WHereas here are several pieces or parcels of ground, with the Houses and Appurtenances belonging, scituate without the North Gate of the City of New-York, with an Island, called Dyers or Oyster Island, which William Dyer, late of New-York aforesaid, and Mary his wife, both since deceased, by their Indenture of Bargain and Sale, dated the 23d day of April, 1686, made between them the said William and Mary Dyer of the one part, and Thomas Lloyd, then of New-York afore-said, of the other part, for the Consideration therein mentioned, did grant, bargain and sell unto the said Thomas Lloyd, to hold to him, his Heirs and Assigns forever, to the intent that the said Thomas Lloyd and his Heirs should from hence forth stand and be seized of the Premises, to the use of him the said Thomas Lloyd and Patience his then Wife, during their joynt natural Lives, & after the decease of either of them, to the use of the longest Liver of them, their Heirs and Assigns forever, as by the said Indenture, recorded in the Secretary's Office at New-York [...] being thereunto had, may mo [...]e [...] large appear. And whereas the said Thomas Lloyd and Patience his said Wife, by their Deed Poll, dated the 30th day of April, 1686. importing a further Declaration of the Uses of the said recited Indentures of Bargain and Sale, to be, that the said several pieces or parcels of Ground, Island, Houses, and all other the said Premises, should be, and remain engaged as security for the payment of three hundred Pounds to [...] Story, as part of the Legatory Portion given him by the last [...] of Robert Story, his late Father, deceased; and the like [Page] Sum of three hundred Pounds to Mercy Story, as [...] Portion given her by her said deceased Father, Robert Story. A [...] they the said Thomas Lloyd and Patience his Wife, did thereby declare their further intent to be. That after the decease of the longest Liver of them, the said Thomas and Patience the said several Parcels of Land, Island and all other the Premises, with the Appurtenances, the said six hundred Pounds being first paid to the said Enoch and Mercy, should descend and come to the youngest Children of him the said Thomas Lloyd, that is to say, to his Daughter Eliza­beth and Margaret, and to their Heirs and Assigns forever, as by the said Deed Poll recorded in the said Office at New York, may more fully appear.

And whereas the said Thomas Lloyd afterwards, to wit, in the year 1692. out of a generous Disposition and good design to encourage and promote the improvement of the said City, as well by paying the Debts due by Robert Story deceased, his Predecessors, as to answer his own private utility and occasions, did obtain the leave and concurrence of the then Mayor and Principal Men of the Town, for the laying out of the said several parcels of Ground into Lots and Streets suitable to accomodate the same. And there­upon he the said Thomas Lloyd and Patience his said Wife, not knowing but that their Sales of the Premises might create the Purchasors a sufficient and absolute Title, did bargain and fell some part of the said Ground, with the Appurtenances, in order to discharge the said 600 l. and other Debts, due from the Estate of the said Robert Story deceased. And whereas the said Tho. Lloyd by his last Will and Testament, dated the 10th of September, 1694. did impower his Executors, or any two of them, to sell, dispose and convey all his Estate, Right, Title and Interest of, in or to all or any part of his Land and Hereditaments in New-York, or else-where▪ and made his said Wife Patience Lloyd, his Son Mordecai Lloyd, with Isaac Norris and David Lloyd, his Executors, and shortly after dyed; after whose decease the said David Lloyd and Isaac Norris took upon them the burthen of the said Executorship, & with the consent of the Overseers of the said Robert Story's last Will, did pay unto the said Patience Lloyd the said 300 l. so as aforesaid secured to the said Enoch, and also did pay the said 300 l. so secured to the said Mercy, unto her Husband John Godfrey, since their intermarriage, in full performance of the Condition or Proviso contained in the said Deed Poll, whereby the said Premises were pledged and bound for the payment o' the said 600 l. afore­said. And whereas also, that although the said Elizabeth, the surviving Daughter of the said Thomas Lloyd is arrived to the age of nineteen years, and doth signifie her readiness and assent to joyn with the said Executors in any act or acts that may preclude and debar her and her Heirs from the said re­mainder, or any other Right, Interest, Remainder or Reversion of, in or to the said several parcels of Ground, and other the Premises, or any part thereof, yet nevertheless, her Nonage, according the strict Rules of Law, renders her incapable to execute any Conveyance for the releasing her said Right or Interest, by reason whereof the said Executors are retarded in the Administration of the said Estate, and in paying the Debts due by the said Robert Story and Thomas Lloyd deceased, for want of having the said Estate improved to the greatest advantage by sale. And the said Purchasors appre­hending [Page] themselves likewise insecure, Therefore for the further security of the purch [...] [...] better enabling of the said Executors to sell, convey and [...] of the said Ground and Premises, and that the same, [...], may be converted, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, for the payment of the said Debts of Robert Story and Thomas Lloyd, and to no other use and intent whatsoever. And after their said Debts are well and truly paid, the residue and remainder, if any there shall be, to be equally divided, two thirds thereof unto the said Elizabeth Lloyd, and the other third part unto the said Patience, her Executors, Admini­strators and Assigns forever, according to certain Articles of Agreement made and concluded between the said Executors and Patience, bearing date the 28th day of March, relation being thereunto had, may more fully and at large appear. May it please his Excellency Benjamin Fletcher Captain Ge­neral and Governour in chief in and over the Province of New-York, &c. and Council and Representatives of the same in General Assembly, at the humble Petition and Request of the said Patience Lloyd, David Lloyd, Isaac Norris, John Godfrey and Elizabeth Lloyd, That it may be Declared and En­acted, and Be it therefore Enacted by the Governour and Council, and Represen­tatives convened in General Assembly, & by the Authority of the same, That the Enrollment and Record of the said recited Deed Poll made by the said Thomas Lloyd and Patience his said Wife in manner aforesaid, shall, by the Authority of this General Assembly be made void and cancelled, and that the Uses and Remainders thereby raised, limitted and declared, or therein mentioned or intended to be raised, limitted or declared, shall from hence-forth cease, determine and be utterly void and of none effect.

And to the end and intent that the said Executors may be the better enabled to pay the said Debts and Portions, and distribute the remainder or reside of the said Estate, if any there be, in manner aforesaid, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That they the said Executors of the said Thomas Lloyds last Will and Testament aforesaid, their Heirs, Executors and Assigns may be enabled, and are hereby enabled and impowered by their Conveyance to be executed in due form of Law, as well to confirm the said Sales so made by the said Thomas and Patience Lloyd in his Life time, as aforesaid, to the Purchasors above-mentioned, and to every of them their Heirs and Assigns forever, as also to sell, convey and assure all and every part of the said several pieces of Ground, Island, and all other the Premises, with their and every of [...] Appurtenances remaining unsold by the said Thomas and Patience, to hold to such Person or Persons as shall purchase the same in fee simple or otherwise, the said recited Deed Poll, or any Article, Covenant, Clause, Proviso or Condition therein, or in any other Deed whatsoever contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

WHereas the Forces lately sent over by his most Excellent Majesty, at the humble Request and Desire of his Excellency, his Majesties Captain General [...] ease and safety of this Province, are since their arrival much weakened by Death, Desertion and Sickness, and the strength of the [...] at Albany thereby much lessened, to the great endanger­ing of this and the adjacient Neighbouring Plantations that place having been, since the War, the only Barrier and place of Defence, whereby the said adjacent Plantations have been preserved from the Violence and Incur­sions of the Enemy. And whereas it is indispensibly necessary that the said Fronteers should be re-inforced, and sufficiently strengthened for the future Safeguard of our said neighbouring adjacent Plantations, and the like Pre­servation of this Province, The Representatives convened in General Assembly taking the same into their serious Consideration, by the special direction of his Excellency's Speech made to them at the opening of this Sessions of General Assembly, as a matter of great weight, and a Complyance thereunto as the best Return, and the most acceptable Service that his Majesties Subjects in this Province can make unto his most sacred Majesty, who in the midst of his Pressures, and the great and bloody War his sacred Person is engaged in, hath graciously condescended to remember the little handful of his People inhabiting in this his Majesties Province, do therefore with the deepest Sense, in most humble and most dutiful Acknowledgment of his Majesties most gracious Favour in fencing Supplyes of Men, Artillary, and other Stores of War, for the case and safety of his most Loyal Subjects inhabiting within his Majesties said Province, as well as in rendering an intire Obedience unto his Majesties Royal Command, communicated in General Assembly by his Excellency, his Majesties Captain General's Speech, as aforesaid, Humbly pray that it may be Enacted, And Be it therefore Enacted by his Excellency the Governour and Council, and Representatives convened in General Assembly, and by the Au­thority of the same, That a Fund of Twenty five hundred ninety three Pounds, six Shillings and eight Pence, current Money of this Province, be laid assessed, raised and levyed upon all and every the Inhabitants, Residents, Sojourners and Free-holders of and in this Province, which together with the Sum of Two hundred Pounds, like current Money, raised formerly by virtue of an Act of Assembly, entituled, An Act for the raising the Sum of [Page] Seven Hundred Pounds, &c. makes in the whole the Sum [...] [...]wo Thousand seven hundred ninety and three Pounds, six Shillings and eight Pence, to be imployed by his Excellency for the reinforcing and strengthening the Fron­teers of this Province at Albany with one hundred and twenty effective men, over and above the present Number of Forces posted and imployed there for the safety of this and Neighbouring Provinces, and to remain and continue there for the said service, and to free the Inhabitants of the Province from Detachments, except in case of inevitable necessity, for the space and during the term of one whole year, to commence on the first day of May next en­suing the publication hereof, and to end and terminate upon the first day of May then next following, which shall be in the year of our Lord 1697. which Number of Men are to be listed and formed in such ways, and after such manner as his Excellency the Captain General shall think fit, and the said Sum of 2793 l. 6 s. 8 d. to be imployed and distributed by his said Excellency the Captain General, amongst the said Number of 120 effective Men, to be posted and imployed for the re-inforcing and strengthening the Fronteers, as aforesaid, and the rest of the four Companies sent over by his Majesty, for the case and safety of this Province, in such manner and Pro­portion as to his Excellency in his discretion shall be thought convenient and needful. To be laid, assessed, raised and paid unto His Majesties Receiver General, for the time being, at the City of New-York, in two equal payments, the one moyety to equal half part of the said Sum of 2593 l. 6 s. 8 d. at or before the 29th Day of September next, and the other moyety or equal half part thereof, at or before the 25th of March then next following, which shall be in the year of our Lord 1697. according to the several and respective Quota's and Proportions following, that is to say,

For the City & County of New-York, Seven hundred ninety seven Pounds nine Shillings, being their Quota & Proportion of 2593 l. 6 s. 8 d. for the Uses aforesaid.

For the County of Westchester, One hundred forty two Pounds, twelve Shillings and eight Pence, being their Quota and Proportion, as aforesaid, for the Uses aforesaid.

For the County of Richmond, Sixty four Pounds, sixteen Shillings and eight Pence, being their Quota & Proportion, as aforesaid, for the Uses afore-said.

Kings County, Four hundred fifty five Pounds, two Shillings & eight pence, being their Quota and Proportion, as aforesaid, for the Uses afore-said.

Queens County, Four hundred and seven Pounds, three Shillings, being their Quota and Proportion, as aforesaid, for the Uses aforesaid.

Suffolk County, Four hundred sixty six Pounds, sixteen Shillings, being their Quota and Proportion, as aforesaid, for the Uses aforesaid.

Ulster & Dutches County, Two hundred thirty three Pounds eight Shillings, being their Quota and Proportion, as aforesaid, for the Uses aforesaid.

And Orange County, Twenty five Pounds, eighteen Shillings and eight Pence, being their Quota & Proportion, as aforesaid, for the Uses aforesaid.

And for the assessing, levying and paying the aforesaid Sum of 2593 l. 6 s. 8 d. current Money aforesaid, Be it further Enacted by the Authority [Page] aforesaid, That the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of New-York, the Justices of the Peace, the Assessors and Collectors, for the time being, of all and every the respective Cities, Counties, Towns, Mannors, Liberties and Ju­risdictions within this Province, are hereby required, impowered and autho­rized to summons, assess, collect and pay the several sums of Money herein before mentioned, according to the Proportions before expressed, in such ways and means, and according to such manner, rule and direction, and under such Pains and Penalties as is contained, enjoyned, prescribed and directêd in an Act of General Assembly, passed in the sixth Year of his Ma­jesties Reign, entituled, An Act for the raising and paying one hundred and seventy Men for the securing the Fronteers of this Province in the City and County of Albany: and all and every Article, Rule, Clause, Pains and Penalties mentioned in the aforesaid Act, for or concerning the summoning, assessing, collecting and paying, or refusing and neglecting the Execution of their respective Duties therein required, shall be, abide & remain in full force and effect to all intents and purposes, has full and ample manner, for the due Execution of this Act, until the iabove-said Sum of 2593 l. 6 s. 8 d. be duely, fully and compleatly assessed, collected and paid, as above direct­ed, as fully and in like manner as if the fame were particularly and at large recited and set down in the Body of this Act, any thing contained therein to the contrary hereof in any wayes notwithstanding. And the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of New-York, and all and every the Justices, Assessors and Collectors of the respective Cities and Counties aforesaid, and all others herein concerned, are to take Notice hereof accordingly.

THe Representatives convened in General Assembly, upon Examina­tion of the Debts of the Government, do find it absolutely necessary that the for Additional Duty be continued eighteen Months longer then the time limitted the expiration thereof, for the ends and purposes here­after mentioned, and to no other purpose whatsoever. Be it therefore Enacted by his Excellency, the Governour and Council, and Representatives con­vened in General Assembly, and by the Authority of the same, That an Act of General Assembly made in the fourth Year of his Majesties Reign, entituled, An Act for the satisfying and paying the Debts of the Government, and since continued by two several Acts of General Assembly, for the purposes and ends therein mentioned, until the fourteenth day of November next, shall be continued and confirmed from the said 14th day of November next, until the end and term of eighteen Kalander Months then next following, that is to say from the said 14th day of November next, until the 14th day of May that shall be in the Year of our Lord 1698. and no longer.

And it is further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Additional [Page] Rates and duties, made payable upon Merchandizes and Liquors imported into this Province, by virtue of the said Act, shall be levied, collected and paid unto his Majesties Reciver General for the time being, at his Majesties Custom House in the City of New-York, for the Term aforesaid, and no longer, according to such Rules and Directions, and under such Pains, and Forfeitures as is contained and enjoyned by the said Act. And the aforesaid Act and every Article, Rule and Clause therein mentioned, shall be, abide, continue and remain in full force, virtue and effect, to all intents and purposes, for the payment of the said Sums of Money hereafter menti­oned, in such due and equal Proportions as in the aforesaid Act is expressed and directed, and to no other purpose or intent, or in any other manner or proportion whatsoever, as fully and in like manner as if the same were particularly and at large recited and set down in the Body of this Act, any thing contained in the aforesaid Acts to the contrary hereof in any ways not­withstanding.

And to the end that the Rates and Duties paid in manner aforesaid, and now in hand by virtue of the said Acts, and the Rates and Duties that are to be paid by virtue of this Act, may be duely, truly, and in the proportions aforesaid, paid and imployed unto the several and respective Persons and Uses hereafter mentioned, and to no other use, purpose or intent whatso­ever, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Sum of Two Thousand seven hundred thirty four Pounds eleven Shillings and three Farthings now in hand, and raised by virtue of the said Acts, be distribu­ted according to the Proportions aforesaid, amongst the Persons and to the Uses hereafter mentioned; and the residue and remainder that shall arise and become payable by virtue of this Act, to be likewise distributed in like manner as aforesaid, unto the purposes hereafter mentioned, until the same be compleatly paid and satisfied, that is to say, for the paying and satisfying of 317 l. 13 s. 1 qr. due from the Government for Incidental Charges expended for the security of the Fronteers from the 28th Day of March, 1691. to the first day of May, 1696. And likewise for the paying and satisfying the Sum of 250 l. together with the Interest of Ten per Cent. per Annum, until the same be paid, due for the pay of the Officers and Souldiers of Major Schuylers Company, according to establishment. And likewise the Sum of 1056 l. 13 s. 11 d. 1 qr. to Coll. Stephanus Courtlandt, being a Debt due to him from the Government, and for the payment thereof the Additional Duty was first raised. And likewise the Sum of 1103 l. 9 s. 8 d. 1 qr. to Major Brockholst and Capt. Baxter's Company, being a Debt due as last aforesaid. And likewise the Sum of 74 l. 8 s. to Major Wessellst being a Debt due as last aforesaid. And likewise the Sum of 1224 l. 6 s. 4 d., being a Debt due to the Magistrates of Albany, as last aforesaid. And like­wise the Sum of 77 l. 8 s. 8 d. 1 ob. being a Debt due to Thomas Clark, as last aforesaid. And also the Sum of 15 l. being a Debt due to John Rosie, as last aforesaid. And also the sum of 15 l. being a Debt due to David Schuyler, at last aforesaid. The whole of the said Debts, for which the said Additional Duty & Rates was first raised, amounting to the Sum of Three Thousand [Page] five hundred sixty six Pounds six Shilling & eight Pence. And likewise for finishing of his Majesties Chappel in the Fort the Sum of 4 [...]0 l And like­wise the Sum of 150 l. to Coll. Richard Ingoldsby, for the defraying the ex­traordinary Charge he has been at by being posted at Albany for the security of the Fronteers. All which Debts and Sums of Money amount in the whole unto the Sum of Four Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Three Pounds Nineteen Shillings and Eight Pence Farthing.

And for the more regular payment of the Debts aforesaid, Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That within one Moneth after the Publi­cation hereof the several and respective Creditors heretofore mentioned and expressed, shall register, or cause to be registered the Debts due to them respectively, in Book, at his Majesties Custom-house of New-York, which his Majesties Receiver General, for the time being, shall have for that pur­pose, wherein he shall likewise keep a perfect and distinct Account of the Rates and Duties upon Merchandize, that shall become payable unto him by virtue of this Act, and the same shall adjust every three Months, and make payment thereof to the Persons above-mentioned, their Executors, Administrators or Assigns, in Quarterly payments, and in equal Propor­tion, according to the greatness and smallness of the several and respective Sums aforesaid, and to no other use, purpose, nor in any other manner or way whatsoever, any thing contained herein to the contrary hereof, or in any other of the said Acts notwithstanding.