New-York Committee appoints Sub-Committee

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Whereas, by the first article of the Association of the late Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, the fifth day of September, 1774, it is agreed that from and after the first day of December next, we will not import into British America from Great Britain or Ireland, any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise whatsoever, or from any other place any such Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, as shall have been exported from Great Britain or Ireland: and whereas, by the last clause of the tenth article of the said Association, it is further agreed, that if any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise shall be imported after the first day of February, 1775, tire same ought forthwith to be sent back again, without breaking the packages thereof; and the sense of this Committee being taken, whether all Goods imported from Great Britain or Ireland, into this City and County, after the said first day of February, should not, according to the true intent and meaning of the clauses of the said first and tenth articles of the Association, be sent back in the same Vessel in which such Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, shall be imported,

Resolved unanimously in the affirmative.

By order of the Committee,

ISAAC LOW, Chairman.

A motion was made and seconded, that a Sub-Committee be appointed, to observe the conduct of all Vessels which may arrive after the first day of February next, having on board any Goods, Wares, or Merchandise, not allowed to be imported by the Association.

Resolved unanimously, That a Sub-Committee be appointed for the purpose above mentioned.

By order of the Committee,

ISAAC LOW, Chairman.