And it is further Resolved, That the Council, during the recess of the Court, be empowered and authorized to treat with any Indians that may arrive, and make such provision for them as the Council may think best; and that the Council be further authorized to appoint and commissionate such Field Officers as may be necessary to fill up any vacancies which may happen in any of the Regiments which are now raising; and if the Council shall not be sitting, that the said Committee of Council have the same power in these respects.

Resolve on the Petition of REBECCA BRIDGE and LEMUEL CHILD; passed JULY 1, 1776.

On the Petition of Rebecca Bridge and Lemuel Child,

Resolved, That the prayer of the Petition be granted; and that the Petitioners be, and hereby are, empowered to make sale of all the Real Estate therein mentioned, for the most it will fetch, and make and execute a good deed or deeds thereof, observing the rules of the law respecting the sales of Real Estates by Executors and Administrators, and giving security to the Judge of Probate for the County of Suffolk that the proceeds be applied as follows, viz: The said Widow of Edward Bridge to have the income of one-third part annually during her natural life; the other two-thirds to be appropriated to the payment of the said deceased's just debts; and the remainder (if any there shall be) to be put to interest, for the benefit of said deceased's heirs, to be paid to them, respectively, in legal proportion, when they shall be of age; also, that said heirs shall have and enjoy said Widow's thirds, after her decease, in case the debts of the said Edward Bridge be all first discharged.

Resolve empowering the Commissary to deliver out Powder, &c., to the Forces bound to CANADA; passed JULY 1, 1776.

Resolved, That the Commissary-General of this Colony be, and he hereby is, directed to deliver fifteen hundred weight of Gunpowder and three thousand five hundred weight of leaden Musket-Balls, and nine thousand Flints, to Mr. Ezra Sargeant, for the use of the Forces of this Colony bound to Canada, and that said Sargeant procure a sufficient number of Teams and Drivers for the same, to carry said Powder, Ball, and Flints, to Charlestown, in New-Hampshire Colony, to be there delivered to Mr. Samuel Hunt, for the use of the said Forces.

And be it further Resolved, That Mr. Samuel Hunt be, and is hereby, directed to deliver, out of the said Powder, Balls, and Flints, to each officer and private soldier of the said Forces, half a pound of Powder and twenty Balls and three Flints.

And it is further Resolved, That Mr. Ezra Sargeant be, and hereby is, appointed and directed to guard said Teams, with sixteen men, to Charlestown aforesaid.

And it is further Resolved, That there be paid out of the publick Treasury of this Colony £40, to enable him to procure and pay for said Teams and Drivers; and that he be accountable to this Court for the sum or sums he may receive for the purpose aforesaid.

Resolve for appointing an Engineer to direct in the Works carrying on at the GURNET, &c.; passed July 1, 1776.

Whereas a few days since a Resolve passed this Court appointing Major Thomas Dawes, for the purpose of repairing to the Gurnet, at the entrance of Plymouth Harbour, and to direct in the Fortifications to be there erected: and it was at the same time resolved, that seven of the Colonial Boats should be furnished for said service; but as Major Dawes cannot attend said service, and no Colonial Boats are to be had: It is, therefore,

Resolved, That Major-General Lincoln be desired to procure and send forward, without loss of time, a suitable person to direct in the Works aforesaid; and that Major-General Ward be also desired to furnish seven of the Continental Whale-Boats for said service; which Boats shall be returned in good order, as soon as the service will admit of it.

Resolve relative to the Accounts of the Guardians of the DUDLEY INDIANS; passed July 1, 1776.

On the Accounts of the Dudley Indians,

Resolved, That it appears the said Accounts are rightly cast and well vouched; and that the said Guardians, at their last settlement, on die 24th February, 1774, were in advance the sum of £6 7s. 3½d., and since have paid for said Indians' benefit the sum of £13 14s. 9d., and that they have received two years' income, at £9 per year, and that the said Guardians are in advance the sum of £2 2s. 0½d.

Resolve directing the Committee of MILTON, to take into possession the Estates of THOMAS HUTCHINSON and HENRY LLOYD; passed JULY 1, 1776.

Resolved, That the Committee of Correspondence, Safety, and Inspection, of the Town of Milton, be, and they are hereby, empowered to take into their possession all the Personal Estate of Thomas Hutchinson, late of said Milton, which is in the possession of Colonel Taylor, in said Milton, or wherever it may be found, excepting such as may have been otherwise disposed of by order of the General Court, and to follow the directions of this Court respecting the same, as in similar cases provided.

And further Resolved, That said Committees take into their care the Estate let to Captain Daniel Vose by Henry Lloyd, late of Boston, who fled with the Ministerial Fleet, observing the directions of Court with respect to the Estates of Refugees.

Resolve relative to the Commissary's receiving Saltpetre; passed JULY 1, 1776.

Whereas the Orders of the late General Assembly of this Colony, directing the Commissary-General to receive and pay for Saltpetre at Watertown, manufactured in the said Colony, is found to be very defective in this respect, that ha is empowered to receive the said article on two days in each month only, which restriction is found greatly inconvenient for manufacturers of that commodity, and tends much to the discouragement of the manufacturing of that article:

It is therefore Resolved, That the Commissary-General of this Colony, by himself or his Deputy, immediately examine such Saltpetre as has been manufactured in this Colony before the first of June last, and brought to Watertown aforesaid within the time limited by this Court for the delivery of the same, in all instances when the manufacturer or anyone in his behalf is attending to deliver the same, and to accept and pay for such Saltpetre, if in his power, in case he shall find that the manufacturer or manufacturers are entitled to be paid for the same by any Resolve or Resolves of the General Assembly now in force; and that for the future, until the first of October next, he, the said Commissary-General, by himself or some sufficient Deputy in his stead, give his attendance at some proper place in Watertown aforesaid, at least two days in a week, for the examining, receiving, and paying for such Saltpetre as shall be brought and offered to the said Commissary by such persons as may be entitled to be paid therefor by any Resolve or Resolves of the General Assembly of this Colony, which are now or shall be in force before the said first day of October next; and that the said Commissary-General be, and he is hereby, directed to notify the publick of the particular days of the week on which he will give such attendance.

Resolve on the Return of Estates in WOBUKN; passed JULY 1, 1776.

Resolvedn, That the proceedings of the Committee of Correspondence, Safety, and Inspection, for the Town of Woburn, in taking into possession and leasing out the Estate of Mr. Coffin, is conformable to a late Act or Resolve of the Great and General Court in that case made and provided, &c.; and the inhabitants of the Town of Woburn are hereby required to aid and support their Committee in their doings with regard to said Estate, said Committee conforming their proceedings to the Acts and Resolves of this Court in such case made and provided.

Resolve for discharging the Schooner CHARLESTOWN CUTTER; passed JULY 2, 1776.

Resolved, That Captain Batcheldor be directed to discharge the Schooner called the Charlestown Cutter, and her crew, from the service of this Colony, and deliver the said Schooner to her lawful owner, and pay him the hire that may be due to him for her service. Also to settle the Portlidge Bill, and pay the master and people that belong to said Schooner the wages that are due to them, and to