The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

MAY 16, 1760563Mr. Speaker left the Chair.Mr. Manigault took the Chair of the Committee.Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.Mr. Manigault reported from the Committee that they had gonethrough the Bill and made several Amendments thereunto, which they haddirected him to report; and he read the Report in his Place, and afterwarddelivered the Bill with the Amendments, in at the Clerk’s Table; Where theAmendments were once read throughout; and then a second time One byOne: And the said Amendments were (with Amendments to some of them)severally agreed to by the House.Ordered That Mr. Guerard do carry the Bill to the Council.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning Ten of the Clock.Friday the 16th Day of May 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.“A Bill for finishing, enlarging, repairing, cleansing and keeping cleanand in repair the Common Drain or Sewer in Elliott Street in Charles-Town”was read a Second time, with Blanks which were filled up, and several Amendmentswere made by the House to the Bill.Ordered That Mr. Roper do carry the Bill to the Council.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Bassnett.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,His Majesty by His Royal Order in Council having been graciouslypleased to direct that sundry Supplies of Ordnance & Stores be sent to thisProvince for the better defence and security thereof, and to order for thebetter preventing any Loss or Embezzlement of the said Stores, That theGovernor or Commander in Chief of the Province of South Carolina doappoint some proper Person to be Storekeeper, with a proper Salary annexedto that Office, and do recommend to the Assembly, that as soon as such Officershall be appointed the said Governor or Commander in Chief do putall the Stores that now are here, as well as those ordered to be sent hitherunder his Care; and take Security from him, to be accountable for the sameto the Master General or Principal Officer of His Majesty’s Ordnance. Andthat the said Storekeeper do keep a Journal of the Stores issued and expended,and that he do enter therein, the Names of the Persons to whomthey were issued and also for what Services, And that he do not issue anyStores but by Order in writing signed by the Governor or Commander inChief. And that every six Months the said Storekeeper do transmit a Copyof the said Journals together with an Account of what Stores are remaining