The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

APRIL 4, 1759395defray the Charges of this Government from the 25th Day of March 1757 tothe 24th Day of March 1758, and for other Services therein mentioned.’”Ordered that Mr. Moore and Mr. Wareing do carry the Bill to the Council,and desire their Concurrence.Mr. Lowndes reported from the Committee to whom the Governor’sMessage relating to the Construction of a Powder Magazine was referred, thatthey had considered the said Message, and had directed him to report theSame, as it appeared to them, to the House, and he read the Report in hisplace, and afterward delivered it in at the Clerk’s Table, where the Same wasread, and is as follows, (Vizt.)That Your Committee are of Opinion that the Building of a Magazinein pursuance of An Act passed the 11th Day of May 1754, may be of dangerousConsequence, not only from it’s Vicinity to the other Powder Magazinenow erected near the Brick Barracks, but also by Reason of it’s Nearness toSt. Philip’s Church and other Buildings in the North parts of Charles Town,and therefore Your Committee recommend that the said Act be repealed inso far as it relates to the Building of another Magazine, and that a Bill orOrdinance be introduced, impowering the Commissioners of Fortificationsto purchase a Piece or Pieces of Land in some convenient place or Placeswithin the New Fortifications and for building a Magazine or Magazines uponthe Same, and applying the Moneys granted by the said Act to that purpose.Resolved that the said Report be now taken into Consideration.The Report being Read a Second Time,Ordered that leave be given to bring in a Bill agreeable to the said Report,and that the Gentlemen of the said Committee do prepare and bringin the same.Ordered that Mr. Rattray and Mr. Pringle do examine the ingrossed BillIntitled “An Act to restrain and prevent the too frequent Sales of Goods,Wares and Merchandize by Public Auction or Out Cry in Charles Town, andfor the better Regulation of such Sales,” by the Original, to see if the sameis truly Ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Drayton do examine the ingrossed Bill,Intitled “An Act for Taxing Transient Persons,” by the Original, to see if theSame is truly ingrossed.Ordered that Mr. Trapier and Mr. Moore do examine the Ingrossed BillIntitled “An Act to impower the Commissioners for building a Church andParsonage House in the Parish of Saint Michael Charles Town; to purchasea Lot of Land and House for a Parsonage for the said Parish, and to disposeof and Convey in Fee Simple such Pews as shall be built in the said Churchand for repealing several Paragraphs of the Act of the General Assembly ofthis Province for dividing the Parish of Saint Philip and for Erecting the said