Document: Resolution to enforce the order of the 17th July, 1657 against overdrafts on the treasury

Having been brought to the attention that several officials of the honorable Company had withdrawn and taken more than what they had earned with the Company, it is resolved and decided that from now on the order of July 17, 1657, decreed on making payments to the Company’s officials, shall be strictly observed and followed. Dated as above.

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