setts," brought by said Spriggs from Philadelphia, with directions to deliver the same to the order of the General Assembly of this Colony, and that the Treasurer and Receiver-General give the said Spriggs a receipt therefor.

Resolve on the Petition of GEORGE LANGFORD; passed JUNE 24, 1776.

On the Petition of George Langford,

Resolved, That there be paid to him out of the publick Treasury of this Colony the sum of 15s., in full for the damage done to his Gun by a cannon ball fired from the enemy at Boston Neck on the 17th of June, 1775.

Order on the Complaint of SAMUEL RICE; passed JUNE 24, 1776.

On the Complaint of Samuel Rice, of Lancaster, setting forth fraud in the Muster-Roll of Lieutenant Seth Heywood, of said Lancaster, &c.:

Ordered, That the Secretary be, and he hereby is, directed to serve the said Lieutenant Seth Heywood with a copy of said Complaint and this Order, that he show cause, if any he has, on the second Wednesday of the next session of the General Court why he should not be prosecuted for fraud and perjury respecting said Roll; and that the. Secretary be directed in like manner to serve the said Samuel Rice with a copy of his Complaint and this Order, that he have opportunity on the said second Wednesday of the next session of the General Court to support his complaint against said Heywood.

Commissary for the Forces at TRURO chosen; JUNE 24, 1776.

The House made choice of Mr. John Sellew as a Commissary for the Company stationed at Truro, in the room of Mr. Harding, excused.

Concurred by Council same day.

Adjutant for the Third Regiment in YORK; chosen JUNE 22, 1776.

The House made choice, by ballot, of Mr. Theodore Lyman as an Adjutant to the Third Regiment of Militia in the County of York

Concurred by Council, June 24, 1776.

Adjutant to the Second Regiment in CUMBERLAND chosen; JUNE 22, 1776.

The House made choice, by ballot, of Joseph Ludden as an Adjutant to the Second Regiment of Militia, in the County of Cumberland.

Concurred by Council, June 24, 1776.

Adjutant to the Third Regiment in CUMBERLAND chosen; JUNE 22, 1776.

The House made choice, by ballot, of Gideon Meserve as an Adjutant to the Third Regiment of Militia, in the County of Cumberland.

Concurred by Council, June 24, 1776.

Resolve to supply DAVID JEFFERIES, Esquire, with fifteen hundred Pounds; passed JUNE 24, 1776.

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony to David Jefferies, Esquire, Paymaster to the Regiments of Colonels Marshall, Whitney, and Crafts, the sum of £1,500, towards paying those Regiments, according to their establishment, so far as it respects Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates; said Paymaster to be accountable to this Court for the same.

Resolve directing the Selectmen of the several Towns to lend Military Tools; passed JUNE 24, 1776.

Whereas, by a late Act of the General Court, intituled "An Act for forming and regulating the Militia within the Colony, &c.," the Selectmen of each and every Town are directed to provide, at the expense of the Colony, a number of Spades or Iron Shovels, Narrow Axes, and Pick Axes; and the same to deposite and keep in some safe place, for the use of the Militia upon an alarm: And whereas it may be found expedient to make use of such Tools in erecting Fortifications, or for other necessary purposes: Therefore,

Resolved, That the Selectmen of each and every Town within this Colony be, and they hereby are, severally empowered and directed, upon application being made, to deliver the whole, or any part of the Tools provided agreeably to the Act aforesaid, to any Commissioned Officer, commanding any number of Soldiers, employed in fortifying against the enemy, in any Town in this Colony, taking their receipts for the same, particularly mentioning the number of each Tool so delivered; and said officers are hereby directed to return said Tools to the said Selectmen as soon as conveniently may be, after they have done using them in fortifying as aforesaid, the aforesaid Act notwithstanding.

Resolve for payment of Accounts for losses in battle, passed JUNE 24, 1776.

Resolved, That the following Sums be paid to the persons whose names follow, in full, for their accounts for losses in battle, on and since the 19th of April, 1775, viz: to

Resolve making provision for the Families of such Tories as have left the Colony; passed JUNE 25, 1776.

Whereas a Resolve passed this Court, dated the 19th of April, 1776, directing the Committee of Correspondence, &c., in this Colony, to lease out the Real Estates of Tories who have fled to the British Fleet or Army for protection, and to take an Inventory of their Personal Estates, &c., wherein no provision is made for their families which are left on those Estates, whereby great expenses may accrue to the Towns to which they respectively belong:

It is therefore Resolved, That the Committees of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety, in those Towns in this Colony wherein there are Estates which, in pursuance of said Resolve, come under their cognisance, be, and they hereby are, directed to allow to the families of those enemies to their country, described in said resolve, so much of the improvement of said Estates as, in their opinion, is necessary, together with the industry of said families, for their comfortable support, and account with this Court, as by said resolve is provided; and the Selectmen (or Overseers of the Poor, where such are appointed) are hereby empowered to bind out the children of such Tories, in like manner as they are by law empowered to bind out the Poor of their Towns.

And it is further Resolved, That the Committees aforesaid be, and they are hereby, empowered to dispose of any perishable goods belonging to said Estates, and which are otherwise in danger of being lost, for the most they will sell for.

Resolve for raising one hundred Men, to be stationed at MARTHA'S VINEYARD; passed JUNE 25, 1776.

Resolved, That there be raised on the Sea-Coast Establishment, in addition to the Companies stationed at Martha's Vineyard, one Company of one hundred Men, to be inlisted from the main, and to serve till the last day of December next, unless sooner discharged by order of this Court; and that one piece of Cannon (a six-pounder now at Elizabeth Islands) be removed from thence, and placed at Martha's Vineyard, and that they be supplied with two nine-pounders now at Boston; and that the Commissary-General be, and he hereby is, directed to deliver the same to Joseph Mayhew, Esquire, or order, and also for the use of the Cannon and Men, stationed at the Vineyard, four barrels of Powder, forty rounds of