in the said Barracks, for the use of the Troops in the pay of this Province.

The House adjourned to Monday next, at four o’clock, P. M.

Monday, November 13, 1775.

Mr. Speaker, with twenty-two Members, met pursuant to adjournment; and a quorum not appearing, they adjourned to nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Tuesday, November 14, 1775.

Mr. Speaker, with twenty-four Members, met pursuant to the adjournment of last night; and a quorum being still wanting, they adjourned to four o’clock, P. M.

Mr. Speaker, with twenty-six Members, met this afternoon; and a number sufficient to proceed on business not attending, they adjourned to ten o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Wednesday, November 15, 1775.

A quorum met pursuant to adjournment.

The Committee appointed to bring in a set of Rules and Regulations for the Military Association in this Province, and to essay a draught of Resolutions for levying Taxes on Non-Associators, directing the mode of their appeal, and how the said Taxes shall be collected and applied, reported essays for those, purposes, which were read by order, and referred to further consideration.

Upon motion, Ordered, That Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Hillegas, Mr. Miles, and Mr. Pearson, with the Speaker, be a Committee to draw up and bring in Resolves for striking the sum of Eighty Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, agreeable to a late Resolution of the Committee of the Whole House.

On motion made and seconded, whether the House will this afternoon take into consideration, and recommend to the Congress, suitable persons for Field-Officers of the Battalion now raising in this Province, the question was put by the Speaker, and carried in the affirmative.

The House adjourned to three o’clock, P. M.

Pursuant to the Resolution of the forenoon, the House taking into consideration the Petitions of the several persons who have applied to be recommended to the Congress for Field-Officers of the Battalion now raising in this Province,

Resolved, That John Bull, Esq., be, and he is hereby recommended to the honourable Continental Congress, for Colonel; James Irwin, Esq., for Lieutenant-Colonel; and Anthony James Morris, Esq., for Major of the said Battalion.

The House adjourned to ten o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Thursday, November 16, 1775.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

Upon motion, the Report of the Committee on the state of the Provincial Taxes was again read; and the House taking into consideration the debts now outstanding,

Ordered, That the several County Treasurers do forth-with pay the respective balances in their hands into the Provincial Treasury; and that the Commissioners of each County do settle their accounts of the nineteenth Eighteen Penny Tax, now to be levied, with their respective Treasurers, that the same may be laid before the Committee of Accounts in September next, for their final settlement.

Ordered, That a copy of the above Order be transmitted by the Clerk of this House to the Board of Commissioners in each County, without delay.

The House adjourned to three o’clock, P. M.

The House resumed the consideration of the Rules and Regulations brought in for the better government of the Military Association in this Province, and having made some progress therein, adjourned to nine o’clock, to-morrow morning,

Friday, November 17, 1775.

The House met pursuant to adjournment.

The Bill intituled “An Act for the relief of Richard Taylor, Jacob Muck, George Jacob Hausman, Richard Ray, and Francis Owens, languishing prisoners in the Jail of Philadelphia County, and James Mackey, a languishing prisoner in the Jail of Northumberland County, with respect to the imprisonment of their persons,” being read the second time, and debated by paragraphs, was ordered to be transcribed for a third reading.

The Committee appointed to prepare and bring in a draught of Resolves for striking the sum of Eighty Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit, reported an essay for that purpose, which was read by order, and referred to further consideration.

The House proceeded in the consideration of the Rules and Regulations for the better government of the Military Association in this Province; and after some time spent therein, the following questions were called for, and put by the Speaker, viz: Whether the Associators shall meet two and twenty times, from this day to the 14th of October next, for their improvement in military discipline.

The House dividing equally on the above question, the casting vote was given by the Speaker in the negative.

Secondly. Whether the Associators shall meet twenty times, for the above purpose, within the times aforesaid.

The Members being equally divided, the casting vote was given by the Speaker in the affirmative.

The House adjourned to nine o’clock, to-morrow morning.

Saturday, November 18, 1775.

The House met pursuant to adjournment, and took into consideration the Resolves brought in by the Committee, for striking the sum of Eighty Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit; which being again read, were, after some additions, agreed to, and follow in these words, viz:

1. Resolved, That Bills of Credit, to the value of Eighty Thousand Pounds, shall, on or before the 20th day of December next, be prepared and printed, on good strong paper, under the care and direction of George Gray, Joseph Parker, William Rodman, and Isaac Pearson, Esquires, or any three of them; the charge of which to be defrayed out of the Bills hereby to be emitted; which Bills shall be made and prepared in manner and form following, viz:—according to the Resolves of the Assembly of Pennsylvania, of the 18th day of November, in the sixteenth year of the reign of His Majesty George III; dated at Philadelphia, the 8th day of December, 1775.

And the said Bills shall have such escutcheons and devices as the said George Gray, Joseph Parker, William Rodman, and Isaac Pearson, or any three of them, shall think proper; each of which Bills shall be of the several and respective denominations following, and no other, viz:

Sixteen thousand of the same Bills, of the sum of Forty Shillings; sixteen thousand of the same Bills, of the sum of Thirty Shillings; sixteen thousand of the same Bills, of the sum of Twenty Shillings; and sixteen thousand of the same Bills, of the sum of Ten Shillings.

And the said George Gray, Joseph Parker, William Rodman, and Isaac Pearson, or any three of them, shall use their best care, attention, and diligence, during the printing of the said Bills, that the number and amount thereof, according to the respective denominations aforesaid, be not exceeded, nor any clandestine or fraudulent