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The delegates in Congress under the " ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION AND PERPETUAL UNION." (Adopted in Congress November 15, 1777, and recognized by an act of the New York legislature, February 6, 1778). Delegates were appointed annually by the several State legislatures, and were liable to be re-called at will. Delegates to Congress were appointed under this act until October 5, 1779. It does not appear that during this time there were any delegates to Congress from Kings county.
After this time, and until after the close of the Revo- lutionary war, and till the adoption of the present Con- stitution, delegates to the Continental Congress were chosen at Conventions held in the several States.
Congress under the Constitution .- This instru- ment provides that two Senators shall be chosen by the Legislature of each State, who shall hold their office six years; at the first session they were to be divided into three classes, so that one-third might be chosen every year; and vacancies that might occur in the Legislature of any State are to be filled by the execu- tive thereof, until the next meeting of the Legislature.
From the adoption of the Constitution down to the present time, no United States Senator has been chosen from the County of Kings.
The State is divided by the Legislature as soon as practicable after each federal census, which takes place cvery ten years. It was not till after the act of March 23d, 1797, that the Congressional Districts were regu- larly numbered, and these numbers are changed by the Legislature as convenience or policy requires.
REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS, under the Constitu- tion, from Kings County.
The first Corgress assembled March 4th, 1789. There appears to have been no member of Congress elected from Kings County from that time until 1803; this was JOSHUA SANDS, a resident of Brooklyn, who who served until 1805. The next Representative in Congress from Kings County was John Lefferts, of Brooklyn, elected in 1812, serving in that body until 1815. The following is a list of members of Repre- sentatives in Congress, from Kings County, since 1815:
Henry Crocheron. elected 1815 to 1817
Joshua Sands (2d Dist) . 1825 to 1827
Jeromus Johnson (3d Dist.). . 1825 to 1827
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HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
Jeromus Johnson,
elected 1827 to 1829
Abraham Vandervere.
1837 to 1839
Daniel A. Bokee.
66 1849 to 1851
Thomas W. Cumming
66
1853 to 1855
James Humphry
66
1859 to 1861
Moses H. Odell
44
1861 to 1863
Moses H. Odell
1863 to 1865
James Humphry
60
1865 to 1866
Wm. E. Robinson.
66
1867 to 1869
Henry W. Slocum.
66
1869 to 1871
John G. Schumaker
66
1869 to 1871
Henry W. Slocum.
66
1871 to 1873
John G. Schumaker.
66
1873 to 1875
Philip S. Crooke
66
1873 to 1875
John G. Schumaker
66
1875 to 1877
Archibald Bliss
66
1875 to 1877
Simeon B. Chittenden
1875 to 1877
Archibald Bliss
66
1877 to 1879
Simeon B. Chittenden.
66
1877 to 1879
William D. Veeder.
66
1877 to 1879
State Legislature .- This branch of the Govern- ment is modeled after that of the Colonial period already referred to, and has always consisted of a Senate and Assembly; the former composed of fewer members, elected from larger districts, for longer terms, and the latter chosen annually from the people and supposed to represent their immediate local interests.
From the organization of the Government down to 1822, there existed a powerful body, possessing legis- lative powers, restricting or controlling the acts of the Legislature; this was called the
Council of Revision .- consisting of the Governor, Chancellor, and Judges of the Supreme Court, or any two of them, with the Governor, who approved of every bill before it became a law, unless it was passed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses, notwithstanding their objection. During its continuance, this Council rejected 169 bills, fifty-one of which were passed, not- withstanding its objections, among which was the law for holding the Convention of 1821. The Constitution of 1821 abolished this Council of Revision. No mem- ber of this body was ever taken from the County of Kings.
Council of Appointment .- Under the first Consti- tution of the States, the Assembly, once in every year, openly nominated and appointed one of the Senators from each of the districts, who formed, with the Gov- ernor presiding, a Council of Appointment. The Gov- ernor had a casting vote only, and, until 1801, alone possessed the power of originating nominations. The Constitutional Amendment of that year gave a concur- rent power of nomination to the several members. The patronage of this Council was immense, including all civil, military and judicial officers. Most of them were liable to removal at will. In 1821, 8,287 military and
6,663 civil officers held their commissions from this Council. In the Constitutional Convention of 1821 it was abolished without a dissenting vote. John Van- derbilt and Joshua Sands, Senators from the County of Kings, were members of this Council. John Vander- bilt was appointed January 18, 1787, and Joshua Sands appointed January 9, 1797. These were the only members of that Council from Kings County.
Bills may originate in either the Senate or the As- sembly, but to become a law must be passed by both, and be approved by the Governor, or, if he objects, by two-thirds of the members present in both Houses.
Members of Assembly, from the County of Kings, (Since the Revolution) .- After the adoption of the Constitution, April 20th, 1777, Kings County was in possession of the British until the close of the war, and all action of the county laws was suspended, and it could not, as a county, elect members to the assembly. But William Boerum and Henry Williams, residents of the county, who had retired within the American lines were, May 8, 1777, appointed by a Constitutional convention to represent the county in the assembly. Accordingly they took their seats in the assembly at the first meeting it ever held, which began at Kingston, N. Y., September 1, 1777, and closed June 30, 1778. These gentlemen continued to represent the county in the assembly down to January 21, 1784, when the British retired from Kings County, and it resumed its place among its sister counties under the Constitution and laws of the State. The first members of the assembly elected after this were:
Johannes E. Lott and Rutger Van Brunt, who served
from January 21, 1784, to May 12, 1784. This was the seventh session of the Legislature.
LIST OF MEMBERS FROM KINGS COUNTY, from 1785 to the present time; the time of entering upon, and the close of their office:
Charles Doughty and John Vanderbilt. Official duties began October 12, 1784; ended April 27, 1785.
Charles Doughty and John Vanderbilt. Re-elected January 12, 1786; ended May 5, 1786.
Charles Doughty and Cornelius Wyckoff. Began January 12, 1787; ended April 11, 1787.
Charles Doughty and Cornelius Wyckoff. Began Jan- uary 9, 1788; ended March 22, 1788.
Aquila Giles and Peter Vandevoort. Began Decem- ber 11, 1788; ended March 3, 1789.
Aquila Giles and Peter Vandevoort. Began July 6, 1789; ended April 6, 1790.
Aquila Giles and Peter Vandevoort. Began January 5, 1791; ended March 24, 1791.
Charles Doughty. Began January 4, 1792; ended April 12, 1792.
Aquila Giles. Began November 6, 1792; ended March 12, 1793.
Peter Vandevoort. Began January 7, 1794; ended March 27, 1794.
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LEGISLATIVE OFFICERS FROM KINGS COUNTY.
Peter Vandevoort. Began January 9, 1795; ended April 9, 1795. Peter Vandevoort. Began January 6, 1796; ended April 11, 1796. Peter Vandevoort. Began November 1, 1796; ended April 2, 1797. Peter Vandevoort. Began January 2, 1798; ended April 6, 1798. Johannis I. Lott. Began August 9, 1798; ended April 3,1799.
Jacob Sharp, Jr. Began January 28, 1800; ended April 8, 1800.
Jacob Sharp, Jr. Began November 4, 1800; ended April 8, 1801.
John C. Vanderveer. Began January 26, 1802; ended April 5, 1802.
John Hicks. Began January 25, 1803; ended April 26, 1803. - John Hicks. 1804.
Began January 31, 1804; ended April 10, Began November 6, 1804; ended April
John Hicks. 10, 1805.
John Hicks. Began January 28, 1806; ended April 7, 1806.
John Hicks. Began January 27, 1807; ended April 7, 1807.
John Hicks. Began January 26, 1808; ended April 11, 1808.
Jeremiah Johnson. Began November 1, 1608; ended March 30, 1309.
Jeremiah Johnson. Began January 30, 1810; ended April 6, 1810. John C. Vanderveer. Began January 20, 1811; ended April 8, 1811.
John C. Vanderveer. Began January 28, 1812; ended
March 27, 1812.
John C. Vandeveer. Began November 3, 1812; ended November 11, 1812.
Jeremiah Lott. Began January 25, 1814; ended April 15, 1814.
Tunis Schenck. Began September 26, 1814; ended April 18, 1815.
The County of Kings was not represented in the Assembly in the session which began January 30, 1816, nor in the session that began November 5, 1816; ending April 5, 1817.
Cornelius Van Cleef. Began January 27, 1818; ended April 21, 1818.
Tunis Schenck. Began January 5, 1819; ended April 13, 1819.
Tunis Schenck. Began January 4, 1820; ended April 14, 1820.
Jeremiah Lott. Began November 7, 1820; ended April 14, 1821.
Jeremiah Lott. Began January 1, 1822; ended April 17, 1822.
Wm. Conselyea, jr. Began January 1, 1823; ended April 24, 1823.
William Furman. Began January 26, 1824; ended November 27, 1824.
William Furman. Began January 3, 1826; ended April 18, 1826. Clarence D. Sacket. Began January 2, 1827: ended
April 17, 1827.
Clarence D. Sacket. Began January 21, 1828; ended December 10, 1828.
John Wyckoff. Began January 6, 1829; ended May 5, 1829. Coe S. Downing. Began January 5, 1830: ended April 20, 1830.
Coe S. Downing. Began January 4, 1831; ended April 26, 1831. Coe S. Downing. Began January 3, 1832; ended April 30, 1832. Coe S. Downing. Began January 1, 1833; ended April 30, 1833. Philip Brasher. Began January 7, 1834; ended May 5, 1834.
Philip Brasher. Began January 6, 1835; ended May 11, 1835. John Dikeman. Began Janhary 5, 1836; ended May 26, 1836.
Joseph Conselyea and Richard V. W. Thorne. Began January 3, 1837; ended May 6, 1837.
Cornelius Bergen and Benjamin D. Silliman. Began January 5, 1838; ended April 18, 1838.
Cornelius Bergen and Jeremiah Lott. Began January 1, 1839; ended May 6, 1839.
Jeremiah Johnson and Adrian Hegeman. Began Jan- uary 7, 1840; ended May 14, 1840.
William Conselyea and Jeremiah Johnson. Began January 5, 1841; ended May 25, 1841.
John A. Lott and William M. Udall. Began January 4, 1842; ended April 12, 1842.
William Conselyea, jr. and William M. Udall. Began January 3, 1843; ended April 18, 1843.
William Burbank and Jacob L. Rapalye. Began, Jan- uary 2, 1844; ended May 7, 1844.
Richard L. Wyckoff and Daniel D. Wynant. Began January 7, 1842; ended May 15, 1845.
Gamaliel King and John A. Voorhees. Began January 6, 1846; ended May 13, 1846.
John A. Emmons, Ebenezer W. Peck, and Abraham D. Soper. First meeting began January 5; ended May 13, 1847. Second meeting began September 8; ended December 15, 1847.
Ebenezer W. Peck, Edwards W. Fiske, and John A. Cross. Began January 4; ended April 12, 1848.
Joseph Broughton, Edwards W. Fiske, and John A. Cross. Began Januury 2 ; ended April 11, 1849.
Joseph A. Yard, Edwards W. Fiske, and John Parker. Began January 1; ended April 10, 1850.
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HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
George E. Baker, Howard C. Cody, and Edward L. Backhouse. First meeting began January 7; end- ing April 17, 1851. Second meeting began June 10; ending July 11, 1851.
John Berry, Waldo Hutchins, and Samuel E. Johnson. Began January 6; ended April 16, 1852.
Nicholas O'Brien, George A. Searing, and James H. Hitchens. First meeting began January 4; end- ing April 12, 1853. Second meeting began May 24; ending July 21, 1853.
John G. Bergen, Samuel D. Backus, and Samuel D. Morris. Began January 3; ending April 17, 1854. Augustus H. Ivans, George A. Scaring, and John H. Rhodes. Began January 2; ended April 14, 1855. John Hanford, Francis B. Spinola, and Edward T. Wood. Began January 1; ended April 9, 1856. John Hanford, Thomas Mulligan, and John H. Funk. Began January 6; ended April 18, 1857.
John A. Voorhees, Moses S. Beach, Harmanus B. Dur- yea, Daniel M. Chauncy, John A. Dayton, John Hanford, and George W. Bleecker. Began Janu- ary 5; ended April 19, 1858.
Joseph Wilson, Marcus D. Moore, Harmanus B. Dur- yea, Thomas Gardener, Lucius C. Andrus, Abra- ham Meserole, and Franklin Tuthill. Began Janu- ary 4; ended April 19, 1859.
Andrew A. Meyers, Charles Kelsey, Theophilus C. Cal- licott, James Darcy, William C. Jones, Chas. M. Briggs, and George H. Fisher. Began January 3; ended April 17, 1860.
Andrew J. Provost, Marquis D. Moore, Nathan Com- stock, James Darcy, Lucius C. Andrus, Joseph Nesbitt, and George H. Fisher. Began January 1; ended April 16, 1861.
Andrew J. Provost, Richard J. Lalor, Wm. M. Thomas, James Darcy, Chas. L. Benedict, Samuel T. Mad- dox, and Edgar McMullen. Began Jan 7; ended April 23, 1862.
John Paulding, Bernard Hughes, Samuel E. Johnson, James Darcy, Theophilus C. Callicott, Henry C. Boswell, and Charles P. Leslie. Began January 6; ended April 25, 1863.
Philip S. Crooke, John O'Connor, Edward D. White, Andrew Walsh, John C. Perry, Angelo Newton, and Jacob Worth. Began January 5; ended April 23, 1864.
Jarvis Whitman, William D. Veeder, Stephen Haynes, Patrick Burns, John C. Perry, Henry C. Boswell, and Jacob Worth. Began January 3; ended April 28, 1865.
John Oakcy, Wm. D. Veeder, Morris Reynolds, An- drew Walsh, Wm. W. Goodrich, Ira Buckman, Sr., and Jacob Worth. Began January 2; ended April 20, 1866.
Patrick Burns, Theodore Hinsdale, Patrick Ready, Stephen Haynes, Caleb F. Buckley, John Raber, Henry M. Dickson, John Oakey, and John C. Jacobs. Began January 1; ended April 20, 1867. Patrick Burns, William S. Andrews, Patrick Ready, Francis A. Mallison, William C. Jones, John Ra- ber, Patrick Worth, Caleb L. Smith, De Witt C. Tower, and John C. Jacobs. Began January 7; ended April 6, 1868.
Hugh M. Clark, Henry J. Cullen, Jr., Dennis O'Keeffe, Wm. W. Moseley, James R. Alaben, Andrew B. Hodges, George D. Fox, DeWitt C. Tower, and John C. Jacobs .- Began Jan. 5, ended ; May 10, 1869.
Hugh M. Clark, Henry J. Cullen, Jr., Dennis O'Keefe, Wm. W. Moseley, Wm. C. Jones, Bernard Haver, Samuel T. Maddox, Joseph Droll, and John C. Jacobs. Began Jan. 4 ; ended April 26, 1870.
David C. Aitken, Smith C. Bayliss, Dominick H. Roche, Wm. W. Moseley, Wm. W. Goodrich; Bernard Haver, Wm. Wainwright, Samuel F. Conselyea, and John C. Jacobs. Began Jan. 3, ended April 21, 1871.
David C. Aitken, Edw. D. White, Dominick H. Roche, Wm. W. Moseley, Eugene D. Berri, Peter G. Peck, Charles B. Morton, George C. Bennett, and John C. Jacobs. Began Jan. 2 ; ended May 14th, 1872. Jas. F. Donohue, David C. Van Cott ; Dominick H. Roche, James Watt, Albion P. Higgins, Jacob , Worth, Frederick Cochue, Adrian M. Suydam, and John C. Jacobs. Began Jan. 7 ; ended May 30, 1873.
James F. Donahue, John J. Allen, Michael Coffey, Theo. N. Melvin, Eugene D. Berri, Jacob Worth, Stephen J. Colahan, George C. Bennett, and John McGroarty. Began January 6 ; ended April 30, 1874.
Danicl Bradley, John R. Kennedy, Michael Coffey, T. V. P. Talmadge, John H. Burtis, Jacob Worth, Michael O'Keefe, Bernard Silverman, and John McGroarty. Began Jan. 5 ; ended May 22, 1875. Daniel Bradley, Jonathan Ogden, Michael Coffey, T. V. P. Talmadge, Albion P. Higgins, Jacob Worth Charles L. Lyon, Adrian M. Suydam, and John McGroarty. Began Jan. 4 ; ended May 3, 1876. Daniel Bradley, Richard Marvin, John Stanley, James G. Tighe, Wm. W. Stevenson, John M. Dillmeier, Charles L. Lyon, Adrian M. Suydam, and John McGroarty. Began Jan. 3d; ended April 21, 1877.
John M. Clancy, John B. Myenborg, John Stanley, Charles J. Henry, Wm. H. Waring, Jacob Worth, Maurice B. Flynn, John W. Douglass, and John H. Bergen. Began Jan. 1 ; ended May 15, 1878.
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
John M. Clancy, Jonathan Ogden, Thomas J. Sheridan, Charles T. Trowbridge, William W. Stephenson, Lewis R. Stegman, Maurice B. Flynn, John H. Douglass, Daniel W. Talmadge. Began January 8 ; ended May 23, 1879.
John Shanley, John McTernan, Lawrence J. Tormey, John M. Clancy, Thomas J. Sheridan, Patrick J. Tully, George Wren, David Lindsey, Charles H. Russell, Richard J. Newman, Daniel W. Talmadge, Erastus D. Benedict. Began January 7; ended May 28, 1880.
John Shanley, John McTernan, Lawrence J. Tormey, John M. Clancy, Thomas J. Sheridan, Patrick J. Tully, John Reitz, Moses Engle, Charles A. Rus- sell, Richard J. Newman, William H. Waring, Jaques J. Stillwell. Began January 5; ended July 24, 1881.
John Shanley, Michael J. IIannan, James G. Tighe, Daniel M. Kelly, Thomas J. Sheridan, Patrick H. McCarren, George H. Lindsay, Moses Engle, James N. Monk, Richard J. Newman, Alfred C. Chapin, Jaques J. Stillwell. Began January 3 ; ended June 3, 1882.
Michael E. Butler, Bernard J. Mulholland, Charles J. Henry, Patrick Burns, Thomas Jefferson Sheridan, Patrick H. McCarren, George H. Lindsey, David Lindsey, Alfred Hodges, James Taylor, Alfred C. Chapin, Mortimer C. Earl. Began January 2 ; ended May 4, 1883.
Michael E. Butler, Richard Nagle, Peter J. Kelly, Patrick Burns, Michael Coffey, Thomas J. Farrell, George H. Lindsey, George H. Mason, Alfred Hodges, Samuel T. Freeman, Edwin Heath, Mor- timer C. Earl, 1884.
HISTORY OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS,
1714-1884.
Nature and importance of the office of Super- visor .- The office of Supervisor in the State of New York is of very ancient origin. It existed in the colonial period, during which time the duties of these officers were confined to auditing the accounts brought against the county by town officers and others,-elect- ing County Treasurers, Loan officers and a Clerk,- very ancient offices in this State. The Boards of Supervisors in the different counties are now legislative bodies, having the same relation to the counties that the Assembly has to the State. From time to time, since the organization of the government, their powers have been extended over local matters, until many important local laws touching the interests of their respective counties had, and still have, their origin in them.
For many years they have formed the board of can- vassers for each county, meeting for that purpose very soon after the general election in November of each year. The Supervisors for each town were first ap- pointed by the Governor-general of the Province; and after that, each board, in the respective counties, with the Judges of the county-the first Judge acting as chairman-possessed the power of electing a Super- visor for each town in the county. The day appointed for the annual election was the first Tuesday of April, and their annual meeting took place on the first Tuesday in October. Supervisors were appointed or elected, as we have stated, until after the formation of the Federal government ; after that a Supervisor was elected in each town by viva voce votes, until by the act of February 13th, 1787, the mode of voting
by ballot for Senators, Members of Assembly and other officers below them, was introduced.
The First Board of Supervisors for the County of Kings, of which there is any record, and probably the first board that ever convened in the county, met at Gravesend, April 1st, 1714, under an ordinance or war- rant made by Gen. Robert Hunter, then the acting Colonial Governor of the Province of New York, by which warrant the following persons were appointed Supervisors for the different towns in the county, as ap- pears from this entry taken from the Records of Super- visors:
"REGISTER OF THE SUPERVISORS FOR KINGS COUNTY, first ordered by
Martin Schanck, Joost Van Brunt, Ryck Handerson, Joris Raplya, Derick Anderson, Samuel Gerretsen, Supervisors.
First introduced by Samuel Gerretsen, the clerk of the Su- pervisors, in the year of Our Lord, Ano 1714."
After this entry there appears the following poetic address of the clerk to the members of the board:
"My loving friends and bretheren of this board, that you by this advise may regulate and save your own estates with love of one accord, with true obedience to your superior Lord, preserve your rights with obedient deeds, imploying men of justice, law and sense."
This quaint entry continues as follows :
HISTORY OF KINGS COUNTY.
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" KINGS COUNTY.
On this 6th day, being the first Tuesday in April, Ano Domino, 1714, was chosen Supervisors for said county, viz .:
For Flatlands, Martin Schanck, New Utrecht, Joost Van Brunt, Flatbush, Ryck Hendrickson, Brookland, Joris Raplya, Bushwick, Derick Anderson, Gravesend, Samuel Gerretsen,
and met together in ye county towne at the County Hall, made choice of John Vanderbelt for Treasurer for the en- suing year.
Made choice of Samuel Gerretson for clerk for the ensuing year, and did raise a fund for discharging the debt of said county amounting to the sum of £71 : 0: 6, that the particu- lars are as follows :
To Col. Stillwell for proclaiming the King. £9: 16: 3 Cornelius Van Brunt for serving 31 days as a re-
porter
Peter Cortelyea for surveying the county .. 3: 0:0
Samuel Garretson for officiating as clerk and for
buying this book. 3: 2:0
These entries are followed up by others sufficient to make up the said sum of £71: 0: 6.
"The quotas for each respective town," continues the en- try, "in the above said sum of £71: 0: 6, is as follows :"
For Brookland. £19: 9:3
For Flatbush. 15: 1:6
For New Utrich. 09:18: 9
For Flatlands. 08: 14: 9
For Bushwick
09: 3:0
For Gravesend .. 08: 15: 3
The Record continues as follows:
"The contents of the acres of land in every respective town in said county, viz :
Brookland. 5193
Flatbush. 4060
New Utrecht. 2635
Flatlands. 2313
Bushwick. 2443
Gravesend. 2304
Rated at 18948
Second Meeting, 1715 .-
"On the first day of April in the year of our Lord 1715 was chosen Supervisors for said county, viz .:
Cornelius Vanderpoole, for Flatlands.
Andrew Emans, " New Utrecht.
John Vandeerveer, " Flatbush.
Jacob Hanson, " Brookland.
Derick Anderson, " Bushwick.
Samuel Giretson, " Gravesend.
"And did meet together at Flatbush at County Hall the fourth day of October, it being the first Tuesday of said month, and made choice of John Vanderbelt for Treasurer for the ensuing year, and made choice of Samuel Girritson for Clerk for the ensuing year."
At the business meeting of the board of supervisors, held October, 1714, which we have described, John Van- derbelt was, as we have seen, chosen treasurer of the connty for the then ensuing year; he was therefore the first Treasurer of Kings County. This responsible position, as we shall see, he held for twenty-two years,
justifying, by his integrity and the exact discharge of his duties, the confidence reposed in him by the board and his fellow citizens.
At the same meeting Samuel Gerritson was chosen Clerk of the board of supervisors. He was the first supervisor's clerk of said county. At the second busi- ness meeting of the board in October, 1715, Vanderbelt and Gerritson were appointed for the ensuing year.
The careful and exact manner in which these fathers of the county managed its fiscal affairs, is seen in the following entries, copied from the record of the pro- ceedings of the above meeting.
" A fund was raised to discharge the debts of the county, which amounts to the sum of £7:17:2} as follows, viz .:
For the commissioners of said county. £3: 10:0
Viz: to each of them 4 shillings.
For Samuel Gerritson for serving as clerk for the supervisors for that year £1: 12: 0 The quotas for each respective town in said county of the above said sum of £7: 17: 24:
For Brookland. £2: 3: 3
For Flatbush. 1: 13:10
For New Utrecht 1: 2:00
For Flatland. 0: 19: 4
For Bushwick.
1:00: 41
For Gravesend
0:19: 3
£7:17: 24
Third Meeting, 1716 .- The board consisted of the same members as last year; Samuel Gerritson was chosen clerk, and John Vanderbelt, treasurer.
Among the charges against the county this year were the following:
To Cornelius -- Esq., for serving the county in ye assembly. £23:41: 0
To Samuel Girritson, for serving the county in ye assembly £21: 12: 0
To Thomas B. Vandewater, high sheriff for all services of ye county. . £04: 10: 0
The board adjourned until the 28th day of December following, at which meeting
" The supervisors found that ye money of ye collectors of each town was not brought to ye treasurer of this county, therefore it is adjourned till the second Saturday in February next ensuing, 8 o'clock in ye morning."
The board met acordingly at the time named at the last meeting. Among the proceedings recorded is the following:
"The supervisors examined ye books of ye treasurer, John Vanderbelt, and found great satisfaction."
Fourth Meeting, 1717 .- On the first Tuesday of April, 1717, the following supervisors were chosen:
Hermann Kemper, for Brookland,
Martin Schenck, 66 Flatlands,
Joost Van Brunt, New Utrecht,
Peter Para, [Praa] " Bushwick,
Jacob Suydam, Flatbush,
John Griggs, Gravesend.
J. M. Sterling was chosen clerk of the board, and John
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Vanderbelt was appointed treasurer for the then ensuing year. The board met and adjourned until the 24th day of February, 1718. Among the recorded proceedings of the board on that day is the following:
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