The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

652 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760(to wit) a Battallion of the Royal Americans, one of the Scots Highlanders,and a Detachment of a Regiment from Virginia. That the extraordinary fatigueof this Duty, occasioned and was the Cause, as the Petitioner verily believes,of his long and misfortunate Ailments. That, in October last, whenthe Expedition to the Cherokee Nation was resolved upon, the Petitioner wasordered, by His Excellency Governor Lyttelton, to impress Waggons, hireSchooners, for transporting Provisions &c. to Monck’s Corner, and to provideevery thing necessary for the said Expedition. This Service was attendedwith a considerable Expence to the Petitioner: The Many other Serviceswhich the Petitioner hath, for many Years past, performed for the Public, bythe Governor’s Orders, are well known to the House; and as he humbly conceivesthose Services to be no part of his Duty as Commissary General of thisProvince: Therefore humbly praying the House will be pleased to considerthe Premises and grant such relief therein to the Petitioner as, in their Wisdomshall seem meet.Resolved, That this House will, next Tuesday Morning, take the saidPetition into Consideration.And then the House adjourned till Four of the Clock.P.M.The House resumed the adjourned Consideration of the Residue of theReport from the Committee to whom the several Public Accounts were referred.And the 164th Article of the Report (No. 493) on an Account of JohnMarley being read a Second time.The said Account was read;And the said Article was disagreed with by the House.Resolved, That this House will not make provision for the Articlescharged in the Account for carting Provisions for the Soldiers amounting to£36.And the Question being put, That the House do agree that £10 per Daybe allowed for the hire of each of the Schooners charged for in the said Account;It passed in the Negative by Mr. Speaker’s Voice.Resolved, (upon the Question) that £8 per day be allowed for the hireof each of the said Schooners.Resolved, that £537 be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax Bill for thesaid John Marley.Resolved, that the said John Marley be allowed £1112 for the several Articlescharged in the said Account for the use of the late Expedition.