The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

284 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 15, 1759–FEBRUARY 16, 1759And then the Messenger withdrew.Ordered that the said Message be referred to the Consideration of theCommittee to whom the Memorial of Captain Demere was referred.Ordered that a Message be prepared to be sent to desire the Governorand Council to issue a New Writ for Electing one Member, to serve in thispresent General Assembly for the Parish of St. George Dorchester in theRoom of Walter Izard Esqr., deceased, to be made returnable immediately.And a Message was drawn accordingly and is as follows, Vizt.May it please Your Excellency, and Honors,Walter Izard Esqr., One of the Members to represent the Parish of St.George in this present General Assembly, being dead, We desire Your Excellencyand Honours will please to issue a new Writ for the Electing One Memberto represent the said Parish in the Room of the said Walter Izard Esqr.,deceased, and we desire that the said Writ may be made returnable immediately.And then the House Adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of theClock.Wednesday the 24th Day of January 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Ordered that Mr. Leigh do attend the Governor & Council with theResolution of this House of the 16th of this Instant, relating to Mrs.Margueritte Chiffelle, for his Excellency’s Assent and the Council’s Concurrencethereto.Ordered That Mr. Murray do attend the Governor and Council with theMessage of yesterday, relative to a new Writ of Election for the Parish of St.George.Ordered that the Order of the Day for giving the “Bill for preventingas much as may be the spreading of malignant and Contagious Distempersin this Province, And for repealing the former Acts and Paragraphs of Actsheretofore made for that Purpose,” a Second Reading, be now read.And the said Order being read accordingly.The House proceeded to give the Bill a Second Reading.A Motion was made and the Question being put that, that part of the4th Paragraph, whereby Power is given to the Commanding Officer of FortJohnson or elsewhere if he be satisfied of the Truth of the Master’s Report, topermit or suffer the said Ship or Vessel to pass, be dashed.It passed in the Negative.And the House having made some Progress in the Second Reading ofthe said Bill.