Resolved That the following Officers and Seamen be appointed for each of the Vessels now building by this Colony, and the pay pr Month allowed them agreeable to the Sums affixed ー Viz

All of which Officers, Seamen & Marines shall furnish themselves with a good effective Fire Arm, Cartouch box, Cutlass and Blanket —

And be it further Resolved That the Captains be appointed as soon as may be, which Captains when chosen shall return a List of Persons, suitable for the other Officers, and shall proceed to inlist the Number of Seamen, Marines and Boys proposed; And for further encouragement to said Officers, Seamen & Marines ー it is further

Resolved That they shall be intitled to One Third part of the proceeds of all Captures that shall be by them made and finally condemned to be distributed in such manner as this Court shall hereafter determine ー and that said Vessels shall be Armed and mounted with at least Twelve Carriage Guns, all of One size viz ー Six pounders, and with a proper number of Swivels and Cohorns ー and the Honle Council are hereby desired to Commission them to Cruize against all [British] Property agreeable to the late Resolves of the Honble Continental Congress —

Resolved that for the more effectually fortifying & Securing the Town & Harbour of Boston, the Committee already appointed for that purpose, be & they hereby are directed & impowered to purchase a Sufficient number of Old Ships or Vessels, and cause them to be sunk in the Channel between the middle ground & Castle rocks so called, in said Harbour, for preventing any Vessels of above Two hundred Tons, entering the same, & that the said Committee execute said order without loss of time, & lay their Accounts before this Court for allowance —