansenbearing date the 4 th jnstant.
And in regard of the Said Congregation is one of the Longest Standing in this Government andthat they have Ever since Enjoyed the free Exercise of their Discipline and Worship , We do Judgethe prayers of the said Petitions very reasonable, and therefore are of Opinion, that yo* Honour mayGrant a Patent of Encorporation under the Broad seal of this Province to the said Minister Eldersand Deacons and their Successors for Ever for the free use and Exercise of their said Religion andWorship according to the Cannons Rules Institutions and Church Government Established by theNationall Synod held and assembled in the City of Dort in Holland in they years 1618 and 1619 andalso such and the like Libertys and Priviledges as are Granted to the Ministers Elders and Deaconsof the Dutch Reformed Churches in'the City of New York and of the Township of Kingstown res-pectively with such Variations and additions as may be proper and agreeable to the Present Circum-stances of the said Congregation and that a Clause ought to be inserted that the Yearly Rents andjncomes of the Lands and Tenements now held by them or hereafter to be liolden by them, shall notexceed the Sume of three hundred pounds Current Money of this Province p r ann.
We are likewise of Opinion that not only the Said Dutch Church but also the several Landsand Tenements of which the said Congregation by Several mean Conveyances now stands seizedand possessed of Scituate lyeing and being within the City and Corporation of Albany beingparticularly mentioned in a Schedule or List hereunto annexed, may in the said Patent of Incorpo-ration be Confirmed unto the said Minister Elders and Deacons and to their Successors for EverVnder the Yearly Rent or acknowledgement of one Pepper Corn (if demanded) Saveing neverthelessthe Right and Title of all manner of Persons Body Politick and Corporate to the aforesaid Landsand Tenements or any part or parcell thereof all which is nevertheless humbly submitted by
Your Honours Most Obed‘ humble Servants
A D PeysterR Walter
New York Aug. the 8 th 1720 Gerard: Beekman
John BarberieA. Philipse