The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

MAY 6, 1760549Labourers and for Materials for which Vouchers were produced to the Committee,£37437:0:5.That there appears to the Committee to be still owing by the said Commissionersthe several Sums and to the several Persons mentioned in theAccount delivered in with the Memorial presented to the House by the saidCommissioners, and referred to the Committee, £3572:6:4.Besides which there is a subsequent account of Justinus Stoll for Smith’swork, £11:18:6.An Account of Samuel Prioleau for one Year and a Quarter’s Salary tothe 2d of April 1760, £125.An Account of Brunet and Miller for loss of time by the sitting of theCourts which prevented them from working, £429.Sum total of what has been paid and is still owing, £41575:5:3.Which exceeds the Sum granted £4075:5:3 and which the Committeerecommend to the House to be provided for, to discharge the said severalAccounts still remaining unpaid.And the Committee find that the Articles contained in the Schedulehereunto annexed are part of the materials that have been purchased by thesaid Commissioners, and which have not yet been made use of.Inventory of Sundry Materials belonging to the State-House remainingthe 27th June 1758.1 Cask of 6d Nails, 3 /4 of Do., 1 Cask of 30d Nails, 3 /4 of Ditto, a Box withlarge Spikes, 1 whole Sheet of Lead, several peices of Do., 12 Sash Leads, 7 1 /2dozn. Sash Pulleys and Pins, 10 Hanks of Lines, No. 1 6-In. rimm’d Lock, 2Stock Locks, 2 Padlocks, 140 pair of 8 Inch side Hinges, 18 pair of 18 In. Hsditto, 6 pair of 24 In. Ditto, 5 pair Cross garnet ditto, No. 8 2-feet barrell Bolts,No. 4 5-feet Ditto, 16 Papers of Screws for the Hinges and Bolts. In the Yard,A parcel of Cypress Timber & Plank, a parcel of paving Stones. At ColonelBeale’s, 1 Cask of 20d Nails, No. 5, 16 1 /2 In.Ordered That the said Report be considered to-morrow Morning.A Petition of the Inhabitants and of the Majority of the Owners andProprietors of Houses and Lands in Elliott Street in Charles-Town was presentedto the House and read, setting forth,That in pursuance of an Act of the General Assembly passed the 31st dayof May 1750, a common Drain or Sewer was sunk and made in the said Streetat the Charge & Expence of the Owners and Proprietors of the Lands andHouses lying thereon, and to their great Emolument and Advantage.That the said Law having since expired and there not being for sometime past any Law subsisting for keeping the said Drain clean or in repair,the passage through the same is stopped.That the abundance of noxious Water and Matter remaining and in the