The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

144 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758State House 2500:00:00Treasurers Commissions 1114:09:03£25966:00:10From whence it Appears that there is a Ballance of £1238:16:4 in favourof the Treasurer.That the Amount of Taxes on Good[s] imported By Transient Personsis £374:12:9 out of which £18:14:5, the Treasurers Commissions, being deductedLeave a Ballance of £356:18:4 which is Carried to the Credit of the Accountof Licences for retailing Spirituous Liquors & both appropriated for dischargingthe additional Pay to the Independent Companies doeing duty in thisProvince.That the Income of the Tax on the first Purchasers of Slaves importedfrom the 29th September 1756 to the 29th September 1757 amount to £12,690against which Fund is Charged to the above time,For Debentures £ 528:15:06The Treasurers Commissions 330:09:04To the Fund for Poor Protestant Settlers 9464:12:03To the Fund for a Pest House, a Beacon,now applied to finishing St. MichaelsChurch 2366:02:11£12690:00:00That the Fund Appropriated for building & repairing Fortificationsfrom the 29th September 1756 to the 29th September 1757 amounts to£12,558:2:9. And that the Draughts made by the Commissioners for the Fortificationson the Treasurer during the Time above mentionned, together withthe Treasurer’s Commissions thereon, amounts to £20,136:13:6, by which itappears there is a Ballance of £7573:11:3 in favour of the Treasurer, to the Timeaforesaid. But the Committee beg Leave to Observe, that there are LargeSums, that there are to come to the Credit of this Account in the next Year;That the Fund for Building a Parsonage House in St. Michaels Parish to the29th September 1757, there is a Ballance of £841:13:4 in favour of the Treasurer,but to reimburse him there is an Income to this Fund of £200 per Annum.That the Income of the additional Duty for Fortifications from the Passingof the Act to the 29th September 1757 Amount to £2452:10:7 from which£61:6:3, the Treasurers Commission, Thereon at 2 1 ⁄2 per Cent, being deducted,Leaves a Ballance of £2391:4:4 in favour of this Fund; That of the Fund forFinishing St. Michaels Church to the 29th September 1757 there is a Ballanceof £793:3:0 due to the Treasurer, of which he will be reimburs’d by the next