The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

INDEX 823Abbott, Thomas: account, 656, 729Abercrombie, James: letter from, 175–76, 368Aberley, John: account, 513, 638, 650, 734Abernethy, George: account, 584, 634, 649, 733Abram, slave of Samuel Benn: heroism of atFort Loudoun, xvii, 645Acadian expenses, 135, 136; accounts for, 58, 59,61, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 77, 83, 86, 87, 89,90, 91, 94, 107, 119, 120, 125, 147, 152, 153, 269,273, 274, 276, 277, 279, 280, 299, 300, 301, 303,307, 308, 309, 467, 491, 518, 519, 523, 565; summarizedin estimates, 218–19, 392, 709–10Acadians, 464; dispersal of through the province,46, 218–19; indenture of as servants,112, 693; infected by smallpox, xix, 453, 460,462, 673–74, 712, 713; population estimatesand census data for, 460, 564, 693; proposalsfor transporting out of the province,693, 715, 717, 751; provisions and subsistencefor, 32, 46, 48, 413, 460, 462, 564–65,583–84, 673–74, 712–13, 714, 715–16; seditiouscharacter of, 619, 674, 692, 693, 716–17. Seealso Bills Nos. 5, 32Accounts, public: deadline for submitting,172, 192, 513, 615; delivered by public treasurer,57, 266, 463; delivery ordered bygovernor, 20, 234, 458; method of auditing,267. See also Committee on petitions andaccounts; EstimatesActs: copied for use of the Council, 200, 382,697; printed for parish officers, 547. Seealso Committee to inspect what laws areexpiredActs:1. Act to ascertain the manner andform of electing members to representthe inhabitants of this provincein the Commons House ofAssembly, and to appoint who shallbe deemed and adjudged capableof choosing or being chosen membersof the said House (1721), 12, 16,17, 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 34, 37, 51, 235–36,239–40, 241, 248–49, 320, 373, 506,547, 7652. Act for the better relief of the poor ofthis province (1712), 45–463. Additional act to an act intitled “anact for the better relief of the poorof this province” (1713), 45–464. Act for disposing of the Acadians nowin Charles Town, by settling oneActs:fifth part of their number in theparishes of St. Philip and St.Michael, and the other four partsof them in the several other parisheswithin this province (1756), 465. Act for building a draw bridge crossAshley River in the parish of St.Andrew from some place at ornear Stoney Point on the east sideto the marsh opposite to the saidpoint on the west side of the saidriver; and for making a causeyupon the said marsh leading to thesaid bridge; and for making a roadto the said bridge and causey; andfor vesting the said bridge whenbuilt in such person and persons,his and their heirs and assigns forever, as shall be at the expence ofbuilding the said bridge and makingthe said causey and keepingthe same at all times hereafter inrepair (1754), 666. Act for vesting the ferry over AshleyRiver in Edmund Bellinger andGeorge Bellinger Esqrs., their executors,administrators and assignsfor seven years, in trust for and tothe use and appointment of Mrs.Elizabeth Elliott, wife of ThomasElliott Esqr. (1750), 79, 857. Act for preserving peace and for continuinga good correspondencewith the Indians who are in friendshipwith the government of SouthCarolina, and for regulating thetrade with the said Indians (1752),112, 3338. Act to nominate and appoint commissionersof the highways in theupper settlements on Pedee,Waccamaw, and Black rivers, withpower to establish ferries at suchconvenient places, within the severaldistricts therein mentioned, asthe majority of the commissionersof the said respective districts shalldirect; and to appoint highwayand bridge commissioners forSaxe Gotha Township (1747), 1149. Act to revive and continue the several