Met according to adjournment.

Voted, That Deacon Nahum Baldwin receive out of the Treasury £60, lawful money, towards procuring Firearms, to be by him accounted for, and that the President give order of payment.

An Act for abolishing the Court of Appeals, &c., was read a third time, and passed to be enacted.

Voted, That the Muster-Roll of Captain Titus Salter, from the 17th of May to the 16th of June, 1776, amounting to £199 14s. 1d., be allowed, and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment accordingly.

Voted, That Captain John Langdon, of Portsmouth, be Captain of a Company of Light-Infantry in Portsmouth, and that he be commissioned therefor, with the rank of Colonel; that his Lieutenant (by him to be nominated) be commissioned, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel; and that his Ensign be commissioned, with the rank of Major; and that the said Company consist of forty men, rank and file, and that the President give out Commissions accordingly. The said Company to be under the command of the General Officer of the Militia for this Colony.

The Committee appointed to consider of a method to carry into execution the Vote of this House for building a Bridge at New-Castle, recommend that a Committee be chosen to purchase materials suitable to build said Bridge or Bridges in the places recommended by the Committee, of fourteen feet width in the clear, in a substantial manner, according to their best skill and judgment, and with all the expedition that may be; and also that it be recommended to the commanding officer of the Troops in the District of Portsmouth to furnish forty able and suitable men to assist in this business, the men to be allowed one pistareen per day more than common wages, and excusable from other duties.

J. HURD, for the Committee.

"Exeter, June 25, 1776."

The above Report being read and considered,

Voted, That Captain Worthen, together with one to be appointed from the honourable Council, be a Committee to purchase materials suitable to build a Bridge of fourteen feet width in the clear, in the place mentioned in the report of a Committee sent to view the best place for building a Bridge from the main land to New-Castle, in a substantial manner, according to their best skill and judgment, and with all the expedition that may be, and also to oversee the said work while building said Bridge; and that they employ four good Carpenters on the said work, and as many of the Troops at New-Castle as occasion may require, which Troops shall receive one gill of rum each per day whilst on the said work, beside their rations and wages as soldiers.

Voted, That there be procured, at the charge of this Colony, one hundred and twenty new, good, tight oak Casks, to contain, sixteen gallons each, for the purpose of securing in them the Saltpetre already procured and hereafter to be procured for the use of this Colony, and also to secure Powder in, as this Colony may have occasion; and that Doctor Josiah Gilman and Mr. Nathaniel—be a Committee to procure the said Casks.

Voted, That John Me Clary, Esquire, and Mr. Bell be a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consider the Petition of Joseph Leigh, this day presented to this House, and to make report thereon as soon as may be.

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

Wednesday, June 26, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

Voted, That Captain Titus Salter be allowed and paid out of the Treasury £89 3s. 93/4d., in full for his Account, and that the President give order of payment accordingly.

Voted, That the Vote of the honourable Council, sent to this House this day, appointing Colonel Thornton, General Folsom, Colonel third, and Ebenezer Thompson, Esquire, a Committee to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to examine the Account of Captain Titus Salter, and confer together on an allowance thereof, and make report thereon, be concurred, and Captain Prentice, Ichabod Rollins, Esq., Richard Downing, Esq., Colonel Walker, and Colonel March, be joined on the part of this House.

An Act for establishing a Court Maritime, &c., was read a third time, and passed to be enacted.

Voted, To choose a Committee of three of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consider a Petition of Colonel Ashley, Colonel Hurd, Major Bellows Benjamin Giles, Esq., and Colonel Morey, for a Company of Rangers, &c., and make report to this House as soon as may be; and that Captain Prentice, John McClary, Esq., and Jonathan Lovewell, Esq., be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

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

Colony of New-Hampshire, in Council,

June 26, 1776.

"Whereas, one Mr. John Odlin has just arrived and presented to the Council $10,000 from the honourable Continental Congress for the use of this Colony:

"Voted, That Colonel Thornton, General Folsom, and Colonel Hurd, be a Committee, to join with such as the honourable Board shall appoint, to receive and tell over said Money and deliver it to the Treasurer, and take his receipt therefor.

"Sent down for concurrence.

"E. THOMPSON, Secretary."

The above Vote of Council read and concurred, and Captain Simonds, John Dudley, Esq., and Captain Prentice, are added on the part of the House.

Adjourned to half-past two o'clock, P. M.

Met according to adjournment.

An Act concerning Marriages, &c., was read a third time, and parsed to be enacted.

Voted, That a Committee of five persons of this House join a Committee of the honourable Board, to confer together upon the expediency of purchasing or borrowing a quantity of Powder, or of exchanging of Saltpetre in the Massachusetts Colony for Powder, and in what manner the exchange shall be made, and make report thereon as soon as may be; and that Colonel Morey, Ichabod Rollins, Esq., Doctor Dearborn, Captain Prentice, and Captain Moulton, be the Committee of this House for that purpose; and also to consider the expediency of supplying the frontier Towns in this Colony with Powder, and also what Towns shall be supplied, and with how much.

Voted, To choose a Committee of three Members of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to inquire into the cause why the First Regiment in this Colony is not settled, according to the order of this House; and why Major Ephraim Pickering is objected to by some part of said Regiment as Second Major thereof, and to make report thereof to this House as soon as may be; and that Jonathan Lovewell, Esq., Daniel Brainard, Esq., and Captain Harriman, be a Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That Joseph Leigh receive out of the Treasury £6 3s., in full for his service to this Colony as a soldier under the command of Captain Salter, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, That the Account of Mr. John Odin, amounting to £4 12s., be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, That the Ensign of Colonel Sherburne's Company of Cadets have the same rank as the Ensign of Colonel Langdon's Company of Light-Infantry.

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

Thursday, June 37, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consult upon the expediency of emitting a quantity of Small Bills for the benefit of change, and to make report how much, and in what manner, the same shall be emitted, and that Doctor Dearborn, Captain Long, and John McClary, Esq., be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

Which Committee being joined by a Committee of the honourable Board, made report, as on file. Whereupon it is voted, that there be forthwith emitted, on the credit of