And the Committee nearest to any per- " son who shall be so enlisted or liave taken up "arms against the Liberties of America are herebj' "directed to appoint some discreet person to take "the charge of the Instate, both real and personal, of " any such i)erson or persons; which person so ap- " pointed shall be invested with such Estate, and "render, on oath, a just and true account thereof, to "this or some future Congress or to Commissioners " by them to be ai)|)ointed, and to pay the issues and " ])rofits thereof to the Treasurer appointed by this " Congress, for the use of the associated Colonies.

" Resolved, That if any person be taken up on "suspicion of any of the Crimes in the above Reso- "lutions specified, he shall immediately be taken " before the Committee of the City, Town, Manor,

contained in the enactment concerning the Slilitia, ailojrted eleven days previously, 10*2 fo(/<-,) that ererif Jtihahilnut^ between sixteen and fifty years of age, should fnlly equip himself with arms and largely supply himself w itii ammunition, heavy penalties being imposed, iu case of default, in either respect.

^That particular feature of this enactment was intended to imiioverish the victim, if he possesseil property , or to leave him to be starved, if he had none ; and the barbarism of the jirovision an<l of those who framed it, was seen, sul>se<|uently, in the physical sufferings of .John O'Connor and Daviil I'nrdy ; and in those of the Berghs, the Dohbses, and Timothy Doughty, (//i«/«)i<<i; Mmmscripls, etc.: Pelilion*, xx.xi., 98, 90, 88, 70, ;ifi ; etc.)