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L. H. J.
Liber No. 51
Dec. 8
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Post-Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
Mr. John Hammond Dorsey appeared in the House.
Mr. Waggaman hath Leave of Absence.
Ordered, That Mr. Beall and Mr. Gale be added to the Committee
for inspecting the Accounts and Proceedings of the Commissioners
of the Paper Currency Office.
The House adjourns till the Morrow Morning at 9 of the Clock.
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Dec. 9
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Saturday, 9 December, 1758.
The House met according to Adjournment; The Members were
called, and all appeared as Yesterday. The Proceedings were Read.
Philip Hammond, Esq; brings in and delivers to Mr. Speaker a
Bill, entituled, An Act for granting a Supply of
for his Majesty's Service, and the more immediate Defence and
Security of the Frontier Inhabitants of this Province, and Emitting
thereof, in Bills of Credit, and raising a
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p. 61
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Fund for sinking and replacing the Whole, by an equal Assessment,
on all Estates Real and Personal, and Lucrative Offices and Employ-
ments; which was Read the first Time, and Ordered to lie on the
Table.
The House adjourns till 2 of the Clock Afternoon.
Post-Meridiem. The House met according to Adjournment, &c.
On Motion, Ordered, That the following Discourse and Words
be entered on the Journal, viz. It being related by a Member, That
whilst the Supply Bill was Reading this Morning, Mr. Speaker
ordered the Serjeant to desire the Gentlemen in the Porch to walk
in, and Mr. Wilson, one of the Members then in the Porch, desired
the Serjeant to give his Service (or Compliments) to Mr. Speaker,
and tell him, That I am Tired with hearing so much Nonsense.
On Motion, Ordered, That the Consideration of the Words spoken
by Mr. Wilson be Referred till Tuesday next.
On Motion, Ordered, That the following Discourse and Words
be entered on the Journal, viz. It being related by a Member to the
House, That on the first Reading of the Supply Bill, Mr. Speaker
asked the Patience of the House a few Minutes and left the Chair,
upon which Mr. Wilson, one of the Members of this House, entered
into a bantering Conversation with Mr. Sulivane, another Member,
about taking the Chair; at the Close of which, he turned towards
Mr. Hammond, a Member of this House, and said, Here's Mr.
Hammond had the Chair once, and Forfeited it; upon which Mr.
Hammond said to Mr. Wilson, Forfeited it ! how ? which Expression
he repeated; to which Mr. Wilson replied smilingly, I suppose you
don't want me to explain myself.
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