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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, SEPTEMBER 5, 1778
A letter, of 4th, from John Berkenhout, was read:
Ordered to lie on the table.
The committee to whom was referred the letter of 13 August, from Governor Caswell to Mr. [John] Penn, brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer for 400,000 dollars, in favour of the delegates of the State of North Carolina, on an application of the governor of that State, for the purpose of raising, equipping and marching the men voted by the said State to complete their continental battalions; the said State to be accountable;
Ordered, That the consideration of the remainder of the report be postponed.
A letter, of the 4, from H. Hollingsworth, deputy quarter master general at the Head of Elk, directed to the Board of War, was laid before Congress, and read:1
[Note 1: 1 This letter is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 78, XI, folio 321.]
Ordered, That the consideration thereof be postponed to Monday next.
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Congress resumed ∥the consideration of∥ the report of the committee on the arrangement of the treasury, and after some tune spent thereon,
Ordered, That the further consideration thereof be postponed.
The Committee on the Treasury brought in a report; Whereupon,
Ordered, That a warrant issue on the treasurer in favour of the Marine Committee, for 20,000 dollars, for the use of the navy board in the middle district; the said Committee to be accountable.
Resolved, That five millions of dollars be emitted under the direction of the Board of Treasury, and on the faith of the United States:
That the bills shall, excepting the numbers, be of the same tenor and date as the emission directed on the 11 April last, and be numbered from the last number of each denomination progressively, and consist of the following denominations:
[Note 1: 1 This report is in thePapers of the Continental Congress, No. 136, II, folio 529.]
Adjourned to 9 o'Clock on Monday.
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