tention that their authorization is unconstitutional, 29; deemed to be tribunal with absolute and despotic power, 30; com- mittee of assembly reports in favor of abolishing, 30; bill for authorizing justices of peace to enlarge persons and abolishing commissioners, not enacted, 30; Westchester county board peti- tions legislature, 30; duties of, subject to aspersions, 30; reso- lution requesting detailed re- ports from, to legislature, 31; bill for repealing laws relating to, passed (March 27, 17S3), 31, 64, 800-802; authority of, repealed and vested in magis- trates and courts, 31, 800-802; accounts of, to be exhibited to auditor general, 32, 801; report of commitments by, to be made to justices of peace, 32, 801; duties of, uncongenial, 33; func- tion of, as operative in Albany county board, 35, ff. ; special fitness of men chosen as, 35; former sen'ice of, 35; manner of seLction of, 35-36; meetings of, in counties, 36; authority of, coextensive with state, 36; could sit in any board, 36; intercourse among different boards of, 36; each quorum or board required Index — Commissioners for Conspiracies 49 Comrs. for Consp. — continued, to keep minutes, 36, 64; minutes of Albany county board, only extant, 36, 63, 64; Albany board's minutes incomplete, 36, 63, 64, 774 (note); meetings of Albany board, where held, 36; sub-boards of the county boards, 36; activities of, revealed by financial accounts, 36; where financial data of, are now kept, 36; expenditures, how con- ducted, 37; issued warrants to constables against counterfeiters, etc., 38; use good money found upon counterfeiters to reimburse persons defrauded, 38, 282-283, 285; advertise for persons de- frauded by counterfeiters, 38, 287; disposal of deserters by Al- bany board, 39-40; did not ex- ercise extra-judicial authority in murder cases, 40; concerned with arrest of murderers or sus- pects, 40; could release persons duly acquitted from charges of murder, 40; system of Issuing passes by Albany board, 40-41 ; procedure of, for making ar- rests, 41; system of, in relation to prisoners, 41-47; Albany board posts notices for appear- ance of prisoners on release, 42; return of prisoners In confine- ment procured by Albany board, 43, 80, 127; prevent local com- . mittees from exercising func- tions of, 43, 81; authorize mili- tary officers to examine certain Comrs. for Consp. — continued. persons and Issue recognizances, 43 ; Albany board objects to con- duct of certain whigs against disaffected persons, 43-44, 185, 197; disaffected persons to be brought before them, accom- panied by charges, 43-44, 185; Issuance and voiding of mit- timus by, 44, 155, 188, 230, 231; mittimus Issued by, pre- vented judges and magistrates from bailing persons, 44, 155; 779; disown discharge of negro prisoner of war by General Stark, 44, 232; Albany board orders removal of prisoners from jail to fort, 44, 107, 200; confine prisoners from other states in Albany jail, 45; requisition for apprehension of concealed per- son near Worcester, Mass.-, 45, 224; Issue pass to prisoner con- fined by court martial, 45, 231- 232; release prisoners captured by the Oneidas, 45, 263, 266, 271, 273; Imprison women as well as men, 45; Albany board protests against undue liberty given prisoners, 45; Albany board orders arrest of spy from New York city, 45-46, 147, 150, 152-153; conduct of Albany . board toward sick prisoners, 46— 47, 191, 224; request sent from General Stark for dangerous prisoners In Albany hospital, 46; order of Albany board about receiving state prisoners at hos- . / ■ j;n,»j -'v"s : .Oi:^ •c^' 50 State of New York Comrs. for Consp. — continued, pital, 46-47, 224; give protec- tion against molestation, 47, 253; rangers employed by Al- bany board, 47-50; compen- sation of rangers employed by, 48, 49, 50, 144, 148, 151-152, 201, 221, 236, 251, 413 (note), 439, 444; volunteer rangers raised in IVIanor of Rensselaer- vsyck under direction of Albany board, 49, 347-34S; relations of Albany board with other boards and local committees, 50-51; utmost frugality recom- . mended to Charlotte county board, 51, 117; Albany board's advice to Charlotte county board as to neutrals, 51, 117; state funds for Albany board often received through Poughkeepsie board, 51, 125, 2S3-2S4; system of, against robbers, 52-55; dis- posal of stolen property and money by, 52, 142; allowance of Albany board to pardoned rob- ber for evidence, 53, 279; those plundering British subjects to be handed over -to, 55; system of, against tor}'ism, 55-59; Al- bany board erects sub-board at Stillwater, 56, 460, 466; Albany board orders returns of tories from militia officers, 56-57; 238, 246; General Stark dis- allows their jurisdiction over tories judged in Vermont, 57, 169; complaints of Albany board to Governor Clinton against Comrs. for Consp. — continued. Stark, 57, 170; serve notice on tories to be removed to British lines, 57; Albany board denies request of tories