ordered, was read. Ordered, That the same be taken into consideration on Thursday next.

Convention appointed Mr. Thomas Beall, second lieutenant of captain Bennett Bracco's independent company of regular troops, in the room of Mr. Daniel Jenifer Adams, and Mr. Colmore Williams third lieutenant of said company.

Mr. Parnham has leave of absence till Monday next.

Ordered, That three persons be added to the committee of elections; and Mr. Grahame, Mr. Fitzhugh, and Mr. Paca, were elected by ballot to be of the said committee.

On motion, Resolved, That the depositions of captain James Disney, lieutenant Samuel Godman, lieutenant Joseph Burgess, and Mr. Thomas Harwood, relative to the late election for Anne-Arundel county, be taken before some magistrate as speedily as possible, after due notice to Mr. Rezin Hammond and some of the petitioners against the said election.

Mr. Dent has leave of absence for a few days.
Adjourned till 3 o'clock.

POST MERIDIEM.

Convention met. Mr. Fischer appeared in the house.

A remonstrance from George Davy, of Frederick county, was read and referred to the committee appointed to receive proposals relating to the establishment of manufactories.

The committee of elections report to the convention, That by the return for Kent county, Thomas Ringgold, William Ringgold of Eastern Neck, Joseph Earle, and Thomas Smyth, Esqrs., are duly elected delegates for the said county, agreeable to the resolves and directions of the last convention.

On motion of Mr. Paca, Resolved, That an election of three delegates for Anne Arundel county be held on Wednesday the fourth of September next, at the city of Annapolis, by John Weems, Thomas Dorsey, and Thomas Watkins, Esqrs., or by any two or one of them, according to the resolves of the last convention, and that the said judges give due notice thereof, by setting up advertisments in the most public places in the said county.

Proposals from Valentine Reintzel and Anthony Gossler, of Frederick county, for raising a company of rifle-men, was read and unanimously rejected.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning, 9 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY, August 28, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except Mr. Parnham. The proceedings of yesterday were read. Mr. Ridgely and Mr. Shepherd appeared in the house.

A petition from the inhabitants of the city of Annapolis, to be reinstated in their former right of voting for representatives for Anne Arundel county, and proposals from Elisha Winters, to take the Frederick gun-lock factory, were read and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. T. Ringgold, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire into and report what progress has been made in the different manufactories erected, or about to be erected in this state, in pursuance of the sundry proposals made to and accepted by the conventions and councils of safety, and into the expenditure of all public moneys advanced to the undertakers of public and private manufactories, and to issue summonses for all such persons to attend them as they may judge necessary, and to consider of the proposals this day made by Elisha Winters, and report thereon; and Mr. T. Ringgold, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Grahame, Mr. Hooe, and Mr. Chamberlaine, were elected by ballot a committee for that purpose.

Mr. Paca brings in and delivers to Mr. President a report from the committee appointed to consider of the several depositions and papers relative the reverend Mr. Scott, which was read and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion of Mr. Goldsborough, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to enquire into and report the state and condition of the log jail in Frederick town, how the money granted for building the same has been expended, and in what manner the prisoners contained therein are treated, and also to enquire into and report the state and condition of the county jail; and Mr. Edelen, Mr. Wootton, and Mr. Hughs, were elected by ballot a committee for that purpose.

Adjourned till 3 o'clock.

POST MERIDIEM.

Convention met. Mr. William Ringgold and Mr. Joseph Earle, delegates returned for Kent county, appeared and took their seats in the house.

The report relative to the reverend Mr. Scott was read a second time, and it being represented to the house that Mr. Scott was not desirous of being heard, but was ready to submit to the determination of the convention, the said report was taken into considera

tion, and, on motion of Mr. J. T. Chase, the question was put, That the said John Scott be committed to the custody of the sheriff of Frederick county, and there safe kept until the further order of the convention or supreme power of this state be known therein, and that the said John Scott pay into the hands of the treasurer of the western shore the sum of five hundred pounds common money, to be applied towards defraying his proportionable part of the expenses of the war incurred, or to be incurred, during the present contest between Great Britain and the United States? Carried in the negative.

The question was then put, That the said reverened John Scott is a disaffected person, and has a dangerous influence in Somerset county, that he be removed from the said county to Frederick county, and that he give bond to the council of safety in the sum of one thousand pounds sterling, with good security, not to depart the said county, without leave of the convention, or council of safety, and that he will not correspond upon public matters with any person whatever? Resolved in the affirmative.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning, 9 o'clock.

THURSDAY, August 29, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except Mr. Grahame. The proceedings of yesterday were read.

On motion Resolved, That the reverend John Scott be discharg

ed from his recognizance and from any further attendance on this convention, on his giving bond agreeable to the resolve of yesterday; and that he be allowed a fortnight to settle his affairs and to remove himself and family to Frederick; but the said John Scott is not to return to Somerset county, nor hold any conversation or correspondence with any inhabitant thereof upon public affairs during that time.

Ordered, That the clerk make out and deliver to Mr. Scott, a copy of the resolution respecting him.

Mr. Fenwick has leave of absence.

A petition from Conrad Theodore Wederstrandt, and a petition of John Wells of Baltimore county, for a sum of money to enable him to carry on a linen manufactory, were read and ordered to lie on the table.

The order of the day for taking into consideration, the petition against Anne Arundel county election being read, Ordered, That the same be referred for consideration till Tuesday next.

Mr. Edmondson, Mr. Gibson, and Mr. Shriver, have leave of absence for a few days.

On motion, Resolved, That the persons now confined in the log jail in Frederick county be removed to the public jail thereof, and be permitted to occupy the upper story, and to have the use of the prison yard in common with the debtors, until the further order of this convention, and that the guard be continued.

Ordered, That the clerk make out and transmit a copy of the above resolution to the committee of observation for the middle district of Frederick county.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow, three o'clock in the after

noon.

FRIDAY, August 30, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except Mr. Gibson, Mr. Schriver, Mr. Fenwick, and Mr. Hammond. The proceedings of yesterday were read. Mr. Sheredine, Mr. Potter, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Semmes, appeared in the house. Mr. Walter Bowie, Mr. Benjamin Hall, Mr. Osborn Sprigg, and Mr. Luke Marbury, delegates returned for Prince George's county, appeared and took their seats in the house.

The committee of elections report to the convention, That Walter Bowie, Benjamin Hall, Osborn Sprigg, and Luke Marbury, esqrs., are duly elected delegates for Prince George's county; and that Thomas Johnson, esqr., is duly elected a delegate for Caroline county.

Mr. Thomas Ringgold has leave of absence till Monday next, Mr. Fitzhugh till Tuesday next, and Mr. Chamberlaine for a few days.

A petition from the trustees of the poor of Frederick county for a sum of money, to be advanced them out of the public treasury, was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. Johnson appeared and took his seat in the house.

On reading a second time the petition of Thomas French, late sheriff, and George French, present sheriff of Frederick county, Ordered, That a committee be appointed to enquire into the truth of the facts therein set forth; and. Mr. Sheredine, Mr. Wootton, and Mr. Beall, were elected by ballot a committee for that purpose. A petition from Samuel Sharpe, of Talbot county, was read and ordered to lie on the table.

On motion, Resolved, That two persons be added to the committee appointed to prepare a declaration and charter of rights, and a form of government for this state; and Mr. Johnson and Mr. Hooe were elected by ballot to be of the said committee.

On motion, Resolved, That Mr. Frederick Green be added to the signers of bills of credit.

Mr. Horsey has leave of absence for a few days.
Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning, 9 o'clock.

SATURDAY, August 31, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except Mr. Fitzhugh, Mr. Ringgold. and Mr. Edmondson. The proceedings of yesterday were read. Mr. Hammond appeared in the house. Mr. D. Smith has leave of absence till Monday week.

On reading a second time the petition of Samuel Sharpe, setting forth, that he had, on the seventeenth day of December last, become secutity for a certain Isaac Atkinson, in a bond taken to Matthew Tilghman, Esquire, then President of the convention, in the sum of one thousand pounds currency, for the said Isaac Atkinson's future good behaviour; and that the said Isaac Atkinson had since fled from this state and joined the enemies thereof, and now assists the British fleet and army in waging war against the United States of America, and praying of this house to have the said bond put in suit; and that as the estate of the said Isaac Atkinson was daily wasting, they would also direct the said estate to be put under the care and direction of such person or persons as the house could confide in; and it appearing to this convention that the said Isaac Atkinson hath for some time past absented himself from his home, and hath, as is reported and generally believed, joined the