Petition of Daniel Pierce

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Petition of Daniel Pierce, praying allowance for Medicines supplied the Continental Army.

Read, and committed to Samuel Knowlton and John Taylor, Esquires, with such as the honourable House shall join, to consider thereof, and report thereon.

Sent down for concurrence. Came up non-concurred.

In Council: Whereas, an order hath passed this Court, directing the Commanding Officers of the several companies of Minute-Men and Militia, and, also, the Commanding Officers of the men stationed on the Sea-Coasts to lodge their respective Rolls, in the Secretary' s Office, in order to their being examined and passed on, and no provision is made in said order, that a copy of such Roll shall be lodged with the Treasurer of this Colony.

Therefore, Resolved, That Charles Chauncy, Esquire, with such as the honourable House shall join, be a Committee to consider of, and report what is further necessary for this Court to do touching the premises.

In the House of Representatives: Read, and concurred, and Mr˙ Mills and Mr˙ Stickney are joined.

Letter from the Honourable John Hancock, Esq˙, President of Congress, relative to the Congress allowing the Accounts of this Colony.

In the House of Representatives: Read, and sent up.

In Council: Read, and Ordered, To be entered on the files of the General Assembly.

In the House of Representatives: Ordered, That there be a Committee of both Houses appointed to inquire into the conduct of the Officers of the Company stationed at Falmouth, and to stop the payment of the Rolls in the mean while.

In Council: Read, and concurred, and Benjamin Chadbourn and Joseph Gerrish, Esquires, are joined.

Adjourned to ten o' clock, to-morrow morning.