the same with the Secretary as aforeasid; and that the Treasurer pay out the same according to the order of this Assembly.

Whereas this Assembly have appointed and authorized John Canfield, Esq., to receive out of the Colony Treasury the sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds, lawful money, which he is to apply to the relief of the infirm and sick Soldiers at Ticonderoga, and the parts adjacent, in the service of the United Colonies, in such way and manner as in the Act of this Assembly is directed; and this Assembly being informed that there are Continental Bills in the hands of Colonel William Williams, that are to be delivered by him into the Treasury of this Colony:

Resolved, therefore, by this Assembly, That the said John Canfield,Esq., apply to the said Colonel Williams, and receive of him so many Continental Bills as to amount to said sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds; which sum the said Colonel Williams is desired to pay to the said John Canfield, Esq.; and said Canfields receipt therefor shall be accepted, by the Treasurer of this Colony, as payment for that sum, of the said Col. William Williams.

Resolved by this Assembly, That John Canfield, Esq., receive, out of the Colony Treasury, the sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds, and thereupon forthwith repair to Ticonderoga, and parts adjacent, and apply to the proper officers of the United Colonies, that they afford all proper and suitable relief, on account of the United Colonies, to all sick and infirm Soldiers, in that quarter, who have enlisted in the service of this Colony, and are or may be lawfully returning home; and in case no adequate relief can be had on account of the United Colonies, then he, the said John Canfield, Esq., is hereby directed to give such sick and infirm Soldiers all such relief as may be necessary, at the expense of this Colony, and lay his account, for his services and expenditures herein, before the Pay Table for allowance, and fully account for the money he shall receive as aforesaid. And the said John Canfield, Esq., is further directed to receive and adjust all accounts, which have arisen for the relief of such sick and infirm Soldiers, for which no compensation has or can be otherwise obtained, and lay the same before the Pay Table, who shall order payment therefor, and for all other accounts which have or may have arisen in manner aforesaid, according to what they shall find justly and equitably due.

An Act providing for the defence of the Sea-Coast of this Colony, during the term therein limited.

Be it enacted by the Governour, Council, and Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That a Company of seventy men be enlisted and stationed at New-London, from the 20th day of October instant, until the 1st day of December next, for the defence of the same; that said men be commanded by a Captain, two Lieutenants, and an Ensign. That the works begun on the old Fort, at New-London, be finished and completed, and that said men, to be enlisted, be employed in performing the same; and that the Cannon belonging to this Colony, now in said New-London, be mounted on said Fort, and that said Fort be supplied with one ton of Gunpowder out of the Colony stores. That a suitable platform be erected and made on said Fort, and that the Colony Treasurer, by order of the Committee of Pay Table, issue and pay to the Captain of said Company of Soldiers the sum of one hundred Pounds, to be laid out in purchase of materials for said platform, and other necessary expenses on said works, for which the said Captain shall render his account when required. That a Company of thirty men be enlisted and stationed at New-Haren, under the command of a Lieutenant, from the 20th day of October instant, until the 1st day of December next, for the defence thereof. That fifteen men be enlisted and stationed at Lyme, under the command of a Lieutenant, from said 20th of October to said 1st day of December, for the defence thereof. That a Company of forty men be enlisted and stationed at Stonington, under the command of a Captain, from said 20th day of October to said 1st day of December, for the defence thereof. That said Officers and Soldiers shall have and receive the same monthly wages with the Officers and Soldiers already raised for the defence of this Colony; and that said Officers and Soldiers be allowed the sum of five Shillings and three Pence, per week, for their billeting, during the term aforesaid; and that the Officers already appointed by his Honour the Governour and Committee of Safety, still continue to have the command of said respective bodies of men, agreeable to said appointment.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Committee of Pay Table be directed, and they are hereby directed and ordered, as soon as may be, to prepare and state an account of all the expense and disbursements this Colony hath been at in raising, equipping, and furnishing the Troops lately raised in this Colony, agreeable to Act of this Assembly, for the defence of the invaded rights of America, and all other expense which has been incurred by this Colony in defence and prosecution of the said common cause of America, and transmit to his Honour the Governour an authenticated copy of said accounts, who is hereby desired to transmit the same to the honourable Continental Congress, and request the payment of the balance which shall appear to be due to this Colony.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Committee of Pay Table be and they are hereby directed to receive, adjust, and allow what is reasonable, of the accounts of Physicians, Surgeons, Nurses, and others, who have attended or shall attend upon or support the sick, among the Troops raised by this Colony, who are taken sick in the service either before or on the march to or from their encampments, and not under advantage of being taken care of as the sick in the Army are, and to draw upon the Treasurer of this Colony for the payment thereof accordingly.

Resolved by this Assembly. That the Post now riding from Woodstock to Fairfield, through Lebanon, in this Colony, be, and he is hereby directed to be continued by the same person or persons, and under the same regulations and circumstances, at the publick expense, as has been heretofore used and practised, until the further order of this Assembly, or until some other regulations, adequate to the purposes of such Post, shall be made by the Postmaster-General.

Whereas his Honour the Governour, with the Committee of Safety, did order a number of Men, Officers and Soldiers, to be raised for the defence of the Towns of New-Haven, New-London, Lyme, and Stonington, in this Colony, at which places said Officers and Soldiers were stationed from the 20th day of October instant:

Resolved, therefore, by this Assembly, That the Committee of the Pay Table for this Colony be, and they are hereby empowered to receive, examine, and adjust, the several Accounts and Expenditures for the purpose aforesaid, and draw orders for the payment thereof upon the Treasurer of this Colony, who is hereby directed to pay such sums lo the chief officer of each Company, respectively, as shall be found due.

Whereas this Assembly, in their session in May last, appointed Colonel Erastus Wolcott, Captain Samuel Wads-worth, Captain Ezekiel Williams, Mr. Epaphras Bull, Henry Allyn, Esq., Colonel Fisher Gay, Colonel Matthew Talcott, Colonel James Wadsworth, Captain Jonathan Wells, Ebenezer White, Esq., and Colonel Jonathan Hum-phrey, a Committee, with instructions, at the expense of this Colony, to take care of and provide for a number of Officers and Soldiers, with their Families, &c., who were then Prisoners of War in the Town of Hartford; and this Assembly being informed that a number of such Prisoners are now in this Colony, and no provision is made for their confinement and support, therefore,

Resolved, That the Committee aforesaid be empowered, and they are hereby fully authorized, to take care of and provide for all such Prisoners as are or shall be ordered and directed to this Colony by authority, in the same manner as in said Act they are directed.

Whereas a former Assembly did appoint Daniel Sherman and Benjamin Stiles, Esquires, a Committee to pay off the Prizes in the Ousatonick River Lottery, that were not discharged by the Managers of said Lottery; and for that purpose did order the Treasurer of this Colony to deliver into the hands of said Sherman and Stiles, Esquires, the sum of five hundred Pounds, lawful money, whereof they were to account to this Assembly; and whereas no account has been rendered by those gentlemen