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unteers, and enlist to the number of one hundred men with them before belonging to said sloop, and send her out with the greatest expedition.

And if at any time there does not a sufficient number of men enlist, that His Honor, the Governor, be, and he is hereby directed and fully empowered to give out his warrant for impressing so many men as there shall be a necessity of, to make up the complement; and that the volunteers, as well as those impressed, be under pay from the colony from the time they enter, or are impressed, till they are discharged.

Whereas, James Greene and others, did, by petition to this Assembly, set forth that there is, on the south branch of Pawtuxet river, within the township of Warwick, a very convenient place for the erecting of works for the refining of iron, and which it is conceived, will prove of great advantage to the public, in clearing land, &c.; and as the same cannot be accomplished without building a dam across said river, and which, according to a late law of the colony, must be left open from the 10th day of April to the 20th day of May, annually, which would entirely frustrate the good design of the petitioners, therefore prayed that they might have the liberty of building their works, and erecting a dam across said river, for the purpose aforesaid, without being obliged to leave said dam open within the time aforesaid ;

Which being duly considered, be it enacted by the General Assembly, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, that the petitioners have liberty to build iron works on the south side of Pawtuxet river, and adjoining to their land, for the purpose aforesaid, and to erect a dam across said river, without being obliged to leave open the same within the time aforesaid.

Voted and resolved, that the sum of £5 be allowed and paid out of the general treasury, to George Taylor, Esq., a justice of the peace, in the county of Providence, for his service in ad ministering the oaths of allegiance from a company of soldiers raised within the said county of Providence, to go in the ser vice of His present Majesty, on an expedition against the Spaniards.

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Whereas, William Jenckes, of Providence, in the county of Providence, Esq., did present to this Assembly a copy of the record of the laying out an open highway from Pawtucket bridge on the other side thereof, to the country road, to the satisfaction of said Assembly ;

It is therefore voted and resolved, that the said William Jenckes draw out of the general treasury the £50 granted him at the last October session, towards building one half of said bridge.

Voted and resolved, that the sum of £30 be allowed and paid out of the general treasury to William Jenckes, Esq., which, together with the sum of £50 already ordered to be paid him by this Assembly, is in full satisfaction for the building one half of Pawtucket bridge.

An Act for laying an embargo on vessels (bound to sea) upon any emergent occasion.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of this colony, and by the authority thereof it is enacted, that His Honor, the Governor, with such of his council as shall be present, be, and they are hereby empowered to lay an embargo upon all or any vessels in this colony, from time to time, as they shall think needful.

God save the King.

Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, the 5th day of May, 1741.

The Hon. Richard Ward, Governor.

The Hon. William Greene, Deputy Governor.

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Voted, that the following be admitted freemen of this colony:

Of Newport, Mathew Pate, Oliver Arnold, John Jepson, Philip Wilkinson, Jonathan Conklin, Edward Church, Joshua Lyon, William Pinnegar, Abraham Borden, Charles Wickham, Jonathan Easton, Jr., Benjamin Pitman, Thomas Melvil, John Clarke, shoemaker; George Gibbs, William Weeden, Jr., Christopher Bennett, William Edmonds, Abner Coffin, Walter Rodman, Henry Taggart, Philip Wanton, John Goddard, Israel Chapman, Charles Davenport, Clement Stanton, Samuel Hunt, Thomas Brewer, George Cornell, Jr., Peleg Carr and Caleb Carr.

Of Providence, Jonathan Knight, Jr., Silas Field, John Warner, Mathew Manchester, Phineas Brown, Thomas Fenner, son of Joseph; Richard Fenner, Jr., Charles Atwood and William Borden.

Of Portsmouth, Timothy Lawton and William Coggeshall, Jr.

Of Warwick, Charles Rhodes, Anthony Goff, Samuel Wales, Moses Blanchard and Joseph Wickes.

Of Westerly, Ichabod Prossor, John Lewis, son to John Lewis, Jr., Stephen Lewis, Jedediah Irish and Peter Crandall.

Of New Shoreham, Robert Hull, Nathaniel Rathbun and Samuel Dun.

Of North Kingstown, Simon Smith, Eber Shearman, son of

William ; William Draper, Joseph Rodman, William Reynolds Jeremiah Gardner, Jr. and Jonathan Allen.

Of East Greenwich, James Lewis, John Wells, Ebenezer Mattason, John Nichols, son of Stephen; William Clarke, Sam Rogers and Griffen Sweet.

Of Jamestown, John Eldred, Joshua Bill, Thomas Eldred and Nathaniel Church.

Of Smithfield, Benjamin Buffum, Joseph Buffum, Philip Loja, Abiah Angel, Elisha Arnold, William Whipple and Sam Irons.

Of Scituate, Joseph Berry, David Daley, William Collins, Thomas Bennett, Jr. and David Young.

Of Glocester, Benjamin Smith.

Of Charlestown, James Rogers, Jr. and Amos Greene.

Of West Greenwich, Abraham Mattason, Samuel Wilcox and Samuel Rogers, Jr.

Proceedings of the General Assembly, held for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at Newport, the first Wednesday of May, 1741.

The Hon. Richard Ward, Governor.

The Hon. William Greene, Deputy Governor.

With the assistants and deputies from the several towns.

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For Portsmouth. Mr. Stephen Brownell, Mr. Gideon Freeborne, Mr. Daniel Howland, Mr. Robert Lawton.

For Warwick. Major Joseph Stafford, Mr. William Holdon, Mr. Jeremiah Lippett, Capt. Abel Potter. For Westerly.

DEPUTIES.

Mr. Thomas Hiscox,
Mr. William Champlin, Jr.

For New Shoreham.
Capt. Simon Ray,
Mr. Henry Gardner.
For North Kingstown.
Mr. Job Tripp,
Mr. John Reynolds.
For South Kingstown.
Capt. Robert Hassard,

Capt. Ichabod Potter.

Mr. Stephen Hopkins, speaker.

Mr. Josias Lyndon, clerk.

For East Greenwich. Mr. Thomas Spencer, Capt. Thomas Nichols. For Jamestown. Capt. Benjamin Sheffield, Mr. John Martin.

Smithfield.

Mr. Resolved Waterman,
Mr. John Sayles.
Scituate.

Mr. Job Randall,
Mr. Stephen Hopkins,
Glocester.

Mr. Edward Mitchell,
Mr. Richard Steere.

For Charlestown.

Mr. Samuel Perry,
Mr. Joseph Clarke.

West Greenwich.
Mr. John Greene,
Mr. Joseph Slocum.

The following officers were declared elected, and duly engaged.

The Hon. Richard Ward, Governor.

The Hon. William Greene, Deputy Governor.

Capt. Benjamin Ellery,

Mr. Peter Bours,

ASSISTANTS.

Mr. Ezekiel Warner,

Mr. Richard Fenner,

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