Camp Kettles and Canteens be deposited with the under-named persons, to be by them delivered to the Troops, taking their receipts therefor, viz: Those for Medfield, to Eleazer Wheelock; those for Haverhill, to Isaac Reddington; those for Westford, to Captain Joseph Reed; those for Rehoboth, to Mr. Ephraim Starkweather; those for Pittsfield, to Captain—Bush; those for Northampton, to Mr. Robert Brick; those for Hadley, to Major John Chester Williams; those for Brookfield, to David Hitchcock; and that those persons be accountable to this Court for the same.

Resolve for paying Captain WILLIAM SCOTT and Men; passed JUNE 27, 1776.

Whereas a Resolve passed this Court in March and April last, ordering the sum of £14 15s. to be paid out of the publick Treasury to Captain William Scott, and the Officers and Soldiers in his Company, for the losses sustained by said Company at Chelsea and Bunker Hill, to each of said Officers and men, the several sums set to their names; and it appearing to this Court that the sums amount to £19 15s.: Therefore,

Resolved, That there be allowed and paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony to Captain William Scott, for the use of the officers and men mentioned in the Return on which the said Resolve passed, the several sums set to their names respectively; said sums amounting in the whole to £19 15s.: Provided, That he shall not be entitled to receive anything in consequence of this Resolve for any person who has received the sum intended to have been allowed him by the Resolve aforesaid.

Officers for the Company at MARTHA'S VINEYARD chosen; JUNE 27, 1776.

The House made choice, by ballot, of the following gentlemen as Officers for the Company of one hundred men, to be stationed at Martha's Vineyard: John Russell, Captain; Stephen Fisk, Jun., First Lieutenant; Silas Hatch, Jun., Second Lieutenant.

Concurred by Council the same day.

Resolve on the Petition of the Committee of SALEM; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

On the Petition of the Committee of Salem, relative to the Company stationed there,

Resolved, That the prayer of the Petition be so far granted, as that the Commissioned Officers of said Company consist, in future, of one Captain, one First Lieutenant, one Second Lieutenant, and one Ensign; and that suitable persons, to be appointed by this Court, be commissioned to complete the corps of Commissioned Officers in said Company, agreeable to this Resolve; and that the pay of said Ensign be £3 3s.

Officers for the Company at SALEM appointed; JUNE 28, 1776.

The House made choice, by ballot, of the following gentlemen as Officers for the Company stationed at Salem, viz: William Marston, First Lieutenant, in the room of Jonathan Haradon, who is engaged on board the Sloop Tyrannicide; Benjamin Ropes, Jun., Second Lieutenant, in the room of William Marston, elected First Lieutenant; and Christopher Babbage, Ensign.

Concurred by Council the same day.

Resolve for paying Captain WARNER and Men; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury, to Captain Daniel Warner, £30 2s. 4d., in full for himself and men borne on his Roll.

Form of Inlistment, &c., for raising one hundred Men, to be stationed at MARTHA'S VINEYARD; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

Resolved, That the following be the form of an Inlistment and Beating Orders for raising one hundred Men, to be stationed on Martha's Vineyard, viz:

Form of an Inlistment.

"We, whose names are hereto subscribed, do severally inlist ourselves into the service of the Colony of the Massachusetts-Bay, on the sea-coast establishment, to continue in the said service until the last day of December next, unless sooner discharged; and we severally promise to furnish ourselves with a good firearm and bayonet fitted thereto, if possible, and also a cartouch-box and blanket; and, when inlisted, we promise to march to Martha's Vineyard, for the defence of that Island, and be subject to the command of the officers which are or may be appointed over us by the General Court.

"Dated the day of,1776."

Form of Beating Orders.

"To..... ,Gentleman, greeting:

"You are hereby empowered and directed to inlist a Company, to consist of ninety-seven Men, including Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, to serve on the Island of Martha's Vineyard; and when so inlisted to cause them to pass muster before Major Joseph Dimmock, who is hereby ordered to muster them accordingly; and when mustered, you are to march said men immediately to said Martha's Vineyard, for the defence of that Island, to be under the field command of Major Barachiah Basset."

Resolve for the delivery of Gunpowder to WILLIAM BENNET; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

Resolved, That the Commissary-General be directed, and he hereby is ordered, to deliver to William Bennet, one hundred pounds of Gunpowder, he paying for the same.

Resolve for paying the Selectmen of SANDWICH; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

On the Account of the Selectmen of Sandwich, for Barracks, Wood, Cartridges; Powder, and Flints, amounting to £4 18s. 2d.,

Resolved, That there be paid out of the Treasury of this Colony £2 3s. 6d., in full for the above-mentioned Account, to the Selectmen of Sandwich.

Resolve on the Petition from the Town of CHARLTON; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

On the Petition of the Town of Charlton,

Resolved, That the prayer of said Petition be so far granted, that the Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and Safety, for said Town, be, and they are hereby, empowered and directed to make division, with the Honourable Samuel Danforth, Esq., and others, of any Lands lying in common, or undivided, in the Town of Charlton, where the said William Brown, of Salem, a Mandamus Counsellor, is interested, in any lawful way that they shall be able; and when said Brown's interest is ascertained, they, the said Committee, to take care of the same, and see that no strip or waste is made on said land, until the further order of this Court.

Resolve appointing Signers to Bills of Publick Credit; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

Ordered, That Mr. Warwick Palfrey, Mr. Henry Hill, and Colonel Samuel Thatcher, be of the Committee to sign the Bills of Credit in the room of Mr. Nye, Mr. Pitts, and Mr. Mills, excused.

Resolve for supplying MARBLEHEAD with Camion, &c; passed JUNE 28, 1776.

Resolved, That four forty-two-pounders and two twelve-pounders be supplied for the Town and Harbour of Marble-head; and that the Commissary-General be, and he hereby is, directed to deliver the same to Mr. Joshua Orne, or his order, (provided they are not under improvement in any fortification in Boston or Nantasket Harbour,) and that the said Orne fix and prepare the same for use; and the Commissary-General is also directed to deliver to the said Orne forty rounds of Shot for each of said Cannon, and also for two twenty-four-pounders now at Marblehcad, and one thousand pounds of Gunpowder—he to be accountable to this Court for the same.