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"Resolved, 6th, That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the
English statutes as existed at the time of their colonization; and which
they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their
several local and other circumstances.

"Resolved, N. C. D. 7th, That these his Majesty's colonies are likewise
entitled to all the immunities and privileges granted and confirmed to
them by Royal Charters, or secured by their several codes of Provincial
laws.

"Resolved, N. C. D. 8th, That they have a right peaceably to assemble,
consider of their grievances, and petition the King; and that all
prosecutions, prohibitory proclamations, and commitments for the same,
are illegal.

"Resolved, N. C. D. 9th, That the keeping a standing army in these
colonies, in times of peace, without the consent of the Legislature of
the colony in which such army is kept, is against law.

"Resolved, N. C. D. 10th, It is indispensably necessary to good
government, and rendered essential by the English constitution, that the
constituent branches of the Legislature be independent of each other;
that, therefore, the exercise of legislative power in several colonies,
by a Council appointed, during pleasure, by the Crown, is
unconstitutional, dangerous, and destructive to the freedom of American
legislation.

"All and each of which the aforesaid deputies, in behalf of themselves
and their constituents, do claim, demand, and insist on, as their
indubitable rights and liberties; which cannot be legally taken from
them, altered or abridged by any power whatever, without their own
consent, by their representatives in their several Provincial
Legislatures.

"In the course of our inquiry, we find many infringements and violations
of the foregoing rights, which, from an ardent desire that harmony and
mutual intercourse of affection and interest may be restored, we pass
over for the present, and proceed to state such Acts and measures as
have been adopted since the last war, which demonstrate a system formed
to enslave America.

"Resolved, N. C. D., That the following Acts of Parliament are
infringements and violations of the rights of the colonies; and that the
repeal of them is essentially necessary, in order to restore harmony
between Great Britain and the American colonies, viz.:

"The several Acts of 4 Geo. III. chaps. 15 and 34--5 Geo. III. chap.
25--6 Geo. III. chap. 52--7 Geo. III. chap. 41 and chap. 46--8 Geo. III.
chap