The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

755Session Beginning August 13, 1760and Ending August 20, 1760At the House of Mr. Legg in Shem-Town.Wednesday the 13th Day of August 1760.The House met according to the Lieutenant Governor’s Adjournment.Ordered, upon the Question, That the last Paragraph of the Address,presented to the Lieutenant Governor on the 5th Instant, which relates toGeneral Amherst’s Letter be forthwith printed.“A Bill granting to His Majesty an Aid of . . . Current Money to defraythe Expence of raising and maintaining for . . . Months a Regiment to consistof Ten Companies of Soldiers, each to be composed [of] one hundredMen, besides Officers, to be employ’d in the Service of this Government inacting in conjunction with His Majesty’s Regular Troops now in this Province,offensively against the Cherokee Indians & their Abettors. And for stampingOrders for the more expeditious issuing of the said Sum: And for providinga Fund for calling in and sinking the said Orders within the timetherein limited,” was read a first time.Resolved, That the Bill be read a Second time, to-morrow Morning,Nine of the Clock.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Nine of theClock.Thursday the 14th Day of August 1760.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.A Message from the Lieutenant Governor by Mr. Benjamin Harvey.Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen,On the 7th Instant according to your desire in your Message of the 6thI have pressed Colonel Montgomery to continue with the whole Detachmentunder his command in this Province, in which I chose to make use of yourown Words, to avoid any defect in my own manner of expressing it; with thisrequest he did not think himself at liberty to comply. But I acquaint you