Also that the said aldermen shall rule and govern by themselves all policy matters in this village. And it is prevented that the penalties that were imposed to foreigners could not be deliberated by the aldermen alone without the assistance of the neighbours and assembly of this village. The assistance of the neighbours and council is also necessary in the case of arduous and serious matters, as well as those matters that are habitually made by the council such as [the appointment of] the physician, the apothecary and the surgeon, and others that always have been made by the council.