in the several Counties of this Colony, and were pending at the Superior Court, and other actions which had been appealed from the respective Inferior Courts in the several Counties, have not been prosecuted to final judgment, and much injury will happen if an adequate remedy is not provided:

It is Resolved, That all causes which were pending at the Superior Court in any of said Counties, and on which judgment has not been given, shall be brought forward at the next term of the said Court for each respective County, and the same proceedings had thereon as though such causes had been regularly continued to such term, from the term where the same were pending when such interruption took place. And in any causes appealed from any Inferior Court, and not entered at the Superior Court, by reason of said interruption, the Appellants may have liberty, if they see cause, to enter their said appeal at the next term of the Superior Court, to be holden in each respective County, as though the appeal had been originally to the same term. And if any Appellants shall neglect to enter their appeals, as aforesaid, the Appellees in such case may, if they see cause, enter their complaints, and the judgments of the Inferior Court shall be affirmed thereon, as though said complaints had been entered in due time: Provided, always, That no Execution or Writ of Possession shall issue on any judgment given in any of the cases aforesaid, until three months after such judgment; and where any causes were tried by a Jury, the Justices of said Superior Court, in such causes, shall, and in all others where it shall appear to them to be expedient, may continue the same, and cause the absent parties to be notified of the suits against them; and where any of the party shall be out of the County, and in the Continental or Colonial service, they shall have liberty to bring forward their suits at the next Superior Court held in said County after their return, and no action or complaint shall be entered against them while such person continues in said service, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

Resolve on the Petition of WILLIAM TUPPER, respecting Captures; passed JUNE 17, 1776.

Whereas it is provided, by a certain Act of the General Assembly of this Colony, that every person who shall make capture of any Vessel, shall, within twenty days from the 15th of April last, or within twenty days after the capture and bringing in of said Vessel, either by himself, his agent, or attorney, file a bill before the Judge appointed to try the justice of such capture, giving a full and ample account of the time, manner, and cause of the taking of such Vessel: And whereas captures of several Vessels have been made within the Eastern District of this Colony, or may have been made at sea and brought to any port within the Eastern District of this Colony, which could not be proceeded with agreeable to the requisition in said Act: Wherefore,

Resolved, That bills of the captures of all Vessels, their apparatus and cargoes, which captures have been already made within the Eastern District of this Colony, or made at sea and brought to any port within the Eastern District of this Colony, hitherto not filed before the Judge appointed to try the justice of such captures, may and shall be filed before said Judge, on any day preceding the first day of August next, anything in the aforesaid Act, made for the trial of the justice of such captures, notwithstanding.

Resolve to supply the Town of HINGHAM with Powder, &c.; passed JUNE 17, 1776.

Whereas there is a Cannon provided at Hingham, at the charge of the Town, for the defence of the Harbour:

Resolved, That two half-barrels of Powder and twenty Shot—viz: six-pounders—be delivered to the Committee of Correspondence of the Town of Hingham by the Commissary-General, said Committee to give a receipt to the Commissary, to he accountable for the same.

Resolve on the Petition of ISAAC MELOON; passed JUNE 18, 1776.

On the Petition of Isaac Meloon,

Resolved, That there be paid to him, out of the publick ,Treasury, the sum of £2 8s., in full for the loss of his Gun in the Bunker-Hill fight, as mentioned in his Petition.

Resolve for procuring two Decoy Ships, &c.; passed JUNE 18, 1776.

On the Report of the Committee for fortifying the Harbour of Boston,

Resolved, That the said Committee be, and they hereby are, empowered to procure, on the best terms, two Ships at the expense of this Colony, and man and fix them in such way and place them at such station, as may appear to the said Committee best calculated to serve as a decoy to the enemy's Ships and Vessels that may at any time be coming into the Harbour of Boston. And the aforesaid Committee are further empowered and directed to erect such Lights, where the Light-House stood, without erecting a Light-House, as may serve further to decoy and bring into the Harbour of Boston Ships and Vessels of the enemy aforesaid. And the Commissary-General of this Colony is hereby directed to supply the said Committee with those articles that may be necessary for the above purposes. And the Committee on the Report of the Committee for fortifying the Harbour of Boston have leave to sit again.

Instructions to the Committee on the Abstracts; passed JUNE 19, 1776.

Resolved, That the Committee on the Abstracts are hereby directed not to allow to any Commissioned or Staff Officer, of whatever rank, more than three days' pay as an Officer, from the time of their engaging to the time of their marching; and that there be allowed to each Non-commissioned Officer and Private Soldier pay from the time of inlistment till they marched for the Camp.

Honourable JAMES WARREN, Esq., appointed Second Major-General; JUNE 19, 1776.

The House, according to the Order of the Day, made choice, by ballot, of the Honourable James Warren, Esq., as Second Major-General of the Militia of this Colony.

Concurred by Council, June 19, 1776.

JONATHAN PARMENTER appointed Second Major of the Fourth Regiment in MIDDLESEX; JUNE 19, 1776.

The House made choice, by ballot, of Jonathan Parmenter as Second Major of the Fourth Regiment of Militia, in the County of Middlesex, in the room of Major Joseph Smith, who declines serving.

Concurred by Council the same day.

Resolve for payment of Colonel JOHN ROBERTSON'S Abstract; passed JUNE 19, 1776.

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony, unto Colonel John Robertson, for himself and Staff and Field Officers mentioned in his Abstract, the sum of £11 6s.; also, for Captain John Ford the sum of £47 ls.; and for Captain John Lemont the sum of £26 3s. Id.; and for Captain Asahel Wheeler the sum of £51 5s.; and Captain Benjamin Edgell the sum of £15 13s. 9½d.

Resolve to prevent the exportation of Provisions till the 10th November next; passed JUNE 19, 1776.

Whereas many inconveniences and dangerous consequences may, and in all probability will, accrue to this Colony in the course of its defence against its unnatural enemies, if a speedy and effectual prohibition of the exportation of Provisions from each and every Port, Harbour, and place within the same, to any other Harbour or place without the limits of the said Colony, is not immediately effected: Wherefore, it is

Resolved, That from and after the 21st day of this instant June, no person or persons whatsoever presume to lade on board any ship or vessel within this Colony any kinds or articles of Provisions, except Jamaica and Pickled Fish, with intent to convey the same out of this Colony by water, until the 10th day of November next, unless the same be laden on board such ship or vessel with intent to supply the fleets and armies of the United Colonies, or the inhabitants of some other part or parts of this Colony: Provided, always, That any person or persons who have, agreeably to, and in consequence of, a resolve of the American Congress for encouraging the importation of warlike stores into the United Colonies, imported any such stores, and have not already