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ordered, was read. Ordered, That the same be taken into consid-
eration on Thursday next.

Convention appointed Mr. Thomas Beall, second lieutenant of
captain Bennett Bracco's independent company of regular troops,
in the room of Mr. Daniel Jenifer Adams, and Mr. Colmore Wil-
liams third lieutenant of said company.

Mr. Parnham has leave of absence till Monday next.

Ordered, That three persons be added to the committee of elec-
tions; and Mr. Grahame, Mr. Fitzhugh, and Mr. Paca, were elect-
ed by ballot to be of the said committee.

On motion, Resolved, That the depositions of captain James Dis-
ney, lieutenant Samuel Godman, lieutenant Joseph Burgess, and
Mr. Thomas Harwood, relative to the late election for Anne-Arun-
del county, be taken before some magistrate as speedily as possible,
after due notice to Mr. Rezin Hammond and some of the petition-
ers against the said election.

Mr. Dent has leave of absence for a few days,

Adjourned till 3 o'clock.

POST MERIDIEM.

Convention met. Mr. Fischer appeared in the house.

A remonstrance from George Davy, of Frederick county, was
read and referred to the committee appointed to receive proposals
relating to the establishment of manufactories.

The committee of elections report to the convention, That by
the return for Kent county, Thomas Ringgold, William Ringgold
of Eastern Neck, Joseph Earle, and Thomas Smyth, Esqrs., are
duly elected delegates for the said county, agreeable to the resolves
and directions of the last convention.

On motion of Mr. Paca, Resolved, That an election of three del-
egates for Anne Arundel county beheld on Wednesday the fourth
of September next, at the city of Annapolis, by John Weems,
Thomas Dorsey, and Thomas Watkins, Esqrs., or by any two or
one of them, according to the resolves of the last convention, and
that the said judges give due notice thereof, by setting up adver-
tisments in the most public places in the said county.

Proposals from Valentine Reintzel and Anthony Gossler, of
Frederick county, for raising a company of rifle-men, was read and
unanimously rejected.

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