PAPERS RELATING TO THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. 533

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" To the Betrayed Inhabitants of the City and Colony of New- York" and containing many insolent daring and infamous Reflections on the Honour Dignity and Authority of the three Branches of the Legislature of the said Province ; Which having been taken into Consideration by the General Assembly, The House did on the nineteenth day of December Instant, come to the following Resolutions thereupon.

" Resolved that the said Paper is a false seditious and infamous Libel.

Resolved Nemine Contradicente that the said Paper highly reflects on the Honour and Dignity of the House, is calculated to inflame the Minds of the good People of this Colony against their Representatives in General Assembly, and contains scandalous Reflections on the three Branches of the Legislature. Resolved Nemine Contradicente that the proposal therein contained to come down in a Body to the House, is an Audacious Attempt to destroy the Freedom and Independence of this House, and consequently the Rights and Privileges of the Inhabitants of this Colony, introductive of Anarchy and Confusion, and Subversive of the Fundamental Principles of our Happy Constitution.

Resolved Nemine Contradicente that the Author or Authors Aiders and Abettors of the said Paper, is or are guilty of a high Misdemeanour ; and a daring insult on the Honor Justice and Authority of this House.

Resolved J^emine Contradicente that an Humble Address be presented to His Honor the Lieutenant Governor, requesting he will be pleased to issue a Proclamation offering a Reward of one hundred Pounds to any Person or Persons who shaU Discover the Author or Authors, Aiders and Abettors of the above recited Paper, so that they may be brought to condign Punishment --