PROCLAMATION. N° 4. 
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demean themselves as peaceable citizens, with the 
utmost severity. 
(Signed) 
Jorgen Jorgensen. 
N° 4. 
PROCLAMATION. 
Reifcevig, July 1, 1809. 
We are informed that some discontent exists 
on account of the natives interpreting an article 
in the proclamation of the 26 th of June, to a 
total exemption from all debts whatever.—It is 
hereby declared, that only such debt is remitted 
which is due to the King, or to such Danish mer¬ 
cantile houses, whose principals are not residents 
of Iceland. It is further declared, that all such 
Danish merchants, whose wives and children are 
at present in Iceland, and who themselves wish to 
remain in the island, shall receive ail debts due 
to them, and, in case of refusal, the persons con¬ 
cerned will communicate the same to me who 
engage to see justice done. On the other hand, 
all such natives as have money due from Danish 
merchants’ mercantile houses on the island, shall 
have the same paid to them, if such debt can be 
proved by their books. 
(Signed) 
Jorgen Jorgensen. 
