the Return of the Comitte being befor Us Wee find therein three Articles Refered to this house Viz: Muster Roles for Two Dayes scouting Voted that the sd Muster Roles be paid Adjorned to the 10th Inst nine of Clock May 10th The Howse Mett at time and plas: Excepting Mr georg: Jeffrys: Capt gillman: Capt gillman Came sone After: and allsoe Mr Jeffryes: the Return of the Comitte for Examining the Pro: Dts &c: being sent Is Approved of and Voted: the Dts Amounting to three thousand. thousand Seventy five pounds 17s & 05d £3075: 17:5 * The Howse Is Ajorned for 2 howers. Returned According to Adjornmt the Whole house * 1-4 May ye 10 The Howse Is Ajorned to tomorow 9 of ye Clock it Beinge ye 11 Enstant May 11th The Hows Mett acording to time and plas Excepting Mr The Hows Mett according to Ajornment exceptin M2 Atkinson May 11 The Howse Is Ajorned to to morow 9 of The Clock it beinge ye 12 Enstant May 12: The Howse Mett according to Ajornment Excepting Capt Gillman: Capt Jn Gilmans Muster Rool Examined and Allowed thereon Ditto for Soldiers Posted at Madm Hillons Garrison both Dated the 23d June, Examined & Allowed - £4,, 13,, II 4,, IO,, 5 In Relation to the Peticion of Mr Ffrench of Hampton this Day Presented Ordered That the Select men of the Town of Hampton Repay the Sd Jn° French two pounds thirteen shillings & 1d out of their Town Rates, And that His Excellentcy be Desired to Order the Settlement of the Province Bounds. * Voted That Sam' Moor be Pay'd twelve shillings out of the Treasury for the Cure of a Wound Recd in ye Province Service in Sloop Speedwell. * 1-5 The Act for Preventing the Shooting Sea Goule out of Boats Canooes floats &c Read and Not allowed Voted That the Stores Left in the Commissary's Hands be Compared & Examined p' his Accot of the Port Royall Expedition The Bills of Credit of This Province haveing such a generall Currentcy Voted That the five per Cent : formerly allowed on the Paying it into the Treasury be taken of Proposed that a Councill House and an Alms House be built and Voted The Contrary Voted That One Thousand pound Prov: Bills now in the Treasury Be Repeated and Continued And that all the Bills of Credit of this Province Pass in all Publiqu Payments without the Advance of five p' Cent An Act for Preventing the forging an alltering ye Bills of Credit of This and the neighbouring Provinces. Passed — * 1-6 * The Act for Incouragement of Voluntiers against the Indian Rebells Passed. Voted That for every Indian Man Slayn in the Province Sixty pounds for every Woman thirty pounds and for every minor or Papoose fifteen pounds be Pay'd out of the Treasury. Haveing Considered the State of the Province and find money enough now in ye Treasury for Payment of all the Debts of the Province yt are Allowed of by the General Assembly Voted That His Excellentcy be Desired to Grant Orders for ye Payment as allowed That the money may not be other way's applyed The House is Prorogued to Monday the 14th Inst. at 12 a Clock — May 14th The House Mett according to Prorogation all except Capt Nich Gilman & Theophilus Dudley Esq' The House sent for by his Excellentcy & Councill. And Signed three Acts. viz for Incouragement of Voluntiers; for Preventing Counterfitting Bills of Credit; for Repeating one thousand pounds Bills of Credit * 1-7 * The House is Adjourned for two Hours May 14th The House mett according to Adjournment all except Dudley & Gilman May 14th Voted That the ffort William and Mary be forthwith Repaired and that the Surveyor thereof Doe not Expend more than two Hundred pounds thereon includeing all manner of Charges as subsistance Materialls & Labour vizt: three shill pr Diem for every trades Man and two shill pr Diem for every Labourer. And that the Treasurer be Desired to Supply with subsistance therefor p' the Assembly. Whereas there was an Act passt sometime since that all vessells Lyable to Pay Powder Duty should Pay it in Specie ;· Considering (by the Queens Bounty) there is a Considerable Quantity in the Magazine May 14th Voted That Every Vessell Lyable to the Duty as p' that Act appears Doe for the time to Come Pay the said Duty in Money at two shill p' tun to the Treasurer for ye use of the Province p' the Assembly Sent up for Concurrence But not allowed of by the Govern' & Councill *house Adjorned to the 15th 8 of Clock May 15 Mett According to Adjournment present * 1-8 Voted That a Committe be appoynted to Revise the Laws of this Province and Drawing up such Others as may be thought proper to present to his Excellentcy at the next siting of ye Generall Assembly. 14th May by Order of the House of Representatives Voted That Joseph Smith Theodore Attkinson & Geo: Jaffrey be a Committe to Joyne with ye Committe of ye Councill to Revise and Collect a Body of Laws The House sent for by his Excellency And prorouged to the twelvth of Sept next By order of His Excellency the House of Representatives Were ordered to Meet on the 14th June 1711 Att Which time the Honble John Usher Esq' L' Govr and Councill sent for the * 1-9 House Att wch time the Whole house Were present Except m' Ez: Wentworth And Recd his hon's Speech With his Excellencys Leter And had Copie of his Excellencys Instructions Read to Us Relateing to the Reduceing Kanady & Newfoundland. Gentlemen Copy of Govern's Leter Boston 9th June 1711 I herewith send you Copy of Her Majesties Instructions to my Selfe Refering to the Expedition to Canada which I Desire you to keep Secret yet You have allso enclosed an Embargo in Obediance to her Majesties Sd Instructions which you must presently publish and acquaint ye ffort & Officers of the Customs with & see it observed And I Doe further Direct you to call the Assembly the Prorogation notwithstanding to sit on thirsday next and acquaint them with the said Instructions & let them be read in their house- and let them know that the vast forse that is comeing and the whole expedition is in answer to their repeated Addresses and is the last Effort of these Goverments and by the ffavour of God will end in our Security and Establishment and therefore that I Desire and Expect their Unanimous vote That there be a Number of Men not Exceeding one hundred with Officers raysed for the service of the Expedition That the Treasurer provide three months Provisions, Transports & other necessarys for ye sd men that the Assembly will at their next Session take Care for ye Payment of ye Wadges & Subsistance and other Charges of ye said forses * 1-10 * These Votes will be chearfully Agreed by the Representatives I Doubt not, thank them and Dismiss them to the Prorogation and Express the Votes to me The Whole ffleet Consists of Ten ffrigats and eight Battalions of foot, Cannon, stores, Arms & Cloths for all ye soldiers which will save a great part of ye Charge Maj' Plaisted brings this and will acquaint you any thing Necessary. Let us be Private in ye Affair as Long as we can least it goe to Quebeck or Placentia with my Service to the Speaker and Gentlemen of ye Assembly. I am Gentlemen Yor Very Humble Servt Jun ye 15 The Hows Is Ajorned to to Morow 10 of ye Clock it beinge ye 15th Enstant: Gentlemen Her most gracious majesty haveing sent his Exelency general Francis Nicholson Esqure with forces for Reducing of Canada and Newfound Land It is Expected that the Goverment in these parts give there redy Assistance by raising of Souldiers to Joyn in Conjunction with ye Queens foreces to whom god grant Success and Victory the Happy fruits of which will tend to ye Safety wealth and Prosperity of these Her Majesties Dominions and Plantations and more Peculier to this Her majesties Goverment that for many years have been Insulted waisted & Consumed by a Crewel Barbarous and Perfidious Enemy. By his Exelency the Governours Precept you are here called together for raising your Quota of men Providing Transports and Provisions &c for carrying on the above Expedition. * I-II *Her Majesties Service requireing his Exelency the governors Precence: at the Congres Remote from his Goverments to Consult in this great Designe. / I am therefore come to Expidite matters of so great an Importance. / Gentlemen You Addressd her most gracious majesty in October Last that she would be graciously Pleased to Send Shipps of war and foreces for the Reducing of Quebeck, &c: upon which Address from your Selves. and others from our neighboring Goverments Generall Nicholson is now sent as before mentioned whose conduct Courage and Prudence is well Known to us all in the reducing of Port Royall (now Annopolis Royall) Last year which If Pleas god to give him the Same Happy Success in the Reducing of Canada it will be of great Advantage to us and our Posteryties hereafter / I do not in the Least Doubt of your ready Compliance with the Queens Expectations from you and your Proocedings to be Such as will Demonstrate you Her majesties most Dutifull and Loyall Subjects in your Dispatches. / Her majestie is at great Expence and charge in this Affaire and hath sent Cloathing, &c: for our Souldiers and many Presants of vallue to our friend Indians the Mawhauks./ &c : His Exelencyes the Governours Expectations and Pleasure is that all other Buisness be Laid Aside and only with all Chearfullness to forward so good A Designe for ye Reducing the Common Enemy pursuant to Her majesties Expections and that Care be Taken for mony to be raised at the next Sitting of this Generall Assembly for Paymentt of Souldiers Transports Sailors &c and for all preasant Expences and charge upon the Said Expedition. I shall contribute what I can for Her majesties Service and *1-12 good of Her majesties Province and hope you will Speedily Determine what is recomended to you./ John Usher Copy Gov's Letter Gentlemen Boston 11th June 1711 There is a Congress of ye Govern' of Her Majets Provinces in Connecticut. I Desire You to Appoynt two Persons one of ye Councill & one Commoner from ye House of Representatives to Attend ye Service of ye Province of N Hampshire to attend me thither and let them be at my House on thirsday ye 14th Inst. and if I be Proseeded to follow me Y Humb Servt or To M Secretary Story to be Communicated to the Council & House of Representatives sitting 15 the House Mett According to Adjornment Present the Same As |