The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

672 COMMONS JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 4, 1760–AUGUST 6, 1760A Motion was made, and the Question being put, that the Articles tothe Commissioners for the Streets in Charles-Town (to be paid by the Inhabitantsof the said Town), £500, be struck out of the Schedule.It passed in the Negative.Ordered That the further Consideration of the Schedule be adjourned.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of theClock.Thursday the 26th Day of June 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.The House resumed the Adjourned Consideration of the second readingof the Residue of the Schedule to the Tax Bill.And the Schedule being read a second time, throughout.Resolved, That £25 be given as a Reward to a Negro Man namedMaurice, belonging to the Estate of Henry Izard Esqr., deceased, for apprehendinga Criminal who had committed several Murders.Resolved, That a Reward of £10 be given to a Negro Man named Frank,and the like Sum to a Negro Man named Tom, belonging to Miss Ann Blake,for apprehending a Negro Criminal.Ordered, That the said Sums be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax Bill.The Order of the Day for considering the Report from the Committeewho were appointed to inquire into the Conduct of Mr. Joseph Nutt, duringthe time he acted as Commissary on the late Expedition against theCherokee Indians, being read.The Report was read.Then Mr. Nutt’s Memorial was read.And the first Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time, was,upon the Question being put thereupon, agreed unto by the House.Ordered, That the further Consideration of the Report be adjourned.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 who were appointed to inquire into the Conductof Mr. Joseph Nutt.And the Second Paragraph of the Report being read a Second time, wasupon the Question being put thereupon disagreed with by the House.The 3d and 4th Paragraphs being severally read a Second time, were,upon the Question being put thereupon, severally agreed to by the House.