The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

JUNE 20, 1760663the Poor of some Parish, it being uncertain what Parish they belonged to,they are to be deemed the Poor of the Province in general. In what manneryou will think proper further to relieve the Women and Children I confidein your Humanity to consider and provide; As to the Men in the FrontierForts, I recommend to you, to allow the same pay, that was voted for the newRegiment of one Thousand Men, in such Forts only as are deemed Frontier,which I do not imagine from Fort Moore to the Northward and Westwardabove Congrees would exceed two hundred Men; This I have done alreadyto those that are at Ninety Six, in order to secure the Magazines there, andkeep open the Communication with Fort Prince George and the Congrees;Pay for two Months which need not commence till the first Day of June mightbe some recompence to such as had staid and encourage those who are almosttired out now, to stay a little longer, by which time I hope all these Calamitiesmay be at an End; And I should think this the most effectual Methodof answering some of those salutary Purposes, intended by the voting onethousand Men, of which there is not one hundred raised.William Bull.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.Read a Letter from Captain Edward Musgrove to The Lieutenant Governordated Fort William-Henry 10th June 1760, relating to the distressedState of that Fort.Ordered That a Committee be appointed to take the said Message andLetter into Consideration, of the following Gentlemen, vizt., Mr. Wragg, Mr.Taylor, Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Rattray, Mr. Berresford, Mr. Mazyck.Ordered That the Message and Letter be referred to the Committee,and that they do report their Opinion thereupon to the House.Mr. Taylor reported from the Committee who were appointed to inquireinto the Conduct of Mr. Joseph Nutt during the Time he acted as Commissaryon the late Expedition against the Cherokee Indians, and to whom thesaid Mr. Nutt’s and Mr. Andrew Williamson’s Accounts were referred; thatthe Committee had made an Inquiry accordingly and had examined the saidAccounts, and had directed him to report the Matter, as it appeared to themto the House, and he read the Report in his Place, and afterward deliveredit in at the Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read and is as follows; vizt.That it is the Opinion of the Committee that Mr. Commissary Nutt hadno right to press Provisions either by his Commission or the Militia Act.That in the Account No. 276 are the two following Articles, vizt. 240Barrels of Flour, Qty. 50096 lb. at £4:15 per Cent, supplied by Messieurs Smith& Nutt, and a Charge to the Public of £200 for carriage of 200 Barrels of Flour