And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the Bills of Credit to be made and issued by virtue of this Ordinance, shall pass current until the twenty-first day of December, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That Samuel Tucker, Hendrick Fisher, and Richard Smith, Esquires, or any two of them, are hereby authorized and directed to agree with the printer for the price to be paid him for printing the Bills, according to the directions of this Ordinance, and shall be and are hereby appointed Inspectors of the Press, to take care that the printer of the Bills of Credit doth duly perform the duty hereby enjoined him.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That there shall be paid to the printer of the said Bills of Credit such sum or sums of Money, for printing them, as the said Inspectors, or any two of them, shall certify under their hands they had agreed to pay him for that service; and there shall be paid to the Treasurers, Inspectors, and Signers, such reward for their trouble as the Congress or Committee of Safety for this Colony shall deem reasonable. All which sums of money shall be paid by the Treasurers, or either of them, out of the money made current by virtue of this Ordinance, and shall take proper receipts for the same; which receipts, when laid before the Provincial Congress or Committee of Safety, shall discharge the said Treasurers, their heirs, executors, and administrators, for all such sums by them paid, pursuant to this Ordinance.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the residue of the said Thirty Thousand Pounds made current by this Ordinance, and not herein appropriated, shall remain in the said Treasury as a fund, subject to be disposed of in future by the Provincial Congress or Committee of Safety of this Colony.

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That, for the better credit and effectual sinking of the said Bills of Credit, there shall be assessed, levied, and raised, on the several inhabitants of this Colony, their goods and chattels, lands and tenements, the sum of Ten Thousand Pounds, annually, in every of the years one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, to be paid in the proportions and manner following:

And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the several quotas, so apportioned as aforesaid, shall be assessed, raised, levied, collected, and paid into the Treasuries, in the same method, manner, proportion, and form, as is directed by an Act passed in the tenth year of his present Majesty’s reign, entitled “An Act to settle the quotas of the several Counties in this Colony;” provided that some other more equitable expedient for sinking the same, in a more easy method to the inhabitants of this Colony, shall not be agreed upon in the mean time.

Where upon, the question being put, whether this Ordinance do pass or not, it was carried in the affirmative.

The Memorial of Jonathan D. Sergeant, Esq., Treasurer to the late Congress of this Colony, was read a second time, and unanimously approved.

Ordered, That the thanks of this Congress be returned to Mr. Sergeant, for his constant and steady attention to the publick cause, at these times of general calamity.

On motion made, Resolved, unanimously, That Commissions do issue to Messrs. John Cooper and John Dennis, the Treasurers for this Colony, appointed by this Congress, upon their giving such security as this Congress or the Committee of Safety shall direct.

On motion made, Resolved, That upon proper certificates, from any County Committee of this Colony, being produced to the President or Vice-President, in the recess of this Congress, certifying the election of Militia or Minute Officers for any of the Battalions in this Colony, the President or Vice-President do issue Commissions accordingly.

Ordered, That a Commission do issue to John Taylor, Esq., as Second Major of the Fourth Regiment of Militia in Hunterdon County.

On motion made, Resolved, That in case of the death, or removal out of the Colony, of any of the Deputies of this Congress, before the next annual election, the Freeholders of the County for which such person was a Deputy, have leave to proceed to a new election to supply his place.

On motion made, Resolved, That it be recommended to the several County Committees of this Colony to allow their respective Deputies such recompense for their time and publick service, in attending the Provincial Congresses and Committees of Safety, as they shall think reasonable.

Resolved, That a Commission do issue to James Holmes, Esq., as Surgeon to the Sussex Battalion of Minute-Men.

Resolved, That a Commission do issue to Peter Campbell, Esq., as Aid-de-Camp to Brig. Gen. Dickinson.

On motion made, Resolved, That the following gentlemen be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee of Safety, to act for the publick welfare of this Colony, in the recess of this Congress, to wit:

Mr. President Tucker, Mr. Vice-President Fisher, John Hart, Abraham Clark, Lewis Ogden, Joseph Holmes, John Mehelm, Isaac Pearson, John Pope, Azariah Dunham, John Dennis, Augustine Stevenson, Ruloffe Van Dyke, Esquires.

Which said Committee of Safety, or the major part of the members thereof, are hereby directed to meet at such time and place as the President and Vice-President shall direct.

On motion made, Resolved, That Mr. President be desired to return the thanks of this Congress to the Rev. Mr. Spencer and the Rev. Mr. Panton, for their polite attention and services during the present sitting; and also to the several communities who have been pleased to accommodate this Congress with the use of their respective places of worship.

On motion made, Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to revise, correct, and make out a fair copy of the Minutes of this Congress, for publication; and that he be allowed such recompense for his time and trouble as this Congress or Committee of Safety shall deem reasonable.

Resolved, That as soon as the Secretary hath prepared a fair copy of the Minutes of this Congress for the press, Mr. President do issue an order to Isaac Collins to immediately print off one thousand copies thereof, for the use of the Colony in general; and five hundred copies of the new Militia Ordinance, with the Articles of War for regulating the Continental Army annexed, for the use of the Militia Forces.

Resolved, That, out of the Moneys in the Treasury of this Congress, there be paid to Mr. President so much Money as he hath expended for Fire-Wood, Candles, Pens, Ink, and Paper, for the use of this Congress, during the present sitting; and also ten Shillings to Mr. Fisher, and ten Shillings to Mr. Mehelm, for two volumes of the Acts of Assembly of this Colony; and to Daniel Bellingeau, the Doorkeeper of this Congress, for his constant attendance and services during this sitting, six Pounds; and also to the said Daniel Bellingeau, the sum of three Pounds fifteen Shillings, for his services in attending the late Congress.

The Congress adjourned to meet at New-Brunswick, on the first Tuesday in April next, unless sooner convened by the President, Vice-President, or the Committee of Safety.