which hath usually been represented by a Member in the General Assembly, or such other persons as are by law entitled to vote for Members of Assembly, shall also in like manner in presence of three Inspectors to be appointed by the Town Committee, elect a Member to represent them in Congress, under the same rules and regulations, as near as may be, as have been usually observed in electing Members to sit and vote in General Assembly.

And the person or persons who shall appear to have the greatest number of votes shall by the Secretary of the Committee be returned duly elected to serve in Congress, Provided, That nothing in the above Resolve shall be deemed to alter the mode of voting observed in this and the last Congress, by Counties and Towns. And provided likewise, that no Returning Officer shall be admitted to sit and vote in Congress.

And whereas great part of the Lands situate in that part of Lord Granville’s Territories, comprehended in the Counties of Bute, Granville, Wake, Chatham, Orange, Guilford, Rowan, Surrey, and also Mecklenburgh County, have been long settled by substantial inhabitants, who have not been able to acquire legal titles of freehold to their land, yet ought of right to have votes in all elections:

Resolved, That all householders in the said Counties, who have improved lands in possession, except such as hold land by lease for years, or at will, from or under any freeholder, shall vote in all elections for the said Counties, in like manner as freeholders in other Counties in this Province, any thing in the aforegoing Resolution to the contrary notwithstanding.

That the Secretary or Clerk of each respective Committee shall give notice of each annual election, at the most publick places within their respective County and Town, at least twenty days before the time of such election.

That the Congress of this Colony shall be annually held, on the tenth day of November at such place as the preceding Congress shall agree, unless for special reasons otherwise directed by the Provincial Council; and the said Council shall ascertain the time of holding the next Congress.

That the Delegates so elected and qualified, when met in Congress, shall, before they enter upon any publick business, in the presence of at least three Members of the Provincial Council, repeat and subscribe the following Test, to wit: “We, the subscribers, professing our allegiance to the King, and acknowledging the constitutional executive power of Government, do solemnly profess, testify and declare, that we do absolutely believe that neither the Parliament of Great Britain, nor any member or constituent branch thereof, hath a right to impose Taxes upon these Colonies to regulate the internal police thereof; and that all attempts by fraud or force to establish and exercise such claims and powers, are violations of the peace and security of the people, and ought to be resisted to the utmost; and that the people of this Province, singly and collectively, are bound by the Acts and Resolutions of the Continental and Provincial Congresses, because in both they are freely represented by persons chosen by themselves. And we do solemnly and sincerely promise and engage, under the sanction of virtue, honour and the sacred love of liberty and our country, to maintain and support all and every the Acts, Resolutions and Regulations of the said Continental and Provincial Congresses, to the utmost of our power and abilities. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands this. . ., day of . . . 177 . .”

That there be in each County a Committee, of not less than twentyone persons, who shall be freeholders, a majority of whom shall be a quorum.

That there be in each of the Towns of Edenton, Newbern and Wilmington, a Committee to consist of fifteen persons; and in every other Town in this Colony having a right of representation, a Committee consisting of seven Members, qualified as before mentioned; the majority of the said Town Committees respectively to be a quorum.

That every person having a right to vote for Delegates to sit in Congress, shall have a right to vote for Committee-men.

That the Electors before they shall be suffered to vote, and the Elected before they shall sit and act, shall swear, if required, to their qualification.

That there be a new election of Committees yearly, on the day fixed for electing Delegates to sit in Congress, and the same mode shall be pursued in electing Committee-men as Delegates.

That the Committee of every Town in this Colony may act in conjunction, and be consolidated with the Committee of the County in which it is situated.

That every County and Town Committee shall meet on the first day of their respective Courts, at their several Court-Houses or such other place as they may think proper, and as much oftener as they may judge necessary.

That the different Committees within their respective jurisdictions shall execute all such orders as may be received by them from the Committees of Safety and the Provincial Council, and shall superintend the observance of the General Association, and Resolves, Orders and directions of the Continental and Provincial Congresses.

That each Town and County Committee may make such further Rules and Regulations, within their respective Districts as to them shall appear necessary, so that they do not presume to inflict corporal punishment on any offender whatsoever, imprisonment only excepted.

That no person in this Province shall presume to commence any action whatsoever, in any Court of Law or before any Magistrate in this Province, from and after the tenth day of September instant, without application to and leave from the Committee of the County in which his debtor resides; nor shall any suit then depending be proceeded on without the approbation of such Committee: but execution shall not hereafter issue in any case whatsoever, till the Provincial Congress shall make further order therein.

That all sales by virtue of mortgages and letters of attorney are comprehended within the intent and meaning of the foregoing Resolves.

That the respective Town and County Committees shall immediately after their nomination and qualification, elect by ballot out of their own Members, seven persons to act as a Committee of Secrecy, Intelligence and Observation, who shall correspond with the Provincial Council, the Committees of Safety, and the other Committees in this and the neighbouring Colonies, and shall have power to take up and examine all suspected persons, and, if necessary, send them to the Provincial Council or the Committees of Safety for their respective Districts.

Then, on motion, Resolved, The foregoing Report be concurred with.

The Committee appointed to settle Mr. James Davis’s Account, reported as follows, viz:

Your Committee are of opinion that the charge of seven hundred and fifty Pounds salary for three years, if due, is a charge against a particular fund, which the Treasurers appointed by act of Assembly are accountable for; that the other charges are for services done for the publick, which that salary was originally intended to compensate, and for which your Committee think is sufficient satisfaction, because the same individuals constitute the publick, whether represented in Assembly or Congress.

In Congress concurred with.

Resolved, That a sum not exceeding one thousand Pounds be advanced by either of the Treasurers to Mr. Willie Jones, one of the Superintendents appointed for the Southern District by the General Congress, to be laid out in part or in the whole at his discretion, in presents to the Indians and for his own expenses, and that he be accountable as aforesaid to this Congress.

Resolved, That the following persons be a Provincial Council, to wit:

For the District of WILMINGTON: The Hon. Samuel Johnston, Esq., Cornelius Harnett, and Samuel Ashe, Esqs.

For the District of EDENTON: Thomas Jones, and Whitmill Hill, Esquires.

For the District of NEWBERN: Abner Nash, and James Coor, Esquires.

For the District of HILLSBOROUGH: Thomas Person, and John Kinchen, Esquires.

For the District of HALIFAX: Willie Jones, and Thomas Eaton, Esquires.

For the District of SALISBURY: Samuel Spencer, and Waighstill Avery, Esquires.