743 Bro^t fo^rward — Am^t 1,225. 36 Ensⁿ John Hughes .............. 79. 13 Ensⁿ Adam Hoops .............. 143. — Ensⁿ Jos^s Lewis .............. 133 — Bounty of 23 men 280 I leave the Amount to be [undecipherable] 1,071.00 Honorable Board of Treasury [P[undecipherable]] New York April 3, 17[undecipherable] Sir, By direction of the Board of Treasury I herewith transmit you a copy of my Accounts and am Sir Your Obed^t Serv^t [signature] William Imlay Esq^r The Commissioner for settling the Army Accounts begs leave to report on the Petition of Captain [undecipherable] W^m Archer referred to him—— [undecipherable] 944 Cap^t Archer [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of July 1779 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] book of a [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] 24 [undecipherable] and the Pay [undecipherable] established the Captain [undecipherable] Commission having received a Bond [undecipherable] and not [undecipherable] with any emoluments before [undecipherable] to the resolutions of April 30^th 1778, April [undecipherable] and September 10^th 1783 [undecipherable] pay [undecipherable] to Cap^t Archer cannot be considered as [undecipherable] his appointment, but only as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the intention [undecipherable] have extended his appointment from [undecipherable] to the time [undecipherable] or that other emoluments [undecipherable] be known to have the expressions of their resolution [undecipherable] [undecipherable]ly have been [undecipherable] in respect. That a resolution of January 26^th 1784 has [undecipherable: decided] that the [undecipherable] Commutation cannot be admitted on implication only Your Commissioner therefore [undecipherable] that Cap^t Archer cannot be considered as entitled to the Commutation in consequence of his appointment of July 26^th 1779 without a new and express resolution for that purpose—