Purchases of Lands from the IiKhans be void unless made by the Government where such Lands lye, and from the Indians in a Body m their Public Councils -- That the patentees or possessors of larsre unsettled Territories be enjoined to cause them to be Settled in a Reasonable time on pain of forfeiture -- That the Complaints of the Indians relative to any Grants or possessions of their Lands fraudulently obtained be enquired into, and all injuries redressed -- That the Bounds of those Colonies which extend to the South Sea, be contracted, and limitted by the Alleghenny or Apalachian Mountains, and that Measures be taken for Settling from time to time. Colonies of his Majesties Protestant Subjects, Westward of said Mountains in Convenient Cantons to be Assigned for that Purpose, And finally that then.' be a Union of his Majesties several Governments on the Continent, that so their Councils, Treasure and Strength may be employed in due proportion against their common Enemy. All which is Submitted

Adjourned till 9 a Clock to Morrow Morning.

At a Meeting in the Court House at Albany On Wednesday the IQth July 1754. A M. Present.

Joseph Murray and William Smith Esq^^^ of the Council of New York & *

All the Commissioners (Except Henry Sherbourne Esq^ one of the Commissioners for New Hampshire.

M*" Franklin reported the Draught in a New Form ot a Plan of a Union, agreeable to the Determination of Yesterday, which was Read Paragraph by Paragraph arid Debated, And the further consideration of it deferred to the Afternoon. Adjourned to 3 oClock this Afternoon.