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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 --WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1786.
Congress assembled. Present, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia; and from New Hampshire, Mr. [Pierse] Long, and from Massachusetts, Mr. [Nathaniel] Gorham.
On a report of the board of treasury,
Resolved, That when the Agents, appointed to issue certificates for the balances due to the corps of the late army not appertaining to any State, shall produce to the Comptroller of the treasury, a certificate from the Commissioner of Army Accounts, purporting the final adjustment of their Accounts and the Amount of the certificates by them respectively issued, there be allowed and passed to their several credits on the books of the treasury, a commission of one per cent. on the amount of the certificates by them respectively issued.1
[Note 1: 1 September 6: The following committees were appointed: Mr. [Melancton] Smith, Mr. [John Cleves] Symmes and Mr. [John Bubenheim] Bayard, on the "Report on pet. Elijah Hunter." A report was rendered October 16. This was a renewal of the committee of July 22, 1785, on the same petition.
Mr. [William] Harrison, Mr. Edward Carrington and Mr. Henry Lee, on the petition of John Lesure and Nathan Watkins and "reports of Comr of army accots." on same. A report was rendered September 14. Lesure's petition, dated September 5, is in No. 42, IV, folio 414. The reference to a committee was in accordance with the report of the Secretary of Congress on same, September 6. The Secretary's report is entered in No. 180, Reports of the Secretary of Congress.
Mr. [Henry] Lee, Mr. [William] Few and Mr. [Timothy] Bloodworth on "Letter of board of treasr. relative to James Hindman." See ante, September 1; a note, added at some later unknown date by Thomson, is: "discharged."
Mr. [Henry] Lee, Mr. [Arthur] St. Clair and Mr. [John] Bull, "To form a system of Etiquette to be observed at the court of the U.S." This was a renewal of the committee of August 19, 1785, on the motions of Mr. [Elbridge] Gerry and Mr. [Charles] Pinckney. A report was rendered September 18.
Mr. [Edward] Carrington, Mr. [Timothy] Bloodworth and Mr. [William] Harrison on "A Motion for reprinting Journals of 1777, 1780, 1781--2." A report was rendered September 13. [The motion was made by Timothy Bloodworth.]
A petition of Joseph Cone, deputy quarter master, for settlement of his accounts, was referred to the Board of Treasury.Committee Book No. 190.
Also, according to indorsement, was read a letter of September 5 from the Board of Treasury, reporting that Job Sumner, Commissioner of Accounts for the State of Georgia, had absented himself from his post without leave, and the reasons therefore. It is in No. 138, II, folio 429. See post, September 7.]
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