Cape Council of Policy
665
1680-12-16
Minute details
- Entry number
- 665
- Date
- 1680-12-16
- Year
- 1680
English translation
Following annual custom, the respective boards and the first of the church ministries have been appointed, including the nomination of a double number of persons as deacons, drawn up in the church meeting and delivered by our political commissioner, Jan Hampe and Harmen Hackert, with the request to elect them from among them. Therefore, after deliberation, it has been approved to elect Jan Hampe from the aforementioned double number of deacons.
Also, in place of the two departing members of the board of orphan masters, nominated on the handed down double number, are Jan Witteboll and Elbert Diemer, of which board the first will preside. And since the position of Secretary of the same college has also become vacant, it has also been approved to appoint the assistant Willem Adrianus van der Stell.
Similarly, in the double number of persons handed down, Lieutenant Jeronimus Cruse, chairman, Marthinus van Banchem, and Gerrit Victor have been nominated in place of the outgoing Commissioners of the marriage matters, and Willem Adrianus van der Stell has been appointed Secretary.
Having been arrested for the transfer of the civic government on the nomination of Elbert Diemer, he was extradited to that office. It was considered that, in the event of an accident involving fire, a competent person is required to establish proper order in such a case, which God mercifully forbid, as it is sufficiently clear in such an eventuality that great confusion and astonishment exist among the general public, which often leads to further spread of the fire and the ruin of an entire town. It was therefore decided to appoint the present outgoing civic councillor, Harmen Gresnicht, who would henceforth be deputed the outgoing civic councillor.
Finally, noting further that, in order to appoint the outgoing councillor Gresnicht as firemaster, the position of lieutenant and chief of the civic militia, which had previously been delegated to the outgoing councillor, a suitable person was again required. Willem van Dieden, at least councillor of the civic militia, was elected, and in his place, as councillor, Sergeant Tobias Marquart, and to replace the latter, Sergeant Jan Dircksz d' Beer.
Thus resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, date 18.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and S.
[Signed:] MS. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Also, in place of the two departing members of the board of orphan masters, nominated on the handed down double number, are Jan Witteboll and Elbert Diemer, of which board the first will preside. And since the position of Secretary of the same college has also become vacant, it has also been approved to appoint the assistant Willem Adrianus van der Stell.
Similarly, in the double number of persons handed down, Lieutenant Jeronimus Cruse, chairman, Marthinus van Banchem, and Gerrit Victor have been nominated in place of the outgoing Commissioners of the marriage matters, and Willem Adrianus van der Stell has been appointed Secretary.
Having been arrested for the transfer of the civic government on the nomination of Elbert Diemer, he was extradited to that office. It was considered that, in the event of an accident involving fire, a competent person is required to establish proper order in such a case, which God mercifully forbid, as it is sufficiently clear in such an eventuality that great confusion and astonishment exist among the general public, which often leads to further spread of the fire and the ruin of an entire town. It was therefore decided to appoint the present outgoing civic councillor, Harmen Gresnicht, who would henceforth be deputed the outgoing civic councillor.
Finally, noting further that, in order to appoint the outgoing councillor Gresnicht as firemaster, the position of lieutenant and chief of the civic militia, which had previously been delegated to the outgoing councillor, a suitable person was again required. Willem van Dieden, at least councillor of the civic militia, was elected, and in his place, as councillor, Sergeant Tobias Marquart, and to replace the latter, Sergeant Jan Dircksz d' Beer.
Thus resolved at the Castle of Good Hope, date 18.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. and S.
[Signed:] MS. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Original Dutch transcription
Naar yaarlyckse gewoonte getreden sijnde tot het versetten van de respe. collegien en eerstelijck van de kerckelijcke bedieningen, waer van de nominatie van dubbelt getal persoonen als diaconien in de kerckelijcke vergaderingh opgestelt en door onsen poletijcquen Commissaris overgelevert, namentlijck Jan Hampe en Harmen Hackert, met versoeck uijt deselve de electie te willen doen; soo is naer genomen deliberatie goetgevonden uijt ‘t gemelte dubbell getall diaconen te eligeren Jan Hampe.
Gelijck mede in plaets van de twee afgaende leden van ‘t collegie van weesmeesteren op ‘t overgelevert dubbelt genomineert getall sijn g’eligeert Jan Witteboll en Elbert Diemer in welck collegie den eersten sall presideeren; en overmits de plaets van Secretaris van ‘t selve collegie althans mede vacant is komen te vallen, soo is mede goetgevonden daer toe te stellen den adsistent Willem Adrianus van der Stell.
Soo is oock op ‘t overgelevert dubbell getall genomineerde persoonen in plaets van de afgaende Commissarissen van de huijwelijckxe saecken g’eligeert den luijtenant Jeronimus Cruse, preses, Marthinus van Banchem en Gerrit Victor en tot Secretaris Willem Adrianus van der Stell.
Sijnde mede g’arresteert op het versetten van de borgerlijcke regeringe op de nominatie dienaengaende overgelevert daer toe te eligeren Elbert Diemer, en geconsidereert dat bij ongeluck van brant well een bequaen persoon vereyscht om bij sulcken gevall, dat Godt nochtans genadelijck gelieve te verhoeden, op alles een goede ordre te stellen, alsoo bij soodanigen voorvall genoeghsaem kennelijck is dat onder ‘t gemeene volck ordinarij een grootte confusie en verbaestheijt is, waer door dan veelmaelen de brandt verder voortganck neemt en de ruine van een gantsche plaets wert veroorsaeckt, Soo is goetgevonden daer toe te stellen den present affgaenden borgerraedt Harmen Gresnicht, sullende den afgaenden Borgerraet voortaen de plaets van brantmeester werden gedefereert.
Eijndelijck nogh wijders in aenmerckinge genomen dat mits het stellen van den affgaenden Borgerraet Gresnicht tot brantmeester de plaats van luijtenant en hooft over de borgerlijcke militie, dat tot noch toe aen den affgaenden Borgerraet is gedefereert geweest, weder een bequaem persoon daer toe vereijscht, soo is daer toe verkooren Willem van Dieden, althans vendrigh van de borgerije, en weder in desselffs plaets als vendrigh den sargeant Tobias Marquart en tot plaetsvullingh van den laesten als sargeant Jan Dircksz d’ Beer.
Aldus geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en S.
[Signed:] MS. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.
Gelijck mede in plaets van de twee afgaende leden van ‘t collegie van weesmeesteren op ‘t overgelevert dubbelt genomineert getall sijn g’eligeert Jan Witteboll en Elbert Diemer in welck collegie den eersten sall presideeren; en overmits de plaets van Secretaris van ‘t selve collegie althans mede vacant is komen te vallen, soo is mede goetgevonden daer toe te stellen den adsistent Willem Adrianus van der Stell.
Soo is oock op ‘t overgelevert dubbell getall genomineerde persoonen in plaets van de afgaende Commissarissen van de huijwelijckxe saecken g’eligeert den luijtenant Jeronimus Cruse, preses, Marthinus van Banchem en Gerrit Victor en tot Secretaris Willem Adrianus van der Stell.
Sijnde mede g’arresteert op het versetten van de borgerlijcke regeringe op de nominatie dienaengaende overgelevert daer toe te eligeren Elbert Diemer, en geconsidereert dat bij ongeluck van brant well een bequaen persoon vereyscht om bij sulcken gevall, dat Godt nochtans genadelijck gelieve te verhoeden, op alles een goede ordre te stellen, alsoo bij soodanigen voorvall genoeghsaem kennelijck is dat onder ‘t gemeene volck ordinarij een grootte confusie en verbaestheijt is, waer door dan veelmaelen de brandt verder voortganck neemt en de ruine van een gantsche plaets wert veroorsaeckt, Soo is goetgevonden daer toe te stellen den present affgaenden borgerraedt Harmen Gresnicht, sullende den afgaenden Borgerraet voortaen de plaets van brantmeester werden gedefereert.
Eijndelijck nogh wijders in aenmerckinge genomen dat mits het stellen van den affgaenden Borgerraet Gresnicht tot brantmeester de plaats van luijtenant en hooft over de borgerlijcke militie, dat tot noch toe aen den affgaenden Borgerraet is gedefereert geweest, weder een bequaem persoon daer toe vereijscht, soo is daer toe verkooren Willem van Dieden, althans vendrigh van de borgerije, en weder in desselffs plaets als vendrigh den sargeant Tobias Marquart en tot plaetsvullingh van den laesten als sargeant Jan Dircksz d’ Beer.
Aldus geresolveert in ‘t Casteel d’ Goede Hoop, datum ut antea.
[Signed:] S. VAN DER STEL.
[Signed:] TOBIAS VLASVAT.
[Signed:] J. CRUSE.
[Signed:] J. WITTEBOL.
[Signed:] A. DE MAN, Rt. en S.
[Signed:] MS. VAN BANCHEM.
[Signed:] PHILIP THEODOOR WELCKER.