3. All officers under Danish government
shall not leave their respective houses, and
are under the same restrictions as those mentioned
in the foregoing paragraph.
4. All sorts of arms, without exception,
such as muskets, pistols, cutlasses, daggers, or
ammunition, shall instantly be delivered up.
5. In casé any of the inhabitants, either
women or children, shall bring messages to
or from a Dane, without permission, they
shall be punished as enemies to the state.
Nevertheless, should the child be ignorant of
its crime, the person sending it shall be
punished instead of the child.
6. All keys to public and private storehouses
shall be delivered up. All money or
bank notes, belonging to the king or factors
connected with Danish commercial houses,
shall be laid under lock and key. All books
of accounts or papers belonging to the king
or factors shall be surrendered.
7. Two hours and a half are allowed in
Reikevig, and twelve hours in Havnfiord to
execute these orders. Respecting other places,
proper arrangements will take place hereafter.
8. All natives, women or children of whatever
description, all Icelanders in office have
nothing to fear; for they will be treated in
the best manner, provided they do not violate
the articles contained in the proclamation.
9. Should these orders be speedily executed,
it will save a great deal of unnecessary
trouble and the effusion of blood. But, on
the contrary, should any person act in opposition
to what is here directed, he shall
immediately be arrested, brought before a
military tribunal, and shot within two hours
after the offence is committed.
10. Whenever the above articles are known
to be carried into effect, a proclamation will
be issued, by which the Icelanders will find
that nothing but the true welfare of their
country is in view, and that our proceedings
are solely calculated to insure a peace and
happiness little known to the inhabitants in
later years.