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 |
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Commissioners for procuring Rifles, Muskets, &c., |
580 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Field-Officers for Second Regiment of Riflemen elected, |
584 |
Mar .1, |
Captains for the Riflemen chosen, |
585 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Further Report from the Committee on the state of the interior parts of the Colony, |
586 |
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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 |
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Papers from Georgia received by express, laid before the Congress, |
587 |
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Committee to prepare Rules and Articles for the better regulation and government of the Navy of the Colony, |
588 |
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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 |
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State of the Paper currency in the publick Treasury of South-Carolina, |
588 |
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Report on ways and means for payment of services already voted, considered and adopted, |
589 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Report on the state of the interior parts of the Province, considered and adopted, |
592 |
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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 |
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The President directed to prepare a declaration of pardon and amnesty to the late Insurgents, |
593 |
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Committees for Georgetown and Beaufort respectively authorized to fit out a proper Armed Vessel, |
593 |
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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 |
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Continental Bills and Tax Certificates declared legal tenders in all payments whatever within the Colony, |
595 |
20, |
Plan of Government further considered, |
596 |
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Committee to report what Salaries are proper for publick Officers, |
596 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Committee for laying Obstructions to the navigable Channels of Charlestown Bar, |
598 |
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Henry Felders proposition for making Gunpowder, accepted, |
598 |
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Report of Committee to concert measures for mutual support of this Colony and North-Carolina, read and agreed to, |
598 |
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Committee to consider of a proper division of the Militia, required to report to-morrow, |
599 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Agreements with Joseph Buffington and William Wofford for the establishment of Iron-Works, |
606 |
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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 |
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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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