History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I
" And as to such of the said persons whose removal, " in the judgment of the said Committee, shall not " appear necessary, that the said Committee do cause " them to be respectively bound with such security, " by parole or otherwise, as the said Committee shall " deem necessary, neither directly or indirectly to " oi)pose or contravene the measures of the Conli- " nental Congress of this Colony. Pko VlDED, never- " THEEESS, that the said Committee shall be and they " are hereby authorized, in case they shall, on '' iiKpiiry, find any or either of the said persons to be
so dangerous as that they ought not to be admitted " to go at large, to order such of them to be kejjt in " safe custody.
" Resolved, That the said Committee and the " County Committees keep a just record of all their "proceedings, in pursuance of these Resolutions, " and re[)ort the same, with the substance of the " evidence oti'ered to them, for and against the several " persons who shall be by them apprehended, sum- " moned, tried, and examined by virtue of the afore- " going Resolutions ; and that they have power to '■ send for witnesses and papers.
" Resolved, That the said Committee consist of "the following gentlemen, to wit: Mr. Morris, Col. " Remsen, Mr. John Ten Broeck, Mr. Idaring, Mr. "Tredwell, Col. Lewis Graham, aud Mr. Hallett;' " aud that any five of them be a quorum; and that " before they enter on the business herein before " assigned them, they and also all such of the County " Committees as may be engaged in carrying these