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by themselves. Your petitioner further sheweth that he is
still desirous of conforming to the resolutions and orders of
the Convention and Council of Safety, and is ready to join in
defence and support of their authority at the utmost hazard
but your petitioner hath refused to muster either in Battalion
or the company aforesaid under other officers than those
appointed by the Convention and Council of Safety conceiving
that it is his duty to discountenance as much as he can any
authority set up in opposition to and in defiance of their
power. That the said Captain and first Lieu^t notwithstanding
they have received their own Commissions from the Council
of Safety yet openly and avowedly countenance the irregular
proceedings aforesaid by refusing to acknowledge the officers
appointed by the Convention and Council of Safety and
acknowledging and acting with those appointed by the people
in opposition to their authority yet under colour of another
resolution of the Convention have proceeded to fine your
petitioner the sum of fifteen shillings for refusing to muster
under other officers than those appointed as aforesaid by the
Council of Safety. That your petitioner conceiving the said
fine to have been irregularly and unjustifiably imposed on him
refused to pay the same whereupon the said Captain Bordley
applied to the Committee of observation in this County who
have granted him a warrant (a copy whereof is hereunto
annexed impowering him to destrain and sell your petitioners
effects, for the payment thereof which said warrant is now in
the hands of one of the sarjeants of the said Company to be
executed, and your petitioner is apprehensive his effects will
be taken and sold by virtue thereof immediately on the recess
of this Convention and therefore humbly hopes your honors
will take the premises aforesaid into consideration and take
such order therein for your petitioners relief as in your wisdom
shall seem meet & so forth: Turbutt Betton.

In Committee of observation 13^th June 1776.

Captain James Bordley having certified that Turbutt Betton
Junior had been fined the sum of fifteen shillings for his non
appearance at the muster field on four several days, and had
refused to pay his fines at three shillings and nine pence each
day: These are to authorize and impower you to lay the sum
of fifteen shillings current money by distress and sale of the
said Turbutt Betton Junior his goods and effects in the same
manner that goods may be distrained and sold by law for
County levies, and the same when distressed as af^d to pay
into the hands of M^r Joseph Potter. Fail not this being your
sufficient power:

By order Committee Sol^o Wright chairman

To M^r Philemon Young: (copy)