"And whereas employing detachments of the " Militia of this Colony, in arresting the said persons, "will not only be expensive, but the assembling ol " them may alarm the suspicions of the said persons "and their adherents, and, thereby, tend to defeat "the design of these Kesolutions; and as the Con- " tinental troops quartered in and near the said three " Counties of New-York, Queens, and Richmond, may "be employed in the said business, with little troublr "to themselves and with greater prospect of success:

"Resolved, therefore, That the said Committee " be and they hereby are authorized to confer with " the Commander-in-Chief of the said troops, and to " request of him such detachments of them as may be " necessary for the purpose aforesaid ; and that he " give orders that the said detachments, while so em- " ployed, be under the direction of the said Committee "or of discreet persons to be by them appointed. "Provided, nevertheless, That the said Com- " niittee are hereby empowered to employ such de- " tachments of the Militia as they may think exped- " ient for the purpose aforesaid.

" And whereas there may be, and doubtless are, " in other Counties of this Colony, divers dangerous "persons at present unknown to this Congress:

" Resolved, That it be recommended to the Com- "mittees of all Counties in this Colony, to be vigilant, '' and to use their utmost endeavours, from time to "lime, to discover and summon or apprehend them, "in like manner as herein before described with "respect to the persons hereby ordered to be arrested, "and to report their proceedings therein to the Con- "gress of this Colony for the time being.