Resolved, That John Dickinson, George Gray, Henry Wyncoop, Anthony Wayne, Benjamin Bartholomew, George Ross, Michael Swoope, John Montgomery, Edward Biddle, William Edmonds, Bernard Daugherty, Samuel Hunter, William Thompson, Thomas Willing, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Roberdeau, John Cadwalader, Andrew Allen, Owen Biddle, Francis Johnston, Richard Reily, Samuel Morris, Jun., Robert Morris, Thomas Wharton, Jun., and Robert White, Gentlemen, be a Committee of Safety for calling forth such and so many of the Associators into actual service when Necessity requires, as the said Committee shall judge proper, for Paying and Supplying them with Necessaries while in actual Service, for providing for the Defence of this Province against Invasion and Insurrection, and for encouraging and promoting the Manufacture of Saltpetre; which said Committee are hereby authorized and impowered to draw orders on the Treasurer hereinafter appointed for the several Purposes above mentioned.

Resolved, That any Seven or more, of the said Committee shall be a Board for transacting the Business aforesaid, or any Part thereof.