272 Assembly Proceedings, March 22-April 11, 1760.

L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
April 8

has expressed a Confidence that his faithful Subjects of this, as
well as those of all his other Colonies, will chearfully co-operate
with and second to the utmost, the large Expence and extraordinary
Succours supplied by the Kingdom of Great-Britain for their
Preservation and Defence, and to that End will raise, with all pos-
sible Dispatch, as large a Body of Men as the Number and Situation
of the Inhabitants thereof may allow; and as his Majesty has been
pleased to signify that the whole he requires of the several Provinces,
is the Levying, Cloathing and Pay of the Men, and that strong
Recommendations will be made to Parliament in their Session next
Year, to grant a proper Compensation for such Expences as may be
incurred on those Heads, according as our strenuous Efforts may
appear to merit; In order therefore, to the utmost of our Abilities,
to answer his Majesty's Royal Expectations, firmly relying on the
Weight of his Recommendation to Parliament for a Compensation
for this extraordinary Exertion of our Force, we do pray that it may
be Enacted,

XXII. And be it Enacted, by the Right Honourable the Lord
Proprietary, by and with the Advice and Consent of his Lordship's
Governor, and the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, and
the Authority of the same, That the Sum of Twenty-six Thousand
Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, shall be aplied to the Levying, Cloathing and Paying of
One Thousand Men, Officers included, to act in Conjunction with
such Forces as shall be under the supreme Command of his Ex-

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cellency General Amherst, or other Person duly authorized, in such
offensive Operations as shall be judged most expedient for improv-
ing those important Advantages, and annoying the Enemy, until
the First Day of November next, and no longer, unless his Majesty's
Commander in Chief, or other Person properly authorized, shall
think fit to dismiss the said Men, or any Part of them, before that
Time; which said Men shall be paid by Muster-Rolls, to be taken
and returned in the same Manner as is used and practiced among
his Majesty's Regular Forces, after the following Rates; That is to
say, To one Colonel, Twenty Shillings per Day; To one Lieutenant-
Colonel, Seventeen Shillings and six Pence per Day; To one Major,
Fifteen Shillings per Day: To Ten Captains, each having the
Command of Ninety-nine Men (Officers included) Twelve Shillings
and Six Pence per Day: To Twenty Lieutenants, each Seven
Shillings and Six Pence per Day: To Ten Ensigns, each Six
Shillings per Day; To Forty Serjeants, each One Shilling and Six
Pence per Day; To Forty Corporals, each One Shilling and Two
Pence per Day; To Twenty Drummers, each One Shilling and Two
Pence per Day: To Eight Hundred and Fifty-seven private Men,
able-bodied and fit for Service, Nine Pence per Day; To a Surgeon,
Seven Shillings and Six Pence per Day; To a Surgeon's Mate, Four
Shillings per Day.