[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A curious provision, or blue-law, was contained in the fifth section of the charter, which read as follows: "And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the trustees of said village of Sing Sing, or the major part of them and their successors, at any time after the first Tuesday in May next, to make, ordain, constitute and publish a by-law prohibiting any baker or other person within the aforesaid limits from selling any bread at any higher price or rate than bread of like quality at the time of such sale shall be assessed in and for the city of New York by the corporation of said city, under the penalty of one dollar for every offence, to be recovered by the said trustees before any justice of the peace in the said village or the county of Westchester in an action of debt, with costs of the suit for the use c f said corpo-ration." This enactment was directed against the rapacity of bakers, who were likely to take advantage of the high price of breadstuff's, which resulted from the war with England. The charter and ordinances by which the village is governed were printed at Sing Sing in the year 1 S7J. The pamphlet is an octavo of fifty-eight pages (twen-ty-two pages of charter and thirty-six of ordinances). There are some very grave defects in these docu-ments. The most important relates to the public health.