292 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION [1776.
WEDNESDAY, October 30, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except
Mr. Bowie and Mr. Hooe. The proceedings of yesterday were
read. Mr. J. Smith and Mr. Marbury appeared in the house.

The council of safety having laid before the convention a letter
from John Rogers, Esqr., inclosing a resignation of his commis-
sion as judge of the court of admiralty, the convention proceeded
to appoint another in his stead, and Benjamin Nicholson, Esqr.
was appointed.

On motion of Mr. J. Hall, Resolved, That the council of safety
be empowered to write to their agents in the foreign West Indies,
for such warlike stores or other necessaries as have been heretofore
ordered by this convention, to the amount of twenty-five thousand
pounds currency, to be paid for in paper money by draughts on the
treasury here, instead of exporting country produce to that value,
any former order to the contrary notwithstanding; and that the said
sum of money be deemed and taken as part of the sixty-five thou-
sand pounds heretofore appropriated for the purchase of military
stores and other articles necessary for the defence and protection
of this state.

Adourned till 3 o'clock.

POST MERIDIEM.

Convention met. Mr. Carroll, Mr. Kent, Mr. Bishop, and Mr.
Schriver, appeared in the house.

The convention according to the order of the day, resolved itself
into a committee of the whole, on that part of the constitution of
Virginia which was referred to their consideration; Mr. T. Wright
in the chair. After some time spent therein, Mr. President resum-
ed the chair, and Mr. Wright reported, that the committee had, ac-
cording to order, taken the same into consideration, and had come
to several resolutions thereon, which he read in his place and af-
terwards delivered in at the table, where the same were again twice
read, amended, and agreed to as follow :

Resolved unanimously, That it is the opinion of this convention,
that the state of Virginia hath not any right or title to any of the
territory, bays, rivers, or waters, included in the charter granted by
his majesty Charles the first to Cecilius Calvert, baron of Baltimore.

Resolved unanimously, That it is the opinion of this convention,
That the sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the territory, bays,
rivers, and waters, included in the said charter, belongs to this state;

and that the river Potowmack, and almost the whole of the river
Pocomoke, being comprehended in the said charter, the sole and