144 AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF LANCASTER COUNTY. 



due execution of their respective offices. And every cliief Burgess so 

 elected or appointed from year to year as aforesaid, shall within ten days 

 immediately after his election, present himself to be qualified, by taking 

 the oaths or affirmations aforesaid, before the Governor for the time 

 being, or before such other persons as the Governor shall think fit to 

 appoint for that purpose : and on failure of his so presenting himself, 

 unless disabled by sickness or other reasonable cause, such as shall be 

 allowed of by the Governor for the time being, another chief Burgess 

 shall from time to time, and as often as occasion shall require, be ap- 

 pointed in the stead of such person so failing to appear and qualify him- 

 self as before directed : which Burgess so to be appointed by the Governor 

 for the time being, shall and may enjoy his office until the day of elec- 

 tion next ensuing such his appointment. And the chief Burgess having 

 qualified himself in a manner aforesaid, shall and may enter upon his 

 office; and the other Burgesses, Constable, town clerk, or other officers 

 shall and may qualify themselves for their respective offices by taking 

 and subscribing the oaths or affirmations aforesaid before the said chief 

 Burgess, or before any of the Justices of the peace of the said County of 

 Lancaster for the time being, who are hereby authorized and impowered 

 to administer the same. 



And we do further grant for us, our heirs and successors, to the Bur- 

 gesses, freeholders and inhabitants, house-keepers aforesaid, and their 

 successors, to have, hold and keep within the said borough two markets 

 in each week, that is to say, one market on Wednesday, and one market 

 on Saturday in every week of the year for ever in the lot of ground 

 already agreed upon for that purpose and granted for that use by Andrew 

 Hamilton, Esq., late of Philadelphia, deceased, as by the deeds thereof 

 to John Wright, and other Trustees for the said County of Lancaster, 

 may appear. And also two fairs therein every year, the first to begin on 

 the first day of June next ensuing, and to continue that day and the 

 next day following; and the other of the said fairs to begin on the 

 twenty-fifth day of October following, and to continue that day and the 

 next day after. And when either of those days shall happen to fall on 

 Sunday, then the said fairs to be kept the next day or two days follow- 

 ing together, with the free liberties, customs, profits and emolument, to 

 the said markets and fairs belonging, and in any-wise appertaining, for- 

 ever. 



And we do hereby further grant and ordain, that there shall be a clerk 

 of the market for the said borough, who shall have the assize of bread, 

 wine, beer, wood and all other provisions brought for the use of the said 

 inhabitants, who shall and may perform all things belonging to the office 

 of a clerk of the market within the said borough ; and that John Morris 

 shall be the present clerk of the market, who shall be removable for any 



