374 PROCEEDINGS or THE CONVENTION [1776.

by authorised and empowered, notwithstanding any measures here-
tofore taken, to concur with the congress, or a majority of them, in
accommodating our unhappy differences with Great Britain, on
such terms as the congress, or a majority of them, shall think
proper.

Adjourned till 3 o'clock;

POST MERIDIEM.

Convention met. Mr. H. Wilson and Mr; Ringgold appeared
in the house.

On motion, Resolved, That no civil officer or delegate to con-
gress be appointed; unless there shall be a majority of the members
present in his favor.

The convention proceeded to ballot for a council of safety, and
John Hall, George Plater, Daniel of Saint Thomas Jenifer, Brice
Thomas Beale Worthington, Charles Grahame, Joseph Nicholson,
Nicholas Thomas, William Rumseys and James Tilghman, Esqrs.,
were elected.

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

MONDAY, November 11, 1776.

Convention met. All members present as on yesterday, except
Mr. Fenwick, Mr. B. Mackall, Mr. Gust. Scott, and Mr. Geo. Scott.
The proceedings of yesterday were read.

On motion of Mr. Parnham, Resolved, That a committee of ob-
servation for each county in this state be elected by ballot on Mon-
day the 24th instant; that the number for each county be the same
as heretofore directed; that the judges appointed for the election
of electors of the senate be judges of the said election, and the
qualification of voters the same as for delegates to the house of
delegates. That the said committees, at their first meeting after
the election, proceed to the choice of committees for licensing
suits, in the same manner as heretofore directed; and that the above
committees be invested with the powers given by this and former
conventions, and continue to act till the tenth day of March next,
or until the general assembly of this state shall make further order
therein.

The convention took into consideration the letter from the hon-
ourable the president of the congress of the twelfth day of Octo-
ber last, enclosing the resolutions of congress of the third and se-
Venth of the same month, relative to the establishment of a loan-
office in each of the United States, and thereupon came to the fol-
lowing resolutions:

That a loan-office be established in this state agreeable to the re-