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may be sufficiently ascertained, the County Committees are directed to call in the aid of persons well skilled in that commodity. And as this Congress are desirous to give every possible encouragement to this most necessary manufacture; it is, therefore,
Resolved, unanimously, That the Committees of each respective County in this Colony, do contract for all such good merchantable Saltpetre that shall be made in this Colony, at any time before the 1st day of September next, and for which the aforesaid bounty shall be claimed, at any price, not exceeding three Shillings per pound for the same, over and above the said bounty; and the said Committees are hereby directed to purchase the same for the use of this Colony, to be disposed of as the Congress of this Province shall direct.
And it is further Resolved and Directed, That the said Treasurers of this Colony, or either of them, out of the fifty thousand Pounds made current in Bills of Credit, do pay to the several persons, who, upon producing such certificates, as aforesaid, shall, or may claim the payment of the above bounty, or any part thereof, such sum, or sums of money, as they shall, respectively, be entitled to as aforesaid. And, also, to the Chairman of the several County Committees of this Colony, or to their order given in Committee, such sum, or sums of money as the respective County Committees shall have engaged to pay for the purchase of such Saltpetre as aforesaid: Provided, That the amount of the sums claimed to be paid as a bounty, do not exceed the sum of one thousand Pounds, and that not more than the sum of three thousand Pounds be advanced for the purchase of Saltpetre; and the receipt of such claimants, or the receipt of the Chairman of such respective County Committee, or person in whose favour an order may be given as aforesaid, endorsed on such certificates, shall be sufficient vouchers to the said Treasurers, or either of them, for the payment of such bounties, or for the purchase of Saltpetre as aforesaid.
And whereas, the making of common Salt in this Colony is a matter of the highest importance at this time; it is, therefore,
Resolved, unanimously, That a bounty of six Pence per bushel, for every bushel of good merchantable Salt, that shall be made in this Colony, at any time before the I st day of November, 1776, which bounty, the said Treasurers of this Colony, or either of them, are hereby required to pay, upon certificates duly attested, and agreed to as aforesaid, under the hand and seal of the Chairman of the Committee of the County where such Salt shall be made, certifying, that it hath been proved by the oaths of credible witnesses, that such Salt hath actually been made in some County of this Colony, at some time before the said I st day of November, 1776; and that the claimant hath not before received any bounty for the same, and the receipt of the Chairman endorsed thereon, shall be sufficient vouchers to the said Treasurers, or either of them, for the payment of the said bounty.
An Ordinance to provide for the payment of Incidental Charges.
Whereas, it is necessary to provide for the payment of such Incidental Charges as have accrued during the sittings of this Congress:
It is, therefore, Resolved and Directed, That there be paid to Samuel Tucker and John Dennis, Esquires, the Treasurers appointed by this Congress, over and above the money allowed by this Ordinance for signing the Bills of Credit, the sum of thirty Pounds, Proclamation money, each, for their services one year, to commence the first day of March instant.
To each of the Signers of said Bills of Credit, the sum often Shillings per thousand, for so many thousand Pounds, as they shall, respectively, sign.
To the President and each of the Members of this Congress, and Committee of Safety, the sum of six Shillings per diem, for every day they have, or shall attend, during the continuance of this Congress, to be certified by Mr. Fisher, Mr. Hart, Mr. Wetherill, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Elmer, or any two of them.
To the Secretary of this Congress, fourteen Shillings per diem, for each day that he hath or shall attend this Congress, to be certified as aforesaid.
To each of the Mustermasters of this Colony, the sum of twenty-five Shillings for every Company he has reviewed, or shall review by order of this Congress.
To the Doorkeeper, the sum of five Shillings per diem, for each day that he hath or shall attend this Congress.
To Myndert Voorhees, the sum of fifteen Pounds for Fire-Wood and Candles, and for the use of his large Room, during the present sitting of this Congress.
And it is further Resolved and Directed, That there be paid to the Commissioners appointed to purchase Arms and Ammunition, Tents and other Military Stores, such sum, or sums of money, as the said Commissioners, or any three of them shall agree upon, as necessary to be expended; whose receipts shall be sufficient vouchers for the payment of the same.
To John Carey, Esq., as a recompense for his services as Secretary, during the last sitting of this Congress, at Trenton, and for revising and copying the Minutes for the Press, the sum of eleven Pounds four Shillings, Proclamation money.
To Doctor Moses Scott, the sum of one Pound sixteen Shillings and three Pence, in full of his account for attending certain sick. Soldiers in New-Brunswick.
To Robert Drummond, Esquire, the sum of nine Pounds three Shillings and four Pence, in full of his account for removing the Treasury and Records in the Secretary's Office at Perth-Amboy, to New-Brunswick.
To.John Dennis, Esq., the sum of seven Pounds eight Shillings and three Pence, for sundry expenditures, as per account.
To John Pope, Esq., the sum of three Pounds three Shillings, for sundry expenditures, as per account.
To Ellis Cook, Esq., the sum of one Pound six Shillings and eight Pence, in full of his account for removing the Records in the Surveyor-General's Office, at Perth Amboy, to New-Brunswick.
To Azariah Dunham, Esq., the sum of two Pounds, for his expenses in going to and returning from Philadelphia, on a message to the honourable Continental Congress.
To Abraham Clark, Esquire, for copying and correcting the Minutes and Ordinances of this Session for the Press, such sum as Azariah Dunham and John Dennis, Esquires, shall agree to be paid for that service.
Which certificates, with receipts endorsed thereon, shall be sufficient vouchers to the said Treasurers, or either of them; and shall discharge them, their heirs, executors, and administrators, from the several payments so made and paid out of the Treasury by virtue of this Ordinance
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS.
A Letter from Governour Trumbull, dated the 23d of December, being received, was read.
The Congress took into consideration the Report of the Committee on Captain Sellick's Petition, which was agreed to, as follows:
That they have maturely considered the Petition, and have examined Captain Sellick particularly thereon, and are of opinion, that the Petitioner be allowed, as a compensation for his expenses, trouble, and risk in taking the goods at Turtle-Bay, for the use of the United Colonies, the sum of three hundred and thirty-three Dollars and one-third, and that the Committee of Fairfield be directed to take into their possession, for the use of the said Colonies, all the goods taken by Captain Sellick, which are not already delivered by him, and to forward the two boxes of Saltpetre now in Captain Sellick's custody, to the Powder-Mill in Ulster County, to be manufactured into Gunpowder for the. Continental service.
The Congress took into consideration the Report of the Committee on Lord Stirling's Letters; after debate thereon, Resolved, That the same be recommitted.
The Congress proceeded to the election of an Adjutant for the Battalion raised in Pennsylvania, and the ballots being taken,
John Patterson was elected.
Resolved, That the President sign Commissions to the
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