Document: Oath of office taken by Nicholas Verleth

Today 7 April Sr. Verleth has taken the following oath in the presence of the fiscal in the session:

I promise and swear that I shall faithfully and honestly provide good supervision over goods and merchandise that are here in the Company’s warehouse, be it incoming or outgoing; and honestly keep good records of the same with their marks and keep good record thereof, and take all possible care that the same [several lines lost] be appropriately marked [ ] bills of lading thereof honestly written and signed and in case of finding mistakes of more or less therein, to report the same in all honesty to the director general and councilors or their fiscal; and furthermore to comport myself therein as a good, sincere, and honest commies is supposed to do according to the instructions given to me or given hereafter, SO TRULY HELP ME GOD ALMIGHTY.