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cessary, that no members of the 
old police or the judicial admini- 
stration, their agents, or officers, 
whether they yet possess functions, 
or are forbidden to exercise them 
any more, shall hereatter leave the 
city, or continue to live out of it, 
without the previous knowledge 
and consent of the general com- 
mittee of superintendance; think 
proper to decree and ordain, and 
jt is decreed and ordained by these 
presents, that no one of them shall 
hereafter leave the city without 
having first addressed the committee 
of superintendance, and obtained a 
card of permission, on shewing 
which, the passports at present in 
uce shall be delivered by the com- 
mittee appointed to issue them ; on 
ain of being deemed suspected 
persons, and having their goods se- 
_qnestered. It is further ordained, 
that all the said persons already re- 
siding without the city, shall return 
within amonth from the date here- 
of, on pain of being deemed as 
tabove, leaving notwithstanding, to 
these last, the power (if they think 
themselves absent on any lawful 
cause} to inform the committee of 
supcrintendance thereof, which is 
enabled to dispense with their re- 
turn, if it thinks the exigence of 
the case requires it. It is further 
declared, that every person, of 
whatever description, convicted of 
having fraudulently required pass- 
ports under false names, will be 
penished according to the nature 
of the offence: the committee of 
general superintendance will sit 
from ten o’clock in the morning 
till ene, to deliver the aforesaid 
cards of permission. 
Decreed “and published the 3cth 
of January, 1795, first year of 
Batavian liberty, 
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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1795. 
By order of the said representa: 
fives, 
(Signed) G, Brenper, 
A. Brawots, Secretary. 
Second Proclamation. 
LIBERTY, FQUALITY, FRATERNITY, 
THE provisional representatives 
of the people of Amsterdam having 
taken into their consideration, that 
the commissions of many colleges 
and officers are on the point of ex- 
piring, and informed that several 
officers and persons employed in 
this city are embarrassed by their 
continuance in their places and 
employments, authorize and require 
by these presents, that all citizens, 
who have been established, or who 
have been engaged in any public 
employment or office in this city, 
such as all commissioners, as well 
those of the different chambers as 
others, all colleges, corporations, 
and in general, all officers and per- 
sons employed in thjs city, without 
distinétion, who have not been ext 
pressly discharged from their posts, 
shall remain in their offices, em- 
ployments, and funétions, till it 
shall be~ otherwise ordered, and 
thus provisionally shall continue 
respectively to discharge the du. 
ties thereof, in the most advantage- 
ous manner for the citizens, with. 
out being permitted to excuse 
themselves, en any pretext, or for 
any reason whatever, to withdraw 
themselves from the commissions, 
offices, or employments with which 
they have been charged, under 
pain of being considered and treat- 
ed as disaffe&ed and evil-minded 
persons. The aforesaid represen. 
tatives expeét -and exhort each of 
them to use His ytmost efforts for 
dis. 
