[E.B. O'Callaghan (1849)] they being promulgated for the benefit of the Town of New Utrecht. Thus done &c. 23d Feb. 1660. On the 25th of February accompanied by my deputy Resolveertt Waldron, I came to the village of New -Utrecht with the above ordinances, and made the same public, and also posted a copy of the same, signed with my hand and dated as above, on my house. NlCASIUS DE SlLLE. The original of the preceding is in the hand writing of the Secretary Jacob Curlaer and dated as above written. n.b. This was forgotten io be ) The Director General and Council of New Netherland, hereby authorize and entered m its proper place. J qUalify the Noble Lord Nicasius de Sille, member of the Council and Fiscal to appoint a substitute to perform his duties as Scout (sheriff) in the Town of New Utrecht, until the Director General and Council see fit to commit the same to some other suitable person. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherlands this 23d February A0 1660, subscribed by me Petrus Stuyvesant &c. PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND. 421 The Lord General P. Stuyvesant is pleased to learn that the new Village is pleasantly situated and he hopes it will prosper. He also on the 6th of February in the year 1660, in company with the