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APPENDIX. B. 
N°5. 
PROCLAMATION. 
Reikevig, July 11, 1809. 
In our proclamation, dated the 26th of June, 
I8O9, it was requested that the nearest districts 
should, within a fortnight, and the more distant, 
within a certain limited time, send in representa¬ 
tives, to consult what was best to be done in the 
present exigency. We find, however, that the 
public officers have far from facilitated such a 
meeting; and we are therefore under the necessity 
of no longer resisting the wish of the people, who 
have earnestly solicited us to manage the admini¬ 
stration of public affairs, and who have in hun¬ 
dreds offered to serve in the defence of their 
country.—It is therefore declared, 
1. That We, Jorgen Jorgensen, have under¬ 
taken the management of public affairs, under the 
name of Protector, until a settled constitution 
can be fixed on, with full power to make war 
or conclude peace with foreign powers. 
2. That the military have nominated us their 
commander by land and sea, and to regulate the 
whole military department in the country. 
3. That the Icelandic flag shall be blue, with 
three white stockfish thereon, and the honor of it 
