Document: Order referring the petition of Jacob Hendricksen Varrevanger to arbitration

After deliberation, it is resolved to place this into the hands of the burgomasters with the order to give better satisfaction or information to the petitioner as appointed trustee of the orphans. In case of non-satisfaction, that the burgomasters on the one side and the petitioner as trustee of the orphans on the other side each choose two arbitrators, to which the director general and councilors will add a fifth as principal arbitrator, in order to provide the petitioner with due satisfaction and contentment for the benefit of the mentioned orphans after completion of the revision. Parties shall have to adhere[i] to the sentence and in order to speed this up the director general and councilors appoint the reverend d o . Johannes Megapolensis, minister here, as principal arbitrator. Dated as above.

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