Secretaries

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Ordered, That the Secretaries make out their Accounts, at twenty Shillings per diem each, for their services, from the commencement of this Congress until the 14th instant, together with their respective Accounts of Disbursements, and that the same be audited by three of the Auditors; and that the same, when audited, be paid by the Treasurer of this Congress.

Ordered, That the Account of Thomas Petit be made out at eight Shillings per day, for his services in time past, and his future services till the 14th instant, together with an account of any disbursements he may have made; and that the same be audited by three of the Auditors, that the same may be paid by the Treasurer.

Ordered, That Peter V˙B˙ Livingston, Esq˙, as Treasurer of this Congress, pay to Colonel McDougall the sum of six hundred Pounds, to enable him to pay off Captain Ledyard' s Company to the 1st ultimo, and the Wives and Attorneys of the men of his Regiment, and to reimburse him for paying the men discharged by General Schuyler and the other Commanding Officer at the posts above.

Ordered, That Peter V˙B˙ Livingston, Esq˙, as Treasurer of this Congress, pay to Mr˙ John Berrien, as Commissary for the Commissioners for erecting Fortifications on the banks of Hudson' s River, in the Highlands, and one of the said Commissioners, the sum of twelve hundred Pounds, on account, to be applied for the necessary purposes of erecting the said Fortifications, and discharging the debts already contracted or to be contracted thereby; and that Mr˙ Livingston take Mr˙ Berrien' s receipt for the same, on account.