Proceedings from June 5 to July 6

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Met according to adjournment.

An Act concerning Marriages, &c˙, was read a third time, and parsed to be enacted.

Voted, That a Committee of five persons of this House join a Committee of the honourable Board, to confer together upon the expediency of purchasing or borrowing a quantity of Powder, or of exchanging of Saltpetre in the Massachusetts Colony for Powder, and in what manner the exchange shall be made, and make report thereon as soon as may be; and that Colonel Morey, Ichabod Rollins, Esq˙, Doctor Dearborn, Captain Prentice, and Captain Moulton, be the Committee of this House for that purpose; and also to consider the expediency of supplying the frontier Towns in this Colony with Powder, and also what Towns shall be supplied, and with how much.

Voted, To choose a Committee of three Members of this House, to join a Committee of the honourable Board, to inquire into the cause why the First Regiment in this Colony is not settled, according to the order of this House; and why Major Ephraim Pickering is objected to by some part of said Regiment as Second Major thereof, and to make report thereof to this House as soon as may be; and that Jonathan Lovewell, Esq˙, Daniel Brainard, Esq˙, and Captain Harriman, be a Committee of this House for that purpose.

Voted, That Joseph Leigh receive out of the Treasury £6 3s˙, in full for his service to this Colony as a soldier under the command of Captain Salter, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, That the Account of Mr˙ John Odin, amounting to £4 12s˙, be allowed and paid out of the Treasury, and that the President give order of payment.

Voted, That the Ensign of Colonel Sherburne' s Company of Cadets have the same rank as the Ensign of Colonel Langdon' s Company of Light-Infantry.

Adjourned to eight o' clock, tomorrow morning.