The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

336 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759[The] 207th, For allowing Abraham Weersing £2:5,Being severally read a Second time were severally agreed to by theHouse.[The] 208th, On an Account of William West £101, being read a Secondtime, was (upon the Question being put) agreed to by the House.[The] 209th, For allowing Daniel Williams £23:1:6,[The] 210th, For allowing Thomas Willson £200,The 211th Paragraph for allowing Thomas Willson £32:8:3,[The] 212th, For allowing Mary Whitford £17:10,[The] 213th, For allowing Robert Weaver £100,[The] 214th, For allowing Thomas Walker £117:13:4,[The] 215th, For allowing Adam Wood, Provost Marshall, £810:2:6,[The] 216th, For allowing William Bonneau £3:5:7 1 /2,The last Paragraph for allowing John Hatton £28,Being severally read a Second Time, were severally agreed to by the House.Mr. Pinckney (according to Order) reported from the Committee towhom the Inspection of the Public Arms was referred, That they had examinedand inspected the said Arms, and had directed him to report the same,as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in his Place,and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the same was read,and is as follows, (Vizt.)That they have carefully examined and inspected the Guns, Swords,Cutlasses, Bayonetts and other Arms, belonging to the Public, now in thePublic Armory, and find that there are 941 Musquetts in good Order, and fitfor immediate Service; that 30 Musquetts are very much out of Repair, andmany of them not worth the Expence of mending; that there are 380Bayonetts in good Order and fitted to the Musquetts and 47 Bayonetts ingood Order, but of little Use as they cannot be fixed upon any of the PublicGuns; that many of the Bayonetts are without Scabbards there being only 254new and 69 old Scabbards for all the Bayonetts, and therefore your Committeerecommend that Scabbards be made for the whole; That there are 153Cutlasses in good Order and 2 of very little Use or Service, that the goodCutlasses are mostly in want of Scabbards, there being only 4 Scabbards tothe whole; That there are 10 Fowling Pieces in the Armory in good Order,which were given to the Public by Edward Richards Esqr., 2 old BuccaneeringGuns, 4 Pistols, 4 Halberts and only 5 Cartouch Boxes, the rest having beengiven out to the South Carolina Regiment together with 508 Musquetts, withBayonetts to Each; by Order of His Excellency the Governor for the use ofthe said Regiment, as appeared to Your Committee, by Orders upon theArmourer for delivery of Guns from time to Time, with Receipts to him forthe Same.