Resolved, That Henry Gardner, Esq., receiver general, be, and he is hereby ordered, to pay to Mr. William Barber, for the use of Capt. James Noble, £100, as part of said Noble's pay roll as captain in Col. Benedict Arnold's regiment, in the late expedition against the posts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, for the use of said Noble's company.

The committee appointed to consider an account of Mr. Solomon Lothrop, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz. :

Resolved, That the receiver general be, and hereby is directed, to pay Mr. S. Lothrop, the sum of £24 6s. 9d. in full of his account exhibited this day, for entertainment provided for General Washing

ton.

Resolved, That the resolve passed yesterday, directing the receiver general to pay Mr. John Gill £6 17s. 8d. be reconsidered.

Resolved, That John Davis, one of the persons taken from Long Island, and brought under guard to this Congress, be remanded to the commander in chief of the American forces, at Cambridge, being suspected to have deserted from Capt. Foster's company in the artillery, and engaged in the service of our enemies that he be delivered, together with a copy of this resolve, to such officer as the general shall appoint.

Resolved, That John Freeman a negro man, one of the persons taken from Long Island, and brought under guard to this Congress, be committed to the jail in Cambridge; there to remain until he be discharged by order of this Congress, or some future house of representatives, or by order of the committee of safety, in case there is no Congress or house of representatives then sitting, and the jail keeper is hereby directed to receive, detain, and provide for the said John accordingly.

Ordered, That Mr. Crane, Major Fuller and Mr. Jewett, be a committee to consider a resolve of the committee relative to horses, this day presented to Congress.

The resolve of the committee of safety, relative to such soldiers as have enlisted twice, was read, and again recommitted to Col. Porter, Col. Mosely and Capt. Stone.

Ordered, That Mr. Phillips, Mr. Kollock and Mr. Robinson, be a committee to bring in a resolve, recommending to the inhabitants of this colony not to kill any more sheep, till the general assembly shall take some order hereon.

The committee appointed to make an establishment of salt, for the soldiers, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows: Whereas, complaints have been made to this Congress, that there is

now great want of salt in the camps; therefore, Resolved, that the commissary be, and hereby is directed, when application is made by any of the officers for the above said article, to deal out one gill per week to each person, for which said application is made, and no more.

The committee appointed to consider a resolve of the committee of safety, relative to several horses taken from the enemy, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz.: Whereas, four horses were taken by Capt. Brown, of Salem, and a party with him at or near Charlestown neck, and some disputes having arisen whose property said horses should be, therefore, Resolved, that the said horses be delivered into the hands of Capt. Brown aforesaid, until the further order of this Congress, or some future house of representatives of this colony, to whom he is to be accountable for the same.

The committee appointed to bring in a resolve recommending to the inhabitants of this colony, not to kill any more sheep, &c., reported. The report was accepted, and ordered to be printed in the newspapers, and in handbills to be issued for procuring coats, &c.

Whereas, there is the highest probability of a very large demand for the article of wool, and inconceivable mischief may ensue from delaying a speedy provision for its increase; therefore, Resolved, that it be earnestly recommended to the inhabitants of this colony, that they refrain from killing any sheep, or lambs, excepting in cases of absolute necessity, till the further order of this Congress, or some future assembly of this colony, and it is expected of every person who regards the advice of this body, the decisions of the Continental Congress, or the welfare of this people, that they grant a strict compliance herewith.

A resolve was brought in on the account of Alexander Gray, and accepted, and is as follows, viz. :

Resolved, That the receiver general be, and hereby is directed, to pay Mr. Alexander Gray, or order, £2 7s. 8d. in full for the balance of his account of time, and expenses, on a journey to Philadelphia, as an express to the Continental Congress.

A resolve for payment of Mr. Nathaniel Barber's account was brought in, accepted, and is as follows, viz. :

Resolved, That the receiver general be, and hereby is directed, to pay Mr. Nathaniel Barber, or order, £4 14s. 4d. in full for one month's service as store keeper of the ordnance, and expenses of horse hire, &c., agreeably to an account exhibited to this Congress, by said Barber.

The committee appointed to consider a resolve of the committee of

safety, relative to soldiers who had enlisted twice, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz. Whereas, many inconveniences have arisen by reason of divers soldiers of the forces raised by this colony enlisting a second time into other companies than those which they first enlisted into, which ought to be remedied; therefore, Resolved, that every soldier, who, before the second day of July instant, has enlisted into other companies than those with whom he at first enlisted, unless the second enlistment was made with the consent of the officer with whom he at first enlisted, or by consent of the committee of safety, or order of Congress, in either of which cases the first enlistment shall be void, shall return to the company with whom he first enlisted, if requested by the commanding officer of such company, otherwise to remain in the company he next enlisted into. And in case any dispute shall arise, whether any such second enlistment was made by consent, or order, as above expressed, the committee of safety are hereby empowered and directed fully and finally to settle and determine the same.

The committee appointed to consider what towns the ten prisoners shall be sent to, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz. :

Resolved, That ten persons, taken from Long Island, be sent to the towns in the county of Worcester hereafter named, viz. : John Hayes and Thomas Bibby to the town of Lunenburg; James Griffin and John Reed to Rutland; Perez Merren and Michael Malony to Shrewsbury; Patrick Hickey and Richard Nash to Brookfield; Michael Mellows and John Fleming to Sutton: to be received, employed and provided for, by the selectmen of those respective towns, in the best way and manner they can, till the further order of this colony. And it is further Resolved, that the prisoners shall not be at liberty to pass over the line of the town, where they are respectively stationed, without a pass from the selectmen of such town, after they have arrived therein.

Further Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing, so far as relates to each town, be by them carried to the selectmen of such town, and that each of the above named persons be informed, that any attempt to make an escape, or evade the execution of the above resolve, shall be deemed full evidence of his being engaged in the service of the enemies of this country, and that he shall be treated as such.

Further Resolved, that each of the said persons be furnished with two days' provisions, to enable them to repair to the several places of

their destination; which provision shall be delivered to them by Captain Brown, out of the colony stores in this place.

Ordered, That the president, Mr. Phillips, and Col. Porter, Mr. Gerry, and Capt. Stone, be a committee to revise and explain the commission of the committee of safety.

Afternoon.

[The committee appointed to revise the commission of the committee of safety, reported. The report was accepted, and is as follows, viz. :]

Resolved, That the Hon. John Hancock, Esq., Doct. Benjamin Church, Capt. Benjamin White, Col. Joseph Palmer, Mr. Richard Devens, Mr. Abraham Watson, Col. Azor Orne, Hon. Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq., Nathan Cushing, Esq., Doct. Samuel Holten, and Hon. Enoch Freeman, Esq., be, and hereby are appointed a committee of safety for this colony, with the powers and authorities hereafter expressed, and no other, that is to say; that the said committee shall have full power, at any time during the recess of this Congress, if they shall judge it necessary, in the shortest and most effectual manner, to summon and cause to come together a quorum of this Congress, forty at the least to be accounted a quorum, at such place as the said committee shall judge most proper; and in assembling such quorum the said committee are hereby strictly enjoined to notify such members as may be most expeditiously assembled. Also, that the said committee be, and they hereby are invested with full power, until the thirtieth day of July instant, or until their commission shall be abrogated by the representative body of the inhabitants of this colony, upon application made to them therefor, by the general and commander in chief of the continental army in this colony, for the time being, or whenever the said committee, without such application, shall judge the safety of the lives and property of the inhabitants of this colony, or of any of them, shall absolutely require it, to warn, and cause to be assembled, such and so many of the militia thereof, as they shall judge necessary, at such place or places within the colony as they shall judge proper, and such militia to retain and discharge as to the said committee shall seem meet. Also, that the said committee are hereby empowered, during the time last mentioned, to procure, and employ for that part of the said continental army raised by this colony, all such armorers and other tradesmen and artificers, as they shall suppose and judge to be needed, to further and promote the operations of the said army, and them, as also all such tradesmen and artificers as are now retained, and employed for that part of the said army, to regulate, arrange, re

move, dismiss, and discharge, for unskilfulness, unfaithfulness, or whenever the service may not require the further retaining them, or any of them. And the said committee are hereby desired to be attentive to the behavior and performances of such tradesmen and artificers as are now, or shall be in the service and employ of this colony in the said army, that the colony be not defrauded by unfaithful, and incompetent persons.

And the said committee are hereby authorized to execute all the commissions, and perform all the services which have been given them, and to which they have been appointed in and by any special resolves of this Congress, made and passed at this session, which they have not yet executed and performed.

And furthermore, the said committee are hereby empowered to make such further provision for the reception, sustenance, and support of the poor of Boston and Charlestown as have, or may come out of said towns, as may appear to be necessary for their comfortable subsistence, according to the intention of Congress, taking all imaginable care to guard against the infection of the small pox, by persons coming out of the town of Boston, and any other means whatever.

And it is hereby Resolved, and Ordered, that any five of said committee, if a majority are not present, be a quorum, with full powers to act in the same manner as if the whole were present. And the whole of said committee are desired, notwithstanding, to give their punctual, and constant attendance on said committee.

Resolved, That the said committee be, and they hereby are fully empowered, until the thirtieth of July instant, or until their commission shall be abrogated by the representative body of the inhabitants of this colony, to receive, examine, and discharge, or cause to be confined, according to their wisdom, any person or persons taken captive, that may properly come under the cognizance of the representative body of this people, and to receive, and duly secure, any interests, or effects, the conduct whereof is not already provided for, that shall be at the disposal of this colony. And all the powers with which the committee of safety were vested by the resolve of the eighteenth of May last, except such as are contained in the above resolves, are hereby revoked, and declared null and void.

Ordered, That Major Fuller of Newton, Col. Farley, Mr. Crane, Capt. Stone, and Major Fuller, be a committee to examine the prisoners brought from Machias, and report what is best to be done with them.

Ordered, That Col. Mosely, Mr. Woodbridge, and Mr. Kollock, be