PROCLAMATION. N° 5. 309 
we promise to defend at the risk of our life 
and blood. 
4. That the great seal of the island shall no 
longer be respected; but that all public docu¬ 
ments of consequence shall be signed by my own 
hand, and my seal (J. J.) fixed thereunto, until 
such time as the representatives shall assemble 
and provide a proper seal. 
5 . That all public officers, who have, from mo¬ 
tives of patriotism, already given in declarations 
that they were willing to serve their country in 
its late difficult and dangerous situation, shall re¬ 
ceive their salaries.—On the contrary, those that 
have been situated near Reikevig and not yet de¬ 
clared themselves, are totally suspended from 
office, pay, and power, unless they within the 
20 th of this month give proper reasons for not 
having sent in either their resignations or their 
wish of continuing in office. After that date a 
list shall be made out and publicly distributed, of 
the names of all those officers who shall either 
resign or continue in their employments. Any 
person from the date thereof, who shall obey 
any order from such persons as have not declared 
themselves shall be deemed a traitor and treated 
accordingly. Nevertheless a month is granted 
to persons residing in places more remote from 
