Lenoir, NC - Richard Caswell Appointed Governor, 1776

Ordinances of Convention, 1776
North Carolina. Provincial Congress
November 22, 1776 - December 23, 1776

An Ordinance for appointing a Governor, Council of State, and 
Secretary, until the next General Assembly. Exp.

Whereas it is necessary chat a Governor, Council of State, and 
Secretary, shall be immediately chosen,

Be it therefore ordained, and it is hereby ordained and declared by the 
Representatives of the Freemen of North Carolina, in Congress 
assembled, That Richard Caswell, Esquire, be and is hereby constituted 
and appointed Governor of this State, with the Style and Title of 
Excellency, to enter upon the execution of his office immediately after 
the dissolution of this Congress. Cornelius Harnett, Thomas Person, 
William Dry, William Haywood, Edward Starkey, Joseph Leach and Thomas 
Eaton, Esquires, Members of the Council of State and James Glasgow, 
Esquire, Secretary to have, hold exercise and enjoy the said office of 
Governor, Councillors of State, and Secretary respectively, with such 
powers and authority as they are respectively vested with by the form 
of Government established by this Congress, and no other whatsoever, 
except what is or may be given by any Resolve or Ordinance of this 
Congress.

And be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, that the Governor shall 
be allowed at the rate of Fifteen Hundred Pounds per annum as a salary 
for his public Services; and that each Member of the Council of State, 
shall be allowed at the rate of twenty shillings per day, for each days 
travelling to, attending at, and returning from the Council together 
with his Ferriages, to be paid them out of the Public Treasury.

And that the Secretary shall be entitled to the same Fees, Privileges 
and Emoluments as the Provincial Secretary heretofore held and enjoyed.

And be it ordained by the authority aforesaid, that this ordinance 
shall continue and be in force until the end of the next session of the 
General Assembly and no longer.

Read three times and ratified in open Assembly, December 20th, 1776.

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