Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan

“ Likewise, all Inhabitants of New Netherland are charged and commanded their Farms properly to fence and set off so that the Cattle do not commit any damage therein, which cattle, whether
Horses, Cows, and especially Goats and Hogs, must be herded or otherwise placed where they can do no harm, to which end Fiscal Van Dyck shall erect a Pound in which he may detain the Cattle until the damage be made good and the fine paid. ”

“ Whereas We, pursuant to Our Commission and general Instruction, desire, wish or require nothing else but that this government of New Netherland entrusted to Us, and especially this Our Capital and residence, New Amsterdam, may grow and advance in good order, justice, police, population, prosperity and mutual peace and improvement ”

“ Whereas for some years past all Free traders here in New Netherland have paid a duty on all Peltries purchased and bartered by them here and exported, as ships offered, to Fatherland, the Council have, therefore, considered it highly necessary to establish a fixed Duty, so that each may know what impost he has to pay ”

“ No Skippers, Traders, nor anyone on board the ship, shall be permitted to conceal, carry away or transport out of the district of Our government any of the Company's servants, free traders or inhabitants of New Netherland, of what nation or quality soever they may be, without a proper Pass and handwriting signed by the Director, or his deputy, under a fine of Six hundred guilders. ”

“ The number of the Nine elected Select Men shall continue until further Order and circumstances, saving that Six shall retire annually, and 12 picked out from the most qualified Inhabitants, which names shall be returned to us by the Nine Men assembled collegialiter without its being necessary to convene the entire Commonalty hereafter, which Meeting shall take place on the last of December following the next New Year's day and so every year afterwards. ”

“ If anyone wound or strike another with a knife or other weapon, even with sticks, canes, pitchers and such like, he is to be imprisoned in the public jail on beer and bread, at his own cost, for the term of three months, or pay instead, the sum of Four and twenty guilders in ready money. ”

“ Whereas, we see and observe by experience the great disorders in which some of our Inhabitants indulge, in drinking to excess, quarreling, fighting and smiting even on the Lord's day of rest, whereof, God help us! ”

“ Also, every one is warned and forbidden against doing any damage to Farms, Orchards and Gardens either to the Fences or Fruits, and whosoever shall be fonud to have committed any damage to the Fences or Fruits of any Farm, Garden or Orchard shall be filled One Hundred Guilders besides an arbitrary correction. ”

“ No Skippers, Merchants, Traders, nor ships on their first arrived, will be allowed to land, remove, transport or tranship any Merchandizes or Wares on shore until the arrived vessels are visited and the goods entered with the Honble General, or his deputy. ”

“ From the Farmers — Machiel Jansen, Jan Evertsen Bout and Thomas Hall, as Spokesmen for the Commonalty, who having taken the oath of fidelity to Us and the Honble Council to regulate and govern themselves in conformity to reason and the Orders and Instructions yet to be given, are hereby confirmed in their abovementioned quality, nuder the following Rules:
First. ”

“ No Ships great or small, shall be allowed to depart without being first visited, and twelve hours' previous notice having been given to, and proper clearance received from the Honble General or his deputy, under a penalty of One hundred guilders. ”

“ Factor, or Trader, in order to sell again; provided only that the Burgher and other good Inhabitants remain bound to obtain a Permit from our appointed Officer, Receiver or Collector, before he lay in or store the Wine in the cellar, and to pay therefor six stivers per anker of French Wine and 12 stivers per anker of Brandy or Spanish Wine; larger measures in proportion. ”