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ledgment of their sovereignty and independence, and admission into the federal union, as appears by their proceedings on the files of Congress: but, that on a subsequent day, the aforementioned resolutions of the 20th and 21st of August, being unaltered and unrepealed, and the proposition therein contained, in the opinion of your committee, still open to be acceded to, the said people did in their general assembly, on the 22d of February last, enter into the following resolution:

"That the west bank of Connecticut river, and a line beginning at the north west corner of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, from thence northward 20 miles east of Hudson's river, as specified in the resolutions of Congress in August last, shall be considered as the east and west boundaries of this state: "And that this assembly do hereby relinquish all claims and demands to, and right of jurisdction in and over, any and every district of territory without said boundary lines;"

That in the sense of your committee, the people of the said district, by the last recited act, have fully complied with the stipulation, made and required of them in the resolutions of the 20th and 21st of August, as preliminary to a recognition of their sovereignty and independence, and admission into the federal union of the states, and that the conditional promise and engagement of Congress, of such recognition and admission, is thereby become absolute and necessary to be performed; your committee therefore submit the following resolution:

That the district or territory called Vermont, as defined and limited in the resolutions of Congress of the 20th and 21st of August, 1781, be, and it is hereby recognized and acknowledged by the name of the state of Vermont, as free, sovereign and independent; and that a committee be appointed to treat and confer with the agents and delegates from said state, upon the terms and mode of the admission of the said state, into the federal union."

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A motion was then made by Mr. Montgomery, seconded by Mr. Ellery, "That the third Tuesday in June next be assigned for the consideration of the report :"

On the question to agree to this motion, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Scott,

N-Hampshire, Mr. Livermore,

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Mr. Middleton,

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A motion was then made by Mr. Middleton, seconded by Mr. Bee, "That Monday next be assigned for the consideration of the report." On the question to agree to this, the yeas and nays being required by Mr.

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THURSDAY, April 18, 1782.

On a report of the secretary at war: Resolved, That the secretary at war be directed to supply the delegates of the state of Georgia, with 200 pair of pistols, and serge sufficient for 200 pair of breeches and waistcoats, and provide for the transportation of these articles and the arms at Richmond, for which the said state is to be accountable.

The order of the day for taking into consideration the report of the committee on the cessions of New-York, Virginia and Connecticut, and the petitions of the Indiana, Vandalia, Illinois and Wabash companies, being called for by the delegates for Virginia, and the first paragraph being read,

A motion was made by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mr. Bland, in the following

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"That the first resolve in the report under consideration be postponed till Congress shall have determined on the following motion:

"That previous to any determination in Congress, relative to the cessions of the western lands, the name of each member present be called over by the secretary, that on such call, each member do declare upon his honour, whether he is, or is not personally interested directly or indirectly in the claims of any company or companies, which have petitioned against the territorial rights of any one of the states, by whom such cessions have been made, and that such declaration be entered on the journals."

A motion was made by Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Ellery, to strike out the words "till Congress shall have determined on the following motion :"

And on the question, shall those words stand? the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Bland,

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Massachusetts, Mr. Patridge,

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Rhode Island, Mr. Ellery,

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A motion was then made by Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Osgood, to strike out the words, "the first resolve in," and on the question, shall these words stand? the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Scott,.

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A motion was then made by Mr. Lee, seconded by Mr. Montgomery, after the word "postponed," to insert the words "until Monday next:" on which the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Carroll,

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A report from the secretary at war was read, stating the inconvenience that may arise from the sale of the vessel lately used for a prison ship in the harbor of Boston.

Ordered, That it be referred to the superintendent of finance, as agent of marine, to confer with the secretary at war, and take order in the matter.

On a report of the secretary at war, to whom was referred a memorial of W. Turnbull & Co.

Resolved, That the full sum paid by Messrs. Turnbull & Co. to the treasurer of the United States, for three pair of six pound cannon, sold with carriages of which they are destitute, be returned to them, and the bargain considered as null and void.

On the report of the secretary at war, to whom was referred a petition of lieut. Stratton,

Resolved, That it be recommended to the state of Massachusetts, to settle the pay and depreciation of pay due to lieut. Aaron Stratton, from the 1st of September, 1776, to the 21st of January, 1781, upon his producing certificates from the pay-master general of the army, and commissary-general of prisoners, of the sums they have respectively paid to him on the above account, and to pay the same, charging the money so paid to the account of the United States.

On a report of a committee, consisting of Mr. Ellery, Mr. Scott, and Mr. Montgomery, to whom was referred a letter of April 6th, from the superintendent of finance, as agent of marine, respecting a claim of Mr. Jacobus Wynkoop, Resolved, That it be recommended to the state of New-York, to make up the depreciation on the pay which Jacobus Wynkoop hath received, and that upon his producing vouchers to ascertain the period when his actual services ceased, his accounts be finally settled at the treasury office of the United States, and whatever balance may be then found due to him, be put upon interest in the same manner as the balances of other public creditors.

The report of a committee, consisting of Mr. Carroll, Mr. Atlee, and Mr. Cornell, to whom was referred a letter of the 21st of February, from the governor of Connecticut, and a representation from the inhabitants of the western country, was called for; and that part of the report, so far as it relates to the letter of the governor of Connecticut, being read, namely,

That the ten companies mentioned in gov. Trumbull's letter of the 21st of February, 1782, to be raised for the defence of the state of Connecticut, be paid and subsisted while in actual service at the general expense, on the same terms as the troops on the continental establishment: provided the said state shall first fill up their quota of troops for the continental army; and that the officers be in proportion to the number of men in the field.

A motion was made by the delegates of Connecticut, to strike out the words after provided, and in lieu thereof to insert, "that no more officers be paid than those on the continental establishment, belonging to the line of said state in the continental army, unless the non-commissioned officers and privates in said line, and the levies both together, exceed the quota on the continental establishment; in that case the officers to be paid in proportion to the number of such overplus, non-commissioned officers and privates, and that the said ten companies be under the orders of the commander in chief of the army of the United States."

And on the question to agree to this amendinent, the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Law,

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A motion was then made by Mr. Wolcott, seconded by Mr. Cornell, to strike out the word "provided," and what follows to the end; and the question being put, "shall the words moved to be struck out stand?" Passed in the negative.

A motion was then made by the delegates of Connecticut, to amend the report by adding the words following, "provided that no more officers be paid than those on the continental establishment, belonging to the line of the said state in the continental army, unless the non-commissioned officers and privates in the said line, and the levies both together, exceed the quota on the continental establishment; in that case the officers to be paid in proportion to the number of such overplus, non-commissioned officers and privates; and that the said ten companies be under the orders of the commander in chief, to operate any where within the United States."

A motion was made by Mr. Clark, seconded by Mr. Cornell, to strike out the words, "to operate any where within the United States," and in lieu thereof to insert, "provided always, that no pay or subsistence be allowed to said troops on account of the United States, unless the state of Connecticut shall by law put the said troops under the command of the commander in chief of the army of the United States, to operate wherever he shall direct; and that they be paid and subsisted by the United States, for such time only as they shall be employed in the service of the United States by the express orders of the commander in chief.

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