The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

JANUARY 26, 175871No. 75. An Account of John Coon for Inquests £30, upon ExaminationYour Committee find that the said Account was delivered in Last yearAmounting [to] £14:2:6 only, for the same Articles, & Rejected for not beingproperly Certified & which we Likewise are of Opinion that it ought to berejected as we take it to be an Imposition on the public.No. 76. An Account of Elizth. Jones for Beds, Bolsters &ca. for the Soldiers,amounting [to] £30:18:10, which we Recommend to be allowed.No. 77. An Account of Moses Mitchell for Lodging Capt. Gordon, TwoRooms, Amounting [to] £79:13, which we beg Leave to Submitt.No. 78. An Account of Mary Cranmer for Lodging 2 Officers with twoRooms Each, Amounting [to] £80:10, which we Submitt to the House.No. 79. An Account of Magdelen Prioleau for Lodging OfficersAmounting [to] £98:15 which we beg Leave to Submitt, &c.No. 80. An Account of George Jackson for Indian Provisions amountingto £8, we recommend may be allowed.No. 81. An Account of Josp. Norman for Maintainance of AcadiansAmounting [to] £91:12:9, to be allowed.No. 82. An Account of Thomas Harrison for Cash paid different Personsfor tak[ing] Care of Cattle drove to Fort Loudoun for provisions for theGarrison by Collo. Minnick amounting to £15. Your Committee take Leaveto Observe that they look on the Said and many Such Charges a great Impositionon the Public and ought by all means to be discouraged as theyApprehend the many Persons then at the fort might very Easely have seento that Service without putting the Country to any Extraordinary Expenceabout it, and therefore that it may be disallowed.No. 83. A Second Account of the said Thomas Harrison for Oznabrigsfor Bags amounting to £48:16 ought to be allowed. Your Committee observeThe Person Entitled to this allowance is Serjeant of the Company who theyConceive an Improper person to be Employed in Such Trade and Buissenessas the least bad Consequence attending it must unavoidably be a Neglect ofhis Duty.No. 84. Capt. Pepper’s Muster Roll amounting to £225 for Six menEmployed as Guard to him on his Agency to the Creek Nation. Your Committeeobserve that the Law Authorising the Apointment of Agents for SuchServices appoints a Certain Sum per Dium for himself and a Certain Numberof Attendance and therefore Your Committee does not think themselvesat Liberty to allow him any further provision.No. 85. An Account of Elizth. Richardson for Lodging of Officersamounting [to] £216:5, In which there is a Charge of £42:10 for a Dining roomwhich we think Unreasonable, The Ballance £173:15 refer to the Considerationof the House.