The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

810 COMMONS JOURNAL, JANUARY 5, 1761–JANUARY 24, 1761Mr. Speaker,The Lieutenant-Governor gives this House leave to adjourn till the secondTuesday in March next.And then the Messenger withdrew.And Mr. Speaker read the Message to the House.And then the House adjourned till the second Tuesday in March next.Here ends the proceedings of the Commons House of Assembly elected in September1760. On January 31, 1761, Lieutenant Governor William Bull received officialnotification that King George II had died. On February 2, South Carolina’s civil andmilitary officers assembled in the Council Chamber, where Bull signed and read a proclamation“that the High and Mighty Prince George, Prince of Wales, is now by theDeath of our late Sovereign of Happy and Glorious Memory become our only lawfuland rightful Liege Lord George the Third.” The old king’s death dissolved the GeneralAssembly, for South Carolina had no legal provision for continuing a legislativesession after the death of a sovereign. On February 3, Bull issued writs for electing anew General Assembly.Return to contents ➔