136 Journal and Correspondence

C. S. J.

any three of them, be and are hereby requested to examine the
Cannon lying at Fell's Point and elsewhere in and near Balti-
more Town and cause such of them as may be found fit for
Service, not intended for the Ship Defence, to be lodged in
some Place of Security mounted on proper Carriages as soon
as they conveniently can, and make Report of the State of the
Cannon and the Expence of Carriages to the Council of Safety.
Ordered That a Copy of the Resolution of Congress relative
to Mons^r Juge be immediately transmitted to the Committee
of Observation for Baltimore County.
Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
Capt. Nathaniel Smith One hundred pounds for subsist Money
for his Recruits.
Whereas Samuel Purviance Jun^r John Moale, Jeremiah
Townley Chase, James Calhoun, Andrew Buchanan, Thomas
Harrison, Benjamin Griffith Isaac Griest, John Smith, John
Boyd, William Aisquith and William Buchanan, acting Mem-
bers of the Committee of Observation for Baltimore County
residing in and near Baltimore Town have delivered in to the
Council of Safety Proposals for fortifying the Town of Balti-
more and placing Obstructions in the Channel of the River so
as to prevent the Approach of Men of War to the said Town
agreeable to the Resolve of the late Convention and have
offered to undertake the Business and compleat the same with
all convenient speed for the Sum of six thousand two hundred
Pounds, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the Pur-
poses aforesaid, and are willing to give Bond with Condition
for the due performance of their Agreement, therefore
Resolved, That the proposition made by said Gentlemen of
the Committee of Observation be accepted, and that Bond be
taken with Condition, that if the said Samuel Purviance Jun^r
William Lux, John Moale, Jeremiah Townley Chase, James
Calhoun, Andrew Buchanan, Thomas Harrison, Benjamin
Griffith, Isaac Griest, John Smith, John Boyd, W^m Aisquith
and William Buchanan, or the Survivors of them, their Heirs,
Executors or Administrators do & shall in all Things fulfill the
Resolve of said Convention and their the said Obligers Agree-
ment with the Council of Safety and do and shall well and
truly lay out and expend the aforesaid Sum of six thousand
two hundred Pounds Currency or so much thereof as may be
necessary in fortifying said Town, and placing Obstructions in
the Channel of the River so as in all human probability will
prevent men of war approaching said Town, and do from
Time to Time render a full and fair Account of their Expences
and other Transactions in the Management, of the Business
aforesaid and also do and shall well and faithfully and in a
proper manner compleat the same Fortifications and Obstruc-