238 PROCEEIDNGS OF THE CONVENTION [1776.

some convenient works shall be erected for the grinding and bor-
ing bayonets, ramrods, and files, and other materials, and the stream
of vvaler that runs near the works shall be conveyed thereto, if to
be done at a moderate expense, and with the consent of the pro-
prietors of the land who will be affected by it; that the whole
amount of the ground, buildings and other improvements, together
with the value of the tools on hand, shall be ascertained, and that
Elisha Winters shall pay interest thereon at the rate of six per
centum from the first day of October next, by way of rent yearly;
that the materials on hand shall be valued, and the amount deduct-
ed out of the work to be received of him.

"That the said Elisha Winters shall pay by way of hire yearly
for the servants that have been bought on the public account, in
proportion to the cost of each respective servant, and the time he
has to serve, to victual and clothe them at his own expense, to pay
their levy and the necessary expense of a physician in case of sick-
ness.

"And your committee are of opinion, that the said ground, build-
ings, and other improvements, tools and servants, shall remain
under rent and hire respectively, on the above terms after the ex-
piration of the first year, if the said Elisha Winters shall continue
to merit the confidence of the future legislature or governing pow-

er of this state for the time being.

"And your committee are further of opinion, that so long as the
the said Elisha Winters continues to be a tenant to the public, he
ought to furnish monthly at least one hundred and twenty-five good
substantial muskets, well filled with bayonets, steel ramrods, and
strong neat mounting, and good double bridle locks, and swivels
for slings, at four pounds five shillings common money for each,
and if it should be in his power to make more than that number,
your committee think he ought to deliver, and public to receive
them on the same terms ; and whenever he shall discontinue to

rent and hire as aforesaid, your committee are of opinion, that the
said Elisha Winters ought to deliver up the said buildings and im-
provements in good order, and tools of the same kind and value of

those that may be delivered to him, and the servants that may re-
main alive and in servitude as well clothed as he receives them.

"And if it should so happen that the said Elisha Winters should
choose to purchase the whole property, that he shall have a right
to do it on paying the sum on which he is to pay interest as afore-
said, and the then value of the servants in proportion to their cost
and the time they may have to serve respectively, in good rnuskets
fitted as aforesaid, in monthly deliveries of at least one hundred