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provided tliat it be sold on'y ly such store-keepers having 

 ^^iceiise froai two iiieuibers ot* liie committee. 

 I At a meeting of t!ie committee of observation, on the 

 4ih day of May, 1775, the Commissioners of the ccu::ty 

 being also presenl, Mr. (harles Hamilton agrees, th.at the 

 coil ity shall have his powder, beiiig 26 casks, at the rate 

 of £14 per cwt. and they paying th.e carriage ; and that 

 tiie con .ty shall have his lead, being about eighf'himdred 

 weight, at 4 J pence per cwt.* 



» Messrs. Jjsiah& Robert Lockhart agree that th: county 

 Siiall iiave their powdc^r, being five cu irter casks, at ££15 

 pfcer cwt., tii.y paying the carriage ; and their lead at 45 

 pence per cwt. 



Mr. Matthias S'nugh agrees th.at t;ie county shall hav3 

 his powder, being four quarter ca?ks, at £15 per cwt., 

 they paying the carriage ; and his Lad at 45 pence per 

 cwt. * 



Mr. Simons by Mr. Levy, Andrew Levy, agrees that 

 t/ie cou:]tic;S sJiall have his }>owder, being 2 quarter ca.'ks, 

 at the vAd of £15 per cwt., they pi ying the carri: ge ; and 

 his lead, being aheut 2C0 pounds, at 45 per cwt. 



Mr, Ch.ristian Wntz agrees thi t the county shall have 

 his powder, being 5 qu aier casks and some pounds loose, 

 at th3 ratj of £15 per cwt., they ])aying the carriage; 

 and Ins lead, being about 150 pou ids, at 45 p^r cwt. ' 

 _Mr John Hopson agrees t lat t.ie ceunty shall have his 

 powder, being 2 qu irter casks, at the rate of £15 per cwt., 

 thty paying the carriage. 



*Jaiiuary 22, 1774, an act was passed by the General A^sem- 

 1 ly, tluit no })ers(ji) or persons v\itl'.ln the limits ol Laaca.^ter 

 borough, .shall keep ir any hou-.e or shop, cellar, store, or (4her 

 place mure than twenty-tive pnuuds vveigiit cfgunpovvdcr, and 

 that was to be kept in the Idghebt t,tory (.f the house, at any 

 one time, ludess it had been fifty yard.:, di.-tanl from any dwell- 

 iag house, under the penalty of live pounds. 



