"they shall be committed to close confinement, at " their respective expense. 3 And, in case any of the " said Committees are unable to carry this or any "Resolution into execution, they are hereby directed " to apply to the next County Committee or command- " ing Officer of the Militia, or to the Congress or the " Committee of Safety of this Colony, for necessary "assistance, as the case may require.* But if it " shall so happen that any violators of this Resolu- " tion shall reside in a County where there is no " Committee of the County, in that case, the matter " shall be triable before the Committee of the next "County: Provided that no person shall be tried "before the General Committee of the City and " County of New York, upon the Resolutions herein " contained, unless the stated quorum be present ; "and in the City and County of Albany, unless " there are present twenty-five members.

" Resolved farther, That the respective Com- " mittees and the Militia of the several Counties, by " order of the respective Committees or of the Com- " missioned Officer' of the Militia then nearest, are " hereby expressly ' enjoined to apprehend every " Inhabitant or Resident of this Colony, who now is " or who shall hereafter be discovered to be enlisted " or in arms against the Liberties of America, and to " confine such offender or offenders, in safe custody ; " and his or their punishment is reserved to the " determination of this or some future Provincial " Congress. And the Committee nearest to any per- "son who shall be so enlisted or have taken up " arms against the Liberties of America are hereby " directed to appoint some discreet person to take "the charge of the Estate, both real and personal, of " any such person or persons ; which person so ap- " pointed shall be invested with such Estate, and "render, on oath, a just and true account thereof, to '' this or some future Congress or to Commissioners " by them to be appointed, and to pay the issues and " profits thereof to the Treasurer appointed by this " Congress, for the use of the associated Colonies.