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Resolved, That the Salt now in the possession of the Council of Safety be immediately sent to the Committees of the several Counties in the following proportions, to wit:
The City and Liberties of Philadelphia having had a greater opportunity of a supply than the Counties, are not to have any part of this quantity.
The Committees are to selI it to the people at the rate of 15s˙ per bushel, and in no greater quantity than half a bushel to any one family; they are to make as equal distribution as they can according to the necessities of the people, for which purpose they are to require a declaration of what quantity they are possessed of more than their just proportion of tills necessary article at a time of such very great scarcity of it.
Mr˙ Owen Biddle is requested to employ proper persons to send the Salt to the respective Committees, with a copy of this Resolve to each; for which service this Board will allow a reasonable compensation.
Proportions in which the Salt now in the possession of the Council of Safety is to be immediately sent
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Philadelphia County 80 bushels, Chester 80, Bucks 80, Lancaster 100, York 80, Cumberland 80, Berks 80, Northampton 60, Bedford 60, Northumberland 60, Westmoreland 60, — more or less as the quantity in store may measure.