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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1778
A letter, of 21, from Abraham Clark, Esq. of New Jersey, was read, enclosing affidavits respecting the conduct of Brigadier Maxwell in resisting a writ of Habeas Corpus:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, V, folio 287.]
Ordered, That the same be referred to a committee of three:
The members chosen, Mr. [James] Duane, Mr. [Thomas] Burke, and Mr. [John] Fell.
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A memorial from Josiah Smith, surgeon, and others, late of theRevenge cutter, Captain Cunningham, was read:
Ordered, That it be referred to the Marine Committee.1
[Note 1: 1 From this point to the end of the day the entries were made by Belcher P. Smith.]
Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the committee of the whole on the subject of finance, when the 6th proposition was read, viz.
6. That proper bills be provided and ready to be delivered out at said offices, to compleat the said exchanges as soon as possible, and that due notice be given to all parties concerned by public advertisements, as soon as the same shall be ready:
It was moved to strike out the words "as soon as possible," and all the words that follow to the end of the resolution, and insert in the place thereof "by the first day of June next."
An amendment was then moved, ∥to substitute the following resolution:∥
That the commissioners of the loan offices make returns to the Treasury Board immediately after the 1st day of June next, of the amount of bills received into their respective offices, to be exchanged as aforesaid, and that proper bills to exchange the same be furnished and ready to be delivered out at their said offices within sixty days from and after the said first day of June:
To which the following addition was moved, viz.
And that the proprietors of bills brought into the loan offices shall be entitled to and receive an interest on the sums respectively brought in as aforesaid, at the rate of six per centum per annum, from the 1st June aforesaid. to the day on which they shall be exchanged:
Upon which, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Henry] Laurens,
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So it passed in the negative.
The question was then put to agree to the amendment, and in lieu of the original proposition,
The yeas and nays being required by Mr. [Thomas] Burke,
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So it passed in the affirmative.
The 7th proposition was then read, and agreed to as follows:
7. That the first mentioned bills, as they are brought into the treasuries and loan offices, be immediately crossed and struck through with a circular punch of one inch diameter, to be afterwards examined and burnt, as Congress shall direct.
Ordered, That Mr. Deane be notified to attend Congress on Monday, the 28 instant, at ten o'clock a.m.
Treasury Office,December 26, 1778.
The Committee on the Treasury beg leave to report the following Resolution:
That a Warrant issue on the Treasurer, in favor of Colonel John Beatty, Commissary General of Prisoners, for ten thousand dollars, for the use of his Department, for which he is to be accountable.1
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 793.]
Adjourned to 10 o'Clock on Monday.
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