Document: Order on a petition from the authorities of Fort Orange; lands granted to the patroon; appointment of magistrates

Upon a petition sent to the director-general and high council by the commissary and magistrates of the court of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwyck dated 16 March 1654, it was decided as follows:[99]

Concerning the first point, the director-general and council allow that in due time the lords-directors shall be informed of it in order to hear their advice thereon. In the meantime it has been resolved that the court of the Colony[100] shall have jurisdiction as heretofore, and until further instructions have been received from the fatherland, within the limits of the fort and the village of Beverwyck, except that they shall not issue summons or make arrests within these limits unless they have first asked permission thereto and then it is to be done by the regular messenger of the fort and the village of Beverwyck.