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No. 76] Cloaths, or other accoutrements, or shall retaile to them in their house after ye ringing of ye Bell for Eight o'clock at night, upon penalty of for feiting for each Souldier so founde as aforesaid y e summe of six shillings for ye Behooffe of such Person as shall sue for ye same.

Pursuant to an order of Councill dated ye 23d of Sept., and another from his Excellency dated the 16th of October last, Coll. Pr. Schuyler, the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonality have hired the house of William Ketelheyn till pmo May next, for ye summe of six pounds for two Lefts, and there wifes. Also ye Chamber on ye south side of Elisabeth widow of Wouter Utthoft's house, with the use of her bedd and bedding to pmo May next, for four pounds tenn shillings for one Leift, with ye condition that at ye present ye magistrates are to supply her with two Blankets, which at ye Expiration of ye time as aforesd are to be deducted off ye hire.

Nov. 26. — Evert Wendell sen. appears in Common Councill and makes Request verbally, that in ye time of ye late Gov. Thomas Dongan, orders were issued to demand all Patents or Ground Brieffes belonging to this Citty and County, in which time ye said Petitioner gave up his Grond Brieffe granted to him by ye late governor Petrus Stuyvesant for a certain Lott of grounde situate lying and being on ye south side of ye Citty, on ye east side of yehill abutting toye north of ye Land and Orchard belonging to Isaac Casperse ; and since said Evert Wendel declares that said Ground Brieffe or any other was never returned to him. Doth therefore humbly request of ye hon. Commonality to grant him a Release for sd Grounde, which ye Commonality have taken into Consideration, and have graunted ye same, ordering a Release to be writte, which shall be signed. It is concluded that a warrant be issued to ye fyre masters to vizite ye Chimneys and fyre places within this Citty every three weeks, beginning ye 2d of December next and so continuing during the time of three months, which fyre masters are as follows : Bastiaen Harmense, William Hogen, Warner Carstense, Guysbert Marselis, Tierk Harmense, Jonathan Broadhurst.