Translation
Order to the fiscal to communicate to the burgomasters and schepens
The secretary of the director-general and [ high ] council is hereby authorized to go to the inferior court of justice of this city and there to communicate to the schout, mayors and schepens the resolution of the director-general and high council, amplifying and further explaining their instructions given the 26th of February 1654, leaving the authentic copy for their use.[99]
Secondly, whereas Johannis van Beecq has posted an announcement that his marriage has been declared legal and proper by a resolution of the mayors and schepens of this city, regardless that it was not only done without his father's knowledge but also against his express prohibition to marry outside the country; therefore, the director-general and council request an authentic copy of this resolution, of which they are ignorant, and written reasons why such a resolution was not made known to the director-general and council, and their approval thereof not sought, according to the instructions granted to the inferior court of justice of this city. Done in New Amsterdam, 27 February 1654, New Netherland; was signed: P. Stuyvesant.