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shall be sent by the Government. And as such Commissary may want assistance, he is hereby authorized to appoint a Deputy or Deputies under him; he being accountable for the conduct of his Deputies. And for the purposes aforesaid, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Committee of Safety be chosen by this Assembly, one of whom shall reside in each County, excepting the County of Providence, which shall have two, to furnish and pay the officers and soldiers in such County; and that each Committee-man shall give bond with surety to the General Treasurer, in the sum of one thousand Pounds lawful money, for the faithful discharge of his trust. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Committee provide Arms, Tents, Provisions, and every other Accoutrement necessary for the Army; and that they be allowed one and a half per cent, for transacting the business. And for supplying the General Treasury, Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of Twenty Thousand Pounds, lawful money bills, be immediately printed, and signed by the Honourable Metcalf Bowler, Esq., Henry Ward, Joseph Clarke, John Cole, and Thomas Greene, Esquires; that all Bills under five Shillings be signed by one of the Committee, and all the other Bills by two of the Committee; that the same shall be a lawful tender in discharge of all contracts, debts, dues and demands, whether of a publick or private nature; that one half of the said Bills shall be redeemed within two years, and the other half within five years, from the time of the emission, together with the interest thereon accruing, at the rate of two and a half per cent. per annum, by a general tax to be levied on the inhabitants of this Colony; and that the Bills shall be of the following value, to wit:
Which Bills shall be of the following form: “ The possessor of this Bill shall be paid, by the Treasurer of the Colony of Rhode-Island, . . . . . lawful money, at the rate of six Shillings and nine Pence for one ounce of Silver, within five years from the date hereof, with interest at two and a half per cent. per annum until paid.—By order of Assembly.—Providence, the third day of May 1775.” And on the said Bill there shall be the same impression and motto as on the lawful money Bills heretofore emitted. It is Voted and Resolved, That the Committee of Safety be, and they are hereby, appointed to receive the Colony’s Arms, and distribute them where they are wanted, amongst the soldiers that shall enlist into the Army of Observation; that the said Committee, or any four of them, be, and they are hereby, appointed, and fully empowered, during the recess of the General Assembly, to fill up all vacancies that shall happen amongst the officers that shall be appointed by the General Assembly for the said Army; and that they procure all necessaries not particularly mentioned in the Act for raising said Army. Both Houses being joined in a grand Committee, chose the following Officers, to wit: The Committee of Safety. William Richmond, Esq., for the County of Newport. Mr. John Smith and Daniel Tillinghast, Esq., for the County of Providence. John Northup, Esq., for the County of King’s County. William Bradford, Esq., for the County of Bristol. Mr. Jacob Greene, for the County of Kent. Officers of the Army of Observation. Nathaniel Greene, Jun., Esq., Brigadier-General. Peter Phillips, Esq., Commissary. Thomas Church, Esq., Colonel of the Regiment to be raised in the Counties of Newport and Bristol. Daniel Hitchcock, Esq., Colonel of the Regiment to be raised in the County of Providence. James Mitchell Varnum, Esquire, Colonel of the Regiment to be raised in the Counties of King’s County and Kent. William Turner Miller, Esquire, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment to be raised in the Counties of Newport and Bristol. Ezekiel Cornell, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment of Providence. James Babcock, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Regiment of King’s County and Kent. John Forrester, Esq., Major of the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. Israel Angell, Esq., Major of the Regiment of Providence. Christopher Greene, Esq., Major of the Regiment of King’s County and Kent. John Crane, Captain, and Joseph Balch, Captain-Lieutenant of the Train of Artillery. William Ladd, Captain-Lieutenant, Nathaniel Church, Lieutenant, and Cornelius Briggs, Ensign, of the Colonel’s Company of the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. Matthew Allen, Captain-Lieutenant, James Smith, Lieutenant, and James Brown, Jun., Ensign, of the Lieutenant-Colonel’s Company of the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. John Topham, Captain-Lieutenant, George Tennant, Lieutenant, and Stephen Tripp, Ensign, of the Major’s Company of the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. Sion Martindale, Captain, Benjamin Diamon, Lieutenant, and James Child, the Second, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. Thomas Tew, Captain, Jonathan Simmons, Lieutenant, and Christopher Bennet, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. Jonathan Brownell, Captain, Sylvanus Shaw, Lieutenant, and Godfrey Brown, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. Benjamin Seabury, Captain, Gilbert Manchester, Lieutenant, and Israel Church, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Newport and Bristol. Simeon Thayer, Captain-Lieutenant, John Spurr, Lieutenant, and William Potter, Ensign, of the Colonel’s Company of the Regiment of Providence. Stephen Kimball, Captain-Lieutenant, Jonathan Smith, Lieutenant, and George Dorrance, Junior, Ensign, of the Lieutenant-Colonel’s Company of the Regiment of Providence. John Field, Captain-Lieutenant, David Richmond, Lieutenant, and Samuel Black, Ensign, of the Major’s Company of the Regiment of Providence. Andrew Waterman, Captain, William Aldrich, Lieutenant, and David Dexter, Junior, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Providence. John Angell, Captain, Coggeshall Olney, Lieutenant, and Stephen Olney, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Providence. Christopher Olney, Captain, Ephraim Bowen, Junior, Lieutenant, and Cyprian Sterry, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Providence. Jeremiah Olney, Captain, Levi Tower, Lieutenant, and Nathaniel Field, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Providence. Nathaniel Blackmar, Captain, Samuel Thornton, Lieutenant, and Abraham Tourtellot, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of Providence. Archibald Crary, Captain-Lieutenant, and John Singer Dexter, Lieutenant, of the Colonel’s Company of the Regiment of King’s County and Kent. John Hoxsie, Captain-Lieutenant, Jonathan Bates, Junior, Lieutenant, and Joseph Holloway, Ensign, of the Lieutenant-Colonel’s Company of the Regiment of King’s County and Kent. Edmund Johnson, Captain-Lieutenant, John Reynolds, Lieutenant, John Holden, (Son of Charles,) Ensign, of the Major’s Company of the Regiment of King’s County and Kent. Thomas Holden, Captain, Joseph Barton, Lieutenant,
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