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On motion, an Ordinance for paying a bounty on Saltpetre, and common Salt, manufactured in New Jersey, and for purchasing Saltpetre, was brought in and read, and ordered a second reading.
Adjourned to three o' clock, in the afternoon.
Met according to adjournment.
The Ordinance for paying a bounty on Saltpetre, and common Salt, manufactured in New Jersey, &c˙, was read the second time, and several amendments being thereunto made, the same was agreed to, and ordered to be engrossed.
The Committee appointed to draw the draft of an Ordinance for raising two Artillery Companies in New Jersey, and providing for their pay and subsistence, brought in the same, which was read, and ordered a second reading.
Agreed, That John Dennis, Esq˙, send the Records of the Surveyor-General' s Office, to the house of Peter Schenck, Esq.
Ordered, That John Dennis and Mr˙ Dunham be a
Agreeable to Order, the Congress took under consideration the capture of the Ship Blue-Mountain-Valley, and having heard and examined the proofs respecting the same, postponed the decision until tomorrow morning.
Adjourned till nine o' clock, tomorrow morning.
Ordinance for Paying a Bounty on Saltpetre and Common Salt
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Committee to adjust and settle the Accounts of Powder furnished the Earl of Stirling, by Somerset, Brunswick, Woodbridge, and Elizabethtown, and to repay the same out of the half ton sent this Congress by the honourable Continental Congress. That said Committee are to keep the surplus in their hands on account; and to report to the next Congress or Committee of Safety.