Monday Morning June 2d 1740
The House met according to Adjournment
All Present that were on Saturday, except, Mr Wilkinson, Ordered
that the Address to his most Sacred Majesty be entred on the Journal
The following Message ( See page 504. )
Mr Smith from the Committee appointed to inspect the Arms and
Ammunition &ca delivers Mr Speaker the following Report
By the Committee for Inspecting the Arms and Ammunition and
Accounts relating thereto May 31, 1740
Your Committee having Viewed and Inspected the quality and
quantity of the Arms and Ammunition of this Province now in the
City of Annapolis, do find the same as follows viz.
In the Powder House
Forty Six half Barrells and two Quarter Barrels of Gunpowder
In the Room over the Conference Chamber
Thirteen Pair New Pistols
Seventeen new Swords with Belts
Nine Old Carabines
Eight Short Musketts with Bayonetts
Twenty eight Muskets
Eight Drums.
Nineteen Cartouch Boxes and eighteen Belts belonging to them
About Thirty eight Cags of Shot.
Under the Stairs in the Council Chamber
Three Barrells of Shot with about 300} taken out.
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