Translation
Orders on a petition for the better government of the Esopus
At a Council holden in Fort Willem Hendrick the 25th October, 1673.
Present— | Governor Anthony Colve, |
Councillor Cornelis Steenwyck. |
On the petition presented to the Council by Isaac Grevenraet, Schout of the Towns of
Swaenenburgh, Hurly and Marbletown,
It is ordered as follows:
An ample
commission and instruction shall be furnished the Schout, and the Magistrates there
are recommended to give orders that the Schout in arresting evil-doers be assisted by
the Burgher watch; and whereas we are informed that the Town of Swaenenburgh is
provided with about 80 lbs. of powder, the Magistrates there are therefore ordered to
give thirty pounds of it to the villages of Hurly and Marble; in regard of the lead,
the petitioner shall receive to wit, 30 lbs. for Swaenenburgh and 20 lbs. for Hurly
and Marble; as regards the demanded salary, the same is refused, because no such
thing has ever been allowed any Schouts within this government, but he is continued
as Auctioneer of the aforesaid Towns. And with Secretary Montagne, empowered to
collect the excise there until the first of May next, until which time it is resolved
for reasons to continue the previous excise unaltered, on condition that due account,
proof and reliqua thereof be rendered the Receiver-General; and finally, the Schout
and Magistrates of the Town of Swaenenborgh are recommended and commanded to send
down the two metal guns by the first opportunity, inasmuch as the same are required
here.