Document: Appointment of magistrates for Fort Orange and Beverwyck for the ensuing year

At the session, a letter from the magistrates of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwijck dated 30 July, last past, was submitted and read by the honorable Jan de Deckere, containing nominations or proposals of a double list of persons, with the request to appoint two from the same to replace the magistrates Jan Verbeecq and Jan Tomasz, because their time of service has expired.

The director general and councilors have appointed and confirmed as ordinary magistrates from the proposed list for the present year as replacements for the inferior bench of justice of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwijck, Rutger Jacobsen and Andries Herpertsen, in place of those departing, and as extraordinary magistrate, Dirck Jansen Croon. Ady ut supra. 11 August 1655.