Pound four Shillings lawful money, be paid unto the said Samuel Smith, out of the General Treasury.

Whereas Job Bonnet, Esq., exhibited unto this Assembly an account, by him charged against the Colony, for materials and for making a Flag for Fort-George: And the said account being duly considered, It is Voted and Resolved, That the same be and hereby is allowed; and that the amount thereof, being seven Pounds fourteen Shillings and Ninepence lawful money, be paid unto the said Job Bennet, out of the General Treasury.

Whereas Captain George Cornel exhibited unto this Assembly an account, by him charged against the Colony, for his wages as Captain of Fort-George, &c.: And the said account being duly examined, It is Voted and Resolved, That the same be and hereby is allowed; and that the amount thereof, being nine Pounds five Shillings and Ninepence lawful money, be paid unto the said George Cornel, out of the General Treasury.

It is Voted and Resolved, That the Gentlemen mentioned in the following list, be and they are hereby chosen to serve in the offices to their names respectively ascribed, to wit:

Joseph Belcher, Esq., Colonel, John Cooke, Esq., Lieutenant-Colonel, and William Channing, Esq., Major of the Regiment of Militia in the County of Newport.

Charles Dyre, Esq., Major of the Regiment of Militia in King’s County.

William Barton, Esq., Adjutant of the First Regiment of Militia in the County of Providence.

Samuel Pearce, Jun., Captain, William Allen (Son of William) Lieutenant, and George Allen Ensign of the Second Company of Militia in Portsmouth.

William Taylor, Captain, John Cole, Lieutenant, and James Albro Ensign of the Second Company of Militia in North-Kingstown.

William Arnold, Esq., Major of the Regiment of Militia in the County of Kent.

Benjamin Underwood, Captain, John Carr, Lieutenant, and Benjamin Carr, Jun., Ensign of the Company of Militia in, Jamestown.

Samuel Hill, Captain, Thomas Jenckes, Lieutenant, and Samuel Day Ensign of the First Company of Militia in Smithfield.

James Smith Lieutenant of the Third Company of Militia in Smith field.

Joseph Whipple, Captain, Joseph Kinyon, Lieutenant, and Asaph Bennet Ensign of the Fourth Company of Militia in Coventry.

Thomas Peckham, Captain, Samuel Baley, Lieutenant, and Elisha Barker Ensign of the Company of Militia in Middletown.

Ezra Ormsbee Captain of the Company of Militia in Warren.

Vial Allen, Lieutenant, and Daniel Kinnicut, Ensign of the Company of Militia in Barrington.

Whereas the Committee appointed for signing the lawful Money Bills made a report unto this Assembly, in the following words:

In pursuance of an Act passed at the session held at East-Greenwich, on the second Monday in June last, for emitting Ten Thousand Pounds lawful money, in Bills of Credit, we the subscribers have signed the said Bills, which are of the following denominations, to wit:

In pursuance of another Act passed by the General Assembly, at the session held at Providence, on Wednesday the twenty-eighth of June last, for emitting a further sum of Ten Thousand Pounds lawful money, in Bills of Credit, we the subscribers have signed the said Bills, being of the same denominations as those above mentioned.

We have delivered the said Bills, amounting to Twenty Thousand Pounds, to the General Treasurer, of whom we have taken a receipt in the eighth Book of the Colony Records, in the Secretary’s Office; in which book we have also registered an exact account of the order of signing the same.

To which Report they subjoined an account by them charged against the Colony, for the said service: All which being duly considered, It is Voted and Resolved, That the foregoing Report be and the same is hereby accepted; that the said account be and it is allowed; and that the amount thereof, being one hundred Pounds, be paid unto the said Metcalf Bowler, Thomas Greene, Joseph Clarke, John Cole, and Henry Ward, out of the General Treasury.

Whereas Mr. Caleb Gardner exhibited unto this Assembly an account, by him charged against the Colony, for thirty-six pounds of Gunpowder, by him furnished for Fort-George: And the said account being duly examined, It is Voted and Resolved, That the same be and hereby is allowed; and that the amount thereof, being three Pounds one Shilling and six Pence lawful money, be paid unto the said Caleb Gardner, out of the General Treasury.

It is Voted and Resolved, That two Row-Gallies be forthwith built and equipped at the expense of this Colony, for its protection and defence: That they be of a suitable bigness, to carry sixty men each, to row with fifteen oars on a side, and to mount one eighteen-pounder in the bow, and a number of swivel guns; and that they be built in such further and particular form, model and construction, as shall be judged most suitable and fitting by the Committee hereafter named, for answering the design and purpose of their building: And that Ambrose Page, Esq., be the person for the above purpose, and that he be empowered to draw out of the General Treasury a sum not exceeding three hundred Pounds, to enable him to prosecute the building.

It is Voted and Resolved, That Mr. John Lasell, who is appointed Western Post-Rider, be paid weekly for his service by the General Treasurer of the Colony.

Whereas Capt. George T. Cornel exhibited unto this Assembly an account, by him charged against the Colony, for materials furnished, divers things done, bills paid, and wages due, in and about Fort-George: And the same being duly examined, It is Voted and Resolved, That the same be allowed; and that the sum of eight Pounds fifteen Shillings and eight Pence lawful money, being the amount thereof be paid unto the said George T. Cornel, out of the General Treasury.

It is Voted and Resolved, That Mr. John Earl be and hereby is appointed Captain, Mr. James Peckham, Lieutenant, and Mr. Cook Wilcocks Ensign of the Company of Minute-Men for the Town of Portsmouth.

Whereas the Post-Rider hath been stopped by the Ships-of-War in the harbour of Newport, and the mail hath been actually taken from him by violence, which renders it necessary that the route be altered: It is therefore Voted and Resolved, That Mr. John Lasell be employed as a Post-Rider, to go the old post road, from Providence to New-London: That he set out from Providence for New-London on every Tuesday, immediately upon the arrival of the post from Cambridge, and return as soon as possible: That he be allowed from this Colony at the rate of one hundred and eighty-five Dollars a year, and in that proportion for any lesser time, he finding good horses, and paying his own expenses: That Mr. Benjamin Mumford be employed as a Post-Rider from Newport to Cambridge: That he set out from Newport on Monday afternoon at three o’clock, to carry the Newport mail for the westward to Providence, and proceed immediately to Cambridge with the mails for that Post-Office, and set off from thence on Thursday in the afternoon for Providence, and there

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