roner, one com- sistants, one Sheriff, one Coroner, one Common mon clerk, one chamberlain, Clerk, one Chamberlain, one high Constable, sixone high-constable, sixteen

assessors, se

sixteen consta

bles, and one marshal.

teen Assessors, seven Collectors, sixteen Constaven collectors, bles, and one Marshal, appointed, nominated, elected, chosen, and sworn, in and for the said city of New-York, and the precincts, and limits thereof; out of the freeholders or freemen, inhabitants of the said city, in manner and form as hereinafter is particularly mentioned: And for the better execution of our will, gift, and grant in this behalf, we have assigned, named, constituted, and made, and by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, do assign, name, constitute, and make, our well beMayor named. loved Robert Lurthing, esq. to be the present Mayor, of the same city, to do and execute all things, which unto the office of Mayor of the said city, doth or may belong, or in any wise appertain. And we do moreover, for us, our heirs, and successors, give, grant, ratify, and confirm, unto the said Mayor of our said city of New-York, and to his successors, and to the

Power to make

one of the Al

dermen his de

puty whom the

Governor shall

approve of.

Who shall act

as mayor in the

sickness or ab

sence of the Mayor.

Mayor of the said city, for the time being, and to each of them, forever, full power and authority to depute and appoint one of the Aldermen of the said city, for the time being, to be approved of by the Governor, or Commander in Chief of the said pro vince, for the time being, in the place of the Mayor of the said city, for the time being; and as his deputy, in all matters and respects, to act and do all things, which to the office of the Mayor of the said city, within the limits, liberties, and precincts thereof, do, or ought to belong during the sickness, or in the absence, of the said Mayor, for the time being.

ap

And we do hereby Will and Grant, That every such deputy or person so to be appointed and proved of, after having taken such oath, as herein after is directed, for every such deputy to take, shall have as full power and authority to act and do, in the sickness or absence of the Mayor of the said city, for the time being, all and singular, those things which to the office of Mayor of the said city belongs, or shall belong, or appertain, to all intents and purposes, as the Mayor of the said city, for the time being, by virtue of these presents, or otherwise, hath, shall, or ought to have. And we do further, for us, our heirs, and successors, will, ordain, and grant, that, in case it should happen that the present Mayor of the said city, or any of his successors, or any of the Mayors of the said city, for the time being, should happen to die before any other fit person shall be appointed and sworn Mayor of the said city, in their respective rooms and places, then, and in every such case, upon the death of such Mayor, such Aldermen for the time being (who shall have

Power to the deputy mayor, after taking

oath, to act & do all things belonging to the office of mayor (in the sickness or absence of the Mayor.)

If any Mayor die before an

other be appointed,

then the deputy mayor to be mayor until another be ap

been so appointed and approved of, as aforesaid, pointed and

to act in the place of, or as deputy to, such Mayor) shall be, and he is hereby appointed and declared Mayor of the said city, and to continue and be continued in, and to execute the same of fice of Mayor of the said city, from the death of such Mayor so dying, until another fit person shall be appointed and sworn Mayor of the said city, in such manner as in and by these presents is here

sworn,

after directed for the respective Mayors of the said city, to be appointed and sworn, and so as often as such case shall happen.

And further we have assigned, ordained, named, and constituted, and by these presents do, for us, our heirs, and successors, assign, ordain, name, and constitute, our trusty and well beloved Francis Harrison, esq. (one of our Council of our said province of New-York,) to be the present Recorder of our said city, to do and execute all things, which unto the office of Recorder of the said city doth or may belong, or in any manner appertain, and to continue, and be continued in, and to execute the said office, until another fit person shall be appointed and sworn in the office. AND We do hereby appoint, That the Governor or Conimander in Chief for the said province, for the time being, at any time or times, when, and as often as they or each of them think fit, may displace and remove the present Recorder, or any other Recorder, hereafter to be appointed.

And we do, for us, our heirs, and successors, assign, name, constitute, and appoint, John Cruger, Harmanus Van Gelder, Frederick Phillipse, Gerardus Stuyvansant, Anthony Rutgers, John Rosevelt, and Johannes Hardenbrook, esqrs. citizens and inhabitants of the said city of New-York, to be the present Aldermen of the said city; and Egbert Van Borssom, Samuel Kip, John Chambers, John Moore, Isaac De Peyster, Petrus Rutgers, and Gerardus Beekman, gents. to be the present assistants of the said city, to wit: The

said John Cruger, to be Alderman, and John Moore, to be Assistant, for the Dock Ward of

the said city; Harmanus Van Gelder, to be Alderman, and John Chambers, to be Assistant, for the West Ward of the said city; Col. Frederick Phillipse, to be Alderman, and Isaac De Peyster, to be Assistant, for the South Ward of the said city; Gerardus Stuyvesant, to be Alderman, and Samuel Kip, to be Assistant, for the Out Ward of the said city; Anthony Rutgers, esq. to be Alderman, and Egbert Van Borssom, to be Assistant, for the North Ward of the said city; John Rosevelt, to be Alderman, and Petrus Rutgers, to be Assistant, for the East Ward of the said city; Johannes Hardenbrook, to be Alderman, and Gerardus Beekman, to be Assistant, for Montgomery Ward of the said city.

And we do, also, hereby nominate and appoint Cornelius De Peyster, to be the present Chamberlain and Treasurer of the city aforesaid; Colonel

Henry Beekman, to be the present Sheriff of the said city; Richard Nichols, gent. to be the present Coroner of the said city; Edmund Peers, to be the present High Constable, and Robert Crannel, to be present Marshal of the said city.

And, also, We do hereby nominate and appoint John Le Montes, David Abeel, Assessors, Nicholas Van Taerling, Collector, and John Scott, Con

stable, for the South Ward of the said city; John Thurman, and John Bogart, Assessors, and John Pearse, Collector for the West Ward of the said city; Gerardus Duyckinck, and Simeon Soumain, As

And for what

wards.

Chamberlain

named.

Sheriff, coroner, high constable and mar

shal.

Assessors, collectors, and constables, what wards.

Within forty days other collectors, assessors, and constables, to be chosen.

sessors; George Brinckerhoof, Collector, and Christopher Nicholson, Constable, of the Dock Ward of the said city; John Brown and Nathaniel Marston, Assessors, Peter Noxen, Collector, and Timothy Bontecou, Constable, of the North Ward of the said city; John Pintard and Peter Van Dyck, Assessors, Ebenezer Grant, Collector, and John Abrahamson, Constable, of the East Ward of the said city; Jacobus Kip, Assessor, and Cornelius Cousine, Collector, for the Bowery Division of the Out Ward; and Barent Waldren, Assessor, Derick Bensing, Collector, and Arent Bussing, Constable, for the Harlem Division of the said Out Ward.

And we do, hereby appoint, order, and direct, that within forty days after the date hereof, the freemen of the said city being inhabitants in, and the freeholders of each respective ward in the said city, may and shall assemble themselves and meet together, at such time and place, in each of the said wards, as each respective Alderman, for each respective ward, shall appoint, and then and there, by plurality of their voices or votes, to elect and choose out of the inhabitants of each respective ward, being freeholders there, or freemen of the said city, the seveAnd for what ral officers following, to wit, one other Constable for the South Ward; one other Constable for the West Ward; one other Constable for the Dock Ward; one other Constable for the East Ward; two Assessors, one Collector, and two Constables for Montgomerie Ward; and two other Assessors, and three other Constables, for the Out Ward, to wit:

Wards.