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· 1860-66, Van Keuren Green: 1867, Matthew Van Buren; 1868, Van Keuren Green ; 1869, Parr larlow ; 1870-72. William B. Scott ;# 1873, Teunis P. Osterboudt; 1874-76, William Charlton; 1ST7. Peter C. Black; ISTS. Robert S. Kerin : 1579, John Fallon ; 1880, Bernard Leahey.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
It should be stated that the following list may lack some- thing of accuracy, from the loss of the town records. The roll of the county clerk's office is good authority to the ex- tent of the record, but not always complete to show elections, for justices chosen sometimes fail to qualify, and succession in case of vacancies is somewhat difficult to trace from the roll.
1830, John Chipp: 1-51. l'eter Van Gaasbeck, Jr. : 1922. John Fer- guson; 1$33, llenry Tappen; 1531, Jolin Chipp: 1535, Peter Van Gaa-beck, Jr .; 1836. llenry E. Du Bois; 1837, William Masten; 1838, Henry M. Ray : 1859, George P. Sharp : 1840, James S. Mi Futee; 1841, William Masten; 1542. Richard W. Tappen; 1843, George P. Sharp; 1844. James S. MeEntee : f 1815, William Masten ; 1546, Jobn J. Tappen : Ist. George P. Sharp :f 1548. John B. Steele: 1>19, Daniel L. breker : 1$50, William Merchant; 1:51, Richard W. Tappen; 1832. John B. Stelle: 1855, Edward Davison, Daniel L. Decker : 1854. Johan- nes D. Hlasbronek ; 1555, Josiah Do Bis, Jr.it Is.6, Richard W. Tappen ; 1857. Daniel L. Decker ; 15. Josiah Du Bois, Jr. : 1859, Johannes D. HASbrouck : 1860, Richard W. Tappen : 1561, Robert II. Hill ; 1862, Josiah Du Bois, Jr. ; 1565. Oliver G. Du Bois; Is64, Richard W. Tappen : 1865, Robert H. Hill; 1565, Josiah Du Bois, Jr., Robert F. Macauley (appointed ; 1567, Oliver G. Du Bois, Robert F. Macauley (appointedl) ; 1568, D. W. Sparling ; 1869, Robert Il. 1lill; 1870. O. P. Carpenter; 1871, Oliver G. Du Bois.
TOWN DISTINCT FROM THE CITY.
1872, Iliram Humphrey. James O'Connor, Solomon Brink, John Mc- Donald : 1873, John Me Donald ;+ 1571, James Q'Connor : 1875, Michael Hallihan, Solomon Brink ; 1876-77, Hiram Humphrey; 1978, James O'Connor, Charles E. Sanders; Is79, Barnard Johnson ; Isso. Luke Ford.
# Special election held after the formation of the city, and Tennis P. Osterhoudt chosen town clerk for the remainder of the year 1972-73.
+ Uncertain.
VILLAGE OF KINGSTON.
FIRST PROCEEDINGS.
" At a meetingt of the Directors of the village of King-ton. hell at the house of Evert Bogardus, innholder in the said village, on the 11th day of May, 1805, present, Tobias Van Buren, Jacobus J. Bruyn, John Van Steenbergh, directors :
" Resolved, That Tobias Van Buren be, and he is hereby chosen and appointed to he, President of the Board of Directors.
" Thereupon the Board adjourned, to meet again at the above place. on the seventeenth instant."
" May 17, 1805 .-- The Board met by adjourument ; present, Tobias Van Buren, President; Jacobus S. Bruyn, John Van Steenbergh, Philip Van Keuren, Jr., Barent Gardinier, Directors.
" Resolved, That Anthony Dumond be, and he is hereby appointed, Clerk of the said village.
" Rewolred, That six persons, being residents within the said village of Kingston, be chosen by the legal voters of the said village to be fire-wardens thereof and that the election for that purpose be hell at the court-house in tho said village, on the 28th day of May, instant, at two o'clock in the afternoon, and to be closed at the expiration of three hours; and that the clerk ense the same to be notified by ad- vertising in at least three public places in the said village, at least two days before the said election.
" The Board adjourned, to meet again at the same place on the 20th instant, at 3 o'clock p.x."
" May 20, 1805,-The Board met, agreeable to adjournment ; Direc- tors all present. Mr. Bruyn motions that the watch consist of four persons for each night; lost. After a variety of conversation as to a proper plan for a night-watch, and if a distinction as to property an 1 a proportionate service thereto ought to be made and how it was to be done, the Board adjourned, without coming to any determination, until to-morrow at 9 o'clock A. M., to incet at the same pluiee.
" May 21, 1805 .- The Board met, agreeable to aljournment, the Directors all present. The clerk was ordered by the Directors of the Board to make out a complete list of all the dwelling houses in town .. with a blank space for the families living in each, and the Board. without coming to any conclusion as to the night-watch, aljouri.e !! until to-morrow at 6 o'clock r.M. ut the saine place.
" May 22, 1805 .- The Board wet, agreeable to adjournment. Tue elerk prodneed the list ordered at the last meeting. On motion of Mr. Bruyn,-
" Resolved, That every house in the village be placed on an equality as to the night-watch, and that the resident or owner, as the Trustees think proper, shall perform the duty."
It was also resolved that widows be entirely exempted from this duty.
# They met by authority of the following certificate, which appears in full upon the minutes :
" ULSTER COUNTY, " VILLAGE OF KINGSTON, } RX.
" We, Abraham B. Bancker, one of the judges, and John Van Steen- bergh, one of the assistant justices, of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county, and justices of the peace resident within the said vil- lage, having, agreeably to a law of the Legislature of the State of New York, entitled, ' An act to vest certain powers in the freeholders and inhabitants of the village of Kingston,' passed the 3d of April, 1su3, attended the polls of an election for Directors, Assessors, Treasure :. and Collector for the said village, the necessary public notifications of the said election having been given, and having carefully canvassed the ballots given at the said election, do, therefore, determine aul de- clare that John Van Steenbergh, James P. Bruyn, Tobias Van Buren, Philip Van Kenren, and Barent Gardinier were, by the greatest number of votes, respectively chosen Directors: that Joseph Chipp, Joha Van Steenbergu, and Abraham Vosburgh were, by the greatest number of votes, respectively chosen Assessors; that Jacob M. Giroen was, by the greatest number of votes, chosen Treasurer : and that John Me- Lean, Jr., was, by the greatest number of votes, chosen Collestor for the said village, to hold their respective offices until the first Tuesday of April next.
"Given under our bands at the said village of Kingston, this 7th day of May, 1805.
" ABRAHAM B. BANCKER, " J. V. STERNBERGH."
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" Resolved, That the clerk by the next meeting prepare lists of the different watches, each to consist of six persons, and that the respec- tive nights of the said watches be then balloted for."
The board then adjourned to meet again at the same place on the 24th instant at five o'clock P.M.
"June 25, 1803 .- The eterk produced the list of the different watches required :
John Heermance, Captain of the First Watch.
Suloiuon Hasbrouck, Captain of the Second Watch.
Josbun Du Bois, Captain of the Third Watch.
Henry Hasbrouck, Captain of the Fourth Watch.
Thomas Van Gaa-beck, Captain of the Fifth Watch.
Nicholas Bogardus, Captain of the Sixth Watch. Conrad C. Ehuendorpb. Captain of the Seventh Watch.
Martin Elmen torph, Captain of the Eighth Watch. Jacob M. Green, Captain of the Ninth Watch. David Del unster, Captain of the Tenth Watch. Adijah Dewey, Captain of the Eleventh Wateb.
John Tremper, Captain of the Twelfth Watch.
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John Van Gaasbeck, Captain of the Thirteenth Watch. Cornelius C. Elmen lorph, Captain of the fourteenth Watch. James Hasbrouck, Captain of the Fifteenth Wateb.
John Tappen, Captain of the Sixteenth Watch. Conrad E.l. Elmendorph, Captain of the Seventeenth Watch. Abraham lloffioan, Captain of the Eighteenth Watch. George Tajq.en, Captain of the Nineteenth Watch. Peter Dumon 1, Captain of the Twentieth Watch.
" Resolved, That every person being warned and refusing or neglect- ing to appear and perform his duty on the night of his watch shall forfeit one dollar an I fifty cents for each offense.
" May 25, 1805 .- It was voted that the said watch begin to perform their duty on the first day of June next."
At the special election ordered for May 28, 1805, the fire-wardens chosen were Jonathan Hasbrouck, Joshua Du Bois, John Tremper, Jacobus E. Elaendorph, Jacob MI. Groen, and Oke Sudam. The directors the same day adopted a complete ordinance with reference to the night- watch. Each captain, when notified by the clerk, was re- quired to call out the men on his list and serve for one night, and then again on the twentieth night from the first.
And thus a full system of night-police was inaugurated without expense to the village. A man summoned might furnish an able-bodied substitute. The watch were required to patrol the streets at all hours of the night, under the di- rectiou of the captain. They were authorized to appre- hend at their discretion all intoxicated, riotous, or disorderly persons or persons uf suspicious character, and detain them either in the watch-house or in the county jail. They might then either discharge them, or take them before one of the justices of the peace of the village for trial. The night-watch were authorized, ou hearing any unusual noise iu dwelling houses or any other buildings, to enter the same and arrest the disorderly persons, and were further author- ized to call on any bystanders for any aid they might need if resisted in the prosecution of their duties.
The directors, captains of the night-watch, and the seve- ral justices of the peace were also given special authority by this ordinance to maintain order upon the Sabbath and suppress any riotous or indecorous conduct.
The ordinance was ordered to be published in the Ga- zette and in the Plebeion for two weeks successively.
June 17, 1805 .- A committee to have charge of grant- ing licenses to the keepers of inns was appointed, consisting of the president of the board, Jacobus S. Bruyn, and Philip Van Keuren.
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At the same meeting other ordinances were adopted,- " for removing obstructions from the streets and alleys in the village of Kingston, for regulating the planting of trees, their protection, and for other purposes," and also " for preventing nuisances in the village of Kingston."
July 9, 1805 .- The directors ordered a survey of the village of Kingston to be made by Cornelius Tappen, and that he make an accurate return and map of the same.
July 22, 1805 .- Various complaints were entered against individuals for refusing to serve on the night-watch, also the captains of the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 18th squads were required to be present at the next meeting, as complaints were made against them. There was evidently some frie- tion in the working of this new and ponderous machinery.
July 29, 1805 .- Cornelius Tappen presented the map of the village which he had been directed to prepare. His expenses were 815, and the chain-bearers' $5. The direc- tors reduced Mr. Tappen's bill to $10, but allowed the clmin-bearers the $5 claimed.
Sept. 5, 1805 .- It was voted that a request be made to the trustees of the corporation for a conveyance to the village board of a certain fire-engine owned by the cor- poration.
Oct. 2, 1805 .- The amount to be named in the bond of the treasurer was fixed at five hundred dollars.
The following resolution seems to have been an indirect repeal of the ordinance for a night-watch :
" Kewlred, That after the night of the ISth of October instant, there shall be no more watching in this village by the night-watch thereof until such time as the Directors shall otherwise determine." " Oct. 19, 1805 .- Res lerd, That thirteen firemen be appointed to have the care of the engine.
" Resolved, That Nicholas Vanderlyn, Jr., be appointed captain of the firemen, and Sammel S. Freer lieutenant.
The thirteen firemen appointed included, besides these officers, John Beckman, Jacob Bogardus, Peter Van Steen- bergh, John Wells, Henry Hasbrouck, Teunis Houghtaling, Jr., John McLean, Jr., John J. Van Steenbergh, Peter Van Gaasbeck, James Chipp, and William Brink. It was also ordered that the common seal consist of four dotted circles of sixteen points in each. An ordinance was also passed at this meeting dividing the village into six wards :
" Ist. All that part of the village north of a line drawn through the centre of John Street, -- John Tremper to have the care of ibis ward.
"2. All that part of the village between the south line of the first ward and a line drawn through the centre of Main Street, from the western boundary-line of the said village to where it intersects the said southers boundary-line of the said first ward / the house of James Hasbrouck being considered as included in this ward) .- Jonathan Hasbrouck, fire; warden.
"3d. All that part of said village between the southern boundary - line of the second ward, and a line drawn through the centre of Pearl Street, from the western boundary-line of the village to where it in- terseets the southern boundary- line of the first ward, -Oke Sudans, fre-warden.
"4th. All that part of said village between the southern boundary- line of the third ward aud a line drawn through the centre of Maiden laine to the extreme ends of said village,-Jacobus C. Elmneudorf, fire-warden.
" 5th. All that part of said village between the southern boundary- line of the fourth ward and a line drawn through the centre of James Street to the extreme ends of said village,-Jacob M. Groen, fire- warden.
" 6th. All the remainder of said village not before mentioned. The
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ordinance further minutely specified the duties of the fire. wardens and the precautions necessary to preserve the village from fre, -- Joshua Du Bois, tire:wurden."
Dec. 14, 1805 .- A complaint was made that the oven of Abraham Post was dangerous. He was required to have it annexed to his house, so that the smoke and sparks of the oven would go up through the chimney of the house.
March 13, 1806, the clerk was voted a salary of $15 for the year past. The treasurer was allowed two per cent. for receiving and disbursing public funds. The office of the Plebeian and of the Gazette were each allowed $10.50 in full for their printing bills. Fifty cents was voted to John Van Steenbergh for making the common seal. The treas- urer was also voled the further sum of $5.25. The con- veyance of the trustees of the corporation to the village directors for the market-Inmise, was duly accepted.
The annual election for April 4th was onilered to be advertised once in the Guante and in the Plebeian. It this election the following officers were chosen : Henry Hlas- brouck, John Beekman, Martin Elmendorf, Barent Gardi- nier, Joseph Chipp, Directors; Cornelius C. Masten, Peter Dumond, James Hasbrouck, Thomas Houghtaling, Abra- ham Hoffman, Philip Newkirk, Fire-Wardens; Jonathan Hasbrouck, David Delewater, John Van Gaasbeck, Asses- sors; Jaech Marius Groen, Treasurer; Teunis Swart, Col- lector. The board of directors chose Joseph Chipp presi- dent, Cornelins Tappen chok.
This completes the business of the directors for the first year, and shows the beginnings of the municipal govern- ment which in later years became the City of Kingston.
We next give, as far as possible, the presidents, clerks, and treasurers from 1505 to 1871, but the second volume of records is lost, covering the period from 1830 to 1854, and the list is not accurately determined for that portion of village history.
PRESIDENTS.
1505, Tobias Van Buren : JaOR-S, Joseph Chipp : 1809, John Van Steenbergh; Isto, Jacob MI. Groen : 1511-12. Joseph Chipp; 1813-15, James C. Elmemlorf; 1516, Abrabain Myer; 1>17-2.4, James C. Elmendorf; 1924-25, James Cockburn : 1826, William Cockburn ; 1827-2. James C. Elmendorph; 1>20-30, Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck : 1-21-33, no record;2 1554. Benjamin M. Hasbrouck : 1835, John H. sehryver : 1856, William Ilen frick ; ISST, Cornelius Burbans: 1-39-59, William S. Kenyon ; 1200- 62, James E. Ostrander; 1863, Abram A. Deyo, Jr. : 1864. James E. Ostrander ; 1:65, Marias Schoonmaker: 1806-67, Theodore B. Gates; 1868-69, Marine Schoonmaker ; 1570 -; 1, Elisha M. Brigham.
CLERKS.
1803, Anthony Dumond ; 1506-1>, Cornelias Tappeu; 1819, Peter Hasbrouck ; 1:29-20, Solomon Hasbrouck ; 1530, John M. New- kirk :f 1881-53, no record :# 1535-37, Jacob B. Hardenbergh ; 1855-61, Daniel_L .. Decker :# 1862, Augustus T. Newton : 1563- 61, James K. Folan1: 1-65, Jan.es H. Lockwood; 1866-69, Parr Harlow; 1570-71, Augustus Schepurves.
TREASURERS.
1505-7, Jacob M. Gruen ; 1805-30, Solomon Hasbrouck ; 19:1-53, no record ;º 1855-56, Caleb S. Clay; 1837, Williamn Hendricks;
* The second volume of village records being lost. it is difficult to give the names of the three officers with any degree of accuracy from 1$31-53.
1 Solomon Hasbrouck declinel a re-election, and a vote of thanks for past services was unanimously adopted.
In 1900 the election was a tie between Mr. Decker and Abram S. Schoonmaker, and was determined by lot in favor of the former.
1555-50, Jonathan D. Wilson : 1860-62, Samuel France; 1$63- 64, William M. Hayes; 1865-67, Augustus T. Newton; 1868, Robert Loughran; 1869, Jumpes R. Foland; 1870-71, Charles Burhans.
ADDITIONAL NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.
It was not always easy to secure a full meeting of the board. April 7, 1807, the clerk makes the following entry :
"Joseph Chipp and Henry Hasbrouck met at Bogarduses ; the other members being absent made no board."
The mill-pond of Benjamin Bogardus was a prominent subject of discussion for a time, and the following action was taken :
"Be it or lained, in and by the directors of the village of Kingston, that the waill-pond lying in the west part of the village of Kingston, in the possession of Benjamin Bogardus, is a nuisance, and also the brook leading into the same from the pond through the lands of Jona- that Hasbrouck, Lueas Elmendorph, John C. Masten, and others, up to the south bounds of the tannery of Joshua Du Bois, and the said directors of the village of King. tou do or lain that said pond be drained within thirteen days from the date hereof, and also that the owners of the sail several lots on said brook, from said pond to the south bounds of the tannery of the said Joshua Du Bois, shall clear out said brook through their respective lots by digging, for the free passage of the water of the same, a ditch at least three feet wille and one foot deep."
The amount of damage done to the property of Mr. Bo- gardus was afterwards a subject of considerable debate before it was settlel. A motion to pay him $1000 was voted down at a special meeting, but a motion to pay $500 was unanimously adopted, and Mr. Bogardus afterwards agreed to accept the latter sum.
According to the old custom, the " assize of bread" was decided from time to time hy the village board,-a proceed- ing which would seem very odd at the present time. April 20, 1807, the following ordinance was adopted :
" Be it ordained by the directors of the village of Kingston that all loaf bread exposel for sale after the lath day of May next cusuing shall be baked by a licensed baker, agreeable to the provisions of this ordinance.
" And be it further ordained that all such bread shall be made of gool wholesome rye flour, and each lo if shall be marked with the initials of the Christian and surname of the baker baking the same, and each bed of wheat bread with the initial of superfine, and shall be agreenMe to the assize hereinafter directed."
It was further ordered that the president of the board, with the aid of one or more of the directors, should estab- lish the assize of bread as often as the price of wheat flour should have varied 50 cents a barrel, and rye flour twenty- five cents a barrel, in the city of New York.
In pursuance of this ordinance the assize for January, 180S, was fixed as follows :
Å loaf of superfine wheat flour, when the price of merelantable wheat was S shillings per bushel, must weigh 74 ounces, and be sold for I shilling, and a loaf 351 ounces for G pence, as in the follow- ing lable :
Price of wheat. Wright of loaf.
Price of loaf. Price of hilf leaf. 1 shilling. 6 pence.
S shillings. fl ounces. 63
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10
51 52
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12
16
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41
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66
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15 16
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$3 36
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33
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6
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CITY AND TOWN OF KINGSTON.
Jan. 26, 1808, the exclusive right to weigh all hay in the village of Kingston for the period of eight years was granted to Cornelius Tappen. Mr. Tappen was required to deed to the village a plat of ground eight feet in breadth and ten feet in length as a site for said hay-scales, and at the expiration of the eight years " the house, chains, weights, and appartenances of said hay-scales" shoukl be- come the property of the village. He was allowed to charge 374 cents for each load weighed, and was " to give due atten lance at all seasonable hours of the day."
April 5, 1808, Cornelius Tappen was appointed sealer of weights and measures, and was required " to impress with the letter K" all beauis, weights, and ureasures sealed by him.
Dec. 13, 1809, an ordinance was adopted forbidding any person or persons to race horses either on the back or be- fore any sleigh, sled, or wagon, or to drive faster than a trot in any of the streets of said village, and any person offending should forfeit the sum of five dollars for each offense. It was further ordained that on the Sabbath no sleigh, carriage, wagon, horse, or horses should be permitted to approach nearer to the church, at the time of divine service, than twelve feet. The rights of people on foot were carefully guarded by ordaining that " no person on foot, going to or returning from the church on the Sabbath, between the hours of ten and twelve A.M., and the hours of two and four P.M., shall be obliged to leave the beaten path for a sleigh and horses, but that the sleigh shall always turn to the right, and if any person or persons, slave or servant (for which the master shall be liable), shall offend in any part of this ordinance. he or they shall for- feit the sum of two dollars for each offense."
April 26, 1810, Messrs. Heermance and Masten were appointed a committee to meet the Consistory and consult about keeping the clock in repair for one year, the direc- tors offering to pay one-half of the expense for employing a clock-maker. This attempted union of Church and State did not succeed, as the Consistory, according to the subse- quent record, refused to bear any part of the expense.
June 28, 1810, it was found necessary to pass a vote ordering the market-house to be repairedl and closed "in such a manter as to prevent negroes and others collecting in the night to enter the same."
June 28, 1810, on complaint of Adama J. Doll, it was ordered that. Abraham A. Masten and Jacob Carman be fined fifty cents each for leaving their wagons one night in the street.
It seems that the Ehnendorfs were particularly active in the celebration of the Fourth of July, for we find the following recorded July 18, 1810:
" Cornelius A. Elinen-lorf, Abraham A. Elmen-lorf, and Corne- lius J. Ehuen lorf having discharge l a piece of ordnance on the 4th day of July, IsIn, and a complaint having been entered against them for a breach of the village laws, the board, having given those persons pericission, orderel that their fines be remitted, that being a day of nation il congratulation."
Aug. 24, 1810, printing bills were audited : one to Jesse Buel of $10.25 for printing ordinances, blank licenses, assize of bread, and notices to innholders ; one to Samuel S. Freer of $9.75 for like services, excepting blank licenses.
Nov. 14, 1810, the clock question came up again, and at a special village meeting it was voted " that the clock in the church be kept in repair at the expense of the village," and an agreement was made with Peter Van Steenbergh to keep the said clock in order until the Ist of May next for the sum of $10 ; and it further appears that at the end of that period a new agreement was made with him for one year at $20.
May 4, 1813, a mad dog seare induced the passing of an ordinance, with the following preamble :
" Whereas, complaint has been made of a certain mad dog lately run- ning through the village and biting several dogs in his way, which has cause.l serious apprehensions amongst the inhabitants, to prevent the serious consequences that may arise therefrom, be it ordained, etc. cte., etc."
It was ordered that all dogs in the village shall be killed or confined by their masters or owners. Any dog running at large might be killed on sight by any person, and all the dogs that had been bitten were required to be immediately killed on penalty of $5 for every twenty-four hours' neglect.
Dec. 12, 1814, there appears to have been a sercity of change, as the directors authorized the president of the vil- lagre to issue bills from 3 to 50 cents each for the accommo- dation of change, and that the president sign his name to the same.
Feb. 18, 1815, the following resolution was adopted :
" Branded, That the President recommend to the citizens of the village, on the information of the ratification of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Great Britain, that a general illumi- nation be oberved in the said village from six to mine o'clock in the evening."
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