The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

614 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760£10 and three of £5, making together £35, which the Committee and a Committeeof the Council have burnt, so that there is a Balance of £437:10 remainsyet to be brought in to be exchanged and Burnt.That there appears by said Report that there was outstanding £117:10 ofthe Fortification Orders issued in 1745, of which the Treasurer produced oneof £10 which, the Committee and a Committee of the Council, have burnt,so that there is still outstanding £107:10 of those Orders: That it appears alsoby said Report that there was a Balance of £259:17:6 then outstanding of oldlawful Currency issued in 1731, of which the Treasurer has produced £15:6,which, the Committee and a Committee of the Council have burnt so thatthere is still a Balance of £244:11:6 to be brought in to be exchanged and sunk.That the Treasurer produced also one appropriation Order of £5 whichwas issued in 1731, which, was burnt by the Committee and a Committee ofthe Council, which is to be reimbursed the Treasurer as there is no Fund forthat purpose provided.The Committee with a Committee of the Council have burnt the Sumof £2304:7:6 of torn and obliterated Currency which together with the Sumof £9990:5 burnt by former Committees amounts to £12294:12:6, which beingdeducted out of the £20000 provided for exchanging the aforesaid Currencyleaves a Balance of £7705:7:6 in the Treasury for the aforesaid purpose. TheCommittee with a Committee of the Council have burnt £8400 of the Ordersissued in 1755 for the defending His Majesty’s Rights and Dominions in NorthAmerica.The Committee with a Committee of the Council have also burnt £5000of the Orders issued in 1756 for Fortifications.That the Account of charges for transporting Provisions to the Garrisonsin the Back Parts from 7th March 1759 as per Vouchers producedamounts to £8519:15:9.That since drawing the preceding Report the Treasurer produced anAccount to the Committee settled with him by Mr. Benjamin Stead wherebythe said Stead accounted with him for Flour, Pork, live Cattle and Salt remainingin Fort Loudoun the 2d Day of February 1758, amounting to £549:18, alsofor Carriage of Provisions to Keowee for the Indians going with Colonel Birdamounting to £513:6:10.Resolved, that the Report be considered to-morrow Morning.The House resumed the adjourned consideration of the Residue of thelast Report from the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts werereferred.And the Articles of the said Report No. 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318,319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328 and 329 being severally read a Secondtime, were severally agreed to by the House.