Original sentence: " In 1629, the West India Company issued its charter of "Freedoms and Exemptions" by which it was declared that any member of the Company who should bring to and settle in New Netherland 50 persons over the age of 15, should receive a liberal grant of land to hold as patroon or lord
Edited sentence: " In 1629, the West India Company issued its charter of "Freedoms and Exemptions" by which it was declared that any member of the Company who should bring to and settle in New Netherland 50 persons over the age of 15, should receive a liberal grant of land to hold as patroon or lord with the exception, per Article III, of the island of Manhattan