186] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1796. 
micile, as haying entered into a 
connection with the enemy, to the 
ruin of the country, in case it ap- 
pears, that after the promulgation 
of the proclamation they have had 
y knowledge of it, and have not 
informed the office of convoys 
and licences within twenty-four 
hours, or have not informed the 
administration of the place where 
they dwell. 
4. It is also forbidden, under the 
same penalties, to the inhabitants 
of this republic, to accept or pay 
any bills of exchange drawn from 
Great Britain. 
5. The exact execution of our 
present serious resolution is confid- 
ed to our committee for the affairs 
of the marine, with the particular 
injunction to neglect no means to 
watch Over such an importation, 
with the authority to establish in 
the necessary places, either in the 
towns or in the flat countries, such 
extraordinary surveyors, receivers, 
or clerks, as they shall judge ne- 
cessary, in order to fulfil our in- 
tentions. 
6. The committee for the affairs 
of the marine is qualified, in case 
of the seizure of the effects pro- 
hibited in Art. 1. to order de plano 
(without form of process) upon its 
responsibility, the confiscation, and 
to effect the deposit in the neces- 
sary magazines mentioned in Art. 
3. Inconsequence, in this respect, 
the ordinary form of proceeding is 
suspended in cases of frauds com- 
mitted with regard to the marine 
rights, and to every contravention 
of the placards issued on that sub- 
ject, which shall remain suspended 
with respect to those who shail pre- 
sent themselves as defenders in “the 
affairs above-mentioned. 
7. The present proclamation 
shall be published and stuck up. 
We direct and entreat the supreme 
authorities to make the necessary 
dispositions, in order that our pre- 
sent object may be duly effected ; 
and more especially to direct all 
the municipalities in each pro- 
vince, to lend every assistance to 
the committee for the affairs of the 
marine, and to support it against all 
‘opposition to the accomplishment 
of the duties imposed on our 
committee, by our present procla- 
mation. 
8. This proclamation shall be 
sent to ‘the committees for the 
affairs of the marine, and for the 
Kast India trade, in order to serve 
as information and advice to them. 
Done in the national assembly at 
the Hague, Sept. 16, 1796, se- 
cond year of Batavian liberty. 
(Signed) J.J. CAMBIER, 
D. Van Larr. 
Proclamation of the States General 
of the United Provinces. 
THE states general of the United 
Provinces to all those who may 
see or hear these presents, health 
and fraternity: Be it known, that 
in compliance with the’ wish and 
desire of the Batavian people, and 
the approbation of the respective 
confederates, we have passed an 
aét, according to which a general 
national assembly for the admini- 
stration of foederal affairs, as well 
as to form the plan of a constitu- 
tion for all the republic, to be sub- 
mitted to the approbation or refu- 
sal of the Batavian nation, should 
be convoked and put in aétivity : 
that this important work, of so 
great an interest for our country, 
has been conduéted actually, under 
the divine benediction, by the 
choice 
