And thereupon the said General Assembly have presented an Address to me to issue a proclamation offering a Reward of one hundred Pounds for apprehending each of them the said Ethan Allen and Remember Baker, and thesum of Fifty Pounds for apprehending and securing any or either of the other persons above named in his Majesty's Goal in Albany ; and commanding the Magistrates and other Civil Officers of the County of Albany and Charlotte to be active and vigilant in suppressing the said Riots and preserving the public Peace and good Order as well as for bringing to Justice the perpetrators and Authors of the said Riots.

I have therefore thought fit with the advice of his Majesty's Council to issue this Proclamation hereby strictly enjoining and commanding ail Magistrates Justices of the Peace Sherifs and other Civil Officers of the Counties of Albany and Charlotte. to apprehend and take the before named Ethan Allen late' of Bennington in the County of Albany yeoman Seth Warner late of the same place yeoman, Remember Baker late of Arlington in the said county yeoman ; Robert Cochren late of Rupert. in the: County of Charlotte yeoman, Peleg Sunderland late. of Socialborough in the said County yeoman ; Silvanus Brown late

ofthe same place yeoman ; James Brakenridge late of Wallumschaick in the County of Albany yeoman and John Smith late of Socialborough in the said County of Charlotte yeoman and them

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and every of them to 'commit to safe and secure custody in the Goal of the city & county of Albany to answer for their several offences and to be dealt with according to Law. And 1 do hereby: in his Majesty's Name promise the several Rewards aforesaid that: is to say the sum of one hundred pounds for apprehending each of them the said Ethan Allen and Remember Baker, and thesum of fifty pounds for apprehending each and every of them: the said Seth Warner, Robert Cochran, Peleg Sunderland, Silvanus Brown, James Brakinridge and John Smith to. be paid to the Person or Persons who shall take and secure the said offenders that they may be proceeded against as the Law directs.