IX.

LET the faid Confuls chufe fuch Procurators of Hofpitals, as are Zealous for the Service of Go D, who shall take care that the Hofpitaler Monks and Nuns perform reciprocally the Articles fpecify'd in the Contracts of Eftablishment, that are confirm'd by the General Council of the Cities, requiring them to give a Yearly Account of their Adminiftration to the Auditors nominated by the Committee.

X.

LET them be careful to remedy the Disorders which are committed in the night by those who ramble about the Streets, forbidding any one to walk about the Streets at that time, after the Taptow is beat, at a certain hour that fhall be fixd; after which they fhall cause all thofe to be Punish'd, who are found there without a Flambeau, Lanthorn or other Light.

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XI.

LET them be careful to Establish for a Guard of the City Gates faithful and honest Porters, who may hinder Ramblers, Rogues and Vagabonds from coming into it. Let them forbid them to give Cards to play there on Sundays and Holidays during Divine Service, and in cafe of Contravening, let them take care to Punish them feverely. Let them likewise hinder any one from playing in the Markets and Pub lick places on the faid Sundays and Holydays in the time of Divine Service.

AND as upon the Festivals of thofe Saints which the feveral Trades have taken for their Patrons, Debauches are committed which give great Scandal to the Publick, and tend to the great Difhonour of God, contrary to the true End of the Inftitution of Festivals, they are exprefly commanded to hinder fuch Debauches and Scandals.

XIII.

THEY fhall carefully fee to the Execution of the King's Ordinance against the Captains of the Youth, and fhall hinder them from chufing any more. And in cafe the Youth of the faid City fhould contravene, they ought to be feverely Punish'd.

XIV.

WHEN the Levying of the Taille has been adjudg'd, they fhall hinder the Overplus requifite to make up the twenty-pence per Livre, from being impos'd, but let it remain for the advantage of the Publick.

XV.

WHEN the Troops pafs thro or fojourn in the City, they fhall order their Quarters more exactly than their Predeceffors have hitherto done; fo that the Troopers may not remain in the Streets great part of the Night, as it has often happen'd, and that there may be no Disorders betwixt them and the Inhabitants. XVI.

XVI.

THEY fhall take care likewife not to burden the Poor in quartering the Soldiers, but to diftribute them to every one with Equality, fo that each may have his Share of the Inconvenience in his Turn, excepting those who are exempted by their Character, or by their Office; and they fhall carefully look to the Regiftring of the Billets which they give.

XVII.

ABOVE all things, they fhall caufe the Blafphemers of the Holy Name of GOD, to be punished according to the Rigour of the Ordinances.

AND in fine, they fhall take care in general to remedy all the Faults and Abuses which they know to be already establish'd, or to be daily gaining ground in the City; and fhall oppose them with all their Authority. Given

For the Commiffioner who is fent to the Synods of the Reform & Religion.

I.

HE Commiffioner fhall come to--on the Day affign'd, and he shall give thofe who compofe the Synod to understand, that as it is the King's Intention, that his Subjects of the pretended Reform'd Religion fhould live in Peace and Quietnefs conformably to the Edicts which have been granted them, fo he does not intend that they fhould attempt to make any Innovation; but that they should submit with refpect to the Orders which fhall be given them from his Majesty.

II.

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bTT is his Majefty's Defire, that he fhould fee that the Synod laft but eight Days, not fuffering it after the faid time is pass'd, to remain affembled without having a particular Permiffion for it from his Majefty, or from the Governour of the Province.

III,