cept paper, necessary for the said work; and the said Treasurers shall, also, respectively, pay to each signer of every thousand of the said bills, one dollar and one-third part of a dollar for his service.

That each of the said Treasurers shall retain for his services, at the rate of one-half per centum on all moneys by him paid and delivered, and no more.

That torn and defaced bills shall be exchanged at reasonable and convenient times.

That the said bills of credit shall be redeemed and sunk on or before the first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-six, by taxes or other legislative provision; and this Convention bind their constituents, and pledge the feith of the Province for the redemption of the said bills on or before the said first day of January, seventeen hundred and eighty-six.

That two hundred and sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty-six dollars and two-third parts of a dollar of the said bills of credit, so to be printed and struck, shall be applied to exchange the bills of credit printed and struck by virtue of the Resolve of the last Convention of this Province, and that the said Treasurers shall, forthwith, after their receipt of the bills of credit hereafter to be printed and struck, give publick notice in the newspapers printed in this Province, and in several of the newspapers printed in Philadelphia and Williamsburgh, that they will give and deliver in exchange any number and value of the bills of credit hereafter to be printed and struck, for the like number and value of the bills of credit printed arid struck by virtue of the Resolve of the last Convention, at such times and places as shall be by them appointed for that purpose; and the said Treasurers shall, upon the application of any person or persons holding any number and value of the said former bills of credit, deliver to such person or persons the like value in the new bills of credit in lieu thereof, at such times and places as aforesaid.

That each of the said Treasurers shall, at the publick expense, provide a fit instrument for cutting a piece of one inch square, as near as may be, out of the bills so to be brought in and exchanged, and shall, upon his receipt of any of the said former bills of credit, in exchange as aforesaid, cut out of every of such bills so received, one inch square, as near as may be, taking care not to deface the denomination thereof, and shall preserve such bills until the meeting of the then next Convention, and produce all such bills, and also all the former bills of credit remaining in his bands, to such Convention, to be destroyed.

That from and after the receipt of the said new bills of credit by the said Treasurers, respectively, all payments which they shall make by virtue of any resolve of this or the last Convention, shall be made in the said new bills of credit, and not in the said former bills of credit.

That the person to be employed in the cutting the said plates for striking the said new bills of credit, if required by the said Delegates, or such two of them as shall agree for the same, take an oath, (or affirmation if a Quaker,) that lie will not, by himself, his apprentices or servants, make or cut, or suffer to be made or cut, any more or other plates than those which shall be ordered to be cut by the said Deputies, or some two of them, in the similitude and likeness of the plates which shall be so ordered to be cut, or in the similitude and likeness of any of them, unless requested so to do by the Convention of this Province, or by some authority derived from the said Convention.

That the Treasurers aforesaid, respectively, be allowed to retain, as a satisfaction for their trouble in exchanging new bills of credit for the former bills of credit as aforesaid, at the rate of one-half per centum for all bills by them so exchanged, out of the said new bills of credit.

That the said bills of credit which shall be so as aforesaid printed and struck, over and above the said bills hereby directed to be applied to exchange the said former bills of credit, be applied to the several purposes resolved on in this and the last Convention of this Province, and that the Treasurers pay the same to the orders of the Convention or Council of Safety.

That the said Treasurers, before they receive the said blank bills to be printed and struck by virtue of the Resolves of this Convention, shall give bonds, respectively, the Treasurer of the Western Shore in the penalty of twelve thousand pounds sterling, payable to the honourable Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and Charles Carroll, Barrister, Esqrs.; and the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore in the penalty of four thousand pounds sterling, payable to the Honourable Matthew Tilghman, Edward Lloyd, and James Lloyd Chamberlaine, Esqrs., with the like conditions as directed by the Resolve of the last Convention; both which bonds shall be with sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the obligees therein named, or any two of them, respectively.

Mr. Buchanan and Mr. Beatty have leave of absence.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning, half after nine o'clock.

Sunday, January 14, 177C.

Convention met. All Members present as on yesterday, except Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Sttdler, Mr. Beaity, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Sim, and Mr. Tyler. The Proceedings of yesterday were read.

The Convention took into consideration the Report from the Committee appointed to report resolutions for Raising, Clothing, and Victualling the Forces to be raised in this Province, and came to the following Resolutions thereon:

Resolved, That one Battalion of Regular Troops, to be composed of one Colonel, one Lieutenant-Colonel, two Majors, one Adjutant, one Quartermaster, and nine Companies, one of which of Light-Infantry, and also seven Independent Companies of Regular Troops, two Companies of Artillery, and one Company of Marines, be immediately raised, and paid, and supported, at the expense of this Province, for the defence of the liberties thereof.

That each of the said Independent Companies, and Companies of Artillery, consist of one Captain, three Lieutenants, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Drummer, one Fifer, and ninety-two Privates.

That each of the said Companies of the Battalion, except the Company of Light-Infantry, be composed of one Captain, two Lieutenants, one Ensign, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Drummer, one Fifer, and sixty Privates.

That the Company of Light-Infantry be composed of one Captain, three Lieutenants, four Sergeants, four Corporals, one Drummer, one Fifer, and sixty-four Privates; and that the Privates be made up as well by drafts from the other Companies of the Battalion as by inlistments, at the discretion of the Colonel, or commanding officer, of the said Battalion for the time being.

That the pay of the said Battalion, Independent Companies, and Marines, by the calendar month, be as follows:

That the pay of the said Artillery Companies, by the calendar month, be as follows:

That the pay of the Officers, Seamen, and others, (except the Marines,) in the pay of this Province, in the Marine service, by the calendar month, be regulated by the Council of Safety.

That a Ration consist of one pound of beef or three-quarters of a pound of pork; one pound of flour or bread per man per day; three pints of peas, at six shilling per bushel, per week, or other vegetables equivalent; one quart of Indian meal per week; a gill of vinegar and a gill of molasses per man per day; a quart of cider, small beer, or a gill of rum per man per day; three pounds of candles for one hundred men per week, for guards; twenty-four pounds of soft soap, or eight pounds of hard soap, for one hundred men per week.

That the forces employed in the Land service be entitled to the following rations, to wit: Colonel 6, Lieutenant-Colonel 5, Major 4, Captain 3, Subaltern 2, Staff 2, non-Commissioned or Private 1.

That the allowance to the Officers and Men employed