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convention, it is Resolved, That the examination of such accounts
lay over to the next session of convention, and that the supervi-
sors be, and they are hereby directed to lay a full state of their ac-
counts, and the success of the works under their care, before this
convention at their next sitting.

The convention took into their consideration a report from the
committee appointed to receive proposals relative to the establish-
ment of manufactories within this province, and thereupon Resolv-
ed, That the sum of three hundred pounds common money, with-
out interest till the first day of May next, be advanced to Alexan-
der M'Fadon, of Georgetown, in Frederick county, he giving bond
with good security, to make a return or payment thereof in good
linen, of such quality as this or a future convention, or in their re-
cess, the council of safety of this province shall and may order and di-
rect, in the proportions and at the times following, to wit: one third
part thereof on or before the first day of November next, and the
remainder on or before the first day of May ensuing, at such rates
and prices as maybe allowed by the said convention, or the council
of safety, in the recess thereof.

Resolved, That the council of safety of this province be empow-
ered to advance to Edward Parker of Cecil county, any sum of
money not exceeding three hundred pounds common money, on
his complying with his former contract, on the terms and condi-
tions, and for the purposes in his said former contract mentioned,
so long and as often as the said council of safety shall conceive the
public exigencies shall require the same.

On reading a second time the report from the committee appointed
to devise ways and means for the establishment of a paper manufac-
tory, the convention took the same into consideration, and thereup-
on, Resolved, That the sum of four hundred pounds "common money,
be advanced to James Dorsett of Baltimore county, he giving bond
with sufficient security, to repay the same within two years without
interest, either in cash, or writing or cartridge paper, or in such pro-
portions of each as this or a future convention, or council of safety
in their recess, shall direct and order, that is to say, one third part
thereof within twelve months, and the other two-thirds within two
years from the date of said bond; he at the same time engaging to
build a mill for that purpose within six months from the date of hia
said contract, and to sell to the inhabitants of this province any
kind of paper which he may make, as cheap as the same can or
shall be sold at any mill in the province of Pennsylvania.

Edward Lloyd of Talbot county, Barnaby Egan and Basil Brooke,
jun., of Calvert county, William Farris and John Brewer of Anne