Ordered, That a copy of the preceding report and resolutions be made and delivered to the members of Assembly now in town, to be signed by them, signifying their approbation of this proceeding of the Council, and that Mr. Vandyke and Mr. Bassett attend them for this purpose.

Messrs. Vandyke and Bassett, having returned, delivered at the table the copy of the report and resolutions aforesaid, with the following subscription, to wit:

We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, being members of the Assembly for the Delaware State, do approve of the foregoing report and resolutions, and do engage to support the measures proposed therein at all times hereafter, both in our private and public capacities. Witness our hands this 29th of October, 1777:

RICHARD LOCKWOOD,
SAMUEL WEST,

JEHU DAVIS,

JOHN CLAYTON,

WM. MOLLOSTON,

GEORGE CRAGHEAD,

ROBERT ARMSTRONG,

SAM'L PATTERSON,
JAMES BLACK,

WILLIAM CLARK,

ISAAC LEWIS,

ROBERT BRYAN,

JACOB STOUT.

And signed, this 4th December, 1777, by CHARLES RIDGELY.

Thereupon

Resolved, That the several resolutions mentioned in the foregoing report be adopted by this House and forthwith carried into execution.

Then the Council proceeded to the settlement of the per diem wages and mileage of the members and the accounts of their officers for the present meeting, and the following allowances were made, viz :

To George Read (Speaker), Nicholas Vandyke,
Peter Hyatt, Thomas Collins, John Baning,
Richard Bassett, and John Jones, Esq'rs, for
nine days' attendance and mileage,

To Benjamin Vining, Clerk,

To Nathaniel Smithers, Jun., Doorkeeper,

£ 46 11 0

676 I 15 O

£ 54 13 6

Ordered, That the Speaker draw orders on the Trustee of Sussex County for the payment of the several sums aforesaid.

Whereupon the said orders were drawn and signed by the Speaker.

Then the Council adjourned till the first day of December next.

MINUTES OF COUNCIL.

DECEMBER, 1777.