The voices being equal, Mr. Speaker gave his vote in the negative.

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

Friday, December 1, 1775.

The House met.

Mr. Kinsey, from the Committee appointed to bring in an Answer to his Excellency’s Message of the 22d of November last, brought in a draught accordingly, which was read, and ordered a second reading.

Mr. Fisher, from the Committee appointed to prepare and bring in the draught of a Petition to the King, brought in the same accordingly; which was read, and ordered a second reading.

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The House met.

A Petition was presented to the House, from the Hon. Daniel Coxe, Esq., President of the Board of the Western Proprietors of this Province, requesting leave, in behalf of himself and the Board of Western Proprietors, to bring in a Bill, at the next session of Assembly, for appointing Commissioners to settle the disputes of the said Western Proprietors with the Eastern Proprietors, and finally to settle the line of division between the said Proprietors, and suggesting that the Eastern Proprietors do acquiesce in this mode of accommodating the differences, and agree to join in the nomination of Commissioners; which Petition being read,

Ordered, That the Petitioner have leave to bring in a Bill at the next session, according to the prayer of the Petition.

The House adjourned till five o’clock.

The House met.

The engrossed Bill entitled “An Act for the support of Government of His Majesty’s Colony of New-Jersey, to commence the first day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, and to end the first day of October, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and to discharge the publick debts and contingent charges thereof,” was read and compared; on the question,

Resolved, That the same do pass.

Ordered, That Mr. Fisher, Mr. Crane, Mr. Ford, Mr. Paxson, Mr. Combs, Mr. Sykes, Mr. Elmer, and Mr. Tucker, do carry the said Bill to the Council, for concurrence.

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

Saturday, December 2, 1775.

The House met.

Mr. Fisher reported, that the other gentlemen and himself delivered the Support Bill, with them intrusted, to the Speaker, in Council.

On motion made, that proper persons may be appointed to take care of, rent out, and, from the rents, to keep in good repair, the several Barracks and their Furniture, in this Colony: The question was put thereon, and it passed in the affirmative.

Ordered, That Mr. Hinchman, Mr. Tucker, and Mr. Gibbon, be a Committee to prepare and bring in a Bill pursuant to the above Resolution.

Mr. Hinchman, from the Committee appointed for that purpose, brought in a Bill entitled “An Act to empower the persons therein named to take care of, rent out, and, from the rents, to keep in good repair, the several Barracks and their Furniture, in this Colony;” which was read, and ordered a second reading.

Mr. Speaker laid before the House a Letter from Isaac Debow, Esq., late Sheriff of the County of Hunterdon, enclosing a copy of the said Sheriff’s advertisements, conditions, and amount of sales of Lord Stirling’s Lands, in the County of Hunterdon, with a copy of Mr. Speaker’s Letter to the said late Sheriff; which were read.

Ordered, That the consideration thereof be referred to the afternoon.

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The Honse met.

The Bill entitled “An Act to empower the persons therein named to take care of, rent out, and, from the rents, to keep in good repair, the several Barracks and their Furniture, in this Colony,” was read the second time, agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed.

Mr. Roy had leave of absence till Monday morning next.

Mr. Barton had leave of absence for the remainder of the session, upon extraordinary occasions.

The House took into consideration the papers laid before the House this morning, by Mr. Speaker, relative to the sale of Lord Stirling’s Estate in Hunterdon; and, after some time spent in debate thereon, the further consideration thereof was adjourned till Monday next.

The House adjourned till ten o’clock, on Monday morning next.

Monday, December 4, 1775.

The House met.

The engrossed Bill entitled “An Act to empower the persons therein named to take care of, rent out, and, from the rents, to keep in good repair, the several Barracks and their Furniture, in this Colony,” was read and compared; on the question,

Resolved, That the same do pass.

Ordered, That Mr. Kinsey and Mr. Elmer do carry the said Bill to the Council, for concurrence.

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The House met.

The House resumed the consideration of the papers laid before this House, relative to a sale of Lands, belonging to Lord Stirling, by the late Sheriff of Hunterdon.

Ordered, That Mr. Fisher, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Mehelm, Mr. Roy, and Mr. Dunham, be, and they, or any three of them, are hereby appointed a Committee to examine into the said sale, collect evidence relating thereto, and report to this House at the next session; and, in the mean time, to give directions for the further prosecution of the suit against said Lord Stirling, if necessary.

The draught of a Message to his Excellency, in answer to his Message of the 22d of November last, was read the second time, and committed to Mr. Fisher, Mr. Shepperd, Mr. Gibbon, and Mr. Lawrence.

The Petition to the King was read the second time, and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

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

Tuesday, December 5, 1775.

The House met.

A Message from the Council, by Mr. Parker, informing the House that the Council have passed the Bill entitled “An Act for the support of Government,” &c.

The House adjourned till three, P. M.

The House met.

Mr. Fisher, from the Committee to whom the draught of a Message to his Excellency was committed, reported the same; which being read and amended in the House,

Ordered, That the said Message, as amended, be engrossed.

The House, according to order, resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, on the Petition to the King; and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the chair, and Mr. Fisher, Chairman of the Committee, by leave of the House, reported that the Committee had spent some time in debate upon the subject-matter of the Petition referred to them, and came to the following Resolution:

That as a Petition is already before His Majesty, to which the House has received no answer, and hoping that it will effect the good purposes intended, in the opinion of