The Lower House. 599

Post-Meridiem.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
M.^r Joseph Cox Gray appeared in the House.
Benedict Calvert, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to M.^r
Speaker the following Message, viz.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
September
16

By the Upper House of Assembly, September I6, 1756.
Gentlemen,
This House hath appointed Richard Lee, Esq; to join the Mem-
bers named by your House, in a Committee, to inspect the Accounts
and Proceedings of the Commissioners of the Paper Currency Office.
Signed per Order. J. Ross, Cl. Up. Ho.

On the Question put, Resolved That the Sum of f 5000. out of
f 25000. already appropriated by an Act, entituled, An Act for grant-
ing a Supply of £40000. for his Majesty's Service, &c. and unap-
plied, be applied to the Recruiting the Royal American Regiment
with 300 Men, and conveying them to the Place of Rendezvous that
shall be appointed by the Earl of Loudoun.
On Motion, Resolved, That the Sum of £3000 besides the Sum
of £1000 already allotted by the Act For granting a Supply of
£40000 for his Majesty's Service, &c. be applied at the Rate of £50.
for every Indian Scalp or Prisoner.
The House adjourns until the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.

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Friday Morning, 17^th, September, I 756.

The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
M.^r Hamond appeared in the House.
On Motion, the Question was put, That a Sum of Money (Part
of the £25,000. already raised by the Act, entituled, An Act for
granting a Supply of £40000 for his Majesty's Service, &c.) be
applied for Payment of Provisions, and transported as the Earl oi
Loudoun shall direct. Resolved in the Negative.

September
17

For the Negative,

Hicks, M. Tilghman, Bracco,
Gassaway, Gray, Scarborough,
Reynolds, Travers, Henry,
Smallwood, Tolley, Evans,
Stoddert, Govane, B. Handy,
Jenifer, Hawk, Beall.
J. Handy, Casson, 20