[Watertown) Thursday, January 18, 1776.
On Information received from the Committee of Correspondence of St. Georges, respecting two Vessels held in Custody by said Committee:
Resolved, That the Vessels mentioned in said Information from the Committee of St. Georges, be held in Custody by the said Committee, until the Courts shall be opened for the Trial of Vessels, which have been in any way employed in aiding and assisting our Enemies (according to the Act of this Colony made for that Purpose) and that the said Vessels and their Appurtunences, be delivered into the Hands of the Captors, when said Courts shall be open'd for the aforesaid Purposes.
The House considered the Fee Bill for the Admiralty Courts.