" 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.

"And whereas it may often happen that the "Committees of Towns and other districts in a County " may discover many dangerous persons whom it would " be proper, immediately, to secure, in which case an "application to the County Committee would not only "be attended with great delay, but would also afford " such dangerous persons an opportunity to escape :

"Resolved, therefore, That the said Commit- "tees of the different Towns and Districts in the " several Counties in this Colony be and they hereby "are authorized and required to cause all persons "whom they may esteem dangerous and disaffected to " appear before them, either by arrest or summons, as "the said Committees, in their discretion, may think " proper, and take from the said persons respectively, "good and sufficient security to appear before the " General Committee of the County, at such time and " place as they shall order him to attend, and, then " and there, to answer such matters as shall, before " the said General Committee, be alleged against him ; "and, on refusal to give such security, to commit to