appointed First Lieutenant, John Aden Second Lieutenant, and John Kingsberry Ensign; and that the Officers and Privates of that Company be allowed the same pay as allowed in the Artillery service on the Continental establishment; and also the same allowance, bounty, and advance, as other Troops raised in this Province.

Resolved, That Allen Jones and Thomas Jones, Es quires, two of the Delegates of this Congress, be appointed to attend the Convention of the Colony of Virginia, for the purpose of recommending to them the expediency of fitting out two Armed Vessels at the expense of that Colony, to act in conjunction with the Armed Vessels already fitted out by this Colony, for the protection of the trade at Ocracoke; and that they be allowed thirty Shillings per day while on that service; and that the Treasurers, or either of them, advance forty Pounds to each, to be afterwards ac counted for.

Resolved, That Mr. Thomas Jones, Mr. Joseph Jones, and Mr. Thomas Boyd, be a Committee to inquire into the proofs of the necessity of placing the Estate of Robert Murden into the hands of Commissioners, for the purpose of securing his creditors, (the said Robert Murden being said to have absconded this Colony, and joined Lord Dunmore,) and make report thereof.

Resolved, That the sum of five hundred thousand Pounds, including one hundred thousand Pounds already voted, be emitted in Paper Bills of Credit, for the purpose of defraying all the expenses of armaments, bounties, and other contingencies, that shall occur in this Colony during the recess of the Congress; and that the Bills for the additional four hundred thousand Pounds be of the following denominations, viz:

5,000	Bills, of 20 Dollars each,	$100,000
5,000	Bills, of 15 Dollars each,	75,000
10,000	Bills, of 5 Dollars each,	50,000
20,000	Bills, of 10 Dollars each,	200,000
20,000	Bills, of 8 Dollars each,	160,000
20,000	Bills, of 6 Dollars each,	120,000
20,000	Bills, of 4 Dollars each,	80,000
20,000	Bills, of 3 Dollars each,	60,000
20,000	Bills, of 2 Dollars each,	40,000
40,000	Bills, of 1 Dollar each,	40,000
80,000	Bills, of 1-2 Dollar each,	40,000
80,000	Bills, of 1-4 Dollar each,	20,000
80,000	Bills, of 1-8 Dollar each,	10,000
80,000	Bills, of 1-16 Dollar each,	5,000
500,000	Bills.	$1,000,000 £400,000

Resolved That this Province be pledged for the redemption of the said Bills of Credit by a Poll Tax, to commence in the year 1780, and continue for twenty years afterwards, unless otherwise provided by some future Congress, or competent power in this Colony.

Resolved, That any person or persons who shall attempt to depreciate the said Bills of Credit, by refusing to receive the same in payment of any debt or contract, or by speaking or writing with intention to lessen their credit and currency, shall be considered as inimical to America; and that any person or persons who shall counterfeit, alter, or deface, or directly or indirectly utter, pass, pay, or circulate, any Bill or Bills, counterfeited, altered, or defaced, knowing the same to be so, shall be liable to such proceedings and penalties as are provided by a Resolve of the Congress, held at Hilhborough on the 21st day of August, 1775, for preventing the like abuse with relation to Bills of Credit emitted by the said Congress.

Resolved, That Thomas Benbury, John Kinchen, John Johnston, and Memucan Hunt, Esquires, or the survivor or survivors of them, be Commissioners for employing proper persons to engrave the Plates for the said Bills, under the same regulations as are directed by a Resolve of this Congress, passed on the 22d of April last; and that William Haywood, John Webb, William Williams, and David Summer, Esquires, be Commissioners for the purpose of signing the said Bills of Credit, under the like regulations as provided by the Resolve aforesaid.

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

Friday, May 10, 1776.

The Congress met according to adjournment.

Resolved, That Captain John Chace be allowed the further sum of thirty Pounds, for Gunpowder received from him by the Committee of Perquimans County; that the Treasurers, or either of them, pay him the same, and be allowed in their accounts with the publick.

Resolved, That the Executors or Administrators of Joseph Montfort, Esq., deceased, late Treasurer, be directed to appear at the sitting of the next Congress, to adjust and settle his account with the publick.

Resolved, That Charles Malay, Colin Campbell, and James McEachen, be allowed six Pounds each, for their attendance as evidences at this Congress against sundry persons suspected of being inimical to the rights of America.

Whereas it is represented to this Congress that the Militia service will be greatly delayed in the County of Pasquotank, unless advance money be paid to such as are induced into the Army, arising from the necessity the inhabitants of the said County were under in the purchase of Com and other provisions, the same being almost totally destroyed by a storm on the 2d day of September last. The notoriety of which this Congress being sensible of,

Do Resolve, That the sum of forty Shillings be advanced to each of the Militia of Pasquotank, who shall either enter the service as volunteers, or are drafted, to reinforce the Army under the General Officer of the Colony; and that the Treasurer pay to the Delegates of the said County the sum of one hundred and fifty Pounds, to be delivered to Colonel Peter Dauge, to be advanced to the Soldiers now to be raised, who shall, on the receipt thereof, give bond with good security for the due application of the said money, to answer the purpose of this Resolution.

Resolved, That no Officer or Soldier of the Militia or Regulars in this Colony shall press any Wagon or Wagons, Horse or Horses, Arms, or other things, of any nature whatsoever, unless authorized thereto by Warrants, under the hands and seals of two of the Members of the Committee of the Town or County where such press shall be necessary, which Committee Members shall not be themselves Officers; and every Officer or Soldier, before he shall presume to press anything as before-mentioned, shall demand the same peaceably from the owner or possessor thereof, and in case of refusal, shall produce the warrant aforesaid before he proceeds to press. And every Officer or Soldier who shall offend against this resolve, shall forfeit and pay ten Pounds for every such offence to the person injured, and be moreover liable to the action or actions of the party grieved, to be recovered before any jurisdiction which shall have cognizance thereof; and every Horse, Wagon, or thing, so pressed, shall be valued by three indifferent per sons, upon oath, and certificate thereof given by such valuers to the owner or possessor from whom the same shall be pressed, in order that if the same shall not be restored to such owner or possessor, he may be allowed the valuation by the publick.

Resolved, That the above Resolve be published in all the Gazettes of this Province for three months.

Resolved, That Nathaniel Rochester, Esquire, be appointed Deputy Commissary-General of Military and other Stores in this Colony for the use of the Continental Army, and that he be allowed the same allowance as provided by the Continental Congress for such officer, and that he give security in ton thousand Pounds, for the faithful discharge of the trust reposed in him.

Resolved, That John Pendleton take into his possession a certain Negro Girl called Nan, he having suggested to this Congress that Mr. Thomas Macknight, who hath absconded this Colony, had only a property to one-half of the said Negro, and that the property to the other half is in the said John Pendleton, upon his entering into bond, with good security, to his Honour the President, in the sum of one hundred and forty Pounds, conditioned to be answerable for the value of said Negro and her yearly hire, when hereafter demanded, and make his title to the said one-half of said. Negro appear, before such judicature as may hereafter be appointed to determine all such cases.

Resolved, That William Heath be allowed twelve Pounds