The House took into Consideration his Excellency the Governor'sLetter to the General Assembly of the 19th Instant, and thereupon
Resolved, that the Officers, Mariners, and Marines of any of the Vessels of War fitted out by this State, be entitled to the same Distribution of Prize Money as the Officers, Mariners, and Marines in the Continental Service.
That the Governor and the Council be Empowered to fit out the Sloop Molly and the Row Galley or Xebeck built by Mr Steph Steward and to Employ them as Cruizers.
By the Senate, June 23d 1777.
Read and assented to with the following Amendment: — Strike out the following Words in the second Resolution, "the Sloop Molly" 2
By Order,
