Payment ordered for losses at the battle of Charlestown,

Act passed for fixing out Armed Vessels to defend the Sea-coast of America,

Appraisement of the Fire-Arms left by the British Troops in Boston,

Committee for fortifying the Harbour of Boston appointed a Committee of War,

Thomas Crane appointed to carry on the manufacturing of Gunpowder in the Colony Mill at Stoughton,

Committee for fortifying the Harbour of Boston directed to prepare a number of Fire-Ships and Rafts to annoy the enemy’s Ships, if they should again return to Boston Harbour,

Committee to fit out two swift-sailing Vessels to cruise on the Coast of America, and give intelligence of the movements of the enemy,

The three Regiments raised by order of the General Court, placed under the direction of the Committee of War,

Payment ordered for losses at the battles of Bunker’s Hill, Lexington, and Charlestown,

Committee of War appointed and vested with all the powers of the Committee for fortifying the Harbour of Boston,

Payment ordered for losses sustained in the battle of Bunker’s Hill,

List of the Acts passed during the session,

Assembly dissolved,

The Congress met at Halifax,

List of the Members returned for the respective Counties and Towns,

List of those who appeared, subscribed the Test, and took their seats,

Samuel Johnston chosen President, and James Green, Jun., appointed Secretary,

Freeholders of Halifax authorized to elect a Delegate in the place of Willie Jones, appointed by the Continental Congress Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Southern Department,

John Webb, elected in place of Willie Jones, took his seat,

Committee to inquire into and report the quantity of Ammunition in the Province,

General McDonald admitted to his parole on certain conditions,

Letter from Colonel Moore, enclosing general Field Return, and also a Return of the Tories’ Property in his possession,

Committee to take into consideration the usurpations and violences attempted and committed by the King and Parliament of Great Britain against America,

Committee on disposing of the Effects of Governour Martin within the Province,

Committee to inquire into the conduct of the Insurgents, and other suspected persons,

Other Members appear, subscribe the Test, and take their seats,

Reverend Mr. Ford appointed Chaplain to the Congress,

The Congress in Committee of the Whole on the present state of the Province, and the expediency of employing a military force for its defence against foreign and domestick invaders,

Two Battalions, of seven hundred and fifty privates each, ordered to be raised,

Committee to form a proper Commission for Privateers,

Committee for the better regulation of the Militia,

Committee of Secrecy, Intelligence, and Observation,

Colonel James Moore and Colonel Robert Howe appointed Brigadier-Generals,

Field-Officers of the First and Second Regiments appointed,

Colonel Allan McDonald admitted to his parole,

Committee on a Letter from the Committee of Carteret County,

 

Report on the Petition of Joseph Wood for a remuneration for his losses, from the property of Governour Martin,

Inlisting of Continental or Provincial regular Soldiers into the service of any Armed Vessel or Privateer highly improper,

Report of the Committee on the usurpations and violences of the King and Parliament of Britain against America,

Delegates in the Continental Congress authorized to concur with the other Delegates in declaring Independency,

Any Commissioner appointed by the King, who shall arrive in the Province, and cannot produce a Commission to treat with the Continental Congress, must leave the Province immediately,

Additional Troops voted for the defence of the Province,

Committee to prepare a temporary civil Constitution,

Committee on supplying the Province with Arms, Ammunition, and warlike Stores,

Field-Officers of Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Regiments, appointed,

Company Officers of the four Regiments appointed,

Committee of Secrecy, Intelligence, and Observation, authorized to enforce the attendance before them of all suspected persons,

Arrangement of Officers of the four Regiments,

Committee to draw up Rules of Decorum to be observed in the Congress,

Committee to consider the defence of the Sea coast,

Resolution, binding every Member to Secrecy, signed by the Members of Congress,

Committee to draw up Instructions for Recruiting Officers,

Commissioners appointed in the several Counties to procure and purchase Fire-Arms for the use of the Troops,

Report on the defences of the Sea-coast,

Instructions for Recruiting Officers,

General and Field-Officers appointed for the Militia of the Province,

Bills of Credit, for two hundred and fifty thousand Dollars, to be emitted,

Committee to superintend the emission,

Petition of certain persons who are bound by conscience not to take up arms, praying relief: Rejected,

Persons appointed to secure the manufacture of Saltpetre, Gunpowder, and common Salt, Muskets and Cannon,

Court of Admiralty appointed to try the Tender-sloop Lilly and cargo,

The President empowered to borrow Moneys on the credit of the Province,

Committee to consider General Moore’s Letter respecting a requisition of the Militia,

All Recruits to be inlisted for the term of two years and six months,

Declaration to be published, declaring the reasons for sending the Prisoners concerned in the late insurrection, to other Provinces,

Committee of Secrecy, War, and Intelligence, to remove persons capable of influencing the late Insurgents to take arms against America, from their present neighbourhood,

Officers of the five Independent Companies to be raised in the Province,

Declaration of the Congress respecting their treatment of the Prisoners taken among the Insurgents,

Report of Committee on salvage of an American vessel recaptured,

Joseph Hughs, of Rowan County, permitted to reside in Mecklenburgh County, he giving security not to give assistance or counsel to the enemies of America,

Committee to form a temporary form of Government, until the end of the next Congress,

Resolution of April 22, appointing six Brigadier-Generals, rescinded,

Allen Jones appointed Vice President of the Congress,