The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

558 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760Credits.1759 Aprill 12th. By cash paid him bythe Treasurer £ 2000: 0: 01759 October 13th. By ditto £ 2000: 0: 0£ 4000: 0: 0That the Account of Monies received and paid by the Treasurer, forAllowance to the Widows and Orphans of the Independent Companies ofSoldiers, to the 25th March 1759, stands thus with the Commissary General.The Public of South-Carolina to the Commissary General.Debits.1759 April 9th. To Cash paidWilliam Roper Esqr. as ChurchWarden of St. Philip’s Parishfor two Year’s Allowance to thesaid Widows and Orphans £ 400: 0: 0To Commission at 2 1 /2 per Cent onthe above £400 £ 10: 0: 0£ 410: 0: 0Balance due to the Public £ 2:10: 3£ 412:10: 3Credits.By Balance due to him as perSettlement reported by theCommittee 7th April 1759 £ 12:10: 3By Cash paid him by the Treasurer7th April 1759 £ 400: 0: 0£ 412:10: 3That the Committee in discharge of the Trust reposed in them by theHouse, think themselves in Duty bound, humbly to represent to the Housethat notwithstanding the Report of the Committee on the CommissaryGeneral’s Accounts of the 7th of April 1759. And the Act of Assembly of thisProvince intitled “An Act to ascertain the Fees of the Surveyor General forthe time being and his Deputies, and to prevent any irregularities being committedin the Office of the said Surveyor General or by any of his Deputies”passed April 13th 1733. And the Table of the Surveyor General’s Fees mentionedin the abovesaid Act wherein is contained these Words, “For a Plat,