The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

JANUARY 26, 1759285Resolved that the further Consideration thereof be postponed till toMorrow Morning.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants and Others of theNeck between Pedee River and Black River in Prince George’s Parish CravenCounty, and also,The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of the Parish of St.James Santee and Others; Severally addressed to the Governor, Council andAssembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Thursday the 25th Day of January 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.The House (according to Order) resumed the adjourned Considerationof the Residue of the “Bill for preventing as much as may be the spreading ofMalignant and Contagious Distempers in this Province, And for repealing theformer Acts and Paragraphs of Acts heretofore made for that Purpose.”A Motion was made and the Question being put that the Words SpecialBail in the . . . Paragraph, be left out of the Bill.It passed in the Negative.And the said Bill was read a Second time throughout with Blanks, whichwere filled up, and Several Amendments were made by the House to the Bill.A Motion was made and the Question being put that the said Bill beCommitted.It passed in the Negative.Ordered that Mr. Pinckney and Mr. Broughton do carry the Bill to theCouncil.Resolved That this House will, to Morrow Morning, take into Considerationthe Report from the Committee appointed to agree with a Printerto print the Acts of the General Assembly lately passed in this Province, whichhave not yet been printed.And then the House adjourned till to Morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 26th Day of January 1759.The Journal of Yesterday’s Proceedings was read.Mr. Manigault presented to the House (according to Order) “A Bill forrepealing all former Acts and Paragraphs of Acts of the General Assembly