the reason of making said prohibition no longer subsists: It is therefore,

Resolved, unanimously, That the Resolution of this Congress, made the 21st day of this instant, February, prohibiling the export of Provisions and Produce from this Colony to the City of New- York, be, and is hereby repealed.

This Congress having resumed the consideration of the Petition of the Township of Newark, lament, that any disputes should arise among persons distinguished for their zeal and activity in promoting the common cause of America; and regret the necessity of their interference to compose the dissensions that have for some time subsisted between the County Committee of Essex and the Township Committee of Newark. In order, however, to decide upon said dispute, and in hopes of reconciling the parties at variance, it is

Resolved, That, as by the late Ordinances of Congress, the County Committee have undoubted right to appoint a County Collector, and dispose of the money raised by an Ordinance of the late Congress, the Committee of the Township of Newark be, and they are hereby enjoined to cease claiming the disposition of such money; but where as, there was no County Committee in the County of Essex before the 21st day of September last, until which time the Township Committees had the disposal of the money raised as aforesaid in their respective Townships:

It is, therefore, further Resolved, That all moneys actually expended by said Township Committees, before that time, be allowed by said County Committees to be a legal expenditure; and the Arms or Ammunition purchased by each Township Committee, as well as such as shall be purchased by the County Committee, be considered as a County Stock, and divided to each Township according to its quota of such tax: And if any Township Committee in Essex have made contracts for Ammunition, not already fulfilled, it is recommended to the County Committee to fulfil such contracts, and distribute the Ammunition procared thereby in the Townships as aforesaid.

The engrossed Ordinance for striking the sum of fifty thousand Pounds five Shillings, in Bills of Credit, for the purposes therein mentioned, and directing the manner of sinking the same, was read and compared. Resolved, That the same do pass.

The engrossed Ordinance, to prevent Persons deserting places in danger of being attacked, and for restraining such as are dangerous to the common cause, from taking refuge in this Colony, was read and compared; and on the question, Whether the same do pass, or not it was carried in the affirmative, as follows:

YEAS	NAYS,
BergenCounty,	MonmouthCounty,
Essex"	Salem"
Middlesex"	Burlington"
Morris"	Cape-May
Somerset"
Sussex"
Hunterdon"
Cumberland"

Resolved, That the same do pass.

On motion, Ordered, That Doctor Baldwin be Surgeon for the Second Regiment of Foot Militia in the County of Sussex, whereof Ephraim Martin, Esq., is Colonel.

On motion, Ordered, That Doctor Jonathan Horton, be Surgeon for the Western Regiment of Foot Militia, in the County of Mortis, whereof Jacob Drake, Esquire, is Colonel.

Agreeable to Certificate,

Ordered, That the following persons be Officers of three of the Militia Companies, in the Precinct of New-Barba-does, and County of Bergen, and in the Regiment where of Teunis Dey, Esq., is Colonel, viz: Jacob Terhune, Captain; George Brinckerhoff, First Lieutenant; Hendrick Budon, Second Lieutenant; and Jacobus Poulesse, Ensign of the New-Barbadoes Company. Nicausa Terhune, Captain; Jacob Fan Winkle, Y'wsl Lieutenant; John Uriancy, Second Lieutenant; and Walling Van Winkle,; Ensign of the Pollifly Company. Jacobus Jaralman, Captain; Peter Sandford, First Lieutenant; Elijah Sanford

Second Lieutenant; and John Jaralman, Ensign of the New-Barbadoes-Neck Company.

Adjourned to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

A Representation from the Township Committee of Woodbridge, praying, that Money at interest may be taxed; that the people called Quakers may, for non-attendance on military duty, pay an equivalent to the expense and services of Associators; and that Perth-Amboy, which is much exposed to an attack from the enemy, may be fortified and guarded; was read, and ordered a second reading.

A Petition of the Township Committee of Piscataway, and of the Military Officers in said Township, setting forth, that the Ordinance of last Congress for the further regulation of the Militia, was defective in several particulars, &c., praying that this Congress would devise some remedy therefor, was read, and ordered a second reading.

The Committee appointed to prepare an Ordinance for regulating the former Minute Department of Militia, and incorporating the same with the Standing Militia, reported the same, which was read, and ordered a second reading.

The engrossed Ordinance for directing the mode and fixing the time for the election of Deputies to serve in Provincial Congress for this Colony; and also to ascertain the qualification of Electors, &c., was read and compared.

Resolved, That the same do pass.

Agreeable to Certificate,

Ordered, That the following persons be Officers of a Company in the Second Regiment of Foot Militia, in the County of Somerset, under the command of Abrahqrn Quick, Esq., Colonel, viz: William Churchill Houston, Captain; Aaron Longslreet, First Lieutenant; Zebulon Barton, Second Lieutenant; and James Stockton, Ensign.

The Township Committee of Amwell, in the County of Hunterdon, having made return of the persons who signed, and of those who refused to sign the General Association of this Colony,

Ordered, That the same be filed.

The draft of an Ordinance for numbering the Inhabitants of this Colony, pursuant to the direction of the Continental Congress, was read the second time, and after certain amendments, was agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed.

Resolved, That Samuel Tucker and John Dennis, Esquires, Treasurers of this Colony, shall each of them give bond, with security, for the faithful performance of their office, in the sum of ten thousand Pounds, to John Wetherill, Hcndrick Fisher, Abraham Clark, John Hart, Isaac Pearson, and Augustine Stevenson, Esquires, and the survivors of them, in trust for the said Colony.

Adjourned till to-morrow morning, nine o'clock,

Thursday, February 29, 1776.

Met according to adjournment.

The Continental Congress having desired this Congress to give directions for conveying the Baggage belonging to the prisoners taken at St. John's, from Wallpack, in this Colony, to Lancaster, in the Province of Pennsylvania,

Ordered, That Colonel Martin and Major Brown, be, and they hereby are directed to carry the above requisition into effect.

The Congress having resumed the consideration of the necessity of instituting a Court of Admiralty in this Colony,

Resolved, That the erection of such Court be deferred until some future day; but as it is highly expedient immediately to determine upon the seizure of the Ship Blue-Mountain-Valley, that this Congress will proceed to the decision thereof to-morrow, at two o'clock in the afternoon.

On motion, Agreed, That the President write to the Chairman of the Committee of Elizabethlown, desiring that he would cause such witnesses as may be necessary, respecting the above capture, to appear before Congress at the time aforementioned.

The Committee appointed to prepare an Ordinance for defraying incidental charges, reported the same; which was read, and ordered a second reading.

Adjourned to three o'clock, in the afternoon.