The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

808 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761ascertaining the value of Waggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers, to be employedin His Majesty’s Service” [being ingrossed],A Motion was made, and the Question being put, That the Ordinancebe presented, for the Lieutenant-Governor’s Assent, by the whole House;It passed in the Negative.Ordered, That Mr. Broughton & Mr. Blake do examine the said Ordinance;& then carry it to be examined by such Members of the Council asshall be appointed for that purpose; & afterward procure the Great-Seal tobe affixed thereto.Colonel Rivers reported from the Committee to whom the Petition ofThomas Gill was referred, that they had examined the matter of the saidPetition, & had directed him to report the same, as it appears to them, tothe House; & he read the Report in his Place, & afterward delivered it in atthe Clerk’s Table: Where the same was read, & is as follows; viz.The Committee have (pursuant to the Order of the House) examinedthe matter of the said Petition, & believe the Facts therein set forth to be true,& think the Petitioner a real Object of Charity: But as they apprehend hisCase does not come within the Letter of the Militia-Act, they recommend theMethod of relieving him to the Consideration of the House.The said Report being read a second time;Resolved, That (in Consideration of Thomas Gill’s having been disabled,& rendered incapable of working for a Livelihood, by a Wound hereceived fighting in the defence of Fort Ninety-Six, when last attacked by theCherokee Indians) an Annuity be granted out of the Public Treasury of thisProvince to the said Thomas Gill of Ninety Pounds, current Money, perAnnum; to commence from the Day on which he was wounded.Ordered, That the Public Treasurer do advance to the said Thomas Gill,the Sum of forty five Pounds; being one moiety of the first Year’s said Annuity.Resolved, That this House will provide for reimbursing the Treasurerthe said Sum.Mr. Broughton reported to the House that the “Ordinance to authorizethe impressing, regulating the hire, and ascertaining the value ofWaggons, Carts, Horses and Drivers to be employed in his Majesty’s Service,”had been examined by the Members of the Council who were appointed forthat purpose; & that the Great-Seal was affixed thereto; and then he deliveredit in at the Table.Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do sign the said Ordinance.And Mr. Speaker signed the same accordingly.Ordered, That the said Ordinance be presented to the Lieutenant-Governor,for his Assent, by Mr. Vanderhorst and Mr. Wigfall.A Motion being made, and the Question being put that an Address be