and Joseph Arnold, (son of Caleb,) Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of King’s County and Kent.

Samuel Ward, Junior, Captain, Elijah Lewis, Lieutenant, and Joshua Collins, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of King’s County and Kent.

James Gardner, Captain, Thomas Phillips, Lieutenant, and Samuel Bissell, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of King’s County and Kent.

Christopher Gardner, Junior, Captain, Nathaniel Hawkins, Lieutenant, and William Potter, (son of Ichabod,) Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of King’s County and Kent.

John Randall, Captain, Oliver Clarke, Lieutenant, and Stephen Wells, Ensign, of a Company in the Regiment of King’s County and Kent.

It is Voted and Resolved, That the Committee of Safety in the several Counties, be, and they are hereby appointed Muster-Masters of the Troops now ordered to be raised, for their respective Counties.

Whereas, the Ministry and Parliament of Great Britain, sacrificing the glory and happiness of their Sovereign, and the good of Britain and the Colonies, to their own ambitious and lucrative views, have entered into many arbitrary, illegal Resolutions, for depriving His Majesty’s subjects in America of every security for the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property; and have sent, and are still sending, troops and ships of war into these Colonies, to enforce their tyrannical mandates, and have actually begun to shed the blood of the innocent people of these Colonies; in consequence whereof, this Assembly, at the session held on the 22d day of April last, passed an Act for raising fifteen hundred men, as an Army of Observation, and to assist any of our sister Colonies:

And whereas, the Honourable Joseph Wanton, Esquire, then Governour of this Colony, did enter a protest against the said Act, conceived in such terms as highly to reflect upon the General Assembly, and upon the united opposition of all America, to the aforesaid tyrannical measures:

And whereas, the said Joseph Wanton, Esquire, hath neglected to issue a Proclamation for the due observation of Thursday, the 11th of May instant, as a day of Fasting and Prayer, agreeable to an Act passed at the said session:

And whereas, the said Joseph Wanton, Esquire, hath been elected to the office of Governour of this Colony for the present year, and been duly notified thereof by this Assembly; notwithstanding which he hath not attended at this General Assembly and taken the oath required by law:

And whereas, the said Joseph Wanton, Esquire, hath positively refused to sign the commissions for the officers appointed to command the Troops so ordered to be raised: By all which he hath manifested his intentions to defeat the good people of these Colonies in their present glorious struggle to transmit inviolate to posterity those sacred rights they have received from their ancestors:

Be it therefore enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That the Deputy Governour and Assistants be, and they are hereby forbid to administer the oath of office to the said Joseph Wanton, Esq., unless in free and open General Assembly, according to the unvaried practice in this Colony, and with the consent of such Assembly: that until the said Joseph Wanton, Esq., shall have taken the oath of office as aforesaid, it shall not be lawful for him to act as Governour of this Colony in any case whatever; and that every act done by him, in the pretended capacity of Governour, shall be null and void in itself, and shall not operate as a warrant or discharge to any person acting by his orders, or under his authority.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Henry Ward, Esquire, Secretary of the Colony, be, and he is hereby directed, and fully authorized and empowered, to sign the Commissions for all officers, civil and military, chosen by this Assembly, as well those going in the service abovesaid, as others, he receiving therefor, out of the General Treasury, two shillings and eight pence for each commission. And that such commission so signed, with the Colony seal affixed, shall be as full and effectual warrant and warrants to every and all such officer and officers so chosen, for the faithful discharge of his and their duty, as if the same were signed by a Governour of this Colony, duly elected and engaged according to law; any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That his Honour the Deputy Governour be requested, and fully authorized and empowered, to call the General Assembly together upon any emergency, to meet at such time and place as he shall think most for the interest of the Colony.

Whereas, the Honourable Joseph Wanton, Esquire, who is elected Governour of this Colony for the present year, hath not attended this Assembly and taken the oath of office, and cannot, therefore, appoint a Naval Officer until he shall be sworn in before the General Assembly:

Be it therefore enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That the Naval Office be kept by James Clarke, Esq., who hath for some time past kept it, until further orders from this Assembly; and that he account to this Assembly.

It is Voted and Resolved, That the Committee of Safety be, and they are hereby directed to make out the account of the expenses of raising and equipping the fifteen hundred men ordered to be raised by this Colony, as an Army of Observation, and for the assistance of any of the neighbouring Colonies, as soon as the said Troops are fully equipped, and transmit the same to the Delegates of this Colony at the Continental Congress, to be by them laid before the Congress, that the Colonies which have not been, or shall not be, at a proportionate expense in the defence of our common rights, may contribute their proportion towards reimbursing this Colony such part of the expenses of raising and equipping the said fifteen hundred men, as shall be more than this Colony’s proportion towards the common defence.

Be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That the Lieutenant-General, Brigadier-General, and the Committee of Safety, be, and they, or the major part of them, are hereby fully authorized and empowered, to order and direct when and in what manner the forces, or any part thereof, shall march out of this Colony to the assistance of any neighbouring Colony in distress.

It is Voted and Resolved, That the Brigadier-General draw up the several Regiments to be raised in this Colony, either singly or together; and that the Captains of the several companies, not belonging to the field-officers thereof, shall draw lots for their places and stations in the Regiments aforesaid.

It is Voted and Resolved, That the form of a Commission to a Colonel of a Regiment in the Army of Observation, now laid before this Assembly, be, and the same, is hereby approved; and that similar Commissions, mutatis mutandis, be issued to the other officers of said Army.

It is Voted and Resolved, That the Speaker of the Lower House be, and he is hereby requested to transmit to the Speaker of the House of Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, and to the Committee of Inspection for the City of New-York, copies of the Proceedings of this Assembly, relative to the present disputes between Great Britain and the Colonies.

Be it enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That any military officer commissioned to command any part of the Army of Observation, be removed for any misbehaviour or neglect of duty, and another appointed in his stead, by a General Court Martial to be holden for that purpose.

It is Voted and Resolved, That Joshua Babcock, Esq., be requested to carry the proceedings of this General Assembly, respecting the raising an Army of Observation, &c., to the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut; and to request of them to transmit to this Assembly their proceedings and transactions relative to the present alarming crisis of affairs.

It is Voted and Resolved, That the following monthly wages shall be allowed and paid unto the following respective officers and men in the Army of Observation; that is to say: