Document: Order requiring Cornelis Martense to prove that the duties have been paid on certain liquors seized and deposited in the public store

At the session, having read the petition of Cornelis Martensen, manifest copied on folio [left blank], requesting release of two and a half amen of Spanish wine and two and a half amen of brandy, detained by the lord fiscal because the same are not listed on the manifest; after deliberation the following recommendation was given: If the petitioner proves that the wines have been registered at Amsterdam and the recognition fee paid, also, that the manifest is incomplete, then the same shall be restored to him; or by default they shall remain confiscated, at the request of the fiscal, according to regulations. Ady ut supra. 27 April 1655. Amsterdam in New Netherland.