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Frontiers thereof, since the March of General Braddock from Fred-
erick-Town in Frederick County, for the Protection of the Frontier
Inhabitants, and Garrisoning his Majesty's Forts in this Province:
And whereas also several of the Inhabitants of this Province have
been put to great Expenses in supplying and conveying Provisions
and other Necessaries for the Use of the said Men: And it is
thought proper, at this Time, that those Persons who have marched
to the Frontiers, for the Purposes aforesaid, should be paid for
their Services, and that those who have been put to Expences in
supplying and conveying Provisions and other Necessaries for the
Use of the said Men, should be paid and satisfied for the same: Be
it therefore Enacted, That a Sum not exceeding Six Thousand
Pounds, or so much thereof as may be necessary, out of the Sum
of Forty Five Thousand Pounds, granted as aforesaid be applied
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to the discharging the reasonable Claims of such Persons as have
marched to the Frontiers for the Purposes aforesaid, or have been
put to Expences in supplying or conveying Provisions, or other
Necessaries, for the Use of the Men aforesaid, which shall be laid
before the General Assembly of this Province, within Twelve Months
from the End of this Session, and allowed by the said General
Assembly.
XLV. And whereas it is represented to this General Assembly,
that it will be for his Majesty's Service, that there should be a good
Waggon Road cleared through this Province, from Fort Frederick
to Fort Cumberland: Be it therefore Enacted, That the Sum of
Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, shall be applied to the defraying the Expence of clearing
and making the said Road: And the Agents herein before men-
tioned, shall be, and are hereby enabled to contract with some Person
or Persons, to clear, and make a good Waggon Road from Fort
Frederick to Fort Cumberland, through the Grounds most con-
venient, in the Judgment of the said Agents, and to make what
Bridges and Causeways may be necessary, on the said Road, for
the Conveniency of Waggons, for any Sum not exceeding Two
Hundred and Fifty Pounds; and upon the said Road's being com-
pleated, agreeable to such Contract, to pay the Sum contracted for,
to the Contractor or Contractors, or their Order: And the Person
or Persons, who shall contract for the clearing, and making the
said Road, are hereby authorized to clear the same, and cut down
any Wood or Timber, other than such as is fit for Clapboards, that
may be necessary for building Bridges, and making Causeways as
aforesaid, and they are hereby indemnified for so doing.
XLVI. And for returning into the Office of the Commissioners
or Trustees for Emitting the Bills of Credit, established by Act of
Assembly, the said Sum of Forty Five Thousand Pounds, in Order
to be sunk and destroyed as before directed, Be it Enacted, by the
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