Committee met 22d May 1775.
Ordered that the following Oaths be taken by the Owners Consignees or Super Cargoes of all Vessels and by the Masters and Officers of the same that shall load in Patapsco Riverー
You A B Owner Supercargo or Consignee of the Ship or Vessel called the [blank] whereof [blank] is Master do make Oath that you will not order or direct, nor bid any Person for you to direct the Cargo now laden or intended to be laden on Board the said Vessel or any part thereof to be unlaided landed or delivered from on Board The said Vessel within the Province of Georgia East or West Florida Quebeck Nova Scotia St Johns Cape Breton Newfoundland, or at any Part of the fishing Coasts or fishing Islands or at the Town or in the Harbour of Boston, or to any Vessel or Vessels in either of the said Islands Provinces Coasts or Town or Harbour of Boston. And further that you do not know that the said Vessel or Cargo is intended or directed by any Order from the Owner or Owners thereof to proceed to any or either of the said Provinces Coasts Islands or Town of Boston: And that if the Master of such Vessel should land or unlaid the said Carg[o] or any part thereof at any of the Places before excepted contrary to the tenor of this Oath, that you will in such Case give Information thereof to this Committeeー
You [blank] Master and Officers of the Ship or Vessel called [blank] do make Oath that you will not land unlaid or deliver from on Board the Ship or Vessel of which you are an [blank] any Part of the Cargo now laden on board the said Vessel either in the Province of Georgia East or West Florida Quebeck Nova Scotia St Johns Cape Breton Newfoundland or at any any Part of the fishing Coasts or fishing Islands or at the Town or in the Harbour of Boston or to any Vessel or Vessels in either of the said Provinces Islands Coasts or Town or Harbour of Bostonー
Ordered that Mr [Hercules] Courtnay [James] Calhoun [John] Boyd, [David] Stewart [William] Neil & S[amue]l Purviance be a Committee to take the Depositions of all Masters of Vessels & their Officers and of the Owners Consignees or Super Cargoes of Vessels concerning the Destination of all such Vessels And that any three of said Committee be authorized to act.ー