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14th— Any member that shall refuse to pay his taxes, 

 or fines, or shall otherwise notoriously oflfend against the 

 honor and dignity of the State, may be expelled; but not 

 without the approbation of two thirds of the members, 

 and in case of expulsion, shall never be received again. 



By the adoption of which new code of laws, the old 

 Colony became like her great sisters of the confederacy, a 

 sovereign and Independent State, and their Court House, 

 fitted up in taste for the auspicious occasion, was thence- 

 forth raised to the dignified title, of the Castle of the 

 State in Schuylkill. 



The committee fui-ther report, that the following thir- 

 teen gentlemen, re-established this State in 1779, viz. 



Samuel Morris, Esq. who was elected Governor, Jo- 

 siah Hewes, James Wharton, Samuel Nicholas, Tench 

 Francis, William Govett, William Gray, Robert Roberts, 

 Thomas Peters, James White, Benjamin Eyres, Peter 

 Kuhn, and Gustavus Risberg. 



The nineteenth of October was appointed for the elec- 

 tion of oflBicers for the ensuing year, and Mr. Robert 

 Roberts and Mr. Peter Kuhn, were nominated as Pur- 

 veyors extraordinary, to provide for the occasion, and 

 the company adjoutned accordingly. 



On the nineteenth of October, 1783, the company met, 

 pursuant to adjournment, under the new title of the 

 '^ State in Schuylkill,'^ and elected the following officers, 

 under the newly adopted system of Government. 



