Issued Accordingly. The house Adjourns till One of the
Clock in the Afternoon.
Post Merediem
The House meets According to Adjournment.
The Petition of Charles Rivers praying to be Relieved from
Prison at the Suit of Charles Carroll's Exrs was Read and
Leave Given to bring in a Bill as prayed.
Resolved that no Petitions be received after Thursday next
and Ordered that Notice be Given by Setting up Notes thereof.
James Bowles Esqr from the Upper House delivered Mr
Speaker the following Message and Papers Viz.
To his Excellency William Burnet Esqr Governour of the
Province of New York.
Instruction 91.
Whereas it has been thought Requisite that the Genl
Security of our Plantations upon the Continent of America
be provided for by a Contribution in proportion to the Re-
spective [abilities] of Each Plantation, And whereas the
Northern Fronteers of the said Province of New York
being the most Exposed to an Enemy do require an Extraor-
dinary Charge for the Erecting & Maintaining of Forts Neces-
sary for the Defence thereof, And Whereas [orders] were
Given by King William the third for the Advanceing of
fifty pounds Sterling towards a Fort in the [Onondage] Coun-
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