the several Towns in this Colony, agreeable to a schedule thereto annexed, and as some persons may be induced to inlist from other Towns than those in which they have their usual place of abode: Therefore,

Resolved, That all persons who shall inlist into any of the Battalions destined for Canada or New-York, shall be considered as a part of the levy on their respective Towns, until such time as those Towns to which they respectively belong have inlisted their full complement of men, and not to those Towns in which they shall so inlist.

Resolve for advancing one month's Fay to the Officers destined to CANADA and NEW-YORK; passed JULY 4, 1776.

Resolved, That one month's advance pay be paid unto all the Commissionated and Staff Officers of the several Regiments designed for the service of Canada and New-York. And the Council are hereby empowered to draw warrants on the Treasurer of this Colony for such sums as they shall think necessary, to be paid, for the purpose aforesaid, into the hands of the Committees appointed to forward the raising of said Regiments.

Resolve appointing a Court to try certain persons suspected of being inimical to the AMERICAN Colonies; passed JULY 4, 1776.

Resolved, That Samuel Niles, Samuel Pemberton, Joseph Greenleaf Joseph Gardner, and Theophilus Gushing, Esqs., Justices of the Peace within and for the County of Suffolk, residing at or near Boston, be, and hereby are, authorized and empowered to cause to come before them, or any three of them, at such time and place in the Town of Boston, and by such methods as the Justices in the former Resolve were authorized to do, such of the said persons in the former Resolve named as to them may appear expedient; and that they have power likewise of convening witnesses before them, or any three of them, in the same manner the former Court of Inquiry had, and such of the said persons as, from their past conduct, the said Justices conceive would probably take and act an inimical part against this or any of the United Colonies if they had a convenient opportunity for so doing, they the said Justices, or any three of them, may restrain, by causing them to find good and sufficient sureties for their good behaviour; and in that behalf more especially for any term of time not exceeding twelve months; and to commit such persons until they find such surety. And such others of the said obnoxious persons, whose continuance under bonds in the Town of Boston, shall to them or any three of them, appear incompatible with the safety of this or the other United Colonies, they may commit to prison, or may order in some inland Town in this Colony, for a term not exceeding four months, there to remain within the limits of such Town, he or they finding sureties for their duly observing such order, as well as for their good behaviour for a further term not exceeding twelve months in the whole; such removal and continuance to be at the expense of the person removed, if of ability, and in want thereof, at the charge of this Colony; and, in default of their recognising with sufficient sureties as aforesaid, in reasonable sums, him or them to commit to prison until he or they shall find such sureties. And the Committee of Safety, &c, in the Towns where such persons may be sent in consequence of this Resolve, are directed to receive them, to inspect their conduct, and to prevent their consorting or associating with any prisoners of war that are or may be placed in such Town.

And the said Justices are hereby authorized, if they or the major part of them, upon deliberation, think it may be done consistently with the publick safety, to send into some inland Town in this Colony such of the said five persons now confined in Boston Jail by the Justices of the former Court, under the restrictions aforesaid; and also to continue under bonds any or all the said other five persons now bound for their appearance before the Superior Court, for a term not exceeding twelve months, and them to release and discharge From the present recognisances.

And the said Justices, or any three of them, are also directed to disarm all and every person they shall judge expedient to restrain as aforesaid; and that all bonds taken in pursuance of this Resolve be to the Treasurer of this Colony. And the said Justices arc directed to sit from day to day, or as often as they conveniently can, till they have discharged the trust reposed in them by this Resolve; and on or before the last day of August next, make a particular report of their proceedings herein to this Court, and that a proper compensation be made to them, as well as to the Justices that constituted the former Court.

Resolve for supplying BARTHOLOMEW PUTNAM with Powder; passed JULY 4, 1776.

Resolved, That the Commissary-General of this Colony be, and he is hereby, directed to sell and deliver to Captain Bartholomew Putnam three hundred pounds weight of Gun-powder out of the Colony stores, and that he receive of said Putnam 5s. a pound for the same.

Resolve to sell the Tories' Chaises and other Carriages; passed JULY 4, 1776.

Resolved, That John Brown, William Cooper, John Pitts, Josiah Sartel, and Edward Rawson, Esqs., being a Committee for taking Inventories, &c, of the Estates within the Town of Boston which have been left or deserted by sundry persons supposed to be inimical to the rights and liberties of America, be, and they hereby are, directed to make sale of all Chaises and other Carriages belonging to such Estates, they first having the same appraised by the most suitable persons, and then advertising the same for sale at such appraisements; and all that may remain unsold at a day that said Committee may appoint, shall then be advertised to be sold at publick vendue. All which shall be carried into effect by said Committee as soon as conveniently may be, they to be accountable to the General Court for the proceeds of such sales.

Resolve for supplying the Company stationed at SALEM; passed JULY 4, 1776.

Resolved, That the Commissary appointed to furnish the sea-coast men stationed at Salem be, and he hereby is, directed to furnish the Company of Matrosses, to be raised and stationed at Salem, with all necessaries, agreeable to the sea-coast establishment.

Also, Resolved, That the said Company, when raised, be under the direction of Timothy Pickering, Jun., Esq.

Additional power given to the Court appointed to try suspected persons, JULY 4, 1776.

Resolved, That in the stead and place of Samuel Niles and Theophilus Cushing, Esquires, who have not had the small-pox, that John Hill, Esq., and Edmund Quincy, Esq., be appointed Justices of the Court of Inquiry, with the same power the said Niles and Cushing were vested with.

And it is also Resolved, That the Committee of Correspondence, &c., in the Town of Boston, or the major part thereof, be and hereby are, directed to file information or informations against any person or persons suspected of being unfriendly to the rights and liberties of America, before the major part of the Justices of the Court of Inquiry, which Justices, or any one of them, are hereby directed forthwith to issue his or their warrant against such person or persons against whom information shall be filed as aforesaid, directed to some lawful officer, commanding him forthwith to apprehend the body or bodies of any such person or persons, and secure him or them by imprisonment or good and sufficient bail, against the time of trial; and the said Committee, or the major part thereof, are hereby further directed to produce the witnesses, and bring forward and prosecute the trial of every such person or persons to effect.

Resolve appointing a Committee on Accounts; passed JULY 4, 1776.

Whereas, a necessary attention to the more important affairs of the Government in the present extraordinary times of difficulty and distress renders it impracticable for this House to receive and examine the numerous Accounts now daily exhibited against the Government, agreeable to the mode heretofore usually practised, and the payment thereof has been greatly delayed, to the detriment of individuals, as well as to the injury of the credit of the Government: Therefore,

Resolved, That Abraham Watson, Jonathan Webster, Thomas Durfee, Aaron Wood, John Bliss, and Isaac Lo-