The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

OCTOBER 13, 1760773Year’s Accounts of the Creditors of the Public, on two Accounts of ChristopherHolson, one amounting to £22:15, & the other to £18:12:6; the said Committeereported that the said Sums ought to be provided for; which Articleswere severally agreed to by the House; but the said Sums had been omittedto be inserted in the Schedule to the Tax-Law.And that in the 117th Article of the same Report, on an Account ofMessieurs Laurens, Motte & Company, the said Committee recommendedthat the Sum of £1198:10:10, part of the said Account, being for sundry Articlesfurnished for the service of the Expedition against the Cherokee Indians,should be provided for; to which the House also agreed; but that the saidSum had, thro’ mistake, been omitted to be inserted in the Schedule to theLaw which was made to defray the expence of that Expedition.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do pay to Christopher Holson,Warden of the Work-House in Charles-Town, the Sum of £41:7:6, whichshould have been inserted in the Schedule to the last Tax-Law. And that hedo also pay to Messieurs Laurens, Motte & Company, the Sum of £1198:10:10,which should have been inserted in the Schedule to the Law made for defrayingthe expence of the Expedition against the Cherokee Indians.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sums.A Set of Rules and Orders to be observed by the Members of this House,was twice read, and agreed to by the House.Ordered, That the said Rules and Orders be ingrossed.Resolved, That Hopkin Price, Esq., be Cashier of this House.And then the House adjourned till Monday Morning, Ten of the Clock.Monday the 13th Day of October 1760.Read the Journals of Saturday’s Proceedings.The House (according to Order) took the Message to the LieutenantGovernor & Council, for issuing new Writs of Election, into Consideration.And the Question being put, that the said Writs be made returnableimmediately.It was resolved in the Affirmative.Ordered, That Mr. Pinckney & Mr. Smith do carry the Message to theLieutenant Governor and Council.Then, it being Eleven of the Clock, Mr. Speaker, with the House, wentup to attend the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber: And beingreturned,Mr. Speaker reported that the House had attended the Lieutenant-Governor, in the Council-Chamber; where he (Mr. Speaker) had presented