Westchester County, New York, During the American Revolution

" Resolved, That if any person or persons shall " be found guilty, before the Committee of any City or " County in this Colony, of having furnished the " Ministerial Army or Navy (after the date of this "Resolution,) with Provisions or other necessaries, " contrary to any Resolution of the Continental or of " this Congress, such person or persons, so found " guilty thereof, upon due proof thereof, shall be " disarmed and forfeit double the value of the Pro- '" visions or other necessaries so furnished, to be ap- " plied to the public exigencies of this Colony, in " such manner as the Congress or Committee of Safety "of this Colony, for the time being, shall order and '.' direct. And that such person or persons, so found " guilty, shall be put into and detained in close con- " finement, at his or their own expense and charge, " until three months after he or they, respectively, " shall have paid such forfeiture. And that every " such person or persons, who shall be found guilty " of a second offence of the same kind, shall be ban- " ished from this Colony, for the term of seven years " from the time of such second conviction.

" Although this Congress have a tender regard to " the freedom of Speech, the rights of Conscience, " and personal Liberty, as far as an indulgence in " these particulars may be consistent with our gen- " eral security ; yet, for the public safety, be it