. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. s thepunishment for denying the true God, for murder, for treason, for kidnap-ping, for the striking of parents, and for some other offenses, — but witch-craft was not included in the list; churches were to be built in everyparish aud supported, but no one particular Protestant denomination wasto )je favored abo\e another; no minister was to officiate but such as hadbeen regularly ordained; each minister was to preach exery Sunday, onthe -jth of November (the aimiversary of the gunjwwder treason), onthe :K)tli of January (the
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. s thepunishment for denying the true God, for murder, for treason, for kidnap-ping, for the striking of parents, and for some other offenses, — but witch-craft was not included in the list; churches were to be built in everyparish aud supported, but no one particular Protestant denomination wasto )je favored abo\e another; no minister was to officiate but such as hadbeen regularly ordained; each minister was to preach exery Sunday, onthe -jth of November (the aimiversary of the gunjwwder treason), onthe :K)tli of January (the anniversary of the violent death of Charles I.),on the 29th of May (the anniversary of the birth of Charles II. audof the Restoration), to pray for the king, queen, Duke of York, audthe royal family, to baptize children, and to marry persons after legalpulilication; no person who professed Christianity was to be molested,fined, or imprisoned for differing in opinion on matters of were numerous regulations respecting the administration of estates,. THE FIRST RACE-COURSE ON LONG ISLAND. 221) Ixnindaries of towns, births aud burials, surgeons and midwives, childrenand servants, weights and measures, and wrecks, and whales, and sailors,and orjihans, and laborers, and brewere, and pijie-staves, and casks, andwolves ; and every town was to provide a pilhjry, a pair of stocks, and apound. Nicolls, with gTeat cautiim, delayed the eiiforceiueut uf those laws inNew York, Esopus, Albauy, aud tlie valley of the Hudson. Aud, inorder to mollify the resentmeut of some of the Long Island delegates, hemade several civil appointments upou the adjournment of the conven-tion. William Wells was couuuissioned the first high-sheriffof Long Island. John Uuderhill, of Oyster Bay, who had been so promi-nent hitherto in New Netherlaud affairs, was made high-constable andunder-sheriff of the North district, or riding, aud surveyor-general of theisland. Dauiel Deutou, Johu Hicks
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