Memorial from the Officers of the Military Association of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia,

Remonstrance and Petition from the Committee of Inspection and Observation for the County of Chester,

Letter from Dr. Franklin, requesting to be excused from attending the Assembly,

Petitions from the Counties of York, Berks, Bedford, Cumberland, and Northumberland, praying an allowance of more Members to represent said Counties in Assembly—presented and read,

Committee to revise the Rules and Regulations for the better government of the Military Association,

Committee to prepare an Answer to the Governour’s Message of the 22d instant,

Resolutions of the Congress, laid before theHouse,

Petition from John Marshall, Threadmaker, stating his usefulness and services, and praying such bounty or reward as he may merit,

Committee to consider and report the best mode of encouraging the culture of Flax in the Province,

Committee to prepare a Resolve, inflicting punishments upon persons who harbour Deserters,

Petition from the Committee of Inspection for the County of Bucks: Representing the unequal operation of the law upon Associators and Non-Associators,

Memorial from the Committee of Safety,

Answer of the House to Governour’s Message,

David Rittenhouse, elected a Representative in place of Benjamin Franklin, resigned, attended, and was qualified,

Letter from the Governour to the Magistrates of Northumberland County,

Petition from the Committee of Officers and Privates of Colonel Thomas’s Battalion, of Chester County,

Petition from the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, complaining of the inconveniences they suffer from lodging the Prisoners taken at St. John’s,

Estimate of the Pay and Subsistence of fifteen hundred men for one month,

Petition from divers inhabitants of the County of Northumberland,

Two Battalions of Riflemen, and one of Musket-men, ordered to be raised,

Petition from the Committee of Correspondence for the County of Bedford,

Petition from the City of Philadelphia, praying a more adequate representation in Assembly,

Committee to prepare a Bill allowing the City of Philadelphia, and certain Counties, additional Representatives,

Captains in the Rifle Battalions appointed,

Petition from the Privates of the First Battalion of Militia in the County of Cumberland,

Instructions for recruiting Riflemen in the service of Pennsylvania,

Petition from divers inhabitants of the County of Cumberland,

Petition from divers inhabitants in and near the Townships of Whitehall and Salisbury, in the County of Northumberland,

Bill to increase the number of Representatives for the City of Philadelphia, passed to a third reading,

Letter from the Committee of Safety,

Field-Officers of the three Battalions appointed,

Bill for increasing the number of Representatives passed,

Rank of the Field-Officers of the three Battalions,

Resolution of the Continental Congress, recommending the disarming of disaffected persons, laid before the House,

Captains in the Battalion of Musket-men appointed,

Petition from the Committee of Privates of the Military Association for Philadelphia,

First Lieutenants for the Rifle Regiment appointed,

Letter from John Cadwallader, declining the appointment of Colonel of the Second Battalion; his request was for the command of the First Battalion,

Second Lieutenants for the Regiment of Riflemen appointed,

Third Lieutenants for the Rifle Regiment appointed,

James Francis Moore appointed a First Lieutenant, in place of Thomas Paxton, represented to be an improper person for the office,

Subalterns for the Battalion of Musket-men appointed,

Samuel Atlee, of Lancaster, appointed Colonel of the Battalion of Musket-men in the place of John Cadwallader,

Persons who harbour deserters to be fined and imprisoned,

Commander-in-Chief, or the officer commanding Detachments, authorized to administer oaths,

Court to take cognizance of Vessels captured,

Assessors to make Returns of the whole number of Inhabitants,

Continental and Colonial Soldiers free from arrest for small debts, Assessors to make Returns of the whole number of Inhabitants,

Committee report that John Marshall well deserves a reward from the publick,

Rank of the Captains and Subalterns of the several Battalions of the Pennsylvania Forces,

Committee to prepare Rules and Regulations for the government of the Pennsylvania Forces,

Committee to prepare Resolves directing the mode of disarming disaffected persons,

Rules and Regulations for the Military Association, considered,

Rates to be allowed for the entertainment of Troops marching in and through the Province,

Commissions to Officers of the Associators to be signed by the Speaker of the Assembly,

Petition of a considerable number of inhabitants of Philadelphia, respecting the setting Negro slaves at liberty, presented and read,

Committee to collect and consider the several Resolutions of Congress relative to the Wyoming dispute, with the petitions, complaints, and affidavits of the parties,

Rules and Regulations for the better government of the Military Association in Pennsylvania,

Articles of Association in Pennsylvania,

Resolutions directing the mode of levying Taxes on Non-Associators,

Rules and Articles for the government of the Pennsylvania Forces,

Resolutions directing the mode of disarming disaffected persons, and procuring the Arms of Non-Associators in the Province,

Bills of Credit, to the value of eighty-five thousand Pounds, ordered to be emitted,

Tax levied for redeeming the Bills of Credit,

The House refuse, by a great majority, to alter the Instructions given at their last sitting to the Delegates for this Province in Congress,

Adjourned to Monday, the 20th of May next,

Military Books purchased for the use of the Committee,

The Contractor for casting Cannon not having performed any part of his contract, is ordered to be prosecuted for damages,

Money lent to Jacob Lorch to enable him to erect a Powder-Mill,

John Brice appointed First Lieutenant of the 717 armed boat Warren,

Fire-locks lent to Colonel Shea to exercise his men,

David Rittenhouse desired to make experiments in rifling Cannon and Musket-Balls,