Budd Horton, Alexander Hunt, James "Varian, and Joseph Youngs be appointed Commis- " sioners to drive all the Horses, Hogs, Sheep, and " Cattle, from those parts of the County of Wcstches- " ter which lay upon the Sound or the Hudson 's-river, " and which are any waj' exposed to the enemy, and " to billet them out upon the farms that lay in the " interior part of the County, till the same can be " otherwise disposed of ; and that a reasonable com- " peusation be allowed them, for their trouble ; " "that the farmers in the Countj' of Westchester im- " mediately thresh out all their Grain, as the Straw " will be absolutely necessary for the use of the Army, "and as those who do not comply with this Resolu- "tion will be in danger of having their Straw taken " for the use of the Army, even though the same " should not be threshed ; " " that His Excellency " General Washington be empowered to order any " Straw in the County of Westchester to be taken for " the use of the Army, paying to the owners a reason- " able compensation therefor ; " " that the Chairman " or Deputy Chairman of the County of Westchester, " for the time being, on application from the Commis- "sary-general, be empowered to take so much of the " Grain, in the County of Westchester, as shall be " necessary for the use of the Army, allowing to the " owners thereof the now current price, and paying "them ujion the delivery. Provided, always, tiiat "so much shall be left in the hands of the owners as "will be sufficient to support their families for nine "months, and to perfect the fattening of such Hogs "as may, now, be actually put up, for that purjrose; '' " that His Excellency General Washington, in case " that the Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Horses, or Hay, in the " County of Westchester, should be in danger of fall-