46 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION [1775.

POST MEREDIEM.

Convention met. Mr. Robert Tyler, a member from Prince
George's county, and Mr. Jeremiah Jordan, a member from Saint
Mary's county, appeared and took their seats in the house.

A petition from the frontier inhabitants of Frederick county, and
a memorial from the magistrates of said county, were read the first
time and ordered to lie on the table.

Ordered, That a committee be appointed to inquire into the truth
of the facts set forth in the memorial from Frederick county court,
and the petition of the frontier inhabitants of said county, and re-
port the same to the. convention; and Mr. Smallwood, Mr. Jere-
miah T. Chase, Mr. John Alien Thomas, Mr. Chamberlaine, and
Mr. James Tilghman were elected by ballot, a committee for that
purpose.

Mr. Sim appeared in the house.

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

WEDNESDAY, December 13, 1775.

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

Mr. John Stull, a member for the upper district of Frederick
county, and Mr. Henry Hooper, a member for Dorchester county,
appeared and took their seats in the house.

On motion, Resolved, That a committee be appointed to devise
the best ways and means to promote the manufacture of salt-pe-
tre; and Mr. Carroll, of Carrollton, Mr. Thomas Johnson, Mr.
Bishop, Mr. Ramsey, and Mr. Gilpin, were elected by ballot, a
committee for that purpose.

A letter from the committee of observation for Somerset county,
to the eastern shore branch of the council of safety, dated 21st
November, 1775, was read.

Resolved, That this convention doth approve the conduct of the
committee of observation for Somerset county in raising the com-
pany of men mentioned in the said letter.

Resolved, That this province will discharge the pay, according
to the rates allowed by the last convention to militia in actual ser-
vice, of the said company, and also the reasonable expenses of
subsistence from the time of their entering into actual service, till
the further order of this convention.

Resolved, That the said company of men be subject to the or-
ders of the said committee, who shall provide for their pay and
subsistence.