reduce them to the necessity of quitting their seats, or joining in the nomination.

“Because it is well known that there are men in this House who have, ever since our first opposition to Great Britain, refused to concur in any measure necessary for defence; and we have reason to fear that some are disposed to break the union of the Colonies, and submit to the tyranny of Great Britain.

“Because this House is under no oaths of fidelity to their constituents, by which they would be bound to consult their interests; nor are they proper persons to make the oaths which are to bind themselves.

“Because, though the Members of this House who were under oaths of allegiance to the Crown consider themselves absolved therefrom, and have admitted the new elected Members to their seats without taking the said oaths, thereby dissolving the old Constitution, and finally abolishing the Charter; yet effectual care is taken to head the several pages of their Resolves, as usual, with, ‘Votes of the Assembly. John Penn, Esq., Governour, ’ without the assent of the people, for this purpose. These things wear such a face of design as renders the intentions of this House suspicious; and we think a House still confessing the King’s Representative their Governour, cannot safely be trusted with the appointment of Generals to command us, lest they might give us such as would enable a certain party to make up with the enemy, at the expense of our lives and liberties.

“Because a House which showed itself so unfriendly to the Association at a time when so much depended on their exertions, as, after frequent and repeated applications for justice, to impose no more than three shillings and sixpence fine on Non-Associators for every day of general muster, and that in so lax a manner that it is a question whether it will ever be collected, is not to be trusted with the appointment of Generals to command us, lest they should show as little regard to our interest in the one case as in the other.

“Because, as this House was chosen by those only who were acknowledged the liege subjects of George, our enemy, and derived the sole right of electing this House from that very circumstance, we conceive that the moment they undertook to set aside this allegiance, they, by that very act, destroyed the only principle on which they sat as Representatives; and therefore are not a House on the principles on which they were elected; and having derived no new authority from the people, freed from such allegiance, they are a Representative body on no one principle whatever; and therefore can in no manner undertake to do the business of Representatives further than the people indulge them, without usurping authority and acting arbitrarily.

“Because the Associators have the right of appointing officers to command them, and mean ever to retain it.

“We therefore protest against, and declare we will not submit to any appointment of General Officers to command us, which this House may think proper to go into.

“Nevertheless, that the Resolve of Congress may be fully complied with, we have taken the proper steps to have a number of Associators’Representatives from every Battalion in the Province, collected together as soon as possible, to proceed to the choice of said Brigadiers-General, under whom we doubt not but the Associators will serve with cheerfulness; and they, being the officers of their choice, will have the confidence of the Associators.

“Signed by order of the Committee of Privates:

“SAMUEL SIMPSON, President. ”

Ordered to lie on the table.

The House adjourned to Monday, the 26th day of August, at four o’clock in the afternoon.

CONNECTICUT ASSEMBLY.

At a General Assembly of the Governour and Company of the English Colony of Connecticut, in New-England, in America, holden at Hartford, in said Colony, by special order of the Governour, on the 14th day of June, A. D. 1776—Present:

The Hon. Jonathan Trwmbull, Esq., Governour.

The Hon. Matthew Griswold, Esq., Deputy-Governour.

Jebez Hamlin, Esq.,		Assistants.
Elisha Sheldon, Esq.
Eliphelet Dyer, Esq.,
Jabez Huntington, Esq.,
William Pitkin, Esq.,
Abraham Davenport, Esq.,
Richard Law, Esq.,
William Williams, Esq.,

An Act for repealing an Act of this Colony entitled “An Act to prevent injustice by the Bills of Credit of the neighbouring Colonies passing in this Colony. ”

Whereas the continuation of said Act is attended with consequences prejudicial to the Commerce of these Colonies:

Be it therefore enacted by the Governour, Council, and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That said Act be repealed, and the same is hereby repealed and made void.

An Act in addition to a law of this Colony entitled “An Act for restraining and punishing persons inimical to the liberties of this and the rest of the United Colonies, and for directing proceedings therein. ”

Whereas the provisions made in said act relative to the Estates of such persons as are inimical to the liberties of this and the United Colonies, and who absent themselves out of this Colony, is limited to Real Estate only, which is found insufficient to answer all the necessary purposes that ought to be provided for by this law:

Be it therefore enacted by the Governour, Council, and Representatives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That whenever any person or persons shall be possessed of any goods, chattels, or effects, belonging to any person or persons who have or shall join the Ministerial Army or Navy acting against America, and continue to hold and screen themselves under them, or have aided and assisted them, or continue to aid or assist in carrying into execution the present Ministerial measures, it shall be the duty of the Selectmen of every such town, or the major part of them, where such person or persons dwell, who shall be possessed of such goods, chattels, or effects, to exhibit a representation thereof to any Assistant or Justice of the Peace in the same County, who is hereby empowered and directed to issue a warrant thereon, directed to the Sheriff of the County, his Deputy, or Constable, requiring him or them to seize and hold such goods, chattels, or effects, of such inimical person or persons, and make return of such warrant, with his name thereon, to the next County Court in the same County, who are hereby authorized and directed to inquire into the matters aforesaid, relative to the property of such goods so attached; and if the property of the same shall be found to be in any person or persons inimical as aforesaid, such County Court shall render judgment, that such goods, chattels, or effects, shall be sold and disposed of for.the use of this Colony, and the avails thereof paid to the Treasurer of this Colony, taking his receipt for the same, and lodge the same with the Secretary of this Colony.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever it shall so happen that any person or persons in this Colony is, or shall be, indebted to any person or persons inimical as aforesaid, either by bond, book, debt, or for rent in arrears, or accountable as bailiff or receiver, it shall be the duty of the Selectmen of the town wherein such debtor, agent, factor, or trustee, dwells, or the major part of them, and they are hereby authorized and empowered, in their own names, and for the use of this Colony, to institute proper suit or suits, as the nature of the case may require, against such debtor, agent, factor, or trustee, for the recovery of such sum or sums as shall be due or owing to any such inimical person or persons as aforesaid, giving a full and plain representation of the facts relative to the matters of the cause to the County Court in the same County where such debtor, agent, factor, or trustee dwells; which County Court shall render judgment in such suit or suits so brought for such sum or sums found to be due and owing by said