" 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. Curtenius, the Commissary of the Provincial " Congress of this Colony; and those that shall be im- " pressed in the other Counties of this Colony, to be " deposited mth their respective Committees, subject " to the order of the said Provincial Congress or Com- " mittee of Safety. And

"Ordered, That the Cajjtairis of the respective "Companies of the Third Regiment of the troops of "this Colony, who are now in Sutlbik-county, be " authorized to carry these Resolutions into execu- " tion in Queens-county. That Colonel Lasher- l)c "requested to send two or more Companies of his " Battalion, to give such assistance in (Jueens-county " as may be necessary, at such tiTue and to such place " or places as Colonel IMcDougal and .John Slo.ss Ho- " bart, Esq., shall direct or advise. And