" Ordered, That a Certificate, specifying the value " and the mark of the Musket, Gun, or Firelock so "impressed, appraised, and marked, shall be signed " by the Appraisers and Impressers, which shall enti- " tie the owner thereof to receive the appraised value "from the Treasurer of the Provincial Congress of "this Colony : Provided the same be not returned at " or before the conclusion of the present unhappy "controversy between Great Britain and the united '•' Colonies. And that an account, signed by the said " Appraisers and Impressers, of all such Muskets, " Guns, and Firelocks, so impressed, shall be sent, " forthwith, to the Secretaries of the Provincial Con- " gress, or either of them, to be filed. And that all " the Muskets, Guns, and Firelocks so impressed, on " Nassau Island, 1 be delivered, without delay, to Peter " T. Curtenius, the Commissary of the Provincial " Congress of this Colony; and those that shall be im- " pressed in the other Counties of this Colony, to be " deposited with their respective Committees, subject '' to the order of the said Provincial Congress or Com- "mittee of Safety. And

" Ordered, That the Captains of the respective "Companies of the Third Regiment of the troops of "this Colony, who are now in Suffolk-county, be " authorized to carry these Resolutions into exeeu- " tion in Queens-county. That Colonel Lasher 2 be "requested to send two or more Companies of his " Battalion, to give such assistance in Queens-county " as may be necessary, at such time and to such place '' or places as Colonel McDougal and John Sloss Ho- "bart, Esq., shall direct or advise. And