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tor of such tobacco, other than one shilling per hogshead for ware-
house rent.

Mr. Gilpin and Mr. Brevard have leave of absence.

Convention adjourns till to-morrow morning, 10 o'clock.

FRIDAY, September 13, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except
Mr. Johnson, Mr. S. Chase, Mr. Paca, Mr. Williams, Mr. George
Scott, and Mr. Lovves. The proceedings of yesterday were read.
Mr. Jordan and Mr. Hughs appeared in the house.

On reading a second time the petition from a majority of Castle
Haven company, Ordered, That the same be referred to the coun-
cil of safety.

On reading a second time the report from the committee to
whom the letter from the secretary of the board of war of the 6th
of August last was referred, Ordered, That the clerk transmit to
the secretary of the board of war an accurate list of all the prison-
ers of war in this state, as reported by the committee aforesaid.

The petition from the trustees of the poor of Frederick county
was read a secoud time and rejected.

Adjourned till 3 o'clock.

POST MERIDIEM.

Convention met.

Resolved, That the money levied on the inhabitants of Baltimore
county, and collected by the sheriff thereof, for the purpose of re-
paying the money appropriated by way of loan to the use of the
said county for clearing and opening roads by act of assembly, be
applied in discharge of the county charges of those persons by
whom the said money was paid, and in such proportions as the
same was by them respectively paid, and that the said sheriff cease
to collect the residue of the money levied for the purpose above
recited: and that the justices of Baltimore county court forbear to
levy any further sum of money on the inhabitants of the said coun-
ty, according to the said act of assembly, for the purpose aforesaid,
until the further order of this convention or general assembly of
this state.

On motion of Mr. T. Ringgold, the question was put, That the re-
striction laid on the price of salt by the resolve of convention of
the 6th of July last, and the bounty given by the said resolve be ta-
ken off, and that no future limitations ought to be made by this or
a future convention, or by any committee of observation of this
state, on the price of any salt that may be imported into this state