PROCLAMATION. N° 2. 
365 
1 6 . Till such time as the natives shall send in 
their representatives, all public officers, and per¬ 
sons who have money due from government, may 
address me for the same, and they shall he paid. 
17. No man shall be judged or punished, after 
the representatives are assembled, without being 
found deserving of punishment by twelve of his 
fellow-citizens. 
18 . Every public officer, of whatever denomi¬ 
nation, shall endeavor to prevent all communica¬ 
tion with Danish ships. A specification shall 
be given in of what grain is necessary for each 
district, so that it may be transported thither 
before the setting in of the winter; and care 
shall be taken that hereafter the island shall be 
supplied with com for one year to come. 
19. No Icelander must, on account of the late 
liberty being granted, presume to offend or assault 
a person for being a Dane, nor for having held a 
situation under the King, nor for having been in 
the employment of, or connected with, a Danish 
mercantile house, provided they do not interfere 
with the political afiairs of the island. 
*** The number of representatives to be sent 
