The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

404 COMMONS JOURNAL, MARCH 5, 1759–APRIL 7, 1759To Commissions thereon at 2 1 /2 perCent 23:10: 3Ballance due from the CommissaryGeneral on this Account 12:10: 3£ 976: 8: 4Credits.By last Year’s Ballance as by theReport made April the 20th 1758 £ 773: 4: 4By an Overcharge then 3: 4: 0By Cash of the Treasurer since 200: 0: 0£ 976: 8: 4That Your Committee conceive it to be incumbent on them to representto this House that to the Township Fund is Charged several Sums ofMoney said to be due and in Arrear, to Sundry Public Officers for their Feeson Grants of Land, passed to New Comers, and since the Report of the Committeein April 1758, and by Order of His Excellency Governor Lyttelton, tothe Amount of Seven thousand and fifty five Pounds Ten Shillings and NinePence, for the Uses of the undermentioned Persons, Vizt.Governor Lyttelton, £486 and £302:2:6.Late Governor Glen, £1630.William Simps[on], Clerk of the Council, £329 and £181.William Pinckney, late Deputy Secretary, £908 and £573:11:3.Alexander Gordon for Account of Alexander Gordon, late Clerk of theCouncil, £440 and £300:2.Egerton Leigh Esqr., Surveyor General, £60 and £37.John Murray Esqr. for Deputy Secretary, £1042 and £643.Benjamin Harvey, Messenger, £65 and £58:15.That Your Committee called for the Accounts of Particulars of the aboveSums and was told by Mr. Doyley (Who acts for the Commissary General)that the Clerk of the Council had the keeping of the said Accounts.Your Committee observe that not only the Surveyor General charges aFee of Two Pounds ten Shillings for every Plat of Land, but his Deputys alsocharge the same Sum, notwithstanding the Act of Assembly in that Case ofthe 13th of April 1733 appears to have limitted the whole of those Charges totwo Pounds ten Shillings.Your Committee was informed that there now remains in Store in thesaid Commissary General’s Hands Six hundred and thirty Six Striped DuffilBlankets of the Public’s, which have been used by the Royal American andHighland Regiments, and being now lying by, may be spoiled by the Moth,