The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

802 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761An amendment was proposed, viz., Fol. 2, Line 8, leave out Five Pounds,& insert Four Pounds, Ten Shillings.And the said Amendment was, upon the Question being put thereupon,agreed unto by the House.Resolved, That the Ordinance do pass.Ordered, That Mr. Broughton do carry the Ordinance to the Council,& desire their Concurrence.And then the House adjourned till to-morrow Morning, Ten of the Clock.Friday the 23d Day of January 1761.Read the Journals of Yesterday’s Proceedings.According to Order the following Address was drawn; viz.May it please your Honor,In consequence of your recommendation to this House, by your messageof the 21st instant, with regard to the poor people who had fled for shelterto the private forts on the frontiers; we beg leave to acquaint your honor,that we have resolv’d to grant the further sum of ten thousand pounds topay the debts already, or hereafter to be incurr’d for relief of the said poorpeople.And with respect to the Chickesaws in the neighborhood of Augusta,altho’ we cannot but think that the natural application for supplying theirnecessities ought to be to the province of Georgia, where their residence is,yet that this province may preserve the reputation it has deservedly acquiredof having given the utmost encouragement towards prosecuting the waragainst the Cherokees, in which the Chickesaws have assisted, & who may bythis means be induced more readily to join us again; we have resolv’d to granta sum not exceeding four hundred pounds, for the purchasing corn to bedistributed amongst them by your honor, in such manner as you shall judgewill most effectually relieve their wants.Ordered, That the said Address be presented to the Lieutenant Governor,by Mr. Blake & Mr. Horry.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do lay before this House the Accountsof the Expence incurred or to be incurred for relief of the poorPeople mentioned in the said Address.A Message from the Council, by Mr. Bassnett;Mr. Speaker,The Council have agreed to the “Ordinance to authorize the impressing,regulating the hire, and ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horsesand Drivers to be employed in His Majesty’s Service,” without any Amendment.And then the Messenger withdrew.