The Journal of the Commons House of Assembly

INDEX 843Committee on the accounts of the publictreasurer, 125; appointed, 56, 239; appointmentsto, 503–4; instructions to, 73, 112, 168,288, 324–25, 358, 368, 620; papers referredto, 320; reports, 143–47, 173, 182, 289, 323–24,349–53, 357, 362–63, 367–68, 601–14, 616, 619–20, 624; revived, 420Committee on the armory, 305; appointed,101; appointments to, 293; reports, 134, 336,513Committee on the estimate: appointed, 141,342, 584; reports, 184, 186–87, 357, 601. Seealso EstimatesCommittee on the estimate for the Cherokeeexpedition: appointed, 660; papers referredto, 667; reports, 687Committee on the state of the Acadians: appointed,453, 619; papers referred to, 674;reports, 460–61, 462, 692–93, 712–13, 714, 715Committee on trade: appointed, 10Committee on ways and means to raisemoney for troops: appointed, 416, 417; report,418–19Committees on transport charges to the frontiergarrisons: appointed, 169, 288, 358, 429;instructions to, 290, 341–42; reports, 177,181, 344, 345; revived, 444Committee to consider further appropriationsfor the South Carolina Regiment,776; papers referred to, 778; report, 783–85, 786, 787Committee to consider of a proper allowancefor entertaining Indians on the road: appointed,27; report, 32Committee to distribute Indian presents: appointed,540Committee to inquire into the condition ofthe gaol: appointed, 293; instructions to,295, 321; report, 323; revived, 419Committee to inspect the election law: appointed,235–36; instructions to, 248–49;report, 239–40, 247–48Committee to inspect the laws taxing transients:appointed, 232; report, 241–42Committee to inspect what laws are expired:appointed, 141; instructions to, 233, 236,237; report, 243–47, 250–51, 254–55, 257Committee to print the session laws: appointed,238; instructions to, 238, 588; reports,262, 267–68, 285, 287–88, 422, 466–67;revived, 419, 422Commons House of Assembly: adjournments,21, 22, 23, 25, 55, 105, 107, 137, 139, 230,232, 262, 324, 325, 425, 427, 429, 448, 754, 786,787, 809, 810; attendance reduced by smallpox,xix, 453, 498, 499, 713, 754, 768, 789;committee of the whole house, 421, 422,423–24, 532, 533, 535, 536, 541–42, 562, 563, 589,694, 695; criticized for inadequate supportof Lyttelton expedition, 448, 450–51, 474;dissolution of, 761, 764; election returns,4, 6–7, 26–27, 31, 240, 506, 762–64; expensesfor, 60, 141, 157, 219; fines of members, 164,230, 267, 355, 576, 578, 582, 660, 666, 686, 694;journals, xxiii, 87, 201, 274, 299, 304, 382,467, 697; lack of a quorum, 3, 7, 13, 16, 26,33, 39, 49, 56, 61–62, 75, 78, 85, 108, 113, 127,140, 182, 190, 223, 224, 231, 233, 238, 242, 255,259, 263, 267, 282, 283, 289, 312, 317, 326, 338,348, 354, 359, 375, 409, 410, 449, 462, 474, 478,479, 480, 481, 482, 484, 485, 486, 495, 496, 497,510, 528, 546, 561, 567, 583, 621, 654, 665, 675,684, 693, 739, 740, 750, 765, 781, 788, 789;meeting room, 3, 69, 274, 298, 469, 518, 710;meets at Ashley Ferry, xix, 753–54, 755;members granted court leave, 317; membersinconvenienced by service in, 172, 191,400, 421; members ordered to attend, 113,162, 166, 221, 238, 267, 288, 337, 426, 441, 498,505, 510, 529, 576, 578, 582, 588, 590, 660, 754,760, 768; members qualified, 3–4, 5, 7–8, 10,16, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 36, 37,50, 51, 241, 243, 247, 320, 321, 765, 766, 768,769, 791–92, 796; method of auditing publicaccounts, 267; political factions in, xix;privileges of, xx, 5, 317, 450–51, 492, 718, 738–39, 766–67; procedural dispute with UpperHouse, 507; prorogation of, 408, 409,761; qualifications of members defined,239–40, 248, 344; refusal of elected personsto qualify, 18–19, 21–22, 769, 770, 772, 786,787; rules of order, 9, 773; thinness of attendancein, 15; votes of members solicitedfor public offices, 547; votes tallied, 36,138, 193, 228, 249, 341, 464, 557, 624, 797, 809.See also Addresses; Cashier of the CommonsHouse; Clerk of the CommonsHouse; Committees; Messages; Messengersof the Commons House; Petitions;Reports; Resolutions; Speaker of theCommons House; SpeechesCongaree River, 110, 249; ferry over, 182; petitionof inhabitants on, 412–13Congaree Road, 413