Resolved That the Commissary of Stores deliver out to the Commissioners of the Armed Vessels belonging to this Province, in the districts of Edenton, New Bern, and Wilmington, such Stores as the said Commissioners shall apply for, necessary for fitting the said Vessels; and also six Bolts of Osnabrigs, and thirty six peices of Checks or Striped Linen, for cloathing the Seamen belonging to the Said vessels

Resolved That the Council of Safety have full power and Authority to establish Courts of Admiralty at the ports of Edenton, Bath, New Bern and Wilmington, and to appoint a judge at each of the said Ports, to sit, hear and determine, all maritime matters Cognizable in Courts of Admiralty, and to Authorize and Impower the Judges so to be appointed to Nominate and Appoint one Register and one Martial at each of the said ports, and all other Officers necessary for the Purpose of carrying into Execution the determinations and Decrees of the said Courts; and all the proceedings, Determinations and decrees of the said Courts of Admiralty, shall be consonant and agreeable to the rules and Regulations, laid down by the Continental Congress; and that the Judges and other Officers of the said Courts shall take such Fees only as are directed to be taken by the Laws of this province and that each and every Juryman attending the said Courts, shall be intitled to the same Allowdnces as directed by the last Jury Law.

Resolved, That the Council of Safety have full power and authority to Nominate and Appoint Commissioners at each of the ports of Currituck, Roanoke, Bath, Beaufort, and Brunswick for the purpose of taking Bonds and granting Certificates to Masters of Vessels about to depart the said Ports in order that the rules and Regulations prescribed by the Continental and this Congress may be fully observed and carried into execution.