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allowed of heretofore, yet you cannot but know the Governor could
not have been otherwise Supply'd with a house at the time he arrived
Amongst us the Account sent to your Committee was Stated from
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Liber No. 35
May 4
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a demand M :r Brice made of that sum for Rent, We hope you'l
Joyn with us, and think the Present house Rent may be well worth
one hundred pounds p Annum and make the allowance Accordingly
We could not have imagined the payment of Twenty three Pistoles
to the Governor for Transcribing the Laws would have met with
the least hesitation since they were done by directions of his Majesty
and for which Service so large a Sum many years ago was paid to a
former Governor when the Laws were not above half in Number
what they now are, but as you seem inclined to Postpone it only for
the present we shall do the same, in full Confidence that you will
allow it at a future Sessions.
As to the Charge of 1350 pounds of Tobacco to the late Governor
for the Seals of 15 Proclamations relating to his Lordships Assent
to the Inspecting Law we believe it was not intended to give the Law
any Additional force, but thought necessary to quiet the minds of
people who had been made to believe that the Law was or would be
dissented to and as this may probably never happen again we hope
you will agree to allow it.
As to the allowance for the Members of the Council for their
attendance as a Council of State 'tho you are pleased to receite it
as an Act directing the manner of Ellecting delegates &c :a That Act
can only be understood to direct what allowance shall be made to
the Members of the Two houses for Attending in Assembly time we
might refer you to other Acts and your own Journals for the Coun-
cillors allowance which we think both reasonable and Just, but as
this Sessions hath been Continued much longer than any heretofore
we are willing for the ease of the good people of this Province to
wave our allowance at this time that the Journal may pass and to
reserve that allowance to a future Sessions. As this Session is
drawing near to a Conclusion we have not time to enumerate the
many Services done by the Clerk of the Council some of which
Cannot be unknown to you, former Assemblys have Judged it to
be an usefull office and always allowed the Clerk an Annual Sallary
in all the Journals heretofore Passed the Two houses to the year
1747 and never was denied him 'till now therefore to Speak plainly
which best becomes our Station we must Insist on your making him
the Usual allowance for we are determined never to give it up.
We are much mistaken if the Militia the Governor Ordered out
to the Assistance of our Back Inhabitants did not lay the Journal
of their proceedings before your house in hopes you would have
looked over it and made them such allowances for the time they
were absent in the service of the Province as might be reasonable
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