as Barrackmaster, whose duty it shall be to take care of the Barracks, and to procure proper quarters and Barrack necessaries for the Colony Troops and Militia.

The Congress resumed the consideration of the Report of the Committee of the Whole, on a plan or form of Government.

Upon reading the last clause of the eleventh section, a motion was made to amend the same, by inserting at the end thereof the words “and construed to mean clear of debt.”

A debate arose; and the question being put, resolved in the affirmative.

The thirteenth section being read,

A motion was made for an amendment, by inserting the words “shall not be elected oftener than twice successively.”

A debate ensued; and the question being put, it passed in the negative.

Adjourned to nine o’clock to-morrow.

In Congress, Tuesday, March 19, 1776.

The Congress met.

And the Journal of yesterday was read.

The consideration of the Report of the Committee of the Whole, on a plan or form of Government, was resumed.

After some progress made therein,

Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed.

The Congress then proceeded to take into consideration the Report of the Committee to inquire what quantity of Salt is in the Colony.

And the said Report being debated on, and gone through, the following Resolutions were thereupon entered into:

Whereas information hath been laid before the Congress, that certain persons do monopolize the necessary article of Salt, and demand an extravagant price for the same; and also require specie in payment, to the detriment of the Continental and Colonial currency:

The Congress do therefore Resolve, That no person do hereafter presume to sell Salt for more than twenty-five Shillings per bushel, exclusive of the expense of reasonable freight or carriage to the distant parts of the Colony; and that Mr. Joseph Kershaw, Mr. Loocock, Mr. Samuel Prio-leau, Jun., Captain Maurice Simons, and Captain Samuel Legare, for Charlestown; Mr. Daniel De Saussure and Mr. Thomas Hughes, for Beaufort; and Mr. George Croft and Mr. Anthony Bonneau, for Georgetown, be, and they are hereby, appointed Commissioners, and empowered to inquire after and buy up, out of the hands of individuals, all quantities of Salt which such individuals may have more than necessary for their respective families, and to dispose of the same in small quantities, at the same rate; and that the said Commissioners do also purchase all the Salt which may be imported within six months.

That Colonel Laurens, Mr. Ferguson, the Rev. Mr. Ten-nent, Mr. Edwards, and Mr. Gibbes, be, and they are hereby, appointed Commissioners to erect and superintend a publick Salt Work, at or near Charlestown; that Mr. Joseph Allston, Captain William Allston, Mr. Benjamin Young, Mr. Peter Simons, and Mr. Thomas Butler, be, and they are in like manner, appointed Commissioners for a publick Salt Work on the Northern Coast; and that Captain Thomas Tucker, Mr. Daniel Jenkins, Mr. Joseph Fickling, Mr. James Clark, and Mr. James Fickling, be, and they are hereby, appointed Commissioners, in like manner, for a publick Salt Work on the Southern Coast of this Colony; that each Board of the said Commissioners, respectively, shall have power to draw upon the Colony Treasury for any sum not exceeding seven thousand Pounds, currency, for defraying the necessary expenses incurred by this service; and that they shall sell the Salt, to be made at the said publick Works, at the most reasonable rate.

Resolved, That all Continental Currency, all currency issued by authority of the Congress of this Colony, and all Tax Certificates, and other certificates and orders issued by authority of the Commons House of Assembly, shall be, and they are hereby, declared legal tenders in all payments whatsoever within this Colony.

The Congress then again resumed the consideration of the Report on a plan or form of Government.

Upon reading the sixteenth section, a debate arose;

And a motion was made to amend the same by striking out the words “there shall be a Chancellor, who,” and inserting instead thereof the words “the Vice-President of the Colony and the Privy Council, or the Vice-President and a majority of the Privy Council for the time being.”

The question being put, resolved in the affirmative.

A motion was made to amend that clause of the said section respecting an Ordinary;

And the question being put, it passed in the negative.

Adjourned to nine o’clock to-morrow.

In Congress, Wednesday, March 20, 1776.

The Congress met.

And the Journal of yesterday was read.

Resolved, That one half of the established rates of Ferriage, for single persons and horses, is a sufficient allowance for the transporting any number, more than three at a time, of the Colony Forces or Militia, in times of alarm, over any of the established Ferries in this Colony.

The Congress resumed the consideration of the Report of the Committee of the Whole, on a plan or form of Government.

Upon reading the section relative to a Court of Appeals,

A motion was made to disagree to the said section.

A debate arose; and the question being put, resolved in the affirmative.

The nineteenth section of the said Report being read,

On motion for an amendment, by inserting the words “that no persons selling liquors shall be put into the commission of the Peace,”

A debate arose; and the previous question being put, it passed in the negative.

A motion was made to strike out of the same section the words “that they [the Magistrates] shall not be entitled to fees except on prosecutions for felony.”

After some debate, the question was put, and passed in the negative.

Upon reading the twenty-fifth section of the said Report,

A motion was made to insert after the words “during pleasure” the words “until otherwise directed by resolution of the General Assembly and Legislative Council.”

After some debate, the question being put, resolved in the affirmative.

Ordered, That Mr. President, Major Cattell, Captain Moultrie, Captain Lynch, and Mr. Salvador, be a Committee to consider, and report to-morrow morning, what salaries are proper to be allowed to the several publick Officers.

The Congress being informed of the arrival of a Committee from North-Carolina to concert, with a Committee of this Congress, a plan of measures for mutual defence and assistance,

Ordered, That the present Members of the Council of Safety, together with Colonel Gadsden, and all the other Field-Officers of the several corps of regular Forces of this Colony, be a Committee to confer with the Committee from North-Carolina, and with them to concert a proper plan.

Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckncy, from the Committee to prepare proper Rules and Regulations for the government of the Navy of this Colony, delivered in a Report.

And the said Report being read,

Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed.

Adjourned to nine o’clock to-morrow.

In Congress, Thursday, March 21, 1776.

The Congress met.

And the Journal of yesterday was read.

An Act of the British Parliament, just received from Georgia, declaring all seizures of the persons and property of, and damages done to the American Colonists, before the passing of the said Act, from Massachusetts-Bay to Georgia inclusive, to be legal—and also declaring all the said