[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] At the expiration of that time, Stephanus Van Cortlandt, his heirs or assigns, had full authority to " return and send a dis-creet inhabitant in and of the said manor to be a representative of the said manor in every assembly," who should " be received into the house of representatives of assembly as a member of the said house, to have and enjoy such privilege as the other representatives returned and sent from any other county and manors." Cortlandt Manor did not, however, choose a representative in the assembly until 1734, when Philip Yerplanck was elected to sit for it. He continued to serve in that capacity for thirty-four years, being suc-ceeded by Pierre Van Cortlandt, who remained a member of the 190 HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY assembly until 1775. Notwithstanding the exceptional privilege of representation given to Cortlandt Manor as a manor, the other manors of Westchester County were equally able to make their influ-ence felt in that body. In addition to the special members from Cortlandt Manor and Westchester town, the county as a whole was entitled to representation by two general delegates. Heathcote, John Pell, the Philipses, and the Morrises all sat at various times for the county. The original purpose of the manor grants being to encourage the development of the semi-aristocratic system for which they provided, no onerous charges in the way of special taxation were assessed upon the manor proprietors.