rules, orders, and regulations, as shall or may be voted and agreed upon by the Officers and Company, and in equal vote the Captain or chief officer to have a casting vote: provided such orders and regulations are allowed and approved of by the Captain-General, or by the Field-Officers of said Regiment; and no person shall be enlisted into or dismissed from said Company, but by the vote of said Company; and in case said Company should be dissolved, or any person or persons be dismissed therefrom, all persons released from said Company, in either of the ways aforesaid, who ought by law yet to bear arms, shall do duty in the military Companies where they respectively belong.

Upon the Memorial of Daniel Gray, of Stamford, in Fairfield County, showing to this Assembly, that he hath quantities of Rye and Indian Corn, which are wasting, and also that many of the inhabitants of said Town of Stamford have large quantities of the aforementioned commodities, and that he owns a Sloop of about fifty tons burden, which he would risk, together with her loading, to transport Rye and Indian Corn, to supply the suffering inhabitants of the eastern parts of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, viz: to Falmouth, Machias, and Sheepscut, in said Province, praying for liberty to transport a sloop load of Rye and Indian Corn to the said Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, viz: to Falmouth, Machias, and Sheepscut, in the said Province, as per Memorial:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Memorialist, have liberty, and he is hereby permitted and liberty is granted him to transport said sloop load of Rye and Indian Corn to said Falmouth, Machias, and Sheepscut: provided he give bond to the Governour and Company of this Colony, for the sum of five hundred Pounds, lawful money, that he will faithfully transport, land, and dispose of said Rye and Indian Corn, at one or other of the places aforesaid; said bond to be lodged with the Naval Officer for the Port of New-Haven.

Upon the Memorial of Leonard Dusau, of Cape Francois, in the West-Indies, showing that he is owner of a Schooner of about fifty tons burden, now lying in the Harbour of New-York, praying for permission to load said Schooner with Lumber from this Colony for said Cape, as per Memorial on file:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Memorialist have liberty, and permission is hereby granted to load said Schooner with a cargo of Lumber from this Colony to Cape Francois, in the West-Indies, upon his giving bond, in the sum of five hundred Pounds, lawful money, payable to the Treasurer of this Colony, that he will not carry said cargo of Lumber to any English Island in the West-Indies, and also that he will procure and return unto this Continent such Military Stores as he can obtain, that may be needful and necessary; and any Naval Officer in this Colony is hereby empowered to take such bond, payable to the Treasurer of this Colony.

Upon the Memorial of Stephen Thorp, of Fairfield, in the County of Fairfield, showing to this Assembly, that he is owner of a Sloop of about fifty tons, and has in store a large quantity of Indian Corn, Rye, and Rye Flour, and is desirous to load said Sloop with the articles aforesaid, and transport such lading to Falmouth, Machias, or Sheepscut, in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay, praying for liberty to transport said sloop load of Rye, Indian Corn, and Rye Flour, to either of the places aforesaid, as per Memorial:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Memorialist have liberty, and he is hereby permitted and liberty is granted him to transport said sloop load of Rye, Indian Corn, and Rye Flour, to said Falmouth, Machias, or Sheepscut; provided he give bond to the Governour and Company of this Colony, for the sum of five hundred Pounds, lawful money, that he will faithfully transport, sell, and dispose of said Rye, Indian Corn, and Rye Flour, at one or other of the places aforesaid; said bond to be lodged with the Naval Officer for the Port of New-Haven.

Upon the Memorial of Increase Bradley and Peter Whitney, of Fairfield, showing to this Assembly that they have in store a large quantity of Rye and Indian Corn, which lies by them for want of buyers, which they are desirous to ship on board their Sloop of about fifty tons, and the same transport to Falmouth, Machias, or Sheepscut, in the Massachusetts-Bay, praying this Assembly to grant them a permit to transport said sloop load of Rye and Indian Corn to either of the places as aforesaid, as per Memorial:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Memorialists have liberty, and they are hereby permitted and liberty is granted them to ship on board said Sloop a sufficient quantity of Rye and Indian Corn to load the same, and the said Rye and Indian Corn transport to Falmouth, Machias, and Sheepscut, in the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay: provided they give bond to the Governour and Company of this Colony, that they will faithfully transport and land and dispose of said Rye and Indian Corn, at said Falmouth, Machias, or Sheepscut; said bond to be for the sum of five hundred Pounds, lawful money, and to be lodged with the Naval Officer for the Port of New-Haven.

The Gentlemen nominated by the votes of the Freemen, to stand for election in May next, as sent in to the General Assembly holden at New-Haven, on the second Thursday of October, 1775, are as follow, viz:

The Hon. Jonathan Trumbull, Esq., The Hon. Matthew Griswold, Esq., Jabez Hamlin, Esq., Elisha Sheldon, Esq., Eliphalet Dyer, Esq., Jabez Huntington, Esq., William Pitkin, Esq., Roger Sherman, Esq., Abraham Davenport, Esq., William Samuel Johnson, Esq., Joseph Spencer, Esq., Oliver Wolcott, Esq., Samuel Huntington, Esq., Mr. Richard Law, Colonel William Williams, Col. Erastus Wolcott, Col. Samuel Holden Parsons, Mr. Daniel Sherman, Mr. Silas Dean, Mr. Titus Hosmer.

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Assembly, that it is not best to enter upon any private business, of a civil nature, betwixt party and party, wherein there is any litigation, at this session of this Assembly.

Whereas the situation of publick affairs is such at present that this Assembly will not attend to private matters:

Therefore, Resolved, That the consideration of all private business, of a disputable nature, be referred over to the session of this Assembly in May next; and that all persons that, by any former Resolve of Assembly, are freed from arrest during the pendency of their Petitions already preferred, do remain in the same situation till their causes are heard, or until the further order of this Assembly.

Resolved by this Assembly, That William Williams, Esquire, who has now in his hands, in this Town of New-Haven, a sum or quantity of Continental Currency, lately received by him and Nathaniel Wales, Esq., of the Continental Treasurer at Philadelphia, for the use of this Colony, do, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay and deliver unto Samuel Bishop and Fisher Gay, Esqs., the sum of sixteen hundred and seventy-eight Dollars, equal to five hundred and three Pounds, eight Shillings, lawful money, of said currency, to be by them improved, to pay and discharge the debenture of said Assembly in their present session; and if said sum shall be more than sufficient for that purpose, they are to pay and deliver the overplus to the Treasurer of this Colony, taking his receipt therefor for their own security, not to be lodged with the Secretary nor charged against said Treasurer; and said Treasurer is directed to allow said sum to said Williams, so delivered and paid over to said Bishop and Gay, as if delivered to him personally, and charge the Colony for said debenture, paid as aforesaid.

This Assembly grants to his Honour Governour Trumbull the sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds, for the last half of his salary the current year.

This Assembly grants to the Honourable Deputy-Governour Griswold the sum of fifty Pounds, for the last half of his salary the current year.

This Assembly is adjourned, by proclamation, &c., until his Honour the Governour, or in his absence the Deputy-Governour, shall see cause to call it to meet again.

Test:

GEORGE WYLLYS, Secretary.