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.

" Resolved, That if any person be taken up on "suspicion of any of the Crimes in the above Resolutions specified, he shall immediately be taken " before the Committee of the City, Town, Manor,

contained in the enactment concerning the Militia, adopted eleven days previously, (page 102 ante,) that etertj Inhabitant, between sixteen and fifty years of age, should fully equip himself with arms and largoly supply himself with ammunition, heavy penalties being imposed, in case of default, in either respect.

> That particular feature of this enactment was intended to impoverish the victim, if he possessed property , or to leave him to be starved, if he had none ; and the barbarism of the provision and of thoBe who framed it, was seen, subsequently, in the physical sufferings of John O'Connor and David Purdy ; and in those of the BcrghB, the Dobbscs, and Timothy Doughty, (Historical Mavmcripts, etc. : PetUiom, xxxi., 98. 96 88 TO 86 ; etc.)