On motion, Resolved, That the Council of Safety be empowered immediately to contract with proper persons to raise the vessels lately sunk in Patapsco river for the preservation of Baltimore-Town; and to rigg and put those vessels in the same state, that they were before they were sunk. And the said Council of Safety for the time being be also empowered to appoint proper persons not less than three, who on oath shall ascertain and return the difference of value, if any, of the same vessels, occasioned by the sinking thereof, and that the said Council of Safety pay the expences of raising the said vessels and putting them in order as aforesaid out of the public money as well as any actual expences incurred by the owners for wages and maintenance of the crews of the said vessels, and a reasonable monthly allowance for the time the vessels have been and shall be out of the possession of their owners.

The order of the day for taking into consideration the late intercepted letters to governor Eden, the proceedings of the Continental Congress, and of the Council of Safety of this province, thereupon, being read, Ordered, That the same be referred for further consideration till to-morrow.