394 Journal and Correspondence

C. S. J.

Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to Cap^t John Pitt One
hundred and twenty six Pounds five Shillings being the
Amount of his Account for furnishing a Pilot Boat, to the 3^rd
of May.
Adjourned till 3 O'Clock and met accordingly.

M^r Frederick Green of the City of Annapolis Printer con-
tracted with the Council of Safety for printing the new
Emission of Money according to the Resolves of the last
Convention; and for his Services therein he is to be paid in
Proportion to what he was allowed for printing the former
Emission of Convention money.
The following notice was ordered to be published in the
Maryland Gazette, to wit.
" The Gentlemen who were appointed to collect Gold and
Silver Coin are desired to take notice that we have now
received Continental Money, and that whatever Gold and
Silver they bring in will be immediately exchanged at the
Treasury."
p Order G. Du Vall Clk.

Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
Doct^r Michael Wallace One hundred and four Pounds nine
Shillings and six Pence for medicine &c. as p^r Account.
Adjourned till next Day 10 O'Clock.

Original.

[Dent to Council.]

Charles County, April 30^th 1776
Gentⁿ In uniformity to the appointment of George Plater
Esq^r and myself, by your Honors, to cooperate with the Com-
missioners from Virginia in erecting Beacons on the River
Potomack; we have fixed the different stations for the same to
the Number of twenty, whereof thirteen are in Maryland Viz:
one in Prince George's, nine in Charles and three in St. Mary's
averaging about five miles from each other. To accomplish
which we have advanced the sum of thirteen pounds & four
Pence half Penny, a Moiety of the Charge for a Boat and
Hands, together with a -man exclusive of our own
Expences which I flatter myself will be allowed. We have
likewise agreed upon the Form of the Alarm-Post, which is to
be a kind of Iron Grate suspended by a Chain on the end of a
Sweep fixed with a Swivel so as to be turned agreeable to
the Wind. And as a further sum of money will be wanting
to have them erected (which with Submission to your Honors
I think may be done with greater Convenience of Despatch