The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

394 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759in Charles Town (to be paidby the Inhabitants of the saidTown) £ 386:05:10To the Commissioners for the Roadson Charles Town Neck; (to bepaid by the Inhabitants of St.Philip’s and St. Michael’sCharles Town) £ 38:12:06To the Public Treasurer for Moneyadvanced for Carriage ofProvisions to the Garrisons inthe Out Settlements £ 4161:02:05To Isaac Mazyck, John Rattray, DanielCrawford, Rawlins Lowndes andPeter Manigault, Esqrs., or anythree of them, as a Recompenceto Joseph Howard, for hisDiscovery of the Method ofCureing the Lame Distemper,Yaws and other Disorders £ 3000:00:00Towards defraying the ContingentCharges of the Current YearEighteen hundred Pounds £ 1800:00:00£ 12740:05:09/21£ 115470:06:09 1 /2Resolved that the further Consideration of the Tax Bill be adjourned.“A Bill for allowing a further Time to the Assessors and Collectors forthe Parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael for carrying into ExecutionAn Act of the General Assembly of this Province Intitled ‘An Act for raisingand Granting to His Majesty the Sum of £166438:14:7 1 /4 and applying £8069:3:6being the Surplus of Taxes and Ballance of a Fund in the Public Treasury,making together £174507:18:1 1 /4 to defray the Charges of this Governmentfrom the 25th Day of March 1757 to the 24th Day of March 1758, and for otherServices therein mentioned,’” was read a third time.Resolved that the Bill do pass, and that the Title be “An Act for allowinga further time to the Assessors & Collectors for the Parishes of St. Philip& St. Michael for carrying into Execution, an Act of the General-Assemblyof this Province Intitled ‘an Act for raising and granting to His Majesty theSum of £166438:14:7 1 /4 and applying £8069:3:6, being the Surplus of Taxes andBallance of a Fund in the Public Treasury, making together £174507:18:1 1 /4 to