96 Assembly Proceedings, August 5-September 28, 1745.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 46

Capt. David Willson, and Capt. William Hopper, or any three of
them, be and hereby impowered and authorized to take and receive
of and from the said Commissioners, or Trustees, for emitting Bills
of Credit, established by Act of Assembly, the Sum of three Thou-
sand Pounds Current money, in the said Bills of Credit, to be ap-
plied and laid out within this Province by them the said Col. Thomas
Colvil, M^r Richard Gresham, Capt. Bartholomew Ennalls, Capt.
David Willson, and Capt. William Hopper, or any three of them,
in such Provisions as may be most suitable and convenient for sup-
port of his Majesty's Garrison of Louisburg on Cape Breton, afore-
said, and at the cheapest Rates that the markets will admit of.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that the said
Commissioners or Trustees for emitting Bills of Credit, established
by Act of Assembly, be and they are hereby impowered and directed
to pay unto them the said Col. Thomas Colvil, M^r Richard Gresham,
Capt. Bartholomew Ennalls, Capt. David Willson, and Capt. William
Hopper, Agents as aforesaid, or any three of them, the said Sum of
three thousand Pounds; and to take the Receipt or Order of them
the said Agents, or any three of them, for their Justification. And
that the said Commissioners or Trustees shall, and they are hereby
directed to state an Account in the Books of the Office of the said
Commissioners or Trustees aforesaid, by charging the Province of
Maryland Debtor for the use of this Act, with the several Payments
by them to be made to the Agents aforesaid, by virtue, and in Pur-
suance of this Act.
And be it further Enacted, that his Excellency Thomas Bladen
Esq^re do, by virtue of this Act, immediately upon the passing and
perfecting the same, write to his Excellency William Shirley Esq^re
Governour of the Massachusets Bay, at Boston, acquainting him that
the Sum of three Thousand Pounds has been by the General Assem-
bly of this Province provided and appropriated to his Majesty's
Service, for Purchase of suitable Provisions towards supporting
the Garrison of Louisburg at Cape Breton; as also half a Ton of Gun
Powder, and two Ton and an half of Lead and Leaden Ball: And
that this Province not being supplied with suitable Vessels for the
safe freighting the said Provision and Ammunition, request he will
order proper Vessels to be sent from Boston for the same; and like-
wise to know at what Time such Vessel or Vessels may be expected.
And that such Vessels may be adequate to the Tonnage, Quantity
of such Provision, Be it further Enacted, that the said Agents, or
any three of them, do and shall, and they are hereby directed, to give
to his said Excellency Thomas Bladen Esq^re three Lists or Schedules
of such Provision, and the Quantities and Qualities as they think
may be the readiest had within this Province, to the Amount of the
said Sum of three Thousand pounds, for the Service aforesaid; in-
cluding in the said Schedules the said Powder and Lead for the
Purpose aforesaid.