At a Council aHolden at Halifax on the 8th December 1775
The Governor proposed to the Council, that a Proclamation be published requiring all Persons not Settled Inhabitants, who since the last of September have or shall come into this Town to give Notice, to two Magistrates who shall be Appointed for that purpose on pain of being treated as Spies; Also requiring Inn keepers, and publick House keepers to give notice of the Arrival of any Strangers under the like penalty in case of Neglect; And Also forbiding all Vessells to enter the North West Arm, without special Licence for so doing ー
On Application from Captain Hamond of His Majesty's Ship Roebuck ー Resolved that 3000 Acres of land be granted him in the Bay of Chaleur, in consideration of his Services in the late War as a Lieutenant in the Navy ー
1. Minutes of the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, January 2, 1775 to October 6, 1783. Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N. S. Hereafter cited as Council Minutes, N. S. Arch.
