on the same, and in causing the poll or votes at such election to be marked off on the respective lists, and fairly cast up.”

Which oath or affirmation to be administered by any one of the Judges.

And that the Deputies from the City of Philadelphia and from each County, shall nominate and appoint three discreet and able members of their respective Committees residing within the several Districts, to be Judges of the general election within said Districts; which said Judges, together with the Inspectors, shall appoint Clerks for taking the polls at the said election; and the said Judges and Clerks shall respectively take the same oath or affirmation as is required to be taken by the Inspectors, which shall be administered by any one of the Judges to the others, they being hereby authorized and appointed to administer the same.

And that the Commissioners of the City and Counties in this Province, when required, shall deliver unto the Judges of said election true duplicates of all the taxables in the several Districts of their respective Counties. And that the Judges aforesaid shall, and are hereby, required and empowered to act in all cases respecting said elections in the room and places of Sheriffs, until the same are finished; and when the polls are closed, and the votes counted off, or cast up, in the several Districts of such Counties as are divided as aforesaid, the Judges and Inspectors shall cause certified accounts thereof to be taken by some of them to their respective County towns, on the next day, and of the names of the persons chosen in the several Districts, with the number of votes for each candidate; which, when compared and added together, the eight highest numbers shall be the persons to represent such County in Convention; and also that the Judges, or any two of them, for the City and Counties respectively, shall certify from under their hands and seals to the Convention, on the day appointed for their meeting as aforesaid, a true list or certificate of the names of the Members so chosen, in the City and Counties respectively, together with the number of votes for each of them. And the Captain or Commanding Officer of each Company in the several Battalions of this Province are hereby required to furnish complete lists of their Companies to the Judges and Inspectors of the several Districts, on the morning of the election. Which persons, so chosen to be Members of the Convention, shall meet at Philadelphia, on Monday, the 15th day of July next, in Convention as aforesaid.

Ordered, That the following gentlemen be appointed to be Judges of the Election in the Counties, and in the respective Districts, viz:

City, &C., of PHILADELPHIA: Samuel Massey, Frederick Kuhl, Thomas Cuthbert.

County of PHILADELPHIA : William Coates, Frederick An-tis, Robert Lollar.

BUCKS COUNTY, at Newtown: Henry Wynkoop, James Wallace, Joseph Hart.

CHESTER COUNTY.—First division, at Chester: Hugh Lloyd, Thomas Levis, Mark Wilcox.

Second division, at Chatham: John McKay, Joseph Gardner, Thomas Welsh.

Third division, at the White Horse: Richard Thomas, Lewis Grono. Thomas Bull.

BERKS COUNTY, at Reading: Valentine Eakerd, Jacob Morgan, Daniel Hunter.

LANCASTER COUNTY.—First division, at the Borough : William Bowsman, H. Dehuff, Jacob Erb.

Second division, at James Porter’s, Jun.: Richard Ferree, John McMullen, Robert Tweed.

Third division, at Elizabethtown: Daniel Elliot, Robert Clark, Jacob Haldiman.

Fourth division, at Lebanon: Casper Kuhn, Jacob Eckart, Philip Greenawalt.

Fifth division, at New-Holland: Is. McCammont, Gab. Davis, Michael Whitman.

Sixth division, at Garber’s Mill: John Rogers, John Harris, James Morrow.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.—First division, at Carlisle : Robert Miller, Benjamin Blyth, James Gregory.

Second division, at Chambersburgh: John Allison, James Maxwell, John Beard.

Third division, at Robert Campbell’s: William Brown, Alexander Morrow, James Taylor.

YORK COUNTY.—First division, at Yorktown: Charles Lukens, John Hay, Michael Hayn.

Second division, at Samuel Gaddis’s: William McClcIlan, John Agnew, James Dickson.

Third division, at Hanover: Joseph JefFeries, Thomas Lilley, Frederick Wolfe.

Fourth division, at Nicholson’s Mill: JamesLeiper, Patrick Scott, James Savage.

Fifth division, at Robert Stevenson’s: John Nesbit, James Naylor, William Mitchell.

BEDFORD COUNTY, at the usual place: Samuel Davidson, James Anderson, William Todd.

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, at George McCandlish’s: Thomas Hewit, William Shaw, Joseph Green.

WESTMORELAND COUNTY.—First division, at Spark’s Fort: George Wilson, John Kile, Robert McConnell.

Second division, at Hanna’sTown: James Barr, John Moore, Clement McGeary.

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY.—First division, at Easton: Abraham Berlin, Jesse Jones, Jonas Hartzell.

Second division, at Allenstown : John Gerhart, David Desh-ler, George Breinig.

Third division, at Peter Anthony’s: Simon Driesbach, Nei-gel Gray, Peter Anthony.

Fourth division, at Nicholas Dwpue’s: Robert Levers, Nicholas Dupue, Jacobus Vangarder.

Ordered, That Doctor Rush, the Chairman, Colonel Hill, and Colonel Smith, prepare a draft of an Address to the inhabitants of the Province, and report to the Conference.

Resolved, unanimously, That Messrs. Bayard, Bird, and Smith, be appointed a Committee to wait upon the Chairman of the Committee of Safety, and desire a copy of all Orders given to Captain Samuel Davidson since his appointment as principal Commander of the Navy of this Province, to be laid before this Conference.

Resolved, unanimously, That it be recommended to the said Convention to choose and appoint Delegates or Deputies to represent this Province in the Congress of the United Colonies, and also a Council of Safety to exercise the whole of the Executive powers of Government, so far as relates to the military defence and safety of the Province; and to, make such allowance for the services of the said Delegates and Council of Safety, respectively, as shall be reasonable. Which said Delegates and Council of Safety are to continue for six months, unless a new Government shall be formed within that time, in which case their appointment is to cease.

The Conference then adjourned to three o’clock P. M.

Sunday, June 23, 1776, P. M.

The Conference met.

The gentlemen appointed to prepare a draft of an Address to the inhabitants of this Province, delivered at the table a draft; which was read.

On motion, that divers Resolutions of Congress, of 3d and 4th days of June instant, requiring ten thousand of the Militia of the Colony of Pennsylvania, the Government of the Counties of Newcastle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware, and the Colony of Maryland, be raised to form a Flying Camp; be read, the same were read accordingly, and are in the words following, viz :

“IN CONGRESS, June 3.—Resolved, That a Flying Camp be immediately established in the Middle Colonies, and that it consist of ten thousand men.

“JUNE 4th, 1776.—Resolved, That it be recommended to the Assemblies and Conventions of the Colonies requested to supply or furnish Militia by the Resolutions of yesterday, to take particular care that the Militias come provided with arms, accoutrements, and camp-kettles.

“Extract from the Minutes:

“CHARLES THOMSON, Secretary.”