Committee to State the Wages

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Wednesday, January 10, 1776.

The House met according to adjournment.

The Clerk of the House being necessarily called away,

Voted, That Timothy Walker, Jun˙, Esq˙, be Clerk pro tempore.

Voted, That John Dudley, Esq˙, Captain Prentice, Mr˙ Baldwin, and Mr˙ Chase, be a Committee to state the Wages of the present House of Assembly and the honourable Council, and make report to this House as soon as may be.

Voted, That the Clerk of this House apply to the Honourable Meshech Weare, Esq˙, Clerk of the late House of Assembly of this Colony, for the Journals and Files of said late Assembly.

Voted, That Colonel Morey, Colonel Gerrish, Major Bellows, and Captain Prentice, be a Committee to state the quantity and quality of Fire-Arms necessary to be purchased by this Colony, and make report to this House as soon as may be.

Voted, That Colonel Nicholas Gilman, Esq˙, be, and hereby is, appointed Treasurer and Receiver-General for this Colony, for one year, from the twenty-first day of December last, and to continue after that time, until a new appointment of the General Assembly, be giving bond, with two sufficient sureties, in the sum of one hundred thousand Pounds, to the Speaker of this House for the time being, in behalf of the Colony, for the faithful discharge of his trust.

Sent up to the Board by Colonel Gilman and Captain Moulton.

Voted, That the Town of Allenstown, being taxed the last year the sum of three Pounds six Shillings and one Penny more than their proportion with other towns in this Colony, the said town be abated that sum.

Sent up by Colonel Gilman and Captain Moulton.

Voted, That the Honourable Meshech Weare, Esq˙, be Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Judicature for this Colony; that Matthew Thornton, Esq˙, be Second Justice, Leverett Hubbard, Esq˙, Third Justice, and Elisha Paine, Esq˙, Fourth Justice of said Court.

Sent up by Colonel Gilman and Captain Moulton.

Adjourned to half after two o' clock, P˙M.

The House met according to adjournment.

Upon a motion made by Samuel Sherburne, Esq˙,

Voted, That he wait upon the honourable Council, and inquire whether they have received any publick Letters.

Mr˙ Blanchard came down from the Board, and informed the House that the honourable Council had received no publick Letters but what they had communicated to the House.

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The House adjourned till to-morrow, nine o' clock, fore noon.