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V. whereas the Safety of the State, and the preent critical Situation of Affairs, make it neceary that all Perons who owe or acknowledge Allegiance or Obedience to the King of Great Britain hould be removed out of the State; Be it Enacted, by the Authority aforeaid, That all the late Officers of the King of Great Britain, and all Perons (Quakers excepted) being Subjects of this State, and now living therein, or who hall hereafter come to live therein, who have traded immediately to Great Britain or Ireland within Ten Years lst pat, in their own Right, or acted as Factors, Storekeepers, or Agents here, or in any of the United States of America, for Merchants reiding in Great Britain or Ireland, hall take the following Oath of Abjuration and Allegiance, or depart out of the State, ''viz. I will bear faithful and true Allegiance to the State of North-Carolina, and will to the utmot of my Power upport, maintain, and defend the independent Government thereof, againt George the Third, King of Great Britain, and his Succeors, and the Attempts of any other Peron, Prince, Power, State, or Potentate, who by ecret Arts, Treaon, Conpiracies, or by open Force, hall to ubvert the ame, and will every Repect conduct myelf as a peaceful orderly Subject; and that I wil dicloe and make known to the Governor, ome Member of the Council of State, or ome Jutice of the Peace, all Treaons, Conpiracies, and Attempts, committed or intended againt the State, which hal come to my Knowledge. And that all Perons being Quakers, and under the Circumtances above mentioned, hall make the following Affirmation, or depart out of the State; I A.B. do olemnly and incerely declare and affirm, that I will bear true Allegiance to the independent State of North-Carolina, and to the Powers and Authorities which are or may be etablished for the good Government thereof; and I d9 renounce any Allegiance to the preent King of Great Britain, his Heirs and Succeors; and that I will dicloe and make known to the Governor, ome Member of the Council of State, or Jutice of the Peace, all Treaons, Conpiracies, or Attempts, committed or intended againt the ame, which hall come to my Knowledge.'' And the aid Oath or Affirmation hall be taken and ubcribed in open Court in the County where the Pern or Perons taking the ame hall or do uualy reide.

VI. AND be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforeaid, That the County Court in each and every County, and every Jutice of Peace in each repective COunty, hall have full Power to iue Citations againt Perons coming within the above Decription, as Officers, Merchants, Traders, Factors, Storekeepers or Agents, and to demand Surety on Recognizance if neceary, and to require their Attendance at the next enuing Court to be held for the County; and if any Peron o cited (due Proof being made thereof) hall fail or neglect to attend, or attending hall refue to take the aid Oath or Affirmation (as the Cae may be) then the aid Court hall and may have full Power and Authority to order uch Peron to depart out of this State to Europe or the Wet Indies within Sixty Days, and may take Bond and Security, in the Name of the Governor, for the Benefit of the State, for faithful Compliance with uch Order. And if any Peron o ordered hall fail or neglect to depart within the limitted Time, uch Bond hall be forfeited to the State, without good and ufficient Reaon hewn to and approved of by the Governor and Council; and the Jutices, or any of them, in the County wherein the Peron o failing or neglecting to depart hall be found, hall and may Rh