after, and receive of the Commanding Officer, or any other person or persons, who may have in their care or possession any Cannon belonging to this Colony, according to the Resolve of Continental Congress; and also to receive the Powder lent by this Colony to the Continental Army, and to transport the said Cannon to Portsmouth in this Colony, and the Powder to Exeter, on the most reasonable terms, as soon as may be.

Voted, That George Gains, Esq., have and receive out of the Treasury £400, to be by him accounted for; and that the President of the Council give order of payment accordingly.

Voted, That Samuel Robey, a soldier in Captain William Prescott's Company, (who was left out of the roll,) be allowed and paid out of the Treasury £1 8s. 3d., in full for twenty-three days' service in said Company; and that the President of the Council give order of payment.

Upon hearing the complaint of Aaron Quinby, Ebenezer Collins, and Daniel Murray, against Captain John Parker, for wronging them in making up his Muster Roll, &c.,

Voted, That Colonel Badger, Captain Prentice, Captain Worthen, Major Tash, and Major Kelley, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to examine into the Roll of said Parker, and his accounts and vouchers, and make report to this House as soon as may be.

Upon reading and considering the Petition of John Hunter, concerning his losing Paper Money, to the value of fifteen Dollars and a half:

Voted, That the said John Hunter have and receive out of the Treasury £4 13s. for his said loss, and that the President give order of payment.

Adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.

Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That Colonel Samuel Sherburne, Richard Downing, Esq., Colonel Stephen Evans, Captain Josiah Moulton, Samuel Dudley, Esq., Captain Pierce Long, and Major Tash, be a Committee of this House, who, with a Committee of the honourable Board, are desired and empowered to exchange Paper Currency for Gold and Silver, for the use of this Colony, and report what sums they do or can exchange as soon as may be.

The following Vote of Council was brought from the Board, viz:

"Colony of New-Hampshire, in Council,

June 7, 1776.

&qout;Resolved, That Nicholas Gilman, Esq., Treasurer and Receiver-General of this Colony, be, and is hereby, fully authorized and empowered to receive and take in all those Paper Bills of Credit emitted on the credit of said Colony, bearing interest, and to pay such interest to the time of such exchange, and charge the amount of said interest in his account with said Colony; and that the Treasurer give notice of this Order as soon as may be."

The above Vote or Resolve of Congress being read,

Voted, That the same be concurred.

Read sundry Petitions, &c.

Voted, To build a Bridge from the westerly end of New-Castle to Ward's Island, and from thence to Adams's Island, so called, or somewhere across the water, so as to secure a retreat for our forces to be stationed at New-Castle in case of a defeat; and that Mr. Baldwin, Major Downing, and Colonel Walker, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to look out and discover the best place where, and the manner how, the said Bridge shall be built, and to make report thereon to this Court as soon as may be.

Voted, That Colonel Walker, Major Downing, Major Kelley, Mr. John Smith, third, Captain Long, Major Bellows, Captain Wilson, Mr. Emerson, and Mr. Knowles, be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to nominate to this House three persons for Colonel, three for Lieutenant-Colonel, and three for Major, of the Regiment now to be raised in this Colony on the Continental establishment; for this House to nominate one of each three for the said Offices.

Adjourned to eight o'clock, to-morrow morning.

Saturday, June 8, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment. Upon information from the Committee of Safety or Correspondence of the Towns of Ipswich and Rindge, against Jonathan Parker, for altering and uttering Paper Bills of Credit of this Colony contrary to law,

Voted, That Jonathan Lovewell, Esq., Ichabod Rollins, Esq., John Dudley, Esq., James Betton, Esq., Matthew Patten, Esq., Samuel Sherburne, Esq., and Colonels Stephen Evans, Hale, and Baker, be a Committee of this House to examine into the matter informed of, and make report to this House as soon as may be.

The Committee of both Houses to examine Captain Parker's Roll, &c, made report, as on file; which being read and considered,

Voted, That the same be received, accepted, and filed.

And further Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consult in what manner and how the said John Parker shall be proceeded against, concerning the premises; and that Major Bellows, Ichabod Rollins, Esq., Matthew Patten, Esq., Colonel Sherburne, and Colonel Hale, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That Samuel Cutts, Esq., Commissary, have, and receive out of the Treasury, to be by him accounted for, £600, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, That Theophilus Dame be appointed First Colonel of the Battalion now to be raised in this Colony, to be on the Continental establishment, and that Colonel David Gilman be Lieutenant-Colonel, and Major James Hackett be Major of said Battalion.

Voted, That James Aikin be allowed and paid out of the Treasury £3 for his boat, lost at Bunker Hill fight, and that the President give order of payment.

Adjourned till Monday, the 10th instant, at three of the clock, afternoon.

Monday, June 10, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

Voted, That the price of good merchantable Saltpetre, that shall be manufactured in this Colony, and brought in to Doctor Josiah Gilman, or the Receiver thereof for this Colony for the time being, for the space of one year from and after the 8th day of June instant, shall be four shillings per pound, to be paid out of the Treasury upon the said Receiver's certificate, the manufacturer or producers of the said Saltpetre to be under oath that the same was manufactured in this Colony.

Voted, That the Account of Samuel Greeley, amounting to £6 0s. 2d., for doctoring, billeting, and nursing his son Joseph, (being wounded at Bunker-Hill fight,) be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to frame, draw up, and present to this House, the following Acts for Laws for this Colony, viz:

1st. An Act for establishing the Table of Fees for the several Officers in this Colony.

2d. An Order or Resolve for opening the Courts of Justice.

3d. An Act to enforce the payment of Taxes in this Colony.

4th. An Act to prevent the alteration and counterfeiting the Bills of Credit for this and the neighbouring Colonies, and to make the said Bills of Credit a legal tender.

5th. An Act to regulate Taxation, and to ascertain the sum to be raised as a Colony Tax, for the current year.

6th. An Act for regulating the Militia.

7th. An Act for abolishing the Court of Appeals in this Colony, and for determining how and by whom appeals shall be made and heard from decrees of the Judges of Probate in this Colony, in future.

8th. An Act or Resolve in what name, and in what form, Writs and Processes shall be issued in future.

9th. An Act for the better observation of the Lord's Day.

10th. An Act to impose a Fine on all Justices of the Peace and Ministers of the Gospel, who shall presume to join persons in Matrimony without a Certificate from the Clerk or Clerks of Towns or places where the persons so married live that they have been lawfully published.