the Said City and Limitts thereof together with full power and Authority to hear and Determine all and every the Same and Such Actions and Pleas aforesaid and Judgments thereon to render and Executions thereof to Award and make and to Act and do every thing therein in Such manner and form and by Such and the like Methods Process and proceedings as fully and amply as in our other Courts of Records in Such or the like cases is used or can or may be Acted and Done according to the Laws of that part of our Kingdom of great Britain called England and of our Said province of New York And we do hereby for us our Heirs and Successors grant Order and appoint that the Sherif and the Coroner and other Ministers and Officers of the Said City for the time being Shall and may and they are and each of them is hereby Commanded Authorized and fully Impowered to Execute and return all and every the precepts and processes of the Said Court to them res. pectively directed or to be directed from time to time and at all times as fully and Effectually as any Sherif Coroner Minister or Officer of or in any City or place within that part of our Kingdom of great Britain called England the precepts and processes of any Court of Record there hath used or can or may Execute and return in any manner howsoever Provided always that the Mayor of the Said City for the time being or his Deputy or the Recorder of the Said City for the time being and any three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City or any four or more of them (whereof the Mayor or his Deputy or the Recorder we will to be one) may and by these presents have and Shall have full power to Adjourn the Said Court for any time not exceeding twenty-eight days And we do further will and by these presents for us our Heirs and Successors give grant ratify and Confirm unto the Said Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York and their Successors that they and their Successors from henceforth forever hereafter shall and may have within the City aforesaid a fitt and Discreet Man to be and who Shall be and be called the Common Clerk of the City aforesaid to act and do all those things within the City aforesaid and the Limitts and Jurisdiction thereof which to any Common Clerk of or in any City Burrough or Town Incorporated any where in that part of our Kingdom of great Britain called England by virtue of his Office can or ought to do And also that forever hereafter the Common Clerk of the City aforesaid for the time being Shall also be Clerk of the Court of Record to be held before the Mayor or his Deputy or the Recorder and any three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City as aforesaid and also Clerk of our Peace and of the Peace of our Heirs and Successors and of the Sessions of the Peace for and in the City and County of New York from time to time to be held and all and singular those things which to the Office and Offices of Such Clerk of the peace and of the Sessions of the peace do and Shall appertain to do act and Execute and also Shall and may require Demand take accept hold keep and Enjoy all fees perquisites and proffits which to any Such Common Clerk Clerk of the peace and of the Sessions of the peace do or ought to belong And we

do hereby give grant ratify and Confirm ffor us our Heirs and Successors unto our Beloved William Sharpas gent (one of the Inhabitants of the City aforesaid) to be the present Common Clerk of the City of New York aforesaid and also Clerk of the peace and of the Sessions of the peace for and in the City and County of New York to continue in the Offices aforesaid During his Life and to Act and Execute the Same Offices and places by himself or his Deputy And we do further for us our Heirs and Successors appoint will and direct that the Governour or Commander in Chief of the Said prov ince of New York for the time being from time to time and at all times after the death of the Said William Sharpas when and So often as the Office and place of Common Clerk of the Said City Shall happen to be vacant Shall and may appoint an honest and Discreet Man being one of the Inhabitants and a ffreeman or ffreeholder of the Said City to be Common Clerk of the Said City during his good Behaviour and So as often as Such case Shall happen And we do ffurther for us our Heirs and Successors will and grant that So often as the Said Office Shall be vacant the Common Councill of the Said City for the time being Shall and may appoint one other honest and Discreet Citizen being an Inhabitant and ffreeman or ffreeholder of the Said City to be Common Clerk of the Said City and Clerk of the Said Court of Record in and for the Said City and Clerk of the peace and Of the Sessions of the Peace in and for the Said City and County of New York to act and Execute the said Offices and who Shall and may Execute do and receive all and whatsoever to the Said Offices and every of them belongs or Shall belong or appertain till in his room another honest and discreet person being an Inhabitant and ffreeman or ffreeholder of the Said City Shall be appointed into or for the Said Offices by the Governour or Commander in Chief of the Said province for the time being and Shall Have taken Such an Oath as is hereby directed for every Such person So to be appointed to give and take and So from time to time and So often as the case may or Shall So happen And ffurther we do hereby Constitute Name and Appoint James Alexander Joseph Murray John Chambers William Smith George Lurting William Jamison Richard Nicolls and Abraham Lodge gentlemen to be the present Attorneys and each of them to be an Attorney of and in the Said Court of Record for and during the good Behaviour of each of them respectively And we do hereby for us our Heirs and Successors grant and Ordain that no other Attorney or Attorneys person or persons whomsoever (besides the aforenamed Attor neys during the time that they Shall all remain Attorneys of the Said Court) Shall be permitted or Suffered to practice as an Attorney of or in the Said Court but all and every other Attorney and Attorneys person and persons (besides the before named Attorneys during the time aforesaid) from being an Attorney or Attorneys of or in the Said Court and from all practice as Such Shall be and are and each of them is Excluded and Debarred And we do hereby for us our Heirs and Successors give and grant unto the Said Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York and their Suc

cessors forever that the Mayor of the Said City for the time being or his Deputy or the Recorder and any three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City for the time being or any four or more of them (whereof we will the Mayor or his Deputy or the Recorder of the Said City for the time being to be one) Shall and may (by and with the consent and approbation of our Governour and Commander in Chief for the time being) have full power and Authority all or any of the before named Attorneys of the Said Court and all or any other of the persons hereafter to be appointed or Admitted Attorneys of or in the Said Court for their or his evil behaviour in their or his Said Duty or Office of Attorneys or an Attorney of or in the Same or his or their being thereof Legally Convicted from being Attorneys or an Attorney of or in the Said Court to amove displace and forever exclude and after the Amoval or death of any two or more of the beforenamed Attorneys upon the Amoval or Death of any other of the Attorneys before named or hereafter to be admitted to recommend one other person to the Governour or Commander in Chief of the Said province of New York for the time being for his Approbation in the room of Such Attorney so dying or being removed each of which persons So to be recomended and approved of as aforesaid Shall and may be admitted and Sworn an Attorney of and in the Said Court and so as often as the case Shall happen And we do ffurther for us our Heirs and Successors grant and appoint that no other Attorney or person whatsoever Shall after the Death or Amoval of any of the before named Attornies be admitted or Suffered to practice as an Attorney of or in the Said Court but what Shall be recomended and approved of as aforesaid And further we do for us our Heirs and Successors grant will and Ordaine that the Number of Attorneys of the Said Court Shall not at any one time after the death or Removal of any two or more of the before named Attorneys forever hereafter Exceed the Number of Six Provided that nothing herein Shall be construed to Extend to hinder us our Heirs or Successors from prosecuting or Defending all or any Suits Causes Actions or Prosecutions in the Said Mayor's Court by our Attorney or Sollicitor General for our Said province or the Attorney or Sollicitor General of us our Heirs or Successors for the Said province for the time being nor to hinder the Attorney or Sollicitor General of us our Heirs or Successors for the Said province for the time being to practice in the Said Court as Council in any Civil Cause And we do farther of our Especial grace certain knowledge and meer motion for us our Heirs and Successors grant appoint and direct that the Mayor Recorder and Aldermen of the Said City for the time Being and each of them from time to time and at all times forever hereafter Shall have by these presents full power and Authority to have and take Cognizance of and to hear try and finally determine with or without a Jury all Pleas Suits Controversies and Trespasses Wherein the value does not exceed the Sum of ffourty Shillings in Such manner as they or either of them Shall think or Judge to be agreable and according to Equity and good Conscience and for

the More due proceeding herein it Shall and may be lawful for them or either of them to administer an Oath to the plaintiff or Defendant and also to Such Witnesses as Shall be produced by each party if they the Said Mayor Recorder and Aldermen or Either of them think fit And in case either of the parties Plaintiff or Defendant Shall not perform Such order Judgment or Decree as the Said Mayor Recorder or Aldermen for the time being or any one of them Shall make or Set down then it Shall and may be lawfull for them or any of them to committ Such party or parties to any prison of or in the Said City there to remain untill he She or they perform Such Order and every Marshall of the Said City for the time being is hereby Commanded and Authorized to Execute all and any the Summonses Precepts and Commands of them the Said Mayor Recorder and Aldermen or any one of them made issued or given in about or concerning Such Suits Pleas Controversies and Trespasses or any of them as Shall be to him directed and every Keeper of the goal for the City of New York for the time being is hereby commanded and Authorized to receive and Safe keep in his goal or custody all Such parties So committed or to be committed to the prison he Shall then be the Keeper of untill he She or they Shall perform Such Order accordingly And we do for ourselves our Heirs and Successors by these our present Letters require and Strictly charge and command and fully impower the Sherif Common Clerk Chamberlain Marshall Gaol keepers High Constable petty Constables and all other Subordinate Officers of and in the Said City now chosen Elected constituted or appointed or that hereafter may be chosen Elected constituted or appointed and every of them respectively jointly and Severally as cause Shall require to be Obeisant and obedient to and attend upon the Said Mayor Recorder and Aldermen of the Said City and every or any of them at all times hereafter according to the Duty or Obligation of their respective offices and places and to execute all and every the Commands Precepts Warrants and processes to them respectively directed and issued and given out and to be issued and given out by them the Said Mayor Recorder and Aldermen or any one of them And we do further hereby will Declare and Ordaine that before the Mayor Deputy Mayor Recorder Aldermen Assistants Assessors Sheriff Coroner Common Clerk Chamberlain High Constable and petty Constables of the Said City Such of them as are hereby appointed and named and all and every Such as hereafter are to be appointed elected or chosen Shall before they be respectively permitted to Execute their respective Offices or places aforesaid respectively be Sworn as ffollow to witt the hereby named Mayor of the Said City and every other person hereafter to be appointed to or for that Office to take the proper Oath as Such and Well and truly to Execute the Office of Mayor and all other Offices and places hereby appointed for each Mayor to execute and act in and the usual Oath of a Justice of peace before the Governour or Commander in chief of the Said province of New York for the time being in presence of three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City of

New York for the time being or in case of the absence of the Governour or Commander in Chief for the time being then before the oldest Councellor of the Said province for the time being in the presence of three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City for the time being And we do hereby for us our Heirs and Successors give and grant full power and Authority to the Governour or Commander in Chief of the Said province for the time being in the presence of three or more of the Aldermen of the City aforesaid for the time being or in case of the absence of the said Governour or Commander in Chief then to the oldest Councellor of the Said province for the time being in the presence of any three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City for the time being to administer Such Oaths Accordingly without any other Warrant Commission or power from us our Heirs or Successors and So from time to time as often as the case Shall or may require or happen And the above named Recorder of the Said City of New York and every other person hereafter to be appointed to or for that Office to take the proper Oath as Such Officer ought to take and an Oath well and truly to Execute the Office of Recorder and the proper Oath of a Justice of peace before the Mayor of the Said City for the time being or his Deputy to which Same Mayor for the time being or his Deputy we do for us our Heirs and Successors give full power and Authority by these presents to administer Such Oaths accordingly in manner aforesaid without any other Warrant Commission or power from us our Heirs and Successors and every Deputy Mayor or every Alderman hereafter to be appointed to Act as Deputy Mayor for the time being to take the proper Oath as Such an Oath well and Truly to execute the Office of a Deputy Mayor during the time for which he shall be appointed Deputy if the Same Mayor his Constituent Shall So long live and if the Said Mayor shall happen to dye within Such time that thereupon and from thenceforth Such Deputy Mayor Shall well and truly execute the Office of Mayor of the Said City untill another fit person be appointed and Sworn Mayor of the Said City in the manner in these present Letters mentioned and Shall also take the proper Oath of a Justice of peace before the Mayor or Recorder and any three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City for the time being And we do hereby for us our Heirs and Successors give full power and Authority to the Mayor or Recorder of the Said City and to any three or more of the Aldermen of the Said City for the time being to administer Such Oaths as aforesaid without any other Warrant Commission or power from us our Heirs or Successors And also every Alderman hereby appointed and every person hereafter to be Elected to or for the Office or place of Alderman of or in the Said City to take an Oath well and truly to execute the Office or place of Alderman and the proper Oath of a Justice of peace before the Mayor of the Said City for the time being or his Deputy or the Recorder of the Said City for the time being and also every Assistant Assessor Sherif Coroner Common Clerk Chamberlain high Constable and petty Constable hereby named and every person hereafter to be elected or appointed to or for the