Translation
Answer of director and council declining to separate the office of city sheriff from that of fiscal
The foregoing petition is given the following response. The director general and councilors reviewed the last previous orders, advice and directives of the honorable lords directors dated 26 April of this past year 1655, in which the aforesaid lords patroons advise that the office of schout be taken care of provisionally by the fiscal; therefore, the director general and councilors are unable to make a separation therein without a countermanding order or at least further instructions from the aforesaid lords directors. Done in New Netherland, the 7th of June 1656.
References
Translation: Gehring, C., & Venema, J. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 8, Council Minutes, 1656-1658 Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press: 2018.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
The New York State Archives is part of the Office of Cultural Education, an office of the New York State Education Department.
To report technical problems with this web site, please contact the New York State Archives at ARCHINFO@mail.nysed.gov