The Provincial Congress of North Carolina 1774-1776 Page: 78
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work together closely and, in some cases, the town and. county
groups were permitted to work in complete conjunction.^
As their final instruction, the local committees were
ordered to elect, from their own members, seven men to act
as a Committee of Secrecy, Intelligence, and Observation,
with the task of corresponding with the Provincial Council,
the various district committees and the other local commit-
tees of both North Carolina and the neighboring colonies.
In addition, they were authorized to take into custody and
examine "all suspected persons" and, if deemed necessary,
send them either to the district Safety Committee or the Pro-
vincial Council for trial.^0
In order to provide a uniform election procedure, Con-
gress directed that on the third Tuesday of October, the
"freeholders" of every county should meet at the various
county court houses, and in the presence of three inspectors,
appointed by the local county committee, should choose as
many as five persons to represent them in Congress, The
use of the word "freeholder" had much more significance than
might at first appear. Under the royal government, suffrage
had been extended to the inhabitants of the province. The
original Whig party of North Caroling had been composed of
"the wealth, the virtues, and the intelligence of the
59ibid.
6oIbid., p. 36.
6lIbld.. p. 34.
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