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AN ACT

Supplementary to an act entitled "An Act providing for the publication of the Colonial Records and other original papers in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth," approved February fifteenth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.

Whereas, from the nature of the contents of the Pennsylvania Archives, now ready for publication, it is indispensably necessary to the proper execution of the work that its publication shall be superintended by some accurate and competent person; therefore,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That Samuel Hazard be, and he is hereby appointed to edit and superintend the publication of the Pennsylvania Archives, authorized to be printed by the act to which this is a supplement.

SECTION 2. That for his services as aforesaid, the said Samuel Hazard shall receive a salary at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, payable monthly, to commence with the commencement of the work by the contractor: Provided, That said salary shall not continue longer than for one year from the commencement of the work.

SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of the said editor to devote his entire attention to the publication of said archives, to prepare all necessary notes, indices, appendixes, and such other matter as may be necessary and proper, in doing which he shall be authorized to publish such papers of a date later than seventeen hundred and eighty-three as shall, in his judgment, be necessary to a clear and comprehensive view of any transaction commencing before that year.

SECTION 4. That the said editor be, and he is hereby authorized to procure the lithographing of such plans of battles, fortifications, Indian maps, Indian deeds, or other similar papers now existing among said archives as he shall judge necessary to the proper illustration of the said "Pennsylvania Archives," the expense of which shall be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, after being audited and examined in the usual manner.

SECTION 5. That should the number of volumes fixed in the act to which this is a supplement prove insufficient to contain the entire number of papers now selected for publication, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to cause such additional volumes as may be necessary to contain the entire collection to be published by the contractor, in the same manner as though no number of volumes had been fixed by the act to which this is a supplement.

SECTION 6. That each member of the present General Assembly,

who would not receive a copy under the act to which this is a supplement, shall be entitled to a copy of the Pennsylvania Archives and Colonial Records.

SECTION 7. That the Secretary of the Commonwealth be authorized to procure the re-publication of the first three volumes of the Colonial Records uniform with the present edition, to be published and distributed according to the provisions of this act and the act to which this is a supplement, and that, in the making of a contract for the publication of the Pennsylvania Archives and first three volumes of the Records, the Secretary of the Commonwealth be directed to provide for the publication of at least one volume per mouth, and be authorized to take such measures as will ensure the faithful performance of the said contract.

JOHN S. RHEY,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN H. WALKER,

Speaker of the Senate.

APPROVED-The first day of March, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two..

WM. BIGLER.

Proposals for publication were invited, and the contract for printing awarded. On the 27th of August the bonds of the contractors being filed in the Secretary's office, the Editor, (whose appointment was provided for by the above action,) commenced his labours. Various delays having attended the actual commencement of the printing, the first volume has not appeared till now; after this, it is hoped, the work will progress with all reasonable rapidity.

December, 1852.

ARTICLES BETWEEN DUTCH & ENGLISH, IN NEW YORK, 1664.

These Articles following were consented to by the persons here under subscribed, at the Governours Bowry, August 27, old stile, 1664.

1. We consent that the States General or the West In Company shall freely Enjoy all farmes and houses, (except such as are in the fforts,) and that within six months they shall have ffree liberty to transport all such arms and ammunicon as now do belong to them or else they shall be paid for them.

2. All publick houses shall continue for the uses which now they are for.

3. All people shall still continue free Denizens & enjoy their lands, houses, goods, shipps, wheresoever they are within this Countrey, and dispose of them as they please.

4. If any Inhabitant have a mind to remove himselfe, he shall have a year and six weeks from this day to remove himselfe, wife, children, servants, goods, and to dispose of his Lands here.

5. If any Officer of State or Publick minister of State have a minde to go for England, they shall be transported fraight free in his Maties ffrigotts, when these frigotts shall return thither.

6. It is consented to that any people may freely come from the Netherlands and plant in this Countrey, and that Dutch Vessells may freely come hither, and any of the Dutch may freely Returne home or send any sort of merchandize in Vessels of their Own Countrey.

7. All ships from the Netherlands, or any other place, and goods therein shall be received here and sent hence after the manner which formerly they were before Our comeing hither, for six months next ensuing.

8. The Dutch here shall enjoy the liberty of their Consciences in divine worship and Church discipline.

9. No Dutchman bere or Dutch ship here shall upon any occasion be prest to serve in warr against any Ñation whatever.

10. That the Townsmen of the Manhattoes shall not have any soldier quartered upon them without being satisfied and paid for them by their Officers, and that at this present if the ffort be not capable of lodging all the soldiers then the Burgomaster by his Officers shall appoint some houses capable to receive them.

11. The Dutch here shall enjoy their own Customs concerning their inheritances.

12. All Publick writings and records which concerne the Inheritances of any people or the reglement of the Church, or poor, or Orphans, shall be carefully kept by those in whose hands now they are, and such writings as particularly concerne the States Genl may at any time be sent to them.

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13. No Judgment that hath passed any Judicature here shall be called in question, but if any conceive that he hath not had justice done him, if he apply himselfe to the States Generall the Other party shall be bound to answer for the supposed injury.

14. If any Dutch living here shall at any time desire to travail or traffique into England, or any place, or Plantacon, in obedience to his Matye of England, or with the Indians, he shall have (upon his request to the Governour) he shall have a certificate that he is a free Denizen of this place and liberty to do soe.

15. If it doe appear that there is a publick engagement of debt by the Town of Manhattoes, and a way agreed on for the satisfying of that engagement, it is agreed that the same way proposed shall go on and that the Engagement shall be satisfyed.

16. All inferiour Civil Officers and Magistrates shall continue as now they are (if they please) till the customary time of new eleccon and then new ones to be chosen by themselves, provided that such new chosen Magistrates shall take the oath of allegiance to his Majesty of England before they enter upon their office.

17. All differences of contracts and bargains made before that day by any in this country shall be determined according to the manner of the Dutch.

18. If it do appear that the West India Company of Amsterdam do really ow any sumes of money to any person here, it is agreed that recognicon and other dutyes payable by ships going for the Netherlands be continued for six months longer.

19. The Officers, military and soldiers shall march out with their arms, drums, drums beating and Colours flying and lighted matches, and if any of them will plant, they shall have 50 acres of land set out for them. If any of them will serve any as servants they shall continue with all safety and become ffree Denizens afterwards.

20. If at any time hereafter the King of Great Brittain and the States Generall of the Netherlands Doe agree that this place and Countrey be re-delivered into the hands of the said State whensoever his Majesty will send his Commands to redeliver it, it shall immediately be done.

21. That the Town of Manhattoes shall chose Deputys and those Deputys shall have free voices in all publick affairs as much as any other Deputys.

22. Those who have any property in any houses in the ffort of Aurania shall (if they please) sleight the fortifications there and then enjoy all their houses as all people doe where there is no fort.

23. If there be any soldiers that will go into Holland, and if the Company of West India in Amsterdam, or any private persons here will transport them into Holland, then they shall have a safe passport from Coll. Richard Nicolls, Deputy Governour, under his royall Highnesse and the other Commissioners, to defend the shipps that shall transport such soldiers and all the goods in them from any sur

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