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1776.
Feb .22,
Report on the number of Forces necessary to be raised and kept up for the service of the Colony, adopted,
577
23,
Field-Officers for the Regiment of Riflemen elected,
580
24,
Keepers of all Ferries directed to give all possible despatch to the Constitutional Post-Riders over their respective Ferries,
580
Commissioners for procuring Rifles, Muskets, &c.,
580
Memorial signed by twenty-one Officers of the Country Militia, now doing duty at Charlestown, presented and read,
581
25,
Captains of Regiment of Riflemen elected,
581
26,
Committee to consider the expediency of immediately raising another Regiment of Riflemen,
581
Petition of Robert Cunningham, proposing to observe a neutrality, presented and read,
582
27,
Patrick Cunningham, and two others of the late Insurgents, committed to the common Jail, in Charlestown,
582
28,
Second Regiment of Riflemen, to rank as the Sixth Regiment in the Colony service, ordered to be raised,
583
29,
Appointment of Commissary-General authorized; his duties, &c,
583
Field-Officers for Second Regiment of Riflemen elected,
584
Mar .1,
Captains for the Riflemen chosen,
585
Committee being returned from Georgia, report that great opposition is made to the measures of Congress in Georgia; and that unless this Colony interfered in a forcible manner, exportation would speedily take place,
585
Detachments ordered to Greenville County, and to Savannah,
585
2,
Orders to Colonel Bull, or to the Commanding Officer for the time being, of the South-Carolina Forces ordered to act in aid of Georgia,
585
Further Report from the Committee on the state of the interior parts of the Colony,
586
Committee to form a plan of Government, to sit forthwith, and report to-morrow,
586
3,
Committee to consider of ways and means to pay for services already voted,
586
4,
Report of Committee on a plan of Government,
587
5,
Committee to consider the best means of erecting a Powder-Mill, and of promoting the making of Gunpowder,
587
Papers from Georgia received by express, laid before the Congress,
587
Committee to prepare Rules and Articles for the better regulation and government of the Navy of the Colony,
588
Committee to prepare Rules and Articles for the better regulation and government of the Navy of the Colony,
588
6,
Letter to the Council of Safety for Georgia,
588
State of the Paper currency in the publick Treasury of South-Carolina,
588
Report on ways and means for payment of services already voted, considered and adopted,
589
Seven hundred and fifty thousand Pounds, currency, in bills, ordered to be issued, and the publick faith of the Colony pledged for their redemption,
589
Henry Peroneau and Benjamin Dart, joint publick Treasurers, prohibited from issuing any of the publick money in their charge,
590
7,
Committee to consider and report the most proper places for Iron Works in the Colony,
590
8,
Plan of Government considered,
590
Letter from William Ewen, President of the Council of Safety of Georgia, dated Savannah, March 4, ordered to be published in a Gazette Extraordinary,
590
9,
Plan of Government further considered,
591
10,
Resolution of January, 1775, prohibiting the killing of Sheep, repealed,
591
Plan of Government under consideration this day, and the 11th and 12th,
591
13,
Committee to inquire and report the quantity of Salt now in the Colony,
592
Report on the state of the interior parts of the Province, considered and adopted,
592
Declaration of pardon and amnesty to the late Insurgents, with certain exceptions, to be published,
592
1776.
Mar 14,
Partial Report on a plan or form of Government in the Colony, until an accommodation shall take place between Great Britain and the British American Colonies, made by the Committee of the Whole,
593
The President directed to prepare a declaration of pardon and amnesty to the late Insurgents,
593
Committees for Georgetown and Beaufort respectively authorized to fit out a proper Armed Vessel,
593
Report on the best mode of encouraging the making of Saltpetre, considered and agreed to,
593
15,
Report of the Committee of the Whole on the form of Government, considered this day, and the 16th, 17th, and 18th,
593
19,
Report of Committee appointed to inquire what quantity of Salt is in the Colony, considered and adopted,
595
Continental Bills and Tax Certificates declared legal tenders in all payments whatever within the Colony,
595
20,
Plan of Government further considered,
596
Committee to report what Salaries are proper for publick Officers,
596
Committee to confer with a Committee from North-Carolina, to concert measures for mutual defence and assistance,
596
21,
Act of the British Parliament, declaring theColonies in a state of rebellion, just received from Georgia, read, and ordered to be transmitted to the Continental Congress, with all convenient speed,
596
Ship Port-Henderson, now lying under Fort Johnston, and bound for London, ordered to be seized and the cargo on board landed and sold,
597
Salaries for publick Officers reported and adopted,
597
22,
Committee on a proposal of William Bellamy for erecting a Mill for making Paper and cutting Files,
598
Committee for laying Obstructions to the navigable Channels of Charlestown Bar,
598
Henry Felder’s proposition for making Gunpowder, accepted,
598
Report of Committee to concert measures for mutual support of this Colony and North-Carolina, read and agreed to,
598
Committee to consider of a proper division of the Militia, required to report to-morrow,
599
Letter from the Council of Safety of Georgia, with sundry Papers and intercepted Letters, read,
599
23,
Commissioners to obstruct the navigation of the Channel over the Bar, authorized to prepare Fire-Vessels, for the most effectual annoyance of any enemy that shall attempt to enter the Harbour,
603
Delegates of this Colony in the Continental Congress authorized to concert, agree to, and execute every measure which they and a majority of the Congress shall judge necessary for the defence, security, and interest or welfare of this Colony in particular, and of America in general,
605
Agreements with Joseph Buffington and William Wofford for the establishment of Iron-Works,
606
Report on a proper division of the Country Militia, read and adopted,
607
24,
Committee to appraise and value the Houses in Charlestown, that the owners may be recompensed, if, during the present unnatural war, any should be damaged or destroyed,
607
Thanks to Colonel Richard Richardson, for the very important services he has rendered to the common cause, by putting a stop to the late alarming insurrection which the enemies of America had excited in the interior parts of this Colony,
607
25,
Rules and Articles for the government of the Navy of the Colony, considered and agreed to,
608
26,
Committee to examine the engrossed copy of “A Constitution or Form of Government” with the rough draft,
608

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