The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

FEBRUARY 2, 1759295of the said Committee; And all Members of the House that then attend areto have Voices.Resolved that the Committee appointed to enquire into the State andCondition of the Common Goal, be a standing Committee, and that theyhave Power to adjourn from time to time and also to report the matter oftheir Enquirys as it shall appear to them, to the House, as often as they shallthink necessary.The Order of the Day for taking into Consideration the Report fromthe Committee to whom the Petition of the Inhabitants of Pedee in St. Mark’sParish was referred, being read,The Report was read a Second Time.The first, Second, third and fourth Paragraphs being severally read wereagreed unto by the House.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill for dividing Saint Mark’sParish.Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill for Erecting Courts in suchparts of the Province as shall be thought fit, for trying and determining allCauses more in Value than twenty Pounds and not exceeding Seventy PoundsCurrency, and that the Gentlemen of the said Committee do prepare andbring in the same, and that Mr. Crawford, Captain Taylor, Mr. Wright andMr. Manigault be added to the said Committee.A Message from the Council by Mr. Simpson.Mr. Speaker,The Council have twice read “A Bill for Taxing Transient Persons.”The Council have read a Petition of the Inhabitants of George Townin Craven County; Addressed to the Governor, Council and Assembly.And then the Messenger withdrew.And the said Petition was read Setting forth,Their many Inconveniences and Wants as a Town, which are not providedfor in the General Laws of the Province.1st. That no Person or Persons be suffered to unload or throw Ballastor Dirt & filth into the River or Docks, by which means the Docks are rendereduseless and the Navigation of the River impeded, under a sufficientPenalty for so doing.2dly. That the Inhabitants of the said Town may be exempt from workingon the Roads without the Limits of the Town, in lieu of which they may beobliged to work an equal Number of Days Each Year in levelling and mendingthe Streets of the said Town agreeable to & under the Penalty of the High-RoadAct, and that no Person be allowed to keep Hogs or Goats in the said Town togo at large to root up the Streets & become a Nusance to the Inhabitants & destroythe Works or Repairs made or to be made under a severe Penalty.