The shareholders then petitioned Parliament in February 1733, and the House of Commons enquired at length into the matter. In March, an Act was passed to "encourage and compel George Robinson and John Thomson (sic) to appear ... and disclose the effects" of the Charitable Corporation. A Royal Proclamation was made on 17 March for apprehending Burroughs and Squire with a reward of £500 from the Treasury. The assignees in bankruptcy advertised a reward for those who would disclose his effects, reminding them of the penalty in that Act for not doing so.