122 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF v. i.r. 



or they shall or may be so elected sen, then our royal will and pleasure 



is, and we do hereby direct, ordain and require the rector and members of St. 

 Peter's church, in the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, for the time being do 



at the. said church, and choose other or others of their members, in the 

 lead of him or them so dying, or negl< cting or refusing to act within 

 thirty days next after such contingency. And in this case for the more due and 

 ciderly conducting the said elections, and to prevent any undue proceedings 

 therein, we do hereby give full power and authority to ordain and require that 

 the rector and the said church-wardens of the said church, for the time being, or 

 any two of them, shall appoint the time for such election and elections, and that 

 the rector of said church, or in his absence, one of the said church- wardens for 

 the time being, shall give public notice thereof by publishing the same at the 

 s: id church immediately after divine service, on the Sunday next preceeding the 



'pointed for such elections ; hereby giving and granting that .«uch person 

 or persons as shall be so chosen from time to time by the rector and I 

 St. Peter's church, in the manor of Courtlandt, near Peekskill, or the majority of 

 such of them as shall in such case meet in manner hereby directed, shall have. 

 hold, exercise and enjoy such, the office or offices to which he or they .<!:;. !1 be 

 elected and choosen, from the time of such elections until the Tuesday in Easter 

 week thereon next ensuing, and until other or others be lawfully chosen in his or 

 their place and stead, as fully and amply as the person or persons in • 

 he or they shall be chosen, might or could have done by virtue of these presents. 

 And we do hereby will and direct that this method shall forever hereafter lie 

 used for the filling up all vacancies that shall happen in either the said offices 

 between the annual elections above directed. And our royal will and pleasure 

 further is, and we do hereby for us, our heirs and successors, give and grant, 

 that as well the church-wardens and vestrymen to these presents nominal 

 appointed as such, as shall from time to time be hereafter elected and i 

 as is herein directed, shall have and they are hereby invested with full power 

 and authority to execute their several and respective offices in as full and ample 

 manner as any church-wardens or vestrymen in that part of our kingdom of 

 Great Britain called England, or in this our province of New York can or law- 

 fully may execute their said respective offices. And further our royal will 

 and pleasure is, and we do, by these presents, for us. our heirs and successors, 

 give, grant, ordain and appoint, that the rector and the said church way ! 



id church for the time being, or any two of them, shall and may from time 

 to time, as occasion may require, summon and call together at such day and 



as they shall think proper, the said rector, churchwardens and vestrymen 

 for the time being, to meet in vestry, giving them at least one day's notice 

 thereof; and we do hereby require them to meet accordingly. And we do here- 

 by id ve, grant, and ordain that the said rector and one of the said church-wardens, 

 for the time being at least together with the majority of the said vestrymen of 

 the said church for the time being, being met in vestry as above directed, shall 

 hereafter have, and they are hereby invested with full power and authority 

 by the majority of their voices, to do and execute in the name of the rector 

 and members of St. Peter's church, in the manor of Cortlandt, near Peekskill, 

 ■all and singular the powers and authorities herein before given and granted to 

 the said rector and members of St. Peter's church, in the manor of Cortlandt, 



