The board proceeds to further allowances out of the Sur-
plusage Tobacco in the Supplementary Levy (viz^t)

Allowed to Capt Iohn Courts for 10 days horse service	l tob
at 43l tob p diem	430
to Lt Richard Land ditto at 33 p diem	330
to Iohn Hawkins Cornet at 30 p diem	300
1 Qur Masr 3 Corplls & 1 Trumpet at 20l ea p diem	1000
39 Troopers at 20 p day ea 10 days	7800
	9860
Allowed to Coll Blakiston for 3 Copys of the Laws	4800
to Iohn LLewellin in full for the remr of his acct	4000
to Do for pfecting and making out this Leavy	1500
to Ias Thompson for 2 steeres to the Rangers	1700
pressed from him
to Ino Edwards upon his pet in part of his Claims	7709

p. 105

Moved by his Excellency the consideration of maintaining & continuing out the Rangers on the Frontiers of the Prov- ince for their pay not hitherto already provided for the same is referred to the Consideration of the next Assembly which is to meet in April next and for the suspending or continuing them still in service it is considered that since the time of the Year and the present Circumstances of the Province concurring is such that there appears no great danger or apprehension of any attempts or incursions of Foreign Indians and by reason there is as yet no Certain allowance made by the Assembly for the support and maintainance of such Rangers it is resolved that they be discontinued and all Called in Moved by his Excellency the Governr the irregular and dis- honourble proceedings of Coll Henry Iowles in basely deserting and declining their Majestys Service in relation to the Com- mission he bore as one of their Councill accepting and taking upon him to execute the Office and place of a County Clerk within this Province whereby he hath effectually dis- abled himself from serving their Majestys in quality of one of their Councill