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Whereas it is necessary that a proper person be appointed Book-keeper and Receiver of the moneys which will be furnished and advanced pursuant to the Proclamation dated 17th instant, for completing the fortifications of this city New Orange, on the Island of Manhatan and Province of New Netherland, I, therefore, to that end, have hereby commissioned and appointed Jacobus van de Water, Major of the city aforesaid, ordering and commanding, furthermore, said Jacobus van de Water not to dispose of, nor pay out any of the said moneys otherwise than on my written order or on that of Secretary Nicolaas Bayard, authorized by me. Done Fort Willem Hendrick, 24th March, 1674.

At a Council holden at the City Hall on the 26th March, 1674.

Present—	Governor Colve,
	Councillor Cornelis Steenwyck,
	Mr. Cornelis van Ruyven and
	Secretary Nicolaes Bayard, assumed Councillors, with the
	Burgomasters of this city.

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Translation: O'Callaghan, E.B., trans./ed., Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York, vol. 2 (Albany: Weed, Parsons: 1858), pp. 569-730 (vol. 23, pp. 1-270 only).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.