Board of Aldermen, 7/20/07

REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN, MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007, 7:00 PM, PETER J. MCCARREN MEMORIAL CHAMBERS, EVERETT, MA

COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HONOR THE MAYOR
1. A0260-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph W. McGonagle, as President
To accept the donation of $3,000.00 from the Massachusetts Law Enforcement to be used to benefit elderly residents in the City of Everett. This donation will be deposited into the Human Services Elder Services Gift Account.

2. A0261-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph W. McGonagle, as President
To accept the following donations totaling $5,000.00 to the Mayor's Summer Concert Series: Prolerized Corporation $3,000.00, Eagle Bank $1,500.00 and East Boston Savings $500.00.

PAPERS FROM THE COMMON COUNCIL
3. C0226-07 Order/s/Councilor Sal DiDomenico, as President
To accept $100 donation from Vietnam Veterans Association & Iron Workers Local 7 to the Department of Veterans Services Gift Account. (Passed sent up for concurrence)

4. C0230-07 Order/s/Councilor Sal DiDomenico, as President
To accept the donation of $200.00 from the Texas Roadhouse to the Everett Police Department K-9 Unit. (Passed sent up for concurrence)

5. C0223-07 Order/s/Sal DiDomenico, as President
To grant an exemption for Carolyn Lightburn to allow her to work in the 2007 elections. (Passed sent up for concurrence)

6. C0224-07 Order/s/Sal DiDomenico, as President
To provide an exemption to allow Theresa Shalsi to work at the polls during 2007 elections. (Passed sent up for concurrence)

7. C0228-07 Resolution/s/Councilor James A. Keane
That the Everett City Council strongly encourages the flagpole at the Everett Elks, and others throughout the City of Everett, to replace the flags of other nations with the POW-MIA Flag thus returning it to its well deserved place of honor along with the American Flag. (Passed sent up for concurrence)


PETITIONS AND LICENSES
8. A0254-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph McGonagle, as President
Petition for awning at 916 Broadway, the new Sei Bar Restaurant.


9. A0255-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph McGonagle, as President
Petition for Junk Dealer License from American Scrap Metal Inc. at 357 Third Street.

10. A0256-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph McGonagle, as President
Petition for business sign at 687-A Broadway for Nana Arrvda Inc., D/B/A Cheia De Graca.

11. A0257-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph McGonagle, as President
Petition for 1st Class Motor Dealer License from BR Motorcycles, LLC D/B/A Bruce Rossemyer's Boston Harley-Davidson at 1760 Revere Beach Parkway.

12. A0258-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph McGonagle, as President
Petition for 2nd Class Motor Dealer License from BR Motocycles, LLC D/B/A Bruce Rossmeyer's Boston Harley-Davidson, 1760 Revere Beach Parkway.

13. A0259-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph McGonagle, as President
Petition for change in registration for flammable & combustible liquids license at 1760 Revere Beach Parkway.

COMMUNICATIONS
14. A0262-07 Communication
Communication from the City Clerk's Office relative to the request for revocation of the following licenses: FLAMABLE REGISTRATION 2006, 2007 for ONE STOP SERVICES STATION, CORP. AT 146 MAIN STREET; 2005-2007 REFRIGERATION LICENSE FOR EDWARD G. PASCUCCIA D/B/A NORTH SHORE ICE AT 131 SPRING STREET; FLAMMABLE REGISTRATION 2006, 2007 AND REPAIR LICENSE-MECHANICAL 2006, 2007 FOR JOSEPH PANNIELLO JR. AT 366 SECOND STREET; D & E REALTY FOR GARAGE LICENSE 2006,2007 AND FLAMMABLE REGISTRATION 2006, 2007 AT 52 WILLIAMS STREET; D & E REALTY GARAGE LICENSE 2006, 2007, FLAMMABLE REGISTRATION 2006, 2007 AT 143-145 BROADWAY AND D & E REALTY GARAGE LICENSE 2006, 2007, FLAMMABLE REGISTRATION 2006, 2007 AT 290 MAIN STREET.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
15. A0176-07 Committee Report
License Committee Report on the petition for Auto Repair-Mechanical License from Elba Garcia D/B/A Garcia's Auto Repair, at 69 Norman Street, Unit #23C.


UNFINISHED BUSINESS
16. A0184-07 Ordinance/s/Aldermen Frank Nuzzo and Joseph McGonagle
Unfavorable Traffic Commission Report on Ordinance offered by Aldermen Frank Nuzzo and Joseph McGonagle-To place a service zone, not to exceed 30 minutes, at 108 Ferry Street, intended for safety and convenience. (Postponed from 6/25 meeting to request explanation)

17. A0237-07 Resolution/s/Alderman Carlo DeMaria
That Fire Chief David Butler appear this meeting relative to discussing the operation of 911.

NEW BUSINESS
18. A0247-07 Resolution/s/Alderman Stephen Smith
That the City Solicitor contact the Middlesex Court to find out exactly what the charges were against the Everett Superintendent of Schools, exactly what the disposition was of his case, and exactly what the terms were of his probation because of conflicting media reports in the local media, and be prepared to provide the information to the Board of Aldermen for this meeting, Monday, July 23rd, 2007.

19. A0248-07 Resolution/s/Alderman Frank Nuzzo
That the Manager of the Super Stop & Shop, 1690 Revere Beach Parkway, Everett, appear this meeting to discuss issues with the shopping carts.

20. A0249-07 Ordinance/s/Alderman Stephen Smith
To amend the stop sign ordinance at the corner of Chelsea Street and Everett Avenue from a stop sign to a "Yield" sign.

21. A0250-07 Order/s/Joseph McGonagle, as President
That in accordance with the provisions of the General Law of Massachusetts, the City Clerk be and is hereby authorized and directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the City of Everett, qualified to vote as the law requires, to assemble at the several polling places, for and within the several precincts, where they are duly registered voters on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 for the SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY, then and there to give in their votes for the election of the candidates of political parties for the following offices:
Senator in General Court – Middlesex, Suffolk & Essex District

22. A0252-07 Resolution/s/Alderman Carlo DeMaria
To accept communication from Local 25 Business Agent David Pietraforte relative to their workers.

23. A0251-07 Order/s/Joseph McGonagle, as President
That the polls be opened from 7 o’clock in the morning to 8 o’clock in the evening and the City Clerk to cause all voting places to be properly fitted up for the SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY , TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007. Be it further ordered: That the following places be designated as polling places for the above mentioned
SPECIAL STATE PRIMARY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007:

Ward 1 Prec. 1 Armory, 90 Chelsea Street
Ward 1 Prec. 2 Armory, 90 Chelsea Street
Ward 1 Prec. 3 Sumner Whittier School, 337 Broadway



Ward 2 Prec. 1 Keverian School, 20 Nichols Street
Ward 2 Prec. 2 Parlin School, 587 Broadway, entrance on Derne Street
Ward 2 Prec. 3 Keverian School, 20 Nichols Street

Ward 3 Prec. 1 Community Center, 21 Whittier Drive
Ward 3 Prec. 2 Recreation Center Building, 47 Elm Street
Ward 3 Prec. 3 Recreation Center Building, 47 Elm Street

Ward 4 Prec. 1 Lafayette School, Edith Street, enter from Bryant Street
Ward 4 Prec. 2 Glendale Towers, Ferry Street
Ward 4 Prec. 3 Lafayette School, Edith Street, enter from Bryant Street

Ward 5 Prec. 1 English School, 105 Woodville Street
Ward 5 Prec. 2 City Hall, Keverian Hearing Room, Third Floor, 484 Broadway
Ward 5 Prec. 3 City Hall, Room 25, Second Floor, 484 Broadway

Ward 6 Prec. 1 English School, 105 Woodville Street
Ward 6 Prec. 2 Adams School, 78 Tileston Street
Ward 6 Prec. 3 Adams School, 78 Tileston Street

24. A0253-07 Order/s/Alderman Frank Nuzzo
BE IT
ORDERED: BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERETT, as follows:

That the City of Everett by and through its Mayor, submit to the State Legislative Bodies, for passage, in substantially the following form:
An Act RELATIVE TO THE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF A CERTAIN CITY OF EVERETT SCHOOL TEACHER.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the

authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the state teachers retirement board shall calculate the retirement allowance of Ralph Cecere, a retired teacher of the city of Everett school department, by taking into consideration the stipend he received as Placement Counselor as part of his regular compensation. Such calculation shall be retroactive to the date of his retirement.
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

25. A0263-07 Resolution/s/Alderman Joseph W. McGonagle
To accept communication from Mackenzie Cannon at 38 Corey Street relative to her playground and park.

Adjournment


Respectfully submitted,
Caroline McCorry
Administrative Assistant/Office Manager
Everett City Council Office
council@ci.everett.ma.us
SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATES TO NOTE:
7/23 6PM BILLS & ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE
7/23 6:30PM LICENSE COMMITTEE MEETING
T/B/A AUGUST BILLS & ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE MEETING
9/4 7PM COMMON COUNCIL MEETING
9/10 7PM NEXT BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING
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Common Council Agenda 7/16/07

(Presentation to Steve Iannuzzi)
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, MONDAY, JULY 16, 2007, 7:00 PM, CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3RD FL., EVERETT, MASS

COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HONOR THE MAYOR
1. C0226-07 Order/s/Councilor Sal DiDomenico, as President
To accept $100 donation from Vietnam Veterans Association & Iron Workers Local 7 to the Department of Veterans Services Gift Account.

2. C0230-07 Order/s/Councilor Sal DiDomenico, as President
To accept the donation of $200.00 from the Texas Roadhouse to the Everett Police Department K-9 Unit.

PAPERS FROM THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
3. A0240-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph W. McGonagle, as President
To accept $200.00 donation from the Target Store to EPD K-9 Account. (Passed sent down for concurrence)

4. A0243-07 Order/s/Alderman Joseph McGonagle, as President
To accept a donation in the amount of $500.00 from the Everett Credit Union, 650 Broadway in Everett to be deposited into the Everett Police K-9 Unit Account. (Passed sent down for concurrence)

5. A0244-07 Order/s/Alderman Carlo DeMaria
To dedicate and name the intersection of Oakland Ave and Broadway the "John F. Troy Square" for Mr. Troy, a WWII Army Veteran. (Passed sent down for concurrence)

6. A0246-07 Order/s/Alderman Jason Marcus
To accept the gift valued at $150.00 from the Everett Recreation Commission and Center to the Celebration Committee to be used for Everett Idol Contest prizes. (Passed sent down for concurrence)

COMMUNICATIONS
7. C0155-07 Communication
Unfavorable Traffic Commission report on Resolution offered by Councilor Lou Sierra to make recommendation on placing a yellow blinking light just before the Keverian School on Nichols Street, on right side, by the Woodlawn Street entrance; as no suitable location-wiring issue.

8. C0068-07 Communication
Traffic Commission Report on Ordinance offered by Councilor James Keane to place 20MPH speed limit signs on Woodlawn Ave due to complaints of speeding motorists; with a recommendation to refer back to sponsor.

NEW BUSINESS
9. C0216-07 Resolution/s/Councilors Wayne Matewsky, John Leo McKinnon and Millie J. Cardello
That the Chief of Police Steve Mazzie and Lt. Paul Landry be complimented for their new program "Community Action Group" that serves the people of Everett with regards to public safety and other city services.

10. C0215-07 Resolution/s/Councilor Wayne A. Matewsky
That the Mass. Electric Company eliminate the double pole at the corner of Robbin and Thorndike Street. It has been there over three years and causing concern for pedestrians and is unsightly, as three years is too long to wait to have this pole repaired.

11. C0213-07 Resolution/s/Councilor John Leo McKinnon
To place a guardrail in front of 58 Westover Street due to a recent accident where luckily children were not involved, but play there.

12. C0214-07 Resolution/s/Councilor John Leo McKinnon
That the Police Traffic Division monitor the speed and also the stop sign at the corners of Prescott Road and Westover Street due to the recent accident in that area.

13. C0217-07 Resolution/s/Councilor Wayne A. Matewsky
That the Department of Conservation and Recreation Construction Department consider the advisability of expanding on the Revere Beach Parkway, at the light to take a left onto Spring Street, to expand that to allow more cars, presently only three cars can be in line there, and you cannot take a left, to expand the left-hand turn lane to accommodate at least five cars, as it is a safety hazard and its been requested several times in past years, at Everett residents request.

14. C0221-07 CC Worksheet
1. Councilors Wayne Matewsky and Leo McKinnon-Sign Division place "Dead End Street" sign at entrance to Albert Park, at request of residents in that area.
2. Councilor Wayne Matewsky-Board of Public Works repair sidewalk in front of 24 Revere Street due to unsafe conditions.
3. Councilor Wayne A. Matewsky-City Services fill in pothole in front of 70 Lewis Street at their earliest convenience.
4. Councilor Wayne A. Matewsky-CETF notify owners of property at 73-75 Waverly Street that their front bushes need to be trimmed, they are overgrown and need to be trimmed, at neighbors request.
5. Councilors Wayne A. Matewsky and Lou Sierra-Park Department, at their earliest convenience, trim tree at 6 Shirley Street, it is hitting the house and branches are low, at request of homeowners.

15. C0222-07 Resolution/s/Councilor Wayne A. Matewsky
That the DCR take immediate steps to fill-in the large pothole/depression in front of 2076 Revere Beach Parkway, at the intersection of Lewis Street, as causing damage to homes in the area.

16. C0223-07 Order/s/Sal DiDomenico, as President
To grant an exemption for Carolyn Lightburn to allow her to work in the 2007 elections.

17. C0224-07 Order/s/Sal DiDomenico, as President
To provide an exemption to allow Theresa Shalsi to work at the polls during 2007 elections.

18. C0225-07 Resolution/s/Councilor Stephen Simonelli
To request the Mayor to seriously consider repaving the following streets and sidewalks in Ward Two: Francis Street, Florence Street-entire length, Pleasant View Ave, Lexington Street and Franklin Street, which are in deplorable condition, with Chapter 90 funds, also as soon as the streets are chosen please send a complete list to all Common Council members in their mailboxes.

19. C0227-07 Resolution/s/Councilor James A. Keane
That all management positions in the Assessor's Office consider forgoing their 3% raise in the interest of fairness due to sacrifices made by other departments.

20. C0228-07 Resolution/s/Councilor James A. Keane
Whereas: The men and women in the Armed Services of the United States of America are currently involved in armed conflict in defense of freedom, and

Whereas: These actions will no doubt reflect in an increase in the number of prisioners of war and those missing in action, and

Whereas: Sacrifices made by our armed forces and their families have made the United States of America a desired destination for people from all over the world, therefore

Be it
Resolved: That the Everett City Council strongly encourages the flagpole at the Everett Elks, and others throughout the City of Everett, to replace the flags of other nations with the POW-MIA Flag thus returning it to its well deserved place of honor along with the American Flag.

21. C0229-07 Resolution/s/Councilor James A. Keane
To invite the Fire Chief and representatives of Code Enforcement to attend this meeting regarding the discontinuance of overtime needed to enforce Code Enforcement violations, specifically, on Thursday night investigations.

Adjournment


Respectfully submitted:
Caroline McCorry
Administrative Assistant
Everett City Council Office
Council@ci.everett.ma.us

SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATES TO NOTE:
7/23 6PM BILLS & ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE MEETING
7/23 7PM BOARD OF ALDERMEN MEETING

Celebrate the Fourth

In celebration of our Independence and how words can change the world:

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
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WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation. WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient Causes; and accordingly all Experience hath shewn, that Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while Evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the Forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long Train of Abuses and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a Design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their Right, it is their Duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future Security. Such has been the patient Sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the Necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The History of the present King of Great- Britain is a History of repeated Injuries and Usurpations, all having in direct Object the Establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid World. HE has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public Good. HE has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing Importance, unless suspended in their Operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. HE has refused to pass other Laws for the Accommodation of large Districts of People, unless those People would relinquish the Right of Representation in the Legislature, a Right inestimable to them, and formidable to Tyrants only. HE has called together Legislative Bodies at Places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the Depository of their public Records, for the sole Purpose of fatiguing them into Compliance with his Measures. HE has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly Firmness his Invasions on the Rights of the People. HE has refused for a long Time, after such Dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of the Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the Dangers of Invasion from without, and the Convulsions within. HE has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States; for that Purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their Migrations hither, and raising the Conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. HE has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. HE has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the Tenure of their Offices, and the Amount and Payment of their Salaries. HE has erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harrass our People, and eat out their Substance. HE has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies, without the consent of our Legislatures. HE has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. HE has combined with others to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unacknowledged by our Laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: FOR quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us; FOR protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: FOR cutting off our Trade with all Parts of the World: FOR imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: FOR depriving us, in many Cases, of the Benefits of Trial by Jury: FOR transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offences: FOR abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an arbitrary Government, and enlarging its Boundaries, so as to render it at once an Example and fit Instrument for introducing the same absolute Rules into these Colonies: FOR taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: FOR suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all Cases whatsoever. HE has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. HE has plundered our Seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our Towns, and destroyed the Lives of our People. HE is, at this Time, transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the Works of Death, Desolation, and Tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty and Perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous Ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized Nation. HE has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the Executioners of their Friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. HE has excited domestic Insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the Inhabitants of our Frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known Rule of Warfare, is an undistinguished Destruction, of all Ages, Sexes and Conditions. IN every stage of these Oppressions we have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble Terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated Injury. A Prince, whose Character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the Ruler of a free People. NOR have we been wanting in Attentions to our British Brethren. We have warned them from Time to Time of Attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the Circumstances of our Emigration and Settlement here. We have appealed to their native Justice and Magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the Ties of our common Kindred to disavow these Usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our Connections and Correspondence. They too have been deaf to the Voice of Justice and of Consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the Necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of Mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace, Friends. WE, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in GENERAL CONGRESS, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly Publish and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political Connection between them and the State of Great-Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which INDEPENDENT STATES may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm Reliance on the Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. John Hancock.
GEORGIA, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, Geo. Walton.
NORTH-CAROLINA, Wm. Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn.
SOUTH-CAROLINA, Edward Rutledge, Thos Heyward, junr., Thomas Lynch, junr., Arthur Middleton.
MARYLAND, Samuel Chase, Wm. Paca, Thos. Stone, Charles Carroll, of Carrollton.
VIRGINIA, George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Ths. Jefferson, Benja. Harrison, Thos. Nelson, jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton.
PENNSYLVANIA, Robt. Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benja. Franklin, John Morton, Geo. Clymer, Jas. Smith, Geo. Taylor, James Wilson, Geo. Ross.
DELAWARE, Caesar Rodney, Geo. Read.
NEW-YORK, Wm. Floyd, Phil. Livingston, Frank Lewis, Lewis Morris.
NEW-JERSEY, Richd. Stockton, Jno. Witherspoon, Fras. Hopkinson, John Hart, Abra. Clark.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE, Josiah Bartlett, Wm. Whipple, Matthew Thornton.
MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, Saml. Adams, John Adams, Robt. Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry.
RHODE-ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE, C. Step. Hopkins, William Ellery.
CONNECTICUT, Roger Sherman, Saml. Huntington, Wm. Williams, Oliver Wolcott.
IN CONGRESS, JANUARY 18, 1777.