Signed by order of the House of Assembly.

Nicholas Van Dyke, Speaker.

Signed by order of the Council.

Thomas Collins, Speaker.

Passed at Dover, February 1, 1779.

All which, by the tenor of these presents, I have caused to be exemplified.

In testimony whereof, the great seal of the Delaware State is hereunto affixed, at Dover, the sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine, and in the third year of the Independence of the United States of America.

Cesar Rodney.

By his Excellency's command.

James Booth, Secretary.