History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

"Ordered, That the person or persons who shall " have the charge of the carrying this Resolution into " execution, in each County, shall direct all the Arms "that shall be so impressed, to be collected at some " place in the County where they are impressed, and " there valued and a|)praised by three indifferent men " of reputation of the County, any two of whom " agreeing, shall be sufficient to ascertain the price ; "that an account be kept from whom every Musket, "Gun, or Firelock, so impressed, shall have been "taken; and each such Gun, 3Iu.sket, or Firelock "caused to be marked with the initial letter of the " name of the County where it is impressed and num- " bered, the numbers following each other, succes- "sively ; and that the same be entered in a book pro- " vided for that purpose, with the name of the owner "op|)osite to the number marked on each Musket, "Gun, or Firelock, respectively. And

HISTORY OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

" Orhered, That a Certificate, specifying the value "and the mark of the Musket, Gun, or Firelock so " impressed, appraised, and marked, shall be signed " by the Aj)praisers and Impressers, which shall enti- " tie the owner thereof to receive the appraised value " from the Treasurer of tlie Provincial Congress oi " this Colony : Provided the same be not returned at " or before the conclusion of the present unhappy " controversy between Great Britain and the united '■ Colonies. And tiiat an account, signed by the said " Appraisers and Impressers, of all such Muskets, " Guns, and Firelocks, so impressed, shall be sent, " Ibrthwith, to the Secretaries of the Provincial Con- " gress, or either of them, to be filed. And that all " the Muskets, Guns, and Firelocks so impressed, on " Nassau Island,' be delivered, without delay, to Peter " T.