"Resolved, That if any person or persons shall " be found guilty, before the Committee of any City or " County in this Colony, of having furnished the, "Ministerial Army or Navy (after the date of this "Resolution,) with Provisions or other necessaries, " contrary to any Resolution of the Continental or ol' " this Congress, such person or persons, so found " guilty thereof, upon due proof thereof, shall be "disarmed and forfeit double the value of the Pro- " visions or other necessaries so furnished, to be ap- " plied to the jniblic exigencies of this Colony, in "such manner as the Congress or Committee of Safety "of this Colony, for the time being, shall order and "direct. And that such person or persons, so found " guilty, shall be put into and detained in close con " finonient, at his or their own expense and charge, " until three months after he or they, resjiectively, " shall have paid such forfeiture. And that ever^ " such person or persons, who shall be Ibund guilty " of a second offence of the same kind, shall be ban- " ished from this Colony, for the term of seven years "from the time of such seco.'id conviction.
"Although this Congress have a tender regard to " the freedom of Speech, the rights of Conscience, " antl j)ersonal Liberty, as far iis an indulgence in " these particulars may be consistent with our gen- " eral security ; yet, for the i)ublic safety, belt