The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

154 COMMONS JOURNAL, APRIL 17, 1758–MAY 19, 1758No. 393. An Account of John Rice, Constable, for Criminal Slavesamounting to £33:15 in which are Severall over Charges amounting to £8:7:6,the Ballance £25:7:6 to be allowed.No. 394. An Account of Morreau Sarrazin for Ingraving Copper Platesand Printing Bills &ca. amounting to £149:14:9, Your Committee recommendmay be paid out of the money so Printed and Signd as has been usual in theLike Cases.No. 395. An Account of John Axson, Black Smith, for making Gibets fora Negroe fellow Sentanced for Poisoning amounting to £25, the Committeethink £15 fully Sufficient & recommend that Sum may be allowed.No. 397. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of John Stephensfor three Months Salary as Public Carpenter at £20 per Month £60. The Committeedo not know by What Authority or right Captn. Demeré Established Sucha Sallary and as they apprehend it producive of bad Consequence to the Publicto Encourage such Charges recommend that it may not be provided for. 13No. 398. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of JamesCappock for Making Bisquit for the Troops at Fort Loudoun amounting to£25:15:0; As his Excellency the Governor Acquainted the House that the Earlof Loudoun wou’d be at the Expence of furnishing provissions to theIndependant Companys in Consideration of this Province defraying theCharges of Carriage, that it may not be provided for.No. 399. A Certificate of Captn. Paul Demeré in favour of Samuel Bennfor 500 Bushells of Indian Corn £500. It appears to Your Committee from anAccount delivered by Collonel Chevillette of Sundry Stores &c. remaining at FortLoudoun and Captn. Demerés Receipt of the 6th August 1757, that a Large Quantityof Provissions of Different Sort were then in Store Sufficient as Collo.Chevillette Informed the Committee to Suffice for near 12 Months, and as thisCorn was procured only five Months afterwards the Committee recommend theAccount may Lye over untill the House is further Certify’d of the reason forLaying in such an Aditional Quantity in So Short a time.No. 400. A Certificate of Captn. Demeré in favour of William Shoreyfor Indian Corn at 20/, £196, recommend may Lye over for the reason above.No. 401. An Account of Bremar & Neyle Amounting to £226:7:8 in whichare Sundry Over Charges amounting to £15:3:3 1 /2, the Ballance £211:4:4[ 1 /2] tobe allowed.No. 402. An Order drawn by Henry Mashow in favour of AlexanderRantowle amounting to £12; As this Account is neither Certified nor attested& the Committee know of no Such Officer as Henry Mashow, not allowed.13Number 396 was omitted in both the South Carolina and British manuscripts. Apparently, notext was omitted. The clerk made an inadvertent numbering error—from here to the end of the reportthe account numbers do not match those given on the second reading (below, p. 164 ff).