The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-06-27 00:00:00, page 2

Adjourned to eight o'clock tomorrow morning.
FRIDAY, June 21, 1776.
The Conference met, present Committees.
On motion Resolved nnanimoufly. That every voter at the
proposed election shall be a.freeman ; and, if thereunto re
quested by any of the judges .or infpe&prs, shall, before his
vote is received, take the foregoing tell
Resolved unanirnoufly, That any perlon qualified to vote
for members of Assembly by the laws of this province, may be
elected a member of Convention, provided that he shall have
resided at lead one .year immediately preceding the said elec
tion in the city or county for which he shall be chosen, and
shall, before he takes his feat in Convention, take the follow
ing oath or affirmation, viz.
" I —,— do declare that Ido not hold myfelf bound
to bear allegiance to George the Third, King of Great-
Britain, &c, and that I will Readily and firmly, at all times,
promote the most effectual means, according to the belt of my
skill and knowledge, to oppose the tyrannical proceedings of
the King and Parliament of Great-Britain against the Ameri
can colonies, and to establish and support a government in this
province on the authority of the people only, &c. That I will;
oppose any measure that shall or may in the least interfere
with, orobftru& the religious principles or practices of any of
the good people of this province as heretofore enjoyed,"
Also,
Resolved, That no person who has been published by any
Committee of Infpedion, or the Committee of Safety in this
province, as an enemy to the liberties of America, and has
not been restored by them to the favour of his country, shall
be permitted to vote at the election of members for said Con
vention.
1 do s w ear or affirm, that I do not hold
myfelf bound to bear allegiance to George the Third, King
cf Great-Britain, &c. and that I will not by any means,
diredly or indirectly, oppose the eftablifhmen^pf, a free go^
vernment in this province by the Convention now to be cho
sen ; nor the measures adopted by the Congress against the
tyianny attempted to be established in these colonies by
the Court of Great-Britain."
Ordered, That the Committee of the whole have leave tq
fit this afternoon at three o'clock..
Adjourned to three o'clock this afternoon,
June 20, P. M. Conference met.
On Motion Resolved,. That whereas the county of Weft
moreland hath been exempted from taxes for three years last
past ; and thereby many persons may, be excluded from a
vote at the ensuing election, in consequence of the foregoing
regulations contrary to the intention thereof, therefore every
person of twenty-one years of age, beinga freeman, refining
in said county, shall be admitted to vote, he being an Asso
ciator, and having lived one year in. this province next pre
ceding the election, and taking the test; aforefaid, if there
unto required, shall be admitted to vote..
Resolved, That the election shall be made by ballot in the
manner heretofore ufcd in this province at the general elec
tion.
this province immediately preceding the election; and shall
have contributed at any time, before the Raffing of this Re
solve, to the payment of either provincial or county taxes,
or shall have been rated or assessed towards the fame.
Resolved, That every person, qualified by the laws of this
province to vote for Representatives in Assembly, shall be ad
mitted to vote for members of the intended Convention ; pro
vided he shall firft take the following test, if thereunto re
quired by any one of the judges or infpedors of the elec
tion, viz.
320
FHREE DOLLARS Reward.
RAN away the fifth instant, a Negro man named ISH
MAEL, twenty-five years of age, abovefix feet high,
strong made, his colour between a Mulatto and a Black,
rocks in his walk,,or rather somewhat lame, occasioned by his
lining his thigh bone broke when a boy. Had on when he
went away a small brimmed hat, a brown jacket without Aceves,
let. out inihe back, new tow trousers, old shoes. Whoever
takes up and secures said Negro in any jail, so as his mailer
may have him again, shall have the above reward and rea?
fonable charges, paid by the fubferiber living in Second-street,
opposite the Swede's church in the diftrift of Southwark.
- WILLIAM THOMAS^
N. B. All masters of vessels and ethers are forbid to carry,
take, or harbour him at their peril.
Resolved, That no person ele&ed to serve as a member
of Convention, shall take his feat, or give his vote, until he
shall have made and subscribed the following declaration.
" I = do profefs faith in God the Father, and
in Jesus Christ his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy
Spirit, one God blessed for evermore ; and do acknowledge
the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be
given by Divine Inspiration."
[To be continued.]
A FEW Hogsheads and Barrels of JAMAICA
SUGAR, of the heft quality, to be fold bv
DAVID SPROAT.'
Philadelphia, June 27, 1776.,
TO be LET, a small two Rory STONE HOUSE. It
has two rooms on a floor, with a kitchen, cellar, and
garden, and is very pleasantly situated, about nine miles from
Philadelphia, on a road that turns off on the left hand from
William Allen, Efqr's place above Germantown, about half
a mile from Mr, Loofley's mill.. Inquire of John Keyfer on
the premises.
'T° be SOLD at William Martin's, next the City Veh-
I due Store, Front-street, near Arch-street, a fafhionable
Chints Pattern Drapery Four-post Bedstead, and three Win
dow Curtains, fringed. As he made them, therefore can give
an exa& account of their firft cost. The above articles have
been in use but a short time, and will be fold as reasonable as
when materials were at the former lowest rates.
N. B. Said Martin also makes Drums of a particular good
kind, all forts of camp equipage, some Flanders bedticks and
good bed bottoms ; also camp bedheads, stools and matreffes,
&c. &c. &c. He returns his sincere thanks to his employers,
and hopes to merit their future recommendation.
STRAYED from the fubferiber, livingnear John Jones's,
-inn-keeper in Carnarvan township, Berks county, a
BAY MARE, one quarter blooded, a natural trotter, shod
all round, remarkably bad to shoe behind, and difficult; to
catch when out of hand, between thirteen and fourteen
hands high, fix years old this furnmer, a few white hairs
mixed with brown on her forehead, by way of a star, a little
roundish brand on her nigh fhbulder. Whoever takes up said
Mare and brings her home, or gives notice where she is,
so that the owner gets her again, shall have FIVE POUNDS
reward and reasonable charges,. ROBERT SMITH.