amounting to £325 9s. 10d., be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, That the Pay-Roll of Captain Caleb Hodgdon, amounting to £329 12s. 3d., be allowed.

Voted, That Major Moses Kelley, Lieutenant-Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of Militia in this Colony, be Colonel, in the room of Colonel David Oilman, (who is advanced,) and that Major Samuel Page be First Major, and Captain James Head be the Second Major, of said Regiment.

Voted, That three hundred Handbills be immediately printed and distributed in this Colony, in the following words, viz: "Colony of NEW-HAMPSHIRE to the Selectmen and Committees of Safety and of Correspondence, and to all Officers, civil and military, in the several Towns in this Colony:

"You, and each of you, are now called upon, in behalf of yourselves and your distressed country, to exert every nerve in forwarding the inlisting and making up the quotas of men in the respective places you belong to, that they may march forward and join their brethren under General Sullivan, and enable him to repel the Army coming against us from Canada."

Voted, That eight Mustermasters be appointed for the eight Companies of Militia last voted to be raised for the reinforcement of our Army in Canada, viz: one for each of said Companies, who shall be empowered to muster the said respective Companies, pay them off, and see them fixed for marching, and give them marching orders; and also, that they receive blank commissions for the Captains and subaltern officers of their respective Companies; and when said officers shall be chosen by the soldiers, then to fill up said commissions and deliver them to the said respective officers, that they may march immediately; and that the said Mustermasters have power to preside at the meeting of the soldiers, to see a fair choice of the respective officers; and that Major Bartlett, Colonel Samuel Sherburne, Mr. John Bell, Major Samuel Philbrick, Colonel Moses Kelley, Deacon James Knowles, Mr. Asa Davis, and Colonel Samuel Ashley, be the Mustermasters of the said Companies.

Voted, That the Honourable Colonel Weare and Doctor Dearborn have and receive out of the Treasury £20, for the purpose of purchasing Paper, &c, for printing the Bills of Credit, and the Laws of this Colony, to be by them accounted for; and that the President give order accordingly.

Voted, That Colonel Joshua Wingate be appointed First Colonel of the Second Regiment now raising in this Colony for a reinforcement to our Army in Canada, and that Major James Hackett be Lieutenant-Colonel, and that Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Connor be Major of said Regiment.

Voted, To choose a Committee, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to confer upon the expediency of appointing a Paymaster or Paymasters to the two Regiments now destined for Canada, and to make report as soon as may be; and that Captain Long, John Dudley, Esq., and Colonel Walker, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

Which Committee, being joined by a Committee of the Council, made the following Report, viz:

"The Committee of both Houses, appointed to consult on the expediency of appointing Paymasters for the two Battalions to be raised to join the Northern Army, are of opinion that they ought to be immediately appointed.

"M. THORNTON, Chairman.

"July 4 1776."

Voted, That Captain Joseph Chandler have inlisting orders to inlist a Company of Soldiers for the Canada expedition, in the room of Captain Hadlock, who resigns.

Voted, That the several Mustermasters and Paymasters of the several Companies of the last Regiment destined for Canada have and receive out of the Treasury £940 each, for the purpose of paying off the several Companies their bounty and advance wages, and to be by them severally accounted for; and that the Mustermasters and Paymasters of the First Regiment destined for Canada, and now raising for that purpose, have and receive out of the Treasury £171 each, for the purpose of paying off the additional bounty voted to the Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the said First Regiment; and that the President give orders accordingly.

Adjourned till tomorrow morning, eight o'clock.

Friday, July 5, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

Upon the information of the Committee of Safety of Stratham against Captain George March, as a person being inimical to the liberties of this country, &c.,

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to examine into the matter of their complaint and information, and to report thereon as soon as may be; and that Captain Prentice, Captain Harriman, and Matthew Patten, Esq., Mr. Samuel Moore, and Doctor Nichols, be the Committee for that purpose.

Which Committee, being joined by a Committee of the honourable Council, made report, that upon questioning said George March, and after reading sundry testimonies, they are of opinion that said March is inimical to his country, and that he ought to be taken care of in such manner as the said Houses shall judge proper.

M. THORNTON, Chairman.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to give out inlisting orders, blank commissions, and instructions, to the Mustermasters and Paymasters of the two Regiments now destined for Canada; and that Colonel Evans, Captain Long, and Mr. Gibson, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That Major Joseph Bass, of Portsmouth, be appointed Paymaster to the Second Regiment, now to be raised in this Colony, and destined for Canada, he giving bond in a respectable sum, with sufficient sureties, for the faithful discharge of his said trust.

Voted, That Noah Emery, Jun., of Exeter, be appointed Paymaster to the First Regiment, now to be raised in this Colony, destined for Canada, he to give bond, with two sufficient sureties, in a respectable sum, for the faithful discharge of his said trust.

Voted, To choose a Committee of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to nominate a proper person for a Maritime Officer, and also a proper person or persons for a Notary Publick or Notaries Publick, for this Colony and that Mr. Cutts, Colonel Walker, and John Dudley, Esq., be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

An Act for establishing Courts of Law for the administration of justice within this Colony, was read a third time, and passed to be enacted.

Voted and Resolved, That the several Courts of Law within this Colony be, and hereby are, prohibited from trying any civil actions until the next Session of this Assembly; and that they proceed as usual to hear and try all capital crimes, misdemeanors, trovers, trespasses, assaults, batteries, robberies, thefts, and other breaches of the peace, committed within their respective jurisdictions; and that the fees to be taken or taxed in the several Courts shall be taken according to the last Table of Fees established in this Colony, until the last of the next session of this Assembly, or until otherwise ordered by the General Assembly, and no longer.

Voted, That the Constable of Exeter be directed to seize the body of George March, and safely keep him till called for by this House, to be examined and tried on suspicion of his being inimical to the liberties of this Colony; and that the Clerk make out a warrant accordingly, and send out summons for witnesses by Major Barker.

Voted, To choose a Committee, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to consult and nominate a proper person, or proper persons, out of whom this House shall appoint one, to be a Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas in the County of Rockingham, in the room and stead of George King, Esq., who refused to accept that office; and also to nominate some proper person to be a Special Justice of said Court, in case of the death or incapacity of either of the standing Justices, and to make report as soon as may be; and that Major Downing, Captain Long, and Captain Worthen, be the Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That Eleazer Russell, Esq., of Portsmouth, be appointed Maritime Officer of the Port of Piscataqua; and that the Honourable Wyseman Clagett, Esq., and John Pickering, Esq., be appointed Notaries Publick and Tabellions for this Colony.