UNIVERSITY 
 
 OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 LOS ANGELES 
 
 SCHOOL OF LAW 
 LIBRARY
 
 At the General Affembly of the 
 
 Governor and Company of the Englifli Colony of Rhode-IJlani 
 and Providence Plantations in Ne'vo- England in AMER ICA, be- 
 gun md held at SiutbKtKgJtoun within and for faid Colony, on the 
 lad Wcdnefday in OSfo(>er, in the Twenty firft Year of the Reign of 
 his moft Sacred Majefty, George the Second, by the Grace of G O D 
 King of GriJ.' Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, (j^c. 
 
 Prefent, 
 
 The honorable William Rohiiifon Efq ; Deputy Governor, 
 
 B'KJamin Hazard Efi •, Affift. ") Benjamin Tucker Ejq ; Afllft* 
 
 George Wanton Efq j AfTilt. ( Epbraim Gardner Ejq ; Aflift. 
 
 William Rhodes Efq\ AlTift. ( Jeremiah Niles Efq; Aflllt. 
 
 Jonathan Randal Efq ; Afiia. J fViliiam Richmond Efq j Afllfl. 
 
 Ths Secretary. 
 
 Deputies of the feveral Towns. 
 
 Newport, NTr Thsmas ff^ickham. Captain Walter Cbaloner, Mr. Thomas 
 Critrfton, Mr. Jrbr. Cbahning, 
 
 Providence, Daniel Jenks, Efq ; Colonel William Hopkins, Mr. John 
 Paper iun. Mr. Pcleg Williams jun. 
 
 Pi)rrfmoi.ith, Mr. John Allen, Mr. Jonathan Freeborn^ Mr. Thomat 
 Sbjarmat], Mr. William Earl. 
 
 VVatA-ick, Major James Arnold, Colonel Benoni Waterman^ Mr. Samuel 
 Hreene, Mr. Jojfph Lippit. 
 
 Weftcrly, M^jor William Pdndlelon 
 Ne-v-Shorham, None. 
 
 North Kmgftown, Mr. J.hn Congdon, Mr. John Spink. 
 
 South Kin^^ftown, Capt. Robert Hazard, Colonel Jhoti,as Hazard. 
 
 Eaft Gr.-enwich, Mr. Giles Pearce^ Cape. Jhemns Sptncer. 
 
 JamcftowB, Mr. John Martin. 
 
 SmithScld, Mr. Jonathan Arnold. 
 
 Scituate, Captain Job Randal, Mr. John Fisk. 
 
 Glocclter, Captain Richard Smith, Mr. Abner Bartlet. 
 
 Ch:irk-l"lo'.vn, Colonel Jo[epb Stanton, Mr. James Congdon. 
 
 Weft- Greenwich, Capt.iin Ihrntel Spink, Captain Charles Carr, 
 
 Coventry, Captain A^el Potter, Mr. George Hall. 
 
 E.<eccr, Mr. Job Tripp. 
 
 Middle-Town, Mr. Daniel Gould, Mr.Jebn Taylor. 
 
 Briftol, Captain Jonathan Peck, 
 
 Ti'.'',-rton, Mr. Edtvard Wanton. 
 
 Licd'i-Compton, Mr. Wtlliam Hall, Mr. Jofpb Wood. 
 
 Warren, Captain Benjamin Barton, Captain Matthew Allen. 
 
 Cumberland, Mr. 7^ Bartlel, Mr. ]frad Whipple. 
 
 Richmond, Captain R::ha>d Bayley, Mr. John Wcbjler. 
 
 Tb: honorable D.iniel Tenks Efq ; was cbofen Speaker, and Mr,, Jofias 
 Lvndon Clerk of the Houfe gj Deputies. 
 
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 His Honor the Governor ts hereby Roqucfbcti, to write to RiibarJ 
 Pitririiig: El'q v the Colony's Agent in Great Britain, and defire that 
 Gcntlenun to fend him over all his Accounts with tlie Colony, and 
 ihc Particulars of ilicm, during the Time he has been in the Colony's 
 Service. 
 
 Mefs. Boiiamin ILzard, Ibomas Crtnjion, and Joljr Cbarning^ being 
 appointed to receive o^ Jonathan Niihols £/j ; who was late one o[ the 
 Grand Committee, and acted as their Trealurcr, all the Colony's Money 
 in his Hands, that hath b^en paid in for Tenths, and burn the fame, 
 and alio to takt and receive of the faid Jonmhan^ all Mortgages, 
 Bor.ds and other Papers belonging to the Colony, which were depofited 
 witli him in his faid OfBcc, and deliver the lame to his SuccelTur 
 tUn'.atnin Nichols Efq ; Reported, Th.u they liad rereivcd of the 
 f.iid Joitc.'bm Nichols TiViniy on: 'ThoufanJ, 7ziO HuudrtJ and Forty 
 PoiinJi^ Tbirtecn SbHiings and jive Pence old Tenor ; whereof, they hnd 
 burnt Fifteen llotij(2nd and One Pound, Eleven SkilliH^s, and the Remain- 
 der being Six 7houJan:i T'-xo Hundred and Thirty nine Pounds, Tzlo Slil- 
 tings and Five Pence, was by them delivered to the aforeiaid Benjamin 
 Niclols, for which they produced his Reccit. And, That they had alfo 
 received of faid Jccr.'hcin Nichols, all the Mortgages, tyc. belorcmcntion- 
 cd, and delivered them to the faid Benjamin NicboU, wlio gave thcin 
 thr Reccit for the f.imt, which they delivered in with their Rej>ort. 
 And new the faid Report Heing taken into Confideration, and it ap- 
 pcaring to this A(T;-mbly, thai the faid Bevjamin Nichols hath given 
 Bond accordin^; to Law for the faithful Perfornuncc and Difcharge ot 
 hiJ Duty in faid Office : It is voted and rclolved. That the Report 
 of the faid Committee, be an, I it is hereby accepted. And, That they 
 be allowed and paid out of the General Treafury, the Sum of Sixteen 
 Pounds len Shillings Old Tenur, for tl^ir Labor and Care in the 
 Picmifcs. 
 
 A'; the Colony is divided into Four Counties, and Superior Courts 
 of Ju.lictturc, Courts of AfTi/.c and General Goal Dr!ivcry creJlcd 
 and cdablithcd in each of them, it will be moft convenient to have 
 their Records kept apart. Therefore, Mr. ff'ard the prefcnt Clerk of 
 ihofc Courts, is dircdlcd to draw a fufftcicnt .Sum of Money out of 
 the General Treafury, and therewith puiciiafc Four Books luiiablc to 
 .-kiifwer the Purpofc aforcfaid, 
 
 Ax\ Aift in Addition to an Aft, m'de and p.-n by the General AT- 
 fcmMy at thv'ir Seflion in SoiibKn jl'.'jcn on the laft ffcdiujdc^r of 
 0:llier, i;4/;. Fntituled, /l; /l:l for the regubmiJ mending of HiJ'^ 
 •u/rys within the Colony. 
 
 Bl it Eniiiled /y the Genera! AjTimlly of this Cchny, and ly lU 
 4uihortiy (f the j,me it is Fnaiicd, That from -.uid after tlie Pni.- 
 liration of this A(fl, when and as often as Surveyors of Hii^hways 
 fluil be chofcn in the Towns of this Colo; y, and have taken «hc 
 Oath or F.ngjpfn»cnt faithfully to do their Duty in that O.'Ticc, the 
 Town Council of every rclpetflivc To*n (hall and ihey are hercb,- inn>')vrcr-'l 
 »n.l dircfl-'d to app.)iru and detcrmiic each Survcyot's niOn^l, and rro- 
 pouion the Numkr of Perfoiis lu v,oik under them 
 
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 /f ?V D be it farther tnaHed by the Aulhorily aforefuiJ, That if any 
 Ferfon IhiU hereafter be chofon an Overfcer of the Highways in any 
 Town within the Colony, and fhall rcfufe to take his Oath or En-^- 
 gagcment to the faithful Difchargc of his Duty in that Office, he fliall 
 be fined the Sum ol Five Pounds old Tenor, to be recovered by a 
 Warrant of Diftrefs from any Aflillant, or from n Juflice of the 
 Peace or Warden of the Town where the Party to rtTuiing dwelicth; 
 Which Wa^rrnt fliall be directed to the Town-Scijcant, or either of 
 the Conftables of faiJ Town, to be levied on the Goods and Chatties 
 of fuch Perfon who fhill fo rcfufe as aforcfaidi and the Money thus 
 levied fhall be paid into the Town-Trcafury, to and for tlie Town's Ufc. 
 
 An A£l for Printing all the public Law's and Acts that fhall be 
 hereafter, made and paft by the General Affembly. 
 
 WHEREAS there are feveril Inccnvcniencies attending the 
 Method now uled to communicate the public Laws and Affts of 
 the General Allcmbly to the fcveral Towns, by tlie Secretary's tranfcribing 
 and fending each Town a Copy j for the Length of the Lawi and 
 AAs, foraetimcs pafTed at one or more SefTions, often caufci great 
 Delay, and the Towns are not fupplied with Copies fo ibon as they 
 arc wanted. Moreover it is conceived that it will be clicaper to the 
 Colony to have them printed. 
 
 For Remedy whefeof 
 
 BE IT EnaHed by the General /1ff(mll)\ ant". In tb; Amhority thereof it 
 ts Enaiied, That the Srcrctary for the Time being, Ihall for the 
 iuturc draw up in Form all the public 1-aws anti Orders of the Ge- 
 neral AfTcmbly, immediately after the Rifing of each AfTcmbly, and 
 v/hen he liath lo done, agree with the Printer refiding or dwelling ia 
 "Newport, upon the belt Terms he can, to provide Paper and forthwith 
 print as many Copies of the faid Laws and Orders as there arc or 
 Ihall be Towns in this Colony, at the Colony's Charge. And, That the 
 Secretary make Report of his Agreement, from Time to Time, to the 
 General Aflcmbly at their next SefTions after: where alfo the Printer 
 fhall exhibit his or her Account '"or Paper and Printing of what fhall 
 be done at the Colony's Charge, in order for Allowance. 
 
 A'NB Be it further EnaHcd iy the Authority aforefaid^ That the 
 Printer fhall have Liberty to make as many more Copies as he or fhe 
 fhall think fit, and dilpofe of the lame for his or her private Profit 
 or Advantage. 
 
 AND Be it farther EnaiJed by the Avthcrity aftrefaid. That as foon as 
 the Secretary fhall have regillercd the Ac'ts and Orders of Allcmbly in 
 the Colony's Book of Records, he fhall forthwith deliver the Priiutr 
 the fird Draught, and fhall attend the Prcfs, and examine every Sheet 
 to make the fame corredt .• And when a IbfHcienc Number 
 of Copies Ihall be printed, to fujiply each 7"own with a Copy, the Sc- 
 Cicrary fliail Sign and atteft lb many r.s fhall be needful, and there- 
 unto fix tlie Colony's S;;a!, and fund the Tr>v*n Clerk of e:ich Town
 
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 a Copy to sod for the LTe of his Town, and that within fo many 
 Days after the Riling ot fuch Adembly, as fhall bs by tbcm appointed. 
 
 AND te it Jartber Enailed iy the Authority afcrcjaid, Tlut the Se- 
 rrci-ry fliall be allowed and paid out of the General Trealury for pcr- 
 foriDing his Duty as by this Aft is required. To wit. 
 
 Foi drawing up the Adts and Orders of the General AflTcmbly in 
 Fcrm, and rcgiftring thrm as aforefaid. the fame Fees by the Page .^i 
 is already Hated by Law 
 
 For publiihing the Afts and Orders of AfTembly in the Town of 
 
 Ni'^^port ■ ^ 2-0-0. 
 
 Per attending and correcting the Prefs, One Shilling ^ 
 f.nd Sixpence for every Page which he mult have copi^dC 
 and fcnc to the fcvcral Towns, had not theAfts and OrdersC 
 of Aflcmbly been hereby direded to be printed. 
 
 Fi^r Signing, atrefting, and fixing the Colony's Seal to a Copy for 
 each of the Town- ■ jC -0-5.0 
 
 An A(5l dire(5ling all the public Law», row in Force in this Colony, 
 ■v^hich have been rundc fincc the Laws were lall reviled, to be put 
 in Print. 
 
 BE it EnafJcd iy the General yfffemhly^ and hi the Authority thereof it 
 ii EncHcd, That all the public La^s now in Force in this Colony 
 •wt-.ich have been made fmce the Laws were laif revifed, be put m 
 Print ai the C harge of the Colony as foon as conveniently may bt : 
 And that EuV.ard Scott Efq v with the Secretary, be a Committer to 
 procure ir done, and to agree wit]> the Printer upon the bed Terms 
 they can for Paper and Printing as many Copies as there ire Towns 
 in the Colony ; And, that when the fame is done, the Sccrcury 
 fend a Copy to each Town-Clerk, to and for the Ufc of each rcfpcc- 
 tive lown 
 
 WHEREAS David Lake of Pcrt<mcuth, in the County of New- 
 fort Yeoman, rcprcfcntcd unto this Aneiuhly, that by a Miftake, 
 ht gave Two Setts ot Bond% for Payment of Tcnth5 due to the Colony 
 on a Mortgage made by him to the Grand-Committee, for Money he 
 took up 01 one Bank only. Th.ir ir.io Commiticr atiei wards perceiving 
 the En or. delivered laid David- Nine of ihc Ten Bonds given by Mif- 
 t.ike asalorclaid.i but the other Tcnih Bond, not being then to be found, 
 the Grand Committee promifed 'o deliver laid Bond unto the faid D-Tvid 
 when it fnould be found Notwiihftancling whi-icof he was fomctimc 
 aftsr (ucd on the fame Bond which was conditionM for the Paymrnr of 
 Six Pctr.ids Ten i'kiUin^s, and put to Charge in tne Law, fincc which hs 
 hath psid'both De!it and Colls, not knowing it wa* one o\ thofc Btmds 
 which he gave by Miflike as .dorclaid ; and alio that he hath l^rcn 
 lately lued on another Tenth Bond lor the lame Sum payable at the 
 
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 /ame Time, and pnt to farther Charges which remains unpaid j vrhere- 
 upon he pray'd this Aflembly for Relief-, who taking the Premifes 
 into ConfRicration. and finding the Fafts aflertcd by the ("aid David 
 lo be true: Do Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby Votea and Re- 
 Jblved, That the Judgment ot Court iaft obtain'd againft faid DavUy 
 ihaW be, and it is hereby declared and made null and void : And 
 the (nand-Commiitce, and all others whom it doth or may concern, 
 are Required to take Nonce hereof, and govern themfclves accordingly. 
 
 WHEREAS CUment Minor of Stonington^ in the County of 
 J^cuj- London^ and Colony of Conneilicut, late Shop-keeper, 
 reprefented unto this Aflembly, That on the Sixteenth Day of yipril 
 Iaft, his Houie in Slonington aforclaid, was dcltroy'd by Fire, with 
 great part of his Houfhold Goods, and Effeds, to the Value of near Six 
 Thcu/r/id Pounds: And, That among other Things, Two Hundred Pounds 
 :n Bills of public Credit, emitted by this Colony, were burnt in his 
 faid rioufe. Whereupon the faid dement petition'd this AfTtmbly for 
 Relief : Who, having made diligent Enquiry into the Matter, do vote 
 and refolve, and it is hereby ^'oted and relolved, That the Sum of Tiwa 
 Hundred Pmnds, Current Money of the Old Tenor, be paid unto the 
 Petitioner, by Benjamin ?^icbols Efq ; one of the Grand Committee, 
 out of the Colony's Money, by him received for Tenths; and that 
 liie laid Sum fhall be look'd upon, and accounted as fo much of the 
 Colony's Money burnt. 
 
 WH E R A S IVilliam Cranjien Shipwright, and Southcote Langwortby 
 Brazier, both of Newpertt in the County of Newport, reprefented 
 unto this AfTembly, That on the Twenty fourth Day of Oclober, 1746. 
 They becamf bound unto our Sovereign Lord the King, in the Sum of 
 Fifty Pcutids each, by a Recogmfance of that Date j with Condition» 
 That Mart Mc. CoHen, Wife of John Mc. Colleti, fhould pcrfonally ap- 
 pear at the Court of General ScfTions of the Peace, held at Ni'J^ort., 
 v.iihin and for the County of Newport, on the Third luefday of No- 
 vmkr lalt, and anfwer to fuch Things as fhould be objeded againfl 
 her, touching and concerning her Affaulting, Threatning and Beating 
 Ann the Wife of Samuel Power of Newport, Black-Smith; That in the 
 mean Time the faid Mary fhould be of good Behaviour, to all his 
 Majpfly's Lcige Subjcds, and more eiptcially to the faid Ann ; and 
 that the faid Maty fhould not depart the Court without Leave : That 
 the laid Mary accordingly made her perfonal Appearance before the 
 Court of SelFions: By whom the Recogni<ancc afoiciaid was continued 
 to ihe StiTions held ai Newport on the lall luefda:^ of May; at neithcf 
 ot which Courts was the faid Mary prolecuted by Indidmcnt for any 
 Oficnre againff Law, or for Breac;i of the Condition of the aforefaid 
 Rtcogni(aiicc : Yet the faid CraifJon and Langworihy, at the (aid Court 
 O* Scfiions in May, were fervcd with a Scirctacias, ar his Majefty's Suit, 
 wherein ic was alledged, Thatfucc the Date ot the Recogniranceafcrcfaid, 
 and helorc the Court of Sctrions firfl: mentioned, the faid Maty had 
 affaulted the aforcfaid Ann Poiver, and given her a violent Stroke wiih 
 a Brick ; whereby fhe was lam'd, t?f. That at the fiiid Scffions in 
 May, the Fa6U, allcdg,'d in the Scirefaclas, were part upon by the Furv, 
 wfio gave a Verdicit in Favor of his Majefty •, and the Court thereupon 
 decjartd the Recognifance forfeited, and fentenc'd the laid Cranfion 
 
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 and L^K^worthy ro pay the Pciialty thereof, 'J":. Which Scni'ence ( they 
 alledgcd j wis illegal ^ and pravM thac the li:7ic might be anmill'd 
 and rendcr'J void. 
 
 On Con/tdcration 'whereof, and the fcvtral Ctnumjiancci attending the Af air. 
 
 Thii AfTcmbly do vote and rciblvc; and it is hereby voted and re- 
 folvcd. That the faid Sentence be, and ir v. hereby aimullM and made 
 void. Whereof the Court of SefTions who pall: the fame, an.i ^H others 
 whom it doth or may concern, arc to cake Notite, and govern thcm- 
 fclvcs accordingly. 
 
 This Affembly, having taken into Confidcration, the Extrafcs ot" Kis 
 Grace, the Dalie oi New-CaJiU*i Letter to Governor 5/'/r/<fy, relpeding 
 the DifmifTion of the Troops, rail'd in America, for the Expedition in- 
 tended againll Cmada\ togccficr with the Letter from Governor Shirley 
 and Governor K'WwUs to our Governor, thereupon. Are of Opinion as 
 follows. To wit, Firjl, That it will be proper, and his Honor the 
 Gove- or is hereby Requeued to fend forthwith, unto theii Exccllcncici, 
 the Enliftment, and Mufler-Rolls of all the Soldiers raij'd in this Colony, 
 for the Expedition \ and ■xW other Papers his Honor may think nccefiary ; 
 and that the whole be duly authenticated. Secondly, That thef^ Troops 
 being raifed in Confequencc o*^" a Proclamat'ion, iffucd by the Governor, 
 •fi'ith Advice of the AlTcmbly j they ought to be difrhargcd, according 
 to the Icnor of that Proclamation, and the true Intent and Meaning 
 thereof. 'Ih/rdlv, That as it appeirs, by the feveral Extraifts from the 
 Duke o, N'"JJ-Ca/l/c's Letter, the disbanding the Troops, rais'd tor the 
 aforefaid Service, is wholly vcfltd in their Excellencies, The Way and 
 M inner of doing it, and paying off the O.^cers and Soldici^, muft be 
 their pr()|->er Province.' And his Honor the Governor is defircd to in- 
 form liKir E:<ccllenrics of the Sentiments of this AlTembly. 
 
 The Account of Daniel Smith a^ainft the Colony, amounting to One 
 Hi/ndredr'Jhrc^ Pounas and Eight Pence Old Tv'nor, for Work done, and 
 Stuff fojnJ by him, for Repairing the public Goal and Yard in the 
 Tcwn of Proziiience^ being duly examined, is allow'ri by tliis AlTembly J 
 
 Who therc'upoK Vote, and refolve, and it is hneby vatfd and rcfolvcn. 
 That the fa'd Sum be paid unto the aforcfaid Daniel Smith, out; of the 
 General Trcafury. 
 
 It i' vo'ed and refolvcd, That all Bufincfii lying before this Af- 
 fembly, unfinini'd be, and it is hereby rclerr'd to the next ScfTion 
 thereof : That the Secretary draw up the A(rts and Orders, now made, 
 and p\ft , in.'b Forms ; and publiOi them in the Town of Newport 
 by Bcdi of Drurii. within Five Days, an.l icnd each Town a Copy, 
 ■within Fortv Days afrcr the Rifing of this AlTcmbly : Which is here- 
 by .^.dinj.'iiM, to the lad Mondiy in Febniury next-, then to. meet in 
 Snuth K'nnjlcwn, and nor before, unltf: funmion'd by a Warrant from 
 his HjRor the Governor* 
 
 God Save the King. 
 
 Pubii.l.cd according to Order, on the Fo-J.th Dxf of Novcmlfcr, 1747. 
 
 By Tho. U'iird, Secretary. 
 
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 At the General AfTembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and COMPANY (sfthe English Colony of 
 Rhode-IJland and Providence Plantations in New-England in yf M £- 
 /?/Cyf, begun and held at South- Kingft own Jrt f.iid Colony, by Ad- 
 jaurnment, on the laft Monday of Fehuan, in the Twenty firft Year 
 of the Reign of his moft Skcrcd Majefty, Ghorge the Second, by 
 the Grace ot GOD, Kikc of Great Britain^ &c. 
 
 Prcfcnt, 
 
 The honorable GIDEON WAN T OK Efq; Governor 
 
 The honorable JPVdiam Rohinfon Efq ; Deputy Governor 
 
 Benjamin Hafzard Efq -, AfTid. r Gidem Durfey Efq v AHift. 
 
 George Wanton Efq •, AfTift. \ Jofiph Edmunds Efq ; Afrul. 
 
 JVillir.m Rhodis Efq ; AfTid. S Epbraim Gardner Efq -, AfTirt:, 
 
 Jonathan Randal Efq ; AHilt. ( Jeremiah Niles Efq; Affift. 
 
 Mr Benjamin fakom jun. De^DUty Secretary. 
 
 Deputies of thefeveral Towns. 
 
 The honorable Daniel jfencks Efq 5 Speaker. 
 
 Newport, Capr. fValter Ckakner, Mr. Ihcmas CranHen. Mr. James 
 Shield. 
 
 Providence, the SpsaVer, Col. William Hopkins^ Mr John Potter ]\in. 
 Mr. PeUg Williams jun. 
 
 Portfmouth, Mr. John Allen. 
 
 Warwick, Major James Arncld, Col, Benoni Wattrmant Mr. Samuel 
 Greene y Mr. Jofepi IJppet. 
 
 Wcfterly, Ja/hua Bakock Efq i Major William PcndleicH. 
 
 Nfcw-Shorham, None. 
 North- Kingftown, Mr. John Congdon, Mr. Ja.hn Spink. 
 South-Kingftown, Capt Roi>frt Hajzard^ Col. Thsmas Hafzari. 
 Eaft- Greenwich, Mr. Giles Pejrce^ Capt. Thomas Spenfer. 
 Jameftown, Mr. John Martin, Cap: Samael Skcum. 
 bmithficki, Mr. Jonathan Arnold. 
 
 Scituate, None. 
 Glocefter, Capt. Richard Smth. 
 
 Charlcftown, Col, Jofeph Stanton, Mr. James Ctngdcn. 
 Wcft-GrtLrtwich, Capt. Iflmael Srpir.k. 
 Coventry, Mr. George Hall 
 Exeter Mr. Job Trip, Capt John Reynoldi. 
 Middletown, Mr. John Taylor. 
 
 Briltol, Capt. Jonathan Peck, Major Thomat Gr£in<?. 
 Tiverton, Mr. Edward Wanton. 
 
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 Little Compton, Mr. fFilHam Hall, Mr. Jofepij IVosd. 
 ^Varren, Capt. Benjamiyi Barton, Capt. Matthew yilUn. 
 Cumberland, Mr. Ifratl fVbipp.'e. 
 Richmond, Capt. Richard Baily, Mr. John JVebJler. 
 
 Mr. Joftai Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower- Houfe. 
 
 MefTrs Heztkic.b Carpenter, John Channing and James She^cU, Three 
 of the Committee appointed to examine the Accounts of John Gard- 
 ner Efq i General Treafurer and CommifTary of the Colony, made 
 Report to this AfTcmbly, That, having exiimined the faid Accounts, 
 they find a Ballance due from the laid John Gardner to the Colony, 
 to "U'it, Thirty Thoujand Ihres Hundred and Eighty fix Founds, Eleven 
 Shillings and Eleven pence halfpenny, in Money ind Bonds. On Confidcr- 
 ation whereof. This Aflembly do Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby 
 Voted and Refolved, That the faid Report be, and it is hereby ac- 
 cepted ; and that the Committee be allowed the Sum of Sixty Peunds, 
 to be paid them out of the General Trcafury for their Labor and 
 Pains in performing the Service. 
 
 WHEREAS Meffrs. Samuel IVickbam and James ShtfleU to- 
 gether with Abraham Redwood Elq •, were appointed a Committee to 
 infpcifl into the double Mortgages, in the Grind Committee's Office; 
 and alfo to infpeft into the Bonds in faid OtTice, and that all fuch 
 Bonds as appeared to be paid, or not proper to be put in Suit, fhould 
 be laid by themfelves, and not put in Suit until the Controvcrfy be- 
 tween the Colony and Jahleel Brtntcn Efq-, (hould be determined, or 
 till farther Orders trom the General Aflembly : And, now the faid 
 Samuel Wickhatn, antl James Shi field, made Report to this AfTcmbly, 
 That, in Purfuance of their Appoiiumcnt, they had made Infpeflion, 
 as far as any Information h.ul been given to them, and ail fuch Mort- 
 g:iges as appeared to them to be double, and all fuch Bonds as ap- 
 peared to be paid, or where it appeared probable that rhey were paid, 
 they had directed IV.r Benjamin Nichols y who is at prelcnt the Keeper 
 of the Grand Committees Oriicc ) to lay all fuc!i Mortgages and Bonds 
 by themfelves, and not put them in Suit, vintil farther Orders from 
 the General AfTembly : O.i Confideration whereof, this Affcmbly do 
 Vote and Refolve, and it is Itreby Voted and Relolvcd, That the 
 faid 'Report b,: and it is h':ieby accepted ; and thit the Account, exhibi- 
 ted by tn^ \x\\ Sinud IVick wm 3ni\J.-:m£s Shejfit Id wiih their Report, r.tnount- 
 ing to Ninetren Pounds A'\(\ Iwelve Shillings be allowed a-.d paid thctn 
 out of the General 'i"reaf"i.'ry. 
 
 AND whereas the .nforef.iid Samuel fFickbain declines fcrving any 
 longer, as a Commitcee-Man, in the atorcnuntiontd AfT.iir : This 
 Afliimbly do choofc ana appoint G:crge H'ar.tcK Elq ; and Mcfi'rs. jY.mes 
 Sbfjfi-ld and Thomas Cranjhn to be a Cotr.inittcc fbi the future, for 
 the Purpofe alorelaid, and that they or the iiiajor Part of them aft 
 therein as often as Occafion llull require. 
 
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 W H E R E A. S fundry Accounts rendered to the General Aflcmbly,' 
 by JahieeL Brenton Efq ; as Trcalurer to the Grand-Committee, wcru 
 delivered by faid General Affembly to Rabat Gibbs, Ste-pbin Hopkins and 
 George Brown Efqrs. a Committee appointed, by the General AflTembly, 
 to wait on faid Jahleel Brenton^ and to examine his Vouchers: Whicli 
 Accounts have never yet been returned to the General Aflcmbly, tho* 
 often call'd for : And faid Committee have been cited to appear, be- 
 fore faid General Affembly, to render an Account of their Proceedings, 
 and to return laid Accounts : But Robert Gibbs Elq ; one of faid 
 Conimittee, hath, in Contempt of the Authority of faii Aflcmbly» 
 refuled to appear. It is therefore Voted and RefolveJ, That the 
 Secretary put forth a Precept diredled to the Sheriff of the County ot 
 Providence^ commanding him to have the faid Robert Gibjji before the 
 General AITcmbly, of this Colony, at their next ScfTions •, and alfo to 
 cite the faid ^tefhen Hopkins^ and George Brown to appear alfo before 
 faid AfTembly, to anfwer relpcfting the Premiles. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That William Rhodes Efq -, Col. Binoni 
 JVatertnan^ and Jeremiah Lippet Efq ; be, and they are hereby ap- 
 poi.nted a Committee to intpc<5t into the Circumftances of the Pro- 
 vidence Lottery, to examine the Accounts, of the directors rcfpcfting 
 the buildmg of lVa\bo([et Bridge^ and fee thit all the Benefit-Tickets 
 be difcharged ; and to make Report at the next SetTioa of AtTcmbly. 
 
 It is voted and refolved. That Joftph Jerfon^s Account amounting 
 to Three Pounds, for his Time, Expencc and Horfe-Hire ingoing to call 
 Two of the Deputies to attend the General Affembly, at their fecond Seffion 
 in Augitft laft, be and it is hereby allowed, and that the faid Sum be 
 paid tiie faid Jofeph Jcrfon out of the General Trcafury, 
 
 It is voted and refolved. That the Acccunt of Jcjcpb Martin jun. a 
 Deputy-Sheriff in the County of Neztporl, amounting to Twenty 
 ens Pounds, (or notifying or w.xrning the Genera! Council, and alio 
 fcvcral of the Members of both Houfes, to give their Attendance, in ihe 
 General Affembly, at fcvcral Times in the Year 1746, alfo for his 
 Time, Exprnce and Horfe-Hire in citing Robert Gibbs, Stephen Hcpktn^ 
 and George Bro'xn Elqrs. to appear before the General Affembly, be 
 and it is hereby allowed, and that the faid Sum be paid the faid 
 yofepKi Martin jun. out of the General Treafury. 
 
 WHEREAS John Gardner Efq ; Gencral^Treafurer and Commif- 
 fary, hath chargt'd the Colony with the Sum oi Three Hundred awA Fifty- 
 one Pounds old Tenor, for Twcntyfix Coacs, remaining in his Hands, 
 Part of thofc, pmvided for the Soldiers railed to go jn the Expedition 
 intcndfd againfl Canada: Which Coats were not made Ufe of-, becaufe 
 fo many of the laid Soldiers were paid Money in Lieu of Cloaths, 
 agreeable to an A61 of theGencral Affembly, made & paft thetwelfdiDay o^June 
 1746. And nov/ this Affembly, taking the Alfair into Confidcration do vote 
 and Kclolvc, and it is hereby voted and Refolved, That the faid John 
 Gardner difpofe of the Coats aforefaid, to the bell Advantage, for the 
 Ufc of the Colony. 
 
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 Ir is Voted and Refolved, That the Account oi Tbomoi SpMrcr f Son 
 of yc/*>« Spencfr of Ee/l-Crtenwich ) amounting to SfVfW Pcunds, for 
 notifying or warning feveral Mennbers both of the Upper and Lower 
 Houte, to meet in General Afiembly, in the Month of Nov^im^ir 
 174.6, be and ic i;; hrrebr allowtd, and that the faid Sum of Stvtn 
 Pcundi be paid the laid Tbomas Spencer out of the General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Relo'.red, That the Accouni of Thcmas Hafzsrd,Ktcper 
 of hi"} Majc'.ly's Goal in Kings-Ccuniy, amounting to Stventeen Pounds 
 Ihree Shillingi and Fotirptr.a tor the Board, lad Sickncfs and Funeral 
 Chargff, &:c. of John Albro, who flood committtd ro faid Goal ( where 
 he died ) on an Execution, fucd out againft him by the General Treaf- 
 urcr, for Money due tothe Colony, be allowed j and that the faid Sum 
 of SevenKcn Potinas, Thirteen Shillings and Four Pfnc, be paid to the 
 faid Thomas Hajzard. out of the General Trealury. 
 
 It is Voted And Re'nlvtd, That Bcnid Dunham^ and Jofepb Bennet be 
 allowfcQ and paid, Ten Ycttnds each out of the General Trealury, for ihtir 
 Trouble, in cleaning the Colony-Houfe in Newport^ the Year paR 
 which Trouble was vaflly more than common, by Rcafon of the Carp^-ntcr: 
 and Mafons being a confiderable Time at "Work in finifhing faid Houfc. 
 ar.d the Court's letting in that Time. 
 
 An A(fl for the Anendnient of, and in AddiiieH to rho Law, mads and 
 paft in this Colony, m the Second Year of his prefent Majcfty's Reign.. 
 Entitulcd, /In jiii enabling iht Town Council of each Town to grant Licences 
 fer the tttailini Strong Liquors, and to prevent the felling cf fucb Liquors 
 by Retail with'ot Licence firjl obtained 
 
 WHEREAS it apppears to this Ajfembiy, That the good De/tgn oj 
 the Second Paragropb in faid AH, jcr convitiing and pur.ifuing fucb 
 Perfons as are, or bcreafttr may be guifty cf violating faid A51, bath bere- 
 icfcre ben much violated, ar.d likely hereafter to be fo -, by Rcr.fcn the Methtd 
 tor coKviHing cf Perfons guilty cf jelling Strong Liquors cor.trcry to fata 
 Acl^ is too loo fe end uncertain, i.vd the Finecf ihoje ?trfons convi Hid fofntitll 
 [bat Pcrlons ufiully guilty cf fid Offence do not regard the famt. 
 
 For regulating amending, and in Addition to the Second Paragraph 
 in che Afl aforefaid. 
 
 BE it EnnSled by this AJfemMy, and Ifj the Authotily of the fame it ii 
 EnaUed, That from and after the Publication of this Aft, That if 
 any Pcrfon or Perfons fliall be iound guilty of retailing of any Sort of 
 Strong Liquors, mentioned in faid Aft, contrary to the true Intent 
 and Meaning thereof, either by his he* or their own Confcflion, or hj tlid 
 Tcftimony of one or more crcdiblt Wltnefs or WitnefTes on Oath or 
 Engagement, before any two of more of hii Majcfty's Jufticcs of the 
 
 Peace
 
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 5) 
 
 Peace or "WardcTiS in ciny Town in this Colony wluere fu^h Offence, 
 fliall bo committed. He She or Thry fbill tWfcit and piy a$ a finue-, 
 the Sjm of Twiulj Poands (Old Tenor J to be recovered and dif^ofcd 
 or according to the aforefaid AiSt. 
 
 A'ND Be it farther EHaHed hy ibe Authority aferfjaid^ That wjicn 
 any Pcrfon or Perfons fliall be ^grieved at any Sentence or Judgment "ivcn 
 againft them, by the Jlillices or Wardens, for the Breach of ihe a^lorcfaid Adt, 
 Me She or Ihey have Liberty of an Appeal to the next General ScfTions of 
 the Peace, to be held in the County where fuch Sentence or Judgment ap- 
 pealed from fhall be given, altvays jrcvided fucit Appeal ^e asked ax 
 the Time (uch Sentence fhall be g,iven. He She or They fo appealing p-xying 
 dowQ the Colt taxed by the Court appealed from, aud entcring^into Rccogni.' 
 fance In the Sum of fifty Poundi (Old Tenor) with one lulBcient 
 Surety, tor His her or their profecuting fuch Appeal with Effcdb, and paying 
 fuch farther Colls as may be by the Court appealeu to taxed, in cafe the 
 Judgment be affirmed, and to be of good Brhavior in the mean Time •. ^Z- 
 ways provided, the Appellant or Appellants file tncir Rcafons of Appe;ih 
 with the Clerk ol the Court appealed to, the Day before the Cetting thereof. 
 
 An A<^ enabling the fcveral Towns in this Colony to make fuch 
 Town A(5ts, as to them may fccm meet, for the raifing of Monies 
 to defray the Charges of each Town. 
 
 WHEREFORE, Be it EnaHed by the General Affemih, and Ij the 
 Authority of the Jame it is EnaHed, That eoch and every Tovrn imhij 
 Colony hive, vjud they have hereby full Power and Authority to make fuch 
 Law or Laws, Aft and Aib, in each and every Town in this Colony, to raife 
 fuch and lo much Money, as nuy be by them refptfdively thought fufficicnc 
 to defray th: C'liPj^c* thit hi:h already arifen or hereafter may arife m each 
 or any fuch Town, as may have Occafion for Money as aforefaid, cither 
 by Rating re^I or p^rfonal Eilates, or both, or on the Poles of the 
 Inhabitants, as to them or the major part of the Freemen, may fecm 
 proper : Any Law or Ufage to the Contrary notwithftanding' 
 
 An Ad m Addixion to an Aft, Entituled, An A£l direHing ihe At- 
 tendance of the Pet it- Jurors and JFitnefjes at the Superior and Inferior 
 Courts in this Colony : And at ihe Time of making the faid A£l, ihert 
 were but Ibree Countys in this Colony, and ibe feveral Times fei 
 for the Jurors and IVtlneffes to give their At tendance at each of the tefpe^ive 
 Courts : And neiv there being another Cennty tn.tde in this Coltny^ md 
 no Time prefixt for Jurors and Witniffes to give their Attendance, fia 
 etbtrivife than en thefirfl Day of the Court's Sitting. 
 
 D BE
 
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 BE it Enalifd hi the General AjJ'emhly »/ this CoUny, and ly /be 
 Autbjrity tbtnof it is EnaHtd^ That the Pctic- Jurors, who fhall be chof- 
 en or cir;\wn for the Superior Courts of Judicature, and Interior Courts of 
 Con-mon Fleas, &c. m the County of briflel in this Colony, fhall not be 
 obligcil to attend cither of the laid Courts, until the lecond Day of the 
 Courts Sitting ; and that in the mean Time the faid Courts go on with 
 the dilatory fleas and cill out Defaulters : And that no VVitncflcs be 
 rumniof;*d to appear at either of the faid Courts, to give in Evidence 
 to the llFuc of any Caulc, until lach Time as the Jurors arc to attend. 
 
 TllJHERE/JS there is no regular Cartel fcttlfd betiorn bis mojt 
 V V Gracious Majefiy King GEORGE the Second, Km^ of Great 
 Britain, isc. and the fiench King, ixnd his mcjl Calholick MajeTiy the 
 King of Spam, (^c. for the exchanj^ing of Prifontrs of IFary bis SuLjcHs 
 belcngini to this his MaiejWs Colony^ when takin by either of the Pcjiers 
 if the af;refaid Princesy novu cur mofi Gracious MojtHy^s open and declared 
 Enemies, and at If^ar^ to the great Annoyance and Peace of this his molf 
 Li^al and Dutiful Colony : fFhich renders thi Redeeming his Majejly'' Sub- 
 jelh hrloiging to the fame InpraHicable, by any o'her Method or Means hut by Way 
 if F'lag of Truce, either from this Colony to cither of the of or efaid Princes, 
 Enemies of our Sovereign, or from thence to this Colony : IFhich if 
 prevented cr difccuraged under proper Regulations, would ir greatly againjl 
 Hs Mfjftys Inter (jt, and unjpealietblt Hardjbtp of bis Subjiils belonging to 
 this Colony 
 
 For Regulating whereof for the Future. 
 
 BE it Enatled by tbi' Affimhly, emJ by the Authority of the famt il is 
 Eni-iied, That when any Perlbns, Prifoners of War be brought into 
 ^liis Colony belonging toeithcr of the laid Princes, his faid Majcfty's Enemies 
 3S aforeCaid, when there be to the Number of Fifteen or more of 
 fuch Prifoners, their Names and by whom, and when takei> being 
 full certitied by the Secretary of thii Cclony, who is hereby required 
 to k''<.-p an exaft Regiftcr of all fuch Prifoners, to be tiken from 
 the Oath ot the Cipiors, the Confcflion o'^ fuch Prifoners or Deere?, 
 or Certificate from the Admiralty Office, that then and in fucfv Cai"e» 
 his Honor, the Governor ot this Colony, for the Time being, may 
 CommifTionatc a proper I'crlbn and VcfTe! at the Charge of this. Colony j 
 unlels lomc private Mcrchiiu will offer to do the fime at his own Expencc: 
 Pri/iided alu.'iys, that fuJi I'erfon fo CommiRionarcd fhall, before fuch 
 Vcfici fails out of any i larlor in this Colony, produce a Certificate, from 
 the Admir.'.lty or Cu tonvHoufe Office, tlut fuch VefTcl has not on board 
 any more Provifions tlun me by them thought to be fufficicnt for Viftaaling 
 fuch V'l-fTcIs Crew, iml fuch Prifoners, ami as many Englifls Prijc.xers .■« 
 fuch Vcffe! is capable of bringing back from the Dominions ot cither of 
 the atorctaid Prinas with Conveniency ; And that fuch Pcrfons fo 
 Comminionated give Bond to his Ntaicfty, in the Sum ot One 7hju/ayid 
 Pounds Sterling, to produce a Cert ficate from the Governor or other 
 commanding Officer of the FUcr, where fucl> Prifoners are to be de- 
 livered, oi fuch Delivery, and that he will bring bacK as many Englifh 
 
 Prijomn
 
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 prifoHCrSt as fuch Vcflel will carry with Convcniency, if ihcy arc lo be 
 had at fuch Place. 
 
 AND Bi it farlhir Ena[itd, That no Flag of ^ run bt grantrd 
 contrary to the Tenor of this A(5l. 
 
 It is Voted and Rclolved, that the Account of Major tV^illiam 
 Pendleton, amounting to thirly fix Pounds Five Shillings^ for repairing 
 one half o*" the great Britlge between this Colony and that of Conntili- 
 cufy be allowed ; and that the faid Sum be paid the Major out of 
 the General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, that the Sum of Seventy three Pounds be 
 allowed and paid out of the General Treafury to the Committee, who 
 were appointed to proportion the Rate, for their Time and Expence, 
 C«?r. (n doing that Bufincfs : To wit, to George Brown ^ Fourteen Pounds, 
 to John Holdon, Thirteen Pounds Ten Shillings, to Robert liajzard Eleven 
 Pounds, lo John f^eigbt^ Twelve Pounds, to John Mancbejier, Twelve 
 Pounds, Ten Shillings, and lo Samuel JViekham Ten Pounds. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, that the Sum of Fuur Pounds 7en Shi/lings 
 &nd Jix pfnce be allowed and paid, out of the Gcreral Treafury, unto 
 Capt. Jo/epb Olnef^ Jor repairinj^ the Windows of the County Houfe 
 in Previdtnce, 
 
 WH E R E J S Jonathan Jcncks was apptinteJ te repair one Half 
 of Patucket-Bridgc, and has neglefied the fame : // is therefore Feted and 
 Refolved, that Colonel William Hopkins U appointed tn bis Room, for 
 the Purpoje aforejaid •, provided, the ctter Half be repaired bi Subfrription 
 or otherwife : A)ui when the whole is repaired. That faid William Hopkins, 
 lay the jiceounts of the whole Charge of repairing the faid Bridge before 
 ihe /ijjemblyy in oraer ti l>e paid one Half thtrecf. 
 
 WHEREAS John Gardner of South -King flown hath reprefcnted unto 
 this Afl'embly, That the Inhabitants Trade and Commerce of this Colony 
 have fo far cncreafed of lace, that the Ferries, cftablifhed on the 
 J^a^raganfet Shoar, and the Boats employed, in that Service, arc not 
 fufficknc to tranfpori, with Convenience, the numerous Paficngcrs, their 
 large Droves, various Effcfts and Mcrchandtle^ the Boats being often 
 crooded witl\Men,Won)cn, Children, Horfes.HogSjShtep and Catdc to the 
 intoUerable Inconvenience, Annoyance and Delay of Men and Bufincls : That 
 he the i^\<^ John Gardner 'i^, provided with a good Wharf and Pier, fci- 
 tuatc in a convenient and commodious Place for keeping a FVrry 
 hzx.vizf:nSouth-Kingneni.nd JatneSlown, and thereupon prayed this AlTcmbly 
 to grant him the Liberty of keeping a Ferry between the aiorcfsid 
 Town» South, Kingjtewn and Jatru/icwn. 
 
 On Confidcration whereof, 
 
 This Affcmbly do Vote and Refolvc, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, 
 That the Petitioner luvc the I^iberty of keeping a Fcrr<, Agreeable to his 
 Petition, he complying with the Lawi regulating Ferries, 
 
 It
 
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 It is Voted and Refolvcd, That the Sum of Twenty four Pounds 
 Scvmtein SHUings and Sixpence Old Tenor be allowed and paid out 
 of the General Trcaiurv uniojamcs Angel for Money he ctisburflcd ac 
 Loufiimr^h, on Accoimt of the Colony, and for a Journey by him 
 made CO Boflon in the Govrnmeni's Service. 
 
 Upon the Petition of James yingel, who was fometime fince the 
 Colony's CommiflTiiry at Lcuiibiir^b. k is Voted and llcfolved. That 
 he be allowed and paid the Sum of Nifseteen Pcunds, out of the 
 General Trcafury, in Addition to what he was formerly allowed by 
 ihc Aflcmbly for his Service in that Refpcifl, 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the Honorable TVillinm Robinfon, Efq ; 
 Gecrge fyanion, Elq -, Jeremiah T^Ules, Efq -, Cape. Rolen Hajza>d and 
 Col. Benoni IVaferman^ be a Committee to confider of the beft Mctliod, that 
 may be for Payment of the Officers and Soldiers, raifcd by this Colony 
 in the intended Expedition againft Canada ; and nuke Report as 
 foon as may be. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That Capt. Jojepb Stautcn Jun. be a 
 Town's Committee Man for CbarUnown \ and Capt. Richard Bayley^ 
 and Mr. John V/cbJler Committee Men, for Rickmcnd, for exchanging 
 Mortgage Deeds, &c. 
 
 "Whereas Benjamin Hyams, late of Exeter, in King's Connty, repre- 
 fented unto this AflTcmbly, That he is now confined in his Majfty's Goal, 
 in Scutb-KingHo-xn, upon two Executions, at the Suit of the Grand Committee 
 of the Colony, for Eighty nine Pounds Five SbilUngs znd Six fence, thztht 
 is a together unable to pay the Money, and being a Cripple {v/ ere heat 
 Liberty) is unable to cam any thing more than a bare Subfiftance for 
 himfclfi and fuch is his F*nveriy, That unlefs he be relieved by Cha- 
 rity, he mu(t pcrifli in Goal : And thereupon the fatd Benjamin fupplicated 
 this AlTembly, that he might be difcharged from the Executions aforc- 
 faid i and that the Deed of the Lands which w<;re mortgaged for faid 
 Monev may be put in Suit. 
 
 On Confidcration whereof, 
 
 This ACTembly do Vote and Kefolve, and it is hereby Voted and 
 Refolved, that the faid Benjamin Hyams ' be, and he is hereby difcharg- 
 ed from the faid Exccur:ons; and that the Deed of the Linds which 
 were mortgaged for faii Money be put in Suit. 
 
 Whereas a Petition was was prefrrr'd to this AfTembly, fubfcribcd by 
 .» Number of Gentlcmt'n. fomc living in Neupert, and others elfwherc, 
 fctting forth, that fhtrc is a great Ncccflity of paving the Streets 
 of Newport, more efpccially the Street leflding to the Colony Houl'e, and 
 therefore prayed this AlVcmbly to grant the Liberty of putting forth 
 a Lottery, agrrcc.ible to the Scheme prefcntcd with faid Petition, for 
 paving faid Streets, and appoint Directors. 
 
 which
 
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 Which being duly copfidcred. 
 
 This Aflembly do Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and 
 Refolved, That the faid Petition be granted, and that MelTrs Stephen 
 f'FantoH, Evan Mallbene^ fFilliam EHerj, Jofeph Jncoh^ "-Tbomas Cranileu, 
 Satnud PFickkam and John Cbnnniti^^ be Diredors of faid Lottery, 
 and that they c the major Part of them put forch faid Lottery 
 as foon as coni'cniently may be-, and that they begin to draw the fams 
 on the fecond Monday of JuHf next, and that the faid Diret^rs giv^ 
 Bond wich Surety, in the Sum of Sixty Thcufand Pounds to tlic General 
 Treafiircr of this Colony for the faithful Performance of their faid Truft, 
 and that faid Bond be given before the Scheme be put forth. 
 
 Here follows the Scheme rcfert'd to above. 
 
 - ^. icoo each is £, 4000-0-0 
 
 4 
 6 
 8 
 
 Tickets 
 
 of 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 10 
 
 
 of 
 
 ao 
 
 
 of 
 
 53 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 
 2950 
 
 I*rizes, 
 
 of 
 of 
 of 
 
 of 
 
 335' 
 
 
 6649 
 
 Bbnks 
 
 
 500 
 
 — 
 
 3000 -0-0 
 
 400 
 
 — - - 
 
 3200 .0-0 
 
 300 
 
 
 5000 - . 
 
 200 
 
 . . . 
 
 4000 • - 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 5300 - -G 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 5000 - - 
 
 25 
 16 
 
 ' „ 
 
 - 5000 - - 
 47000 -0-0 
 
 £,• 79500-0-0 
 
 Fir(\^ drawn, 200-0-0 
 
 Laft drawn _3oo- o - o 
 
 10000 Tickets at ;^. 8 - • o each, Old Tenor is 8y,ooo -0-0 
 
 Twelve and an half per ctnt. to be dcduded from the Prizes, is 
 l_ 10,000 which i? to be applyed in paving the Streets of Neivport. 
 I'he Managers are to undertake the whole without any Reward for 
 tlicir Trouble. 
 
 W' 
 
 ' H K R E A S ittre an many Pieces of Upland and Meadows, Salt 
 and FreJ}:, lying in fcveral Towns in this Colony, (yjb'ned and 
 improved by the Inhabitants ef other Governments and Icit'ns ; and many 
 cf them m/ike no ither Improvement of their Land, hut by tutting and 
 carrying off the Grafs, Hay er Corn, and that but cnce in a Tear ; 'xbicb 
 renders it difficult to colle£i the Rates or 1 axes of fuch Lands : And 
 tbtre lacing no AD of ibis Colony felling Jortfj ho'jj the Rates cr Taxes 
 fher/l 'be -levied, and colleifed fjr fucb Lands er Stock o-J^ned and improved 
 as afcrejaid. 
 
 BE ii Enailtd by the General Affembly of this Cotcny, ojid ly the Authority 
 0! the fame it is EnaSed, That where the Owner or Tenant ot 
 any fuch Lands that is liable to public Rate? or Taxes, -fhall nor re- 
 fide or be an Inhabitant of this Colony or Town in which fucJi Lands lye, 
 that Irom Time to Time, and at all Times hereafter, Tiiat the Aflcfi- 
 ora or Rate-makers of eack rcfpeftive Town ia this Colony, v/here 
 
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 any fuch Lands are owned as aforef.iid, fiuH rate oraJTefs all the Owners or 
 Occupants of fuch Lands or Stock, their dut and equal Propomoa 
 in all R-iics to be by them made i and %Thcn and fo often as any Conftable 
 or ColIc(ftor, th.it the Town may clioofc for that Service, fhall re- 
 ceive their R.uc Lift or Liils, may diftrain fucfi Owner or Occupant 
 by his Goou's or Chattels, Corp, Hay or Grafs, within the fame 
 County where fuch Lands lye ; and fuch Diftrtfs or DiftreflTci fo taken 
 to be dilpofed o[ as is already provided by the Law of this Colony in 
 Cafe of Diftrcfs for Rates ; unlefs the Owner or Occupant of fuch 
 Lands, upon Demand or Sight of the Lift or Lifts, pay down the Sum 
 or Sums of his AnclTment, or ^ivc fufficicnt Security under his Hand 
 to pay to the Conftable or Collcftor, the full Sum or Sums, to which 
 he was aiTefrcd and fct in the faid Lift or Lifts in the Space of Tea 
 Days ; and upon Refulal, or Negleft, to pay down, or give Security 
 as uforefaid, it fhall be lawful for the Conftablc or Coilcdor to feife 
 the Body or Bodies of fuch Perfon or Perfons, and him or them com- 
 mit to the Goal of the County, thfrc to remain until He or They 
 pay and fatisfic the Sum or Sums fo aficfled on them with the Charges. 
 
 It is Voted and Rcfolvcd, That the Sum of Tir!£ Hundred and 
 twenty ftx Pcuttds, Iwelve Shillings and Six ptnce, be allowed and paid 
 out of the General Treafury unto the Committe that procured the Ma- 
 terials, and rarryed on the Building of the Colony-Houfc, it being their 
 Commiffio/ii at Two and an half per cent, on the Sum of 'IhirKm 
 Ihoufand, and Sixfy three Pounds^ which paft through their Hands in 
 performing that Service. 
 
 It is Vot€d and Rcfolv^ed, That the Rate of Five Theufaad Pounas 
 New Tenor, to be levied on this Colony, {or the Year 1747, be pro- 
 portioned to each Town as followcth ; and that the fame be levied as 
 foon as may be, viz. 
 
 To the Town of Newport, £.815-0-0. Glocefitr £. iiy - 15 -o 
 
 Prez'idence, - - . 550 -0-0 Charlejiou-n, 75-00 - o 
 
 Pcrtjmoulb — 275 - 15-0 fVeJl -Greenwich 79-05 - o 
 
 IVarwtck ■ ■ 239- lO-o CcVtniry — 59 - 10 - o 
 
 JVeJierly 2 70- 00 o Exeter - - 125-00-0 
 
 Ntw-Sbarebam 8^ -000 Middletown - 149 • 00 - o 
 
 l^erthKin^crwn 325 -00-0 BriSial 174 - JO - © 
 
 Scutb Ktngftotvn 450 - oo-o Ti'verttm 140 - 00 • 
 
 Eaft -Greenwich 125 : OO-O Liltle-Ctmpton 167 ; 10 : o 
 
 Jamtjlovjn • 100 .- o^^-o Warren 1 15 : 00 : o 
 
 Smithfield • 274:00-0 CitmbtrlaKd 83 : lO : a 
 
 Sciluate 1:^2 : oO-o Hickmond 64. ; 10 .• o 
 
 It ts Voted and Rrfolved, That Gtorge fFantcfi, Efq ; Mr. Jmnes Sbrffidd, 
 Stephen Ihpkrns, Efq , and Capt. Robert Hsi^zard, Or themajot Pan of tliem 
 be, and thc-y arc lureby appointnd a Committee to pT\T off the OfRcen 
 and Soldicn raHiwi In this Colony, for the iiifcndtd Expctlirion r^gainft 
 
 Canada,
 
 C " ) 
 
 Canada, upon the Credit of his Majcfty, what yet remains unpaid of their 
 Wages: and for that Purpofe, that the Sum of Seven Tbouf^na znd Fivt 
 Hundred Pounds, in Bills of Credit, of the New Tenor, be fortliwitti 
 ftruck off and Signed by the Grand Committee, and delivered to the 
 •faid Committee, or a lefs Sum, if ihe whole (hall not be wanted-, 
 and that the fame be funk when it is repaid by his Majelly. 
 
 It is Voted & Refolvcd, That the Secretary be cited to appear at the next 
 ScfRon of Afltmbly, to anfvvfcr for his Conduct in refpcft eo the Acl, 
 paflcd laft SelTion of Affcmbly, on Confideration of the Ext raffs of the 
 Duke of AVt* Ca/Ilc's Letter to Governor Shirley, rcfpecling the Dif- 
 mifFion of the Troops raifed in uimerica, for the Expedition againft 
 Canada, &c. 
 
 It is Voted and Refo'ved, That the Account of Stephen Tcf:, amount- 
 ing to Fifteen Pounds, be allowed and paid him out of th** General 
 Trcafury, it being lor his Attendance on the General Aflembly at the 
 laft and this prefcnt ScfTion, and for a Journey, G?f. by him made to 
 Jiewpnrt in rhe Colony's Service. 
 
 It isVoted &Rerolv'd,That5('n>m/« H,iJzf!rd,E(q ; MefTrs. James She^ild, 
 and Thomas Cranjlon, or the major Part of them, be, and they are 
 hereby appointed a Committee to burn what Money is in the Hands 
 of the Grand Committee, paid in for Tenths, and what Money is in 
 the General Trcafury, paid in of the Rate ■, and make Report to the 
 next Seffion of Affcmbly. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the fcvcral Towns in this Colony 
 be, and they arc hereby impowercd to apppoinr One or more fuicablc 
 Perfons in each Town lefpcdively, to colled the Colony's Rates, and 
 fuch Perfons fo appointed, to be accountable in the fame Manner as 
 the Conlltnblcs have been heretofore by the Laws of this Colony ; and 
 that the leveral Towns choofe (uch Perfons as aforefaid, as foon as 
 conveniently may be, and that the Town Clerks of each refpeiftivc 
 Town fend to the General Trcafureri he Names of the Perfons fo chofcn. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, thai the Account o^ John Martin, ^moMnr.' 
 ing to Six Pounds, for his Expences and Attendance on the Houfc of 
 Deputies, this Seffion of the Affcmbly, be allowed, and that the faid 
 Sum of Six Pounds be paid him out of the General Trealury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, that the Account of 5^«/ffr(/ C<i/^, amounting 
 to Ei^bt Pounds, for his Attendance on the General Affemly, this Scl- 
 fion, i^c. be allowed; and that faid Sum ba paid him out of the General 
 Treafury. 
 
 WHEREAS Meffrs. Jofcph Nichols, Lcnoni Hall and I'hcmas Cnrr, 
 were by the General Affcmbly, at their Seffion in Nc'^x.-port 
 the third TuejJaj of Ati^^uQ laff, appointed a Committee to lay out a 
 6rift Way from' Bijjei's Mill Dam to the Ferry, called I^orthi/p's Firry, 
 
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 In Norlh.K:ngJlov.n -, and now made Repprt, that on the lytb. Day of 
 OHcher A D. 1747. they began a: laid Mill Dim, aiui proceeded and 
 jan acrofs the Lands cf Ctrijfcpher Phillips, El'q ; and then ncrols the 
 Lands of Capt. John Cole, and then acrofs the Lands of Jc-^w Cole, Efq 1 
 and then acrofs the Lands oj Mr. Dcvid Crane, and then acrols the 
 Land of Mr. htr.jamin Korlhup, until they came to a Stone Wall 
 Handing in the Line between the Land of the faid Benjamin Northup 
 and Mr. Rcufe Heltm.'^ Land •, where the faid Rcufe Htlme appeared 
 and forbad thcoi running any Drift Way thro' his Land there. And 
 this Affcmbly having taken the faid Report into Confiricration, do Vote and 
 Refolvc, and it i$ hereby Voted and Rcfolved, that fo much of the 
 faid Report be accepted, as. to bring the Way therein mentioned to 
 the Way laid ouc by Jeffry JFatfon, Job Trip and John Reynolds jun. 
 a Committee, whofe Report is accepted by this AlTembly, 
 
 It ii Voted and Rcfolved, that all Bufinefs, lying before this Affembly 
 unfinifhed, be refcrr'd to next Scffions of Affcmbly ; and that the 
 Secretary proclaim the Ads and Orders of this Affcmbly, by Beat of 
 Drum, in Newport, within Ten Days afier the Rifing of this Aftembly ; 
 and fend Copies to each Town m the Colony, agreeable to Law, within 
 Ihtrty hays after the Rifing of this Aflcmbly . And that this Affembly 
 be adjourned till the laft Mondaj in April next i if called at faid Time, 
 by his Honor the Governor or Deputy Governor j but if not called 
 before, uor at faid Time, then to be diflolved. 
 
 God Save the King. 
 
 Publiflied in Ncwt:ort according to Order, 
 
 By Tlie. fFard Secretary.
 
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 -^^ f^^ Gen ER AL As^Eu^hYofthe 
 
 GOVERNOR <?«</ Company of the En^h{\\ Co- 
 lony of Rhode-Illand, and Providence Plantations in 
 New-England, /»j A ivr E R I C A, held at NEWPORT, 
 wirhin and for the Colony afore faid^ on Tuefday, (he 
 third of May, in the Tiveniyfirfl Tear of the Rei^n of 
 His Mofi Sacred Ma jefy GEORGE the Second, by the 
 Grace ofGOD, King of Great-Britain, ^c. It bein^ 
 the Day before the G E N E R A L ELECT I OS, 
 
 PRESENT, 
 The Hondurable GIDEON ^ AN JON, Ef q; Governor, 
 
 >S''li. 
 
 Joseph Edmonds, Efq; a 
 Jeremiah Niles, Efq; >/^5f. 
 William Richmond. EfqA 
 
 The Hon. WILLIAM ROBINSON, Efq; Dcp. Governor. 
 
 Benjamin Haszard, Efq; 
 George Wanton, Efq; 
 Benjamin Tucker, Efq; 
 
 GlDEOM DURFEY, Efq; 
 
 The SECRETARY. 
 
 DEPUTIES for the ftveral Towns.- 
 
 The Hon. DANIEL JENCKS, Efq; chofen Speaker. 
 
 Newport ; 
 Capt. Thomas fVickbam, 
 Capt. fVaher Cbaloner, 
 Mi\ Thomas Cranfton, 
 Mr. John Channin^, 
 Capt. Jonathan Nichols, 
 Mr. James Sheffield. 
 
 Providence ; 
 The Speaker, 
 Mr. John Anjel, 
 Mr. Henry Harris: 
 
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 Portsmouth ; 
 Mr. Daniel Howlandy 
 Mr. Oliver Early 
 Mr David Anthem, 
 Mr. Jonathan Freeborn. 
 
 Warwi CK ; 
 Col. Benoni fValerman., 
 Mr. Samuel Green, 
 Mr. Jofeph fippit, 
 Mr. Samuel Barton, 
 
 Westerly ; None. 
 
 Newshoreham 5
 
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 Nkwshoreham ; 
 Mr. Nalbaniel Littlefidd, 
 Mr. John Littlefidd. 
 
 North-Kingston ; 
 Col. Immannd ^ortbup^ 
 Edward D)re, Efq; 
 
 South-Kingston ; 
 Mr. Bc>!Jamiit Hnj'zard. 
 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 Mr. Giles Pearce, 
 Capt. Thomas Spencer, 
 
 J A M ESTOWN ; 
 
 Mr. John Eldrid, 
 Mr. George Franklin. 
 
 Sm ITHFIELD ; 
 Mr. Jonathan Arnold, 
 Mr. Ifrad Willdnjcn. 
 
 Scituate ; None. 
 
 Gloucester •, None. 
 
 CHARLEsTowNi None. 
 
 West-Greenwich -, 
 
 Mr. Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Mr. George Gardner. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Mr. Aaron Bowen^ 
 Mr, Elijha Johnfon. 
 
 Exeter ; 
 
 Capt. Job Trippt 
 Mr. Simon Smith. 
 
 MiDDLETOWN •, 
 
 Mr. John Refers y 
 Mr. John Taylor. 
 
 Bristol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 Major Thomas Green, 
 
 TlVERToy ; 
 Capt. John Mancbejler, 
 John How land, Efq^ 
 
 Little Comptow ; 
 
 Wdliam Hall, Efq^ 
 Mr. Jofepb Wood. 
 
 Warren ; 
 Matthew Allen, Efq-, 
 Capl. Benjamin Barton. 
 
 Cumberland j 
 Mr. Ifrael IVhipple^ 
 Mr. Job Bar tie t. 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Capt. Richard Baley, 
 Mr. John fVebpr. 
 
 Mr. Joftas Lyndon, chofen Clerk 
 of the Houfe of Deputies. 
 
 The Perfons whofe Names here follow, having taken the 0?th or 
 Affirmation prefcribed by the Law of this Colony, agninft Bribery and 
 Corruption, are hereby admitted to give their Votes to choofe Officers lor 
 their relpedive Towns ^ and alfo to ^ive their Votes for the Choice of the 
 General Officers of the Colony. 
 
 N E H^ P RT', 
 Henry Bull, John Clarke (Mariner) Eliffia Gibbs, William Dyre, Caleb 
 Godfrey, Mathias King, Jofeph Stacey, Thomas Borden, Mofes Pitman, 
 Jonathan Sabin, Jahlcei Brenton, Ebens^er F agg, William VVeeden, 
 William Jimes, John Dennis (Mariner), B<irii.ibas Hargcll. Oliver Child, 
 Cuthbcrt Campbell, Ebenezer Davenport, William Mumford, Charles 
 Wickham, Nathaniel Coddington, Samuel Tillinghaft, Henry Stacey, 
 John Brirtow, Pardon Tillinghall, William Lake, John Roule, William 
 Stoddard, John Goddard, J.imcs Cahoonc, Joleph Currier, iMael Brayton, 
 John Thurllon {Son of Jonatiun), James Rogers, John Coddington, 
 George Shearman, Jofeph Bull, Robert Gibbs, William Pinnrgar, Solomon 
 Townlcnd, Jolin Jepion, J,imcs Haftings, Edward Wanton, R:c]iarcl 
 Ward, John Frecbody, David Chccfborough, Daniel Ruffel, Eleazcr 
 Trivet, Ilandlcy Chipmau, Francis Sandford, Caleb Arnold, William 
 
 Claggct.
 
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 Clagget, jiin. Henry Tifda!.", Jofiah Brown, William Hoockcy, Jonathan 
 Jeffers, Sdmuel Dyre, Henry Coggefhall, Henry Stcvenfon, William 
 Clarke, John Warren (Son of Jofeph), Lewis Sayer, Nathaniel Chapman, 
 John Tweedy, John Sandford, John Eafton (53« <?/" Samu 1), Clarke 
 Brown, William Screngch'ield, Jonathan Bardin, James Holmes, John 
 Holmes Girdner, Godtrcy Mallbone, jun. Roberc Fceke John James 
 (Caulker), John Brown, Willi^.m Weeden, Stephen Hoockcy, Ralph 
 Stanhope, Solomon Senter, John Bazzin, Clothier Pierce, jun. Nathan 
 Townlead, John Bryer, William Arnold, Jam?s Leach, Southcote 
 Langworthy, David Melvil, Williiim Brenton, Job Townfcnd, jun. 
 Joleph Gladding, Samuel Brown, and PoUipus Hammond. 
 
 PROVIDENCE; 
 Arthur Fenner, Benjamin Eddy, William Harris, Richard Knight, 
 William Olney, Solomon Drown, Jonathan Whipple, Nathaniel Wa- 
 terman, Roger Kinnicut, Edward Arnold, Jofeph Crawford, Charles 
 Dyer, John Dyer, Jofeph Randai, jun. William Dyer, Samuel Weftcot, 
 jun. Jonn Hoyle, John Knight, Jicob Hart(horn, John Hawkins, David 
 Roberts, Jonathan Bucklin, Daniel Burlingame, Charles Atwood, Stephen 
 Olney, Arthur Fenner, jun. John Manton, Samuel Ladd, jun, Gideon 
 Cumllock, and Paul Tew. 
 
 PORTSMOUTH; 
 Jofeph Brownel, jun. Roger Burrington, Thomas Lawton, Caleb 
 Shrieve, Robert Burrington, Job Ahny, John Fifli, Joho Burrington, 
 George Siffon, William Alle.i (Son of fohn), Jonathan Allen, Clark 
 Cornel* Samuel Albro, jun. Nathan Chafe, Benjamin LaWton, Daniel 
 Lake, Henry Brightman, Jofeph Ward, Thomas Cory, John Cory, 
 Jfifeph Brownel, Abiel Tripp, John Coggclhall, William Hall, jon. 
 David Fifij, and John Allen. 
 
 fV J R ^ I C K % 
 William Utter, William Gorton, Samuel Pearce.. Rowland Barton, 
 Azickam Pearce, Benjamin Tiffany Thomas Green, Stephen Green, 
 Michael Levallcy, Samuel Green, jun Stephen Colegrove, jun. Samuel 
 Warner, Stephen Scranton, Thomas Wickes, Benjamin Wickes, Thomas 
 Wickes, Eliiha Green, jun. Philip Arnold, jun. Andrew Edmunds, 
 Jofeph Hedley, and Stukely Stafford. 
 
 fTESJERLTi 
 
 Elias Thompfon, Edward Saunders, jun Thomas Wells, Elenzer Brown, 
 John Mackcoon, jun. Jofeph Crumb, Tohn Mackcarter, Jofeph Mackcoon, 
 Stephen Wilcox, Caleb Church, Zaccheus Runnolds, Edward Wells,- 
 Edward Wells, jan. Nathan Babcock, jun. lames Bleavin, Ezekid 
 Bjrdick, James Wells, Jofeph Runnolds, Hubbard Burdick (Sen io 
 Hubbard), James Saunders, John Maxfon (Son to John Maxfon, jun.), 
 James Clarke, and LhaboU Clarke. 
 
 N E IV S H O R E H A M ; 
 
 Edward Sands, Robert Hull, John Littleficld, Abel Franklin, Thomas 
 Dickens, Samuel Rathbun, John Pain, Thomas Pain, John Ball, John 
 Mott, Edward Ball, John Dodge, Jon.uhan Mitchcl, John Rath' 
 Thom.is Vlitchcl, Daniel Role, Caleb Littlcfield, Nathaniel Littlefield, 
 Stephen Franklin, Jofeph Mitchcl, jun. William Dodge, Samuel Dodgf, 
 and Nathaniel Mott. 
 
 NORTH.KJNGSTONi
 
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 NORTH-KINGSTON', 
 
 John Spink, Jonichan Allen, JoOiua Green, V/illiam Congdon, Peter 
 Reynolds jim. Jofeph Smith, Samuel Phillips, Nicholas Northup, jon. 
 Samuel Eldred, Nathaniel Havens, William Havens, William Hall, 
 John Brown, George Wightman, jun. Samuel Boone, Jofeph Corey, 
 Samuel Warner, George Fowler, George Nichols, Nathaniel Carpenter, 
 Samuel Albro, Samuel Ellis, Samuel Watlon, Jeremiah Baker, Alexander 
 H;;vcns, John BifTcl, Samuel Kathbon, George Wightman, Hutchmfon 
 Clark, and Alexander Haling, jun. 
 
 SOUTH-KINGSTON', 
 Thomas Taylor, Samuel Gardner, William Hull, Jirch Mumford, 
 Sylvanus Gretnman, Henry Gardner, Benedifk Hclme, John Sheldon 
 {Son of Ifaac), William Knowles, IVtcr Bofs, John Smith, jun. Alexander 
 Cafe, John Brown, Hezckiah Babcock, John Smith, Thomas Gardner, 
 Oliver Hafzard, Samuel Wilfon, Ephraim Smith. Latham Clark, atid 
 Nathaniel Perkins, 
 
 EAST-GREENWICH; 
 Jofeph Bealey, Peleg Spencer, William Sweet, Walter Spencer, Thomas 
 Fr^. Thomas Nichols (i'6« of Jimes), Thomas Aldrich, Robert Whittord, 
 Thonsas Aldrich, Michael Spencer (5o« o/" Abner), Thomas Nichols {tht 
 third). Duty Jarald, Chalcs Andrew, Jofiah Jones, Thomas Nichols {Son 
 «/ Thomas, jun.) Daniel Mattifon, and jofeph Stafford. 
 
 JAMESTOWN; 
 John Eldred, Matthew Grinnold, John Hull, and James Carr. 
 
 S M I T H F 1 E L D ', 
 John Dexter, Leonard Smith, John Saylcs, Jofeph Sm;th (^tbt third) 
 Richard Harris, Jeremiah Mowry, Benjimin Pain, John. Ballow, JoIcf>h 
 Smith, William Bates, Thom.is Beadle, Nathan Staples, Ii>ael Wilkinion, 
 Jofeph Hf-rrendcn, jun. Peter Barns, Robert Latham, Preferved Harris, 
 John Saylcs, jun. Peter Ballow, jun. Uriah Arnold, John Walavcry, 
 Valentine Whiteman, jun. Job Angel, Daniel Cumftock, jun. Elijah Cook» 
 Henry Bl.ickman, Sylvanus Sayles, Thomas Hcrrenden, Stephen Sly, Eli(ha 
 Arnold, Samuel Aldrich, jun. William Olney, Caleb Arnold, job Arnold, 
 Jonathan H.irris, Benjamin Cook, William Brown, Thomas Arnold, John 
 Man, jun. Eliflia Mowrey, Daniel Sayles, Richard Arnold, Ebcnezer Cafs, 
 Oliver Mowry, Samuel Aldrich, and Daniel Cumflock. 
 
 S C I TV A T E ', 
 Amos Hopkins, Henry Randal, jun. William Hammon, JamesThorrrton, 
 John Smith, Jofeph VVeathcrhead, Ezekiel Hopkins, jun. Joleph Tucker, 
 Oziel Hopkins, Charles Hopkins, Stephen Willbore, Ezekiel Hopkins, 
 John Taylor, John Herrendcn, Eliza Collins, jun. William Sheldon, 
 Thomas B/irns, Nchrmiah Angell, Chodd Aylworth, David Spmguc, 
 Joflnia An>j;ell, Amos Hammon, William Salfhury, llaiah Argtll, George 
 Stone, Fillicr Patten, Jonathan Mowry, Jonathan Cole, Nathan Bates, 
 Jofeph Kimbell, Jofiah Herrendcn, Joleph Guile, Benjamin Bcnnet, 
 Jonathan Bcnnet, John Howland, Jofeph Hopkins, Simon Davis, Robert 
 Wliitman, Thomas Realph, John Wight, job Shippee, Chrirtophcr Rcalph, 
 George Willbour, Jonathan Pray, John Seamons, Samuel Wilkinion, 
 Thomas Colins, William Seamons Timothy Hopkins, Jofiah Hcnnct, Henry 
 AVhitman, Jofeph Wilkinion, Alexander Lovcl, William Corey, Richard 
 CalwclJ, John Lovcl, and Samuel Perkins. 
 
 GLOUCESTERi
 
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 GLOUCESTER; 
 
 Stephen Inman, Zachariah Jencks, Job Phettiplace, Stephen Smith, 
 Robert Sinitli, Jofeph Winfor. Abraham Smith, Eliflu Herrendcn, Wil- 
 liam Herrenden, John Whipple, and Edward Birtiop. 
 
 CHARLESrOlVN; 
 
 Daniel Peckham, Thomas Kinyon, Jofeph Johnfon, John Millard, John 
 Halls, )un. Peter Halls, Nathaniel Lewis, John Congdon, and Daniel 
 Peckham, jun. 
 
 fVEST-G R E E NfTIC H; 
 
 Daniel Hill, jun. Hczekiah Mattefon {Son of Henry), Jofliua Gardner, 
 Paica Whitford, Thomas Jodin, John Green, Nicholas Whitford, Abraham 
 Mattifon, David Whitford, Ifaac Johnfon, Griffen Sweet, Samuel Reynolds. 
 H.irris Weaver, William Sweet, John Weaver, Elifha Weaver, Chriftopher 
 Hall, John Hopkins, John Gardner, John Cafs, jun. Thomas Cumftock, 
 Samuel Niles, Jolcph Dolliver, John Reynolds {Son 0/ Samuel), and Ben- 
 jamin Rcgers. 
 
 C O V E N T R r-, 
 
 Caleb Colvrn, Benjamin Gorton, Jofias Colven, Adam CaflTon, Francis 
 Brayton, Ephraim Tinglcy, Joleph Tiilinghaft, Daniel Cummins, Jonathan 
 Nichols {Son oj Richard;, Ichabod Potter, Charles Andrew, and John Lee. 
 
 EXETER; 
 Thomas Gardner, Robert Moon, James Moon, Samuel Eldred, Philip 
 Greene, John James, Samuel Weight, John Dawley, John Albro, Benjamin 
 Potter, Samuel Dawley, John Rathbun, William Sunderlin, JefFcry Champ- 
 lin, Joieph Rathbun, jolVph Rathbun, jun. Nathan Dawley, John Sweet, 
 William tidred, Samuel B^ker, Robert Sweet, James Nichols, John Cole- 
 grove, and Jcffry Wilcox. 
 
 M I D D L E T O fr N; 
 Nicholas Brown, J^mes Barker, Eaward Tew, Cornelius Clarke, Robert 
 Lawton, William Barker, Jodiua Coggelhall (Hon of James), James Barker, 
 {Sin 0/ James, jun.), Lawrence Clarke, William Peckham, Samuel Peckham, 
 William Peckham, jun. Jeremiah Barker, Willidm Wood William Brown, 
 William Barker, Samuel Rogers, jun. William Lawton, Jofhua Coggefliall, 
 (Son 0/ }\mc%), and Robert Lawton. 
 
 BRISTOL; 
 Mark Anthony D'Woolf, John Raynolds, Daniel Bradford, Samuel 
 Clark, Ifaac Wheeton, John Gladding, jun. William Oldrig, Jeremiah 
 Bolworth, Michael Pi.illips, Jonathan Wuodberry, jun. Williaai Lindzey, 
 James Gibbs, and Henry bragg. 
 
 T I y E R T N , 
 John Manchtder, Efq, Samuel Sncll, Jofeph Anthony, Roger 
 Cory, Thomas Cook, 1 homas Weight, Edward Wanton, John Bor- 
 don, Samuel Hix, Samuel Durfte, Wefton Hix, Stephen Cook, Tho- 
 mas Howland, John Taber, Ephnim Wilcock, John Almy, Eben- 
 e/cr Tabcr, Cornelius Soule, Philip Cory, Thomas Cook {Son of 
 Jofeph;, George Cook, William Willcock, John Beiinit, Benjamin 
 Durlie, Peter Talman, John Jennings, Abraham Barker, Samuel Bor- 
 den, Reftcome Sandford, Oliver Bcaley, Samuel Snell, jun. Jofeph 
 Taber, John Taber (Son of}ohr\), Samuel Hart, Jonathan Hart, Wil- 
 liam Sandlord, Thomas Weight, jun. Peleg Sandford, Jofhua Dwelly, 
 BJake Peary, John Cojk [Son of Thomas), Thomas Mofher, William 
 
 B Woodle,
 
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 Woodlf, John Bowcn, Samuel Sherman, William Shrieve, William Fifn, 
 William Mancheftcr (Sort c/" Stephen), Jofiah Sawyer, David Lake, Jofcph 
 Jcnning, Benjamin M.icombcr, Fliilip Taber, Jafepli Taber (5e« c/ Philip), 
 Benjamin Chafe, j'.in. William Fifk, Thomas Fifli, William Cory, Jonathr.n 
 Davel, Ilaac IlosvlanJ, George Wellgute, Benjamin Brayton, Thomas 
 Anthony, Caleb Cory, Philip Gray, Thomas Gray, Eiiward Gray, Wil- 
 liam Gray, John IJrown, Thomas Wilcock, Jofhua Dwclly, juii. Jofepii 
 Wanton, John Cook, John Pearce, Benjamin Chafe, IVtcr Davel, Daniel 
 Earl, David Diirhe, Samuel Harr, jun. Smiton Hart, Job Durfic, Jofeph 
 Stafford, David StaiTord, Abraham Stafford, Abner Chafe, Jofiah Wiicock, 
 Giles Brownel, William Springer, Gerllnm Woddel, Richard Tripp, James 
 Wecden, Thomas Cook (Son of ]ohr\ Cook), jofeph Seaberry, Samuel Almy, 
 Thomas Crandal, Paul Taber, Benjamin Hambly, job Almy, William 
 Mancheltcr (^^03 0/ John), Daniel Earl, jun. John Sawyer,- Oliver Cook, 
 ahd John Thomas. 
 
 LITTLECOMPTON; 
 John Palmer, William Richmond, Samiiel Gray, Caleb Church, William 
 Simmons, Nathanit-l Searls, jun. Henry Wood., George Roule, Silvcder 
 Woodman, William Davis, Richard Hart, Jofeph Pcckcom, Robert 
 Woodman, Samuel Tomkins, James Pearce, Benjamin Simmons, Samuel 
 "Wilbor, George Pearce, Robert Carr, William Grinell, Richard Grinell, 
 Eliiha Clap, Enos GifFord, William Simmons, jun. Edward Irifh, Samuel 
 Cook, Jofeph Tomkins, Henry Wood, jun. Jephtha Pierce, Willia.m 
 Pierce, John Palmer, jun. John Price, Thomas Balcy, John Brownel (Son of 
 Margaret), William Price, John Simmons {Son of JolcphJ, William Hall, 
 Robert laylor, John Hunt, Thomas IJrowncll, Ifaac Willbor, Jofeph 
 Brigjis, Thomas Burgefs, Lemuel Shaw, W^alter Wilbor, Jcrnniah 
 Brjggs, Jonathan Brownel, Conftant Southworth, John Taylor, Thomas 
 Stoddard, Henry Head, Jofeph Woo.l, William Shaw, Jofeph Daven- 
 port, William Wilbor, William Wilbor {Sun of Szmuc]), John Brow- 
 nel, Elidu Woodworih, Elihu Woodworth, William Briggs, Jofeph 
 Wilbor, Thomas Wilboi, Jofeph Coe, Jeremiah Brownell, Anthony 
 Shaw, John Gifford, Stephen Hart, Jofeph Simmons, John Woodman, 
 Samuel Gray, jun. Daniel Grinell, John Pabodie, Jeremiah Shaw, Ch.;rhs 
 Brownel, Oliver Hillard, John Wood, William Briggs (".W e/ Job), Sil- 
 vefter Palmer, Jofeph Wilbor {Son of Williamj, Peter Shaw, Benjamin 
 Church, Thomas Palmer, Samuel Baley, John Haley, Benjamin Shaw, 
 Jofeph Burgcfs, Richard Brownel!, George Baley, George Pcircc, jun. Wil- 
 liam Head, Fobes Little, Thomas Little {Son of Robert), Peter Taylor, 
 Jofeph Palmer, John Bay ley {Son of William), Willmm Head {Son of 
 Henry), John Horfwell. William Hunt, John Irifh, Benjamin Seabury, 
 William Taylor, John Irifh {Son of David j, John Shricve, Edwaid Churcli, 
 Job Hunt, and Aaron Wilbor. 
 
 JV A R R E N •■, 
 Matthtw Allen, Pcleg Heath, Ebenezcr Allen, Nathaniel Peck, Tames 
 Smith, Jofiah Humphry, lohn Adams Benjamin Miller, Walter Hail, 
 Jofeph Allen {the ffcond), Elijah Rawfon, Ebenezer G«rpfty, John Kinnicut» 
 James Mafon, William F'"allabroke, Jo!m Eattabrokc, Ebenezer Cole, 
 Benjamin Cole, N.itlian Miller, Jofeph Biittcrworth, Calfb Carr, Solomon 
 Perk, Samuel Barns, Samuel Low, James Brown, Jofeph Mafon, Ebenezer 
 Adams, Jofeph Vial, Daniel Peek, Samuel Allen, Ebenezer Allen, jun. 
 Barnard Hail, Barnard Hail, jun. Hookor Low, Caleb Eddy, John Mafon, 
 Matthew Watfon, Benjamin Birton, John Wheaton, John Cole, jun. 
 Oliver Salfbury, Jofhua Smith. Benjamin Smith, Richard Thoma;, Jknjamm 
 
 Drown,
 
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 Drown, John Ealtabrookc dhs fecond), John Luther, Philip Shorr, Jamss 
 Bowen, Jonas Humphry, Binjamin butterworth, Edward Luther John 
 Bittervvorth, William Salfbury, Edward Bofworth, Samuel Miller, jun. 
 Jofiah Humphry, jun. [nhn Kelly, John ChilJ, John Martin, Njthuiiel 
 Eiltabrook, Nathaniel Biwen, Samuel Bowen, Cendant Vial, Jofuh Kent, 
 Jofeph Grant, Ebcnezer Martin, Jofhua Bicknal, Jofhua Bicknal, jun. 
 Amos Thomas, Ifrael Peck, Thomas Cole, Ebenczer Luther, Ephraim 
 Tiffany, Thomas Barns, Ebenezer Luther, jun. Richard Hail, Hczekiah 
 Tiffany, John Allen, Richard Bullock, and Robert Eaftabrokc. 
 
 CUMBERL/iNDi 
 
 Jofeph Brown, Jaint-i Ballow, Obcdiah B.illow, Jofiah Cook, Samuel 
 Bartlet, Job Bartlct, William Wallcor, Daniel Peck, Daniel Jcncks, Na- 
 thaniel Jillfon, jun. Joleph Staples, John Bartlet, Jeremiah Bartlet, Ifrael 
 Whipple, Gideon Tower, Daniel Wilkinfon, Richard Aldrich, Daniel 
 Whipple, Jeremiah Wilkinfon lofhua Hall, Daniel Smith, David Whipple. 
 Jeremiah Whipple, Richard Darling, Benjamin Raze, Edward Smith, 
 David Raze, Benjamin Brown, John Grant, Richard Efties, William Car- 
 penter, John Dexter, Gideon Bilhop, Benjamin Brown, jun. Peter Whip- 
 ple, Samuel Whipple, Benjamin Tower, Daniel Whipple, jun. jofeph Raze, 
 Jofeph Brown, jun. William Wallcot, jun. John Bilhop, Jofeph Whipple, 
 Stephen Spraguc, Solomon Aldrich, John Cafs, Nathaniel Cook, Uriah 
 Jillfon, John Tower. Ichabod Peck, Banfield Capron, Elifha Newel, Peter 
 Darling, Arial Ballow, Ezckiel Bdllow, Aniriah Ballow, Ichabod Peck, 
 jun. Daniel Peck, jun. Richaid Aldrich, jun. Benjamin Davel, Ebenezcr 
 Barras, jun. Noah Bartlet, jun. Francis Inman, Stephen Brown, Jonathan 
 Armfby, Jeremiah Inman, David Hogg, Jonathan Sprague, John *'V hip- 
 pie, ichabod Bofworth, Abraham Barras, Charles CaprcXn. and Daniel 
 Weatherhed. 
 
 R I C H M O N Di 
 
 John Stanton, David Kinyon, John B^ntley, David Kinyon, jun. John 
 Tanner, JohnTefr, Tnomas Rogers, Oliver Mius, Simeon Watfon, Robert 
 Moor, and John Enos,jun. 
 
 gtv?a^ «^^>SJ gr.i >^ 5i^« I/aj ««C S3} *>94^ *^ f^T 1 1 T^f 1 1 '^ 
 
 /jT theGEszviAL Assembly of thi G TE R N R and C O M PA N T 
 "^ •* of the Englilh Colony cf Rhodc-Illand, anA Providence Plantations 
 in New -England, in America, hegun ani held at NEWPORT, in [aid 
 Colony, on the firji IVednelday of May, in the Twenty-firfl Tear of the Rei^n of 
 His Moji Sacred Majpfty GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of GOD. 
 X/«g^ «/ Great-Britain, i^c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Honourable GIDEON W A N T N, Efq, Governor. 
 
 The Honourable William Robinson, Efq; Dep. Governor. 
 
 Benjamin Haszard, Efq-, j Joseph Edmonds Efq; "j 
 
 George Wanton, Efq; / Ephraim Gardner, Eiq- Lj/r,7 
 
 William Rhoades, Efq; />4^. Jfr lm i ah Ni l es, Efq, ? m'J ' 
 Benjamin Tucker, Elq, I William Richmond, Efq;) 
 
 Gideon DuRPty, Eli:^; / 
 
 The Sec retarv. 
 
 DEPUTIES for the fevcral Town?- 
 
 The
 
 The Honourable DANIEL JENCKS, Efqi chofcn Speaker. 
 
 Nfwport ; 
 Capt. Thcmai JVickbam, 
 Capt. fi^iflur Cbaloner, 
 Mr. Thomas Cranjlortj 
 Mr. John Cbanniu^, 
 Capt. Jonathan Nichols, 
 Mr. James Shtfful.t. 
 Providence •, 
 The Speaker, 
 Mr. John Angel , 
 Mr. Henry Harris, 
 Mr. John Poll(r,]un. 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 Mr. Daniel Holland. 
 Mr. OliVir Earl, 
 Mr. D^vid Anthony, 
 Mr. Jonathan Freeborn 
 
 Warwick •, 
 Col. Benoni Waterman, 
 Mr. Samuel Green, 
 Mr. Jofeph Lippit, 
 Mr. Samuel Barton. 
 
 W ESTKRLY i 
 
 Jo/fjua Bibcock, Efq-, 
 Major IVitlirm Pendleton. 
 
 N E WS H O R E H A M i 
 
 Mr. Nathaniel Littltfield, 
 Mr. 7ffi« Littltfield. 
 
 NORTH-KINCSTON \ 
 
 Col. Immanuel Northup, 
 Edward Lhre, Elq; 
 
 South-Kingston j 
 Col. Thomas Hafzard, 
 Mr. Benjamin hafzard. 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 Mr. G/Yci Pearce, 
 Capt. Thomas Spencer. 
 
 Jamestow* ; 
 Mr. John Eldred, 
 Mr. George Franklin. 
 Smitrf I tLD v 
 Mr. Jonathan Arnold., 
 Mr. Jfrael fVilkinjen. 
 
 ScITUATE ; 
 
 Capt. Jo/- i?a«^'<7/, 
 Capt. Charles Harris. 
 Gloucester •, 
 Mr. Richard Steere, 
 Capt. Richard imith. 
 Ch \r lestown -, 
 Col. Jo eph lanton, 
 Mr. J ernes Ccngdm. 
 
 W tST- G R K t N W I C H 
 
 Mr. Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Mr. Gearge Gardner. 
 
 Coventry •, 
 Mr. Aaron Btwen, 
 Mr. £/r)llia Jobnjon. 
 
 Exktek i 
 Capt. Job Tripp, 
 Mr. Simon Smith. 
 
 MiDDLKTOWM i 
 
 Mr. John Rogers, 
 Mr. John Taylor. 
 Br istol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq-, 
 Major Thomas Green. 
 
 Tiverton •, 
 Cape. John Manchejlt, , 
 John Howland, Et'q; 
 Little Compton •, 
 ly.lliam Hall, Efq-, 
 Mr. Jofepb IVoed. 
 War RE N ; 
 Matthew Allen, Efq; 
 Capt. Benjamin Barton. 
 
 CCMBERL and; 
 Mr. Jlrael IVbippU^ 
 Mr. Job Bar tie t. 
 ; RiCHMOtVO , 
 
 Capt. Richard Bjnley^ 
 Mr. John IVcbfter. 
 
 Mr. Jojias Lyndon, chofcn Clerk of the Houfc of Deputies. 
 
 This being the Anniverfary Eledlion of Officers, both Civil and Mili- 
 tary, the Gentlemt n whofe Names hereafter follow, were cholen to fcrvc 
 the Colony in the rcfpedtive Offices afcribcd to thoir Names. 
 
 The Vion. WILLIAM GREEN, Efq; Governor ^ Engag'cl. 
 The Ho.i. William Eilfry, Efq-, Dep. Governor ^ Engag'd. 
 Peter Burs, Efq; firft AITillant ; En(:ag,'d. 
 
 Abralatii Redwood, Efq; fccond Affirtant ; who abfolutely rcfufing, 
 John Garilner, Eiq, was chofen in his Room, and Engag'd. 
 Robert Gibbs, Efq; third Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 William Burton, Ffq; fourth AfTiftant ; Engag'd. 
 Stephen Brcwnel, Efq fitih Affiltant •, EngagM. 
 Rgbert Lawton, Efq; fixth AfTiftant ; Engag'd. 
 James eirnoll, Efq; fcvcnih AfTillant ; Engag'd. 
 William Richmond, E(q; eighth AfTiftant ; Engag'd. 
 Dainel Cogge/hall, Efq; ninth AfTiftant :, Engag'd- 
 Jeoffry Watfan, Efq; tenth A(TiT>ant ; Engag'd. 
 Thomas Wari, Efq; Secretary ; Engag'd. 
 Daniel Updike, Efq; Attorney General. 
 Thom.Ji Richard fon, Efq; General Treafurer ; Engag'd. 
 Samuel Lyndon, jun. Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the County 
 of Ne-xport. 
 
 Col.
 
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 Col. Bcnoni H^'atcrman, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the County 
 of Providince. 
 
 Licuc. Col. Tbomas Hafzard, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 Councy ot Kin^s County. 
 
 Lieut. Cul. Jeremiah Laivton, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of 
 Militia in the County of Newport. 
 
 Lieut. Col. fViUiam Brc/wn., Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Mi- 
 litia in the County of Providence. 
 
 Major PFilliam Pnidleton, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Militia 
 in the County ot Knigs County. 
 
 Major Wing Spooner, Major of the Regiment of Militia in the County of 
 Netvport. 
 
 Capt. Richard Smith, Major of rhe Regiment of Militia in the County of 
 Providence. 
 
 Capt. Richard Baylty., Major of the Regiment of Militia in the County 
 of Kings County. 
 
 Gideon Cornel., Stephen Hopkins, Jofloua Babccck, Jofiah Arnold, and 
 'John Howland, Efqrs. Ju.l^es of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court 
 of AlFizc, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout the whole 
 Colony. 
 
 Samuel Wickham, Gideon Freeborn, Ed-ward Scott, Daniel Gould, and 
 Daniel Huwland, Efqrs. Juftices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General ScfTions of the Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 Newport. 
 
 Daniel Jencks, Jeremiah Lippit, Job Randall, Jofeph Nichols, and David 
 Cumjlock, Efqrs. Juftices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and 
 General SefTions ot the Peace, in and tluougho'Jt the County of Pro- 
 vidence. 
 
 Stephen Hafzard, JVilliam Spenlcr, Job Tripp^ jun. Ihcmas Brawn, and 
 Bertoni Hall, Efqrs. Juftices of the Interior Court of Common Pleas, and 
 General SefTions of the Peace, in and throughout the County of Kings 
 County. 
 
 Jonathan IVoodberry, Jonathan Peck, Matthew Allen, Jofeph Ruffel^ 
 and James Mafon, Efqrs. Juftices of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Plea.i, and General SefTions of the Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 Briftol. 
 
 Tbomas Ward, Efq-, Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of 
 AfTize, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout the Colony. 
 
 Mr. Jofias Lyndon, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and 
 General SefTions of the Peace, in the County oi Newport. 
 
 George Brown, Efq; Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and 
 General SclTions of the Peace, in the County ot Providence. 
 
 Mr Benjamin Peckham, jun. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas, and General SelTions of the Peace, in the County of Kings 
 Cousry. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Tkroop, jun. Clerk of thelnferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General SefTions of the Peace, in the County of Bri^ol. 
 
 Jofeph Scott, Efq; Sheriff of the County of Ne-iiport. 
 
 John Mawney, Efq; SherilTof the County of Providence. 
 
 Beriab Brown, Efq; Sheriff of the County of Kings County. 
 
 Thomas Green, Elq-, Sheriff of the County oi Briftol. 
 
 C JUSTICES
 
 JUSTICES of the Feace for the fevenil Toivns throughcut 
 the Colony, 
 
 NfwpoRT ; 
 
 Thonvis WafLi, 
 Abraham Borden, 
 Samuel Collins, 
 I'.benezer RiclKirdfon, 
 Birnabas Hargilj, 
 Nathaniel Coggediair 
 Jonuhan Tillinghall, 
 Jeremiah Clark, 
 Jolhua Saycr, 
 
 Providence -, 
 Henry Harris, 
 Chriflopher Harris, 
 Jabe/ Bowen, 
 Kbcnezcr Jcncks, 
 Zuriel Waterman, 
 Jofcph Potter, 
 Jeremiah Field, 
 John Burton, jun. 
 Gcor;^e Taylor, 
 Jolcpli Harris, 
 Henry Paget, 
 Joleph Snow, 
 Edward Sheldon. 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 
 William Sanford, 
 Benjamin Hickes, 
 Thomas Shearman, 
 Giles Siocum, jun. 
 Jonathan Pcarce . 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Samuel Stafford, 
 John Warner, 
 Samuel Greene, 
 John Walton, 
 James Green {Son of 
 
 William), 
 Jeremiah Randal, 
 Jabc/. Green, 
 Malachi Rhoadcs. 
 
 Westkrly ; 
 William B.ibcnck, 
 W'illiam Hero, 
 W'illiam Pendleton. 
 
 Benjamin Randal, 
 
 Eliflia Lewis, 
 
 Joleph Crandal, jun. 
 
 North-Kingston \ 
 Robert Hall, 
 Edward Dyre, jun. 
 Thomas Spcnfer, 
 Joleph CaCe, 
 Robert Hafzard, 
 Thomas Phillips, 
 James Gardner. 
 
 South-Kingston ; 
 Ifaac Sheldon, 
 Samuel Tift, jun. 
 John Cafe, 
 Thomas Hafzard {Son of 
 
 Robert), 
 Robert Brown. 
 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 William Spenler, 
 John Langford, 
 John Olin, 
 Henry Tibbits, 
 Samuel Sowle, 
 Rufus Greene, 
 
 Sm ITIll I kld , 
 William Arnold, 
 Thomas Laphani, 
 Thomas 5ailes, 
 William Jencks, 
 Thomas Steere. 
 
 Sc ITUATE ; 
 
 Benjamm Fifk, 
 John Tyler, 
 Gideon Harris, 
 John Edwards. 
 
 G Lore ESTER •, 
 
 Richard Steere, 
 Andrew Brown, 
 John SmitI), 
 Abraham Tourtelor. 
 
 Ch ARLESTOW.V ; 
 
 John Hill, 
 
 Junes Cong-ion, jun. 
 
 Bcn;amin Hjxfie. 
 
 WrST Gr Kt NWICH 
 
 Tliomas (Carpenter, 
 Samuel Hopkins, 
 Prelervcd Hall, 
 William Cumrtock. 
 
 Coventry •, 
 Eliflia lohnlbn, 
 Randal Rice. 
 Thomas Mattefon, 
 John Waterman, 
 Robert Green, 
 Samuel Bayley, 
 
 E.xkter ; 
 Nicholas Gardner, 
 Jeoffry Champlin, 
 Peleg Tripp, 
 George Reynolds. 
 
 MiDDLtTOWN i 
 
 Thomas Gould, 
 Edward Eafton, 
 John Green, 
 Edward Tew. 
 
 Br istol 1 
 Samuel Howland, 
 George Dunbar, 
 Nathaniel Bofwortl 
 Nathaniel Pearce, 
 William Munro. 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 Jofeph Anthony, 
 Philip Tabor, 
 
 Rertcomc Sanford, 
 
 Wefton Hickcs. 
 LittleComptoNj 
 
 William Hall, 
 
 Robert Taylor, 
 
 Samuel Willbore, 
 
 Joftph Wood, 
 
 Nathaniel Searls, jun. 
 Warren i 
 
 James Smith, 
 
 Benjamin Millar, 
 
 Samuel Low, 
 
 John Kiiinicut. 
 
 CtMBERI, A ND . 
 
 Job Barrier, 
 Samuel Bartlet, 
 liVael Whipple. 
 
 Rich mono ; 
 James Roger?, 
 John Webiler. 
 Joleph Clark, 
 Samuel Telr, 
 Stephen RiJirnond. 
 
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 Walter Chaloncr, Captain of Fore George, on Goat-IJland; 
 
 Samuel Freebody^ Lieutenant of the fame Fort. 
 
 John Gardner, E-fq, Comniiflary. 
 
 James Holmes, Captain o\ the Colony's Sloop Tartar. 
 
 Daniel Vaugban, Lieutenant of the faid Sloop. 
 
 The Honourable Gideon IVantou, Efq; and Benjamin Nichols, James 
 Sheffield, Daniel Updike, Edward Scott, James /Irnold, George Brown, and 
 Gideon Cornell, Efqis. the Grand Committee or Trultecs of the Colony, 
 tor the Signing of Bills of Publick Credit, ijc. 
 
 Benjamin Nichols, Efq-, oue of the Grand Committee, or Colony's Tru- 
 ftees, is chofen and appointed to take and have the Care and Charge of the 
 Colony's Bonds and Mortgages, and to receive the Monies due, and to be 
 due thereon. And he is alio hereby impowered to make and give proper 
 Acquittances and Dilcharges on the Mortgages, or otherwife upon his Re- 
 ceipt of any of the Colony's Money ; and in Cafe ot Nonpayment, he is 
 likcwife hereby impowered to put in Suit the Bonds and Mortgages of all 
 luch as fhall rcfufc or omit to make due Payment. 
 
 It is Voted flnd Refohed, Th:it John Gardner, Efq-, Capt Thomas IVickham. 
 and Cape. lValt;r Ckaloticr, be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee, 
 to wait on the Honourable Gideon Wanton, Efq; late Governor, in order tc 
 receive of him the Colony's Chartcc, Seal, ;xjid whatever ellehehath in his 
 Hands belonging to the Government ; and when received, to deliver the 
 lame to his Honour the prefent Governor, giving and taking Receipts, 
 
 Whereas this Adembly have detei mined to reftr the Choice of Officers 
 of the feveral Companies or train'd Bands in the Colony, until their next 
 SelTions •, yet as it is necedary the Companies or train'd Bands fhould have 
 Officers to command them^ // is Voted and Refolved^ That all thole Officers 
 now in CommifTion, be and they are hereby continued in their refpeflive 
 Offices until the ncxtSefTion ot this AfTcmhly. 
 
 // Is aljo Voted and Rejolved, That the Committees of the feveral Towns 
 chofen lafl Year for the Management of the Colony's Money, let, and to 
 be let, be, and they are hereby continued in their Offices until the next 
 Seffion of this AlFcmbly. 
 
 Whereas Meflfrs. Benjamin Hafzard, James Sheffield, and Thomas Cranjion* 
 ■were by the General Aflembly, at their laft Seffion, appointed, they, or 
 the major Fart of them, to be a Committee to burn the Money in the 
 Hands of the Grand Committee, paid in for Tenths, and the Money in the 
 Gieneral Trcafurv, paid in of the Rate, and make Report to this AfTembly 
 at this prefent SelTion : But the faid Committee having informed that they 
 Ind not perfcfted thar Bufinefs, // /; therefore Voted and Refolved, That the 
 faid Committee be, and they are hereby continued for the Purpofe atcre- 
 faid •, and they, or any two of them, enabled to finilh and complcat the 
 Affair, and make Report thereof to :his Aflembly at their next Seffion. 
 
 It is Voted and Re/ched, That Capt. John Brown i" Merchant;, Capt.' 
 Thomas Witkham, and Mr. James Sheffield, be, and they are hereby appointed 
 a Committee to infpeft and examine the Stores at Fort George, and lee what 
 Neceflarics are wanting, and make Report of their Doings to this Aflembly 
 at their dl-xc Seffion.
 
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 7; ii Voted and Rifol-j:d, Thac his Honour th^ Deputy Governor, hamuli 
 Wtckbam, Efq; Cape. IValKr Cbalontr, McflVs. Thomas Crunjlon, and James 
 ibefieid, be a Committee, and they, or rhc major Part of them, are hereby 
 autnoriz^d to audit the Accounts of the late General Treafurcr, and receive 
 of him all and every the Bonds, Monic;, Books, Papers, and whatever clfc 
 he i>ath in his Curtody belonging to the Colony, and deliver ihz lame to the 
 prei'cnt General Treafurer, giving and taking Receipts. And they, or the 
 major Part of them, arc hereby alio impowcrcd to audit the Commifi'ary's 
 Accounri, and ir.akc Report of their Doings to this Allbmbly, at its iicxc 
 btfT.on. 
 
 It is Voled and Rejohed^ That the Cape, of Fort George inlirt: as foon as 
 po(T;ble, thirty Men to fcrve at faid Fort as Soldiers j and that upon the 
 fame I'erms Uich Soldiers were inlifted the laft Year. And \\ h rtull fo 
 happen, that a fufficient Number be not inlifted within fifteen Days ?.lter 
 the Rifing ot this AfTcmbly, that then the Field Officers of the County of 
 Nfiuporl, lliall by his Honour the Governor's Warrant, caufe lo many Men 
 as v/ill makeup that Number, to be impreffed within the County of Neiv- 
 port, lor that Purpofe. 
 
 // // Voted and Rofohed, That the Troops raifed in this Colony for the 
 Expedition intended againfl Canada^ and lately difbandtd, fhall be paid 
 their Arrears in Dills of Publick Credit, ac Nine Hundred fer Cent. Ad- 
 vance, upon the Sterlincr Wages. 
 
 It is Voted ^nd Refohed. That the Colony's Sloop Tar/ar, Hull be forth- 
 with put in Commidiorv. ar»d mann'd with ninety efledlivc Men. incl'iding 
 Officers, who fhall be allowed and have the lame Wages as were paid the 
 laft Year. And that the Commiffary purchafe iix Months Provifio.-^ tor the 
 •Sloop, and put on board her not lefs thereof than will be fufficient for fix 
 Weeks at one Time. And that the Sloop cruifc according to the Orders and 
 Dircillions of hr. Honourthe Governor, until thelirft Day ot Otlober next, 
 or longer, if his Honour fliall think proper. And the Geneial Trealurcr is 
 hereby dirc(5tcd and ordered to fupply ciie Commiir.iry with fuch Sums of 
 Money as Ih-ill be ncccfTary to equip faid Sloop, and purchafe the Provifions 
 aforefiid ; asalfo Ncccflarics for Fort Czorge. 
 
 It is Voted aud R:folvfd, That all Bufinefs lying before this AtTcmbly un- 
 ftniflicd, t»c, and the fame is hereby referred until the next ScJion thereof; 
 which is hereby appomtcd to be at Newpcr:, on the fecond Monday of 
 June next. 
 
 Jt
 
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 jit the General Assembly of the 
 
 G O V E R N R ^«</ C O M P A N Y 0/ //;tf Engliih Cobny 
 of Rhodc-Illand, and Providerce Plantations, in New- 
 England, in America, begun and held at N E W P O R T, 
 hy Adjournment, the fecond Mor.day in June, in the Twenty' 
 fecond Tear of the Reign of His Mofi Sacred Majelly GEORGE 
 the Second, by the Grace of GO D, o/ Great-Britain, Fiance, 
 and Ireland, Kin^y Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Honourable V^ ILL I AM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 The Hon. William Ellery Efq; Dep. Governor. 
 
 PiTBR BouRS, Efq; 
 John Gardne.t, Efq; 
 Rob RT Iji BBS, E(q-, 
 "William Burton, Efq;\ 
 Stephzm Brownel, Efqv- 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; 
 James Arnold, Efq; 
 A0. William Richmond, Efq-, Wj^. 
 Daniel Cooceshall, Efqi\ 
 Jeoffry Watson, Efqj 
 
 The Secretary-. 
 DEPUTIES for the feveral Towns. 
 
 The Honourable DANIEL JENCKS, Efq-, Speaker. 
 
 Newport j 
 Capt Walter Chaloner, 
 Mr. Thomas CranffoH, 
 Mr. John Cbanning, 
 Capt. Jonathan Nichols, 
 Mr. Jamts Sheffield. 
 Prov I d e n c e -, 
 The Speaker, 
 Mr. John Angcll, 
 Mr. Henry Harris, 
 Mr. John Potter, j\in. 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 Mr. Daniel Ho-j.-land, 
 Mr. Da-jid Anihony, 
 Mr. Jonathan Frcehotn. 
 
 Warwick. -, 
 Col. Benoni IVaterman, 
 Mr. Samuel Greene, 
 Mr. Jofeph Lippit, 
 Mr. Samuel Barton, 
 
 Westerly ; 
 Jopua Babcock, Efq-, 
 Major William Pendleton. 
 
 Newshoreham } 
 Mr. John Littlefield. 
 
 North-Kingston ; 
 Col. Immanuil Nortbup, 
 Edward Dyre, Efq; 
 
 South-Kingston j 
 Col. Thomas Ha/zard, 
 Mr. Benjamin Ha/zard. 
 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 Capt. Thomas Spencer. 
 
 Jamkstown V 
 Mr. John Eldred, 
 Mr. George Frf.nklin. 
 
 SmITHFIFLD ; 
 
 Mr. Ifrael Wilkin fat. 
 
 Sc ITU ate ; 
 Cape Jcb Randal, 
 D 
 
 Capt. Charles Harris. 
 Gloucester ? 
 Mr. Richard Steerty 
 Capt. Richard Smith. 
 Charlestown ; 
 Col. Joftpb Stanton, 
 Mr. James Congdon. 
 West-Greenwichj 
 Mr. Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Mr. Gesrge Gardner. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Mr. Aaron Bowen, 
 Mr. Elifhajohnfotti 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. Job Tripp. 
 
 Middle rowK -, 
 Mr. John Rogers, 
 Mr. John Taylor. 
 Bristol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq-, 
 
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 Major Ihottias Grtene. Mr. Jofepb fFbod. Mr, Jol^ Bartkt. 
 
 Tiverton j Warren i Richmond •, 
 
 Capt. John Mancbe/ier, Matthtw JlUn Efq; Capt. Richard Baity, 
 
 John Hsivland, Efq-, Capl. Benjamin Barton. Mr. John lyebjler. 
 
 Ln TLK COMPTON i CUMBERLAND j 
 
 miliam Hall. Elq^ Mr. Ifrael JVbipplc, 
 
 Mr. Jqfias Lyndon, Clerk of the Houfe of Deputies. 
 
 The Speaker being obliged to leave the Aflembly, Mr. Thomas Cranjlon 
 was cholcii Speaker iiurin|j his Abfcncc. 
 
 An A C T dire(3ing the Method of gaining a legal Set- 
 tlement in any Town in the Colony, and for Removal 
 of poor Perfons from their illegal, to their legal Place of 
 Setclcmcat. 
 
 JT7H.E RE AS there is no Law of this Colony for determining a Ugal Set- 
 '*^ tlement in any Town in the fame, which often caufts great'ControverJies 
 biixaeen Towns, in the Removal of their Poor -, and the Laws already in 
 Force for Removal of poor Perfons from their tlkgal to their legal Place of 
 Settlement, rot being fo agreeable to the Confiilution of this Government, as 
 mtght be, 
 
 T HEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the General Affembly 
 of this Cclmiy, and by tbt Authority of the fame, it is Enacied, Thax from sind 
 after the Publication of this Aft, no Perfon or Perfons whatfoevcr, (hall 
 gain any legal Settlement, or become Inhabitants of any Town in this 
 Colony, but in the follov/ing Manner, viz. That if any Perfon or Perfons 
 coming into any Town in this Colony, with an intent therein to rcfidc or 
 jetde, he or they fhall within one Months Time after their lb coming in, 
 give publick Notice thereof to the Town Council of laid Town, in writmg 
 under their Hands, as alfo the Place of their Birth, and laft legal Settle- 
 ment or Relidence, and the Number of their Families (it any) •, and if 
 approved of by the faid Town Council, to be entered upon Record in the 
 Town Council Book : And if fuch Perfon or Perfons fhall continue in faid 
 Towji, withoDt being warned out by order ot i.iid Town Council, for the 
 fpacc of one whole Year after fuch Notice given to the Town Council, he 
 or they fhall gam a legal Settlement thereby in faid Town, and be proper 
 Inhabitants thereof. Or if any Perloii or I't rlons fliall purchafe a Freehold 
 to the V.ilue of Thirty Pounds Sterling, in any Town in this Colony, that 
 fliall be deemed a legal Settlement likewilc. Or if any Apprentice is bound 
 out for any Term of Years, into any other Town than the Place of his or 
 her Birtii, and fhall fcrvc out his or her Apprenticefhip in faid Town, it 
 fhall be in his or her Elcftion, whon their Time is out, to be Inhabitants 
 of the Town where they ferved their Time, or return to the Place of their 
 Birth : Bj: in cafe they return to the Place of their Birth when their Time 
 is out, and there continue for the fpacc of one Year, or be abftnt from the 
 Town where they fcrveJ their Tmie, for the fpacc of one Y'car (unlcfs it be 
 at Sea or over Sea), that then they fliall not have the Liberty of being In- 
 habitants thereof, but the Place of their Birth only.
 
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 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED ly the Autkority 
 aforf/aid, Thuit if any Perfon or Pcrfons fhall refidc in any Town in this 
 Colony, and not legally lettled therein, in Manner as is direfled by this 
 Aft, who is become, or likciy to become chargeable to faid Town, it fhall 
 and may be lav/tul for one or more of the Overfcers of the Poor of faid 
 Town, or the Town Serjeant thereof, to make Complaint or Information 
 thereof to the Town Council of laid Town. And in cafe the faid Ovcrfccr 
 or Overfeers fnali judge there is a NcccfTity ot an Order fooner than the 
 faid Tov/n Council is likely to meet, they fhall give a Notification to the 
 Town Serjeant to notify the faid Town Council lo meet, who upon fuch 
 NotificAtion, are required to meei ; who are hereby fully impowered to 
 enquire, either by the Oath of fuch poor Perlon or Perfons, oi otherwifc, 
 in what Town he or they was lafl: legally fettled, or if they find none, ths 
 Place of their Birth ; and upon luch Determination (in cafe it be in any 
 Town in this Colony), they (hall give an Order (under the Seal of theiaid 
 Town Council, to be figned by their Clerk), to the Town Serjeant, or any 
 of the Conllables of faid Town, to remove fuch poor Perfon or Perfons to 
 the Town where faid Town Council fhall determine he or they were laft 
 legally fettled ; or in cafe fuch poor Perfon or Perfons have not obtained 
 any legal Settlement fince their Birth, then to the Place where he or they 
 was born, and deliver him or them to one or more oi the Overfeers of the 
 Poor cf faid Town, and leave an auchentick Copy of their Order with the 
 faid Ovcrfeer : And in cafe fuch Overfeer or Overieers fhall refufe to re- 
 ceive fuch poor Perlon or Perfons, he or they fliall forfeit the Sum of Fifty 
 Pouiidb j to be rccoveretl by an Adion of Debt, by the Town Treafurer of 
 the Town from which fuch poor Perfon or Perfons war, fcnt, to and for the 
 Ufc of the Poor of laid Town. 
 
 PROVIDED NEVERTHELESS, and ht it Jurtber Enabled by 
 the Auiboriiy aforefiid. That if any Ovcrfeer of the Poor of any Town to 
 •which fjch poor Perfon or Perfons fhall be removed as aforefaid, fhall 
 think themfelves aggrieved at the Determination and Order of the Town 
 Council, for chc Removal of any fuch poor Perlon or Pcrfons, it fhall and 
 may be lawful for them, in Behalf of their faid Town, to appeal fin cafe 
 both Towns are in the fame County), to tne next General ScfTions of the 
 Peace, to be held for the faid County. And in cafe the Towns fliall lie in 
 different Counties, then to the next Superior Court of Judicature, Courc 
 of AfTize, and General Goal Delivery, to be held in the County wherein 
 the Town from which fuch poor Perfon or Perfons was removed lies •, and 
 the Party appealing, fhall be obliged to file Reafons of Appeal in the Clerk's 
 OfRce of the Court to which he appeals, twenty Days before the fetting of 
 faid Court -, and the Clerk or faid (^ourt fhall forthwith fend a Copy of faid 
 Reafon-i of Appeal, to one of the Overieers of the Poor of the Town from 
 which fuch poor Perfon or Perfons was tent, either of which, upon the Re- 
 ceipt of fuch Copy, are hereby fully impowered to appear at the Court 
 where the Appeal is brought, to defend and maintain faid Order of the 
 Town Council -, which Court fhall have full Power lo confirm or revcrfe 
 the faid Order, as to them fhall appear agreeable to Jnftice, which Judg- 
 ment fhall be final. And in cafe the faid Order fhall be confirmed, that 
 then the To'.vn which appealed, fliall p.iy the whole Coft of Court, in 
 which fliall be included the Charge of removing fuch poor Perfon or Per- 
 fons. And in cafe the faid Order fliall be rcverfcd, that then the Town 
 from whence fuch poor Perfon or Perfo.ns was removed, fhall pay Cofl of 
 
 Court,
 
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 Courr, and alfo the Charge that the Town to which he or they was fent, 
 have been <ic. 'ur his or their Support, between the Times of Removal, and 
 Determination of the Appeal. And fuch poor Pcrfon or Pcilons fhall be 
 removed back to faid Town, at the proper Colt and Charge thereof, and 
 Judomcnc fluil be mide up accordingly ; which Cofl: and Charge fhall be 
 levied by Jn Execution againlt the Town Treaforer of each Town refpcc- 
 tively. 
 
 AND BE. IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Town 
 Serjeant or Conftablc, who Ihall be charged with an Order for the Re- 
 moval of any poor Pcrfon or Perfons as aforefaid, fliall have Power to go 
 into any Town in this Colony, for putting fuch Order in Execution, and 
 fhall make true Return upon faid Order, to the next Town Council of the 
 Town that granted the fame, which fhull be lodged in the Clerk's Office, 
 •wlio fhall give Copies thereof to any Perfon who (hall deGre the fame j 
 and fhall take the lame Fees as in other Cafes. And in csJe.any Town 
 Serjeant or Conflable fhall rcfufc or negleft to put fuch Order in Execution, 
 •when delivered to him, Juch Town Serjeant or Conflable, fliall for every 
 fuch Rcfufalor Negleft, forfeit the Sum of Fifty Pounds, to be recovered 
 by the Town Treafurer, at the Inferior Court of the County in which the 
 Town where faid Forfeiture arhes lies, to and for the Ufe of the Poor of 
 faid Town. And that the Serjeant or Conftable that fhall fo remove any 
 Perfon or Perfons, as by this A6t is diredfcd, fhall be allowed and paid ac 
 the Difcretion of the Town Council, for his Trouble, out of the Trealury of 
 the Town from whence fuch Pcrlbn or Pcrf^ns Hull be removed. 
 
 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the Aulhorily 
 aforefaid. That in cafe h fhall be found by the faid Town Council, upon the 
 Examination and Oath of fuch poor Pcrlon or Perfons, or other Proof, 
 that he or they belong out of this Colony, in any Town in the neighbour- 
 ing Government?, that then the faid Town Council (hall certify the fame 
 in Writing, to be ligned by their Clerk by their Order, and requeft fomc 
 of His Majelly's Juilices for faid Town, to remove fuch poor Pcrfon or 
 Perfons Cby Virtue of the Laws of England), to his or their proper Place of 
 Abode. 
 
 TH E Gcntletncn whofe Names hereafter follow, were chofen to 
 the Command of the Militia in the feveral Towns afcribcd to their 
 Names rci"pe£tively. 
 
 N E n-' P R Ti 
 Firfi Company : Jonathan Heath, Captain ; James Tanner, Lieutenant -, 
 Chriftopher Lindfey, Erjij^n. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Shcrburn, Captain ; Kendal Nichols, jun. 
 Lieutenant ; John Simplon, jiin-. Enfii^n. 
 
 1 bird Company : Daniel Dunham, jun. Captain; John Pitman, Liiu- 
 tenant -, Henry Blifs, Enft^n. 
 
 Fourth Camp am : John B;litho, Captain ; Oliver Beer, Lieutenant ; Richard 
 Whitcborn, Enjign. 
 
 PR r I D E K C E ; 
 Firll Company : Roger Kinnicur, Captain ; Benjamin Eddy, LieutenatH ; 
 Jacob Hartfhorn, Enjign. 
 
 Second C<mpaity : John Clark, Capjain ; John Warner, Lieutenant v 
 Wtlitam l))xc, F.rfign. 
 
 Third
 
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 Tijtrd Company : Jonathan Olney, Captain ; John Waterman, JL/V«/f« 
 nant i Amos WcHcot, En/tgn, 
 
 Fourth Company: Samuel Byles, Captain \ John Dexter, jun. LiiUKnatit \ 
 Samuel Aboijijjun. trftgn. 
 
 Fifth Company : Matthew Mancheftcr, Captain ; Jonathan Knight, jun. 
 Ueutinant i Daniel Burlingamc, Et'Ji^n. 
 
 PORTSMOUTH Company I 
 
 Job Lawton, Captain •, George Law ton. Lieutenant ; John Filh, Etijiin, 
 IV A R fF I C K; 
 
 Firft Company : James Carder, Captain : Samuel Warner, Lieutenant ; 
 Rufus Barton, jun. Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : Thomas Wicks (Son of Thomas;, Captain i William 
 Arnold (Son of El: (hi), Lieuttnant -, Thonvis Hill, En/ign. 
 
 Ibird Company: Jofeph Edmunds, jun. Captain i Mofes Budlong, Lieu. 
 tenant s VVilliam Bittcy, Enjign. 
 
 ir E S r E R L Ti 
 
 Firji Company : Elias Thomplbn, Capiain \ Jofeph Lewts, Lieutenart 7 
 Eliflia Clark, En/tgn. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Randal, Captain ; Jonathan Wells, Lieute- 
 nant ; Joleph Maccoon, Enfign. 
 
 Ibird Company: Samuel Gavit, Captain : Jofeph Cranda) (Son of Jofeph), 
 Ueutenant \ Stephen Saunders, Enfign. 
 
 Fourth Company : James Wells, Captain \ Matthew Green, Ueutenant } 
 Edward Robmfon, Evji^n. 
 
 N EtVS HO REHAM Company; 
 
 Robert Hull, Captain \ John Dodge, LieutenanJ , John Litilcfield, 
 
 NORTH KINGSTON', 
 Firft Company : Jonathan Alkn, Captain ; Arthur Aylfworth, LietUe- 
 nant } William Dyre, Enftgn. 
 
 Second Company : Samuel Albro, Captain \ S.\mucl Browning, jun. Lifv 
 tenant ; Eber Shearman, jun. Enftgn. 
 
 Third Company : Robert Havens, jun. Captain \ Samuel Thomas, LieutC' 
 nant ', Bencdid Eld red, Enfign. 
 
 S U T H.K I N G ST N\ 
 Firft Company : Thomas Browning, Captain j John Steadman. Ucw 
 tenant \ William Congdon fSon of Jofeph), Enfign. 
 
 SecondCompany : Latham Clark (Son of William, deceafed)i Captein\ 
 Jirah Mumford, Lieutenant •, Tenent Tifr, Enftgn. 
 
 Third Company : Samuel Gardner, C<j/>/<2;« ; Nathan Gardner, L/ai/;»^(: 
 Thomas Taylor, Enfign. 
 
 EAST-GREENWICHs 
 Firft Company : Jofeph StalTord, Captain j Abicl Hall. Lieutenant: RufuS 
 Spencer, Enfign. 
 
 SecondCompany: Caleb Vaughan, Captain: William Spencer, jun. 
 Ueutenant •, Caleb Baykv, Enfign. 
 
 JAMESTOWN Company^ 
 Samuel Slocum, Captain j George Franklin, Lieutenant \ Edward Carr* 
 jun. Enfign., 
 
 SMITHFIELD\ 
 Firft Company : Richard Harris, jun. Captain j John Angell, lieutenant \ 
 William Brown, Evfign. 
 
 SecondCompany : Daniel Arnold, Crtp/<?/» i Thomas Arnolcl, i./f«/w»/ i 
 Stephen Sly, Enfign. 
 
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 Third Company : Daniel Mowrey, Captain \ William Bites, Lieutenani ) 
 Refolved Waterman, t.nfi;£n. 
 
 S C I 7 U A r E; 
 Firjl Company : Silvanus White, Captain j Nchcmiah Angcll, Lieutenant j 
 Eliza Collins, Enfign. 
 
 Secmd Ctmpar.y : James Brown, Captain ^ Samuel Dorrance. Lieutenant i 
 George Dorrance, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : John Hulit, Captain j Jofeph Wilkinfon, Lieutenant ^ 
 Ezekiel Hopkins, jun. Enfign. 
 
 GLOUCESTER; 
 Ftrft Company : Timothy Wilmoth, Captain ; Silas Williams, Lieutenant \ 
 James Cowcn, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : John Smith, Captain; Ezekiel Smith, Lieutenant; 
 William Callwell, tnfign. 
 
 CH/lRLESTOWN Companv •, 
 PelegCrofs, Captain ; Enoch Kinyon, jun. Lieutenant ; Samuel Stanton, 
 Enftgn. IVESJ-GRtENfFICH; 
 
 Firji Company : Eickiel W hit ford, Cj/i/a/fl ; Daniel Hill, jun. Lieutenant % 
 John Albro, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : John Weight, Captain j Jofeph Nichols, Lieutenant j 
 Griffin Sweet, Enfign. 
 
 COVENTRY; 
 Firfi Company : William Burlingame, Captain ; John Allerton, jun. 
 Lieutenant \ James Greene, jun. tnfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin \>i'iC)xo\i, Captain ; Alexander Dixon, Z,/VK/tf- 
 nant \ John Wickcs, Enfign. 
 
 E X E T E R; 
 Firfi Company : Samuel Gardner, Captain ; George Weight, Lieutenant % 
 Jofeph Potter, Enfign. 
 
 SeccndCompany : Peleg Thomas, Captain \ George Codner. Lieutenant \ 
 John Rathbun (the third;, Enfign. 
 
 MIDDLETOWN Company ; 
 John Barker, Captain j Benjamin Smith, Lifutenant ; Nicholas Brown» 
 Enfign. BRISTOL Comfa.sy ; 
 
 Nathaniel Pearce, Captain ; Bcnnct Munro, Lieutenant ; John Throop, 
 jun. Enfign. TIVERTON; 
 
 Firjt Compitny : Giles Brownel, Captain; William Manchcfter fSon of 
 John), Lieutenant ; Corn'-lius Sowle, tvfign. 
 
 Second Company : Jofeph Stafford, Captain ; Jonathan Davel, Lieutenant; 
 William Cook ^Son of lofcph), Enfign. 
 
 LITTLE-CO M P70 :^ Company; 
 Benjamin Scabury, Captain ^ Jonathan Brownel, Lieutenant ; Edward 
 h\(h, Enfign. IV A R R E N Company j 
 
 Bcnj. Barton, Captain \ John Adams, Lieutenant ; Solomon Peck, Enfign. 
 
 CUMBERLAND Company; 
 Ifracl Whipple, Laptam ■, Gideon Towtr, Lieutenant -, Daniel Wilkinfon, 
 Enfign. RICHMOND Company; 
 
 Jofeph Enos, jun. Captain ; James James, Lieutenant : Thomas Rogers, 
 Enfign. 
 
 Troop of Hcrfe in the County of Newport ; 
 Silvcfter Woodm.u), Captain ; Richard Grinncl, Lieutenant ; Samuel 
 Baylcy (ot Little Compton;, Cornet. 
 
 Troop cf licr/e in the County of Providence ; 
 Jeremiah Whipple, Captain -, Joan Lcvally, Lieutenant ; Henry Gard- 
 ner, Cornet. The
 
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 The Committees chofcn for the Man.igement 
 let, or to be let, Wf. in the fcveral Towns, are 
 
 Newport ; 
 Benjamin Nichols, 
 Nicholas Eafton. 
 
 Providence j 
 Ezckiel Warner, 
 Jonathan Randal, 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 John Coggefhall, 
 Benjamin Hix. 
 
 Warwick j 
 Jeremiah Lippit, 
 Elifha Greene. 
 
 Westerly ; 
 William Babcocic, 
 Silas Greenman. 
 
 Newshoreham 
 Robert Hull, 
 Nathaniel Littlefield. 
 
 NoRTH-KlNCbTON } 
 
 John Congdon, 
 Edward DyTe,Jurt. 
 
 South-Kingston ; 
 Jeoffry Watfon, 
 Stephen Hafzard, jun. 
 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 Thomas Spencer, 
 Abner Spencer (^Son of 
 MichaelJ. 
 
 Jamestown ; 
 Jofeph Clark, 
 Jofeph Underwood. 
 Smithfield 1 
 Thomas Stecre, 
 Thomas Lapham. 
 
 SciTUATt ; 
 
 Job Randal, 
 Charles Harris. 
 
 Gloucester ; 
 Richard Stecre, 
 Abr.^ham Tourtclot. 
 
 Charlestown ; 
 James Congdon, Jun. 
 Jofeph Stanton, jun. 
 
 West-Gkeenwich ; 
 Jeremiah Ellis. 
 George Gardner. 
 
 Coventry j 
 Caleb Green, 
 George Hall. 
 
 of the Colony*! Money, 
 as foUoweth. 
 
 Exetee i 
 Benoni Hall, 
 John Weight, 
 
 Middletown 
 Daniel Gould, 
 John Rogers. 
 
 Bristol j 
 Jonathan Peck, 
 Thomas Green; 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 John Manchefter, 
 Thomas Howland. 
 
 Little Com p ton j 
 John Hunr, 
 William Willbor, jun. 
 
 Warren , 
 Matthew Allen. 
 Benjamin Barton. 
 
 CumbeelaND-, 
 Job Bartlet, 
 Samuel Bartlet. 
 
 Richmond j 
 Richard Baley, 
 John Webfter. 
 
 Edward Ihurfton^ chofcn General Sealet of Weights and Meafurcs 
 throughout the Colony. 
 
 Titer Eajlon^ Kendal Nichols, jun. Handley Cbipman, and Andrew Hunter, 
 chofen Juftices of the Peace for the Town of Newport. 
 
 Benjamin Potter, chofen a Jultice of the Peace for the Town of South' 
 Kinglien, in the Room of Ifaac Sheldon, Efq^ who refufed. 
 
 Caleb Allen, chofen a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of Portfmoutb. 
 
 Daniel Howland, jun. chofen a Jutlicc of the Peace for the Town laft 
 mentioned, in the Room oi J bomas Shearman, Efq-, who refufed. 
 
 Matthew Mancbejler, chofen a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of Pre- 
 vidence, in the Room of John Burton, jun. Efqi who refuted. 
 
 John Holden, jun. chofen a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of fFiar- 
 wick, in the Room of Samuel Green, Elq; who refufed. 
 
 Richard Smith, chofen a juftice of the Peace for the Town of Gloucefte. 
 
 Robert Moon, chofcn a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of Exeter. 
 
 Edward Luther, chofen a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of PFarr en. 
 
 Robert Lillibridge, chofen a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of Richmond, 
 in the Room of James Rogers, Efq-, who refufed. 
 
 It is Fated and Refolved, That the Sum of Seven Pounds Fourteen Shillings 
 in Old Tenor Bills, be paid out of the General Trcafury to Mrs. /hrn 
 Franklin, it being the Amount of her Account againft the Colony, for 
 furnifhing P.ipcr, and printing twenty-four Copies of the Acls and Orders 
 of the General AfTembly, made and pafs'd at their SefTion in OJtoter laft. 
 jfnd it is alfo Ffted and Refolved, That the Sum of Nineteen Pounds of like 
 
 Money,
 
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 Money, be paid the faid Mrs. Ann Franklin^ out of the General Treafufy, 
 it bf ing the Amount of one other Account of hers againft the Colony, for 
 furnifhing Paper, and printing twenty-four Copies of the Ads and Orders 
 ot the General Allembiy, made and part at their Scffion in February laft. 
 
 Whereas a Committee was appointed by the General AfTembly to receive 
 and burn fome ot the Colony's Money, I'lz. What was paid in to the Grand 
 Committee tor Tenths, and to the General Treafurer towards the Rate ; 
 who having performed that Service, Mclfrs. James Shefidd, and Thomat 
 Cranfion, being the major Part of them, made Report to this AlTembly, that 
 they had received of Benjamin Nichols, Elqj Treafurer of the Grand Com- 
 miucc. Sixteen Ihoujand Sezen Hundred Pounds, of which they had burnt 
 Fourteen Ttoufand Two Hundred and Eighty -fix Pounds, Nine Shillings and 
 Two PiKce, and the Remainder, being Two Ihoujand Four Hundred and 
 Thirteen Pounds^ Ten Shillings and Ten Pence, made up of Bills emitted by the 
 Province of the Majfjclujetts-Bny, and by the Colony of Conncilicut, and 
 fome new Bills emitted by this Colony, they had rcturn'd to the Grand 
 Committee, judging it will be belt to exchange it for old broken Money : 
 And that they had received ot John Gardner, Efq; late General Treafurer, 
 One Thcu/and Three Hundred and Eight Pounds, Four Shillings, part of the 
 Kate that was paid in, which they had burnt alfo. And the laid Reporc 
 being taken into Confidcration, It is Voted and Rejolved, That the fame be, 
 and It IS hereby a».cepted, and the Committee aforelaid, is appointed to ex- 
 change the above-mentioned Two Thou/and Four Hundred and Thirteen Pounds, 
 Ten Shillings and Ten Pence, for old torn Money ot this Colony, and burn 
 the fame, and make Report ot their Doings to this Airimbly, at their next 
 ScfTion. y^nd it is aljo Voted and Refolved, That the faid Committee receive 
 of his Honour the Deputy Governor, the Bills in his Hands, which he re- 
 ceived in Lieu of the Bills dcpofued with him, tor exchanging the Bank 
 emitted in 1740, and burn the fame, and make Report thereof to the Ge- 
 neral AfTembly. And that the faid Committee receive alio ot his Honour 
 the Deputy Governor, what remains of the new Money put into his Hands, 
 for exchanging as atorefaid, together with the Bills unfigncd in his Hands, 
 and deliver the fame to the General Treafurer (giving and taking Receipts 
 
 for the fame), who is hereby dircdled to proceed in making Exchange as 
 aforelaid, as far as the Money to be put into his Hands will go. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That William Barton, U'illiam Richmond, Jopua 
 Babcock, and Immanuel Northup, Efqrs. be, and they are hereby appointed a 
 Committee, to take into Confideration the fubjcCt Matter of his Excellency 
 Governor Shirley*^ Letter to the Gcvernment, and make Report thereof to 
 this Aficmbly. 
 
 Whereas it hatb been rq^rcfented unto this Aflembly, that James Holmes^ 
 Captain of the Colony's Sloop Tntar, rotwithfianding the Veflel was 
 not to go on a Cruize 'till mann'd with ninety effective Men, including 
 Officers, on or about the twcnty-firtt Day of A/^y h{\, went to Sea with 
 the bloop, having but about fixty-five Hands on board : And that of his 
 own Accord, having no Order nor Inftrucftions from his Honour the Go- 
 vernor, that in his Cruize, on or about the twenty- ftcond of May, he gave 
 Chace to a Schooner not tar from Block-IJland, and came up with her near 
 Point Judith. After a couple of Shot were fired, the Schooner Aruck, 
 Capt. Holmes took PoflTclTion of her, and put his Lieutenant on board, 
 with Orders to bring her in : That thereupon the Schooner (which wus 
 
 prcicr.dcd
 
 pretended to be a Flag of Truce, almoft loaden, from Leo^an on Flifpaniold, 
 to fome of the Northern Colonics), fail'd on the Weft Side of Conannicutf 
 came round and anchor'd at a Place called Coddington's Ccvf, where flie was 
 unladen of a Carp^n of Sugar, Cdc. and afterwards brought publirkly into 
 this Port : Which Conduift of the Cpptain and Lieutenant of the Colony's 
 Sloop, demand the Notice of this Affenibly, IVbo tbercupcn Vote and Relohe^ 
 and it is hereby Voted and Refchcd, That Peter Bours, Stephen Browtiel, Daniel 
 CoggejJoall, and William Hell, Eiqrs. together with iVlelfrs. Waller Chaloner^ 
 James Sbejjield, Bcioni Waterman^ and John Eldred, or the major Part of 
 ihem, be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee, to examine into the 
 Conduil of the faid Capt. HJlmes^ refpcding the Premifes : And if it fhall 
 appear to them, that he merits to be lufpended the Colony's Service, that 
 they fufpend him until next Scffion of Affembly, and appoint another in 
 his Room to command (aid Sloop in the mean Time : And alio to examine 
 and deal wich Daniel Vaughan, Lieutenant of the Tartar, in the fame Man- 
 ner. And that the faid Committee have full Power to fummon Perfons 
 l^forc them, to give Evidence concerning the Premifes : And if the faid 
 Officers fhall be found to have been guilry ot male -conduct, that the Com- 
 mirtee have, and Power is hereby given them, to commit the Offender or 
 Offenders to Goal, or admit him or them to Bail, for his or their Appear- 
 ance before this Affembly, at its next Seffion. And that his Honour the 
 Governor commiffionare luch Captain and Lieutenant as fhall be appointed 
 hj the Committee, if they fnall appoint any. 
 
 It is Voted and Rejohed, That Peter Bours, and Jeotfry Watjon^ Efqrs. 
 Mr. John Channin^, William Hall, and Jolhua Babcsck, Ejqrs. be, and they* 
 or tlif" major Part of them, are hereby conftituted Committee, to confidcr 
 of the prefent Fees, Wages, ifc. ftated or allowed, and fuch others as may 
 be thought proper to be (fated and allowed by this Colony, to the fevcral 
 Ofhcers that tranfaift the Bufinefs of the Publick within the fame, and there- 
 upon make a new Table of Fees, as they m their Dilcretion, fhall think 
 proper, and prefent the fame to this Affembly, at their next Seffion, 
 
 Whereas Thomas Nichols, of Eaft Greenwich, in the County of Providence, 
 reprcfcnted unto this Affembly, that one James Broadfoot, an Indian, one of 
 the Soldiers railed in •^his Colony for the Service of His Majefty, in the Ex- 
 pedition intended z^3.\ri^.Canada, who aflually was embarked, and proceed- 
 ed to Marthu\ Vineyard ; from whence he return' d fick to the faid Thomas's 
 Houfe, and fo continued from the Eighteenth Day of January, 1 746, until 
 the Twenty-fixth Day of 7«''i^ following, when he died -, during all which 
 Time, the faid 7^(?»;.«, at thcRcqueflof the faid 5rofli:^i7ff/'s Lieutenant, took 
 Care of him, and fupply'd him with Neceffaries : And thereupon prayed 
 this Affembly, that the Sum of Forty-four Pounds, One Shilling and Six Pence^ 
 may be allowed and paid him out of the General Treafury, as being a rea- 
 fonable Charge, for his Trouble and Expenccs, and finding Houle-room 
 and Fire-wood for the faid Indian. And this Affembly having ferioufly con- 
 fider'd the Premifes, Do Vote ard Re/olve, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, 
 That the aforefaid Sum of Forty four Pcunds, One Shilling and Six Pence, be 
 allowed and paid the faid Thsmas Nichols out of the General Treafury 
 accordingly. 
 
 "Whereas this Affembly, at their lafl: Sclfion, appointed a Committee to 
 audit the Accounts of the late General Treafurer, and receive of him all the 
 Bonds, Money, Books, Papers, and other Things in his Cuflody, belonging 
 
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 to the Colony, and deliver the fame to the prefent General Treafurer, giv- 
 ing and taking Receipts : And the faid Cornmittee were alio appointed to 
 audit the Conuniflary's Accounts, and make Report ot their Domgs to this 
 AJTcmbly, at their prefent Scdion : But as the Committee have not enter'd 
 upon that Bufincfs, and two of them, viz. His Honour the Deputy Go- 
 vernor, 2ind Samuil H^ickbaw, E\q; decline afling therein, It is Voted and 
 Refohed by this yljjembly. That Jofeph Whiffle, asd Peter Bcurs, Efqrs. 
 dpi. Walter Cbaloner, Mr. Thomas Cranjlon, and Mr. James Shejjield, be, and 
 they, or the major Part of them, are hereby conflituted a Committee, to 
 tranlaift and perform the Matters and Things aforcfaid, and nuke Report 
 thereof to this Afiembly, at their next Scflion. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds, be al- 
 lowed and paid out of the General Treafury, to Gideon Wanton, Efq; late 
 Governor of this Colony, for his laft Year's Salary, and extraordinary Service. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That the Sum of Fifty Pounds be allowed and 
 paid out of the General Trealury, to William Robinjon, Efq; late Deputy 
 Governor, for his lait Year's Salary, and extraordinary Service. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That Jeofry Watjtn, Efq; and Col. Thomas 
 Hazard, be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee, to wait on the 
 late Deputy Governor Robinfon, to receive of him the Duplicate of the Co- 
 lony's Charter, and the fame, when received, depofite with his Honour 
 tiic prefent Deputy Governor, giving and taking Receipts, and make Re- 
 port to this AlTcmbly, at their next SelTion. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed That the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds^ 
 Old Tenor Bills, be allowed and patd out of the General Treafury, to the 
 Gentlemen of the Grand Committee, whole Names hero follow, viz. 
 Gideon Wanton, Thomas Richardfon, Edward Scott, Gideon Cornel, Benjamin 
 f/icbols, and Daniel Updike, Efqrs. for their figning, is^c. Seven Thoujand 
 Five Hundred Pounds, in Bills of the new Tenor, ordered to be made by an 
 Adt ot the General Afiembly, paffed ziSoutb-KingJlon, in February laft. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That John Cranjion, George Wanton, Peter Bours^ 
 Samiiel Wickham, and Jonathan Nichols, Efqrs. five of the Committee of 
 War, be allowed One Hundred and Fifty Pounds each, out of the General 
 Treafury, in full Satisfadion, for their Time and Trouble in that Employ- 
 ment, to be paid when they fhall have thoroughly audited and compleated 
 fuch of the Accounts relating to the Expedition intended againlt Canada., 
 as yet remain unfettled ; for which Purpofc, the faid Committee is farther 
 continued by this AfTtmbly. 
 
 Whereas Col. William Hopkins reprcfented to this AfTcmbly, that it is 
 imprad^icablc to repair Pautucket Bridge, agreeable to the Vote ot laft Fe- 
 bruary ScfTions of AfTcn-vbly, /; is therefore Voted and Refohed, That the faid 
 William Hopkins be continued, and that he repair faid Bridge j and that for 
 that Purpofc, he draw One Hundred Pounds out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas the Superior Court of this Colony, which fat the firft Tuefday 
 \n /iprtl \a(\, in A'/n^'s County, was adjourned to the T wcnty-third Day 
 of May following, at which Time the faid Court fell, for want of Appear- 
 ance of the Judges, and fo all Bufmefs lying before faid Court, is fiagna- 
 tcd. It is therefore Vtled and Refohed^ That the faid Court be held on the 
 
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 third Tuifday o^ July next •, and that all Aflions, and other Bufinefs, lying 
 before laid Court, unfiniflied, be heard, tried, dctermin'd, and finilh'd, in 
 the Tame Manner, and as fully and compleatly, as if the faid Court had 
 let at the Time to which the fame was adjourned : And that the fame Ju- 
 rors that Were to attend at the Adjournment of faid Court, be notified, by 
 a Precept from the Town Clerk to the Town Serjeant of each refpedive 
 Town, to appear, and attend at the laid Court, at the Time the fame is to 
 be held as above. 
 
 William Richmond, Efq; chofen one of the Judges of the Superior Court 
 of Judicature, Court of AHize, and General Goal Delivery, in and through- 
 out the Colony, in the Koomoi John Howland, Efq; who refufed. 
 
 Mattbevj Borden {Son oi Jofepb), chofen a Juftice of the Peace for the 
 Town of Newport. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the Wages of the Soldiers at Fort George., 
 be augmented to Eighteen Pounds per Month, including Board Wages. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Name of John Bullifon, one of the Sol- 
 diers of the Company of the late Capt. William Rict, which was accident- 
 ally omitted in the Muffer Roll of faid Company, be inferred therein -, and 
 that the faid John Bullijon be paid his Wages, it appearing to this Affcm- 
 bly, that he hath done his Duty. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That Robert Gilbs, Stephen Hopkins, and George 
 Broun, Efqrs. be I'ucd by Benjamin Nichols, of Newport, one of the Grand 
 Committee, or Colony's Trullees, in Behalf of the Colony, in an Adlion 
 oi One Hundred Thou/and Pounds Damage, for Breach of Truft, in receiving 
 of the General Affembly, fundry Papers of great, coniequcncc, and negleft- 
 ing to return the fame : And that he employ one or more Attorneys in 
 faid Cafe : And that the Adion be brought to the next Inferior Court of 
 Common Pleas, to be held in the County of King's County : And that 
 the (aid Benjamin Nichols draw Money out of the General Treafury, to de- 
 fray the Charge of faid Suit. 
 
 // is Voted and Refelved, That the Rates ordered to be levied on this Co- 
 lony, be flop'p'd 'till next Sedion of AfTembly. 
 
 // is Voted and Refclvcd, That all Bufinefs lying before this AfTembly, 
 unfinifhed, be'^eferred to next ScfFion of Affembly -, and that the Secretary 
 proclaim the Afts. and Orders of this Afiembly, pafl at this and die la(l 
 ScfTion, by Beat of Drum, in Newport, within ten Days after the Rifingof 
 this Anfembiy, and fend Copies to each Town in this Colony, agreeable to 
 Law, within Forty Days after the Rifing of this AfTembly : And thflt this 
 AlTembly be adjourned 'til the Fourth Monday of /luguji next, to Newport. 
 
 GOD Save the King. 
 
 Puhlijhed according to Order, by 
 
 Newport, July 27. 1748, t, . wr „„ c,^,, 
 
 f ^ '' J 1 '^ Thomas Ward, Sccry. 
 
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 jit the Ge^ilr AL Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the Fnglifli 
 Colony of- Rhode-Ifland, and Providence Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America, hegun and held by Ad, 
 journmem <j? N E W P O R T, the fourth Monday of 
 Auguft, in the Twenty-fecond Tear of the Reign of His 
 Mofl Sacred Majeily^ GEO RGB the Second, by fhe Grace of 
 GOD, o/Grear-Britain, France, rt»^ Ireland, Kingy 
 Defender of the Fahh^ &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Honourable ^TJLLJ^.Vf GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. William Ellery, Efq; Dep. Governor. 
 
 Peter Bours, Efq, 
 John Gardner, Elq; 
 William Burton, Efq-, 
 Stephen Brownel, Elq 
 
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 Robert Lawton, Efqj 
 James Arnold, Efq; 
 William Richmond, Efq-.f 
 Daniel Coggeshall, Efq-,, 
 
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 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Honouiable D JNIEL J E N C K S^ Efq^ Speaker. 
 
 Newport ; 
 Capt. Ihcmas (■f^ickham. 
 Cape. Walter Chaloner, 
 Mr. Thomas Cranjlon, 
 Mr. John Charming, 
 Capt. Jonathan Nichols y 
 Mr. James Sheffield. 
 
 Providenc t: ; 
 The Speaker, 
 Mr John /ingelf 
 
 Mr. Henry Harris, 
 Mr. John Potter, ]nn, 
 Portsmouth ; 
 Mr. Daniel Howland, 
 Mr. Oliver Earl, 
 Mr. David Anthony, 
 Mr. Jonathan Freeborn. 
 
 Warwick -, 
 Col. Benoni IVaterman, 
 Mr. Samuel Green, 
 
 Mr. Jojeph Lippit, 
 Mr. Samuel Barton. 
 Westerly -, 
 Jofi)ua Babcock, Efq; 
 Col. WilliaTn.Pendletont 
 
 NewshorehaM ; 
 Mr. John Litthfield. . 
 
 North-Kingston ; 
 Col. Immanuel Northup, 
 Edward Dyre, jun. Elq; 
 
 South-
 
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 SoUTH-KlKCSTON ; 
 Col. -Thomas Hafzard, 
 Mr. Benjamin Hajzard. 
 
 East-Greknwkh } 
 Mr. Giles Pearce, 
 Capt Thomas Sfcnc:r. 
 
 Jamestown ; 
 Mr. George Franklin. 
 
 Smi ThFI ELD i 
 Mr. Jonathan Arnold, 
 Mr, Ifrael miktnfon. 
 
 SCITUATE ; 
 
 Capt. Job Randal. 
 
 Gloucester ; 
 Mr. Richard Sleere. 
 
 Chaelestown i 
 Col. Jojepb Stanton, 
 
 Mr. James Congdon. 
 
 Wlst-Greenwichi 
 Mr. Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Mr. George Gardner 
 Coventry ; 
 Mr. Jaron Bowen, 
 Mr. Elifha Jobnfon. 
 
 Exeter -, 
 Cape. Job Tripp, 
 Mr. Stmon Smith. 
 
 Middletown j 
 Mr. John Rogers, 
 Mr. John lay lor. 
 
 Bk ISTOL -, 
 
 Jonathan Peck, Efqi 
 Major Thomas Green. 
 
 TlVERTOK ; 
 Capt. Joi.i Manchejlir, 
 John Ho'X'land, Efqj 
 
 LiTTLE-COMPTON i 
 
 PTtlliam Hall, Efq-, 
 Mr. Jofepb mod. 
 
 Warren ; 
 
 Matthew Allen, Efq, 
 Capt. Benjamin Barton. 
 Cumberland ; 
 Mr. llrael Whipple, 
 Mr. Job Bartlet. 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Major Richard Bailey, 
 Mr. John Webjier, 
 
 Mr. Jcftas Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfc. 
 
 An ACT to prevent profane Cursing and Swearing. 
 
 rO R AS MUC H as the horrid and impious Vices of profane Curfmg and 
 L Sivearing (fo highly difpUafing to Almighty God, and offenjive to every 
 ChriHian), are become very frequent among us, greatfy ts the Di/honour of 
 the Government. And whereas the Laws now ih Being, for the punifhivg 
 thofe Crimes, have not anfwered the Intents for which they were defigned \ iy 
 Means of Difficulties in putting jucb Laws in Execution. 
 
 For Remedy whereof for the Future, 
 
 •nE IT ET^ ACT ED by the General Afj'embly, and by the Authority 
 iJ of the fame, it is EnaEled, That from and after the Twenty-fifth Day 
 o{ September next, which will be in the Year of our Lord, One Thou- 
 fand Seven Hundred and Forty-eight, every Perfon, who fhall be con- 
 vicftcd of profane Curfing and Swearing, before any AfTiflant, Juftice of 
 the Peace, or Warden, in any Town within this Colony, fhall pay for 
 fuch Offence, the Sum of Five Shillings New Tenor, to and for the Ufc 
 of the Poor of fuch Town where furh Offence fliall be committed, logcthcr 
 with the lawfulFccs of Profccution : And ;n cafe any luch Perfon or Pcrfons 
 fluU, after Convidion, offend the fctond Time, every fuch Perfon fhall 
 forfeit and lofc double, and if a third Time, treble the Sum hrft recovered 
 and forfeited by any Offender, tor Curfing or Swearing as aforefaid. 
 
 BE JT FURTHER ENACTED by the Authority aforefaid. 
 That in cafe any Perfon or Pcrfons fhall profanely curfc or fwcar, in the 
 Frcfcnce and Hearing of any AfTiflant, Jullicc, or Warden as aforefaid, 
 luch Officer ii hereby impowcred to make up Judgment, and ifTue forth 
 an Execution, for the Penalty forfeited as aforefaid, for profane Curfing 
 or Swearing ; provided laid Penalty be not paid dircftly by the Party fo 
 offending. 
 
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 BE IT E N/ICT E L> h the Authority cf ore/aid. That if any Per- 
 foii or Pertons offending as atorcfaid, fhall not bt able, or (hall not pay 
 immediately ilie laid Charges and Expcnces, it fhall and may be lawful for 
 the AlTub.uu, Jultice, or Warden, before whom fuch Offender has beea 
 convicted, to lend him to the Stocks, there to remain at his Difcrction, 
 not exceeding three Hours. 
 
 BE IT tURTHER ENACTED by the jfutbority cforefaidy 
 That m cafe any Perfoii or Perlbns (hall profanely curfeorfwear in the Prc- 
 fence or Hearing cf any Sheriff", Deputy Sheriff, Town Serjeant, or Con- 
 ftable, it fhall and may be lawful for any and every fuch SherilT, Deputy 
 Sheriff", Town Serjeant, or Conftable ; and they, and each of them, are 
 hereby authorized and required to feize, fecurc, and detain fuch Offender 
 or Offenders, it unknown, and forthwith to carry him or them before the 
 next Affiftant, Juftice, or Warden, for fuch Town or Place where fuch 
 Offence (liall be committed ; and the laid AfTiftant, Juflice, or Warden, is 
 hereby authorized and required, on the Oath of fuch Sheriff, Deputy She- 
 riff, Town Serjeant, or Conftable, to convidt fuch Offender, in Manner 
 and Form as herein is before diredted. 
 
 BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the Authority aforefaidi 
 That two lawful WitnelTcs fhall convid any Pcrfon or Ferfons offending as 
 aforelaid, before any AfTidant, Juftice, or Warden as aforefaid : And 
 henceforward no Perlon whatever fhall have the Liberty of appealing from 
 any Judgment given againft him by any AfTiftant, Juftice, or Warden, on 
 being convi<fted as aforefaid, 
 
 BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the Authority aforefaid^ 
 That if any Affiftant, Juftice, or Warden, Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, Town 
 Serjeant, or Conftable, fhall wilfully and witingly omit the Performance 
 of his Duty, in the Execution uf this Aft, and be thereof convifted, by 
 the Oath of two Witneffes, before any Court of Record in this Colony, he 
 or they fhall forfeit Five Pounds New Tenor, for tfic Ufe of the Colony % 
 wherein no Eftbin, Proteftion, or Wager of Law, fhall be allowed, or 
 more than one Imparlance. 
 
 PROVIDED ALP^AYS, and it is hereby Ena^fd, ThatnoPerfon 
 fhall be profecuted for any Offence contained in this A(ft, unlcfs the dvae 
 be profecuted within Ten Days after the Offence committed. 
 
 BE IT ENACTED by the Autherity aforefaid. That this Aft be 
 publickly read, once a Year, at the Town Meeting for choofing Town 
 Officers, in each Town within this Colony. 
 
 BE IT FURTHER ENACTED by the Authority aforefaid. 
 That all former Laws heretofore made by this Colony, to prevent the 
 aforefaid Offences, fhall be repealed, and be deemed null and void, when 
 this Adt fhall commence. 
 
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 An A C T to render the SelTion of the General Aflembly, lels 
 precarious than it hath been hitherto. 
 
 IV 
 
 H E R E A S the General Ajfembly has frequently fallen tbrcugb for 
 zvant cf a major Part of the Depu.'iei being frefent, which ts not agreeable 
 to the Privtledge granted by Charier. 
 
 For Remedy whereof for the Future, 
 
 Ti E n ENACTED, That fo many of the Deputies of the feveral 
 Lj Towns ill faid Colony, as fViail be prclciu, being duly clecled, fliall be 
 deemed and allowed to be fufficicnt toconftitutc a Lower Houfe, and 
 impowered to adjourn from Day to Day, to prevent the falling through cf 
 the General Aflembly : Any Cuftom, or Ufage, to the contrary, in any 
 wife, notwithftandJng. 
 
 AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That every Mem- 
 ber who fhall be abfenc from any General Aflembly, without a good Ex- 
 cufe, fhall pay as a Fine to the Ule of the Houle to which he belongs, the 
 Sum of Forty Shillings for the firft Day, and Twenty Shillings lor every 
 Day's Abfence afterwards. 
 
 JT is Voted and Refolved, That each Inferior Court of Common Pleas. 
 and each Town Council in the Colony, which hath not been already fup- 
 plicd with a Colony Law-Book, be immediately furnifbcd with one, out 
 of thofe in the Hands of the General Trcafurcr, to be depoflted with their 
 refpcdive Clerks. And it is alfo Voted and Refolved, That t!ie Treafurcr 
 difpofe of what fhall then be the Remainder of faid Books, at Tvfenty 
 Shillings each. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That all the Officers and Men belonging to the 
 Colony's Sloop Tartar, be dii'charged •, that the CommiflTary take the 
 VefTcl into his Care, unbend her Sails, and put all her fmall Stores on Shore, 
 taking an Inventory of them : Thit the Sloo[) fhall lie at Anchor in the 
 Road, and a Number of proper Perlons, not exceeding four, be kept on 
 board for her better Security : And in cale it fhall be found neceffary to fend 
 her out upon a Cruize, that his Honour the Governor, or in his Abfence, 
 the Deputy Governor, with the Advice of fuch of his Council as fliall then 
 b<- within the County o'i I^ewport, appoint proper Officers to command faid 
 Sloop, furnifh a Captain and Lieutenant, w;th protser Commiflions, iffue a 
 Warrant for imprefllng a fufficicnt Number of Seamen, and fend them 
 forth againfl: the Enemy, with all necelVary Difpatch. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That Capt. Chaloner difcharge all the Soldiers 
 belonging to Fore G^or^t', Eight excepted : That neverthelcfs, if there 
 fhall be any Appearance of Danger, whereby it may fcem the Defence of 
 the Fort will require a larger Number ot Soldiers, the Captain is hereby 
 impuwercd to iffue a Warrant to the Sheriff of the County ot Ncujort, for 
 the Impreirmg as many as he fli ill think neceflary for that Purpofe. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Clerks of all the Inferior Courts of 
 Common Pleas in the Colony, on whom it may be incumbent, fliall ifl"ue 
 Executions, ot the Judgments that have been in faid Courts, obrain'd by 
 the General Treafurcr, againfl the icvcral and refpedive Colledors of ihe 
 lad Rate, that Jul>ice may be done the Government.
 
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 7/ is Voted and Refohed, That the Sum of Forty Shillings be allowed Job 
 Tripp, hCq; and paid him out of the General Treafury, for his Labour, 
 Time, and Expence, in notifying Capt. Champltu, and his fecond Lieute- 
 nant, in the Year 1744. 
 
 Whereas Robert Kelly, of Neuport, in the County of Newport, Rigger, 
 rcprefentcd unto this Aficmbly, That Bryant Conner, one of His M^jcfty'S 
 Subjedls, who was late a Prifoner at Ltogan, in the French King's Domi- 
 nions, on Hifpaniola, was brought from thence in a Flag of Truce {Robert 
 Durfey MafterJ, to Newport aforel'aid : And on his Arrival came to the 
 faid Robert's Houfe very ill, and unable to go farther ; where he ibid un- 
 til he died : And that as the faid Bryant had neither Money nor Friends, 
 the faid Robert was obliged, at his own Expence, to furnilh Necedaries, 
 i^c. whilft he lived, and after Death, to bury him -, whereupon the faid 
 Robert prayed for Relief: On Coiilidrration whereof, this Ajfembly do 
 Vote and R'.fotve, and it is hereby Voted and Rejolved, That the Account of 
 the faid Robert, relpedling the Premifes, amounting to Fifteen Pounds Four 
 Shillings, be allowed and paid him out of the General Treafury. 
 
 And it is alfo Voted and Rcfolved, That the Sum of Two Pounds Ten 
 Shillings be allowed Dr. Norbert IVigneron, and paid him out of the Ge- 
 neral Treafury, for Medicine exhibited to, and Attendance on the afore* 
 named Bryant Conner, during the Sicknefs whereof he died. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That the Sum of Seventeen Pounds be allowed 
 Peleg Brozvn, Efq; late Sheriff of the County of Newport, and paid him 
 out of the General 1 reafury, it being the Amount of tour Aceouhts by him 
 charged againft the Colony, for his Service in notifying feveral Members 
 of the Council and Haufe of Deputies, four feveral Times in the Year 
 1746, to give their Attendance in General Affenrtbly, purfuant to Warranto 
 from his Honour the Governor, and his Honour the then Depaty Go- 
 vernor. 
 
 // is Voted and Rejolved, That the Sum of Five Pounds in Bills of Credit 
 of the New Tenor, be allowed MefTrs. John f-VebJier and Stephen Hex/ey, and 
 paid them out of the General Treafury, for their Fees, Trouble, C^c. in re- 
 ceiving and letting out the Town of Cbarlejiown'% proportionable Part, 
 being Two Thoufand Pounds New Tenor, of the laft Bank Money, emit- 
 ted in the Year 1743, and making Return of the Sureties for the fame» 
 unto the Grand Committee. 
 
 MelTrs. James Sheffield, and Thomas Cranjion, being the major Part of 
 the Committee which by a Vote of the laft AfTembly was continued for the 
 Ends and Purpofes therein mentioned, made the following Report, to wit, 
 •' We the Sublcribers, being continued a Committee by the General 
 ** AfTembly in June Scdions lafl to exchange and burn Two Thoufand 
 •' Four Hundred and Thirteen Pounds Ten Shillings and Ten Pence, 
 «' which was Part of the Tenth Money, do report. That we have ex- 
 " changed the abovefaid Two Thoufand Four Hundred and Thirteen 
 •' Pounds Ten Shillings and Ten Pence, and have burnt the fame. — 
 ♦' And likewife we were appointed a Committee at the above SefTions, to 
 «' receive of his Honour the Deputy Governor, what Bills were in his 
 *' Hands, which he had received in Exchange for the Bills lodged with 
 " him, for exchanging the Bank emitted in the Year 1740. and to burn 
 ♦' the fame : And alfo to receive what remained of the new Money that 
 
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 *' was put into his H.-rnds to exchange as aforcHiicl ; and alfo wl.at Bills 
 *' were unfigned in his Hands, and deliver the fame to the General Trca- 
 •' furer, do Report, Thar wc have received of his Honour the Deputy 
 *' Governor, One Hundred and Seventy-two Pounds Three Shillings and 
 *• Six Pence, which we have burni -, and alio Three Hundred and Sixty- 
 •• four Pounds Nine Shillings, with four Sheets ot Faces, and four Sheets 
 *' of Backs, of unfigned Money, and have delivered the lame to the Ge- 
 *' neral Treafurer according to his Receipt herewith prtfented. Witncfs 
 *• our Hands, this 23d of 7«6'> '74'^' " James Sheffield, 
 
 " Thomas Cranston." 
 And now, this Afiemblv h.aving taken the faid Report into Confideration, 
 Jt is Voted and Re/clved, That the fame be, and it is hereby accepted and 
 approved ; and that the Sum of E'gHty Pounds Five Shillings, be allowed 
 the faid James Sheffield and Thomas CrariHon, and paid them out of the Ge- 
 neral Trcafury for the Service by tnem done the Colonv, in their Com- 
 mittcefhip. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohedy That Jn/tah Arnold, Efq; and Mr, John Hell, 
 both oijamefiowry; and Mr. John Gardner, (.A SsutbKirgJien, bea Commit- 
 teOi they, or the major Part of them, to purchafe for the Colony's Ufe, the 
 two Ferry-Places on the Weft Side of Ja*neJloivn, with the two Ferry- Boats, 
 and all other Appurtenances, if the fame may be had at a reafonable Rate, 
 and cheaper than to Ixiild new ; and take a good Deed of the fame to the 
 Colony, and draw Money out of the General Treafury to pay therctor ; 
 Bur if laid Ferry-Placer, Boats, (^i. cannot be purchafed upon better Terms 
 than ta build, then the faid Committee, or the major Part ot them, arc 
 hereby impowered and directed to build a good and fuirable Peer or 
 WharfF, for a Ferry Place, at the Weft End of (he Highway which runs 
 acrofs frtid Jamfjlown, from Ferry to Ferry and ered a luitable Houfe on 
 faid Highway, and purchafe two luitable Ferry-Boats, as foon as conveni- 
 ently may be, for the Ufe of the Colony, and draw Money out of the Ge- 
 neral Treafury to defray the fame; and immediately to hire one or two 
 luitable Boats for tranfporting over the Ferry, and appoint proper Perlons 
 ro tend the fame, until good Boats may be purchas'd : And that no other 
 Pcrfons be licenced to keep a Ferry on the Weft Side oijamejivwn. 
 
 Whereas Jofeph Whipple, and Peter Bours, Efqrs. Capt. IValter Chakner, 
 MelTrr. Tboir.as CranHon, and James Sheffield, were by the General AfTcm- 
 bly, at their lall Scffion, appointed, and they, or the major Part of them, 
 conftituted a Committee to audit the Accounts of John Gardner, Efq-, late 
 General Treafurer, and to receive of him all the Bonds, Money, Books, 
 Papers, and other Things inhisCuftody, belonging to the Colony, and 
 deliver the lame to the prcfent General Trraturcr, giving and taking Re- 
 ceipts : And alfo to audit the Accounts of the faid John Gardner, Efq; as 
 CommifTary. And the aforefaid Jofeph fVhipple, Peter Bours, IValter Cba- 
 loner, and Thomas Cranjion, having affamed that Province, made Report 
 to this Affembly, as follows, to wit. That they had examined the faid Ge- 
 neral Treafurer and CommifUry's Accounts, and found a Ballancc of Three 
 Thoufand Eight Hundred and Thirty-one Pounds and Nineteen Shillings, 
 due from the faid John CarJn-r to the Colony, which Ballance was paid to 
 7bomJS Richardjon, Efq-, the prelent General Treafurer, in their Prefenre : 
 That they had alfo received of the faid Jcbn Gardner, all the Bonds, Books, 
 Papers, and other Thing?, ap^jcrtaining to the Gmcral Trcalury, and had 
 
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 given him a Receipt for the fame : And that they had delivered the faid 
 Bonds, Books, Papers, and all other Things belonging to faid 0/ncc, 
 to the aforcfaid Thomas Richard fotiy and had taken his Receipt for 
 the fame, according as they arc particularly mentioned and cxprcflcd 
 in the laid Receipt, which was by them delivered with their Report. And 
 the faid Jofcpb IVhippU, Peter Bcun, IFalter Chaloner, and Tbonas Cranjlon, 
 la'iher reported, 1 hat they had alfo examined the faid Jcbn Gardner^s Ac- 
 count concerning the Ten Thnuland Pound Rate, which by an Aft of 
 Aflcmbly made and pall: at Netvpcri, the Nineteenth Day oi June, Or.c 
 Thouland Seven Hundred and Forty-tour, was ordered to be levied on this 
 Colony -, That on their Examination ot faid Account, they found a Bal- 
 lance of Two Hundred and Sixty-thrtc Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Two 
 Pence, due from the faid yahn Gardner to the Colony, which they received 
 of him, and paid Mr. Ricbardjony oblerving withal, that Pi'.rtof faid Rate 
 llill remains unpaid by fevcral Towns, as appears from the Account of 
 Particulars, to which they had fubjoin'd their Report, feparatc from that 
 firft above-mentioned. All and every whereof being tahcn into Confi- 
 deration, is accepted and approved by this Aflembly, Who thereupon Voti 
 and Refohe, and it is hereby looted and Rejohed, That the Account by them 
 charged againlt the Colony, for their Labour, Pains, C^e. in tranfafting the 
 Bufinefs, be allowed, and Sixty-four Pounds, the Amount thereof, paid 
 them out of the General Trealury. 
 
 Whereas John Eajlon. Town Serjeant of Newport, exhibited to this 
 Affcmbly, a Bill of Charges, amounting to Thirty Pounds Nine Shillings, 
 by him drawn up againlt the Colony, for publick Services performed, and 
 Money expended by him, i^c. in June, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 Forty-five : And the Affembly having taken the faid Bill or Account into 
 Confidcration, and duly examined the fame, Do Fote and Refahe, and it 
 is hereby Voted and Refolved. That Twcnty-hve Pounds thereof be allowed 
 and paid the faid John Eafion out ol the General Trcafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Sum of thirty Pamds be allowed 
 and paid out of the General Trealury, to Peter Bours, Samuel JVirkbam, and 
 Edward Scott, Efqrs. for their Time and Cure in direfting the ffating the 
 Accounts of the Canada Expedition, and examining and infpefting into 
 the fame, in order that they might be tranfmittcd to the Agent, and to 
 Governor Shirley and Commodore Kneii-ks (by Order of the General AfTcm- 
 bly), in the Year 1747. 
 
 Whereas there has been prefentcd to this Aflcmbly, an Account, in the 
 Hand-writing of the late Secretary Martin, of Services by him done the 
 Colony, in 1744 and 1745, but no Price affixed to any of the Articles, 
 and it feems no Satisfaction was ever made the Secretary in his Life, or 
 his E.xecutors fincc his Death ; the Affembly therefore do conflitutc and 
 make, and MefiVs. John Cbanning and Jcftas Lyndon, are hereby conftitutcd 
 and made a Committee, to examine theaforefaid Account, and report to 
 the AflTcmbly what ch;y Ihall think ought to be allowed thereon. 
 
 Whereas Ed-j;ard Scott, Lfq; and the Sfcretary, were apnointed a Com- 
 mittee to procure the Printing of all the Publick Laws now in Force, in 
 this Colony, that have been made fince the laft Rcvifal and Printing th 
 Laws, but have hitherto omitted doing the li^me, and the Secretary alto- 
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 gcther dtclines engaging in tlutBiiriiicfs, being in a bad State of Health j 
 Whtrefort this Alfembly do conftitutc and appoint Mr. Jama Gould of 
 Newport, to join Mr. Scott in the Sccrttary'sRoom. 
 
 "Whereas Col. Baioni JVaterman, and Mr, Jofeph Lippit, reprefented 
 unco this Afiembly, That the Bridge over Pautuxit River, commonly cal- 
 led Capt. Binjamtn Green's BriJge, is very much out of Repair : And as 
 the fame is in the Country Road, and of great Service to the Fublick, they 
 prayed a Grant of about Seventy Pounds out of the General Trcalury, for 
 repairing faid Bridge. On Confideration whereof, // is Voted and Re- 
 folvedly the Ajjembl)', That the faid Benoni fV^termnn, ana Mr. Samuel Green^ 
 be, and they are hereby conllitutcd a Commirtee, to repair the Bridge aforc- 
 laid i and when ir is compleated, thar they draw out of the General Trea- 
 fury, the S\jmoi Seventy Pounds^ towards paying the Charge thereof. 
 
 Whereas the Comminioners that were appointed to run the dividing 
 Line between the Province of the .Ma(facbujetts-Bay, and this Colony, did 
 not go through thaV Work in every Part thereof ; Whereupon, // is Voted 
 and Enailed ij the A^emhly, That Daniel Jcncks, Henry Harris, and Stephen 
 Hopkins, Efqrs. be, and they, or the major Fart of them, are hereby ap- 
 pointed CommifTioners to finilh the running laid Line, in Manner follow- 
 ing, viz Beginning at the Monument in the North-Eaft Corner of the 
 Colony, fee up by the formci CommifTioners, where they left off, and from 
 thence to run Wefttrly to Conncilicut Line, agreeable to the Charter of this 
 Colony i and that thty rr.cet the third Tuefday oiOHober next, at Twelve 
 o'clock, it Maxe*i, \n Attleborough, in order to begin faid Work. 
 
 And it isfur:b;r Voted and EnaSJed, That his Honour the Governor write- 
 to his Excellency the Governor of the Majfacbufetts, informing hinh of 
 this Resolution, and to rcqueft that Commilfioners may be appointed on 
 the Part of the Province, to join with the Comminioners of the Colony, 
 in order to perform the Bu.'inels aforefaid. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Sum of Four Pounds be allowed and paid 
 out of the General Trcalury, to Mr. Benjamin Peckbam, jun. Clerk of the 
 Inferior Court of Common Pleas, (iff. within and for the County of A'/ng't 
 County, for hi'. Trouble in bnngine; from his Office fevcral Papers belong- 
 ing to the Colony, and delivering tliem to this Aflembly. 
 
 f/ is Voted and Refolved, That Mr. Benjamin Wyatt, one of the Com- 
 mittee appointed to build the Colony Houfc, deliver to Mr. Jo/tas Lyndon, 
 the faid Committee's Clerk, all the Accounts, Papers, and Vouchers, 
 which he hath in his Hands, concerning the Building faid Houfe, to be 
 lodged with the reft ot the Accounts an-j Papers thereunto relating. 
 
 Whereas Job Randal, oiScituate,'E.\c[\ reprefented unto thisAfTcmbly, that 
 the twoBridgcs over the Rivers cx\\ri.\/lr gel's and Mattbeu-fon'i, on the great 
 Road leading from Provideme to Plainfidd, are in fo bad a Condition, that 
 it is dangerous for Travellers to pals over them ; and alfo, that there 
 it Rcafon to fear the Bridges will m a little Time go intircly to Ruin, if 
 lome proper Pcrfon is not appointed to repair the fame : On Confideration 
 whcrcot, /; is Voted and Refolved, That the Sum o\ Fifty Pounds be allowed 
 and paid out of the General Treafury, for ana towards repairing the 
 bridges aforefaid ; that the (aid Job Randal, Efqi be, anU he is hereby 
 
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 appointed to perform that Service : And that when it fhall be coinpleated, 
 he then draw the aforefaid Sum out of the General Treafury. 
 
 /; is Voted and Ena^ed, That Benjamin Nichols, of Newport, Efq; one of 
 the Grand Committee, or Colony Truftees, be, and he is hereby impow- 
 ered anddircdlcd to die Jableel Brenton, Efq; late one of the Grand Com- 
 mittee or Colony's Truftees, to next Novembrr Court, at Newport, to ren- 
 der an Account of the Mortgage Bonds, and Bills of Publick Credit he 
 hath received, belonging to the Colony ; And that faid Benjamin Nichols 
 be, and he is hereby dircCled and impowered to employ one or more At- 
 torneys to manage the Suit, and to draw what Money fhall be neceiVary for 
 that Purpofe, out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas the General Aflembly, at their lafl: ScfTion in Neivport, ap- 
 pointed Peter Bours, Stephen Brownel, Daniel Coggefhall, and IVtlliam Hall, 
 Efqrs. together with Meffrs. Waller Chaloner, James Sheffield, Benoni IVater 
 man, and John Eldrcd, or the major Part of ihem, a Committee, to en- 
 quire into the Conduft of the Captain and Lieutenant of the Colony's 
 Sloop, eff. And the major Part of the Hxid Committee, having affumed, 
 and gone through the Burthen of that Province, made Report as folioweth, 
 to wil \ 
 
 * To the Honour ahlt General Assembly. 
 ' T7\7 K the Subfcribers, being appointed a Committee to inquire into 
 ' V V theConducl' of Capt. /^/w^j Holmes, Commander of the Colony 
 ' Sloop Tartar, charged with Mifdcmeanours in his faid OfTice ; and alfo 
 ' into the Conduift of Mr. D^'nV/ ^iTKj'i&aw, Lieutenant of faid Sloop, with 
 ' full Powers to contmue or lulpend faid Officers, as fhould be found ac-rec" 
 
 * able to Juitice : In Purfuance of which, we have met, and had before us 
 ' the faid Capt. Holmes, and Nix. Daniel Vaughan, and on examining them, 
 
 ♦ and feveral Evidences fummoned before us, came to the following Refo- 
 ' lucions. which we now Report. 
 
 * Firjt. That as to Capt. //?/;»?j'3 going out without Orders or Inflruc- 
 ' tions from the Governor, // was Refohedby the Committee, That his go.^ 
 ' ing out without Orders or Inftructions from the Governor, or the Deputy 
 ' Governor, was a great Mifdcmeanour ; But it appear'd to thr Com- 
 ' mittee, that it was without any b.id Defign, and principally to keep hifs 
 ' Men on Board, from deferting their Service. 
 
 ' Secondly. As to his Gonduft in bringing too the Schooner referr'd to by 
 
 * Aft of Afl'embly, and what was Confequent thereupon. The Committee Re- 
 « folv^J, That ii did not appear by the Evidences, that Cape. Holmes knew 
 ' the faid Schooner was a Flag of Truce at that Time ; but as flie had been 
 
 ♦ at Jamaica, and was furnilhed with a Clearance from the Cuftom-Houfe 
 ' of that llland fwhich was produced to the Committee), there is Room 
 ' to allow, that Cape. Holmes might fuppofe her to come diretffly from 
 ' thence: But the Committee was of Opinion, that he greatly erred, in 
 ' putting his Lieutenant, Mr, Daniel Vaughan, on board faid Schooner, as 
 ' a Pilot tc brmg her in, as faid Vaughan had the fecond Command on 
 ' board tlie Colony Sloop. 
 
 ' Thirdly. As to the faid Capt. Holmes'^ not waiting upon the Governor, 
 ' or in his Abfence, the Deputy Governor, on his Return .from his Cruize, 
 ' Ihe Committee Refoiv'd, That ic was a i3re.ich of Duty, and that he ought on 
 ' his Return, to have waited on the Governor, ot in his Abfence, the De- 
 ' puty Governor, to have informed him of what had occur'd in faid Cruize. 
 
 * Upon the whole, tho' it appeat'd to the Committee, that Capt. 
 ' Holmes had been guilty of feveral Mifdemeanours in his Condufl, as 
 
 I Captain
 
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 « Captain of faid Sloop, yet it was Refolv'd by them, that th;y did not 
 ' amount to kifficient Caule for a Sulpenfion from his aforefaid Poll:, o( 
 ' Captain of faid Sloop. 
 
 ' With Refpsct to Mr. Daniel Vaugk an, the Lieutenant of the Sloop, it 
 ' appeared to the Commictae, that he was put on Board faid Schooner, 
 
 * by Order of Capt. Holmes, his fuperior Officer : And altho' he declared 
 ' to the Committee, that one Mr. Right on board her (who had with him 
 ' a Copy of one Capt. Haydon's CommilTion to command a Privateer 
 ' VclTel, and which was produced to the Committee), ordered him to 
 
 ♦ carry the Schooner to Ccddriig'.cr.''s Cove, yet the Committee were of 
 ' Opinion, that he erred in complying with f^id Rigki's Orders, and in 
 ' not bringing her into the Harbour of Niwpcri : But on confidering the 
 ' whole ofhis Condudl, and the Circumltances attending it, on Board laid 
 ' Schooner, 7hd Committee Refohed, That there was not fufficicnt Caufe 
 ' for to fufpend him from his aforelaid Office, of Lieutenant of faid Sloop. 
 
 ' Peter Hours, 
 ' Stephkn Brownel, 
 Newport, Augujt Z'^. 1745. ' William H.^ll., 
 
 ' Walter Chaloneh, 
 ' Ben ON I Watfrman.* 
 And now this AfTembly having taken the Report aforefaid into Conli- 
 deration. Do Vole and Refohe, and it is herel)y Voted and Rejolved, That the 
 taid Report Hull be, and is accepted of 
 
 It is Voted and Refblved, That the Sums following be allowed and paid 
 out of the General 1 rcatury, viz. Three Pounds to Peter Bcurs, E(q-, Four 
 Pounds to Stifben Browne!, Elq ■, to Daniel Coggefhfll, and WiUiam Hall, Efqrs. 
 Four Pounds each ; tc Capt. fVa'.ter Chaloner, Three Pounds ; and Col. 
 Benoni JVaterman, Four Pounds -, it being for their Time, Trouble, and Ex- 
 pences, as a Commutee. for examining into the Conduct of the Captain and 
 Lieutenant of the Colony Sloop : And it is alfo Voted and Refohed, That 
 the Sum of Four Pounds be allowed and paid out of rhe General Treafury, 
 to M r. Mattbevj Robin/on, who acted as Clerk to tlic faid Committee. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the Bond given by John Gardner, Efq; 
 late General Treafurer of this Colony, for the faithful Performance of his 
 faid Office, be delivered by the Secretary to Mr, James Sheffield, and that 
 he deliver the fame to the laid John Gardner. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the Committee appointed to build a Peer and 
 Ferry-Houfe on ihe Weft Side oi Jameftown, and procure Boats, (fc. or the 
 major Part of the faid Committee, treat w'nh John Martin, ofjamejlown, 
 or whoever owns the Peers, or WhartFs, and Ferry-Houfcs, on the Weft 
 Side of JamsfhwH, and purchafc or hire of him (aid Peers, 01 Wharfts, 
 and Ferry- Houfes and Boats, for the Ufc of tlic Colony, until thofc they 
 arc appointed to build, are fit for Ufc : And if he refule to let the Colony 
 have them upon rcalonable Terms, that faid Committee take PoiTcfilon of 
 the Southermolt ot faid Peers, or WhartFs, on the Welt Side of Jamefioxvn, 
 and improve them for the Ule of ihs Colony, and for accommodating ihc 
 Inhabitants thereof ; and tha: reafon.nblc Damages be allowed by the Co- 
 lony to the 0>vner3 thereof, for the fame, during the Time they Ihall b- 
 improvcd for the U(c of the Colon/.
 
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 Thomas Remington ii chofen l.ieutenant and JofepbWickes Enfign of the 
 fecond Company, or Train'd Band, in the Town oi fFanvick. 
 
 John Dfxtir, ]\in. ischoU-n Cipu'in, Samuc! At:;-?:, jun. Lieutenant, and 
 Stephen Huzikim, Enfign of the Fourth Company, or Train'd Band, in the 
 Town of Providence. 
 
 Jeremiah' Ni'^s, ECq; is chofen a Judge of the Superior Court of Judi- 
 cature, Court of AiTize, and General Goal Delivery, throughout the Co- 
 lony, in the Roomof ^C/z-^i' Arnold, Efq-, who rcfufcd. 
 
 IVilliam Hall, and John Chavnir.g, Efqrs. are chofen fpecial Judges of the 
 Superror Court ot Judicature, i^c. to be Iield zi South- King^fion, witliin and 
 ior the County ot King's County, in a Cafe there pending upon a Writ 
 cf Review brought by Elias Thor,!p/o>!, oiJVeJtcrly, againit Daniel Stauton, 
 ot Philadelphia. 
 
 Whereas Cape, Thomas La'wton, of BriJiaL in the Colony aforcfaid, pre- 
 fcnted this Atrembly v/ith an Account amountmg to Seventy-two Pounds 
 by him drawi^ up againtt the Colony, for attending on the Governor and 
 Council, and the Superior Courts, in the Alfair oi Dr. Stephen Tallman ; 
 which being duly confidcrcd, Ihis Ajjembk do Vote and Refche., and it is 
 herel/y Voted and Refohed., That Forty-eight Pounds thereof be allowed and 
 paid the laid "-Ibomas Lawton out of the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Re/ahed, That the Sum of Fifty Pounds be allowed and 
 paid Dr. John Brett, out of the General Treafury -, it being the Amount of 
 his Account againft the Colony, for Medicines, and Attendance on the 
 Soldiers at Fort George, beginning the tenth Day oi April, 1747, •'"^^^ end- 
 ing the twentieth oi July lalL 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That Forty Shillings be allowed and paid out of 
 the General Treafury to Si}non Smith, for notifying the Grand and Petit 
 Jurors of the Town of Exeter, to give their Attendance at the Superior 
 Court of Judicature, lately held in Scuth-Kingflcn, by Virtue of an A6t of 
 the General AfTcmbly, made and paft for that Purpofe. 
 
 // is Voted and R.tfolv:d. That all Bufinefs lying before this Airembly, 
 unfininied,be rcferr'd toncxtSefiionsot Aflembly : And that the Secretary 
 proclaim the Ads and Orders of this Aflfembly, by Beat of Drum, within 
 ten Days after the Rifing of this Afiembly, and fend Copies to eachTown 
 in the Colony, agreeable to Law, within Thirty Days after the Rifmg of 
 this Aflembly : And that this Aflembly be adjourn'd 'til the Fourth 
 Monday ol Ohober next, if call'd at faid Time by his Honour the Governor, 
 or Deputy Governor •, but it not called before, nor at faid Time, then to 
 be diirolv'd : And that the Afls refpeCling the Ferries on the Weft Side of 
 JatneJtowH, be immediately proclaimed. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 Newport, Auguft 29. 1748. The ABs cf Ajfembly reJpeUing the Ferries on 
 the IVeJl Side of }zn.it([ow It, zoere proclaimed this Day, according lo Order i 
 as were the reji on the fixih Day <)/ September /c//oii7'«f, vy 
 
 Thomas Ward, Sary. 
 
 ^-^l^iii^^^^ari^ 
 
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 ^f //?^ G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y of the 
 GOVERNOR dHi COMPANY d/rk EngliOi 
 Colony 0/ Rhocle-lfland, and Providence Plantations, 
 /;» New-England, in AniCrica, begun and held at 
 Providence on the laji Wednefday 0} O£tober, in the 
 Twemy-fecond Tear of the Reign of His Mofi Sacred 
 MajeUy GEORGE the Seconds by the Grace of 
 GOD, of Grcat-Brirain, France, and Ireland, 
 King, Defender of the Faith,- ^c. And in the Tear of 
 Ow Lord, One Thoiifand Seven Hundred and Forty- 
 eight, 
 
 PRESENT. 
 
 The Honourable WlLLlAhi GHEENE, Efq; Governor, 
 
 The Hon. William Ellery, Efq; Dcp, Governor, 
 
 Pbter Boufs, ECq; "^ Robert Lawton, Efq; 
 
 ifoBERT GiBBs, Klq; ( James Arnold, Efq-, \ jrrir 
 
 "Willi AM BuRTO>j, Efq-,! ^ ' W n.Li am Ricomond, Efq-, ' 
 
 Stephen Brownel. Efq-,) Daniel Goggeshall, Eiq; 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the fcvcral TOWNS. 
 
 "Newport ; Providence ; ^\r. Gideon freehir}t,]\in; 
 
 George JVanten, Efq; Daniel jftncki, Efq-, Mr. John Allen, 
 
 apt. V/alier Chaloncr, Jonathan Randal, Efq; Boijamin Tucker, Efqj 
 
 Mr. Thomas Cran/ton, Stephen Hopkins, Efq; 
 CoJ Hezekiah Carpenter, George Brown, Efq; 
 Mr. I^ichohs Eafton, Portsmouth ; 
 
 Mr. Jamei Shejield. Mr. Oliver Eorl, 
 
 Warwick. •, 
 Philip Gnem, Efq; 
 Mr. Samuel Barton, 
 John P'/alkin, Efq; 
 
 WtSTERLr ;
 
 Wksterly J SciTUATEi Mr. JcKa/baii Eo/lo/j. 
 
 Mr. John Larkin, Capt. Job Randal, Bristol \ 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Brown. Capr. Charles Harris. Jonathan Peck, Efqi 
 
 Nkwskoh FHAM i Gloucestkr i Hipr Thovuis Grtettt, 
 
 None. Mr. Richard Stare. Tiverton-, 
 
 NoRTH-Ki NGSTON ; Charlestown; None. 
 
 Co\. Immanutl Northup. Co\.ChriJioph(rCha>nplin, Llttle Compton ; 
 
 Sou TH-K I NORTON •, Capt. Naihata;l Lrx'ts. fVilUam Hall, tl'q; 
 
 Col. -Thjmas Hafzard, Wkst-Greenwich ; Natbanael Sec.rl, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Binjamin Hafzard. Mr. John Greene, Warren ; 
 
 £ A « r -G R E K N w I c H ; Mr. George Gardner. CApt. Btrjamin Barton t 
 
 Jofepb Nichols, Efq; Coventry ; Maithew AUeyt, Efq; 
 
 Capt. Ibomas Spencer. Mr. A.iron Bowen. CuMBtKLANu ; 
 
 Jamestown; Exetkr; Job Barilet, V.W\, 
 
 Mr. Jain .Martin. Mr. Benoni Gardner, Ifrael fVbipple, Efq; 
 
 S,\i IT H f 1 E L D ; Mr. Pedigrecn Trip. Rich mon d ; 
 
 Mr. Jonathan. yirno/d, Middletown ^ Mr. John Hickcs. 
 
 Mr. Ilrael (filkinfon Capt. Robert Barker, 
 
 The Honourable Thomas Cranston was chofen Speaker. 
 And Mr. Jc/ias Lyndon Clerk of the Hoiife of Deputies. 
 
 An A C T in Addition to an Ad. made and pad by the General 
 Aflcmbly at their Stlfion b/ Adjournment at Sotith-Kingflon, 
 tlie Fourtecntri Day oi Febru/try, in the Seventeenth Year of his 
 prcfcnt Majefty'8 Reign, entituled, *' An Acl to prevent the 
 " fpreading of the Small Pox, and other contagious Sickncfs in 
 " this Colony. 
 
 TJ/H E R E A S there is no Penalty provided in cr h faid A£f, for any 
 '' Phyjidan. Surgeon, or other Per [on or Per fans, who (hall nfuft to do 
 bis, her, or their Duty, ■wheri lawjulfy required thereto. 
 
 Tjy HEREFORE be il Enabled by the General AJfembly, and by the 
 *^ Authority of the fame. It is Enallcd, That from and immediately after 
 the Publication of this Ad. if any Phyfician, Surgeon, or any 
 other Perlon or Pcrl'ons whatfoever, who fhall be lawfully required by 
 either of their Honours the Governor, or Deputy Governor, or by any 
 two AfTilUntE, Judices, or Wartlcns, or by any Town Council in this 
 Colony, to do any Duty nil.itin;? to prevent the iprcadiiig of 'he '""mall 
 Pox, or executing; any Part of the aforementioned r\i:t, fhall refufe or 
 ncqlcifl to perform the fame (the Performance thereof beinj^ in hi^ her, 
 or their Power), fuch Phyfician, Surgeon, and afl and every other Pcrfon 
 and Perfof.s whatfoever, that Hull lo refufe or neglec^t, fhall tor evtr'r 
 fuch OfTi- nee, forfeit the Sum of One Hi.indrcd Pounds, bwfnl Money 
 of this Colony ; to be recovered in the lame Manner as ihe other Fines 
 and forfeitures arc by the afureiaid A6k dirrOed lo be recovcrtU.
 
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 And it is Voted and Refohed by this JJfembly, Tluc this Adl fhall be 
 forthwith proclaimed : — fVhicb was accordingly done by the Secretary, on the 
 fecond Day of November, 1748. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolvedy That his Honour the Governor draw Bills of 
 Exchange on Mr. Partridge, the Colony's Agent in Great-Britain, for all 
 thcT Money in his Hands : And that Peter Bcurs, Edward Scott, and 
 Gearge ff-^anton, Efqrs. Mr. James Sheffield ; The Speaker, and Stephen Hop- 
 kins. E(q; be, and they, or the major Part of them., are hereby conftitutcd. 
 a Committee, to fell laid Bills to the be(t Advantage, for readv Money : 
 Tliat when they have (o done, they exchange all the Bills of Credit of the 
 neighbouring Governments they receive in Pay, for Bills of Credit of this 
 Colony, and bring the whole to the General Afiembly at their next 
 SefTion, that the lame may be burnt, in order to link fuch of this Colony's 
 Bills, as by Aifls of Affembly are to be firft: funk. 
 
 /1/}d it is alfo Voted and Rojolved, That if Meffrs, Oliver and Phillips 
 apply to the aforcfaid Committee, refpedling the Bill of Exchange drawn 
 on them by the Agent, and will pay that Bill at the fame Rate as the 
 Committee fell to other Perfons, that then they receive the fame j othcr- 
 wifc that laid Bill be lent back to the Agent. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolvtd. That the Sum of Twenty eight Pounds in Bills 
 of Credit of the Old Tenor, be allowed and paid out of the General 
 Treafury, to PViiliam Ho/den, Efq-, and Major Jofepb Stafford, for their 
 letting out Two Thouiand Eight Hundred Pounds in Bills of Credit of 
 the New Tenor, in the Year 1745. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That Bantel Jenckj, Henry Harris, and Stephen 
 Hopkins, Efqrs. be, and they, or the major Part of them, are hereby ap- 
 pointed CommifTioners, to run the Northern Boundary Line of the 
 Colony, from the Stake fetup by Nathan ae I fVoodward -And Solomon Saffery, 
 in the Year ^642, upon IVrentham Plain Wcflerly, fo as it may (at C<j«- 
 neElicut Riverl, be two Miles and an half to the Southward of a Weft Line ; 
 and that faid Line be run clear through to faid ConneElicut River, accord- 
 ing to an Agreement made between the CommifTioners ol the Province ot 
 the Maffachutetts-Bay &nd. this Colony, October the 2 2d, 1718 . And that 
 they meet the hrft Monday in April next, at Pelatiah Man's, in H'^renthani, 
 in order to bfgin faid Work. And that his Honour the Governor write 
 to his Excellency the Governor of the MaJJachufetts-Bay, informing hiin 
 of this Refoluiion, ana torequcftthat CommifTioners be appointed on the 
 Fart of that Government, to join with our CommifTioners, to perform tlic 
 Bufinefs aforcfaid. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Sum of Forty-two Pounds Five Shil- 
 lings and Six Pence, be allowed and paid John Warhnan out of the Ge- 
 neral Treafury ; it being for Iron and Work by him provided and done 
 on the Prifon Houfe in Newport. 
 
 Whereas Joftph Turpin, of Providence, in the County of ProvidencCy 
 reprefcnted unto this AiTcmbly, That on the Twentv-firft Day of May 
 laft he cafually fell into the Sea, having a Quantity of Bills of Publick 
 Credit emictcd by this Colony, in his P^ocTcet, which was thereby lofl : 
 
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 and thereupon prayed to be refunded the like Sum. On Confideration 
 whereof, This ^jfembly do Vote and Refohe, and it is hereby FatvJ and /J<r* 
 /dived. That tlie Sum of Eighty-eight Pounds be paid to the (MJoJepb 
 Jurpin, by Benjamin Nichols, Efq-, one of the Grand Committee, out of 
 the Tenth Money paid into his Office to be burnt ^ and upon producinc^ 
 a Receipt for the fame, he Ihall have Credit for faid Sum as burnt. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That the Sum of Three Hundred and Fifty- 
 two Pounds Three Shillings, be allowed Col. tVilliam Hopkins, and paid 
 hmi out of the General Treafury ■■, Three Hundred and Twelve Pounds 
 Three Shillings of it, being for the Ballancc of his Account for rcpairino^ 
 Pautucket Bridge, and the Forty Pounds above that Sum, for his Service 
 in procuring aterials, and overfeeing the Work. 
 
 /.' is Voted and Rofehed, That the Sum of Fifty-fix Pounds Ten Shil- 
 lings be allowed Ann-xnA James FVanklin, and paid them out of the Ge- 
 neral Treafury, for Paper, and printing the Ads and Orders of the Ge- 
 neral Affembly, made and paft at their Sefifions in Newport, in May, June^ 
 and /iu^uft laff. 
 
 ft is Voted and Refohed, That the Speaker of the Lower Houfe. John 
 Gardner, Daniel Coggefhall, George PVanton, ^nd Samuel fVickham, Eliqrs. 
 be, and they, or the major Part of them, are hereby appointed a Com- 
 mittee to audit all the Agent's Accounts that have not yet been auditted ; 
 and make Report to this Aflfcmbly, at their next Seffion. 
 
 yind it is alfo Voted and Rf/olved, Thii the Secretary procure a fuitablc 
 Book, and iranlcribe into the fame, all the Agent's Accounts now before 
 this AfTcmbly i and alfo all other his Accounts which fhall bcfeftt to this 
 Colony from time to time hereafter. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That the Colony's Sloop Tartar, together with 
 all her Appurtenances, Stores and Provifions (excepting ttic warlike 
 Stores}, be fold by the Commilfary at a Publick Vendue to the higheft 
 Bidder, v/ithin ten Days after the Rifmgof this AiTembly : And that the 
 ComniifTary give Publick Notice of the Sale, with a Lift of the Stores, 
 Appurtenances, and Provifions : The Price to be paid down into the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the CommiflTary fettle with John Bolifon^ 
 one of the- Soldiers lately raifed for the intended Expedition againft 
 Canada, and give him an Order to the General Trcafurer for what fhall 
 appear to remain due to him of his Wagts. 
 
 It is Voted and Refched, The Report made by Mr. Jdmes Sheffield, that 
 he hath recciv'd of the Secretary, the late Trcafurer Gardner's Bond, and 
 delivered the fame to him, fhall be, and is hereby accepted. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That His Honour the Governor fend home to 
 Mr. Partridge, the Colony's A^ent in Great-Britain, Copies of the Muftcr 
 Rolls of the Officers and Soldiers inlilted for the Expedition intended 
 againft Canada, together with a well attcfted Copy of Governor Shirley 
 and Governor Knowl^'i Order for the Settle.'nent of their Pay, and dircift 
 
 the
 
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 the Agent to make ApplicAtion for the Repayment thereof by the Crown ; 
 Anil that the former Committee, viz. Ceorgi fVantcn, Efqi Mr. Jcmes 
 Sheffield^ Stephen Hopki/i', Efq-, and C;ipt. Robert Hajzard, prepare iaid 
 Copies, and deliver them to his Honour ; and that laid Committee ren- 
 der an Account of a'.! their Proceedings to the General AlTembly, at their 
 next St.lTir>n : And that his Honour the Governor draw Bills k)r Payn'.tnt 
 of the above-mentioned Pay, to the Agent. 
 
 It is Voied and Rejohtd, Thar Robert Gibhs, JVilliam Hopkins ^ Daniel 
 Jencks, Stephen Hcpkins, and George Broum, E'.fqrs. be, and they, or the 
 major Part of them, are hereby appointed a Committee, to take into 
 Con fide ration the Queries fcnt from the Board of Trade to this Colony, 
 and prepare an Anfwcr thereto, and lay the lame before this AiTembly at 
 their next SefTion : That in the mean Time the Town Council of each 
 refpe(5live Town in the Colony, be, and they arc hereby directed to ap- 
 pomt a proper Perfon to rake an Account of the Inhabitants of each Town, 
 Whites, Indians, and Blacks, and deliver faid Account to the faid Com- 
 mittee : And that the fame Committee take intoConfideration the Letter 
 from Chambers Rujfel, Efq; Judge of the Vice Admiralty, and Report 
 thereupon to this Aflembly ac their next SefTion : And that the Secretary 
 Iranfmit a Copy of this Vote to each Town Clerk in this Colony. 
 
 Whereas William Hall and John Chaf.nin^, Efqrs. were by the General 
 Aflenibly* at their SelTion in Newport, the fourth Monday of Augujt iaft< 
 chofep and appointed fpecial Judges of the Superior Cou;t of Judicature, 
 in the County of Km^S County, in a Cafe there pending upon a Writ of 
 Review brought by Elias Thempfon oi IVefterly, againfl Daniel Stanton of 
 Philadelphia, but were not impowered to confider, a(ft upon, and pertcft 
 any Thing tormtrly done in the Cafe : This AJfenbly therefore do Fete and 
 £nafty and i: is hereby Voted and EncHed, That the iaid fVillian: Hall and 
 John Charming, be, and ihcy are hereby impowered to hear, dclermine, 
 and finifh all and every the Matters and Things proper for the Court to 
 do, refpefting faid Cafe, from the original Commencei^.ient thereof hf 
 the faid Diiniel Stanton againfl the faid Elias Thempfon and others, until 
 the Cafe fiiall be finally determined : And that the faid f-Filliam Hall 
 and John Channing be commifTioned accordingly* 
 
 Whereas Jeftak Arnold, Efq-, and Mr. John Hull, both g{ J awejlown ^ 
 and Mr. John Gardner, o'i Scuih-Kmgficn, were by the General AfTcmbly 
 appointed a Committee, they, or the major Part of them, to purchafe for 
 the Colony's Ufe, the two Ferry Places on the Weft Side of Jamejio-ii^n^ 
 with the two Ferry Boats, and all other Appurtanances, if the iamc might 
 be had at a reafonable Rate, and cheaper than to build new, Ife. and 
 having undertaken and gone thro'.igh that Work, made the following 
 Report of their Doings, {^c. 
 
 " Colony of Rhade-IJland, Jamello-^n,Onol>sr ii. 1748. 
 «« Tr)URSUANT to an Aft of the General Afiembiy of this 
 *♦ j[ Colony, held at iVt'U'/'^r/ by Adjournmrnr, the 2S[h of //w^(/?, 
 *' J.D. 1748, Wc the Subfcribcrs do Report as foilowcth, ivz. That we 
 *• having met and duly confidered the Expencc of Buildings fuitablc for 
 «» Fcrrymg from the Weft Side of Jameftcwn to the Main, and the Sca- 
 
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 " fon being fo far fpent, that we had no Hopes of compleating the fame. 
 " fo as to accommodate the Country this Winter, thought ic bcft to buy 
 " thoie already creded there ; and have purchafed the fame of IVilliam 
 •' ALinin, for the ConfiJeration of Tnree Thoufand One Hundred and 
 " Fifty -five Pounds, in Bills of Publick Credit, and have taken a Deed. 
 *' of the fame, made to the Governor and Company of the Colony of 
 " Rhode- JJland ■, which Deed we have iodg'd in the Clerk's Office, in 
 •' order to be recorded, but the fame cannot be done at prefent, there 
 " being no Money in the Treafury to difchargc thofe Bonds and Mort- 
 *• gage for which the Land is Surety, or we ihnuld have prcfenrcd your 
 " Honours with the Deed ; One Hundred and Fifty-fivc Pounds of the 
 " above Sum being in Tenth Bonds, tlie remaining Sum of Three Thou- 
 *' fand Pounds we have given Bond for Payment in two iVIonths, with 
 " Intercft, at Ten per Cif«/. which we hope your Honours will take into 
 "■ Confideration, and order the Money rais d to aifcharge the fame, left 
 " we fliould be Sufferers in the Affair, 
 
 " We alfo acquaint your Honours, that we have agreed with Thomas 
 " Spencer to keep the Ferries two Months, at the Rare of Two Hundred 
 " Pounds fir Annum, he being a Pcrfon who wc well know i? capable of 
 " tendmg and taking proper Care of the Boats in llormv Weatherv and 
 " as your Honours are well fenlible, thu the purchafingof the Prrries was 
 " for the better accommodating of the Publick, we doubt not but your 
 " Honours will be of Opinion, that nor every Perfon who may appear 
 " eager to give the grcatelt Kent for the Ferries, and perhaps for want of 
 " Care and Judgment in the Affair, may lofc one or boch the Boars, will 
 " be fo I'uitable to lerve the Publick, as one who is capable of carrying 
 *' PaflTengcrs with Safety, and taking that due Care of the Boats which 
 " fomctimes requires a good deal of Judgment in bad Storms. We 
 ♦' would further inform your Honours, that botlitlie Wiiarvcs want feme 
 " Repairs, the Norihcrmoft not being lufRcienr to land at low Water, 
 " fo that all the Boats arc obliged to come to the South Wharff, which 
 " oftentimes is attended with a good deal of Difficulty, by running c-irh 
 " other on Shore, and Paflengcrs oblig'd ro iump theii Horfcs into the 
 " Water, and oftentimes land and take on board through two or three 
 " Boats, fo that Travelleri Horf'esarc many Tim^s lam'd by that Means ) 
 " all which wc thought proper to inform your Honours of 
 
 " JosiAtt Arnold, 
 " John Hull, 
 *' JoH N Gapdner." 
 Which Report being duly confidercd. This yljjemhly do Vote and Refolve^ 
 That the lame be, and it is hereby accepted : And that the Ccmmittee 
 aforefaid be ffill continued ; that they make fuch Repairs at the afore- 
 mentioned Ferry-places, as are necelT-iry at prefent ; that they let out 
 faid Ferry-placcs until the ScfTion of Affcmbly in May next \ and draw 
 Money out of the General Trcafury, and difcharge the aforefaid Bonds 
 and Mortgage of the Prcmiles, as well as the rcil of the purchafc Monev. 
 
 Whereas the Keeper of His Majefly's Goal in the Town of Providence, 
 and other.-,, have reprcfented unto this AflTemblv, that by Reafon of the 
 Shailowncfs of the Prifon Well, Water is got thee with great Difficulty 
 one half of the Year, which Inconvenience mav b<* remedied by digging 
 the Well deeper : On Confidcraiion whereof, This /fffcmblj do Vote and 
 
 Re/olve,
 
 [43 ] 
 
 Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and Rofolved, That rhe Sherlffof the County 
 ot Providence infpccl ir.to the aforcfaid Well ; and if he Hull think it 
 bell thac faid Well b^ dug deeper, that he order the fame tube done, -nd 
 lay the Charge thereof before the General Aflfembly. 
 
 // is Voted and Rejohed, That the Sum of Sixteen Pounds Seventeea 
 Shillings and Nine Pence, be allowed Capt Jojeph Olncy, and paid him 
 out of the- General Trcafury, for making and mending Glalii Windows 
 in the County Huufc and Goal in Providence. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the Secretary put forth a Citation againft 
 Mr. Richard Fenner, to caufe him to appear before this Aifcmbly at their 
 nexcSeffion, to account for the Money which he drew out of the General 
 Treafury, for building a Bridge over Pcchnjjet River in Plainjield Road. 
 
 WherCrtS Thomas Rowland and Company, Owners of the Sloop Rebeccnk, 
 have reprefented unto this AflTembly, That thfc Sloop aforcfaid being ac 
 Sea, under the Command of Mr. Gideon IVanton, }\in. on the fifieentli 
 Day ot laft September, was attacked and taken by an armed VcfTel, com- 
 manded by SanBo Jago de Reach, a Subjecl of the King oi Spain, and by 
 him carried as Prize into the Dominions ot the King of Spain in the fVtJt~ 
 Indies, and thrre detained contrary to the late Treaty ot yitx ta ChapeUe : 
 Tliat they being apprehenfive that the Veflel will not only be c.ciaincd. 
 there a long Time, but alfo be (Iript of her Cargo and Appurtenances, 
 unlcfs they can find a Wiiy to apply to the Spanijh Government in the 
 fVejh Indies iov Rclncucion : Whereupon they prayed to have a Com- 
 mifTion from his Honour the Governor, under the Seal of rhe Colony, 
 witti Leave and Power to carry unto the Spani/h Governor, or other 
 Minifter by v/hom faid VefTcl is detained, atieftcd Copies of the Treaty 
 aforcfaid, and to demand that the faid VefTel be reflored, ^c. On 
 Confideration whereof, This jljjembly dc/b Vote and Rejolvc, and it is 
 hereby Voted and Refohed, That his Honour the Governor be, and 
 he is hereby impowcred and requeOed to qualify a proper VcfTei, and 
 Pcrfons for the Purpofe aforefaid : That all Perfons in this Colony, under 
 the fame Circumftances with the Petitioners, have the Privilege of joining 
 with them, in feeding proper Perfons, Papers, fee. in the fame Vclfei, 
 for recovering their Rights : And that the Proof of all Matters and 
 Things ncceilary to be done, in order to obtain the Ends aforefaid, be 
 made before his Honour the Governor, and by him certified under the 
 Seal of the Colony. 
 
 // ;j Voted (tnd Refolved, That the Account of John Hoyle, Town Ser- 
 jeant of Providence, wherein he hath charged for his Attendance on the 
 General AfTembly, this prefent SfcfTion, for Wood, and cutting the fame, 
 tor Nails and Candles by him provided for the Ufe of the Publick, be al- 
 lowed, and the Amount thereof, being Nine Pounds Seventeen Shillings, 
 paid out of the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted end Refohed. That the Suit brought agalnfl: Stffben Hopkins 
 and G:or^e Brown, E;qrs. by Benjamin Nichols, Efq; in Behalf of the 
 Colony, at Kin^s County Court, be, and thr. fame is hereby difcon- 
 tinued. 
 
 tt
 
 [14 ] 
 
 It ii Voted and Refohed, That th° Sam of One Hundred and Three 
 Pounds Ten Shillings, he allowed Janus Arnold^ Elq; and paid him ouc 
 of the General Trcalury, it being the Amount of his Account, for his 
 Trouble and Expences in repairing the great tiridgc at Pa«/«x/V Falls. 
 
 /.' .'J Voted and Refolved, That the Sum of Eleven Pounds be allowed 
 Btnjamin Gorbam, and paid him out of the General Treafury ; Four 
 Pounds of it lor attending on the General AfTcmbly, begun and held at 
 Previdtnce, the Twenty-feventh Day of January, 1746, and the Re- 
 mainder for the like Service, thisprcfcnt SefTion. 
 
 /; is' Voted and Refohed, That all Bufinefs lying before this AfTembly 
 unfinifbed, be referred unto the next Seltion : That the Secretary pro- 
 claim by Beat of Pnim, in the Town of Newport, all the Ads and Orders 
 now made and part, within ten Days after tne Rilmg of this AfTembly, 
 and within thirty (end Copies thereof to each Town in the Colony, ac- 
 cording to Law : And that this AfTcmbly be, and it is hereby Adjourned 
 until the Fourth Monday in February next, and then be held it, Providence^ 
 
 GOD Save ihe KING. 
 
 Publtfiied according to Order, by 
 
 THOMAS WARD, Seery:
 
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 Jt theGE'^EK AL AssEMELY of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and COMPANY o///x EnglHh 
 Colony of JRhode-Hland, and Providence Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America, held at Providence, 
 within and for the Colony aforefdid, on the ffjl Tuesday 
 of- January, bein^ the Third Day of faid Months in the 
 Twemy-fecoiid Tear of the Reign of His Mofi Sacred 
 Ma jelly GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of 
 GOD, King 0/ Oreat-Brirain, (J^c. being fpedally 
 called by a Warrmt under the Hand and Seal of his 
 Honour the Governor. 
 
 PRESENT. 
 
 The Honourable WILLIAM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 The Hon. William Ellery, Efq; Dcp. Governor. 
 
 John Gardner, Efq; 
 R0B£RT GraBs, Efq; 
 "WiLLiAM Burton, Efq; 
 
 I James Arnold, Efq; ) 
 
 >^/- JEOFKKY Watson, Elq-. ?^^J^' 
 
 DEPUTIES of the fcveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Hon. Thomas Cranston, 
 
 Newpoj^T ; 
 The Speaker. 
 
 Providence i 
 Daniel Jeyicks, Efq -, 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq; 
 Stephen Hopkins, Efq; 
 George Brown, Efq; 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 M r . Gideon Freeborn , j n 11 . 
 U^. John Allen. 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Philip Greene, Efqj 
 John IValton, Efqi 
 Capt. Amos Lockwood. 
 
 Westerly ; 
 Mr. Jchn Larkin, 
 Mr. Benjamin Brozvn. 
 
 NEWSHOiiEHAM i 
 
 None. 
 
 Speaker. 
 
 NoRTK-KlNCSTON ; 
 
 Col. Immanuel Nor: hup. 
 Capt. Dcniil Font!. 
 
 SouTH-KlNGSTOM i 
 
 None. 
 East -Greenwich i 
 
 Jofepb Nichols, Efq; 
 Capt. Ihomas Spencer, 
 
 Jamestown ; 
 Mr. CeorsiC Franklin. 
 
 ML 
 
 SMITHFIBLDj
 
 [4«] 
 
 SmithfiELD ; 
 Mr. Jonathan Arnold^^ 
 Mr. Ifrad mikmfon, 
 
 Sc ITUATE ; 
 
 Capt. Job Randal, 
 Opt. Charlis Harris. 
 Gloucester ; 
 Mr. Richard Sttcre, 
 Mr. Jojej'h H^indlor. 
 Ch.-vrLestown ; 
 Coi.C/jiiJhpberCbainpliH, 
 Capt. l^aibanael Lcivis. 
 
 Mr. Jojias Lyndon, C 
 
 W est-Gp e enw I c h 
 Nont. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Mr. jiaron Bouen. 
 Exeter •, 
 Mr. Bitisni Gardner. 
 
 Mi DOLE TOWN ; 
 
 Capt. Rcl'ert Barker, 
 Mr. Jonathan Eajicn. 
 Bristol j 
 None. 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 None. 
 
 LiTTLE-CoMPTDN ; 
 
 Note. 
 
 Warren -, 
 
 Cape. BeHJanin Barton^ 
 
 Cu MCER I. AND ; 
 Job Bartlet, Efqj 
 Ifracl tybippU, Elq-, 
 
 Rl CHMONU ; 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Clarke, 
 Mr. John Hicks. 
 
 lerk of the Houfc of Deputies. 
 
 /T is Voted and Refolved, That Robert Gihbs, Stephen Hopkins, Daniel 
 Jencks, and George Bro'xn, Elqrs. be, and they are hereby appointed 
 a Committee, to take into Confidcration the Letter from his Excellency 
 Governor Shirley, with the other Papers relating to the Paper Currency, 
 and make Report thereon to this Aflcmbly, at their next SelTion. 
 
 "Whereas 7homas Fry, jun. one of the Deputy Sheriffs of the County of 
 Providence, exhibited to this AlTembly, an Account, amounting to the 
 Sum of Twenty-fix Pounds and Six Pence, by hinr. charged againft the 
 Colony, for his Horle-hireand Exptnccs, and four Days by him Ipcnt in 
 warning Ibmc of the Magiftrates and Deputies, to give their Attendance, 
 and mike this prcCcnt Seflion of Affembly ; which being taken into Confir 
 deration, // is Voted and Re/ohed, That Sixteen Pounds (and no more^, 
 of the faid Account, be allowed and paid the faid Thomas Fry, out of the 
 General Trcafury. 
 
 // is Vond and Re/ohed, That the Account of Capt. Thomas Sptnctr^ 
 charged againft the Colony, for his Time, Trouble, Horfe-hirc, and Ex- 
 ptnjccs, in going a Journey on the Publick Service, to Jofbua Balcock, and 
 Jeremiah Niles, Efqrs. be allowed, and the Amount thereof, bting Seven- 
 teen Pounds Twelve Shillings, be paid him out ot the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas fVilliam Dean exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an Account, amount- 
 ing to the Sum of Ten Pounds, by him charged againft the Colony, for 
 his Time and Expenccs in going to Ntwport, for Judge Cornel, in the 
 Month of September laft ; which being taken into Confidcration, /; is 
 Voted and Rej'olved, That Eight Pounds fancj no more), of the faid Ac- 
 count, be allowed and paid the faid (i'lllicm, out of the General Treafury. 
 
 jfn J C -T far ihs Relief <?/" Jolcph Fox, now under Cvrtjinemcnt in 
 his Majt/i/s (jojI tn Newport. 
 
 WHEREAS Jofeph For. of Newport, in the County of Newport, 
 Scrivener, rcprtfcntcd unto thisAflembly, That ht is, and hath 
 been for aimolt two Years laft paft, confined to His Majefty's Goal in 
 JVfxu/Mr/, for one Debt only, which (.amounting to near Three Thoufand 
 
 Pounds
 
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 Pootids}, he is akogether unable to pay, and moreover ought in Juftlcc. 
 to be paid out of tlic Eltatc of the iace John Gidlev, Efq; That he has 
 nothing but his Pen to maintain himfclf, his Wife, and fcveral Children : 
 Thit his Earnings arc but triflins, as he is confined, compared with what 
 they might be, if he had his Liberty : And that it is next to an ImpofTi- 
 bility for him to cxtiicACe himfelf out of thoft deplorable Circumltances, 
 without Relief from this Aifcmbly ; whereupon he humbly pravcd, That 
 a Lottery may be let on Foot, lO raife the Monty for v/hich he is impri- 
 loned, the Sum being too large for him even to hopp to be got by private 
 Charities. And whereas the greater Part of the principal Gentlemen and 
 Merchants of the Town oi Ndvporl, and others, have under their Hinds 
 certified to this AfTcmbly, that the Fads by the faid Jofiph Fox, in his 
 aioreT-vid Petition related, arc abfolutely true ; for which Rtafon they 
 alio prayed for fucha Lottery as the faid Fc.vhath petitioned for. 
 
 All and every whereof being duly confidcred, 
 
 'D E IT EN ACT ED by this General Ajjmhly, and by the Authority of 
 i-J the Jame, it is Enabled, That it fhall and may be lawful for the faid 
 Jojeph Fsx, to propoff to the Publick, and fet forth a Lottery of 
 Two and Tliirty Thoufand Pounds. Old Tenor, according to the Scheme 
 hf rtrunto fubjoined ; And that John Gardner, arid John Channing, Efqrs. 
 Meffrs. Thomaj Ji^ickham^ and Stephen JVantcn, all of Nrx'port, be, and 
 they arc hereby coniHtuted Managers or Direflors thereof, with full Power 
 and Authority, to do, tranfad, and perform all and every the Matters ani 
 Things iRCcfrary and expedient for fiflirgand drawing the faid Lottery : 
 Provided lHc laid Managers or Diredors give fulficicnt Bond to the Gc- 
 ncraJ Treafurcr. for their Fidelity, and following the fame Rules tliat the 
 Directors ot the Providence hoitcry, for building /F"^;r/i^/ Bridge, were 
 oblig.ed to obfcrve. 
 
 Here followcth the SCHEME referred to above. 
 
 2 
 
 
 of 
 
 £• 'COO 
 
 arc 
 
 £■ 
 
 2000 
 
 3 
 
 
 of 
 
 500 
 
 art 
 
 
 1500 
 
 4 
 
 
 of 
 
 400 
 
 are 
 
 
 1600 
 
 5 
 
 
 of 
 
 300 
 
 are 
 
 
 1500 
 
 e 
 
 
 of 
 
 200 
 
 are 
 
 
 J 200 
 
 ao 
 
 
 of 
 
 too 
 
 are 
 
 
 2000 
 
 40 
 
 
 of 
 
 50 
 
 arc 
 
 
 20QO 
 
 100 
 
 
 of 
 
 20 
 
 are 
 
 
 2000 
 
 400 
 
 
 of 
 
 iS 
 
 are 
 
 
 6000 
 
 500 
 
 Prizes. 
 
 of 
 
 8 
 
 are 
 
 
 12000 
 
 20S0 
 
 31800 
 
 59^0 
 
 Blanks. 
 
 
 
 Firll Ticket 
 
 drawn 
 
 I 100 
 
 Laft Ditto 100 
 
 Sooo Tickets, at Four Pounds per Ticket, »? - - ;C- 3 2 000 
 
 Twelve and an half ffr Cent, to be deduced. 
 
 An
 
 [48 ] 
 
 jIn ACT for the Meeting snd Sitting of the Superior Court ofjadi^ 
 cature^ Court of j^Jfize, and Getjcml Goal Delivery in Providence, 
 for the County o/" Providence, on Monday^ t he Twenty- thi'rd Day of 
 January, Anno Domini 1748. 
 
 WHEREAS the Superior Court of Judicature, Cou't of Afld/'e, 
 and General Goal Delivery, within this Colony, did meet and 
 fit in Providence, for tiie County of Providence, on the Iccond Tuetd.iY of 
 September laft paft, and did not then hnifh any of the Bufinefs before faid 
 Court, but adjourn'd faid Court until the lirrt Monday o^ December then 
 next coming -, at which Time there not being a fufficicnt Number of the 
 Judges prei'ent ("by Rcafon ofSicknels), to conftitute a (Riorum, the 
 faid Court could not proceed to do any Bulincfs, although many Things 
 of very great Concernment to the Colony in general, as well as to the In- 
 tcrefl: of private Parties, were then before laid Court, but could not be 
 tried, for the Reafon atorefaid : And now to the End that there may be 
 no Failure of Juflicc in this Colony. 
 
 -nE IT EN JCTED iy the General JJembly of this Colony, and by 
 x) the /htihortty of ibejame, it is Enatlfd, That the Judges of the Supe- 
 rior Court of Judicature, Court of Afllze, and General Goal Deli- 
 very, in and for this Colony, do nneet, and fit, and hold the faid Court 
 at Providence, for the County o{ Providence, on Monday the Twenty-third 
 Day of this Inf^ant January \ and that all Matters and Things, whether 
 Civi!, Criminal, or mixt in Nature, that were depending, and ought to 
 have been heard and tried before the (aid Court, on the fecond Tucfday 
 of September laft palt, and on the firll Monday of December Jaft paft, be 
 heard, tried, and determined by the faid Court, when met as aforefaid. 
 
 /Ind he it further Enabled by the Authority aforejaid. That all Warrants, 
 Writs, Declarations, Complaints, Pleas, and Pleadings, Appeak and 
 Reafons of Appeal, Bonds, Recognizances, and Dcpofitions, and Exe- 
 cutions, and all Returns whatfocver, and generally all other Matters, 
 Things, and Difputes whatfoever, that were or ought to have been before 
 the faid Court, on the faid fecond Tucfday of September, and firft Monday 
 of December lad pad, he hereby declared to be good, binding, and cfifec- 
 tual, for the fcvcral Purpofcs for which they, or any of them, were 
 intended and deGgncd, at the Courr to be held as aforefaid, as the fame 
 were, or could have been, at cither of the faid Times of the faid Court's 
 meeting, that are paft as above-mentioned 
 
 And be it further EnaiJed by the Authority aforefaid. That all the Gentle- 
 men of the Grand and Petit Juries, who were drawn and chofen to fervc 
 at the faid Court, on the faid fecond Tucfday oi September laft paft, do 
 attend on the faid Court, on rhs Twenty-third Day oi January aforefaid, 
 and there do the Duty foi which they were chofen •, and in Default thereof, 
 to be fubjeft to the fame Fines and Penalties, as by Law they were fubjeft 
 to, on the faid fecond Tucfday of Septrvibcr laft, if they had not then 
 appeared- 
 
 Attd
 
 C 49 1 
 
 And be it furthir Ena8ed by the jhithorin aforefaid. That his Honour tht 
 Governor give (orth Warrants to thefcveral Sheriffs of this Colony, com- 
 manding them to notify ail the Judges of the faid Courr, rcfiding within 
 thcir fcvcral Counties, of this A(fl, and requiring their Attendance ai the 
 Titne and Place above-mentioned, for holding of laid Court ; and aifo 
 ordering the faid Sheriffs to notify the Attorney General, and all Attor- 
 nies in rhcir refpedive Counties, who commonly pradice at faid Court* 
 of the Time and Place of its Sitiifig ; and particularly commanding the 
 Sheriff of the County of Providence^ to give timely Notice to all the 
 abovefaid Jurors, that their Attendance is required at faid Court : And 
 that laid Sheriff let up Notifications in all publick Places in the County of 
 Providence^ informing all Perlons conccrried in faid Court, of the Time 
 of its fitting. 
 
 jind further ii is Vnted and R;folved^ That this Ad be immcdiaJel/ pub» 
 lifhed : jind ii was -publifhed accord'moly by the Secretary. 
 
 Both Houfes refolvcd into a Grand Committee, in ord^jr- to chufea 
 Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of AJTizc, ar,d General 
 Goal Delivery, in and throughout the Colony, in the Rpom o\ 'Jeremiah 
 Tiiles, Efq-, who rcfufed to affume that Office, tho' Eledcd : In Confo 
 qucncc whereof, John Walton, Efq; was chofcn a Judge of faid Court. 
 
 It is Voted and Relolved, That Samuel Thomas, Lieutenant of the third 
 Company, or train'd Band, in the Town oi North- Kingjlon, be promoted 
 and made Captain thereof, in the Room oi Robert Havens, jun., who re- 
 fufed : T\\it Benedi^ Eldred, Enfign of faid Company, be promoted and 
 made Lieutenant thereof, in the Room of faid Samuel Ttomas; and Ebenezer 
 Brown, Enfign of laid Company, in the Room of faid Bintdid tldred. 
 
 "Whereas Stephen Hopkins, Efq; one of the Judges of the Superior Court 
 of Judicature, Court of Afiize, and General Goal Delivery, in and 
 throughout the Colony, hath refigned his faid Office, and the Affembly 
 accepted his Refignation : Whereupon both Houfes refolveo intoaGrana 
 Committee, in order to choofe another in his Room. In Confequcnce 
 whereof, Jonathan Randal, Efq; was chcien a Judge of faid Courr, in i he 
 Room of the faid Stephen Hopkins. 
 
 Whereas Gideon Cornel, Efq; chief Judge of the Superior Court of Ju- 
 dicature, Court of Affize, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout 
 the Colony, hath refigned his faid Office j and this Affembly accepted 
 his Refignation : Whereupon both Houfes refolved into a Grand Com~ 
 mittce, in order to choofe another Judge. In Confequcnce v/hercof, 
 William Hopkins, Efq; waschofen one of the Judges of faid Courr. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Judges or the Superior Court of Judi- 
 cature, fcff. Ihall take Place, and fuccced each other, in the following 
 Order, to wit ; 
 
 JOSHUA BABCOCK, Efq; as Chief Judge. 
 J ON Al HAN RANDAL, Efq-, as Second Jud^e. 
 WILLIAM HOPKINS, Efq, as Third Judge. 
 WILLIAM RICHMOND. Efq. as Fourth Judge, 
 JOHN WALTON, Efqv as Fifth Judge. 
 N
 
 [ 50] 
 
 II is Votid anJ Refahed, That all Bufincfs lying before this AfTembly, 
 untinifhcd, be rcfcrr'd unto the next ScfTion thereof : And that ttirs 
 AlTcrnbly be, and it is hereby adjourned unto the laft Monday in Febrtiary 
 next, then to meet at Providence. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 jit the General Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and C0MI>ANY of the Englifh 
 Q>h/}y <?/• Rhode-Illand, ai'id Providence Plantations, 
 z» Nc^-'Euglind," ?.^ Amsr'rca, he£un and held af Provi- 
 dence, within and fiir the Colony aforefaid, by Adjournment, 
 on the lafi Monday y/- February, being theTrventy'lci.enth 
 Day of jaid Month, in the Trventy-fecond Tear of the Rei^r^n 
 cf Bis Mofi Sacred Majelly GEORGE the Second, by 
 the Grace ofGOD, King of Great-Brirain, i^c. And in 
 the Tear of Our Lord, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 forty-eight. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 The Honourable JVlLLlylM GREENE, Efq; Governor 
 
 Peter Bours, Efq; 
 John Gardner, Efq; 
 RoBKRT GiBRS, Elq-, 
 William Burton, Efq; 
 Stephk:* Brown kl, Efqi- 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; 
 Jamks Arnold, Efq; 
 ■^/yh William R ichmosd, Efq^^y^?. 
 Daniel Coggeshall, Efq; 
 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 The Hon. Thomas Crauston, Speaker. 
 
 Newpout ; 
 George W union , Elq; 
 Capt. Waller Cbaloner, 
 The Speaker, 
 Col. Hezekiah Carpenter, 
 Mr. Nicholas Eajlon, 
 Mr. Jamti Sheffield. 
 
 PROV'I DtNCE i 
 
 Daniel Jcncks, Efq; 
 Jonathan RonJai, Efq; 
 Stephen HopitrtJ, Efq^ 
 Georvc Brtwn, Efq; 
 Portsmouth ; 
 Mr. John AUai. 
 
 Warwick. ; 
 Philip Greene, Efq; 
 Mr. Samuel tarien, 
 Jchn Walton^ Elq; 
 Qipt. Amos Lcckwood. 
 
 Westerly ; 
 Mr. Jchn larkin, 
 Mr. Benjamin Bro'jun. 
 
 Newshorfham ; 
 None. 
 
 North-Kingston ; 
 Col. Immanuel Nortlcrtip. 
 Capt. Dftnitl Fonts. 
 
 South-Kingston \ 
 Col. Ibomas Hazard. 
 
 East-Greenwich -, 
 
 Jofepb Nichols, Efq» 
 Capt. Thomas Spent. tr. 
 
 J A mestown ; 
 Mi. George Franklin. 
 
 Smithfi fld ; 
 Mr. Jonathan Arnold^ 
 Mr. I,rael IFilkinfon. 
 
 Sc ITU ATE ; 
 Capt. Joh Randal^ 
 Capt. Charles Harris. 
 
 Glouc ESTER -.
 
 [ 51 ] 
 
 GLOucKSTFav Mr. Pedigrein Trip. Nathanael Searl ^(^^ 
 
 Mr. Richard sum. Middle Town j Warren ; 
 
 Mr. Jojeph iriMdfor. Capt. Rcber: Barker, Capt. Btrtjamin Barton, 
 
 Charlestowm ; Mr. Jonathan Eajien. Mutkw Allen, Efq; 
 
 Co\.CbriliopberChampUH, Bristol; Cumberland j 
 
 Cape. Nathanael Lewis. Jonathan Peck, Efqi Jol Bartlet, Efq; 
 
 \V EST - G fc E E N w I c H ; Major Thomas Greene. Ifrael Whippk^ Efq-, 
 
 Mr. George Gardner. Tivkrton -, RichmouD; 
 
 Coventry; iAr. Edward PFanten, None; 
 
 Mr, Aaron Bowen. John Howland, Efq; 
 
 Exeter ; Llttle-Comptoi:! j 
 
 Mr. Bcnoni Gardner, William Hall, Efq; 
 
 Mr, Jcfta^ Lyndon, Clerk of the Houfe of Deputies. 
 
 WHEREAS there have been fandry Perfons who have mortgaged 
 their Lands to this Colony, and have left the fame, or died 
 therein, and left no perfonal Eflatc to fatisfy and pay their Bonds due to 
 faid Colony, either Intereft or Principal ; and no Law diredls the Grand 
 Committee to put their Mortgages in Suit till the Tenths become due, 
 which is to the ^reat Difadvantage of faid Colony. 
 
 For Remedy whf.reof for the Future, 
 
 nE IT EN ACT ED ty the General Affembly of this Colony, and by 
 tj the Autkortiy of the fame, it is Enabled, That the Grand Committee 
 of faid Colony, be, and are hereby fully direfted and authorized to 
 put all Morrgige- Deeds in Suit, given m fdid Colony, by any Pcrlon or 
 Perfons that hath, or have left, or fhall leave this Colony, or is, or are 
 dead, or fhall die therein, leaving no perfonal EAate to fatisfy their 
 Bonds due to faid Colony, 
 
 And it is further EnaHed, '1 har when any Writ ot Writs, have, or 
 fhall be taken out againft any Perfon or Perfons living in faid Colony, 
 tor the Recovery of Money due to the Colony, by his or their Bond, or 
 BoniJs as abovefaid, and have or fliall be rcturn'd, that neither Body nor 
 Eftate can be found, thai then the faid Grand Committee fhall put his or 
 their Mortgage Deed or Deeds in Suit, for the Recovery of the Land 
 mortgaged for Security of faid Debt or Debts due by faid Bond or Bonds : 
 Any Law, Cuflom, or Ufage, to the contrary hereof, in any wife, not- 
 withftanding 
 
 j^n jiCT to fr event Hogs going at large in the compa^ '^Parts of the 
 Tozvns of Newport and Provulence. 
 
 TiE I T E N A C T E D h i^^ General Affembly, and by the Authority 
 
 *^ thereof, it is hereby Eni>iled, That from and after the Publication of 
 
 th.is A(fl, no Perfon dwelling in the compaft Parts ot the Towns of 
 
 Newport and Providence, within this Colony, fhall permit any Hog or 
 
 Swine to run at large in any of the Streets, Highways, or Commons, within 
 
 the
 
 the cotnpa£l Parts of faid Towns, or either of them, upon Pain of forfeit- 
 ing all and every fuch Hog or Swine fo going, or running at large. And 
 it ftall be lawful for any Pcrlon or Perfons whatfoever, being a P"rccm;in 
 or Freemen of cither o( W\d Towns, upon finding any Hog or Swine run- 
 ning or going at large in any of the Streets, Highways, or Commons, 
 within the compaiil Parts of fa id Towns, or any ot them, to fcizc and 
 take all Hogs and Swine, fo found, and them, and every of them, to 
 convert fo his, her, and their ov/n proper Ule, as they may think fit, 
 without being any Way anlwerablc, or accountable for the fame. 
 
 /!nd be it further EnaHed by the Au'.hority aforefaiJ, That the compaft 
 Part of the Town of NeH'porl, fhall in, and by this Ail, be iinderilood to 
 be within a Line drawn from the South Wert Corner of Samuel Dyre\ 
 Land, to the South Eaft Corner of faid Samuel Dyre\ Land % from thence 
 to the Houfe commoniy known by the Name of Richard Long's ; from 
 thence to the Eaft End of Jaylor's Lane ^ and from thence Well, into 
 the Harbour or Salt Water : And the compaft Part of the Town of Pro- 
 videnct, ftail be underftood by this Aft, to comprehend all the Lands to 
 the Southward of a Wc(^ Line, from the Wcflern End of the Lane 
 called Herenden's Lane, to the Mill River ; and an EaCt Line from the 
 Eaft End of laid Lane, to Seaconk RWer \ and lying between faid Rivers, 
 to the Southward, till they muft and ftull extend Wcftward, over Ifey- 
 bojfet Bridge, on both Sides the Highway, as far as the parting of rhc 
 Roads by Mr. John Hoyk's Hoafc. 
 
 jin u4 C T to prevent the Fijb being Jopp'd in their Cotirfe up 
 Paucatucic Ktver. 
 
 DT IT ENACTED by the General AJfembly of the Cohny afore/aid, 
 and by the Authority thereof, it is EnaHed, That from and after the 
 Publication hereof, no Perfon or Perfons whatfocvcr, owning Land in 
 this Colony, adjoining to faid Paucatuck River, or pofTefilng the fame, 
 Ihall fuffer any Damor Ware to be erefted, or extended acrofs faid River, 
 to their Land, or the. Land in their PoflefTion, in this Colony, or fhall 
 fufTcr any Saync or Ware to be extended acrofs faid River, and there to 
 ftand for more than two whole Days in one Week -, which Days fhall be 
 Tuefdays and Fridays, and no other Days-, or fhall any other Ways ob- 
 ftru6l the Courle of faid Fifh, otherwifc than by haling aitar the common 
 Manner of Sayning Fifh, on the Penalty of One Hundred Pounds ; to 
 be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or In^ormation, at the General ScfTions of 
 the Peace \n the County of A'/;;_g'< County, where the Parties offending, 
 /hall be liable to be bound to appe.ir by any AlTiftant or Juflicc to whom 
 Complainc is made. 
 
 And be it further Ena£ied In the Authority afore faid. That all Perfons 
 having Dams already creftcd acrofs faid River, fliall from the Twentieth 
 Day of March, to the Twcnt cth Day of May annually, leave a Space or 
 Breach in each and every Dam, ten Feet wide to the bottom of the River or 
 Mud-Sill, if rcquit'd thereto, for the Fifh to take their Courfe through, 
 
 upon
 
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 upon tl :: Pcnalry arorcfaicl, to be recovered as aforcfnid, on Failure oi 
 opening, and keeping open fuch Dam, for rhe Time aforef^id \ one half 
 to the Informer, and the other half to the General Treafury. 
 
 j^)id he it EnaHed by the Authority afore faid, Tiiat upon Complaint 
 being ni.i.le to any Afiirtaiu or Juttice, againft any Pcrfon, for the Breach 
 of this Aci, or any CLiufe thereof, it fhall be lawful for fuch Afiiftant, or 
 Jrifticc, by Warrant under his Hand and Seal, to order the Perfon com- 
 plained of, to be d; ought before him ; and it upon Examination, the 
 Complainant flull not be able to produce any other Evidence againft him, 
 thf.n fuch Circumf^iiicea as render it highly probable, in the Judgment of 
 luc!i AfTiflant, or Jul^ice, yet faid AfTiftant or Juftice Hiall bind the fiid 
 Perton complained of as alorcfaid, in Bond, w^ith fufficicnt Sureties, to 
 anfwer rhe faid Complaint, at the then next General ScfTions of the Peace, 
 to be held for laid County ; where if the Complainant fliall not be able to 
 proJuce pofui'.'c Evidence againd him, and yet it fliall appear to (aid 
 Courr by Gircumftanccs, that it is highly probable that the Pcrfon fo 
 complained of, is guilty •, that then, and in every fuch Cafe, he (hall be 
 deemed guilty, anii Judgment fhall be made up againft him, for the Pe- 
 nalty of this A6t, 
 
 And he it further Enabled ly the Authority aforefcid. That every Acl h-ere- 
 toforemade, to prevent the Fifli being f>opp>ed hi their Courfe up Pauca- 
 juck River, b:;, and hereby is repealed. 
 
 M ACT jor the farther Relief cj itifuhei)t Debtors^ that are, or 
 fhjll be imp ijotiedt 
 
 WHEREAS the Allowance for the Relief of infolvent Debtors, 
 who arc, or fhal! be imprrfoncd lor their Debts, either by original 
 Procefs, or by Execution, is but Twelve Shillings, Money of the Old 
 Tenor, ^^r Week, which is hifufKcicnt to procure the NecefTariesof Life, 
 for their Subfiftsnce in Goal, and oftentimes expofcth the Pfifon Keepers 
 to great Expcnces, to provide for the faid poor Prifoncrs. 
 
 For Remedy whereof, 
 
 T^E n EN AC^ ED by this Ajjembly, and by the Authority of the 
 Jame, it is Enacted, That for the future, the aforefaid Sum of 
 Twelve Shillings />^r Week, fhall be augmented to the Sum of Eighteen 
 Shillings of fud BUls, />« Week, to be recovered in the fame Manner, 
 an.l under the fame Regulations, as the aforefaid Twelve Shillings per 
 Week, was recovered. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That John Gardner, Robert Gibbs, Daniel Jencks, 
 George Brawn^ Jcfeph Nichols, and Philip Greene, Efqrs. together with 
 Col. Edward Kinnicut, and Mr. Samuel Chace, be, and they, or the major 
 Part of them, are hereby conftituted a Committee, to receive of the Com- 
 mittee, who fold the Colonv's Bills of Exchange, the Bills of Credit thofc 
 
 O Gentlemen
 
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 Gentlemen have receiv'd therefor ; and al(o to tell the fame, and bring 
 than to this Allcmbly, that they may be burnt in their Prefcnce. 
 
 "Whereas "John Mazcney, Efq; Sheriff of the County of Providenct, exhi- 
 bited to this Alfembly, an Account by him charged againft the Colony, 
 for his, and his Aids Time, Trouble, Horfe-hire, and Expcnces, in go- 
 ing aittr 7»wja«, /F^j//;^^^, and others, tor Boards ind Nails to repair the 
 County Goal in Providence •, and for notifying the Judges of the Superior 
 Court, Attorneys, and Jurors, in the County of Providence ; and fctting 
 lip Notiticatioiis in every Town in laid County, purfuant to an A(5l of the 
 General Affcmbly, pxii a.t Providence the third Day of Jinnuary \a{\i, for 
 the meeting and fitting of the Superior Court, (S'c. in Providence, for the 
 County of Providence : And this AfTembly having faker^ the faid Account 
 into Confideration, Do Vote and Refolve, and ii is hereby Voted and Refohed^ 
 That the fame be allowed, and the Amount thereof, being Seventy- four 
 Pounds Five Shillings, paid unto the faid John Maivney^ out of the Ge- 
 neral Trealury. 
 
 Whereas Beriah Brozvn, Efq; Sheriff of the County of A'rn^'s County, 
 exhibited to this Affembly, an Account by him charged againll the Co- 
 lony, for notifying fach of the Members of the General Council, and 
 Houfe of Deputies, as live in that County, s.r\da.\fo Jeremiah Niles, Eiq; 
 to give thair Attendance refpedtivcly, on the General Affembly that lat at 
 Providence on the third Day of January laft ; as alfo for notifying Jo/hua 
 B^-bcock, Elq; to give his Attendance at the Superior Court of Judicature, 
 fcft. which was held at Providence on the fourth Monday of the fame 
 TVlonth : And this Afiijmbly having taken the faid Account into Confi- 
 deration, Do Vote and Re/eJve, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, That the 
 fame be allowed, and the Amount thereof, being Twerfty-two Founds, 
 paid unto the laid Beriab Brovtn, out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas Jacob TVhileman exhibited to this Affembly, an Account by 
 him charged againlt the ColtJny, for Labour done, and Iron- Work pro- 
 vided for the County Goal in Providence, at lundry Times, beginning the 
 Twenty-futth Day of July, 1745, and ending on the eighth Day of OHober 
 lart : And now this Affembly having taken the laid Account into Confi- 
 deration, Do Vote and Refolve, and it ts hereby Vsted and Rejolvfd, That the 
 fame be allowed, and the Amount thereof, beifig Fourteen Pounds One 
 Shilling and Ten Pence, paid untothc faid Jacob Wbiteman, out of the 
 General Treasury, deducting allfuch Grants as have been tnadcof any Part 
 of niid Account. 
 
 Whereas Ann and James Franklin exhibited unto this Affembly, an Ac- 
 <?ount by them charged againft th- Colony, for printing the Votes and 
 Proceedings of the General Affembly that fat at Providence on the Uft Wed- 
 ncfday of 0<,7o^^r lall, and for furailhing Paper for that Work : And this 
 Affembly havmg taken the laid Account into Confideration, Do Vote and 
 Refolve, and it is hereby Voted an I Relolved, That the fame be allowed, and 
 the Amount thereof, being Twelve Pounds Twelve Shillings and Six 
 Pence, paid unto the fi\d^nn Arn.\ James Franklin, out of the General 
 Trcafury. Whereas
 
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 Whcneas Thomas Gnen, Erq Sheriff of the County of Briftel, exhibited 
 
 unto this Aflemhiy, an Account by him charged againft the Colony, foi 
 notifying fuch of the Members of the General Aflembly, as live in that 
 County, fo give their Attendance on the General AlFcmbly that fat at 
 I'rovidencs on th^iWnd'Dxy oi January h[\: And this Aflcmbly having 
 taken the faid Account into Confideration, Do Vote end Rejolve, and it is 
 hereby Voted and Rejolved^ That the fame be allowed, and the Amount 
 thereof, being Five Founds, paid unto the laid Ihcmas Green out of the 
 General Trcalury. 
 
 "Whereas Cutbbert Campbell, late Pod Mafter in J^ev;pert, exhibited to this 
 Afiembly, an Account by him charged againrt the Colony, for Portage of 
 fiindry L.ctters and Packets to his Honour the Governor, on the Colony's 
 Bufinefs, and other publick Services ; And this AlTcmbly having taken 
 the faid Account into Confideration, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby 
 Voted and Rejolved, That the fame be allowed, and the Amount thereof, 
 being Seventeen Pounds Nine Shillings atid Eight Pence, paid unto the 
 faid Ctithtiert Campbell., out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Edmund Johnfon, Henry Rice, Srfas Green, Jofeph Smith, jun. 
 yeremiah Sweet., Jeremiah IVkipple, and Job Green, reprefented unto this 
 Alfcmbly, by Way of Petition, that they were drawn or chofen to fervt 
 on the Petit Jury, at the Superior Court of Judicature, tsff. held at Pro- 
 vidence, within and for the County ol Providence, on the fecond Tucfday 
 o^ September laft, and being duly notified, gave their Attendance on the 
 faid Court, at their own Expence : But the faid Court, without com- 
 mitting any Cafe to the Juryi adjourned unto the fifrh Day of December 
 following; and then to fet at Prew'^fnf^aforefaid, ordering the Petitioners 
 neverthclefs to give due Attendance at the faid Time and Place ; which 
 they did accordingly, for fevcral Days, at their own Expence : But the 
 faid Court fell through, becaufe there did not appear a competent Number 
 of Judges to conftitute a Quorum. Whereupon the Petitioners prayed 
 that they might have an Allowance made them for their Lofs of Time, 
 and be reimburfcd their Expences, according to the following Account, 
 to "icit ; 
 
 Edmund Johnfon, in Sept. and Dec. Nine Days j - £,. 
 
 Henry Rice, in Sept. and Dec. Nine Days; - - . 
 
 Silas Greet}., in Sept. and Dec. Nine Days ; - * - 
 'Jojeph Smith, Jun. in Sept. and Dec. Nine Days ; 
 
 'Jeremiah Sweet, in Sept. and Dec. Seven Days ; - 
 
 yeremiah Whipple, in Sept. and Dec. Eight Days ; - 
 
 Job Greet), in Sept. and Dec. Nine Days ; - - - 
 
 And now this Afiembly having duly confidercd the Premlfes, Do Vote and 
 Refolvc, and it is hereby Voted and Rcfohed, That each and every of thd 
 Petitioners fhall be allowed and paid out of the General Treafury, the 
 Sum afcribcd to, or fet againft his Name refpcdively, according to the 
 aforegoing Account,, the original wliiTreo/, was by them exhibited to this 
 Affembly. 
 
 U 
 
 8 
 
 i6 o 
 
 8 
 
 \6 o 
 
 8 
 
 \6 o 
 
 8 
 
 i6 o 
 
 6 
 
 i<5 6 
 
 7 
 
 i6 o 
 
 8 
 
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 It is Voted and RefoheJ, Th.it the Committee wTio were appointed to 
 pay off" the Soldiers railed tor the Expedition intended againll Canada^ 
 render an Account upon Oath unto his Honour ihc Governor, how much 
 Sterling Money hath been by them paid to the faid Soldiers ; and that his 
 Honour the Governor draw Bills for the lame, on the Lords of the Trca- 
 fury, payable to the Agent of this Colony. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohedy That Stephen Hcpkius, Efq; Col. Ihomas Haf- 
 zard. Cape, yoi Randal, and Mr. Benjamin Brovau, be, and they are 
 hereby conllitutcd aCommittee, to examine into the State and Condition 
 of the fcver;d Bridges in this Colony, and nuke Report to this Alfcmbly, 
 at their next ScflTion, what Bridges ought to be maintained in whole or in 
 l^art by the Colony, a.id by what Ways and Means the other Bridges arc 
 to be fupported. 
 
 // is Voted and Re/ohed, That the fevcral Towns in this Colony, pay 
 the Pcrlons by them rcfpeiftivcly appointed to take an Account ot the 
 Numbc- of Poles, and rateable Eftaie in each Town in the Government, 
 in the Year of our Lord, 1747 : And alfo the Perfons by them refpcc- 
 lively appointed, (in Confcqucnce ot an Adt paft by the General AlTcmbly, 
 at their SclTion in Provicfence, in October lafi) to number the Inhabitants 
 of each Town, Whites, Indians, and Negroes : And that the Account of 
 all and every fuch Pcrfon or Perfons, for his or their Time, and fo forth, 
 in faid Affairs, be prefentcd to their Conftituents, the Town Council, v;ho 
 arc hereby impowered to examine the fame, and give Orders on their 
 Town Trealurtr, for the Payment ot fuch Sum or Sums as they fhall find 
 joftly due to the Perfon or Perfons prcfenting hia or their Accounts as 
 aforcfaid. 
 
 "Whereas the Towns of Smithfield, Tiverton, and Ricbmendy have neg- 
 lefted to fend unto the Committee by this Affembly appointed, at thoir 
 Sefflon in October lall, to take into Conftderation the Queries fent from the 
 Board ot Trade, i^c. an Account of the Number of the Inhabitants of faid 
 Towns, as they were dirccSfed by the fame Ad which conftituted the faid 
 Committee : /; is therefore Voted and Refoived, That each of the aforc- 
 faid Towns, forthwith take an Account of the Number of their Inhabi- 
 tants, Whites, Indians, and Negroes, and fend the fame to his Honour 
 the Governor, as loon as may be. 
 
 Whtrcas Peter Bcurs, Edward Scett, and George Wanton, Efqrs. Mr. 
 James Sheffield, The Speaker, and St(.pben Hopkins, or the major Part of 
 them, were by this Affembly, as their SefTion in Providence, the laft 
 Wcdnefday of O^'/oZ'tT raft, condiuited a Committee, to fell for Ready 
 Money, and to the bcft Advantage, the Bills of Exchange then Voted 
 and Refoived to be drawn by his H< nour the Governor, on Mr. Partridge, 
 tlie Colony's Agent in GraU-Britair^ for all their Money in his Hands : 
 Tliat when they had in done, they fhouJd Exchange all the Bills of Credit 
 of the neighbouring Governnunts tlicy ihou Id receive in Pay for Bills of 
 Credit of this Colony, and bring the whole t6 this Affembly to be burnt, 
 in order to fink fuch of thia Colony's Bills, as by Ads of AlTcmbly are to 
 
 be
 
 [57] 
 
 be firft funk : And the faid Committee, or the major Part of them, hav- 
 ing affumcd that Province, and gone through the Bufiocli, made ihe 
 following Report : 
 
 " T7^7 E the Subfcribers, appointed in Conjunflion with Stephen 
 " V V Hopkins^ Elqi by the Honourable General Affcmbly of the 
 ** Colony of Rhode- I/JanJ, and Providence- Plantations^ in New-England, 
 *' at their Sefiions in OP.cber part:, to fell the Government's Money m the 
 *' Hands of tiie Agent, Mr. Richard Partridgt, do Report, That we 
 •' have fold Bills on the faid Agent, to the Amount of Seven Thoufand 
 *' E:glu Hundred Pounds Sterling, at the Rate or Exchange of j^. 1C50 
 *' Currency, for £. ico Sterling ; and alio that we have rcceiv'd of 
 *' MciTrs 0//wr and Phillips, the Sum of jT. 3 150 Old Tenor, for the 
 " Bill ot ^. 300 Sterling, drawn on them by the faid Agent, as p<fr Ac. 
 " count hereunto annexed. " Peter Bours, 
 
 " Edward Scott, 
 Newport, Fehaary 24. 1748-9. " George Wanton, 
 
 " James Sheffield, 
 " Thomas Cranston." 
 
 N 
 
 Account of Bills of Exchange fold an 
 
 5irr/ 
 
 Thomas Green, 
 
 2. Daniel /iyrault, 
 
 3. Stephen Ayrault, 
 4 Rdzvard Scott, 
 
 5. Gammon Stevens, 
 
 6. Robert Stevens. 
 
 7. Robert Stevens, 
 
 8 . Bciioni Gardner, 
 
 9. Francis Honjman, 
 
 0. Francis Honyman, 
 
 1. Thomas Moffat t, 
 
 2. Pekg Tburjton, 
 
 3. Simon Pecfe, 
 
 4. John 7ilt:nghajl, 
 •5 Jones and Griffin, 
 
 6. Jones and Grrffin, 
 
 7. Thomas Hutchinfon, 
 
 5. Jableel Brenton, 
 9. John Scollay, 
 
 20. John Scollay, 
 2 t . Jofhua fViriJlow, 
 1 2 . Willinm Taylor, 
 •1 3 . 'Jofinia Cheever, 
 24. Thomas Oxnard, 
 2.5. Thomas Oxnard, 
 
 £■ 500 - - 
 
 100 - - 
 
 300 - - 
 
 300. - 
 
 200 - - 
 
 50- - 
 
 50- - 
 
 50- - 
 
 3>5 -- 
 
 77 -- 
 
 60- - 
 
 200 - - 
 
 200 - - 
 
 200 - - 
 
 5C0 - - 
 
 200 - - 
 
 500 -. 
 
 34- - 
 
 100 - - 
 
 62 -- 
 
 200 - - 
 200 - - 
 200 - - 
 
 2QO - . 
 130 - - 
 
 d referred to in the above Report. 
 
 N" 26 Ihomas Greene, jT. 250 - . 
 
 27. Jofhua Cherjer, 200 - 
 
 28. John Memtt, 500 - 
 
 29. Napbtalj Hart, 200 - 
 
 30. Napbtali Hart, 100 - 
 
 31. Jojeph Bull, 50 - 
 
 32. Jofeph Scott, 143 - 
 
 33. Jolhua Bakcock, 200 - 
 
 34. Jofeph Lee, 200 - 
 
 35. Edward Kinnicut, 100 - 
 
 36. Samuel Chace, 50 - 
 
 37. fValter Cranfton, 50 - 
 
 38. Charles Sherman, 50 - 
 
 39. Henry Collins, 100 - 
 
 40. Daniel Greenleaf, 50 - 
 
 41. Robert Gibbs, 150 - 
 
 42. Thomas Richard/on, 50 - 
 
 43. Thomas Richard/on, 50 - 
 
 44. Jofepb tV hippie, 120 - 
 
 45. Thomas Moffat t, 33 - 
 
 46. Gideon IVanton, 226 - 
 
 ^.4928-. 
 Advance on £. 7800 
 
 I. 7800 - . 
 at {,. 950 per Cent. 74100 - - 
 
 ^. 819CO - 
 Rcc' of MeflTrs Oliver & Phillip for the Agent's Bill on them, 3 « 5^ ' 
 
 Carried over, 
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 Brought
 
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 Brought over, — — — — — ;C- 85050 o O 
 
 Caih recciv'd ofDcmiciyenckSt Efq; for £. 350 Sterl- 
 ing, he is to have, — _ _ 3^75 o ° 
 
 I.2S72S c o 
 To 'jchich Report and Account y "what follows was fiihjoined. 
 
 tj r~r-iHE CQ\ony o{ Rhode Ijland, &c. to Pettr 
 
 X Bcurs^ Edward Scott, George IVantcn, Stephen 
 
 Hopkins, James Sheffield, and Thomas Cranjlcn, Dr. 
 
 748. To CommilTions for felling the above and within 
 
 mentioned Bills of Exchange, for New- England 
 
 Money, and exchanging the fame for Bills of 
 
 Credit emitted by thrs Colony, amounting to 
 
 ^,88725 at One and a Qi_iarter/)^r Cf«;. — f^. 1109 1 3 
 
 To Cafh paid Jofepb Fox, for copying 50 Sets of 
 
 Bills of Exchange, — — — — 800 
 
 To Ditto, for Brown Paper, Twine, and Poftage of 
 
 Letters to and from Bofion, — — — 240 
 
 To the Charge of conveying the Chefl from AVw- 
 
 port to Providence, • • 2 lO o 
 
 Peter Bours, 
 
 George Wanton, jT. 1121 15 3 
 
 James Sheffield, 
 oThPHEN Hopkins, 
 Thomas Cranston.'' 
 
 And now this AfTcmbly having duly confidcred the Prcmifcs, Bo Vott 
 and Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and Rejolved, That the atorel'aid Rpport 
 and Account, made and exhibited to this AlTcmbly, be, and the lame is 
 hereby accepted. And it is alfo Voted and Rejckcd, That the Sum oi One 
 Thoufand and Twelve Pounds Fourteen Shillings, be allowed and paid 
 out of the General Treafury, to the aforefaid Committee (who ibid the 
 aforefaid Bills of Exchange), for their Time, Trouble, and Charge, in 
 iranfa<fting that Bufinefs. 
 
 And fo^ralmuch as the Committee aforefaid, have delivered the faid 
 Sum of Eighry-eight Thoufiind Seven Hundred and Twenty-five Pounds, 
 in Bills of'Publick Credit fOld Tenor), emitted by this Colony, unto the 
 Committee, by this AlTembly appointed to receive and tell the fame -, and 
 the faid Committee liave receiv'd, told, ^nd brought the faid Bills hither, 
 and they have been burnt in the Prd'cnceof this Mll'cmbly ; It is Voted and 
 Rejolved, That the faid Peter Bours, FJivard Scott, George IVanten, fames 
 Sheffield, Thomas Cranjlon, and StepblH Hopkins, be, and they are hereby 
 difcharged of the Truft aforefaid. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, Thar ihe Account of Abigail Smith, charged 
 afainfl MefTrs George Wanton ami James Sheffield, for their Entertainment 
 vvhile in Publick Service; alfohrr Account for Entertaining the Committee 
 who were appointed to tell the Money prcfented to, and burnt in Prc- 
 fenccof this AlTembly, be allowed, and Twenty-one Pounds Ten Shillings, 
 the Amount of thofc Accounts, be paid her out of the General Treafury. 
 
 "Whereas
 
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 Whereas Robert Lawlon, Jonathan Peck, and Mattbiw /llkn, Efqrs. were 
 by the General Aflembly, appointed a Committee to view the feveral 
 Places in MidJk.'ozvn, propob'd for laying out a Highway, having under- 
 taken and perform'd that Service, made Report of their Doings on the 
 Back of the AfTembly's Vote which qualified thcin ; which Report follows 
 in thefe Words : 
 
 *' T717^' Subfcribers (the Committee within named), having confidered 
 *' y V the Affair to us committed, and purfued the Direction to us 
 *' given, as within written, do Report as follows, viz, 
 
 " Firji. That a drift Way is fufficienc, and that there be no open 
 " Highway as prayed for by the Petitioners. 
 
 " Secondly, 'I"h;u the Southardmoft Place propos'd to us, that is from 
 
 " the double Gate on the Well: Side, to another Gate on tht Eaft Side ot 
 
 " Eajhn's Neck, being the old accullomed Way, is the Place whfre 
 
 " iaid drift Way fhall De in our Opinion, with the grcateft Convenience. 
 
 " Givenunder our Hands, this 27th Day oi February, A. D. 1748. 
 
 *' Robert Lawton, 
 " Jonathan Peck, 
 
 *'MATTHtw Allen." 
 
 Which Report being duly confidered, 7his /IJfembly do Vote aniRejolve^ 
 That the fame be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
 // h Voted and Refclvsd, Phat the Account of Jonathan Pick, and 
 Matthew Allen, Elqrs. for their Trouble, Time, and Expence, in viewing 
 the Places propofcd for a Highway acrofs Eaflon's Neck in Middletown, 
 and making their Report thereof, be allowed, and the Amount of faid 
 Account, beina; Twelve Pounds, paid xhem out of the General Trea- 
 i^ury. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, Tliat the Account of Robert Lawlon, Efq; for 
 his Time, and fo forth, in viewing the Place propofed tor a Highway 
 acrofs Ecijlon'% Neck in MidJUtoivn, and making Report thereof, be 
 allowed, and the Amount ol faid Account, being Two Pounds Eight 
 Shillings, paid him out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Jn JCT appoitititig a Committee to build a Light-Hcule on Beaver 
 Tail, in Jameftown. 
 
 WHEREAS the General AHembly of this Colony, at their SefTion 
 \n Newport, on the Twcnty-fecond Day o^ Aupiji, in the Year of 
 our Lord 1738, made and paft an Aft for emitmg One Hundred 
 Thoufand Pounds, in Bills of publick Credit, to be let out upon Loan, 
 and appropriated the Interell thereof to fundry Ufes : And among other 
 Things, " It was Enafted, That there fhould be a Light-Houfe rreded 
 " At'lBeaverTa;/, bv the Diredions of a Committee 10 be appointed by 
 
 the
 
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 " the-General Aircmbly fcr tha: Purpofe, and the fame to be paid for out: 
 " of the ihiid Year's Intcreft [of the '(aid Bills cfpublick Credit, fo to be 
 " eniicted:]" But a War breaking out with 5;'i?;», before the laid third 
 Year's Intereft was paid into thcTrealury, it was thought proper to poft- 
 pone the building, laid Light- Houle till the War was over. And now a 
 j^encral Peace bcin^ tilabiiHicd, there appears as great a NecelTuy of a 
 Light-Houlc as cvt-r, leveral Mibfonunes having very lately happened for 
 •want thereof: Which Things being rcprefcntcd by many Gentlemen, 
 Merchants, and others, Inhabitants of the Colony, and the Affair maturely 
 confKlered, Be it Enabled by this /Ijfetr.bly^ and ty ike Auihority cf the lame^ 
 It is Ene^.d, IMiat Capt. Sitacii ieaje, Jonathan hlichols, lifq; Capt. Jojefb 
 Harrifon, Mr. Mel Franklin^ Jcfiah Arnold^ and George Drczfn, Lfqrs. be, 
 and they, or the major Part of them, are hereby conltiiuted a Committee, 
 TO build a Light Houle on Bcuvtr lad, in the Idand of Jamfjlown, alias 
 Cona»ni(ut ; and in order to cftcdt the lame, that the faid Committee, or 
 the major Part of them, have, and Power is hereby given them, to draw 
 Money out of the General Trcalury todelray the Coftand Charge thereof. 
 Provided ntverihi'di, and it is hereby further Enailed, That the faid 
 Committee fhall from tim.e to time, lollow the D:rc(5lions of the General 
 Aflcmbly, in building laid Houfc. 
 
 Upon the Motion oi D<3niel Jeneksy and Stephen Hopkins, Efqrs. It .is 
 Voted and Refohed^ That his Honour the Governor be, and he is hereby 
 impowered and requefled to qualily a proper Veflt! and Pcrfons for 
 fetching Home the Schooner o! the faid "Jfv.c^s and Hopkins, taken and 
 cairird into St. Jago de Cuba, ly the Spaniards, fince the Time the 
 Ceffation of Arms was agreed upon to commence between Great Britain 
 and Spain ; which Veffel they are informed, lies there ready to be delivered 
 uuto them, or their Order. And it is farther Vutcd and Refched, That all 
 and every other Peifon and Pcrfons inhabiting this Colony, who have had 
 any Veflel or VcfTcls taken from him or ihem, in like Manner, fl:all have 
 Liberty of lending Men and Papers in the VelTel that lliall be qualified as 
 aforefaid by his Honour the Governor. 
 
 Whereas John Ucyk, jun. Town Serjeant of Fr:vidfnce, exhibited to 
 this AlVembly, an Account by him ch.irged againll the Coiony, for his 
 Attendance, and providing Wood for the General Aflembly, during the 
 prefcnt, and their larc Scfiion in "January laR •, and for cleaning the County 
 Houfe in Providence at fundry Times fincc lall June : And now this 
 AlTembly taking the faid Account into Confidcration, Do Vote and Rejohe, 
 and it is hereby Voted and Rejohed, That the fame be allowed, and the 
 Amount thereof, being Sixteen Pounds, paid unto ;he faid John Hoyle, jun. 
 out ot the General Treafury. And it /.< juriktr Voted and Rejohcd, Thr.t 
 the faid John Hoyle, jun. and Benjamin Gcrhcm, one of the Conftables of 
 the Town of Providence, beallowe.i and paid out of the General Treafury, 
 the Sum of Forty Shillings each, for their Trouble in burning the Money 
 by Order of this Aflembly. 
 
 V'fXicmi John Hoyle, ]\xn, exhibited to this AlTembly an Account by 
 him charged againlt the Colony, for Work, and Sundries done and 
 provided by him towards making the Well in the Goal Yard at Providence 
 deeper : And now this Affcmbly having taken the faid Account into 
 
 Confideration,
 
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 Confideration, Do Vote and Rephe, and it is bcrel'v Fj.-ed and Rffolved, 
 That the lame be allov/cd, and the Amount thereof, being Four Pounds 
 Eighc Shillings, paid the Cxid fshn Hoyle, jun. out of the General Trea- 
 fury. 
 
 Whereas Benjamin Gorkam, one of tlie ■Coaftablcs of the Town of Pro- 
 I'idence, exhibited unto this AAcmbly, an Account by him charged againft 
 the Colony, for his Attciuiance on the General AfTcmbly during the prc- 
 fent and their late SclTion in January laft : And now this Anembly having 
 taken the faid Account into Confideration, Do V^'.e and Rsfohs, and it is 
 hereby Voted and Refolved, That the fame be allowed, and the Amount 
 thereof, being Eight Pounds, paid unto the faid Benjaniin Gorham, out of 
 the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas William Richmond, Efq; one of the Judges of the Superior 
 Court of Judicature, Court of AfTi/.e, and General Goal Delivery, i" and 
 throughout the Colony, hath refigned his faid Oifice -, and this AHTcmbly 
 accepted his Rcfignation : They thereupon chofe IVilliam Had, ot Little 
 Compton, in the County of Newport, Efq; to be a Judge of the Court 
 aforclaid, in the Room of the faid fVilliam Richmond. 
 
 John Congdon, Efqj was chofcn a Jufticc of the Peace for the Town of 
 Nortb-Kingjlon^ in the Room ot Robert Hajzard, Efq-, who rctul'cd. 
 
 // is Voted and Refclved, That Peter Sours, and George Wanton, Efqrs. 
 MefTrs. J.nnes Sheffield, and Joftas Lyndon, be, and they are hereby conflitutcd 
 a Committee, to prepare a Bill for providing a Maintainance of Wives 
 and Children left or negiecfted by their Hufbands and Fathers, and prefcnc 
 the fame to this Aflcmbly, at their next Seffion. 
 
 It is Voted (?nd Refohedy That all Bufinefs lying before this AfTcmbly, 
 unfinifhed, be referred unto the next SefTion thereof: That the Secretary 
 proclaim by Beat of Drum, in the Town of Neivport, all the Ad? and 
 Orders, now, and at the lift ScfTion, made and paft, within Ten 
 Days after the Rifing of this Aflfembly •, and within Thirty Days, fend 
 Copies thereof, to each Town in this Colonv : And that this AlT^mbly 
 be, and it is hereby adjourn'd until the laft Monday in April next, if 
 call'd at faid Time, by either of their Honours the Governor or Deputy 
 Governor i but if not call'd before, or at faidTimfj then to be DiiTolv'd. 
 
 GOD Save th KING. 
 
 Puhlijhed according to Order, ly 
 
 THOMAS WARD, Secretary,
 
 CM 
 
 At the General Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR ^«i COMPANY of the Englifh 
 Colony of Rhode-lfland, and Providence Plantations, 
 in New-England, in Aracilcj, held af Newport, 
 within and for the Colojiy aforefaid^ on Tueiday the fecond 
 Day of May, in the Tivcnty-fecond Tear of the Reign of 
 His Mofi Sacred MajeUy GEORGE the Second, by the 
 Gracs of GOD, iCi/j^ o/^Great-Brirain, ^c. It being 
 the Day before the Cenentl EleBion. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Honourable WLLLIJM GB.EENJL, Efq; Governor. 
 
 Petlr Bours, Efq; -^ Robert Lawton. Efq; 
 
 John Gardner, Efq-, (^^^ W 1 1. l i am R icH mono, Erq,>/^^ 
 W ivt I AM Burton, Efqi r' -^-^ "Daniel Cocgkihah., Elq^^ 
 Stephen Brownel, Efqi) 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the Icvcial TOWNS. 
 
 Newport; Providence; M.t. Gideon Freehniyjun. 
 
 George Wor.ton, Efq; Jonathan Randal, Efq; Mr. John Alien. 
 
 Mx.JoJfpk JVhipfk,\\\n. Siepben Hopkins, Efq; Warwick ; 
 
 Mv. Thomas Cranft on, Mr Eli/ha Brown, PItilip Greene, ES([i 
 
 Mr. John 7ilH>fghaJt, Daniel Jencks, Efq; Mr. John Holdeny 
 
 Mr. Nicholas Ecflon, Portsmouth •, Mr. John Greene, 
 
 Mr. James Sbtffield. Mr. Oliver Early C.ipc. Amos Lockwood,. 
 
 A Wcilcrly j
 
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 Wksterly ; 
 
 Capt. Si!c2i Greinm.iTiy 
 Jajbua Babcock, El'qi 
 
 Newshor eh am 1 
 Mr, Jcbn Littlffirtd, 
 K1 r. Mtl Franklin. 
 
 NoKTH-KlNGSTOW , 
 
 None. 
 South-Kingston -, 
 Capt. Robtrt Ha/zard, 
 Mr. Row/and Robin fon. 
 
 EaST-Grb hNWICH i 
 
 Jo/(pb I^icbols, Efqi 
 Capt. Thomas Spencer. 
 
 Jamestown ■, 
 Mr. Jo/epb Clark. 
 
 Smithf I FLD ; 
 fbomas Lapbam, Efq; 
 
 Mr. John yildrick. 
 Sc ituate i 
 Mr. Thomas Ralpby 
 Mr. Thomas Hudfon. 
 Glouc ester. '> 
 Maj. Richard Smith. 
 
 Ch ARL ESTOWN' i 
 
 Col. Jojtpb Stamen^ 
 Mr. James Congdon. 
 West Gkienwich 
 Mr. Jeremiah EHis^ 
 Mr. George Gardner. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Mr. JamesColven, 
 Mr. Benjamin Nichols. 
 
 ExtTER i 
 
 Capt. John fVeigbt, 
 Mr. Benoni Gardner. 
 
 MiDDlETOW!? ; 
 
 Capt. Roben Barker^ 
 Mr. Jonathan Eaflon, 
 
 Br isTOL ; 
 Thomas Greene, £fq; 
 Tiverton j 
 None. 
 Little-Compton i 
 V/,lliam Hall, Efq; 
 Naibanatl Searls, Efqj 
 
 Warrkn i 
 James Smith, Elq; 
 Capt. Benjamin Barton. 
 
 C U .M B t: R L A N D i 
 
 None. 
 
 R ICHMO.ND I 
 
 Jojepb CLrk, Efq; 
 James Rogers, Efq; 
 
 And 
 
 The Hon. Stf.phkm HoPitiMi, Efq; w.is chofcn Speaker: 
 Mr. Jofias Lyndon Clerk of the Houfc of Deputies. 
 
 TH E Pcrfons whofc Names hereafter follow, having taken the 
 OiLhor Affirmation prcfcribcd by the Law ot this Colony, sgainl 
 Bribery and Corruption, arc hereby admitted to give their Votes to 
 choote Officers lor their refpcclive Towns, and aUo to give their Votes 
 for the Choice of the General Officers of the Colony. 
 
 N E w ^ R r \ 
 
 "William Redwood, Benjamin Johnfon, Jofcph Rider, John B»- 
 nider, Charles Rardifi, David Moore, George Gardner, Ephraim Harris, 
 Jonath.in Clarke, Jamts Perrin, Samuel Eafton, Andrew Hunter, 
 Henry Tifdale, Bt-njamin Ellery, James Gardner, William Gardner, 
 Samuel Marr)0tt, Zebulon Spinney, Daniel Ruffcl, jun. Solomon Senter, 
 Thomas Creapman, John Spooncr, Charles Dyrc, Timothy Hill, John 
 W'buing, Simeon Price, Robert Robinfon, Benoni Gardner, and Jofeph 
 Turner. 
 
 ^ R V I D E.N C E; 
 Jonathan Sheldon, David Wilkinfon, Jofhua Turner, Richard Brown, 
 Niciiolas Cook, Samuel Congdon, Bcnpmiu Carv, Caleb Potter, Edward 
 Arnold, Richard Bowen, |ohn Field, jun. William Dean, Rufus Hop- 
 kins, Williim Antram, jun. Jonathan Jencks, Peter Burlmgime, jun. 
 Zephaniah Peck, William Smith, deorge Laws, Daniel OIncy, Jol'eph 
 Hawkins, Jofcph Waterman, jun. Richard Smith, Thomas Hirkct, John 
 Burlingamc, jun. Jacob Whitman. Jdlhua Turner, jun. Benjamin Whip- 
 ple, jun Gideon Manchcftcr, Olivtr Angel, Afaph Bowcn, Gideon 
 ijihith. And William Carpenter, (bon of Wiititm.J 
 
 P ORTS-
 
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 (PORTSMOUTH; 
 Caleb Allen, Samuel Aibro, Michael Cory, George Shearman, John 
 Allen, jun. Jofeph Shearman, Thomas Siflbn, Robert Dennis, John 
 Lawcon (Son of Jojeph)^ and Enoch Butts. 
 
 IV yl R IV I C K; 
 George Wightman, John Wightman, jun. ]o\\n Grtcn {Son of Richard) 
 Thomas Price, Matthew Price, Ebcnczer Green, Daniel Budlong, Jofeph 
 Wick.es, and Ebciiezcr King. 
 
 IV E S T E R L T; 
 Chrlftopher Sugar, Ichabod Proflcr, Benjamin Brown, William Bur* 
 dick, Thomas Burdick, Nicholas Vmccnt, and Oliver Chafe. 
 
 N E h'. S H R E H J M ; 
 Edward Sands, Robert Hull, John Dodge, Nathanael Littlcfield, 
 Stephen Franklin, John R.uhburn, Thomas Pain, John Pain, Jonathan 
 Mitcliell, jofeph Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell, Jofeph Mitchell, jun. 
 Edward Bali, Thomas Dickens, William Dodge, Samuel Dodge, Abel 
 Eranklin, Daniel Role, John Motf, Nathanael Mott, John Ball, Caleb 
 Liltlencld, John Littlcfield, Samuel Rathburn, and Samuel Champlin. 
 
 NO R r H-K I N G S T W N \ 
 Peter Reynolds, jun. William Hall {Son of John), Benjamin Cole, 
 Samuel Rione, John Allen, William Clarke, Philip Card, Pclcg Card, 
 Henry Spencer, Thomas Biffcl, Thomas Havens, Samuel Shearman, 
 Edward Gardner, Jeremiah Sm.th, and John Wightman. 
 
 SOVTH-KlNGSrOWN\ 
 Latham Clark, Beniamin Potter, Nicholas Watfon, Ebcnezer Tcffc, 
 James Shearman, Robert Potter jun, and Jofeph CongJon. 
 
 E J S T~G R E E N W I C H\ 
 Jeremiah Pain, jun. John Giftord, John Mancheller, Yclvcrton Gifford, 
 Ifaac Gardner, John Gilford, Daniel Howland, jun. Thomas Shippv, 
 James Fowler, David Vaughan (Son of Robert )y Nicholas Goddard, John 
 Andrew {Son of Bcnonij, and Colonel Carpenter. 
 
 y J M E S'T M'' N; 
 Benjamin Carr {Son af Thomas), and Benjamin Sheffield. 
 
 S M I T H F I E L D : 
 
 William Sprague, Richard Sayles, jun. Samuel Aldrich the 3c/, Thomas 
 Shippy, jgn. Daniel Smith (Son of fVilliam), Samuel Bayley, Amo3 
 Arnold, William Whipple, jun. Jofeph Carpenter, Azariah Cumftock, 
 John SmiUi, iaii. Jeremiah Arnold, jun. Thomas Smith, Htzckiah Sccerc, 
 Chnftophci Brown, Jeremiah Harris, and Job Potter. 
 
 SCI'
 
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 S C T TU J r E', 
 Thomas Hudfon, Thomas Bennct, jun. Thomas Brown, Obadiah 
 Jencks, David Young, Samuel Robins, Benjamin Weight, jun. Oliver 
 Perkins, Thomas Collins, jun. Thonias Lee, and Thomas Aylfworth. 
 
 G L U C E S T E R ; 
 Joffph Olncy, John Blackman, Anthony Spraguc, Thomas Barns, 
 and liaac Richardfou. 
 
 C H J R L E S T H' N; 
 Jonathan Kinyon, jun. Jeremiah Wordcn, Jofhua Card, and John 
 Hox. 
 
 ir ES7-GREENfVlCH; 
 James Reynolds, Amos Mattclon, James Mattefon, Chriftopher 
 Garpcnier, Jo eph Mattclon, Charles Andrew, Tipets Hopki.ni, James 
 Hopkins, David Hopkins, James Willfon, Robert Willlon, William 
 Willfon, Jofcph Niles, and Thomas Draper 
 
 COVE N r R r- 
 
 Amos Stafford, jun. Archibald Dickfon, Francis Bates, Henry Gretm, 
 and Robert Havens, jun. 
 
 EXETER; 
 Newman Perkins, Williim Tripp, Daniel Dawlcy, John Cafey, 
 William Tanner, Jofcph Tanner, Benjamin Bently. and Robert Hill. 
 
 MIDDLETOJVN'y 
 Jonathan Eafton. and Thomas Durtcy. 
 
 B R I S r L; 
 Shcajalhub Bourn, And Thomas Church. 
 
 r I V E R T N; 
 John Mancheftcr, Samuel Snell, Jofeph Anthony, Roger Cory, 
 Thomas Cook, Thomas Wait, Edward Wanton, John Borden, Samuel 
 Hicks, Samuel Durfce^ Wcfton Hicks, Stephen Cook, Thomas How- 
 land, John Tabcr, Ephraim Willcock, Cornelius Sowle, Philip Gray, 
 Thomas Cook {Sen of jofepb), GeorgcCook, William Willcock, John 
 Almv, Philip Cory, Ebcnczer Tabcr, John Bennct, Benjamin Durfcc, 
 Peter Talman, Johu Jennings, Abraham Barker, Samuel Borden, Reft- 
 come Sandford, Oliver Bcaly, Samuel Sntli, jun. Jofcph Taber, John 
 Taber {Son of Jcbn), Samuel Hart, Jonathan Hart, William Sanford, 
 Thomas Wait, jun. Pcleg Sanford, JolTiua Dwclly, Jofhua Dwelly, jun, 
 Blake Perry, John Cook (Son of Thomas), William Woddlc, John 
 Bowen, Samuel Shearman, William Shreve, William Filh, William 
 Manchcfter Ow ^/.S/^/ii/;;), Joleph Crandal, Jofiah Sawyer, David Lake, 
 Jofcph Jennings, Thomas Mofhcr, Benjamin Maccombcr, Philip Tabcr, 
 
 Jofcph
 
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 Jofeph Taber ('Jofl <?/ P/?-;//;);, Benjamin Cbafe, jun. William Cook, 
 Tliomas Fifh William Cory, Jondchan Davcl, Ilaac Kowland, George 
 WeftgitCj Thomas Anthony, Caleb Cory, Thomas Grav, Edward 
 Gray, William Gray, John Biown, I'homas Willcock, Jofcph Wanton, 
 David Durice, John Cook, Samuel Harr, jun. Abner Chale, John 
 Pcarcc-. Smiron Har:, Jofiah WiJlcock, Benjamin Chafe, Job Durfee, 
 Giles Browncl, Feleg Shearman. Jofcph Stafford, W iljiam Springer, 
 David Stafford, Gerihom Woodcl, Daniel Far], Abraham Stafford, 
 James Weeden, Thomas Cook. C5<jm cf Jchn)-, Jofeph Seabury, Samuel 
 Almy, Thomas Crandel, Paul Taber, Benjamin Hambly, Job Aimy, 
 William Manchellcr (Son of John), Daniel Earl, jun. John Sawyer, 
 Oliver Cook, John Thomas, Ebenezcr Shearman, and Noah Daven- 
 port. 
 
 IF J R R E N; 
 Pecer Bicknall. Samuel Thurber, Daniel Cole, Cromwell Child, 
 Jonathan Bofworth, Martin Luther, and William Wood. 
 
 CUMBERLJ N D ; 
 John Finney, John Nicholfon, Charles Bartlct, David Dexter, Jofeph 
 Brown the 3^, Jofhua Hall, jun. Robert Aldrich, James Dexter, Richard 
 Scratten, Abraham Hogg, John Knox, James Rogers, Daniel Rogers, 
 Jofiah Fifk, Abiel Biown, James Ballow, jun. Abraham Cook, Hezekiah 
 Cook, and Georgt Shearman. 
 
 RICHMOND •, 
 William Willcox, Ifaac Lewis, and David Potter. 
 
 Jit the G E N E R A r. Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the £nglifh 
 Colony of Rhode-Illand, arid Providence Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America, begun and held at 
 Newport, in [aid Colony^ on the firfl Wedneiday of 
 May, in the Twenty-jecond Tear of the Reign of His 
 Mofi Sacred MajeUy GEORGE the Second, by the 
 Grace of GOD, King of Great-Britain, ^c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Honourable fi^ILLIJM GREENE, E&; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. William Elleey, Efq; Ccputy Governor. 
 
 B Peter
 
 Peter BouRs, Efq; -^ James Armold, Efq; > 
 
 JuHN Garunek, Efq; / William Richmond, Efq;/ --- 
 
 William Burton, Efq; W^^/^.Daniel CocctSHALL, EiqJ^^' 
 Stephen Brownhl, Elqj( Jeoffry Watsou, Elq; j 
 
 Robert Lanvton, El'4; ) 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the fcveral T O WN S. 
 
 Newport ; Mr. yliel Franklin. Mr. Ceor^e Gardner. 
 
 George Wanton, 'E['c[-j North-Ki N gstom j Coventry; 
 
 Mr. Jde-ph lVb:p-ple,]\ix\.Q.o\. Immaimu l^criLuf, Mr. James Cohtn, 
 Mr. Ihomas CianJloA, Capt. Daniel tones. Mr. Benjamin Isicbols. 
 Mr.JchnliliingbaJl^ Sou T h-Ki N cston ; Exetfr; 
 
 Mr. Nicholas Eajton^ Capt. Robert Hajzard, Capt. John Weight., 
 Mr. James Sheffield. Mr. Roivland Robinjcn. Mr. Btnznt Carumr. 
 
 pRoviDCNCE -, East-Greenwich i N-iddletown; 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq; Jofepb Nichols, Efqj Capt. Roberi Barker ^ 
 Stephen Hopkins, Efq; Capt. Ibomas Spencer. 
 Mr. Elifi:>a BrciL'n, Jamestown ) 
 
 Danii"! J^ncks, Efq; Mr Daniel Weeden, 
 
 Portsmouth ; Mr. Jo/eph Clark. 
 Mr. Oliver Early bMiTHFiELD ; 
 
 Mr. Gidion Freeborn, ]Qn7hcmas Lapbam. Elqj 
 Mr. John Allen. Mr. John Aldricb. 
 
 Benjamin 1 uiker, Efq; Sci t u a t E ; 
 
 Mr. Thomas Ralph, 
 
 Mr. Thomas Hudfon. 
 Gloucfstk r -, 
 
 Richard Steere, Efq; 
 
 iVlaj. Richard Smith. 
 Ch ARLESTOwrf ; 
 
 Col. Jc/epb Stamen, 
 
 Mr. James Cor.gdon. 
 
 West Greenwich 
 
 Mr. Jeremiah Ellis, 
 
 Warwick 
 Philip Green \ Eiq-, 
 Mr. John Holder., 
 Mr. John (jreene, 
 Capt. Amos Lock-wood. 
 
 W K ST F. R. L Y ; 
 
 Capt. Silas Greenman, 
 Jo/hua Br.lcock, Efq-, 
 
 NF.wsHor; EH AM ; 
 Mr. John Linlefeld, 
 
 The Hon. Stephen Hopkins, Efq; was chofcn Speaker 
 
 Mr. Jonathan Eaji/>n 
 
 Bristol •, 
 Thomas Greene, Efq: 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 John Holland, Efq-, 
 M r. Edward Wantcv.. 
 
 LlTTLE-CoMflOS ; 
 William Hall, Eiq-, 
 Nathanael Searle, Efqi 
 
 W ARREN i 
 
 James Smith, Efq; 
 Capt. Benjamin Bar ten. 
 
 Cumber land ; 
 Jfrael Whipple, Efq; 
 Job Bartlet, Efq; 
 
 R ICHMOND i 
 Jcjepb Clerk, Efq; 
 James Rogers, Efq; 
 
 And 
 
 Mr. Joftas Lyndon., Clerk of the Houfc of Deputies. 
 
 TH IS bring the Annivcrfary Eledlion of Officers, both Civil and 
 Military, the Gentlemen whofc Names hereafter follow, were 
 chofen to ferve the Colony in the refpedtive 0[Hce» afcribed to their 
 Names. 
 
 The Hon. William Grkeni, Efq- Governor-, Engag'd. 
 The Hon. William tilery, Efq; Dcp. Governor ; Engag'd. 
 Peter Bours, V\\, firU AITiihint ; tingag'd. 
 Sir>y»n Peaje, Ffq-, ftcond AfTiftant ; Ertgefd. 
 William Burltn. Efq; third AITiftant j Engag'd. 
 
 Edward
 
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 Edward KltiHici'.l, Efq-, fourth AfTiftant ; Engaged. 
 
 Stephen Browne!, Efq; fifth Afliftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 Robert Lavtcji, Efq, fixth Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 James /Irnold, Efq-, feventh Aflifiant -, Engag'd. 
 
 (Vtiliam Richmond, Efqi, eighth AfTiftant •, Engag*a. 
 
 Bart i el Ccggejhall, Efq, ninth AlTirtant ^ Engag'd. 
 
 Jeoffry ff^atjon^ Lfq^ tenth AfTiftant ^ tngag'd. 
 
 Themas JVard, Ffq; Secretary ; Engag'd. 
 
 DaxielUpdike, Elq^ Attorney General ; Engag'd. 
 
 Ihomai RichavAjoy., Efq General Treafurer -, Rngeg'd. 
 
 Col. Samuel Ly»don, jun. Colonel of the Regiment of Militia, in the 
 County cf Newport. 
 
 Col. Benoni tyaterman. Colonel of the Regiment of Militia, in the 
 County o[ Providence. 
 
 Col. Thomas Ha/zard, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia, in the 
 County of Kings-Count)'. 
 
 Capt. John Burrir.gtcn, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Militia, 
 in the County of Ne-ifpori. 
 
 Lieut. Col. William Brcwn, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of 
 Militia, In the County oi Providence. 
 
 Lieut. Col. William Pendleton, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment ot 
 Militia, in the County of Kings County. 
 
 Major IVing Spooney, Major of the Regiment of Militia, in the County 
 of Netrport. 
 
 Major Richard Smith, Major of the Regiment of Militia, in the County 
 of Providence. 
 
 Major Richard Batley, Major of the Rcgimtnt of MHitia, in the County 
 of Ktngs County. 
 
 jo(hua Babccck, Jonathan Randal, IVilliam Hopkins, William Hall, and 
 John JValicn, Efqrs. Juc^ges ot the Superior Court of Judicature, Court 
 ofAfiize, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout the Colony. 
 
 Samuel IVickbatn, Edifard ScctI, Daniel Could, JVilliam Anthony, jun. 
 3r.d Caleb Hill, EfqTi. Juflices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General Stflicnb of the Pcr.ce, in and throughout the County of 
 Newport. 
 
 Daniel Jencks, Jeremiah Lippitt, Job Randal, Jojcpb Nichols, and 
 David Cuwftcck, Efqrs. Juifices ot the Inferior Court of Common Picas, 
 and General Seflions ot the Peace, in and throughout he County of 
 Providence. 
 
 Stephen Hafzard, Inmamel Northup, JcbTripp, jun. Thomas Brown, and 
 Benoni Hall, Efqrs, Jufticcs of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General SefTions of the Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 Kings County. 
 
 Jonathan Woodberry, Jonathan Peck, Matthew Allen, Jofeph Rujfel, and 
 ya»j« Smz//:', Efqrs. Jufticcs of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General SefTions ot the Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 BriftoJ. 
 
 Thomas JVard, Efq; Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court 
 of Aflir.e, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout the Colony. 
 
 Mr.
 
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 lAT.Jc/i.^sLyndor.^ Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pless, 
 and General StfTions of the Peace, la the Cciinty of Newpcrt. 
 
 George Brown, Efq; Clerk of the Inferior Court oh Common Pleas, 
 and General Seflions cf the Peace, in the County oi Frc-jideiue. 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Peckham^ Clerk of the Inferior Court olCommcn Pleas, 
 and General ScflTions of tire Pc^te, in the County of Kings. County. 
 
 Mr. Ibomailbroof^'xcits. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General SelTions of the Peace, in the County of .fir/Z/c/. 
 
 Jofefh Scott, Efq-, Sheriff of the County oi Neufort. 
 
 Joim Mawney, Efq-, Sherifl of the County of Providence. 
 
 Beriab Bro-an, Efq-, SiicrifFof the County of Kings County. 
 
 Tbnnas Green. Efq, Sheriff" of the County oi' Brifiol. 
 
 JUSTIC ES of ths Peace for the jsieral Towns throughout 
 the COLON T. 
 
 Neii'port ; fi'^arz^kk:, John Olin, 
 
 Abraham Borden, S?mu<.l Stafiord, Samuel Sowle, 
 
 Samuel Collins, John Warner, Rufus Grccre. 
 
 Ebcncztr Richardfon, James Grccu (Son of SrnithJUld :^ 
 
 Barnabas HargilJ, (Kil/iani), Williana Arnold, 
 
 Jeremiah Clark, Jeremiah Randal Thomas Lapham, 
 
 Thomas Ward, WeJIerly ; Thomas Sayles, 
 
 Handlcy Chiptnan, William Babcock, William Jcncks, 
 
 Perer Fafton, William Htrn, Thomas Stccrc, 
 
 Martin Howard. Benjamin Randal, John Aldrich. 
 
 'providence -.y Joleph Crandal. ^a/;. Scitucte ^ 
 
 Henry Harris, North- Kingito-wn ; Benjamin Fisk, 
 
 Chri(\ophcr Harris, Edward Dyrc, ;«/;. John Tyler, 
 
 Edward Sheldon, Jofcph Cafe, Gideon Harris, 
 
 Tabcz Bowen, Robert Halzard, John Edwards. 
 
 Zuricl Waterman, Jamcb Gardner, Gkucejier • 
 
 Jofeph Harris, Joh" Congdon, Richard Stccre, 
 
 John Burton, ;«». South -Kwgstvwn- Andrew BrowD, 
 
 George Taylor, Samuel Tift'r, yrt«. John Smith, 
 
 Jofeph Snow, John Cafe, Abraham Tcurtclot, 
 
 Ebcnezer Jencks, Thomas Hafzard (5o/jRichard Smith. 
 
 John Andrews cf RjhertJ, Char/e/Ioivn -y 
 
 'Vortfn.cuih • Benjamin Potter, John Hill, 
 
 William Saiidford, Robert Brown. James Congdon, yc//i. 
 
 William HaJl ; Eafi-Greersw/ch ; Benjamin Hoxfcy, 
 
 Giles Slocnm,;«w. William Spenfer, Nalhanad Lewis. 
 
 Gskb Allen. John Langford, 
 
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 We/l-Grcenwhh -^ Edward Eafton, Samuel Willbor, 
 
 Jeremiah Ellis, John Green, Jofeph Wood, 
 
 Samuel Hopkin-s Edward Tew, Nathanael Searlc,y«/T. 
 
 William Cumftocfc, JofhuaCop;geIhall,yi/». IVarreti ; 
 
 George Gardner. Brifiol -^ Benjamin Miller, 
 
 Coventry • Sheerjafliub Bourn, Samuel Low, 
 
 Elifha Johnfon, George Dunbar, John Kinnicur, 
 
 Thomas Matthcwfon, Jeremiah Finney, Edward Luther. 
 
 Samuel Cooper, Nathanael Pcarce, Cumberland ; 
 
 Caleb Grcent^ William Munro. Job BartltT, 
 
 George Hall. Tiverton ; Samuel Bartlct, 
 
 Extter\ Jofeph Anthony, Ifrael Whipple, 
 
 Nicholas Gardner, Philip Taber, John Dexter. 
 
 Jcoffry Champlin, Abraham Barker, Richmond'^ 
 
 Pelcg Tripp, Wefton Hicks, John Webftcr, 
 
 George Reynolds, Reftcomc Sandfordi Jofeph Clark, 
 
 Robert Moon, Little-Compton j Samuel Tiffc, 
 
 MiddUtowii ; Robert Taylor, Stephen Richmond. 
 Thomas Gould, 
 
 OFFICERS to command the feteral^ompanies of Militia, 
 or Train d Bands^ in each Town throughout the Colony, 
 
 N E IF^ R T; Firji Company : 
 
 Jonathan Heath, Captain^ James Tanner, Lieutenant, Chriftopher 
 Lindfev, Enfign. 
 Second Company : Benjamin Shcrburn, Captain, Kendal Nichols, jun. 
 Lieutenant, John Simpfon, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Daniel Dunham, jun. Captain, John Pitman, Lieu- 
 tenant, Henry Blifs, Enfign. 
 
 Eourih Company : John Bciitho, Captain, Oliver Bccre, Lieutenant, 
 Richard Whitehorn, tnjign. 
 
 PROVIDENCE; Fir ft Company : 
 
 Roger Kinnicut, Captain, Benjamin Eddy, Lieutenant, Jacob Hartihorn, 
 Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : John Clark, Captain, John Warner, Lieutenant, 
 "William Dyre, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Jonathan Olney, Captain, John Waterman (Son of 
 Refolved), Lieutenant, Amos Weftcott, Enfign. 
 
 Fourth Company : John Dexter, jun. Captain, Samuel Aborn, jun. 
 Lieutenant, Stephen Hawkins, Enfirn. 
 
 Fifth Company : Matthew Manchefter, Captain, Jonathan Knight, jun. 
 Lieutenant, Daniel Burlincame, Enfzn. 
 
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 'PORTSMOUTH; 
 
 Clark Cornel, Captain^ John FiiTi, Lieutenani., John Shrlevc, jun. 
 E-nf.gn. 
 
 WAR if'lCK; Firft Company : 
 
 John Green (Son of Peter), Captain, John Wells, Lieutenant, James 
 Arnold, iun. Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Thomas Wickes (Son of Thomas), Captain, Thomas 
 Remington, Lieutenant, John Wick.es, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Jofeph Edmonds, jun. Captain, Mofes Endlong, 
 Lieutenant, Richard £ftis, Enfign. 
 
 IF E S T E K L T; Firft Company : 
 
 Elias Thompfon, Captain, Jofeph Lewis, jun. Licut!;\2ni, Fliflia 
 Clark, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Randal, Captain, Jonathan Wells, Lieu' 
 tenant, Jofeph Maccoon, Enfign. 
 
 Ihird Company : S.imuel Gavit, Captain, Jofeph Crandal fSon of 
 Jofeph }, Lieuttnant, Stephen Saunders, E.nftgn. 
 
 Fourth Company : Thomas Folter, Captain, Matthew Green, Lieutenant, 
 Edward Robinlon, Enfign. 
 
 N E H''- S H R. E H J M : 
 
 Robert Hull, Captain, John Dodge, Lieutenant, John Littlcficld, 
 Eiifign. 
 
 NORTH-KINGSTOWN, Ftrjl Corr^pam : 
 
 Jonathan Allen, Captain, Arthur Aylfworth, Lieutencott, Philip Card, 
 Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : S*muel Albro, Captain, Samuel Bro>rning, jun. 
 Lieutenant, Ebcr Shearman, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Samuel Thomas, Captain, Bcnedid Eld red. Lieutenant, 
 Ebenezer Brown, Enfign. 
 
 S U TH-K I NG STO JFN; Firfl Company .- 
 Thomas Browning, Captain, John Stcadman, Lieutenant, Williatn 
 Congdon, (Son of Jofeph j, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Latham Clark (Son of William, dcccai'd), Captaifff 
 Jirah Mumford, Lieutenant, Tencnt Tift, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Samuel Gardner, Captain, Nathan Gardner, Lieute- 
 nant, Thomas Taylor, tnfign. 
 
 E J ST-G R E E NIVI C H ; Firft Company : 
 Jofeph StafTord, Captain, Abicl Hall. Licutuant, Rufus Spcnfer, 
 
 Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Richard Weaver, Captain, David Vaughan (Son of 
 
 Robert), Lieutenant, Colonel Carpenter, tnfign. 
 
 JAMESTOWN; 
 Samuel Slocum, Captain, George Franklin, Lieutenant, Edward Carr, 
 Enfien. 
 
 SMITH.
 
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 S M r r H F I E L D ■ Fir ft Compatjj : 
 
 Richard Harris, jun. Captain^ Joho Angel, Litutcnant, William Brown, 
 Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Daniel Arnold, Cap^aiity Thomas Arnold. Lieutenant^ 
 Stephen Slyc, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Daniel Mowry, Captain, William Bates, Lieutenant, 
 Refolved Waterman, tjifign. 
 
 S C I 7 U J T E ; Fir ft Company : 
 
 Silvanus White, Captain, Nehcmiah Angel, Lieutenant, Eliza Collins, 
 jun. Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : James Brown, Captain, Samuel Dorrence, Lieutenant^ 
 George Dorrence, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : John Hulct, Captain, Jofeph Wilkinfon, Lieutenantt 
 Ezckicl Hopkins, jUQ. Enfign. 
 
 GLOUCESTE R ; Fir ft Company .- 
 Timothy Wilmoch, Captain, Silas Williams, Lieutenant, James Cowen, 
 
 Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : John Smith, Captain, Ezekiej Smith, Lieutenant, 
 
 Jofeph Olney, Enftgn. 
 
 C H J R L E S T O ir N ; 
 Peleg Crofs, Captain, Enoch Kinyon, jun. Lieutenant, Samuel Stanton, 
 l^fign. 
 
 WES7-G R E E^WI C H ; Ftrft Company : 
 Ezckiel Whitford, Captain, Daniel Hill, jun. Lieutenant, John Albroj 
 Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : John Weight, Captain, Jofeph Nichols, Lientenant, 
 Griffcn -Sweet, Enftgn.' 
 
 COVENTRY; Ftrjl Company : 
 John Allerton, jun. Captain, Stephen Colvin, Lieutenant, William 
 
 Nichols, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Nichols, Captain, Alexander Dickfon, 
 
 Lieutenant, John Wickcs, Enfign. 
 
 E X E T E R ; Fir ft Company : 
 Samuel Gardner, Captain, Benjamin Lawton, Lieutenant, Jofeph 
 
 Potter, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Peleg Thomas, Captain, John Rathburn the Third, 
 
 Lieutenant, Stephen Auftin, Enfign. 
 
 M I n D L E r JV N ; 
 John Barker, Captain, Benjamin Smith, Lieutenant, Nicholas Brown, 
 Enjign. 
 
 BRISTOL; 
 Nathaniel Pearce, Captain, Bcnnct Munro, Lieutenant, John Throop, 
 jun. Enfign. 
 
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 T 1 V E K r N ; Fir/} Company : 
 Giles Brownel, Captain, 'WiHiam Manchefter ("Son of John), LiiUtenanty 
 
 Cornelius Sowle, Ev/tgn. 
 
 Second Company : William Cook, Captain, John Thomas, Lieutenant, 
 
 BcP'amin Hambly, knftgn. 
 
 LITTLE-GO M^rON; 
 Benjamin Scabury, Captain, Edward Irifh, Lieutenant, Benjamin Sim- 
 monds, Enftgn. 
 
 W J K B. E Is ; 
 Benjamin Barton, Captain, John Adams, Lieutenant, Solomon Peck, 
 Enfign. 
 
 C U M E E R L J N D ; 
 Daniel Wilkinfon, Captain, Benjamin Razey, Lieutenant, Nathanael 
 Whipple, Enfign. 
 
 RICHMOND; 
 Jofcph Enos, jun. Captain, James James, Lieutenant, Thomas Rogers, 
 Enfgn. 
 
 N EfV^P RT Troop of Hor/e ; 
 Sylvcfter Woodman, Captain, Richard Grecnhill, Lieutenant, Samuel 
 Bayley (ot Litile-Compton), Cornet. 
 
 PROVIDENCE Troop of Horfe ; 
 Jeremiah Whipple, Captain, John Lcvally, Lieutenant, Henry Gard-o 
 ner. Cornet. 
 
 TH E Hon. Gideon Wanton, Efq-, and Benjamin Nichols, James 
 Sheffield, Daniel Updike, Edward Scott, James Arnold, George Brown, 
 and Gideon Cornell, Elqrs. the Grand Committee, or Truftecs of the 
 Colony, for Signing the Bills of Publick Credit, Cs^f. 
 
 Binjamin Nichols, Efq; one ot the Grand Committee, or Colony's 
 Trullee':, is chofcn and appointed to take, and have the Care and Charge 
 of the Colony's Bonds and Mortgages, and to receive the Monies due, 
 and to be due thereon : And he is alfo hereby impowered to make and 
 give proper Acquittances and Difcharges on the Mortgages, orotherwife, 
 upon the Receipt of any of the Colony's Money : And m Cafe of Non- 
 payment, he IS likewife hereby impowered to put in Suit the Bonds and 
 Mortgages of all fuch as fliall relufe or omit to make due Payment. 
 
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 COM Ml TTE E S chofenfor the feveral^owm, for the Management 
 oj the Colony's Money ^ let, or to he let ok Loan. 
 
 Eaft-Greenzvich ; Exeter; 
 
 Thomas Spencer, Benoni Hall, 
 Abner Spencer (Son John Weight. 
 
 of Michael). Middktown ; 
 
 Jamepwti ; Daniel Gould, 
 
 Newport ; 
 Benjamin Nichols, 
 Nicholas Eafton. 
 Providence ^ 
 Fzckiel Warner, 
 Jonathan Randall, 
 
 '■'Portfrnouth ; 
 John Coggefhall, 
 Benjamin Hix. 
 pyaiwick \ 
 Jeremiah Lippit, 
 Elifha Green. 
 
 Weferly ; 
 William Babcock, 
 Silas Grcenman. 
 
 Neiv-^.bvyebiim^-^ 
 Robcri: Hnll, 
 NachanaclLittlefield 
 
 North- Kingstown -, 
 John Congdon, 
 Edward Dsrc,jfJn. 
 South- KiKgstown ; 
 Jeoft>y Watfon, 
 
 Jofeph Clark, 
 Jofepb Underwood. 
 
 Smithfiild ; 
 Thomas Stecrc, 
 John Aldrich 
 
 ScJtuati j 
 Job Randal, 
 Charles Harris. 
 Gloucejter j 
 Richard Steerc, 
 Abraham Tourlelot. 
 
 Chjrk/lo-un ; 
 John Congdon, jrin. 
 Jol'eph Sr.inton, /«« 
 Weji-Qreenwich j 
 Jeremiah Ellis, 
 George Gardner. 
 Coventry j 
 Caleb Greene, 
 
 Stephen Hafzard,////*. George Hall. 
 
 Jotin Rogers. 
 
 Eriftol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, 
 Thomas Green. 
 
 Tiverton ^ 
 John Manchefter, 
 Thomas Howland. 
 Little-Comftun ; 
 John Hunt, 
 William Willbor,;V7;. 
 
 fVarreh , 
 Matthew Allen, 
 Benjamin Barton. 
 Cumberland j 
 Job Bartlet, 
 Samuel Bartlet. 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Richard Baley, 
 John Webfter. 
 
 Edward Tburjion, General Sealer of Weights and Mcafures, through- 
 out the Colony. 
 
 /T is Voted and Rejoivcd^ 1 hat Simon Peafe^ James Honyman, Daniel 
 Jencks, Jofkua Babcock, DanieiUpdike, -und Edward ScoK, Efqrs. or the 
 major Pare of them, be, and they are hereby ronftituted a Committee, 
 to dr.iw up (uch In Itrucflions, to be lent to the Agent, refpeifting the Bill 
 lying before the I'arliameiu, relating to the Paper Currency, as may be 
 moflforihe Intcrcft and Advantage of'tliis Colony ^ and make Report 
 to this A.TembI)', at thisScfllon, or next. 
 
 Wherens the Cellar under the Colony Houfe in Newport, might be 
 hired out to Advantage, if put in good Order ; but at prefent is altoge- 
 ther ulelcrs : It IS therefore Voted and Refohed, That the Committee that 
 was appointed to l)ui!d laid Houfe, Icafe out the faid Cellar (taking the 
 bcft Care for the Prelcrvntion and Safety of the Houfe) for the Space or 
 Scycn Years, unto fuch Perfon or Perlons as tliey {hall think proper, on 
 
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 this Condition, to wit. The Lefi'ce or LefTccs fhall be obliged to divide the 
 Cellar into four Apartments with Plank •, to pave one Part thereof, snd 
 Floor the other with Plank \ to lupply thcW indows with Safli Ghfs, and 
 fecurc thecn with good Shutters \, and at the Expiration of the a'orefaid 
 Term, peaceably to lurrender and deliver up the faid Cellar, thus 
 5tted and finifnei', unto the Colony, or kich Perlbn or Perions as fbal! be 
 authorized to take PofTcflion thereof, in good and tencntable Repair. 
 
 It is Voted and Re/ohed, Thar for the future there be annually chofcn one 
 Captain for ^oriGcorge fand no other CommifTion Officer j : And that the 
 Captain's Allowar:cc for his Service, be One Hundred Pounds fer Year : 
 That he keep there continually Four Soldiers, and no more : That they, 
 boarding themfelves, be allowed Eighteen Pounds each, per Month: 
 And that the Gunner of Fort George^ be allowed Eighteen Pounds per 
 Month rbefides his other Perquifites) for his Wages, and Board Wages 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the Sheriff of the County of ^ewport^ 
 provide Liquor to the AmouiU of Fifty Pounds, to entertain thofc Gcn- 
 ileiTicn that ihill attend the Solemnity of proclaiming Peace. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That Peter Hours, Edward Scott, Samuel Wick- 
 ham, Stephen Hopkins, and George IVanton, Efqrs. McfTrs. Jau:cs- Sheffidd, 
 and Thomas Crattflon, be, and t.hey, or the major Part of them, are hereby 
 conftituted a Committee, to audit all the Agent's Accounts, down to 
 this Day ; and to inquire whether all the Vouchers ncceflary to fupport 
 the Colony's Accounts, of the Charge of the Canada Expedition, are fcnc 
 Home v it nor, that they procure what arc flill wanting, and make Report 
 lo this AlTcmbly, at their next Scffion. 
 
 Whereas Benjamin Tucker, of Pcrt/maiiib, in the County o^ Newport, Efq; 
 did, by Petition, rcprefcnt to this Aflembly, That Jonathan Childs failed 
 from the Harbour oi Tiverton, the fourteenth Day oi May, J.D. 1747. 
 in the Schooner Succefs, as Mate, Cltomas Cafe, Mafferj, bound unto the 
 Ifland of Niiv-Providence, in the fVeJi-lndies : That in their Return 
 Home, they were ta!;en by a SpanOJ} Privateer belonging to the ILrjanna : 
 That foon after th_- Capture, the iaid Cafe ranfomcd his Veflcl, and put 
 the faid Childs on board the Spaniftj Privateer, by Way of Hoftage ; and 
 fince the Arrival of the aforefaid Schooner, neither the faid Caje, nor the 
 Owners of faid Schooner, have ever ranfomed faid Childs : And the 
 faid Berijamin fuggeding (th.at by the Preliminary Articles fign'd at Aix la 
 Chapelte, the Nineteenth Day of jlpril, A. D. 1/48), all Hoftagcs arc to 
 be given up without Ranfom, they paying the Debts they have contraftcd 
 fince their Confinement in the Country where they have been detaineQ ; 
 prayed, that Maithew Bcrden, Mailer of the Slo9p E'izakih, might have 
 a CommifTion under the Seal of the Colony, to proceed unto the Havanna, 
 in order to bring him the faid Jonathan Childs thence, out of his Confine- 
 ment ; and that the fame Ihould be performed, and no Coll accrue to the 
 Colony thereby ■. And that the aforclaid Matthew (liould be under any 
 fufh Reft riiff ions as this Affcmbly (hould enjoin, upon the Account of 
 Trade and TrafTick. 
 
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 On ConfjJeraiion whereof, 
 This Ajfembly do Vote and Ke/ilve, and it is hereby Voted and Refohed, 
 That the Prayer ot the atorelaid Petition, be, and it hereby is granted j 
 and that a CommifTioii be ilTued unto the faid Matthew Borden, under the 
 Seal of the Co!ony, for the End and Purpofc aforefaid. 
 
 // ij Voted and Refolved, That Jofeph IVbippk, and Peter Bours, Efqrs. 
 Mcffrs. Thomas Cranficn, Janus Sheffidd, and John TiUingbaJi, be, and 
 they arc hereby conflituted a Committee, to audit the General Trcafurcr's 
 and Commiflary'i Accounts, and muke Report to this Affcmbly, at their 
 next Scflion. 
 
 // is Voted and Re/olvrd, Th;it Medrs. Ihomr.s Cranjlon, James Sheffieldy 
 and Jcbn Tillivgbajl,, be, and they are hereby conllituted a Committee, 
 to take an Account of the Warlike, and other Stores and Materials, be- 
 longing to the Colony, and make Report to this Affembly, at their 
 next ScfTion. 
 
 // is Voted and Refchcd, That the Speaker of the Houfe of Deputies, 
 MefTrs. Thomas Cranjton, and James SheJieU, be, and they, or the major 
 Part of them, are hereby conltituted <-i Committee, to afTift the Attorney 
 in ihc Cafe the Governor and Company of this Colony againft Jahleel 
 Brenion, Eiq; in procuring Evidences, and all other Requifites neceffary 
 to be laid before the Audit, to fct the Cale in a true Light. 
 
 Whereas Beriah Bro-un, Efq; SheriiT of the County of Kings-County, 
 prayed this AfTembly toappoict a Committee of a proper Pcrfon orPcrfons, 
 to repair the Goal and Goal Houfc in faid Kings-County : On Confidcra- 
 tion whereof. This jijjembiy do Vote and Rejohe, and it is hereby Voted and 
 Re/ohed, That Capt. Robert Hafzard, and the faid Beriah Brown, be, and 
 they are hereby conftitutcd a Committee, to repair the Goal and Goal Houfe 
 afoiefaid, at the Charge of the Colony. 
 
 Whereas Thomas Rowland and Company, Merchants, by Petition, 
 reprefentcd to this Affembly, That Ctdecn IVanton, jun. late Commander 
 of the Sloop Rebecca, fiil'd from the Harbour of Tiverton, the 14th Day 
 of July laft, bound to the Leeward I/lands : That in Profccution of his 
 intended Voyage, on the 15th Day of September following, being fix 
 Leagues to the Wcfiv/ard oi- Cape Donna Maria, he was furpriz'd and 
 taken by an armed Brigantine belonging to the Subjeds of the King of 
 Spain, who carried the fiid Gideon and Sloop, into the Pore of Leogan, on 
 the IQand of Hi/paniola ; and after a (hort Stay of about three or four 
 Hours, forced the faid Gidcon M^anton on Shore, with all his Men, fave 
 one, and then carried the faid Sloop into St. Jcigc de Cuba, where faid 
 Sloop and Cargo were condemned as lawful Prize •, which the faid Thomas 
 and Company fuggefted, was in open Violation to the Ccffation of Hofti- 
 lities by Sea and Land, agreed on between His Britannick Majefty and the 
 French King, ac Aix la Cbapelle, the Nineteenth Day ot April (Old Stile^, 
 ji. D. 1748, and afterwards acceeded to by the Kingof 5^<z/'« ; And that 
 the aforefaid Thomas and Company, applycd to the General Affcmbly, at 
 
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 iheirSenioa held at Proiidencs^ on tbclaft Wednefday o^Onoher lad, for 
 the ProcediOii of this Govsrnmcnr, in fending a proper VeiTel, with all 
 Papers ncccfTary, to make Demand of the faid Sloop and her Cargo, which 
 was by them conceded to : And thereupon, the faid Ibomas and Company 
 lent the aforefaid Gidion IVanton in the S\onip Manuti'M cry, unto the Spa^ 
 niO> Settlement of St. Jagod: Cuba^ in order to make a Demand of faid 
 Sloop and her Cargo : But that upon his Arrival there, the Spaniards 
 treated him in a moil barbarous and arbitrary Manner, torcing him our 
 of the FJaibour, and threai'ning to fink his VofTci, not fuflering him to 
 (p'.ak with the Governor of the Place, nor any of the chief Ofilcers, pre- 
 tending that the aforcfaid Sloop Rebfcai was taken before the Ccfiation of 
 Arms took Place. And the f.'.iri Thsmas and Company, farther allcdged. 
 That they eaa fi'liy prove, that the faid G'/d:cii M'^ciusn, was with the 
 aforcfaid Sloop Rebecca under his Command, at the Port of Pcli: Goavon, 
 on Hifpcniola, two Days prececdin;:; the Capture, and there had Liberty ta 
 Wooa and Water, from the Commanding Officer, which was fomc con- 
 fiderable Time after the afo'-c-recitcd CefTation of Arms took Place. Anvl 
 the'cupon, they, the laid 7't'COT(.'j and Company, fupplicated ihis AOtmblv* 
 thsE a Cummiina-i might be to th.m granted, under the Seal of thir. 
 Co!o,iy, iaipowering thcr.i to proceed lor the ifland of Hi/panicla aforc- 
 faid, there to take fuch Evidence as they can obiain, that they may be 
 enabled to lay the whole AtTair before His Majefty in Council, for Rc- 
 drels . And that the Voyage, fhall be pcrform'd without any Charge ca 
 the Government ; they fubmitting themlclves to any Reftriftior.s thi"; 
 AiTembly fhould think proper to impofe. 
 
 On Confidcration whereof. 
 This yi(f:mhly do Vote and Ena^, and it is hereby Voted and EnaHed, That 
 the Prayer of the aforcfaid Petition, be, and it is hereby granted ; provided, 
 no Provifions or Merchandize be exported in faid Vcflel, to traffick with, 
 more thnn is abfolutely necefTary for fuftainirg the People that Ihallgo in 
 faid Vcfiel, and to pay the Charges of faid Voyage. 
 
 Whereas William Hopkins, Efq; who was by this A/Tembly, again cho- 
 fen Third Judge of the Superior Court, (sc. rcfoTed to f.tve any longer 
 la thatO'Tice ^ whereupon Jo!mEreebody,]\in. Efq^ waschofen in his Room, 
 who likevvife refufing, This AfTcmbly do choofe and appoint Stephen 
 P4i/)!C, Efq: third Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of 
 AfTize, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout the Colony. 
 
 EH^a Sbearmt'n, Efq, i^ chofcn a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of 
 T^cijvpTrt, &CC 
 
 Capt. IVuller Chakncr, is cholen Captain cf Fort G::r^s for the Year 
 cnfuing. 
 
 Mntthew Manchefter, and Jofepb Potter, Efqrs. are chofen Jufticcs of 
 the Peace for the Town of Providence. 
 
 Jt is Voted and Refclved, That all Bufincfs before this Afiembly. thac 
 rcmaineth unfinillied, be referred to the next Scfuon thereof, which is 
 hereby appointed to be at Newport, or the fecond Monday of June next. 
 
 GOD Scne the KtNG.
 
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 uit the G R N E R A L A S S E M B L Y of thc 
 GOVERNOR ^nd COMPANY of the EnglHh 
 
 Colony of Rhode-Iiland, and Providence Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America, begun and held by 
 Jdjournmenty at Newport, the jecond Monday of June, 
 in the Twentythird Tear of the Reign of His Mofi 
 Sacred MajeUy GEORGE the Second^ by the Grace 
 of G Dy of Great-Brirain, France, and Ireland, 
 King, Defender of thc Faith, &c. And in the Tear of Our 
 LORD, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty-nine, 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Honourable IflLLIJM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. William Ellery, Efqj Deputy Goycrnor. 
 
 Peter Bours, Efq-, ^ James Arnold, Efq; "N 
 
 Simon Pease, Efq-, / William Richmond, Efq-.^.-^ 
 
 Edward Kinnicut, Efq A ^5/?. Daniel Coggeshall, Efqj( ^-^ ' 
 Stephen Brownel, EfqA Jeoffry Watsos, Efq; j 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; ) 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the leveral TOWNS, 
 
 The Hon. STE'PHEN H09KINS, Efq^ Speaker. 
 
 Newport ; 
 George Wanton, Efq; 
 yix.J ofeph Whipple, j u n . 
 Mr. Thomas Crafijlon, 
 Mr. John TiI!i}ighaJ}, 
 Mr. Nicholas Eajton, 
 Mr. James Sheffield. 
 Providence ; 
 Jonatha7i Randn!, Efq; 
 The Speaker. 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 Mr. Oliver Earl, 
 Mr. John J Hen, 
 Benjamin liitker, Efq; 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Philip Greene, Efq; 
 Mr. John Holden, 
 Capc. Amos Lockwood. 
 
 Westerly ; 
 Capr, Silas Grcenmar,, 
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 Jtjhua Babcock, Efq; 
 
 Newshoreham i 
 None, 
 
 NORTH-Kl NCSTON J 
 
 Col. Immanuel Northupy 
 Capt. Daniel Fonts. 
 
 South-Kingston ; 
 Capt. Robert Hafzard, 
 Mr. Rowland Robinfon. 
 East-
 
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 East-Greei^wich 
 Jofepb Nichols, Efqi 
 Capt. Ibomas Spencer. 
 
 Jamestown ; 
 Mr. Da>tiel IVeederij 
 Mr. fcfipb dark. 
 
 SmITHFI ELD ; 
 
 Ihomai Lapbam. Efq; 
 Mr. John AldrifJ). 
 
 S C I T U A T E ; 
 
 Mr. Thomas Ralph. 
 
 Glouc ester -, 
 
 Ma). Richard Smith. 
 
 CHARLESTOW^f ; 
 
 Col. J'/jipb Stanton, 
 
 Mr. James Ccngdon. 
 WistGreen wicH ; 
 Mr. Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Mr. George Gardner. 
 Cove ntr y ; 
 None. 
 Exeter \ 
 Capt. Jobn fVeigbt, 
 Mr. Benoni Gardner. 
 Middletown ; 
 Capt. Robert Barker, 
 Mr. Jonathan EaftoH. 
 
 Bristol -, 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 Thomas Greene, Efq; 
 
 TlVERTOH ; 
 Johr, Uovoland^ Efq; 
 Mr. Edward Jpantcn. 
 
 LiTTLE COMPTON ] 
 
 William Hall, Efq-, 
 Nalhanael Sccrliy Efqv 
 
 Warren •, 
 James Smith, Efq; 
 Capt. Benjamin Barton. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 r/rael Whipple, Efq, 
 Job Bart let, Efq-, 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Jofepb Clark, Efq-, 
 James Rogers. Efq-, 
 
 Mr. Jojtas Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 An ACT for the Ellabiijhing and Regulaiing of F E E S. 
 
 n E IT EN ACTED by the General /^Jfembly of this Colony, and by 
 the A'.ilhority of the Jams, it ts Enabled, Thac the Ertablifhmcnc of the 
 Fees ot the Icvcral OtBccrs in this Colony, (hall be as foiloweth. 
 
 In the Superior Court. 
 Jufticc's Fees. 
 
 FO R Entry of every Aftion for Tryal, 
 For the taking every Special Bail, 
 For allowing of i Writ of Error, 
 For allowing a Habeas Corpus, 
 For confefTing Judgment, 
 
 For acknowledging Satisfaiflion of Judgment upon Record, 
 In all criminal Cales where a Fine is fet. 
 For Ti.^ing every Bill of Cort, 
 
 Ckrk'i Fees. 
 
 FO R Entry of every Aiftion,, 
 For filing Reafons of Appeal, or Anfwcr, 
 For all Copies not exceeding one Page, 
 If above one Page, for the firft Page, 
 For every Page ibovc one. Twenty-five Lines in a Page, 
 
 and eight Words in a Line, 
 For every Adtion call'd. 
 For ? Scire Farias and Seal, 
 For Recording Judgment, 
 For fwcaring every Witnefs, 
 
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 For a Writ of Execution, 
 
 For vfriting Evidences, the fame as copying, 
 
 For Acquittal of Felony, or Sufpicion thereof. 
 
 For Entring a Rule of Court, 
 
 For every Bond taken. 
 
 For Entring Traverfe upon lndi(5l:ment. 
 
 For Filing an Inventory of Goods taken by Execution, 
 
 For every Perfon fummoned. 
 
 For filing every Return in Court, 
 
 For every Paper or hvidence in a Cafe, 
 
 For withdrawing an Adion, 
 
 For Dilcharge of every Perfon upon Bail to the Peace, Cs^c. 
 
 For every Petition read in Court, 
 
 For Order thereon. 
 
 For Hxamining every Bill of Coft, 
 
 For Searching of Records, 
 
 If above one Hour, for every Hour above one, 
 
 For attending the Court, by the Day, 
 
 For a Writ of Review, 
 
 Secretary's Fees. 
 
 FO R EngrofTing the Afls or Laws of the General 
 Aflembly, each ; to be paid out of the General Trea- 
 
 fury, o lo o 
 
 For every CommifTion for the Juftices of each County ; to be 
 
 paid out of the General Treafury, o lo o 
 
 For every CommilTion tor a Military Officer ; to be paid out 
 
 of the General Treafury, o 6 o 
 
 For a Special Warrant or Mittimus, by Order of the Go- 
 vernor and Council, o 6 o 
 For every Commifiion under the Colony's Seal, for Places of 
 
 Profit, o lo o 
 
 For every Bond, o 6 o 
 
 For every Order of Council, to the Benefit of particular Per- 
 
 fons, 050 
 
 For every Petition to the Governor and Council, or General 
 
 AfTembly, o 40 
 
 And where there is an Adverfe Party, 060 
 
 For tranfcribing the A<fts or Laws pafs'd by the General 
 
 Aflembly, into a Book; for every Page, Twenty-five Lines 
 
 in a Page, and eight Words in a Line, 50 
 
 For copying, the fame as the Clerk of the Superior Court, 040 
 
 For Attending the General Aflembly, and General Council, 
 
 per Day, i ro o 
 
 For fixing the Colony's Seal to any Commiflion, or other 
 
 Writing, o lo o 
 
 for Entrirg a Protetl in Court, 040 
 
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 In the Inferior Court, 
 Juftice's Fees. 
 
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 FO R Entring every Action, i o o 
 
 For takfng Specul Bail, 040 
 
 For confefTing Judgment, 040 
 
 For acknowledging Satisfadtion of Judgment upon Record, 020 
 
 For Taxing every Bill of Coft, 020 
 
 Clerk's Fees. 
 
 T"' O R every Writ and Seal, 4 o 
 
 JP For Entring every A<ftion, 040 
 
 for Entring Judgment upon Record, o 50 
 For all Copies, the farne as the Clerk of the Superior Court, 
 
 For every Aftion withdrav/n or Nonfuit, 020 
 
 For every Execution, 070 
 For filing, every Declaration, Reafon of Appeal, and Anfwer, 
 
 or Plea, 020 
 
 For every Aftion called in Court, 020 
 
 For Entering iVrV. Die. 020 
 
 For Entering a Rule of Court to Referees or Auditors, 034 
 
 Fof Bond in the Clerk's Office, 040 
 And where the Attorney, being aFrceholder, becomes obliged, 
 
 the fame Fee, 040 
 
 For every Perfon fummoned, 010 
 
 For every Paper or Evidence in a Cafe, 008 
 
 For fearching-thc Records, not exceeding one Hour, 020 
 
 If above one Flour, for the firft Hour, 020 
 
 And for every Hour after, 010 
 
 For every Return to Court, 014. 
 
 For Examining every Bill of Coft, 020 
 
 For fwcaring every Witnefs, 014. 
 For writing Evidences, the- fame as copying. 
 
 For Entring Appearance, o t o 
 
 For Attending the Court by the Day, c 10 o 
 
 Clerk of tbe Sejftons of the 'Teaa\ his Fees. 
 
 FOR Entering Complaint upon Indiiflment, 040 
 
 For every Recognizance, o 4 o 
 
 For Dilchargc of evevy Recor»nizance, 020 
 
 For making forth a Froccfs againft Criminals, 030 
 
 For every Warrant for the Peace or good Behaviour, 03° 
 
 For Acquittal of Felony, or Sufpicion thereof, 020 
 In all other Refpedls, the fame as the Clerk of the Inferior 
 Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 Jujiices
 
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 Sherijf's Fees. 
 
 Jujiices of the ^Peace, and ITardeoSf their Fees 
 
 OR a Writof Arreft, 040 
 
 For every Summons, 020 
 
 For Annexing an Account, 020 
 
 For Adminiltring an Oath or Engagement, 020 
 
 For Writing an Evidence, 030 
 
 For Judgment, 16 o 
 
 For Recording thereof, 060 
 
 For Bond to the Peace or good Behaviour, o 60 
 
 For Bond on Appeal, 040 
 
 For an Execution, o 60 
 
 For every Recognizance, 04c 
 For the Copy of a Cafe, the fame as the CJerk of the Superior 
 
 Court, 
 For taking the Acknowledgment of any Writing, 
 
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 FOR ferving a Writ, not above one Mile from Home, 040 
 
 It above one Mile, for every Milt's travel forward and 
 backward, One Shilling, i O 
 
 For attending a Prifoncr before imprifoned, by the Day, o 10 o 
 
 For the Copy of a Writ, « © 
 
 For attending the Courts, by the Day, i 40 
 
 for Attendance in every Aftion, 020 
 
 For Difcharge of any Perfon upon Bail to the Peace, o 40 
 
 for every Paper or Evidence in a Cafe, 008 
 
 For Bail Bond in civil Actions, 040 
 
 For a Bond to the Peace or good Behaviour, 080 
 
 For ferving Execution, not exceeding Ten Pounds, each 
 
 Pound, 616 
 
 If above Ten lounris. and not exceeding Fifty Pgunds, each 
 
 Pound, 10 
 
 If above Fifty Pounds, and not exceeding One Hundred Pounds ^ 
 
 each Pound, 009 
 
 If above One Hundred Pounds^ and not exceeding Two Hun- 
 dred Pounds, each Pound, 006 
 All above Two Hundred founds, and not exceeding Jbree Hun- 
 dred Pounds, each Pound, 004 
 For all Executions above Jhree Hundred Pounds, Two Pence 
 
 tor each Pound, 002 
 
 For all Executions fervM one Mile or upwards, from the 
 
 Court Houfe, Six Pence per Mile forward and backward, 
 For turning the Key on every Prifoner committed, 040 
 
 For Difcharge of every Perfon upon Bail to the King, o 10 o 
 
 For ferving a Summons not exceeding one Mile from Home, 020 
 If above one Mile, the fame travelling Fees as for ferving of 
 Writs, 
 
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 Jttorney General's Fees, 
 
 FO R every Bill of Indiftmenr or Prefentmenc drawn and 
 found by the Grand Jury, 
 For every Ditto drawn and palt to the Court, if not found by 
 
 the Grand Jury, 
 For every Criminal executed to Death, 
 For Difcharge of every Perfon upon Bond to tlic Peace, 
 For every Days Attendance in the Courts, 
 For appearing and pleading for the King on an Appeal, 
 
 Othur Fees allow'd in Court. 
 
 FO R Attorney's and Council's Fees, 
 For drawing a Bill of Coll, 
 For every Peribn difcharged Irom Bail to the King, to the 
 
 Serjeant, 
 For every Evidence attending the Court, by the Day, 
 And for his Travel, Twelve Pence per Mile out, and the fame 
 
 Home, 
 For every Adion call'd, to thcSerjcanr, 
 For the Jury paid down by the Plaintiff, 
 For the Attendance of the Party, Recovering Judgment, per 
 
 Day, 
 For Power of Attorney, and Probate of the fame, 
 For Travel of every Plaintiff and Defendant, recovering Coft, 
 
 EigBt Pence per Mile to the Court, and the fame back. 
 For every Witnefs fummoned, the lame. 
 In .all Anions for the Colony's Tenth and Interefl Bonds, 
 
 half fo much as in other Cafes, excepting to the Sheriffs, 
 
 for ferving Writs, and travelling tecs, the fame as in other 
 
 ^(ftions, 
 
 For Probate of H'iUs, ?^c. 
 
 FOR the Probate of a Will, where the Inventory exceeds 
 not One Hundred Pounds, 
 
 For every Hundred Pounds above One Hundred Pounds, 
 to the Town Council, 
 For Probate of the Inventory, where no Will appears, and 
 
 where the Inventory exceeds not One Hundred Pounds, 
 If above, for every Hundred Pounds more, to the Town 
 Council, 
 
 Town Clerk, and Clerk of the Council, their Fees. 
 
 p O R Entering a Caveat againft the Probate of a Will, or 
 
 granting of Adminiftration, 
 For taking; Bond, and granting Adminiftration under the Seal 
 of the Town Council, 
 
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 For Regiaringand Copying, if not exceeding one Page, 
 
 If above one Page, for every Page, Twenty-five Lines in a 
 Page, and eight Words in a Line, 
 
 For every Citation and Summons, 
 
 For Bond, and granting Licenfe under tiie Town Council 
 Seal, 
 
 For Bond of every Perfon that comes to dwell in the Town, 
 
 To the Town Serjeant or Conftable, for ferving every Sum- 
 mons or Citation, if not above one Mile from Home, 
 
 If above one Mile from Home, for every Mik's Travel out 
 and Horn:. 
 
 Fees in the Court of Vice- Admiralty. 
 
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 FO R drawing a Libdl, 
 For filing and allowing the fame, 
 
 Citation lor Appearance. Seal and Ser- 
 vice, 
 
 Summons tor WitnefTes and Seal, 
 
 Filing Papers, and Taxing Coff, 
 
 An Inttrlocucary Decree, and Record- 
 ing, U}c. 
 
 An Enadment, 
 
 Decree Definitive, and Recording, 
 
 For every Evidence lummoncd within 
 a Mile of the Court, 
 
 And if above one Mile, Two Shillings 
 per Mile, 
 
 Bail Bond, 
 
 For levying Execution, for the firfl 
 T'jventy Pounds, or under, per Pound, 
 
 If abovt- 7a'W/v Pcundi, and not exceed- 
 ing Forty Pcitnds, per Pound, 
 
 If abovtr Fony Pounds, and not exceed 
 ing 0;?^ Hundred Pouiids, per Pound, 
 
 If above Oav Hundred Pounds, and not 
 exceeding Two Hundred Pounds, per 
 Pouna, 
 
 All above Tzvo Hundred Founds, per 
 Pound, 
 
 For executing a Warrant for Debtors. 
 Dcfcrters, C^c. on board Sh p, if at 
 the Wharff, 
 
 If in the Ro?d, on this Side, or within 
 Goal ■ IJland, 
 
 If without, or beyond Goatljland, 
 
 For taking a VclTel into Cuftody, on 
 Arrett for Wagrb. 
 
 Judge's lAdvociies 
 Fi^s Fees- 
 
 C s. d}l. S. d. 
 
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 For taking every Evidence in Court, 
 
 Advocate's Fee, 
 
 To the Advocate General, for drawing^ 
 an Information on Fcnal Statutes, 
 
 For pleading thereto, till Decree be ob- 
 tained, 
 
 For Copy of a Libell, 
 
 For Copy of an Intormation, 
 
 For Copy of a Decree, 
 
 For a Retraxit, 
 
 Warrant for Survey or Appraifmcnt, or 
 for Debtors or Defertcrs, 
 
 For every Condemnation of Ship or 
 Goods, except Prizes, or Prize Goods, 
 taken in War, Two and an Half 
 per Cent. viz. Two Thirds to the 
 Judge, two Thirds of the other Third 
 to the Rcgiftcr, and the Remainder 
 to the NJarlVial, 
 
 For all Money paid into Court on Con- 
 demnation, One per Cent. Poundage, 
 viz. One Third to the Judge, and 
 two Thirds to the Regifter, 
 
 for Entring every Motion for an Ap- 
 peal, 
 
 For Allowing or Difallowing thereof. 
 
 For Copy of every Cafe, Ten Shillings 
 for the firft Sheet, and Five Shilling 
 for every Sheet alter, to the Regifter ; 
 every Sheet containing Four Hundred 
 Words, 
 
 For every Adjournment, 
 
 For every Bond for profecutingAppcals, j 
 
 For fammoning of Apprailers, each I 
 
 Notary Tublick's Fees. 
 
 TO fwearing to Proteds, 
 To drawing DittOy 
 To fealing Ditto, 
 
 To Regidring the fimc in the Office, 
 To Copy of DitlOy 
 
 Curouer'i Fees. 
 
 FOR taking every InquiP.tion, 
 Bcfidcs the above Fee, Twenty Sl'illinp per Day, for his 
 Travel and Expences, for every Inquifuion by him taken, 
 Each Juror per Day, 
 
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 The above Fees to be paid cue of the Eftate of the Deceafed, if any to 
 be found : If no Eftate to be found, then the fame to be paid out 
 of the Town Treafury of the Town where the dead Bovly Ihall be 
 found. 
 
 Town Serjeant, and Conftabh's Fpes. 
 
 FOR ferving of every Warrant, if not above one Mile 
 from Home, o 4. o 
 
 If above one Mile from Home., for every Mile forward and 
 
 backward. One Shilling. 
 For Copy of a Warrant, O 3 O 
 
 Eor B.nl Bond in civil Adtions, 040 
 
 Tor fcTving a Summons, the lame as the Sheriff. 
 For Attending on )uftices Courts, pet Day o lO o 
 
 General jijjlmhly*t Tees 
 
 FOR every Petition prtferr'd to the General AfTembly, 4. o o 
 
 T-Q be divided between the two Houfes -, tne Upper 
 Houfe oae Third, and Lower Houfe two Thirds, over and 
 above- what is allowed to the Secretary and Clerk. 
 
 Vendut Miifitr'j Fees- 
 
 FOR every Vendue, where the whole Ainouiit of the Goods fold» 
 does not exceed One Tbsufand Pounds, Two and an Haifpfr Cent. 
 For every Vendue, where the whole Amount oi the Goods Ibid, exceeds 
 0/id Iboufmd Pounds, Ont and an Half p^r Cent. 
 
 An A C T enabling the Clerks of the [exeral Inferior Courts 
 of Common Pleas, and U en era! Seifons of the Peace^ in 
 the Colony, for the Time being:, to furrogate and appoint 
 Deputies under them. 
 
 T)E n Et^ ACTED by the General Apmhly, and by the iltithority 
 ■D thereof. It is Enacted, That it fhall and may be lawful for the 
 feveral Clerks of the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas, and General 
 ScfTions of the Peace, m this Colony, for the Time being, to furrogate 
 and appoim Deputies under them, who are hereby authorized and im- 
 powcred, being firfl: fworn, to ai5l and do in the Abfence of faid Clerks 
 refpcftively, all Things by Law required of them, as fully and amply, in 
 all I'hings, and to all Intents and Purpofes, as the faid Clerks themfcivcs 
 might or could do, were they perfonally prefent : And that the faid 
 Clerks be accountable for all the Doings of their faid Deputies. 
 
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 An ACT in Addition to federal ASls cf Ajfenibly, ajcertaining 
 the Number of Jurors to attend on the jeveml Courts in 
 this Colony, and the 'limes of their AtienduKce. 
 
 Ti E IT EN^^C'J ED by the General AjkniHy of this Colony^ and by 
 Ij the /fulbority thereof. It is EnaiJeJ, Tliac tor the futun:, the Number 
 of Twenty-four Petit Jurois attend on the Superior Court, when 
 and as often as the lame lit3, in the County of Newport ; and alio the fame 
 Number of Fciit Jurors attend on the Interior Court of Common Fleas, 
 and General ScfTions ot the Fcacc, for faid County ot A'ewport : And that 
 to each of faid Courts, the Town of Nev-port fend twelve Petit Juror; ; 
 Pertfmouth three -, Jamejlown one ; Midciletown three -, Tiverton three -, 
 and Lutli-Compton two ; to be improved by the refpeiflive Courts, either 
 Jor one Jury or two, as they fhall think proper : And that the firft 
 Jury be fiU'd up with the fame Number out of each Town, as was formcr- 
 Jy fent by each Town, in C^lc a fufBcient Number are prefcnt ; it nor, 
 tiien out of the oihcr Jurors. And that when two juries be improv'd, 
 th^t the Court iiave Power to order Talefmen to be tikcn up, as ufual : 
 And that the Superior Court when fitting in other Counties in this Co- 
 lony, and alfo the Inferior Courts of laid Counties, in Cafe a futficicnt 
 Number ot jurors i!o not attend fuch Courts, or ire challenged, and 
 taken off, that in fuch Calc, the fuiJ Icvcral C'oiirts be, and they arc 
 hereby impovvercd to grant a Warrant to the Sheriff of the County where 
 faid Courts arc fittinjj, to return fuch a Number of []^ood and lawful Men 
 as fh^ll be wanting, from Hny Part of the County, at his Difcrction, to 
 <erve fo long as the Court lliall have Occafion for them, and to be under 
 the laine Fine tor Delinquency, a*-, thofc arc that arc drawn out ot the Box. 
 And that the Petit Jury attend the S'jperior Court upon the firfl Day of 
 their Sitting ; and in the Inferior Court of Common Plc;is tor the County 
 of Newport, the third Day of the Coun's Sittiny; ; in the County of Kin^^s 
 Lcunty, the fccond Day of the Court's Sitting ; and that in the Counties 
 oi Providence and Brijiol, at the Times by Law now eftablilhtd. 
 
 And he it further EnaHed by thf. Authority aforefr.id. That when the 
 Sheriff is a Party in any Caufc pending in nny of taid Courts, or othcrwile 
 too nearly concernM, to execute his Office impartially, the refpcdivc 
 Courts arc hereby impowcred to appoint any other proper P^rlon to aft as 
 Sheriff in fuch Cafe, whofc Doings therein (hall be good and valid, is 
 tho' done by the Shcriif himlclf. 
 
 An ACT njcenai/iinff horv Payment JhJl he tnad,' for erecting 
 <i Ltght-Houjs Oil Be.ivcr-Tail. 
 
 Wll ER I-: AS in and by an Aft of th- General Alfembiv, pifs'd 
 tiie 23d Day of Ai^u/t, A.D. i73l>, for emitting of One Hun- 
 dred Thouland Pounds in Bills of publick Credit, it was ordered, Th?.t 
 
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 the third Yeat's latereil: of faidSum, fliould be appropriated to the build- 
 ing a f.igh:-Ho'.ile at B^avfr-fail ; which Buddmg being poltpon'd, the 
 one Halfof ra:d Year's Intcreft was {)aid into tlie Icveral Towns in this 
 Colony : But as the General Affembly has lately ordered the building 
 faid Light-Houlc to be procf eded on. It is therefore Voted and Refolved, 
 That the Tcnrhor latl Year's Inteicll of faid Sum of One Hundred Thou- 
 jand Pounds, be appropriated to building faid Light-Houfe -, and that 
 if any particular Towns have rcceiv'd their half I'art of laid lafl; Year's 
 Intercft, that fo much be flopc out of whar they are hereafter to receive of 
 the Intcrclt of the Bank emitted in the Year 1743. 
 
 7T rS VOTED AND RESOLVED, T\-\At Mr. Richard Par- 
 i tridge. Agent for this Colony, be allowed the Sum of One Hundred 
 Pounds Sterling, for his Extraordmary Trouble m the Affair of the 
 Controverlv refpecting the Boundary Line between the Province of the 
 AlaJJachuJftts-Bjy and this Colony : And that he be allow'd Two per Cent. 
 for receiving the Money granted by the Crown to this Colony, for repay- 
 ing the Charge of the Canada Expjdition : And that the Agent give this 
 Colony Credit ior the Four Hundred Pounds Sterling, by him ch;>.ro'd the 
 Twenty-firlt: Day of November, One Thouland Seven Hundred and Forty- 
 four, for future Services, i^c. And that the Chsrgc of Eighty-two Pounds 
 Sterling in hij Account, for the Lots m the Bills drawn on this Colony, 
 in Favour of Olii-er and Phillips, be not allow'd, until it be further ex- 
 plain d by the Asj;ent -, andxhat the rcit at tiis whole Account be allow'd : 
 And that Peter BvurS, Efq; McfTr;. Thcmas CranJLn, and Jefepb IVbipple^ 
 jun. be, and they are iiereby conftituted s Committee, to draught a Letter 
 to be peras'd by this AiTcmbly, and fign'd by his Honour the Governor, 
 and fent to the Agent : And that he be properly impowcred by this Co- 
 lony, to receive the Money from the Lords of the Treafury, or from 
 ■whomfoever clfe it Ihall be due, for the Bills of Exchange that this Go- 
 vernment fhall have a Right to draw for what they have paid the Soldiers 
 raifed for the intended Expedition againft Canada, that hath not been 
 already refunded this Colony. 
 
 Whereas Jofpph H^hipp/<', Efq-, exhibited to this AfTembly, r.n Account 
 bv Solomon Gardnfr c\\\r^d againft him, for Entertaining the Honourable 
 Sir Petir IVarrcn at Neivpori, in the Year 1746 ; which being t-tken into 
 Confideration, /; is Voted and Rejohed, That faid Account be allow'd, 
 and that the Amount thereof, being Forty-fix Pounds Ten Shillings, be 
 paid the aiorelaid Jofeph JVhippk out of the General Treafurv : It appear- 
 ing by a Receipt under the Hand of the aforefaid Solomgn, that laid Sum 
 hath already been paid him by the laid Jefepb lVh:pp!e. 
 
 Whereas Richard Ho)!e of Providence, in the County of Providence. 
 bv Petition, rcprcfcnted to this Aflcmbly, That while he was employed in 
 the Colony's Service, at the Siege of Lcufhourg., in the Year 1745. and no 
 Commifrary appointed by this Colony, at tnat Time, he the faid Richard 
 Hoyle id-cd as I'uch, from thr; lixteenth Dajot^K/v, to the eiglutcnth Day 
 
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 of r^cvffnJjer following, when a CommilTijry was appointed anJ fent : 
 And thereupon prayM this Aflcmbly to allow him a Reward adequate to 
 flic Service perform'd. 
 
 On Confideration whereof, 
 T'his jijjembly do Vote and Rejohe, and it is hereby Voted and Refohed^ 
 That the Sum o\ Thirty Pounds be allowed, and paid the faid Richard out 
 of the General Trealury, tor his alorclaid Service. 
 
 // is Voted and Refchcd, That his Honour the Governor write a Letter 
 in Behalf of the Governracnt, to Sir Peter IVarren, requeuing that he 
 would certity to the l^ords ot the Trealury, or where eilc it ni.-\y be neccl- 
 lary, what may be within his Knowlcdg'% of this Government's lending 
 the three Companies rais'd for the intcivded Expcditioa againft Canada, to 
 ytnnapcHs-Roya!, by his and Governor .S^/V/iTt's Requeft : And that he 
 would be plea/d to ufe his kind Offices in procuring for this Government, 
 a Reimburlcmcnt of their Exptnce. 
 
 Whereas ^imon Peafe, John Banifter, and IVilliam Paul, all of Newport 
 aforefaid. Merchants, and liege Subjcds of otir Sovereign Lord the now 
 King, teprelcntcd to this Aifcmbly, That they weie folc Owners of the 
 Snow IVilliani, late of this Fort, Plantation built Ccommandcd by Jojcpb 
 Carpenter, and navigared with E)ig!tflj Sailors, all Subjcifts of our fiiid Lord 
 the King) -, which faid Snow was cleared out at the proper Offices in NeiJU- 
 port aforelaid, the 22d D^y ot September, 1748, for the Ifland of Burbados, 
 having her rej^ul.tr Papers properly authenticated : And in Prolecution of 
 her IntencfedVoyagc, cm the "joch Day of Oilober tollowing, fhe fell in with 
 the Ifland o\ Martinique (Diltancc more than two Leagues^, early in the 
 Morning, when it tell calm, and coiTtinued fo until Noon ; during which 
 Time they difcovcrcd a VefTcl under the Land, rowing towards the Snow ; 
 on which the aforefaid Capt. Carpenter threw out his Enghlh Colours, as is 
 cuf^omary in the like Cafes. Said Vtffcl belonged to the aforefaid Ifland 
 of Marttnique, and was tittcd out in a warlike Manner ; who, after having 
 come up with faid Snow, ordered her Boat out, in which they entcr'd her, 
 took out the aforefaid Matter and his Mate, intircly dilpoffcffing them of 
 the Command aforelaid ; the Snow being at that Time on the high Seas 
 as aforefaid. And they, the aforefaid Simon, John and H''i!liam, further 
 repretenred. That by thcfc illegal Proceedings, they are deprived, and 
 gricvoufly Ipoil'd of their Snow and her Cargo, to their Dam.ige Thirty 
 Thoujand Pounds : That in this Cafe, the Proceedings of the French King's 
 Subje(fts, are contrary to the Law of Nations, and a high Contempt and 
 Violation of the late Ceffation of Arms then fubfifting between the Powers 
 at War ; ami that all Perlons of Circumilance in this Colony, are Virtually 
 concerned in thisCaie fiho' in a more particular Minner thofe immctiiatcly 
 in Navigation j, as the Continuation of fuch Hodilicies inulf in a great 
 Mcafure dellroy their Trade, as they are obliged oftentimes to pals and 
 fepafs in their Voyages to and from the En^^liih Illands, by both French 
 and Spaniflj I'orts -, therefore they intreated in Behalf of thcmlelves and 
 others concerned as aforefaid, the AfTiffance of this Affembly, to di reft 
 Mr. Agent Partridge to make a proper Reprelentation and Complaint at 
 Home, before the proper Pcrlonsjfor thefc Purpofes (for that they are well 
 
 aware.
 
 aware, as in the Cafe of Capt. Cain, that no Regard will be had to private 
 Reprefentations'^ : That ihey the laid Simon, John and l-niliam, may 
 have Reparation, and other Eng/tJJj Subjects may not for the future 
 be treated with the like Severities. They alfo further prayed Liberty to 
 reprcfent to t!iis AfTcrnbly, That ihcy were in May lalV, advifcd from 
 Si. Eujtalia, to fend Capt. Carpenter, for that the General of Martinique 
 liad dircdted all the Captains that had been taken, to appear : Therefore 
 they prayed this AfFembly would permit them to have aCommilTion for a 
 Flag of Truce, at their proper Colt and Charge, with a Letter from his 
 Honour Governor Greene, upon the Prcmifes. 
 
 On Confideration whereof; 
 This AJfemhly do Vote and Refolve. and it is hereby Voted and Refohed, 
 That their, the faid Simon, John and fViIiimn's iaft Requcft, to wit, a Com- 
 irilfion for a Flag of T ruce, and a Letter froni his Honour the Governor, 
 be, and it is hereby granted ; and that the Confideration of the other Part 
 of this Petition, be referred to the next Scfilon of this Afll-mbly. 
 
 It is Voted and Rejohed, That the Sum of Twenty Pounds he allowed 
 and paid Daniel Dunham, and Jejeph Bennet, out of the General Tfeafury ; 
 it being for fweeping the t.'nlony Houle, ^(. fot two Years paft*. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That the Sum of Nine Pounds be allowed and 
 paid Francis Skinner out of the General Trcalury •, it being the Ballance of 
 \\\t Account againff the Colony, tor fuur Bnoks by him provided for the 
 pubiick. Records of the Superior Court, {^ir't-. in the feversi Counties of 
 this Colony. 
 
 Jt is Voted a>td Refohed, That the Sum of Twenty-one Pounds Elcvea 
 Shillings and Six Pence, be allowed and paid George Lawtcn out of the 
 General Trealury ; it being the Amount of h/s Account againft the 
 Colony, for White-wadiing, mending the Windows, and other Neccf- 
 faries by him found and provided for His Majcfty's Goal in the County 
 of Newport. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That iheSum of Six Pounds Ten Shillings and 
 Six Pence, New Tenor, be allowed and paid to Daniel Coggelhall, Efq; 
 and Mr. George Tibbits, out or the General Trealury ; it being the Amount 
 of their Account tor receiving and letting out the Town of Ncrtb-Ktngs- 
 town's p.-oportionable Part of the lalt Bank, emitted in the Year 1743, 
 being Two Thoufand Six Hundred and Ten Pounds New Tenor, and 
 making Return of the Sureties for the fame, to the Grand Committee. 
 
 It is Voted .ind Refohed, That the Sum of Fifty tv;o Pounds Seventeen 
 Shillings, be allowed and paid 10 Jolsph Scott, Kfq; Sheriff of the County 
 of Newport, out of the General Treafury -, it being the Amount of his 
 Account, for Monies by him expended at Entertaining thofe Gentlemen 
 that gave their Attendance at the Proclamation of Peace, 
 
 // /; Voted and Rejohed, That the Sum of Twenty-eight Pounds Seven 
 Shillings arid Six Pence, be allowed and paid Anneinil James Franklin out 
 
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 of the General Trcafiiry ; it being the Amount of their Account for print- 
 ing the Votes and Proceeding;, ot the Gcneril AUcmbly, at their ScfTions 
 in 'January and Fibruary lall, and for P.iper by tlicm furriifhcd for the 
 i'ame. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the Sum of Ninety Six Pounds Two 
 Shillings, be allowed and paid to Jofepb Scfti, Elq; out of the General 
 Treafury ; it bL-ing the Amount of his Account for Fire-Wood, and 
 fjiv-iry other I^cccffaries for the Colony Uoufe, for Rugs lor the Goal; 
 for \virning the Members ot the General AlTcmbly for the County of 
 Nrxport, to nvjct at Providence on the 3d Day o'i January, 1748, with 
 Horfe-hire, "xnd Expences on the fame, and for warning Judge Ricbmondi 
 and all the Attorneys in the County of Nexifort, to attend on the Supe- 
 rior Court at Providence, in Obedience to a Warrant irom ins llonour 
 tlie Governor. 
 
 "W herds Mefirs. 7(?i&« 7il!ifighajt, Thomns Cranjlcn, and James Shejfield, 
 were by the General AfTcmbly, at their lalt Scinon, appointed a Com- 
 ni:Ctcc, to take an Account of the warlike, and other Stores, and Mate- 
 rials, belonging to the Colony, and make Report to this Affembly at 
 their now Scllion ; and ihey having performed that Bufinefs, made 
 Report as follows : 
 
 ' TTCTE. the Subfcriber-i, being appointed by the General Affembly, 
 
 * V V ;o t.'.kc ar" Inventory of the Warlike Stores, ^c. belonging to 
 
 * the Colony, do Report, nccording to laid Appointment, as followeth ; 
 
 ' We viewed at Fort G EO R G E, in the lower Battery, z':z. 
 ' Twenty-five Cannon in Carriages, twenty-live Spunges with Staffs, 
 ' thirty- fix Crab Handfpikes, four Ladles for the Cannoti, and four 
 ' Cannon Wormers, Eight I lundrcd and feventy-four Cannon Shot. 
 ' On the Platform, C^c. 
 ' Twelve Cannon in Carriages, fix Worms and two Ladles for Ditto, 
 
 * eleven Spunges one Speaking Trumpet, 25 Handfpikes, one Flag, 
 ' and one Pendant, fivu fp;:rc Carnage Wheels, two Pickaxes, two 
 
 * Woodaxes, one drindllone, one lion Crow, one Wooden Horfe, one 
 
 * Wncelbarrow, Nine Hundred and twenty-eight Shot, eight Iron Pots, 
 ' one Fi yan Pan. 
 
 ' In the Magazine, viz. 
 ♦ Seven 30 Gallon Cafks of Powder, one Barrel Ditto, and five Half 
 ' Barrels Diiic-, twenty-three Cartridges fiU'd for the J4 Pounders, one 
 ' Ditto fiU'd tor tiie 18 Pounders. 
 
 ' In the Chamber •, 
 ' Three Gun Ladles, three Worms, feventeen Sheepfkini. twenty-eight 
 ' Piilols, feventeen Small Arms, twenty-eight Linftocks, one old 
 
 * Drum, nine Cartridge Boxes, nine Powder Horns, I'eventeen Cartouch 
 ' Boxes, four HalfBirrels fill'd with Granada Shells, one fmall CalTc of 
 ' Muiqujt Cartridges, five Cartridge Formers, a Parcel of Match, ?. 
 ' Qijantity ot empty Cartridges, four Cannon, four CutlalTcs, a Parcel 
 
 * ot Mufquct Ball. 
 
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 ' In the State Room ; 
 
 ' Thirteen Chairs, and one Tabic. One Triangle Gin outfide the 
 
 Fort, one Boa: with two Malts and Sails, one new Barge, one old Barge 
 at the Wharff. 
 
 ' In the Gun Houfc on Fort IQand : 
 • Sloop Tartar's Stores, viz. 
 ' Fourteen Carriage Guns and the Carriages, twelve Swivel Guns, one 
 Piir Gun Slings, twcnty-eighi. Gun Taklc?, fourteen Gun Breechings, 
 One Hundred and ninety-two Round Shot, thirteen Sliding Shot, 
 eighty-three Double-headed Shot, thirty Grape Shot, thirteen Bags 
 Langrage, feven Lead Aprons tor Carriage Guns, bvcDiilo for Swivel 
 Guns, (even fparc Trucks, feven fpare Axletrees, one large Ladle, two 
 large Worms, one large Spunge, one fmall Worm, one fmall Ladle, 
 two Iron Crows. 
 ' Twenty-tour Tents, litty Tentpoles, for Soldiers. 
 
 ' In the CommitTary's Warehoufe, Sloop Tartar''^ Store?, jiz. 
 ' Ninety-three Small Arms, cighty-fevcn Fiftols, feventy-eight Cuc- 
 lalVes, twelve Poleaxes, thirty-fix Pikti, ten Cartridge Boxcj, one fmall 
 Cafk ot Mufquet Ball, Taklc Hooks, and Worms, a Parcel of Match, 
 one Drum, one old Cafe, one Jug, two Jars, five Chells, one Cheft of 
 Medicines, twenty-four Granada Shells, tv.elvc Linftocks, nineteen 
 Handfpikes, thirty-nine Spungcs, Rammers, Ladles, and Worms, a 
 fmall Parcel of Ropes and Blocks 
 
 • A Parcel of old Tentr, two Field Bedfteads, one Cheit Medicines, 
 ninety-three Small Arms, two Chcfts, two Cafk of old Provifionj, twelve 
 Cartouch Boxes, for Soldiers. 
 
 ' At Thomas Stevens Shop ; 
 
 • One Hundred Fifty-nine Piflols, One Hundred and one CutlafTes, 
 Governments. 
 
 ' In the Powder Houfe, viz. 
 
 • Thirty-five Half Barrels of Powder, feven Barrels of Powder, fix 
 Quarter Calks of Powder, one Chert' of Cartouch Boxes till'd with 
 Fowder and Ball. 
 
 ' In Mr. George fVauton'^ Store, viz. 
 ' Eighty-three Small Arms, thirty-one Cartouch Boxes, fixty-fivc Tcnt- 
 poies. Soldiers. 
 
 ' In the Colony Houtc, viz. 
 ' Fifteen Half Barrels of Powder, one Cheft of Cartouch Boxes fill'd 
 with Powder and Ball, uAe Calk half full of Mufquet Ball, One Hun- 
 dred and Forty. eight Small Arms in 4 Chefti. 
 
 At Capt. Sayer's ; 
 ' Fifty Small Arms, feventy-levcn Cartouch Boxes, three Cutlafles j tor 
 Soldiers. 
 
 At Henry Tifdale'i ; 
 
 • Twenty.fivc Small Arms, feven D<//(7 without Locks, for Soldiers. 
 
 • Twelve Piftols, twelve Small Arms, and eight CutlafTes, for the 
 Fort. 
 
 * Memorandum ; 
 ' Twenty-two Half Barrels of Powder taken out of the Powder Howfe, 
 and difpolcd of by the CommilTary 
 
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 ' One H.ilf Barrel oF Powder taken from the Colony Houfe, and dif- 
 
 • poled of by Jojiph ^yhipple, Eiq; 
 
 ' Ten Simll Arms lent Governor Shirley ; for which Capt. Godfrey. 
 
 • Mallbone tVand-s Stirety. 
 
 ' Ten S:i)all Arms feot to Rlock-JJland for cheir Defence. 
 
 * John Tillinch ast, 
 Dated in Newport, Rhode- Ifland, this ' Thomas Cranstok, 
 
 26//J Day o\ May, I749- ' James Sheffield,* 
 
 Ti ivhich Rc'part and Inventory, what follows was fuhjoimd. 
 
 • 1749. May 26. C<'/(?«'j (?/" Rhode- Ifland, Dr. 
 
 TO our Time afid Trouolf, in taking the aforegoing 
 Inventory, '^ -^ 
 
 ' John TiLLiNGH AST, 
 ' Thom AS Cranston', 
 
 • J AM EsShEFFI ELD.' 
 
 And now this AnTembly having duly confidered the Premifes, Dc Vole 
 and Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, Tiiat the atorcfaid Report 
 and Account, made and exhibited to this Aflembly, be, and the fame is 
 hereby accepted : yind it is Voted and Refolved, That the above burn of 
 Thircyfi.x Pounds be paid to the faid Committee, out of the General 
 Treai'ury. 
 
 Whereas Melfrs. John Tillingbaji, Ihsmas Cranjton, and James Sheffield^ 
 who were by the Houfe of Deputies, at tliis prefent SeG"ioa of Aflrmbly^ 
 .Tppointed a Coninutcc<^. to coiiO'-ler' what Pare of the Colony's "itores may 
 be difpoled of, nvide Report as follows : 
 
 » TTIT li the Subfcribcrs, being appointed a Committee by the Hojfe 
 t V\ of Deputies, to confidcr what Part of the Colony's Stores may 
 
 ♦ be dilpofcd of, do Report, according to faid Appointment, that our 
 
 ♦ Opinion is as followcth -, 
 
 • A Parcel of Mufquet Ball, in the Chambt; of the Forr. 
 
 • Twenty-tour Tents, and titty Tent Poles, in the Gun-IIoufe. 
 ' One failing Boat at the Wtiarff. 
 
 * Commiflary's Warehoufc -, 
 
 • Part of a Cafk of Mufquet Balls, one Jug, two Jars, two Cliefls of 
 ' Medicines, a Parcel of Ropes and Blocks, a Parcel old Tents, two Field 
 
 * Bediteads, and two old Cafk'; of Provilions. 
 
 ' Powder Houfe ; 
 ' Thi;ty-fivc Half Barrels of Powder, feven Barrels and fix Quarter 
 ' Calks Ditto, and the Powder and Bali in the Cartouch Boxes. 
 
 ' Colony Houfe -, 
 ' Fifteen Half Barrels of Powder, one Cafk half full of Mufquet Ball, 
 
 ♦ and the Powder and Ball in the Cartouch Boxes. 
 
 • Sixty-five Tent Poles at Mr. George lVc!nton\ Store. 
 
 ' CommilTary to Account tor tvvcnty- two Half Barrels of Powder, at 
 ' Sixty Pounds per Cent. 
 
 ' JofiP^ (Vhipple to Account for uoe Ditto, 
 
 • Capt. Codtrey Mjllbcne to Account for ten Small Arms lent Governor 
 
 • Shirley. 
 
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 County of Providence % 
 
 * Five Barrels of Powder, and Five Hundred Wcfght of BalL 
 
 ' Kings County •, 
 
 * Five Barrels of Powder, and Five Hundred Weight of Ball. 
 
 Dated in Newport, Rhode- IQand, this ' t"*" Tillinchast, 
 
 14th Day of inn,, AD. 1749. Thomas Cranston 
 
 "^ "^ ^ ' James Sheffield/ 
 
 And now this Aflcmbly having duly confidcred the Premifes, Do Vote 
 and Rejohe, and tt is hereby Voted and Refolved, That the aforefaid Report 
 be, and it is hereby Accepted ; and ihat all the Stores therein mentioned 
 (excepting ths Mufquet Bails, and alfo the Powder in the Cartouch Boxes) 
 be tonhwith fold at a Pubiitk Vendue, and the Money arifing thereby, 
 be lodged in the General Trealury '. And that aCommiffary be appointed 
 to take Care of the Colony's Arms, and get tnem cleaned, and lodge 
 them in the Garret of the Colony Houfe, together with all other Warlike 
 Stores belonging to the Colony (excepting fuch only as properly belong 
 to the Fort, and the Cannon and Swivel Guns which belonged to the 
 Sloop Tartar) : And that no more than fix Small Arms be left at the Fort, 
 
 Whereas Jofi'pb Whipple Tind Peter BourSy Efqrs. MefTrs. Thomas Cranjlen^ 
 James Sheffield, and John Tillingb Jt, were by this Affcmbly, at their laft 
 SefTion, appointed a Committee to audit the Accounts ot Thomas Richard' 
 fon, Efq; the prefenc General Treafurer, wiih this Colony, and make 
 Report to this Afiembly : And the atorefaid Gentlemen having compleated 
 that Work, reported, That they lound there is due from the faid Thomas 
 Richardjon to the ColoriY, the Sum ot Twenty-tour Thoufand Eight Hun- 
 dred and Ninety-one Pounds Ten Shillings and Ten Pence ; as by an 
 Account by them dated and delivered in with the Report. 
 
 On Confidtration whereof, This AJJemtly do Vote and Refclve, and it is 
 terehy Voted and Rejolved, That the above Report be, and it is hereby 
 accepted. 
 
 Whereas the above-named Gentlemen, were at the above-mentioned 
 SefTion, aifo appointed a Committee to audit the Accounts of yo'&w Gardner, 
 E*^q; late CommttTary, charg'd againft the Colony -, and having likewife 
 compleated that Work, they made a Report (to which they ad oin'd an 
 Account for their Time and Trouble in this and the foregoing AfFair) viz. 
 That according to faid Appointment, they had audited the Accounts of 
 the abovel'aid John Gardner, Efq; and found there is due from the Colony 
 to faid John Gardner, Fifteen Hundred and Seventy-one Pounds Twelve 
 Shillings and Seven Pence •, and alfo that they found there is due to Mr, 
 Samuel Frecbody, for Part of his VVages, ■ ^. 120 
 
 And CO the Gunner, for Part of his Wages alfo, 58 
 
 ^.178 notcharft'd 
 Jn the CommifTary's Account againft the Colony. 
 
 On Confideration whereof, // ii Voted and Refolved, That the above 
 Keport be, and it is hereby accepted ; and that the Account by them 
 charged againft the Colony for their Time and Trouble m this and the next 
 prccccding Affair, and indorfed on the aforefaid Report, allow'd, and the 
 Amounx thereof, being Sixty Poundi, paid ihcm out gf the Gcncal Tre»». 
 fury. 
 
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 Whereas Jofepb hrfon, one of the Sheriff's Deputies in the County of 
 Hewport, exhibited to this Aficmbly four Accounts by him charged againil 
 the Colony, for lundry Services by him done and perform'd for the Pub- 
 lick i // is ihenupon P'oted and Re/ched, That faid Accounts be, and they 
 are hereby allowed •, and that the Amount thereof, being Thirtv-fix 
 Pounds and Fifteen Shillings, paid him out of the General Treafury. 
 
 . // is Vaied and Refolved, That nc Account Thall be received by the 
 General Alfembly, of any Deputy Sheriff, for Service done for the Co- 
 lony : But that for the future, all Accounts for fuch Service, fliall be 
 exhibited by the Sheriffs themfelves, who ffiall certify the Truth and Cer- 
 tainty of the Service alledged to be done and charg'd in fuch Accounts. 
 
 It is y^tcd and Re/olvtd, That the Committee who were by the General 
 Affembly appointed to pay off the Forces railed for the intended Expe- 
 dition againil C^jwaij, Account to this Affcmbly for the Money they have 
 received for the Ufe aforefaid : And that they pay what Ballance now is 
 in their Hands, into the General Treafury, before the Rifing cf this 
 Affembly, or at the next Seffion thereof. 
 
 7/ is Voted and Refohed, That the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds be, 
 ftUow'd and paid out ot the General Treafury, to his Honour the Governor. 
 for hislall Year's Salary and extraordinary Service. 
 
 Jt is Voted and Refohea, That Pettr Bottrs. Simon Piafe, and Cffrge 
 fVanton, £fqrs. together with Mcfirs. Thomas Cranjton, and "James ^bfjield. 
 be, and they, or the major Part of them, arc hereby conft.tuted a Com- 
 mittee to audit the Grand Commiitees Accounts, and receive ot them 
 what Money is in tlieir Office paid in forTenths : Andalfo to recciveof 
 'Jonathan 'Nichols^ Efq; the. Three Thcufand Pounds delivered to him by a 
 former Committee to be cxchang'd, and burn the whole ofrhe laid Monies, 
 when by them fo receiv'd, and make Report to this Affcmbly at their 
 next Scffion, 
 
 Both Houfes being Rcfolved into a Grand Committee, Thamas Lapbam^ 
 Efq; was chofen one of the Juftices of the Inlcrior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Si'ffions of the Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 Providence, in the Room of Dat;/^ C«m/Tof/(:, Efq; who refuled 
 
 Stephen Braylon, Efq, was chofen a Jufticc of the Peace for the Town of 
 Portfmouih. 
 
 Benjamin Fifh., Efq-, was chofen a Jufticc of the Peace for faid Town of 
 Ptrtfmcuth, in the Room of Giles Slocum, jun. Efqi who refuled. 
 
 Mr. Henry Tifdaii was chofen Commiflkry, to take Care of the Colony's 
 Arms, [dc. 
 
 John Peabody, Efq; was chofen a Jufticc of the Peace for the Town of 
 Uttlt-Compton, in tfic Room of Rooert Taylor, Efq; who refuted. 
 
 Abraham Smith, Elq; was chofen a Jaftice of the Peace for the Town of 
 Smithfield, in the Room of Thomas Lapham^ F.fq; promoted as above. 
 
 John Congdon, Efiq; was chofen a Jutticc of the Peace for the Town of 
 Xlharlejlown. in the Room of James Congdon, jun. Efq; who. refufcd. 
 
 Rijol-Ocd IVaterman, late Knfign of the third Ccmpan./ orTrain'd Band 
 in the Town of Smithjicld, was promoted and made Licu'.enant thereof, in 
 the Room of fVilliam Bates, who refufcd : And 
 
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 Enoch Barttes waschofen Enfign of faid Company In the Room of faid 
 Rifched Waterman advanced as aforclaid 
 
 Whereas Job Bennet, jun. oi Newport, in the County o^ Newport, a 
 "Deputy Sheriff ot faid County, reprelcntcd to this AfTcmbly, That he 
 was requcited by the Sheriff, who was by an Aft of this Afleinbly com- 
 manded to take up as Prilbners of War, fevcral Negroes that were brought 
 into this Colony by Capt. Rcbert Morris and Capt. John Dennis, and fold 
 for Slaves : Notv/ithftanding he the faid Job comply'd cxaflly with 
 the Aft of Aflembly, he hath fince been hied by Benjamin Norton, 
 George Goulding, nnd John Clark., and they have obtained Ju Igmcnc 
 againft him for the Negroes, and Execution for Cult, reu.rnablc to the 
 Superior Court of Judicature, ^c. robe held at AVic/x^r/ on the laftTuefday 
 ofJuguJl lafr : And thereupon the faid Job prayed. That this Aflembly 
 would provide fome Way ot Relief for tl\c faid Job, and that he might be 
 difcharged from the Judgments -aforefaid -, and al(o, that the Charge he 
 has been at, in Defending the Suits aforel'aid, may be to him refunded. 
 On Confideraiion whereof. 
 
 This Jjjembly do Vote and Rejohe, and it is hereby Voted and Rejolved, That 
 the ajorcfaid Peticton be, and it is hereby granted -, and that the General 
 Treafurer pay and fatisty the aforefaid Judgments of Court, with Coflj, 
 
 f/ u ?'otcd apd RefolveJ, That the Committee appointed by the General 
 Affembly to pay off the Foi ces raifed tor the Canada Expedition, do pro- 
 cure two regular attcfl:cd Copies of the Mufler Rolls of each Compaiiy, 
 and make Oatfi tQ the Truth of their having received the Money for paying 
 the Soldiers ■. And that hij F-ionour the Governor be, and he is hereby dc- 
 fircd and impowered to fen J the fame home ro England, and forthwith to 
 draw Bills of Exchange, payabfe to our Agent Mr. Partridge, for faid 
 Money, on the Lords of the Trealury, or any othrr on whom the Pay- 
 ment of the fame may be incumbent. 
 
 V^hivtz^Masthew Robin/on, of Newport, in the Counry of Newporti 
 rcprefented, That on the 24.th Day ot OHober, 1733, Benjamin Brenton 
 mortgaged to the faid Colony Three Hundred Acres of Land in South- 
 King/iown, wnich was then bounded Northerly on Land of Daniel Knowles, 
 liaitcrly on Cbepuxit River, Southerly on Land of IVtlliam Clark, and 
 "Weflerly, partly on Land oijohn Sheldon, partly on Land of D^^niei Shear- 
 man, and partly on Land of Ri-bcrl IVillcox, for the Confideration and 
 Security of Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds, Old Tenor -, fince which it 
 has been made appear, 'har faid Brenton had in Fee Simple, but four 
 Seventh Parts of faid Three Hundred Acres : Accordingly the laid Four 
 Sevenths, were by a Deed of Partition among the Proprietors of faid 
 Three Hundred Acres, fet off and divided to faid Benjamin Brenton, to 
 hold in fcverally, and before which the faid Benjamin tiad ibid about 50 
 Acres of faid i'hree Hundred, '.o Daniel Knowles ; fince which, to wit, 
 on th; Twenty-fecond Day oi November, 1746, the i.{oTci'i.\-.\ Matthew 
 purchafed of faid Benjamin Brenton, all the Remainder of his Four Seventh 
 Parts of faid Land, as will appear by a Deed duly executed : And the 
 faid Matthew being unable to get his faid Deed recorded, 'til he had got 
 the faid Mortgage and Bonds changed, he did that ; but fincc that, there 
 is a new Difficulty difcovcr'd, which is, That by the Law of the Colony, 
 
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 the l^mc Land (liall be new morrgagcd, or other Land of the like Value i 
 and Ml that be done, he ishinder'd putting his Deed upon Record. Now 
 to obviate and remove fiid Difficulty, the laid Mauhezv has got a 
 new Mortgage drawn ai>d cxccu'.cd by him, for laid Mortgage Monc>, 
 pk-dging all the Fee Simple El'ate laid Brenton then had in faid larger 
 Tra(?-, which is all that in FaQ was mortgaged to the Government ; for 
 he could mortgige no more than he had. Now the laid Matihew prayed 
 thi't this Aflernbly would order the Committee appointed in l'\;d Town of 
 South- Kingjl own ^ to receive laid Morrgrge in Exchange for the other ot 
 laid Brfuroii's,, and get the old Mortgage dilcharg'd, and the Bonds cx- 
 chang'd ("he the faid Matthew paying what is already become due). 
 On Conlideraiion whereof. 
 Ihis /IJfetKbyJo Vote and Refolve, and it is berth Voted and Rtfolvcd, That 
 the Pra^erot the alorclaid Alattbew'% ?tiii\oni be, and it hereby is granted. 
 
 As thi=; Afl'cmbly have recciveO and accepted the Report of Peter Bours, 
 Sarpuel IVtckharrf, and Edward Scoit, Hfqi-s MeiTrs. George IVantOK, James 
 Shtffield, and Ibomas Cranjlon^ the major Part of the Committee by this 
 Affcmbly appointed at their lad Seflion to audit the Accounts ot Mr Par- 
 nid^e thf Colony's Agtnt, // is Voted and Refotved, That the Account of 
 the Gentlemen above-named, be allowed, and the Amount thereof, being 
 Twenty-four Pounds, paid out of the General Treafutv, for their Labour 
 and Pains in performing that Service refpedivcly, to wit, 10 iMr Bours., 
 Six Pound."; ; ro Mr. Wtikbatn, Two Pounds ; to Mi. Scott , Four Pounds ; 
 to Mr. fV^icnrcn, Four Pounds^ to Mr. Shtffiddy Four Pounds ; and to 
 Mr. Crarjisn, Four Pounds. 
 
 Whereas Peter Bours, Efq; MefTrj. Thomai Cranfton, and "Joftph 
 Whfpple, jun. were conltitutcd a Committee, to draught a Letter to be 
 perus'd by this AfTcmhly, hgn'd by his Honour the Governor, and 
 lent to the Agent ; and having perlorm'd the fame, exhibited tlieir 
 Draught, // /.* Voted and Refohed, That a Letter of the lame Purport, be 
 drawn, hgn'ci by his Honour the Governor, and fent to the Agent, 
 together with a Copv of the Record of the Money burnt at the !all SefTion 
 of AfTemblv held at Providence, and likcwife a Copycfihe ACt impow- 
 crlng his Honour the Governor to draw Bills for what lias by the Colony 
 been paid the Soldiers railed lor the intended Expedition againit Canada. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed by this AJfemhh, That all Bufinefs lying before 
 them unfinilTied, be, and the fame is hereby referred to the next SefTion : 
 That the Secretary, by Beat of Drum, proc'aim in Newport ail the A(5l.? 
 and Orders now made and paff, together with thofe of their )a(t SclTion, 
 within Ten Days, and fend a Copy of the Ads and Orders aforefaid, to 
 each Town in the Colony, made according to Law, within Forty Days 
 jilter the RiHngof this AfTembly ; which is hereby adjouincd to the third 
 Monday of Auguft next. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 /^/fc- 
 
 Publijhed according to Order^ 
 
 June 19th, 1749, by 
 
 Thomas Ward, Stcrtiarj. 
 
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 jit /^^ G E N E R A L Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Englifli 
 {Colony of Rhode-lfland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America ; hepm and held by 
 jjdjcruritmefit at Newport, ths third Monday of AugulV, 
 in the Twenty-thrd Trar of the Reign of His Mojl Sacred 
 Maie^y GE O Pv G E the Second, by the Grace of GODy 
 of Great-Britain, France, and Ireland, King^ De» 
 fender of the Faith, &:c. And in the Tear of our 
 LORD, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty 
 
 P R E S E N T, 
 
 The Hpn. lyiLLlJM GREENE, E% Governor, 
 The Hon. William Ellery, E% Dep. Goy. 
 
 Pethr Bovrs, Efq-, 
 Si mom PtASE, Efqi 
 William Burton, Eiq-,^ 
 Stephen Brownel, EfqO 
 
 >4P. 
 
 Robert Lawtoh, Efq; "> 
 
 William Richmond, Efq-, (j/r» 
 Daniel Couceshall, Efqj (* 
 
 The Secretary, 
 deputies of the icveral TOWNS. 
 
 NEWPORT i 
 
 Gierke IVanlon, Efq^ 
 Mr Je/fpb^'biffk, jun. 
 Mr. Thomas Cranjicn, 
 Mr. John JiiUngbs/l, 
 Mr. Nicholas Eafion^ 
 Mr. James Sheffield. 
 Pkovidencf. •, 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq-, 
 Mr. El'ilha Jircwn, 
 Daniel Jencks^ Efq: 
 
 Portsmouth j 
 Mr. Oliver Earl^ 
 Mr. John Allen, 
 BenjawtJi Tucker, Efq; 
 
 Warwiojc ; 
 Philip Greene, El'q; 
 Mr, Jahn Hclden, 
 Mr. John Gr(ent, 
 Capt Amos Lcckwood. 
 
 WtSTEftLY ; 
 
 Capt. iilas Greenman, 
 K 
 
 Jefhua Babcockf Efq; 
 
 NewshorehaM ; 
 Mr. John Littlefield^ 
 Mr. Abel Franklin. 
 
 North-Kingston i 
 Capt. Daniel Hones. 
 
 South Kingston \ 
 Capt. Robert Hafzard^ 
 Mr. Rowland Robinjetu 
 
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 East-Grkf.nwicii 
 Jejtpb Nicho!.!, Efq^ 
 Capt. Ibtmas Sptncer. 
 
 Jam v.i^ own j 
 Mr. Daniel IVreden, 
 Mr. Jojcpb Clarke. 
 
 SmITHFI ELD i 
 
 Tbcmas Lapbam, Efq; 
 Ml. John Aldriib. 
 
 be ITU AT E i 
 
 Mr. Ihomai Re/pb, 
 Mr. Ibomai Hv.dfun. 
 
 GlOUC ESTE R •, 
 
 Richard Steere, Elq; 
 Maj. Richard Smith. 
 
 Charlestown; 
 Col. J of epb Stanton^ 
 Mr. James Congdon. 
 West-Green wich 
 Mr. Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Mr. George Gardner. 
 
 Coventry j 
 Mr. James Colvin, 
 Mr. Benjamin l^icbcls. 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Cppt. John U^eight. 
 
 M 1 DDLETOWN ; 
 
 CapC. Robert Barker, 
 Mr. Jonathan Eajicn. 
 Bristol ; None. 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 John Howlands Elq; 
 Mr. Edivard fVanton. 
 
 LlTTLE-CoMPTON i 
 
 miltam Hall, Efq-, 
 Nathan ad Searle, Efqj 
 Wa RREN •, 
 
 James Smith, E(q; 
 
 Cumber i. A>fD j 
 7/r^jf/ ff^hippfe, Efq: 
 7?^ ^ar/Zt-/, Elq; 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Jcfepb Clark, Efq, 
 James Rogers, Efq; 
 
 The Hon. JoP)4a Bibcock, Efq; was chofcn Speaker, during the Ab- 
 fencc of the Hon. Stephen Hopkins^ Efq; 
 
 Mr. Jofias Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfc. 
 
 lfA7 HEREAS Peter Bours, Simon Peafe, and Gesrge IVantoH, Efqrs, 
 W Mc(^t!>.fhomasCranJio», and James Shejiefd, were by this Aflcm- 
 bly, at iheir laft Seflion, conllituted a Committee, to audit the Grand 
 Committee's AccQunrs, and to receive of them what Money was in their 
 Office, paid in for Tenths : And alfo to receive ot Jonathan Nichols, Efq-, 
 the Three Ihoufand Pounds delivered to him by a former Committee lo 
 be exchanged, and burn the whole of faid Monies when by them fo re- 
 ceived, and to make Report of their Doings to this AflTtmbly. And rhofc 
 Genilemen having pcrform'd that Work, exhibited an Account of the 
 fame by them flated, with their Report thereon, as follows, lo wit ; 
 
 Mr. Benjimin Nichols, one ef the Grand Committee, 
 Rhode-lfland, 
 
 i74f-6 ftt. To Cafh paid by ^jahleel Brenton, tfq; 
 
 174/. Jitnt. To Ditto paid by Meflrs. Benjamin 
 
 Haiz'2rd, Thomas Cranfton, and John 
 
 Cbanning, x Committee appointed 
 
 by the AlTembly, — — • 
 
 To Morigagcs and Bonds, agrfeing of 
 
 of the thiid Bank, deliver'd by Jahltel 
 
 Brenton, Efq; • 
 
 To Mortgages and Bonds, agreeing of 
 the icurth B.ink, delivered by faid 
 Bremen, — — 
 
 To a Number of Bonds without Mort- 
 gages, of the the third and lourth Banks, 
 Tn Morigagesand Bonds of the fifth Bank, 
 To Mortgages &i Bonds of ihc fixih Bank, 
 
 fv the Colony of 
 Dr. 
 
 L 
 1600 
 
 s. d. 
 o o 
 
 6139 
 
 22394 17 3 
 
 36648 8 o 
 
 2383 
 101397 
 101966 
 
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 To Mortgages and Boncjs of the fcventh 
 Bank, in New Tenor, £. 20,078 u. 
 reckon'd in Old Tenor, ■ ■ 80312 4, O 
 
 To Mortgages and Bonds of the eighth 
 Bank, in New Tenor, _^. 40,001 reck- 
 on'd in Old Tenor, 1 60004 o o 
 
 To a Number of Bonds delivered by 
 
 Daniel Updike, E^ci; in May \J46, 12029 12 o 
 
 £■ 524975 '3 4 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Nichols, one cf the Grand Commiltee, to the Colony of 
 
 Rhodc-inar.d, — — — — Cr. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 1746. > By Cafh paid to Mcffrs. Samuel fVickbam, 
 May 26. > and Abraham Redwood, a Committee 
 
 appointed by the General Affembly, 
 who burnt the lame, as per Report 
 made, 1600 o 
 
 1747. > By Ditto paid to MeflTrs. Benjamin Haf- 
 zard, Thomas Cranfton, and John Chan- 
 
 II. s 
 
 WHt III ' T J 
 
 '^ nir.gy a Committee appointed by the 
 
 General AlTembly, who burnt the fame, 
 
 as -per Report, ■ 2 1 241 13 o 
 
 1748. ) By Ditto paid to Meffrs. James iheffield^ 
 ^ y arid 7homas CranJIon, a Committee ap- 
 
 ^ " ^ pointed by the General AfTemhly, who 
 
 burnt the fame, as /)fr Report made, 1 6700 o o 
 
 1749. 2 By Ditto paid to Mcffrs. Peter Bours, 
 
 J r Simon Peaje, George Wanton, Thomas 
 
 ^' ^'^ Cranjlon, and James Sheffield, a Com- 
 
 mittee appointed by the General 
 Affembly, to receive and barn the 
 fame, — — — 26722 2 10 
 
 Ballance in Mr. Benjamin Nichols's Hands, 458 7 1 1 '7 6 
 
 /• 5M975 '3 4 
 
 <t T7\7E, the Subfcribers, being appointed by the General Affembly, 
 V V a Comminee to audit the Grand Committee's Accounts, and 
 and to receive wh.1t Money was inthe Grand Committee's Orfice, paid in 
 for Tenths, and to burn the fame -, and alfo to receive of Cap(. Jonathan 
 Nichols, the Three Thoufand Pounds delivered to him by a former Com- 
 mittee, to be exchanged, do Report, That we have carefully examin'd 
 into the Lifts of the Mortgages and Bonds in the Office, and alio the Sums 
 which have been paid into and delivered out of faid Office, fmcc the 
 Time that Jahleel Brenton, Efq; refign'd the fame, and do find that there 
 is at prcfcnt in the Hands o\ Mr. Benjamin Nichols, as a Ballance, Four 
 Hundred and Fifty-eight Thoufand Seven Hundred and Eleven Pounds 
 Seventeen Shillings .and Six Pence, as appears by the above Account. 
 
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 We .'^Ifo Report, That there is in faid Nicbch's Cudody, a Number of 
 MortgcJ;^c Deeds withooc Bonds to match them, atrtnuntin;; to Thirty- 
 Eisht Thoufand Six Hundred and Thirty-nine P6i:inds Twelve Shillings 
 and Four Hence, agreeable to a Lift of them taken when faid Jahlcet 
 Brentcn, Efq-, delivered them to Capt. Jonathan Nichds his SucccfTor. 
 We further Report, That wc have received of the atorcfaid 5f«/^m/« 
 I^ichols^ Twenty-fix Thoiifand Seven Hundred and Twcnty-t\\o Pounds 
 Two i>hill:ngs and Tefi Pence, Old Tenor, as he is credited for in the 
 aforegoing Account ("including in laid Sum, Eighty-eight Pounds faid 5^«- 
 jamin Nuhots paid to Jofefb Turpin by Order of AflVmbly, for the fame 
 .Sum lort by him of this Colony's Moneyj v.liich wc have burnt purfuant 
 to the Act of Affembly : And that wc can::ot tind that there was Three 
 Thoufand Pounds delivered toCapt. Jonathan Nickoh by any former Com- 
 mittee i but fuppofe the Miftake to anic from the Article of Six Thou- 
 fand Two Hundied and Thirty-nine Pounds Two Shillings and Six Pence, 
 paid to Mr. Benjamin Sicbols, as he ftar,d; charged wiih in the Account 
 above ftatcd. All which wc fubmit to chc Honourable General AfTcmbl^. 
 
 Pkter Roi/Rs. 
 
 Simon Pkase, 
 Newprl^ Auguji 19. 1749. Thomas Cranston, 
 
 Cjkorgk Wainton, 
 
 James Sh^ff i elu." 
 
 And now this AfTcmbly havins; taken the faid Report into Confidera- 
 tion, Ds Vote end Rifohe, and it is bsrety Voted and Rephed, That the fame 
 be, and it hereby is accepted •, and that the Account by laid CommiTtee 
 ciiarged againft the Colony, for their Time, Trouble, (iff. in auditing 
 the atorementiiincd Accounts, be allowed, and the Amount thereof, 
 being One Hundred and Twelve Founds Ten Shillings, paid them out of 
 the Licneral Trcalury. 
 
 It n Voted and Rcfahedy That Peter Boars, Sirnrn Peafe, and George 
 fVanlcn, El'^rs. MefTrs. Tbtm/is Cranjlon, and James ibtffield, or the .maior 
 Part of them, be, and they are hereby conftitutcd a Commiftec, to fcnic 
 with Bcrjamin Nicbds^ Eiq; (one of the Grand Commiaee, who is ap- 
 pointed to keep the Colony's Mortgages, Tenth Bonds, and to receive 
 the Tenth Money, (j^c.) refpccfling nil the Tenth Bonds, and the Mone\r 
 received theicon, to ihe End of the Ycir i 74S, and make Report thereof 
 to the Geneial Aflcmbly; And that faid Committee procure a luitablc 
 Book at the Colony's Charge, to enter (uch Settlements in from time to 
 time. And that the fame Committee be alfo impowcrcd to inlpc(ft into the 
 Circumltances of all the Mortgages and Bonds in the Grand Committee's 
 O.^ice. And wiiereas many Pcrfons who took up Money of the Banks 
 cmirtcvi in the Year 1715, iT'iS, and 1731, have ncglcfled to give 
 Tenth Bonds agreeable to Ad of Aflcmbly ; // is therefore furiber Voted 
 and Rejched, That faid Committee notify all the Inhabitants of this 
 Colony, by printed Advcrtilements, that if all the Pcrfons who have not 
 given in Tenth Bonds as aforcfaid, do not forthwith pay what Money is 
 due already, and give in Bonds tor the Remainder, they may depend 
 upon having their Mortgages put in Suit : And that a Lift of all the 
 Perfons who have ncglcc^vcd ;o give Bond as aforefaid, be infcrtcd in 
 
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 faid Advertifemcnt ; and that the fame be put up at all the Places 
 where the Town Meetings are held in the feveiii Towns : An.1 that all 
 Perfojis who have any Rc-alons to give why they have not given Bonds as 
 aforefaid, jollify thcmldves ifi laid Committee, that their jMortgagcs 
 may be laid afide, and not put in Suit. 
 
 Whereas it hath been made evident unto this Aflembly, That Wi'Jiam 
 Retd,oi Rcchefiir, had a Forty Shilling Bill ot the New Tenor, emitted 
 by this Colony, burnt : /; is therefore Voted and Rejohed^ That the Sum 
 oi1-dU9 Pounds New Tenor be paid to the faid IVtliiam Reed, or his At- 
 loracy, by Befijamin I^ichc'.s, Keeper of the Giand Committee's Office, T)ut 
 of the Tenth Money paid into his Hands to be burnt. 
 
 Whereas Job Bennet, lun. exhibited to this Affembly, an Account of 
 Charges againlt the Colony, amounting to Etghtyfix Pounds, for his own, 
 and his Aid's affilliny the CoUeftor, purfuant to a Warrant from his Ho- 
 nour the Governor : But it appearing, by his Acknowledgment, that faid 
 Service was performed in one Day and and an half, this AfTcmbly are of 
 Opinion, that Twerly Shillings per Day for the Pcrfons taken up, is fufS- 
 cient, as their Charges were born ; that Eight Pounds is fufficient for the 
 Ufe of the Boat ; and Fi-ve Pcunds for the Officer, // is thctrjore Voted 
 'and Refohed, That Fifty-four Pounds Jen Shillings of faid Account, 
 be allowed arnd paid the aiorcfaid 'Joi> Bennet, jun, out of the General 
 Treaiury. 
 
 Whereas Jofeph Iref'^n, exhibited to this Affcjubly, an Account by him 
 charged againft the Colony, amounting to ^hirtteA Pounds Kineteen Shil- 
 lings and Six Pence^ for pub'irlc Servicc-s by him perfbrm'd, at the Requelt 
 of their Honours the Governor and Deputy Governor : And this Affem- 
 bly taking laid Account into Confideration, Do Vne and Refelve, and it is 
 hertby Voted and Re/ohed, T hat Tea Founds of faid Account, and no more, 
 be allowed and paid him out of the General Treafury. 
 
 // Is Voted and Refclvcd, That Fifty. feven Pounds be allowed and paid 
 Ann and "James Franklin out ot the Gtneral Trtalury ; it being the Amount 
 of their Accourit, for printing the Votes and Proceedmgs of the General 
 AfTembly, at their Scl^'ions in May and June laft ; and lor Paper by 
 them furnifhed for the fain^-. 
 
 Whereas Joh Bennet, jun. exhibited to this AfTcmbly an Account or 
 Lift of Monies expended, and Charges, zvnoununs, to One Hundred and 
 Four Pounds EiJevttt Shillings, which accrued on two Anions profecutcd 
 againfl him by benjamin Norton, George Geulding, and John Clark, on 
 Account of fcveral Negroes which v/ere brought into this Colony, and 
 difpofed of as Slaves ; which Negroes faid 7»i, by Virtue of an Aift of the 
 General AflTemhly of this Colony, took up as Prifoners of War ; On Con- 
 /ideratton -whereof. This Aflembly adjudge Twenty eight Pounds to be a 
 fufRcient Reward for Col. Updike and Thirty Pounds for Mr. Robinfon 
 (who were the Attornies employed m defending againfl faid Suits/ It is 
 therefore Voted and Refohed, That Eighty -eight Pounds and Three Shillings 
 of faid Account be allowed and paid the aforefxid Jcb out of the General 
 Treaiury.
 
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 It is Voted and Re/ghtd, That Forty Six Pjiunds be allowed and paid 
 Peter Bcurs, and Stmon Fta/e, Efqrs. and Mr. Thomas Cranjlon, out ot the; 
 General Trealiiry -, it being the Amouni of their Account charged againft 
 thcColorry, for exchanging Four Thoujand Srx Hundred Founds of the 
 Colony's Tqnth Money, tor Bills of this Colony, which was paid in Bill* 
 of the other Governments, 
 
 Whereas Benjamirt NuhoJs, of Coventry, Yeoman, by Petition, rcpre- 
 fcnted unto this AlTcmbly, That he took upon Loan out of the U(l Bank» 
 a certain Sum oi Money, and gave a Mortgnge and Sett of -Bonds to the 
 Gmnd Committee, and another to the General Trcal'urer, to fecure the 
 Principal and Intereil agreeable tu Law, which were left by him in the 
 CurtoJy ot the Commi[tce of laid Town o\ Co-jentry, who returned the 
 fame into the proper O.Tices : Now the laid ^enjj^^An avcred. That laJd 
 Mortgage and Bonds he hath fince difcovercd, a by I'omc wicked-minded 
 Pcrfon or [""erfons to'ged, by altering both Mortgage and Bond?, by in- 
 creafing the Sum whicti was payable therein, to a much largtr Sum than 
 was mentioned to be due : And the faid B^r^jamin hath been twice fuadac 
 Law already, upon two of laid Bonds, which he would not pay, becaule 
 they were altered as abovefaid, and Itood Tryal, and finally recovered 
 Colls. Now there are two more going to be put in Suit, the Time of 
 Payment being elapicd. And as the laid Benjamin hath been put to 
 great Charge and Trouble in the former Suits, he therefore prayed, that 
 laid Matter might be cxamln'd into by this AlTcmbly ; and 'til that can 
 bcdoae, that the Committee and Trealurtr may be ftopt fuing out any 
 more of laid Bonds : ADd that this Afiembly would cancel laid lorg'd 
 Mortgage and Bonds, and give Order that the taid Mortgage bcdilchar-ged 
 on the Record"; of the Town cf Cevtniry, where 'tii recorded. Ajid the 
 faid Benjamin further ofler'd to give a new Mortgage of the fame, ur other 
 Land of equal Value, for the true Sum that he had, and to give new Bonds 
 for fecuring the Principal and Intereil, according to Law -, provided this 
 General Alfembly will order him to be reimburfed and paid what it has al- 
 ready coft him in Money, Trouble and Attcntlance on laid Suits, wrongfully 
 brought againfl him, which he apprehends to bcjufl, fince he was always 
 ready and willing to pay what was really due on each Bond without Suit, 
 and no more. On Conftder.nion ivkcreof. This ^jj'entbly do Vote and Refolve^ 
 and It is hereby Voted and Rejclved, That Peicr Bours, Simon Peafe, and 
 George fVanton, Elqrs. MeflTrs. Ihcmas Cranjlon, and James She^idd, be, 
 and they, or the major Part of them, arc hereby conltiturcd a Committee 
 to infpefb into the Premiles aforementioned, and make Report to next 
 Seffion ot AITembly. yind it is al[o fcrlh;r Voted and Refoiied, That the 
 Grand Committee and General Trcafurtr, be, and they arc hereby forbid 
 bringing any Anions on the atorememioncd Mortgage or Bonds, 'til 
 further Orders from the General Aircmbly, 
 
 Whereas James Muffcy, of Alendon, reprefentcd to tliis AfTcmbly, 
 That at the ScfTion thereof in Au^ujl znd Oiloier, 174S, Daniel J/ncks, 
 Henry Harris, and Stephen Hopkim, Elqrs. were appointed Commiflioners, 
 they, or the major Part of thcni, to run the Northern Boundary Line of 
 this Colony, from the Stake fct up by Ntttbanacl JVcodward, and Solemcn 
 Saffery, in the Year 164:, as by laid Afts may appear : But as the faid 
 
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 Commiffioncrs have liitherio negiet^ed to perform faid Work, according to 
 the Intent of laid Ads, the aiorcididjames Alulffv. and others, who are now 
 untlcr the Jurifdiclion andGovcrnment of the J^rovinceot tbf A] ^Jjachu/el is - 
 i><7y(as thc>- apprehend wrongfully^ pray'd that this AflVmbly would at their 
 prefent SelTion, be pleis'd to appoint threc-or more fuch Gcntknncn, Com- 
 rnidioners to run the Northern Boundary Line of tirr. Colon/, according 
 to the Charter, who will underrake/uid Bufinefs, and go through with it. 
 according to an Agreement ma'.le between the Coinrhiirioners ot this Co- 
 lony, and one of«nd for the (aid Province, y^a«. ig. 1710-11 ; that they 
 maybe iint3er the Jurifdidion and Government of this Colony, as they 
 think by Charter they ought. On Ccvfidcration ivhereof. It is Voted and 
 Re/olved, That the aforefaid Petition be, and it is hereby grajited ; And 
 that Jonathan Randal^ Thomas Lapham, and Richard Sieere, Efqrs. be, and 
 they, or the msjor Part of thein, are hereby conllituted a Commitiec to 
 run the above mention'd Line: And they alfo are tully impowrred to 
 appoint a Surveyor, or Surveyors, and Chainmen ; and to appoint Time 
 and Place to begin laid Work : And thar the Secretary acquaint the Pro- 
 vince of the :^/i?/rdri;(/ir//j-fi^v, ot this Afts beinpc part ; and to requelt 
 tlieni to appoint a Committee to join \vith ours, in running faid Line : 
 And that if no;ie be appointed by laid Province, that our Committee pro- 
 teed and run laid Line ex Parte. 
 
 ^^'[^tvtei^John Cranjlon, o^ Newport, Efq; reprefcnted to this AfTcnibiy, 
 That while he wa"; one u{ the Committee for fitting out the Colony Sloop 
 lartttr, Edward Kirbey lupply'd her with Meat : And while faid Kirbey 
 was a Privateering, his Book-keeper ^avv in his Account, which was 
 dilcharg'd by tHc faid yo^« ; but Ionic Time after, faid ATrV^i;)' coming 
 Home, found his Book Jceeper had given in an Account (hort of what 
 was due to him, and thereupon be apply'd to the faid John for the Re- 
 mainder ; but he having nothing to do in the Affair (a CommilTary being 
 chofe) he advifed him to apply to the AlTembly, who put him o?i for 
 lome Time, throjgh the Hurry of Bufinefs, or fome other Caufe ; Where- 
 upon the faid Edward lucd the aforefaid John Cranfton, lo that he has 
 been obliged to pay Twelve Pounds Six Shillings and Six Pence, which 
 he prayed he might be reirnburfcd out oi the General Treafury. On Con- 
 /ideratioH whereof. It is Vtled and Re/olifed, That the faid John Cranjlon's 
 Petition be, and it is hereby granted : And that fftid Money by him paid 
 on the Suit ot the aforefaid Edward Kirbey, be to hiVn refunded out of the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 "Whereas James Daniel, an Jndicui Man, late of Scuth-Kingjlon, now 
 ieC\d\n2 ^t CharlfJlowM, in the County of A7«^j-Coi<.'J/v, in the Colony 
 aforefaid, by Petition, reprefcnted to this Aflembly, That on Sunday the 
 13th o'i No-jemker, A. D. 1748, while he with his Eamily were at the Pub- 
 lick Worffiipof God in C^rt;/i»y?(;:f« aforefaid, his fVigwam in faid Charle- 
 Jlown took Fire, and was in a few Minutes, with all his Goods, confumcd : 
 That he had therein about Eighty Pounds, in Bills of Publick Credit of the 
 fcveral Governments ; Forty-eight Po«ff(/.f whereof fat Icaft) he knows were 
 in Bills of Publick Credit of the Colony of RJjode-I/tand, having received 
 them but a few Days before faid Accident happen'd ; all which Bills ffave 
 a few fcorch'd Piecesj were burnt to Alhes : That inafmuch as fo much 
 
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 of the current publick Rills of this Colony is aftually burnt and confumed, 
 he prayed this AlVrmbly to order that lb much of the Money in the Hands 
 ct the Giand Conimiuec, which is to be burnt, may in Lieu thereof, be 
 given him. 
 
 And whereas fcvcral of the Inhabitants oi did Soluh-KingJlewH, have 
 under their H.intis, certified. That they are well acquainted with the 
 aforrUid 'Jamci Daniel, and know him to have been an honeft induifrious 
 Fellow, aii0 tiiat fhcy believe the Fads mentioned in his Petition to be 
 true ; and therefore join'd with him in defiring his Petition might be 
 granted. On Confidcraiion whereof, and it being made manifefl, that 
 the aforefaid James Dari el hid Forty-eight Pounds m Bills of Credit of 
 this Colony burnt -, 7/ h iberefcre Voted and Rffolved, That faid Sum be 
 paid him by Benjanuti Nicheh, keeper of the Grand Committee's Office, 
 out of the Tenth Monty in his Hands which was paid in to be burnt. 
 
 Whereas Martha Straight, Widow of Samuel Straight, dcceafed, by 
 Petition, reprefentrd to this AflVmbly, That her late Hulband inlifted 
 into His M^jcfty's Service, to p:octcd on the intended Expedition againft 
 Cc.nndr, uiider ihe Comnund of Capt. fVilTt.-un Rice : That her fa!d 
 Hulband, In Confcquencc thereof, v>asfcnt with the Troops to Miirtha'a 
 Vineyard, ar.d returned Home iick from thence, the tlurd Day of Jan. 
 A. L. 1746, and fo con:inu'd fixteen Days, and then ended this Lite. 
 The Ciiari;e ot Barial, and Doctor's Bill, wirh other NccefTaries in his 
 faid Sickncis, coif the afortiaid MarihaTh\ny Pounds. And now upon 
 the whole, fhspraved. Tliat as the fame had been allowed to feveral in 
 the fame Situation, fhe might be reimburfcd laid Sum. On Cen/idira- 
 ticn tihcreof^ '■This /tjjcmlh ^0 ^'^t^ t''d Rfjolvt, anJL tl is hereby Wottd and 
 R'-folvcJ, Tf'ac Ikiriy Pounds be allowed and, paid out ol the General 
 iVeafury, to ihe aforefaid Martha Straight. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolve^f, That Forty five Pounds be allowed and paid'out 
 of the General Trealury, to Dr.fV^lier Rodman, for Remedies, Drcflings, 
 and Attendance on one /larav ftckin, an Indian Man belonging to Capt. 
 Hepicins's Company, in the Year 1 743. 
 
 It is Voted and Refalved, That Jofiab Arnold, Efq; and Mr. John Hull^ 
 cSJameflown, be, and tbey arc hereby conflituted a Committee to make 
 luch Repairs on the Ferry Houfes and Wharves belonging to the Colony, 
 on the Weft Side of Jameflovcn, as are ncceflary, -and draw Money out of 
 the General Trcafury to defray the Charge thereof. 
 
 And it is alfo Voted and Rcfolvsd, That faid Committee be, and they 
 are hereby impowercd to leafe out faid Ferries for one Year, tofome 
 fuitahle Perfon or Perlons, upon rcafonable Terms ; and the Rent to be 
 paid Quarterly. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed, That Eight Pounds be allowed and paid Samuel 
 Lyndon, jun. out ot the General Trcafury ; it being the Amount of his 
 Account for Powder by him provided for the General Elcclion. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That Mi. Eli/ht Brown, Capt. Jofepb Nicbolsy 
 atid Mr. Ezekicl fVarnir, be, and they, or the major Part of them, arc 
 
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 hereby conftitiitfd a Committee to audit the Account? of the Managers of 
 the Pravidtnci Lottery, in relpcd (o building Waybofftl Bridge, and pav- 
 ing off the Benefit Tickets j and that they make Report to this AJtcmbly 
 at their next ScfTion. 
 
 // is Voted and Rffohed-, That the Sum of One Hundred Peunds be aJ lowed 
 and paid out of the Genera] Treafiiry, towards repairing the great Bridge 
 in Ne-wport^ called the Point Bridge : That faid Money be drawn out of 
 ilit- Treat'ury when the lame is compleaied, by the Committee appointed 
 by the aforelaid Town ot Nrofpcrl, to repair faid Bridge. 
 
 An ACT for Regulating the Light-Houfe, Szc. 
 
 WHEREAS this Colony hath erefted a Light-Houfe upon Btaver 
 Tail, for the Benefit of Shipping coming into and going out of 
 this Colony -, and it being ncccflary to eltablifh the Rules of keeping and 
 fupporting the fama ; 
 
 D E it ibfrcfore Enanedby iht General Jffembly, and by the Authority thereof ^ 
 *^ it is Ena^cd, That there be a proper Perlon appointed by rhe Com- 
 mittee who built the Light- Houfe, to be Keeper ot (aid Light-Houfe > 
 and agree with him upon the bed Terms they can : And that he be under the 
 particular Infpedlion of faid Committee, who arc hereby fully impowered, 
 upon fuch Perfon's failing in his Duty, to remove him, and put another 
 in his Room irom time to time. And faid Keeper fhall carefully and diii- 
 geoily attend Kts T)iJty at all Times, td kindlin-y the Lights tromSun-fet- 
 ting to Sun rlfrnp;, and placing them fo a? they tnay be moft fe^n by Vcffels 
 coming into or going outtrom this Colony ; And upon Convidtion of 
 NegleJt of his Duty, l)cfore the Court of General Seffions of the Peace 
 within thi; County, fhall be liable to be fined according to the Degree and 
 Circumftances of his Offence, not exceeding One Hundred Pounds Old 
 Tenor -, two Third'; thereof to be to his Majcffy, to and for the Supporc 
 of the Governmenr of this Colony, ?.nd the other third Part thereof to the 
 Perfon or Perfons that fliall inform of fuch Neglcft ; to be recovered by 
 Bill, Piainr, or Information. 
 
 And be it further Enafled by the Authority aforefaid. That after the Pub- 
 lication oftliis Aft, there lliall be paid to the Naval-Officer for the Time 
 being, by the Mafler of all Ships and Veffels ("except Coaftcrs., Fifhing 
 Veffels, Wood Sloops, and Veffels employed in bringing of Stones and 
 Sand) the Duty of Eighteen Pence Old Tenor />(rr Ton, for every Ton, 
 according to the Regifter of faid Veffcl : And the Naval-Officer for the 
 Time being, is hereby mipowcred and required to demand and receive of 
 every Maftcr of every fuch Ship or V^effcl, the Duty aforelaid, before he 
 clears out faid Veffcl \ and to certify that he has received the fame, in the 
 Pafs-port delivered to (aid Martcr : And faid Naval-Officer fliall keep a 
 Book, wherein he (hall enter the Name, Burthen, and Matter's Name, 
 of every Veffcl that fhall clear at his Office, which is fubjed: to this Duty. 
 For alt which Services, he fhall be paid out of the Revenue arifing Irom 
 faid Light- Houfe, fnv;'?rC/»/. and fhall Account to the General Affcmbly 
 whenever they fhall require it. 
 
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 ^nd be it f/.fo EnaileJ by the Authority aforefnid. That all VefTels which 
 Jhall ufc th'j Coafting Trade between this Colony and the Province of the 
 Mafachu/eils-Bay, Conneiiicut, Nivj-2'ork, and Philaddphia, and all fuch 
 Vcflcls as fh.iU import Spars, Piink, and IJonrds from the Province of 
 Niw-Hampjhire, and all fuch as (hall import Provifions of any Kind from 
 Maryland inA Virginia^ fhall by this Aci be deemed Coafters, and none 
 othfrs : And that all iuch Coalters Ihall pay Ttn Sbillings Old Tenor, 
 each Time they clear out. 
 
 Ana be it further Enacted by the Authority aforef aid. That the Nnva'- 
 OfRccr from time to time, be, and he is hf-a-by appointed to provide all 
 Neceflaries tor the Light-Houfe , to be paid for oiifof the Money to be 
 paid in t>/ the Mafters of Vcflcls. for the Support of faid Light-Houfc. 
 
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 An ACT for hying a Drift-Way through Part of Middlcccwn- 
 
 H E R E A S it is ncceffary that there Oiould be a Way for His 
 _ , Maielty's Subjects to pals and rrpal's from that Part of Middlctczvii, 
 in the County ot Newport, called Sachueajt Bead), acrofs to EaJion''% Beach ; 
 for the Want of which, the Inhabitants of Little-Comptcn and Aiiddlelown , 
 are greatly hindcr'd in pafTing to and from Newport, no pubhck. Way 
 having ever yet been provided and laid out. 
 
 T^E it therefore Fnailea, and it is hereby F.naEled by the Authority sf this 
 *^ General Ajfimbly, That there fhall be a Drift-Way of a convenient 
 Breadth laid out by the Town of MJddletown, from the double Gate 
 on the Welt- fide to another Gate on the Eafl-fide or Eafisn's Neck (being 
 the old accuftom'd Way) ; And that the Town Council of Middletown, 
 are hrrcby required to Jay out laid Drift-Way, within one Mor."h from 
 the Riling of this Cieneral Aflembly, in the Manner, and under the Direc- 
 tions, that High-ways are laid out m this Colony, agreeable to the 
 Laws now in Force in this Colony : And that the fame fhall be done at the 
 Charge of the faid Town o\ Aliddletown. And that if there be any Pcrfons 
 Land to be run through, in laying our faid Way, who will not grant the 
 fame for the faid Publick Ufe, that the faid Town Council do proceed to 
 agree with laid Proprietor or Owner thereof, anc pay therefor in the 
 fame Manner as is dircftcd by othct Laws made for laying out High-ways 
 in this Colony. 
 
 And he it Enailed, That the faid Drift-way fo to be laid, fhall when 
 laid out, be and remain a publick Drift-way for the Ufc of His Majefly's 
 Subjects forever. 
 
 17 IS VO'/ ED AND RESO Ll'ED, That Peter Bours, Stmon 
 
 Peafe, and George fVanton, Elqrs. MclTrj. Thomas Cranjlon, and James 
 
 Sheffield, be, and they, or the major Part of them, are hereby conflituted 
 
 a Committee, to receive of Daniel Updike, Efq; all his Accounts with the 
 
 Colony, and examine them. That they alio examine into the Circum- 
 
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 fiances of th: Three Thoufdnd Pounds wliich was let out by the Colony to 
 IViUiam Borden, and Report up(>n the whole to this Affcmbly, at their 
 next Scfrion. 
 
 And it is alfo Voted and Refolved, That Daniel Updike, Efq; be, and he 
 is hereby required lo render his Accounrs to faid Committee. And the 
 Prrfon in whole Hsnds the aforefaid Three Thoulund Pounds now lie, 
 is likcwifc requfred to render an Account (hereof to laid Committee, 
 
 // is Voted and Re/o'vfd, That the General Treafurer hire of fome pri- 
 vate Perlbns, as much Money as is neceflary for compleating the Light* 
 Houie, not exceeding the Sum granted for that Purpol'e ; including what 
 hath by hiin been already expended : And that he repay the Money 
 he fliall lb hire, with the firft Money thit fhall be paid into the General 
 Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Col. Benoni JVaterman, and Samuel Green, Efq; were by the 
 General Airembly in Au^ujl, 1748, confi'uuted a Committee to repair 
 the Bridgt' over Pa'.uxit River, called C.\pt. Benj. Grtvw's Bridge ; and for 
 that Purpofe were iiiipowcred to draw Seventy Founds out of the General 
 Trcalury, to de'ray the Charge and Expencc thereof : Who now (lowil) 
 the /aid Beno»i IVaterman reported, That he, with the aforefaid Samuel 
 Green, Efq; proceeded and made a thorough Search in :he Frame of faid 
 Bridgf, and found one. Half the llring Pieces dcfeiftive, and a Thoufand 
 of Plank wanting ; That they judged the Sum then granted, too incon- 
 fiderable for the Puf pofe ; and thereupon concluded to proceed no further 
 in the AfFiir. On Conjtderatien whereof^ Tbii /IJfcmbly do Vete .ind Refolve , 
 and it is hereiiy Voted and Rejohed, That an a'.Witional Sum of Sixty Pounds 
 be allowed and paid to faid Committee out of the General Treal^ury, to* 
 wards repairing the aforefaid Bridge, when it is complcated, who are 
 continued tor that Purpole. 
 
 Whereas 5/;w« Peafe, John Bani/ler, md fVil'iam Paul, all 0^ Newport 
 aforefaid, Merchants, and liege Subjeds of our Sovereign Lord the now 
 King, reprefented to this AlTembly, at their lall SefTion, That they were 
 fole Osvners of the Snow fViHiam, late of this Port, Plantation built, 
 (commanded by Jo/eph Carpenter, and navigated with Englijh Sailors, all 
 Sub'iects of our laid Lord the King) ; which faid Snow was cleared out at 
 the proper OiTices in Neivpcrt dkiaxt^md, the ;2d Day of September, 1 740, 
 for tlie Iiland of Barbados, having her regular Papers properly authenti- 
 cated : And in Profecution of her intended Voyage, on the 30th Day of 
 Oclober following, fl;e fell in with the Ifland of Martinique ('Diftance more 
 tiian two Leagues), early in the Morning, v^hcn it fell calm, and conti- 
 nued To until Noon ; during which Time, they difcovered a VefTel under 
 the Land, rowing towards the Snow ; on which the aforefaid Capt. Car- 
 penter threw out his E.igliJJj Colours, as is cuflomary in the like Cafes. 
 Said VefTel belonged to the aforefaid Ifland oi' Martinique, and was fitted 
 out m a warlike Manner ; who, after having come up with faid Snow, 
 ordered her Boat out, in which they enterM her, took out the aforefaid 
 Maffcr .and his Mate, intirely difpoflliring them of the Command afore- 
 faid ; the Snow being a': that TinjC on the high Seas as aforefaid. And 
 ihcy, the aforefaid Simo?t, John and fViIliam, further reprefented. That 
 
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 by thefe illegal Proceedings, thty are depriv'd, and gnevoufly fp'oil'd of 
 their Sncw and her Cargo, to their Damage Thirty Thouland Pounds : 
 That in this Cafe, the Pioccedijigs' of the FroicbKing'i Subjects are con- 
 trary to the Law of Natiorv-s. and a high ContcrTpt and Violation of the 
 Jate CelTation of Arms then lubfifting between the Powers at War -, and 
 that all Pcrfoni of CircumftanCe in this Colony, are virtually concern,ed in 
 this Cafe (tho in a more jiartitular Manner, thole immediately m Navi- 
 gation j, as the Continuation of fuch Hollilitics, muft in a great jMeafure 
 cleflroy their Trade, as they nrr obliged oftentimes to pafs and repafs in" 
 their Voyages to and (roni thtf EnoUih Ifiands, by both French and Spen-Jo 
 Ports ; therefore they intreatcci in ^rhalf of thtmlclves, and others con- 
 cerned as alorcfaid, the Affiftance or this Aflcmbly, to direct Mr. Agent 
 Partridge to make a pcopcr Repirlciuation and Complaint at Home, be- 
 fore the proper Pcrions, for thefe Piirpoles (lor that they arc well aware,. 
 35 in iheCafcofCapr. Cain, that no Regard will be had tc private Rcprc- 
 fentarions), that they, the faid Simon, Jvh/i, and IVilliam, may have Re- 
 paration, and other Engl:Dj Sub|Cifls may not for the ftiturc, be treated 
 with the like Sever i tics. They alfo furtlier pr.iycd Liberty to reprclcnt to 
 faid APicmbly, That ttiey were in A/<2v lall, advik-d from St. Eufistia, to 
 fend Cap:. Carf'tnier', for that the General of Alartnmjue had direc^^cd all 
 the Capta'r.5 ihst Irad been taken, to aj'pear : Ihereforc they prayd thac 
 this AlTenibly would permit ihem to have a CommrfTion for a Hag ot 
 Truce, at their proper Co(r aiulCh.Ti^a, witli a Letter horn bis Horsoiir 
 Governor Greene, upon the Premiles. Which being t:ikcn into Confidira- 
 :ion by taid Aflembly, they ^*oted atnl Rejolved^ Thau fhr faid Simon, Jcbn, 
 ind fri,'h<^e)i's l.\{{ Rcqueft . lo lail, A Gommiffion for a Flag of True?, 
 !lnd a Letter from his Honcur the Governor, fhould be granted thtm •. 
 But that the Confiderati'on of the other Part fhould be retorr'd to the 
 prefent Sclfion ot AfTembly. AncJ now the fame being accordingly taken 
 into Conlidcralion. This Ajfembly do Vote and Rejoive, and it is hereby Voted 
 and Rej'civid^ That his Honour the Governor do, and he is hereby re- 
 queued, in Behalf of this Colony, to reprefent the aforementioned Affair 
 at Home ; provided the aforeiaid Snncn, John, and fVilltam, fee Caufc to 
 prolecute the fame, and pay all the Charge fhall thereon accrue. 
 
 L ii Voted anJ Rijolved h this /ijiemliy. That all Bufinefs lying loefore 
 them, unfinifhed, be, and ih'; fame is hereby relcir'd to the next Scflion : 
 That ihc Secretary, by Beat of Drum, proclaim in Newptrl, all the Afts 
 and Orders now made and pafl, withm ten Days, and fend a Copy of the 
 Adsanu Orders aforeiaid, tc each Town in the Colony, made according 
 to Law, within thirty Davs after the Rifing ot this Alfembly ; which is 
 liercby Adjourn'd to the F"ourth Monday ot Oilobtr next, if call'd at faid 
 Time, by either of their Honour; the Governor or Deputy Governor : But 
 if not call'd before, or then, that it be, and it is hereby Diffolv'd. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 Ptihlifhtd according tt Order, 
 
 By Thomas Ward. Seen.
 
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 j4t the General Assembly of iJje 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Englifli 
 Colony of Rhode-liland, and ProvidencC'Planiation?, 
 iri New-England, in America ; he^un and held at 
 South- Kin gflon m faid Colony, the laH Wedntjd'iy 
 of Oflober, in ihe Tear of our LORD, One Ihou- 
 fund Seven Hundred and Forty Nine. A d in ihe 
 Tn-enty-third Tear of the Reign of His Mofi Sacred 
 MajeOy GEORGE the Second, h the GrAce of GOD, 
 of Gfeat-Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Dc* 
 fender of the faith, &:c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIJM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. William Ellsry, Efqj Dcp. Gov. 
 
 Peter Bours, Efq-, 
 Simon Pease, Efq-, 
 
 "V^'lLLIAM BURTOH, Efq ; ^ 
 
 ■^ RoBip.T Lawton, Efq; 
 
 Daniel LoGOESHALL, Elq; 
 JfcOFfRV Watsoh, Efq; 
 
 >m' 
 
 Stivhiu Browkel, Eiq 
 
 DEPUTIES of the llveral TOWNS 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 George ff^anicn, Elq; 
 M r . Jojrp/t IV hippie, j u n . 
 Mr. Thomas Cra»/l6n, 
 Mr. J/fhn Tillingbajl, 
 Mr. Nicholas Eafion. 
 Providence ; 
 Jonathan Randr.l, Efq; 
 Sfffben Hopkin, Efq; 
 
 Mr, Eli(ha Brown, Capt. John Greene (of 
 
 Daniel Jencks, Efq; Cowjil), 
 
 Portsmouth ; Mr. Jnhn fVarner. 
 
 Caleb Htll, Efq; Westerly; 
 fVtll. yintbony, jun. Efq; Capt. Silas Greenman^ 
 
 Mr. Jchn Allen. Jo/hua Babcock, Efq; 
 
 ^yARWICK ; NeWSHORFHAM J 
 
 Pbilip Greene, Efq; Nonc. 
 Mr. Jcbn Hclden,]\iv\. 
 
 N North-"
 
 NoRTH-KlNOSTON V 
 
 Col. Immanud Norlhup, 
 Mr. Rcbtrt Eldnd. 
 
 South-Kingston ; 
 Cape. Robert Ilafzard, 
 Mr. Roithnd Rebiujtn. 
 
 EaST-GrEFM WICH ; 
 
 Jofefh Nichols, Efq-, 
 Mr. Duty Jerrauld. 
 Jam tsTowN ; 
 Mr. John Pain, 
 Mr. Abel Franklin. 
 
 Sm ITHFI ELD i 
 
 Mr. 'Thomas /irnold. 
 
 SciTUATK ; 
 
 CapC. ^ob Randal, 
 Mr. Gideon Hammond. 
 
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 GlOC ESTER ■, 
 
 Mr. JtfepB Windfir, 
 Mr. Benjarrin Smith. 
 CharlestowN ; 
 Cape. Nathanael Lewis, 
 Mr. Benjamin Ilex/n. 
 
 We5T-Gr EFNWICH •, 
 
 Mr. IVilliamC.umJicok. 
 
 COV E K T P Y i 
 
 Mr. John Greene^ 
 Mr. John Ellertin. 
 
 EXETKR •, 
 Capt. John fVeighl, 
 Mr. Benoni Gardner. 
 
 MiDDLFTOWN ^ 
 
 Mr. Jonathan Eajion, 
 Capt. IVilliam Jurmr. 
 
 Bristol ; 
 Jcnathan Peck, Efqj 
 Thomas Green, Efq; 
 Tiverton •, 
 Mr. Edu'crd Wanton ^ 
 Mr. Abraham Barker. 
 Little. CoMPTONj 
 William Hall, Elq^ 
 Mr. Jofepb Pukham. 
 
 \\' A R R E M ; 
 
 Capt. Benjamin Batten, 
 James Smith, Efq; 
 
 CUMBF Rl. AND ; 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Brown, 
 Capt. Edward Smith. 
 
 RtCHMOND ; 
 
 NTr. /*>;/' Clark, 
 Capt. fames Risers. 
 
 Jajhiia Babcock, Efq; was chofcn Speaker. And 
 Mr. Jo/ias Lyndon, Clerk of tlic Houfc of Dtputics. 
 
 WHEREAS Daniel Dunham, of Newport, exhibited to this 
 Affcmbly, an Accouiu by him charged agaiflft the Colo.Ty, for 
 his wilting twelve Days on the Committee of War, in the Year One 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty-fcvcn ■, which being duly examined 
 and confidered, fits AjTembly do Vote and Rejclve, and it is hereby Voted and 
 Refolved, That the faid Account be Allowed, and the Amount thereof, 
 being Twelve Pounds, paid unto the hid Daniel Dunham, out of the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Cornelius ff^'aldron, of Brijlol, in the County of Brijlel, exhi- 
 bited to this AlTcmbly, an Account by him charged againft the Colony, 
 for repairing the Glafs Windows, (Jc. of the County-Houfe in Brijicl ; 
 which Account was certified by Thomas Greene, Elq^ Sheriff of that 
 County, under his Hand : And this Affembly having duly examined 
 and confidered thi- faid Account, Do Vote and Rcfolvc, and it is hereby 
 Voted and Rejolved, That the finne be rillowed, and the Amount thereof, 
 being Eleven Found: Thirteen Shillings, paid unto the faid Cornelius 
 TValdron out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas there was an Account prpfented to this AflTembly, charged 
 againit John Mawney, Kfq; ShcrifFof the County of Providence, by Capt. 
 Jofeph Olney, for repairing the GUfs Windows of his Majefty's Goal in 
 Providence : And this Affembly having duly examined and conlidcred 
 the fame, Do Vott and Rejtlvi, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, That 
 the faid Account be, and it is hereby illowed ■■, and that the /mount 
 
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 thereof, being Six Pounds and Four Pence, be paid unto the faid Joftfh 
 Olney out of the General Trf^fury, 
 
 Whereas Brriab Brown, ETq-, Sheriff of the County of Kings County, 
 exhibited to this Affembly, an Account by hinn charged agr^inft rhc 
 Colony, for Money which he had paid fthn ff^ilfon, for repairing the 
 Glafs Windows of the County-Houfc in that County : And this AfTem- 
 bly having duly examined and confidercd the lame, Do Voit and Rifolve^ 
 andit is her(h) Voted and Rt/olvid, That the laid Account be allowed, and 
 the Amount thereof, being Nine Pounds Eleven Shillings, piid unto the 
 faid Beriab Brown out of the General Treafury, 
 
 /; is Voted and Re/ohed, That the Sum of Fifty Pounds be allowed and 
 paid his Honour tht; Deputy Governor, out ol the General Treafury, for 
 hi? hit Year's Salary, and extraordinary Service. 
 
 7/ is Voted and Re/ohed, That the Sum of Fifty Pounds be allowed and 
 paid his Honour tlie Governor out of the General Treafury, for his fign- 
 ing the Bills of Exchange drawn on the Agent, in the Colony's Behalf. 
 
 "Wherens Pelt-g Brown, Efq; late ShcrifFof the Coanty of Ntwport, re- 
 prcfented unto this Aflcmbly, That in the Year 1746, whilft he fuftaincd 
 that OfHcc, one Robert Stevens, who had inliiled to go to Cape-Breton, in 
 the Q^ulity of a Soldier, was committed to Goal in Newptrt, by Reafon 
 it was difcovered he was a Sailor that bclong'd to one of His Majefty'a 
 Ships of War, then in B«/?ck- Harbouf : In Goal he was taken fick, and a 
 Phyfician wjs fcnt to him, who declared that he defpaired of his Recovery 
 unlefs the Man was removed ro private Lodgings, there to be attended 
 by a Nurfc ; whereupon Mr. brovon applied himlclf to his Honour the 
 late Deputy Governor H^hippk, who dire^ited that he fhould be removed ; 
 and John Eajton, Town Serjeant ot Newport, by Order of the faid Mr. 
 Brown, removed him to the Houfe of Z,yir« Ladd \ fince which he hatli 
 paid the Doftor his Bill, amounting to Seven Pounds ; and the faid Lydia 
 Lddd hath brought an Action againfl: the aforefaid John Eafion, in order 
 to recover of him Eight Pounds for the Board of the faid Robert Stevens z 
 And upon the whole, the faid Peleg Brown prayed, that he might be 
 rcimburfed what he hath paid, and that the Money for wh'ch the Town 
 Serjeant is fued, with the Cofts thereon already accrued, may be paid 
 unto the faid Lydia Ladd out of the General Treafury. 
 On Confideration whereof, 
 
 7bis AJfemhly da Vste and Rejcht, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, 
 That the Sum of Seventeen Pounds be paid unto the faid Peleg Brown out 
 of the General Treafury -, Seven thereof to repay what he hath advanced, 
 and the Rcm»inder to fatisfy and pay the aforefaid Lydia Ladd her Debt 
 and Cofls. 
 
 Whereas Meffr3 D/inielUpdike, James Honyman , jnn. Matthew Rob in/on ^ 
 and John Aplin, Attorneys at Law, by a Memorial under their Hands, 
 have reprefentcd unto this Aflembly, That the Judges of the Superior 
 Court of Judicature, ^c. in this Colony, have of late judicially deter- 
 mined, that the Statutes of that Part of Great-Britain, formerly called 
 
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 England, are not in Force in this Government, except fuch a? arc intro- 
 duced by lome Law of the Colony •, and thii, notwithftafiding that in 
 all Time heretofore, the Courts throughout the Colony, both Superior 
 and Inlerioi, have admitted fuch ot the faid Statutes as relate totheCocn- 
 mOn Law to be in Force here, and have adjudged upon them as fuch, fo 
 that ihrre has been no Occalion of an Aft of AfTcmbly for the formal 
 Introduction of thole Statutes : But as the Cale now flands, the Laws 
 ot this Colony ara .tltogcther inipcrfett, and fcarcely any one Liw-pro- 
 cecdir.gcan he commenced or brought to Uruc. And now this Aflcmbly 
 having taken the Prcmifet into Confideration, De Fete and Re/nlvc, and 
 11 IS hiTcby Votfd and Rifolvtd, That the Mcmorialifts be, and they are 
 hereby conftitutcd a Coinmiueetc prepare l Bill for introducing into this 
 Colony, fuch of the Statutes of £«^/c3»ia« are agreeable to the Conltitu- 
 tion, and prcfcnt the fame to this Affemblv at their next SefTion. 
 
 Whereas Ann and James Franklin exhibited unto this AlTembly an Ac- 
 count by thetn charged againft the Colony, for printing the Adts and 
 Orders o\ the General AlTcmbly, nude and part at their SeiTion in Au^ujt 
 .'aft, and for turnifhing I'-iper for that Work : And this Affembly hav- 
 ing duly examined the faid Account, Do Fo:e and Rcfohe, and it is hereby 
 Voted and Re/olz'eti, That the lame be allowed, and Nmcteea Pounds, the 
 Amount ihcreot, j^aid them out of the General Trcafurv. 
 
 AVhereas Jofeph Smith, nf Smitl field, in the County of PreviJence, re- 
 prefentcd unro this AfTenibly, that he gave a Sett of Bonds to the General 
 Treafurcr, to pay the Intfrcft of feme EVonev by him hired of the Co- 
 lony ; that a< the Bonds bccamr due he paid them, 'till onr: appear*!! 
 with a Condition tor the Payment of a Sum equal to that mentioned and 
 cxprelTcd m the Obligation, which is double the Sum that oughr to have 
 been infcried in the laid Condition ; As this was an evident Miftake, the 
 faid Jof'ph lome Years paff, when the Bond became due, paid the true 
 Sum that ought to have been cxprels'd in the Condition ^ notwithftand- 
 ing which, the laid Jofefb was fued at the lalt Interior Court of Common 
 Pleas held ?.t Providence, upon the faid erroneous Bond, and Judgmcne 
 •was given agairll him tor fo much thereof as had not been paid ; where- 
 upon the faid Jofeph prayed for Relief: And this Aflembly having duly 
 examined and confidcrrd the Prcmifci, Do Voti and Refohe, end it is 
 hereby Voted and Refohed, That the faid Judgment of the atorefaid Inferior 
 Court of Common Plea^ be. ?.nd it is hereby vacated and annulled j 
 whereof the Clerk of faid Court, and all others whom it doth or may con- 
 cern, arc to take Notict and govern themfelvcs accordingly. 
 
 "Whereas feveral Bills of Exchange drawn by his Honour the Governor 
 in Behalf of this Colony, on Mr. Agent Partridge, were protclkd : // 
 is therefore Voted and Refohed, That hii Honour the Governor draw new 
 Bills on the Agent, for the Sums contained in thofe Bills which already 
 have been, or hereafter may he protefted, together with the lawful Da- 
 mages and Intereft accruing thereon, and lodge them with the General 
 Treifurer. It is alfo Voted and Refohed, That the Proprietors of faid 
 prntcilcd Bills, receive of the Treafurer thole new Bills, m Lieu of the 
 old Ones, if ihcy think proper : But if any of the Proprietors of faid 
 
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 protcftcd Bills, fhill chufe to have our Currency for them, they flull be 
 paid by the Trcafurcr, at the Rate of 950 fir Cent. Advance ; and for 
 raifing faiJ Money, thefe new Bills, if refufed by the Proprietors of the 
 old Ones, fhall be difpofcd of by the Treafurer to other Perloni. And it 
 is further Voted and Refolved, That his Honour the Governor write to the 
 Agent, directing him to Honour thofe new Bills which fhall be drawn on 
 him as aforefaid -, and if he has not Cafh in his Hands belonging to the 
 Government, fufRcient to pay the fame, that he hire what (hall be want- 
 ing upon the bcfl Terms he can, until he be in Cafh of the Colony's for 
 paying the fame. 
 
 An A CT againjl Adultery^ Polygamy^ and unlawfully mar* 
 Tying Persons j and for the Relief of juch Perjons as are 
 injured by the Breach of Marriage Covenants, 
 
 J^E IT ENACTED by the General Ajfembly, and hj the Authority 
 tj thereof. It is EnatJed, That if any Man or Woman in this Colony, 
 fhall commit the Crime of Adultery, and be thereof lawfully con- 
 rifted before the Court of Afllze in the County where the Crime Ihall be 
 committed, every fuch Perlon iTiall be punifhed, by being fet publickly 
 on the Gallows in the Day-time, with a Hope about his or her Neck, 
 for the Space of one Hour ; and in his or her Return from the Gallows 
 to the Goal, ftiall be publickly whipped on his or her niked Body, not 
 exceeding thirty Stripes ; and that fuch Perfon or Perfonsfhail ftand com* 
 mitctd to the tjoal of the County wherein convifted, until he or (he ftiall 
 pay all Cofts of Profccution. 
 
 And he it further EnaHedhy the Authority afcrefaid. That if any Man or 
 "Woman in this Colony, having a Hufband or Wife alive, fhall marry 
 another Woman or Man, and be thereof lawfully convidcd, in Manner 
 as abovcfaid, the Perfon or Pcrfons fo otiending, fhall futfer the fame 
 Pains and Punifhmcnt, as in cafe of Adultery, 
 
 And he it further EnaHtd by the Authority aferefaid. That if any Officer 
 or Minifter in this Colony, having lawful Authority to marry, fhall 
 prefume to marry any Man or Woman that ht knows hath a Wife or 
 Hufband living, or hath h?,d a Wife or Hufband within his Knowledge, 
 and doth not know that faid Hufband or Wife is dead, or that the Per- 
 fon offering to be married, hath been lawfully divorced, fuch Officer or 
 Minifter fo offending, and being thereof lawfully convitlcd before faid 
 Court of AfTize, fhall pay as a Fme to and for the Ufc of the Colony, 
 the Sum of Five Hundred Founds, lawful Money of faid Colony, and 
 be rendered utterly incapable of fuflainiiig any OfTice in this Colony. 
 
 And he it further Eneiled by the Authority efsrefcid. That the Juftices or 
 Judges of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Afllze, andGener&l 
 Goal Delivery, of this Colony, arc hereby authorized and fully impow- 
 ered to hear and determine all Matters and Caufe: relating to, or 
 
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 concerning the Brer.ch of the Marriage-Covenant, by.any Pcifor. what- 
 fotvtr, that is in 3 married State in this Colony ; and upon due Proof 
 thereof, made againft any married Man or Woman, thar he or flic do, 
 or hath wilfully and wiclcedly broken and violated the Marriagc-Covr- 
 n?.nt, cither by nny Adt done and committed, or by a continual Abfcncc 
 from nii or her Hufband cr "Wife, withour any juft CauIc, by the fpacc 
 of ftven Years, then, and in every I'uch Cafe, to pronounce Sentence of 
 Divorce, in F.ivour of fuch Man or VVomsn who fhall be injured by fuch 
 Violation of the Marriage-Covenant ; <vhich Sentence of Divorce, fo 
 la*fui;y made and publifhcd by the laid Jultices, or Judges, fi-.all be 
 Good And Valid, and ftiallabTolutclvdiffolve the Marriage of the Pcrloai 
 !o divorced. 
 
 An A C J to prerevt unlawful Gaming. 
 
 WHEREAS many ill-difpofcd Ptrfons have heretofore allowed 
 thcmlelvts to play at unlawful Games in this Colony, ai Dice, 
 Cards, Billiards, and tfie like, and continue the fame bad Practices, 10 
 tilt great Lois of Time, snd Ruin of thtmlclvcs and Families ; which is 
 ftlfo ot evil Examp'c, and pcm'rciouj Tendency. 
 
 For the Prevention whereof for the Future, 
 n E n E N ACTED, andhy ihi Ailierijy cf thii General Affmbty, 
 MJ it is EnuUid, That from and after the Publication of this Aft, if 
 any Pttlon or Pcrfons m thii Colony, fhall Play or Game at Cards, 
 Dice. Tables, Bowls, Billiards, Wheel of Fortune, Shuffle board, or 
 Cock-fighting, for N^oney, or any other valuable Confidcration, the 
 Pcrfon lofing at any of fuch Game or Gcrr<-,, fhall pay a Fine of Ten 
 Pounds, in Bills of publick Credit of the Old -Tenor, for the firft Offence, 
 and for the fecond Offence Twrnty Poundi in the like Bills, and for the 
 third Ofifence Forty I'ounds in the like Bills : And the Winner at any 
 fuch Game or Games, (hall pay a Fine of Ten Pounds in the like Bills, 
 und the Sum or Siirm won, for tht firft Offence, and for the fecond 
 Offence Twenty Pounds in the like Bill^s, and the Sum or Sums won, 
 and for the third Offence Forty Pounds in the like Bills, and the Sum 
 or Sums won. 
 
 Anil he it fcrther 'E-^ai1(d ^' ihe A:tb:riiy afar/fsiJ, Thar ff any Tavern- 
 keeper, Innholdcr, Retailer. Coifet-Houtc-Kecper. Tea-Houft Keeper, 
 or Keeper of any othtT Hou(c rf pjb'.ick Reforr, wuhin this Colony, 
 •ftiall fufferany Pcrfon* of uhat Ef>ate. Degree, or Condition foev.r, to 
 ufe or play at any of the fsid Gimc cr Ganu'i, in his, her, or their Houfe, 
 Oiithoufe, Yard, Garden, or other Place or Places in hir, her, or their 
 PolTtfTion or Improvement, Ihall for rvtry fuch OfTtnct, forfeit Jnd pay 
 as a Fine, the Sum of One Hundred Pounds, in Bills of Credit es afore- 
 foid, for the fir fl Otftncr, and lor the fecond Offenct One Hundred and 
 Fifty Pounds m the liki Bills ; And upon Convtftion thereof, if the 
 Offender be a Rct.iiltr, Tavcrn-kcvper, or Innholi'er, or Keeper of any 
 other of the Publick Houfci brfore- mentioned, his or htr Licence fhall 
 be declared null and void by the Cour: where ht or fhe fh/tll be convidted. 
 
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 And be it farther Ena[ltd hy the Authority aforefoid^ That all Perfons 
 Betting at any of the alorelaid Game or Garner, flull be liable to the 
 fame Fines and Penalties as. Perfons playing at any of the fsid Games, ?.rc 
 by ihis Ad. 
 
 And be it farther EnaHid bs the Aulbority aforijaid. That all Bills, Bonds, 
 Notes, Judgments, Moitgages, Deeds, or other Securities, given tor 
 Money, or Land, Houfcs, or other Thing's, won by playing at any of 
 the afoielaid Game or Games, or by Retting on either Side of fuch ;\s 
 play at any of the atortfaid Games, or for Repiyment of any Money 
 lent, knowingly for fuch Gaming or Betting, fhsll be utterly Void : 
 And that all the Town t ouncils in this Colony, be, and they art hereby 
 required and commanded to take good Security of all Pcrfonr, that thc-y 
 fhall hereafter grant Licence to, for Tavern-keeping, Innholding, or 
 retailing ftrcng Drink, to comply with this A<?t in all Refpedts, as far as 
 poffibic, according to the true intent and Meaning thereof. 
 
 And be it farther EnaEledby the Authority afcrefaid. That all the Offences 
 in thii hct cxprefTcd, Hiali be trycd ?.t the rcfpeftive Court^ of General 
 Seffions of the Peace, in the County where the Offence or Oflcnces 
 fhall be commitited, who are hereby authorized and impowcrtd to hear 
 and try the fame, by Bill, Plaint, Information, or Indidtmenr ; and 
 that upon Convidion thereof, the faid Fines and Penalties fhall be fet 
 and fentenced by faid Coun or Courts rcfpedively, where faid Offence 
 or Offence'. Diall be commrtted. nnd the fanae diffributed and dilpofcd 
 pf, one third Pajt to thf,- Informer. Nviio firaT! fue for the fame, and the 
 other two Thirds put into the Treafury of che Town where fuch Offence 
 orOtlences fniU be committed, lor the Ulc and Benefit of the faid Town : 
 But if there be no Inforaicj-, then the u^hole fine and Penalty fhall be to 
 and for the llleof faid Tcwn : And tiist the Offender or Off"cnders fhall 
 pay all fuch Coft:£ and Charges as aire ufually taxed and paid in other 
 criminal Cafes. 
 
 And be it farther EnaRsd by th€ Authority afcrefaid. That if any Tavern- 
 keeper, Innhoider, or Keeper cf any other Publick Houfe, (hall keep 
 up in his Houfe any BilLiard-Tahle or Shufflleboard-Table, for rhe Space 
 of one iVIonth after the PubJication of rhis A£t, the Town Council of 
 fuch Town v/herc fuch Innhoider, Tavern-keeper, or Keeper ot othef 
 Publirk-Houfc dwells, fliall withdraw his or her Liccnc-c, and render 
 him or her incapable of kcx'ping a Publick- Houfe for ever thereafter : 
 Any Law, Cu(\om, or Ufa.ge, to the contrary of this Aft, or any Part 
 thereof, notwiti:iftanding. 
 
 TT is Voted and Refehvd, That PeUr Bours, Stfphtn Hopkins, and 
 Daniel Jencks, Efqr:. with Capt. Robert Hafzard, be, and they, or 
 the major Part of them, arc conltituicd a Commiccee to prepart an Ac- 
 count (agreeable to the Letter of the Duke of Bedford, one of his Mdjefly's 
 principal Sccretarits of State, to the Governor and Company of this 
 Colony), of the Tenor and Amount of all the Bills of Credit which have 
 been created and ifTucd br this Goreramcnt, and arc tiow outrtanding, 
 
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 diftinguifhing the Amount of them here, and the rel'pcdive Times wlieu 
 luch B.Us lb oalftanciing, were ilTued, wiili the Amount of tlie laid Bills, 
 in Money of Great-Bnlaif:, both at the Times when fueh Bills were 
 iffucd, and at this Time; and alto at the I'ime fixed tor calling in, fink- 
 ing, and dilcharging luch Bills, and the Funds nppropriatcii for t'lnf 
 I'urpol'c : And that -he laid Committee prefcn: the laid Account to be 
 by ihcm lb prepared, unto this AfTcmbly, at their next SelTion. 
 
 Whereas the Committee which were appointed by this AfTcmblv ac 
 their lait SclHon, to examine the Account of Col. Daniel Lpdtkt with this 
 Colony, y<". and alio to enquiic into the Circumltaaces ot the Three 
 Tlvjufand Pounds let out by tho Government to fViliiam Dcrdcn, have 
 no: performed th:U Service: This /^Jfemblj thirefore do r'ate and Rejoivf, 
 and it is hereby Voted and Re/gived, That the faid Committee be, and they 
 are hereby continued fuel), for the Puipofei afurelaid ; and thic they, 
 or the ma')or Pare of them, make Report to this AlTcmbly at their next 
 SclHon. 
 
 Whereas Bertab Brown, Efqj Sheriff of the County of K-n^! County, 
 prulcnced to this AfTrmbly, an Account ot Four Pounds F:ve Shillings, 
 charged againlt the Colony by Jolefb Ilatzvay, one of his Deputies, for 
 hall a Cord ot Wood, by him the 1-ikI Hdziay provided tor thi- Ufe ot the 
 Co'-i.Tty-Hnufe in laid County ; which Account the laid Sheriff certified 
 under his Hand to be jult and true. On Confideration whereof, This^Jfem- 
 hly da Vntt and Rejolve^ and it is hereby Wteed and RtfolveJ. That the faid 
 Accoun: be allowed, and tJic Anionni thereof paid unluthff i&id Bertai 
 firou.';; out ot the General Trcalury. 
 
 Whcreai the Committee appointed by thisAlVcmbly at their lalt ScTion, 
 to audit tile Accounts of the Managers of the Prc.-idince-Lottery, in Refpcdt 
 to the buiiuing fV.jjhjfit Bridge, and paying the Benefit Tickets, have not 
 perform^d that Service : This Jjjembly therefore do Vote and kefolve, and n 
 is hereby V^ted anc Rejtlved, That Mr. Elijhu Brown, Je/epb Nichols^ F.fq; 
 and Mr. Samuel Chare, be, and they, or the m.iior Part of them, are 
 hereby conltitutcd a Committee for the Purpofc afurefaid ; and alfo to 
 receive fuch Benefit Tickets as have been paid, and make Report of 
 ihcir Doings to this AfTcmbly at their next ScfTion. 
 
 // ;■/ Voted and Rijolvid, That all Bufinefs lying before thi? Aflcmbly, 
 untinifhcd, be, and the fame is hereby referred unto the next SefTion : 
 That the Secretary, by Beat of Drum, procUim in Newptrt, all the A<flj 
 and Ortlcrs now made and pafl, within ten Days, and lend a Copy of the 
 Afts and Or-icrs aforel'iid, to each Town in the Colony, according to 
 Law, within thirty Days after the Rifing of this Alfcmbly j which is 
 hereby Adjourned to the b.lt TuefdAy in February next. 
 
 GOD Savs the KING. 

 
 [y? 3 
 
 j4t the Ge'ne?. Ah A s s E M B L Y of the 
 
 GOVERNOR trnd COM PANT of the Englilh 
 Colony of Rhode-Ifland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 ia New England, in America ; hegun and held by 
 Adjournment^ at South-Klnglton, within end for [aid 
 Colony, on she lafl Tuejday oj February, in the Tear of 
 our L R D, One; Tboujand Scren Hundred and Forty 
 Nine : A^d Jrventy-third Tear of the Reign of His 
 Mofi Sacred Majelly GEORGE the Second, by the 
 Gfi'.ce of GOD, &/ Great-Britain, France> nnd Ireland> 
 Kingy Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 PRESENT. 
 
 The Hon. WILLIJM GREENE, £fq; Governor 
 The Hon. William Ellbry, Efq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 Peter Bours. Efq; 
 SiMOM Pease, Efq-, ( 
 
 Sttphen Brown el, Efq-,] 
 
 >yif}J}. 
 
 James ARr.OLO, Efq-, 
 Daniel Cocses 
 
 Jkoffry Watson, 
 
 Th OM AS W A K D, Efq ; Secret. 
 
 Efq. ^ 
 
 HALL, Efqj >^^. 
 N, Efq; > 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq-, 
 
 D E P UT I E S of the fcvtral TOWNS. 
 The Hon. JOSHUA BJBCOCK, Efq; Speaker. 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 m 
 
 Providence i 
 
 George H^antcn, Efq; 
 
 m 
 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq 
 
 Mr. Jofeph fFbipp'.!, j un. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Stefbcn Hopkins, Efq» 
 
 Mr. Thomas Cranfltn^ 
 
 ?s 
 
 Mr. Elifho BrcwTit 
 
 Mr. John ^ilUKghafi 
 
 m 
 
 Daniel Jentks, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Nicholat Ealicn, 
 
 
 Portsmouth s 
 
 James Sheffield^ Efq-, 
 
 sS 
 
 CaUb Hill, Efq; 
 
 mUiam
 
 Cs8 3 
 
 William ^ntbeny, jun. Efq; 
 Mr. Jcbn /illtn, 
 Mr. Thomas Brovinel. 
 
 Warwicic j 
 Philip Grecm, Efqj 
 Mr. 'foim HjUtn, Jan. 
 Capt. Jobn Grant, oiCoweftt. 
 
 Westiillv ; 
 The Speakci. 
 
 NfWSHOREHAM * 
 
 None, 
 North Kinostowmj 
 Col. Immtnuel I^orihup, 
 Mr. Robert Eldrcd. 
 
 SOUTH-Kl NCSTOWH ; 
 
 Capr. Robert Hajzardy 
 Mr. Rowland Kobinjon. 
 
 East.Greekwich » 
 Jofefb Ntcbch, Efq; 
 IV Jr. Duly Gerald. 
 
 Jamestown j 
 Mr. Jobn Pattty 
 Mr. Jtbel Franklin. 
 
 Smitnfield } 
 Mr. "fbcmas Arnold y 
 Mr. Jobn Aldrich. 
 
 SciTUATE 
 
 Capt. Job Randal, 
 Mr. Gideon hlammend. 
 Gloucestek ; 
 Mr. Jofefb fVindjory 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Smith. 
 
 Charlvstown ■- 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis, 
 Mr. Benjamin Hoxfte, 
 
 West-Greenwicm ) 
 Mr. Samuel Hopkins ^ 
 Mr. fVilliam Cumjloch. 
 
 Coventrt i 
 Mr. Jobn Greene, 
 Mr. Jobn EUerton. 
 Exetef i 
 Capt. Jobn JVeigbt^ 
 Mr. Benoni Gardner. 
 
 MiDDLETOWh ; 
 Mr. Jonathan Eaflon. 
 Capt. JVilliam Turner. 
 
 Bristol } 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 
 TlVIRTOM I 
 
 Mr. Edward fVanten, 
 Mr. Abraham Barker. 
 
 LiTTLE-CoMPTON J 
 
 None. 
 Warren ; 
 Capt. Benjamin Barton, 
 Cunxerlamo i 
 Mr. Jofttb Brown, 
 Capt. Edward Smttb. 
 Richmond i 
 Mr. Jofepb Clark, 
 Capt. y^wfj Refers. 
 
 Mr. 7"/''^ Lyndon^ Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 WHEREAS Jonathan Randal, Thomas Lapbam^ and Richard 
 Sttere, Efqrs. were by the General AlTtmbly of thii Colony, »t 
 th*ir SefTion in Newport, the third Monday of Augujl laft, appointed a 
 Committee to run the Northern Boundary Line of this Colony, accord- 
 ing to the Charter, (Jc. and the Gentlemen afore-named, having gone 
 through that Work, made the following Report of rheir Condudt : 
 
 * To the Hoo. General AfTetnbly fitting at iioutb'Kit)gJl»n, in 
 ' and ior the Colony of Rhode-l/Jatidy on the lafl Tucfday of 
 * February, Jnno Dom. i 7 4y. 
 
 • TN Pjrfuanceof aCommifTion louigiven, for running the Northern 
 
 • 1 Boundary Line of this Colony, according to Charter, (s'f. the Com- 
 
 • mifTion bearing Date Sept. the 25th, 1749. we did feafonably inform: 
 
 • the Secret.iry of this Colony, that vre had appointed to meet at Man'i in 
 
 • fFrtntban, on the ninth Day of Ollober next following, when we would 
 
 * meet
 
 LS9l 
 
 • meet with <i Committet of the Province, if any (liould be appointed, 
 
 • and proceed on the Bufincfs afore- mentioned : And we did accordingly 
 
 * meet on the faid ninth Day of O^okr, at laid Man'i ; together with 
 
 * Henry Harris^ Efq^ Surveyor, and Ifracl H^ilkinfon and Chriftopher 
 
 * fVattrmariy Chain-men, ready to proceed on the Bufincfs ^ but noCom- 
 
 * mittee from the Province appearing, we poftponcd the Bufintfs intended, 
 ' 'till the thirtieth of faid October, when we met again, and no Pcrfor» 
 ' appearing on the Par: of the Province, we did then effedt the Bufinefs 
 
 • met on i concerning which, vvc do Report as followcth : 
 
 ' Tliat we not being able to find any Stake, or other Monument, which 
 
 ♦ we could imagine to be fet up by fVcodivard and Saffery, but knowing 
 
 • that the Place thereof was dcfcribed in the Agreement mentioned in our 
 
 * Commiflion, by certain invariable Marks, we did proceed as followtth, 
 
 * viz We iound a Place where Charles River form'd a large Crtfcenc 
 
 * foutherly, which Place is known to many by the Name of Poppolatick 
 
 • Pond, which we took to be the louthermoft Part of faid River j from 
 
 • the fouthermoft Part whereof, we meafurcd three Englijh Miles South, 
 
 • which three Englijh Miles did terminate upon a Plain, in a Townfhip 
 
 • called IVrentham, about a Quarter of a Mile North Eafterly from the 
 
 * dwelling Houfe oiThomas Man's., asalfoaboutaQuarter of a Mile South 
 
 • Eafterly from the Houle oi Robert Blake, where we marked a Pine Tree, 
 
 • and ere<5fed a Monument of Stones, and found the fame to be in Lat. 
 
 ♦ +2 deg. 8 min. North •, which we made for the North Eaft Bound of 
 
 * this Colony. And we do further Report, That from faid Tree wc did 
 
 * proceed to run the Northern Boundary Line of this Colony on a Weft. 
 
 * Courfc, with a Variation of eight Degrees and a half, as the Weft Vari- 
 
 * ation from the Magnctick Needle : In the Courfc of which running, 
 
 • we did mark many Trees j laid Line palling over the fouthermoft Part 
 ' of a certain Pond, called Manchaug Pond, and did terminate abouc 
 
 • thirty Rods Eaftward of a fmall Pond called Crajfy Pond, at a black 
 
 • Oik Tree which wc marked, and did ereft a Monument of Stones about 
 ' it ; which Tree we marked for the North- Weftern Bound of this Colony, 
 ' it bemg about Twenty-two Miles from faid Pine Tree to faid black Oak. 
 
 • Reported and humbly lubmitted, by 
 
 ' Jonathan Randal, 
 Providence, Jan. 12. 1749. ' Richard Steere, 
 
 • Ibemas Lapham.* 
 And now this AlTcmbly having taken the faid Report into Confidcra- 
 tion, Dj Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, That the 
 faid Report be accepted. 
 
 Whereas this Aflembly, at their Sefllon in Newport, on the third Mon- 
 day o[ Augufi laft, appointed Commiflioners to run the Northern Boundary 
 Line of this Colony, with Diredions, that if Commiffioners fhould not 
 be appointed on the Part of the Province of the Majfacbujetts-Bay, to join 
 vvith them therein, they fhould proceed to run faid Line ex Parte. As 
 flo CommifTioners were appointed by the Province in Scafor, the Gen- 
 tlemen appointed by the Colony, run the faid Line tx PartCt and made 
 Report thereof to this Aflembly, which hath been accepted. But never- 
 thelcfs, upon Advice from the Province, that they have appointed Com- 
 minioners llncc our Committee run the Line as aforefaid. This yiJJemNy do 
 Vste and Rtfolve, and it is hereby Votfd and Re/olved, That JoncHban Randal^ 
 
 Richard
 
 [<?o3 
 
 Richard Slitn, indthomas Latham, 'E{c{xi. and Ccpt. Jofepb Harriftn, or 
 the maior Pjrc of dicm, be, and they arc hcrcDy appointed CommiiTioners, 
 and fully impovcrcd to join with theCommifl'ioncrsofthc Province of tht 
 M'ljjacbufitti-Bay, at Pdctiah Alan's, in IVrtnlham, the frcond Tucfday 
 ct April n^xz, to run or pcramb'-ilacc the Northern Boundary Lincof chi* 
 Colony, according to Charter, by tht Stake fct up by Nathanad fVccdmari 
 and Solomon Saffery, in the Year 1642, purfuant to an Agreement made 
 between the CommiflTioner ot this Colony, and one of and tor the Pro- 
 vince of the Ma]facbajet!s-Bay, January the 19th, in the Year 1710-11, 
 with full Powei to appoint a Surveyor or Surveyors, and Chainmen. 
 And it is atfo yoted and R^foivtd, That the Gentlemen en the Part of the 
 Colony, be commiflioned for the lind and Purpofe atorcl'aid, by bit 
 Honour the Governor. 
 
 WhercaS Henry Knowlts, late 0^ South- Kingnrj-m, Yeoman, deceased, 
 foi and in CnnfiJeracion cl the Sum of Three Thoufand Pounds, mort- 
 gngcd to the Colony a Farm or Tradt ot Land in Scu.'hKingftown, which 
 Col. Eti/ha Riynolds hath finct purchafed, and is now polfeiTed ot. And 
 the Time of Payment of faid Money being clapfcd, the laid Col. Reynolds 
 made A pplir.it ion to this AfiTcmbly i who on Confidcration thereof, Do 
 yole andRefoivi, and it is hereby Voted and Rt/ohed, That in cafe the Co- 
 lonel (hall immediately pay to Benjamin Nichols, Efq; Treafurer of the 
 Crranri Committee, the Sum of Filtttn Hundred Pounds, Part of the 
 aforclaid Sum of Three Thoufand Pounds, then he fhall be allowed four 
 Months longer to pay the Remainder, he giving Bond to pay the Intcrcft 
 thereof unto tne General Trcai'urer, for the Ulc ot the Colony. 
 
 Tt is Voted dud Kejolved, That his Horrour the Governor be, and he is 
 herrby allowed Seven Pounds Ten Shilling!), to be paid him out of the 
 General Trtafury, for his Trouble in preparing and figning thirty bill* 
 of Exchange on Mr. I'ariridge, our Agent in Grea*- Britain, by Order of 
 the General Aflcmblv. 
 
 Whereas tht Committee appointed to examine the Accounts of CoJ, 
 Daniel Updike with the Colony, have not yer had it in their Power to per- 
 form that Work : // is therefore Voted and Re/olvedy That the fiid Com- 
 mittee be f^fther continued for that Purpofe ; and they, or the major 
 Part of them, arc hereby impowtrcd to perfcdt faid Bufincfs, and make 
 Report to this AlTcmbly at their next ScQion. /tnd it is alfo further Voted 
 and Refolvtd, That the faid Committrc, or the majoi Part of them, do 
 now receive of the laid Col. Updike whaX Tenth Money he has in his 
 Hands, and burn the lame immediately, in the Prcfencc of thisAIIembly. 
 
 Whereas the Town Council of MiddliJoun, in this Colony, liavc rcprc- 
 fcnted unto this Aflcmbly, Tiiac on Confidciacion of the NecclTuy of a 
 Way for His Majelty's Subjcfts to pafi and repafs Jrom that Part of Mid- 
 Jletrjm called Sachueaji Beach acrofs to Eafitn'% Beach, the General AfTcm- 
 bly, at rhrir SefTion iii yewpori, che rliird Monday o^/iugujl laft, did order 
 and dirc<ft that tncre fhould he a Drift-Way of a convenient Width la'd 
 out by the faid Town of Middlemen^ from the double Gate on thv Wdt 
 
 Side,
 
 C^9«] 
 
 Side, to another Gate on the Eaft Sidcof feid Eofim*s Neck, being the old 
 ac£uftomcd Way, C;?^. fi nee which, it hath been difcovcrcd tha: the Land 
 from the laid double Gate Wcftcrly, down to the Creek on EaJion*i Brach, 
 beiongech to private Fcrfons, as likcwifc docs the Land to the Eaftward 
 of the other Gate afore-mentioned, for focne fmill Diftancc ; I'o that it 
 will be to no Purpofe to lay out a Dxift .Way from one of the Tiid Gate* to 
 the other, unlets the fame be extended farther each Way : Whereupon 
 thty prayed this Afl'cmbly toimpower them to lay out a Drift- Way from 
 the Creek on Eajlonh Beach, to the double Gate aforcfaid, from thence 
 to the oth-^r Gate atoreiaid, and from thence Eaftcrly down to and along 
 Sachue an %Cic\\, until it comes to that Part of faid Beach which was refcrvcd 
 by the Town of Middlesown, for all Perfons whomloever to pafs and 
 reoais over, as ottcn as Occifion fliould require, forever. And this 
 AiFembly taking the Premifes into ConfiJeracion, do grant the faid Pe- 
 tition : And it is Voted and Re/olved, That the Taid Town Council of Mfd- 
 dietown, be, and they are hereby impowered to lay out a Drift-Way from 
 the Creek on Eajion's Beach, to the double Gate aforefaid, from thence 
 CO the other Gate aforefaid, and from thence tafterly down to and along 
 faid Sacbueaj} Beach, until it comes to that Part of faid Sacbuccft B;ach 
 Tcferved by the Town of Middletown for all Perfons whomfoevcr to pafs 
 and repafs over, as often as Occafion fhall require, forever. 
 
 "Whereas this Aflembly, at their Seffion in South- Kingdtwn, on the laft 
 "Wednefday of October lall, appointed a Committee to prepare an Account 
 Cagreeable to the Letter of the Duke of Bedford^ one of His Majefty*« 
 Principal Secretary's of State, to the Governor and Company of this 
 Colonv) of the Tenor and Amount of all the Bills of Credit which have 
 been create 1 and iflucd by this Government, and are now outftanding, 
 fcff. And the major Hart of the Committee having affumed that Province, 
 and perpetrated the Bufinels, made Report to this AlTcmbly as followeth : 
 
 * ''Tp HE Colony o^ Rhode- IJland^ in the Year 1728, emitted Forty 
 ' JL Thoufand Pounds in Bills of publick Credit, equal then to 
 
 * Twelve Thoufand Eight Hundred Pounds Sterling, to be let on Loan, 
 
 * on Land Security of double the Value, and at Five fer Cent, per /Snnum 
 
 * Ifiterefl, for thirteen Years ; the Interefl v/as appropriated to the repairing 
 
 * and furniiliing Fort George^ the principal to be (unk by ten equal annual 
 
 * Payments i two of which are yet outftanding, equal to Seven Hundred 
 
 * and Twenty-feven Pounds Five Shillings and Six Pence Sterling ; and 
 
 * the finking thereof, will be compleated in the Year 1751. 
 
 • And in the Year 1731, the Colony emitted Sixty Thoufand Pounds 
 
 * in Bills of publick Credit, equal then to Sixteen Thoufand Eight Hun- 
 
 * dred and Forty-one Pouijds Seventeen Shillings and Four Pence Sterling, 
 
 * to be let out on Loan 'tiilimtk. Security of double the Value, at Five 
 
 * per Cent, per Annum Intcrelt for ten Years : The Interefl wai appro- 
 
 * priated to encourage raifing Hemp, Flax, and the catching of Fifh, and 
 •■ making Oil, by proper Bounties given by the Etnitting Adl : The Prin- 
 
 * cipal to be funk by ten equal Payments -, two of which are yet outfland- 
 ' fHnding, equal to One Thoufand and Ninety Pounds Eighteen Shillings 
 
 * and 1 hrec Pence Sterling •, and the fin'-Jng of it >vill be finilhcd in 
 
 * the Year 1751. 
 
 Q_ « And
 
 L«^2 3 
 
 And in t!)s Year 1733, the Colony emitted One Hundred Tiioufsnd 
 ' Poundi in Bills ot publick. Credit, equal to Twcnc)-fi?e Thoufand 
 Three Hundred and Ninety-fix Pounds Sixteen Shillings Sterling, fo 
 be let out on Loan on Land Security of double cht Vilue, and at Five 
 per Ctnt.per Annum Intereft, for ten Years : The Interell was to be ap- 
 propriated tc purfhifing of Cannon for Fort George^ and erefting a 
 Ficr at Block-ljlaiid ; the i^rincip.il to be funk by ten equal annual Pay- 
 mcntj, four of which are yet outltanding, equal to Three Thoufand Six 
 Hundred and Twcnty-feven Pounds Five Shillings and Six Pence Sterl- 
 ing ; and the finlting of this Sum will be compleatcd in the Year 1753. 
 • Again in the Year 1733, tiie Colony emitted One Hundred Thouland 
 Pound; in Bills of publick Credit, equal then to Nineteen Tlioufand 
 Seven Hundred and P'ifty-three Pounds One Shilling and Four Pence 
 Sterling, to be let on Loin on Land Security of double the Value, ac 
 ¥wtp(r Cent, pir Annum Interefl, for ten Years : Tlie Intereft was ap- 
 propridied to the building of a State-Houfe for the Colony, and a Light 
 Houfe ior the Benefit ot Navigation j the Principal to be funk by ten 
 equal annual Payments, nine of which, arc yet outftanding. equal now 
 to Eigne Thnu'and One Hundred and Eighty-one Pounds Sixteen 
 Shillings and Four Pence Sterling •, and the finking this Sum will be 
 complcated in the Year I7';8. 
 
 Again in the Year 1740, the Colony emitted Twenty Thoufand 
 Pounds in Bills of a New Tenor, equal to Eighty Thoulano Pounds of 
 tlieir formet Bills, and to Fifteen Thoufand Eight Hundred and Two 
 Pounds Eight Shillings Sterling, to be let out on Loan or Land Secu- 
 rity of double the Value, on Intercfl, for ten Years, at Four p^r Ctnt. 
 per Annum : The Intereft appropriated to building a guard Sloop for 
 the Colony, and paying the Colony's Expences in the Expedition to the 
 fVefihJifs ; the Principn! to be funk by ten equal annual Payments, 
 the whole of which is now outflanding, and is now equal to Seven 
 Thouland Two Hundred and Seventy-two Pounds Fourteen Shillinga 
 and Six Pence Sterling -, the finking this Sum will hs compleatcd in 
 th'' Year 1760. 
 
 •• And lallly, in the Year 1743, the Colony emitted Forty Thoufand 
 
 Poun.'i^ of the New-I eimr Bills, cqua, to One Hundred and Sixty 
 
 Thouiand Pounds in Bills of the Old-Ttnor and to Twrnty-eighr 
 
 Thoufand Four Hundred and Forty-four Pounds Five Shillings and 
 
 ' Four P.ncc Sterling, to be let out on Loan on Land Security of double 
 
 ' the Value, to p»y Intereil ten Years, at Four ptr Cent, per Annum •, 
 
 • which was appropriated to puc the Colony in a Pofture of Defence. 
 ■• during the War; the Principal to be paid in ten equal annual Payments ; 
 ' and the v/holc of this Sim is now oucftanding, and is now equal to 
 ' Fourteen Thoufand Five Hundred and Forty-five Pounds Nine Shillings 
 
 • and a Penny Sterling ; and the finking of if will be compleatcd in the 
 ' Year 1763. 
 
 ' At divers Times, from the Year 1710, to the Year 1747, the Colony 
 ' jus emitted Bills of publick Credit for fhc Supply of the Treai'ury, to 
 
 • the Amount of Three Hundred and Twelve Thoufand Three Hundred 
 
 • Pounds Old-Tenor 5 and tiiere hath been called in and burnt at Icveral 
 
 Times.
 
 C ^3 ] 
 
 * Times, from the Ysai 172S to 1748, One Hundred and Seventy-fix 
 
 ' Thoufand Nine Hundreil -.nd Sixty-tour Pounds Six Shillings and Ten 
 
 * Prnte Half-penny -, and by the lall Settlfmcnt of the General Trca- 
 
 * furer's Account, it appears chat there was then in the publrck Treafury, 
 ' Twenty 'four Thoufand Eight Hundred and Ninety-one Pounds Ten 
 
 * Shillings and Ten Pence : From all which it appears, that there is now 
 
 * outftanding of the Bills iifued to fupply the Treafury^ One Hundred 
 
 * and Ten Thoufand Four Hundred and Forty-four Pounds Two Shillings 
 ' and Three Pence Halt- penny •, the whole of which ovitltanding Sum, 
 ' was iffued in the Years 1 746 and 1747, and is equal to Ten Thoufand 
 *• and Forty Pounds Seven Shillings and Five Pence Sterling. 
 
 • And the Parliament having granted to this Colony, for their Services 
 ' in the Cape-Brctcn Expedition, Six Thoufand Three Hundred and 
 
 * Thirty-two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Ten Pence Sterling, and the 
 
 * Colony having paid by Order of the Crown, the Wages of the Officers 
 
 * and Soldiers railed for the Canada Expedition, Three Thoufand Pounds 
 
 * Sterling, the laid two Sums being Nine Thoufand Three Hundred and 
 
 * Thirty- two Pounds Twelve Shillings and Ten Pence Sterling, are a 
 
 * Fund for finking fo much of the Colony's outllanding Bills, and the 
 
 * Reniainder, being Srven Hundred and Eight Pounds Fourteen Shillings 
 
 * and Seven Pence sterling, is to be called in and funk, by a Tax on the 
 ' Inhabitants of this Colcny. 
 
 ' Th'j Reafon of the great Depreciation obfcrvable in the Bills iffued by 
 
 * the Colcny, is, becaufe the Inhabitants of New-Engla»J conftantly 
 
 * confumc a much greater Quantity of Brili/h Manufactures, than their 
 
 * Exports are able to pay for, which makes luch a continual Demand for 
 ' Gold, Silver, and Bills of Exchange, to make Remittances with, that the 
 
 * Merchants to procure them, are always bidding one upon another, and 
 ' thereby daily fink the Value of Paper Bills, with which they purchafc 
 
 * them : And it is plain, that where the Ballance of Trade is againft any 
 
 * Country, that f.ich Pan of iheir Medium of Exchange as hath a univerfal 
 
 * Currency, will leave ihcm ; and furh Part ol their Medium as is confined 
 
 * to that Country, will fink in its Value, ia Proportion as ihe Ballance 
 
 * agamft them is to their Trade : For what hath been the Cafe with 
 ' Rhode-JJland Bills, hatli alio been the Common Fate of all rhe Paper 
 
 * Bills ifl'ued by the other Colonies in TJtw-Erglatid ; they having been 
 ' all emitted at near equal Value, and have always paffed ar par one with 
 
 * another, and confequentlj have equally funk in their Value : And this 
 ' will always be the Cafe v;ith Infant Countries, that do not raiie fo much 
 
 * as they confume, either to have no Money, or if they have, it muft be 
 
 * worfe than that of their richer Neighbours, to compel ic to llay with 
 
 * rhem.' 
 
 Which Report being duly confidered, 7r.'is JJjembly do Vet: and Refolve, 
 i\nd it is hereby Voted and Rrfotved, That his Honour the Governor tranlmic 
 the Subftance thereof under his Hand, to Mr. Agent Partridge, to be by 
 him delivered to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, one of His Majelly's 
 Principal Secretaries of Stare, in Anfwtr to his Gracc'i Letter to this 
 Colony, about the Bills of piibiick Credit emitted here, fjc. And alfo 
 that a Duplicate thereof be fcnt to the iaid Agent for his own Ufc. 
 
 And
 
 [64 3 
 
 And at the 
 Reporr, what 
 
 Dr. ■ 
 
 J 710. May. 
 — 10. OSiober 
 
 — lO. l^cv. 
 
 — II. June. 
 
 — II. hhv. 
 — 26. June, 
 
 — 28. Juni, 
 — 30. Feb. 
 
 —37. June. 
 —38. Mof, 
 — 40. Sept. 
 — 41. May. 
 —41. 05lob. 
 — 44. March. 
 — 45. May. 
 
 -45- ^n-'- 
 — 46. June. 
 —46. Feb. 
 — 47. Feb. 
 
 fame Time, the Committee aforefaid, prcfcnted with thfir 
 
 foUowi . 
 
 Ihe Colony for all Money emitted fcr 
 
 TO Cafh emitted, 
 
 To Ditto, • 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, —— 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, — 
 
 To Ditto, ■ 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, " 
 
 To Ditto, ■ 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 To Ditto, 
 
 Supply of the Ireafury. 
 
 (,. 5000 
 
 ■ 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 6000 
 
 • 300 
 
 46000 
 
 tooo 
 
 1000 
 
 • 4000 
 
 30000 
 
 • iccoo 
 
 10000 
 
 • 8000 
 
 8000 
 
 lOOOO 
 
 15000 
 
 • 20000 
 
 45000 
 
 ' 60000 
 
 30COO 
 
 /,. 3x2,300 
 
 1728 
 —29 
 —30 
 
 -3« 
 
 — J2 
 
 —33 
 —34 
 -36 
 
 — 37 
 -3" 
 —39 
 
 ■ For what has been bumt^ ~ — 
 
 \^l'j.June. "DY Cafli burnt at fcvcral Times* 
 
 Jj before this Date, as appears by< 
 
 a Settlement of the General Trea-( 
 
 furer's Account, — — 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 B/ JD///(? burnt this Year, — — 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, . 
 
 Cr^ 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 ■ By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 ' By Dittc burnt this Year, 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 By Ditto burnt this Year, 
 
 12550 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 9019 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 
 360+ 
 
 7 
 
 9 
 
 6430 
 
 10 
 
 J T 
 
 •376 
 
 J3 
 
 6 
 
 2381 
 
 6 
 
 I T 
 
 394« 
 
 2 
 
 6 
 
 1017 
 
 '3 
 
 I 
 
 35*5 
 
 9 
 
 1 
 
 4042 
 
 2 
 
 5 
 
 2626c 
 
 »5 
 
 10 
 
 14077 
 
 9 
 
 2 
 
 88725 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Ballance due from the Colony, 
 
 £. 176964 6 10 T 
 
 135335 »J » T 
 ^.312300 — — 
 
 Wc
 
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 « TICTE the Subfcribers, being appointed a Committee to enquire into 
 
 • V V the State of the Bills ot pubMck Credit that have at any Time 
 ' been emitted by the Colony of Rhode-JJiand, do Report, That the Colony 
 ' hath iffaed for the Supply of the General Treafury, at the Timej noted 
 » on the Debc-fide of the above Account, Three Hundred and Twelve 
 
 • Thoufand Three Hundred Pounds -, and that there hath been burnt at 
 » the Times noted on the Credic-fide of this Account, One Hundred and 
 ' Seventy -fix Thoufand Nine Hundred and Sixty-four Pounds Six Shil- 
 ' lings and Ten Pence Half-penny ; and that there is now circulating of 
 
 • Bill* of Credit emitted by the Colony, for a Supply of the Trcjfury, 
 ' One Hundred and Thirty-jrve Thouland Three Hundred and Thirty-five 
 « Pounds Thirteen Shillings and a Penny Half- penny. 
 
 ' Peter Bourj, 
 Ntwport, February 2'/. 1749. ' Stephen Hopkins, 
 
 ' Daniel Jehckes.' 
 And this Aflembly having taken the faid Report into Confideration. 
 Do Vote and Refolve, That the fame be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
 Whereas Daniel Jenckes and Stephen Hopkins, Efqrs. exhibited to 'his 
 Aflembly an Account by them charged againfl the Colony, for their Ex- 
 pences, Time, and Horfehi.e, in atrending on the Colony's Bufinefs, 
 relating the State of Paper Bills, (ic. On Confidcrarion whereof, Thti 
 jljjembly do Vote and Refalve, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved. That faid 
 Account be. and it is hereby allow'd •, and that Fifty-fcvcn Pounds, the 
 Amount thereof, be paid the faid Daniel and Stephen out of the General 
 Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Peter BaufSy Efq; exhibited to thi? Aflembly, an Account by 
 him charged againft the Colony, tor his Trouble in ffating the Paper 
 Currency, in Anfwer.to the Letter fent the Colony by his Grace the Duke 
 ot Bedford : On Confideration whereof. This /ijfembly do Vote and Refelve^ 
 and ii is hereby Voted and Refolvedy That faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 allowed, and tUe Amount thereof, being Fifteen Pounds, paid him out 
 of the General TreafUry. 
 
 Whereas Peter Eafton, Efq-, exhibited to this AlTembly an Account by 
 him charged againft chc Colony, for Glafs, and new Leading the Win- 
 dows at the Goal-Houfe in the Counry of Newport ; and the Truth of 
 faid Account bemg attefted to by Joftph Scoti, Eiq-, Sherif? of faid County, 
 this Aflembly, on Confideration of the AiTair, Do Vote and Refoive, and 
 it is berei^y Voted and Replved, That faid Account be, and it is hereby al- 
 low'd, and that Ten Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Six Pence, the 
 Amount thereof, paid the faid Peter Eafion out of the General Treafury. 
 
 "Whereas y^nne and James Franklin exhibited to this AfTembly an Ac- 
 count by them charged againlt the Colony, for printin<; the Afts and 
 Orders of this Affembry. at their laft SefTion made ; and alfo for Paper by 
 thetn furnifh'd for printing the <.-ime : On Confideration whereof, This 
 jijjimbh ds Vote and Re/ohe, and it fs hereby Voted and Refolved, That faid 
 Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and the Amount thereof, bein^ 
 Twelve Pounds Ten Shillings, paid them out of the General Treafury. 
 
 R "Whereas
 
 166 1 
 
 "WtvereM this General Aflcmbly, at their ScfHon in 08obtr laft, ap- 
 pointed Mr. Elilha Bwvn, Jofefb Nicbols, Efqv and Mr, Samuel Cbace, 
 Of tht major Par: of ihcm, a Committee to audit the Accounts of the 
 Managers or Dircdors of the Providence Lottery, in Refpcdl to the build- 
 ing ^^/'"'i^/ Bridge, and paying the Benefit Tickets j and alfo to receive 
 fuch Benefit Ticketb at have been paid, (^c. In Confequence of which 
 Appointment, tht Committee made the following Report unto this 
 Affembly : 
 
 "W 
 
 E the SubfcriDtrs, being chofcn a Committee by the Honourable 
 Affembly, in Oiioter lalt, to examine 'he Direftors Accounts, 
 concerning the Providence Lottery, do find them thus : 
 
 The fever a I Gentlemen, Director s^ ... Dr, 
 
 TO Cafh obuined by them, in the Lottery 
 granted by the Affembly, — — /. 1 2000 — — 
 
 Contra. ^ - - - Cr, 
 
 BY at many Benefit Tickets paid to the feveral 
 Adventurers, as amount to the Sum of — £. 11650 — — 
 And for which we have given Receipts to the feveral 
 
 Direftors. 
 The Ballance yet due to the other Adventurers, not 
 
 paid bv fiid Dire<5tors, amounts to the Sum of » 350 — — 
 
 Providence, Feb. 26. 1749. 
 
 I' »tooo 
 
 Elisha Brown, 
 Errors Excepted, fir SamuilChacs, ^Cowmittti, 
 
 Joseph Nichols, 
 
 -s,\ 
 
 The f'^veral Gentlemen, DiteflorSy ... Dr. 
 
 Ca(h lodged in their Hands, by Mi-ans of the 
 Lottery for building fVayboJftt Bridge, — ^. 30O0 
 
 rpo 
 i 1 
 
 Contra. - - - - Cr. 
 
 BY the whole of their Accounts for Work done on 
 faid Bridge, as now complcat, examined, amount- 
 ing to the Sum of £• 1610 7 4. 
 
 The Ballance yet in their Hands, due to the Bridge, is 1389 11 8 
 
 Providence, Feb. 26. 174-0. 
 
 EttSMA Browk, 1 
 
 (ACE, >( 
 
 Errori Excepted, per Samuel Ch ace, >Committte. 
 
 Joseph Nichols, S 
 
 And now this Affembly having tiken faid Report into Confideration, 
 
 Do Vole and Rifolve, and it it Voted and Refolvcd, That the faid Report be, 
 
 ind ic is hereby accepted. ,
 
 [67] 
 
 And tt ti alfo farther Voted and Rcfolvtd, That the Md. Committet be, 
 and tVicy arc hereby directed and impowered :o burn the Benefit Tickets 
 by them received of the atorefaid Managers or Direflors ot the Providence 
 Lottery, in Refpcft to the building H^aybcjjtt Bridge : And that there- 
 upon they be difcharged from the Receipt they gave the laid Managers 
 or Dircftors tor the faid Tickeu. 
 
 Whereas the General Aflembly, *t their Scfllon in Hewporl, on the 
 third Monday of /Jugujl laft, appointed Peter Bours, Simon Pea/e, and 
 George fVanton, Efqrs. McfTrs. Thomas Cranjten, and fames SbffficlJ, or 
 the major Part of them, a Committee for the Ends and Purpofes men- 
 tioned in that Act, made to this Aflembly the following Report of their 
 Condud, to wit \ 
 
 Newport, Feb. 22. 1749-50 
 
 * To the Honoiirdbls General Ajfembly. 
 
 * \\7E the Subfcribers, being a Committee appointed by the General 
 
 * ' ' AfTembly to fettle with Benjamin Nicbo!s, Elqj his Account with 
 
 * the Colony, rcfpedling the Tenth Money ; and to examme into the 
 
 * Circumftanccs attending the Mortgage: and Bonds in his Hands, bc- 
 ' longing to the Colony, Report as tollowcth, viz. That there is in faid 
 
 * MVZWj's Hands, a Number of «c« (/f Bonds, and others, now due to 
 ' the Colony, amounting to Eight Thoufand One Hundred and Fifty 
 '• Three Pounds and Thirteen Shillings. We alfo find, that faid Mcboh 
 ' has delivered to Mr. Peleg Peckbam, as by his Receipt, dated December 27. 
 
 * L749. * Number of Tenth Bonds due from the County oi Kings County, 
 ' to be put in Suit, amounting to Seven Thoufand and Seventy Pounds 
 
 * Eighteen Shillings and Eight Pence ; and alfo a Mortgage Deed from 
 
 * Henry Knowles to the Colony, for Three Thouland Founds, due in the 
 ' Vear 1746, to be put in Suit, it being for a bum of Money formerly 
 ' lent by the Government to IVilliam Borden. Said Nichols hath alfo 
 ' fhewed us a Rcccipr from George Brown, Efq; dated OHober 25. 1749. 
 
 * for a Number of Tenth Bonds due from the County of Providence, to 
 
 * he put in Suit, amounting to Seven Thoufand Three Hundred and 
 ' Twenty Pounds Seven Shillings and Five Pence ; and alio informs lu 
 ' that there is due to him from the aforefaid Getrge Brown, Efq; on Ac- 
 ' count of fome Tenth Bonds heretofore put into his Hands to fuc, the 
 
 * Sum of Three Thoufand and Twenty-feven Pounds and Six Pence. 
 
 We further Report, Thar we have received of the faid Benjamin Nichols, 
 
 * Twelve Thoufand Nine Hundred and Twenty-two Pounds Eighteen 
 ' Shillings and Seven Pence Old Tcnorj including in faid Sum, two 
 ' Orders of Aflembly, for faid Nichols to pay Forty-Eight Founds to 
 ' James Daniel, and Eight Pounds to fVilliam Reed ; of which Sum, we 
 
 * have burnt Nine Thoufand Five Hundred and Sixty-eight Pounds One 
 
 * Shilling and Seven Pence •, the Remainder, amounting to Three Thou- 
 ' fand Two Hundred and Ninety-eight Pounds and Seventeen Shillings, 
 
 * h^mg Bill* emitted by New-Hampfhire and Ccxw^if^/cjr/ Governments : 
 ' Eleven Hundred and Ninety-four Poundi Sixteen Shillings and Six 
 
 * Pence of it, is in the Hands of Peier Bours, Efq; One Thoufand and 
 
 * Thirty-five Pounds and Sixteen Shillings of it, is in the Hands of Sirncn 
 ' P'aje, Efq; and Ont Thoufand and Sixty-eight Pounds Four Shillings 
 
 » and
 
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 lO 
 
 » ana Six Pence, in the Hands of Mr. Jama Sheffield, to cxchinge Tor 
 ' Bills of this Colony, to burn, or to be othcrwile difpofed of, as the 
 
 • General AlTembly (hall order. 
 
 ' We likcwifc Report, That wc difcovercd a Number of Mortgage 
 
 * Deeds of the third and fourth Banks, that no Bonds appear as yet to be 
 
 • given with them, amounting to Fourteen Thoufana Five Hundred and 
 
 * Fifteen Pounds ; a Lift of which we herewith prefent. 
 
 ' We alio Report, That Daniel Updike, Elq; was called upon to Ac- 
 
 * count to us, who informed us that he wai noi quite ready : All which is 
 
 • humbly fubmitted, by Gentlemen, 
 
 ' Tour humble Servants^ 
 
 * Peter Hours, 
 
 • Simon Pease. 
 
 ' Thomas CramsTom, 
 ' George Wanton, 
 ' James Shefheld.' 
 To which Report, the fald Committee fubjoined the following Account. 
 The Colony to the above iommhtee^ - - Dr. 
 
 TO our Time and Trouble i-n fettling the above-men- > ^ „ 
 tioncd Account, leven Days each, at Fifty Shillings, S ^' ' 
 
 Peter Bours, 
 Simon Peafe, 
 •Thomas Cranfton. 
 Gtorge JVantony 
 'James Sheffield. 
 And this AfTembly having tnken the faid Report into Confideration, 
 Do Vote and Refdve, and it is htrihy I'o'.ed and Refc'.vcd, That it be 
 accepted, and that they, the fjiJ Committee, burn the Sum within men- 
 tioned, in their Hands, as foon is ttiey have exchanged the fame into the 
 Bills of this Colony ; and thereof make Report ro this Aflembly at their 
 next SefTion. 
 
 // is c.lfo Voted and Refolved, That the 'foregoing Account, by rhc faid 
 Committee charged againft the Colony, be allowed, and the Amounc 
 thereof, being Eighty-feven Pounds Ten Shillings, paid them out of the 
 General T;ea;'ury. 
 
 Whereas the General AfTembiy, at their Seffion in Stutb-KingflevKy 
 on the lift Monday of February, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 Fctv-fcven, chole and appointed Gfcrge IVanlsn, Elq; McfTrs. James 
 Sheffield, and Thomas Crcznjton, a Committee to infpcift into the double 
 Mortgages in the Grand Committee's Office, and alfo to infped into the 
 Bonds in faid Ofhct? : In Conlc.;uence of which Appointment, the faid 
 George fVanton, James Sheffield, and Thomas CranHor.. having undertaken 
 theBufincfs, madethc following Report of their Proj;refs therein. 
 
 ' MemorAndum of Mortgage/ and Bonds. 
 
 1747-8. March 14. ' \\ 7 E find one Mortgage of Mr. 7"'"«'<2^5r(?«'», 
 
 'of Sctttb-KiHgslow>i, with feven Indorfments 
 
 ' upon the back ; but laid Brown produced the whole ten Bonds, which 
 
 ' makes it appear that the Mortgage is paid, and ought to bcdifcharged. 
 
 1748.
 
 [6-9] 
 
 1748. ■W'9' 3^. • We hrtd a Mortgage /or T\w) Hundred Founds, 
 
 * given by Mr. Jablul BrcnUiUy deceai'd, ind three htonds given by 
 ' Mrs Martha Church, for the Tiitw Sum (which are now in Suit) ; wlu.n 
 ' paid, we think the Mortgage ought to be difchargcd. 
 
 J748. Nov. 8. ' Wc find a Mortgage of 5dWH^/I>)r<'s, of Norfb Kings- 
 
 * (ttvn, in the fccond Bank, with nine Inaorfmcnts *, and faid Dyre pro- 
 ' diicing the Tenth Bond, wf: think the Mortgage ought to be difchargcd. 
 
 174^. Nov. 8. - We fii)6 a Mortage of Oliver /trnofd't, of Nfiuoporf, 
 
 * in the firft Bank, with ail iht Indorfinents en the back, and a Receipt 
 ' wrote in InWbj J ahletl Bfeirton^ but noi figoM ; vyc think laid Mortgage 
 
 * pyght to be dtichargtd. 
 
 1749. Junt ^. » We find A Mortgage Deed of Jofrpb Hull, jun. of 
 
 * H^tjtcrly, with but four Indorfmcnts UDon it \ and the faid Hull produced 
 ' the laft. Tenth Bond paid, and no Bonds appearing in the Office, wc 
 
 * arc of Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be difchargcd. 
 
 1749. June in. ' Wc find a Mortgage of ^oiiw 7>Ar/rr*s, of Smithficldt 
 
 * with five Indorfmcnts upon the back ; but the faid Dexter produced the 
 
 * two laft Tenth Bonds paid • We 3re of Opinion faid Mortgage ought 
 
 * to-be difchargcd, 
 
 Newport, Ju^ 14. 1749. * We find fix Bonds for Eight Pounds Ten 
 
 * Shillings each, given by Daniel Knowles ; and the fame Bonds wc find 
 
 * were exchanged by Jenffrj Hafzard, he having given fix Bonds in their 
 
 * Rooni ; which fix Bunds of Daniel f^nowles, wc think ought to be 
 
 * difchargcd 
 
 * We the Subfcrlbcra being appointed a Committee In Fehvory Seflions, 
 
 * in 1747-8, by the General AHembly, to infpeft into Mortgages and 
 
 * Bonds in the Grand Committee's Office, do Report, That aecofding 
 
 * to faid Appointment, we have attended faid Truft from time to time, 
 
 * and have examined all the Mortgages and Bonds prefentcd to our View, 
 
 * and have laid rhf-m by in faid 0<?lce, according to the foregoing Memo- 
 
 * randum ; Which is all lubmitted to the Confideratioft of the General 
 
 * Aflembly, by Tour humlle Servants^ 
 
 * Thomas Cranston, 
 February ti. 1749-50, * Giorqe Wantom, 
 
 • James SHErriELD, 
 With which Report, the Committee prelenred the following Account j 
 
 Colont of Rhode-] Hand, - ? Or. 
 
 TO our Time and Trouble in attending faid TruitP - 
 from t'mc to time. - - - jA-^'^t 
 
 7homa^ CranJleHf 
 Fehuaty i9. 1749- 50. George fVanton, 
 
 Jams Sheffield. 
 And now this Alfembly having taken the faid Report and Account into 
 Confideration, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Rtfolved, That the 
 Report be, and it i» fo tar accepted, that all the Bonds and Mortgages 
 therein mentioned, IhaM remain in the feveral Offices wUhduc being put 
 in Suit, 'till the General Aflembly (liall order the fame, Jnd it is alfe 
 Voted and Refohed, That the aforqfaid Account be allowed, and Twenty 
 One Pounds, the Amount thereof, paid the Committee ooiof the Gencril 
 Trcafury. 
 
 8 Whcrea*
 
 [ 7o] 
 
 Whereas fhis AnTcmbly appointed a Committet to receive of Col. Danid 
 Updike, io much of the Tench Money as he had in his Hands, i^c. hive 
 perfornnecl that Service, and made the following Report ; 
 
 Seutb-Kingiicwn March z, 1749.50. 
 
 * To the F.or.ourable General Affcmbly. 
 ' 'XXJ'E the Subfcribcrs, being appointed by the General Aflembly, a 
 * ' Committee ro receive oi Daniel Updikf. Ei'q; fueh of the Tenth 
 
 * Money he had in his Hands, and to burn the fame, Report, Thar we 
 
 * have this Day rcceiv'd of faiJ Daniel Updike, Efq; Two Thoufand and 
 
 * Four Pounds Nineteen Shillings and One ?ennv. Bills emitted by thik 
 » Government, and hare hnrnt the fame in the Prcfence of the Governor 
 ' and Council : As Witnefs our Hands, 
 
 ' Peter. Bourj, 
 ' Simon Pease, 
 ' Thomas Cranstok, 
 ' Georoe Wanton, 
 ' James Sheffiild.* 
 And this Affembly having taken the faid Report into Confideration, 
 
 JDj Vote and Refolvc, and if is Feted and Refolved, That the lame be, and 
 
 It is hereby accepted. 
 
 // is Vcted and Refohed, That his Honour tht Deputy Governor, Meflrs. 
 7hcmaj Cranjton, John Tillivghajl, and James Sheffield, be conftituted a. 
 Committee, and they, or the major Part of them, are hereby impowrrcd. 
 in Bchalt of the Colony, to fettle the Accounts of Col. John Gardner^ 
 Mcffrs. John Cbanning. Thomas iyukham, and Stephen ff^anlsn, Direitora 
 of the Lottery permitted and allowed by the Government, for the Relief 
 of Jofeph Fcx, lately confined in Newport Goal j and to receive of the 
 faid Diteftors, all the Money that fliall appear to remain in their Hands, 
 after paying for the Relief of faid Fox, .-'nd the Charges of the (aid Di- 
 rectors, as allowed by Aflcmbly : And that the faid Committee make 
 Report of their Doings to this AfTembly, at their next SefTion. 
 
 Whereas this AfTembly, at their SefTion in OHober laft, appointed a 
 Committee to prepare a Bill for introducing into this Colony., fuch of 
 the Statutes of England as are agreeable to the Conftitution, and make 
 Report of their Doings -, the greater Part of whom, prcfcntcd what 
 followcth : 
 
 u TICTE the Subfcribers, being appointed to Report what Statutes of 
 W Great-Britain are, and ought to be m Force in this Colony, 
 do Report as followeth : 
 
 That il^c following Statutes, vtz. 
 The Statute of Merton, concerning Dower. 
 
 rfrejttninjler the firtt, as lar as it concerns Bail. 
 \Glcuci-/lcr. 
 The Statutes o^hveftmmfter the fecond, de Denis cor.dttioy.alibus. 
 )V\\[\ Henry the 5th. chan. jCh. of Add:tons. 
 
 C Partition in general. . 
 
 Thirty
 
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 iThirty-fecon^l oi Henry the 8ch. concerning Leafcs, faving 
 and excepting the laft Paragraph of the faid Statute. 
 Twenty-firll fames ift. chap. i6ch. for limiting real 
 Adtions : And that of 32d of H:nry the 8th. chap. 2d. 
 Jamej and EUzabetb, and all other Statutes that concern 
 Baftardy, fo far as applicable to the Conftitution of 
 this Colony. 
 All Statutes that are i^gainft criminal Offenders, fo lar as they are 
 defcriptive of the Crime, and where jhe Law of this Colony hath noc 
 defcribtd and enjoined the Punifhment ; then that Part of the Statute 
 [hat relates to the Punifhment alfo ; always faving and excepting fuch 
 Statutes, as from the Nature of the OfFcnces mentioned in them, are 
 confined to Great Britain only. 
 
 The Statute of 27th Henry the 8th. commbnly called the Statute of Ufes. 
 The Statute of the 29th of Charles 2d. chap, 3d. commonly called the 
 Statute of Frauds and Perjuries. 
 
 The Statutes of the 22d and 23d of Cbarles the 2d. chap. loth. for di- 
 ftributing the Ettatcs of Inteflates. 
 
 The Statutes of the 3d and 4^if\ of William and Mary^ chap. 14th. 
 The Statures of 4th and 5th of Anne ^ chap. i6th. relating to Join- 
 tenants, and Tenants in common. 
 
 That Part of the Statute of the of Anne y that fubjefts Le flees that 
 
 hold over their Term againft the Will of the Lcffor. to the Payment of 
 double Rent during the Time they hold over. 
 
 All Siitutts relating to the Poor, and relating Matters and their Ap- 
 prentices v fo far as they are applicable in this Colony, and where we 
 have no Law of the Colony. 
 
 All whicti Statutes we are humbly of Opinion have heretofore beeOt 
 and ttiU oiigtit to be in Force m this Colony. 
 
 D. Updike, 
 J. HoKYMAN, jun. 
 J. Aplin.' 
 And this Allembly having taken the faid Report into Coofideration, 
 Do Vote'- and Re/oh: , That all and every of the Siatutesaforcfaid, be, and 
 they are hereby introduced into this Colony, and (hall be in full Force 
 therein, until the General Aflembly fliall order otherwife. 
 
 His Honour the Governor is hereby requcfted to write to the Go- 
 vernment cf the Majjiichufetts, and inform thtm this Aflembly have ap- 
 pointed a Commiitce to meet and join the Gentlemen appointed by the 
 Province, for running the Northern Boundary Line of" the Colony. His 
 Honour is allodcfired to requed: of the Province, that all Taxes afTcfled, 
 or that fhail be affL-fTcd on Perfons inhabiting any Lands to the Southward 
 of the Line lately run by our CommifTioners, be not collcded or levied 
 'till the dividing Line be run and mutually fettled ; his Majefty having 
 giving fuch Dirrftions, (ince the Controvcrfy arofc between dbe two Go- 
 vernments, refpeding their Boundaries. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That MelTrs. Jofepb IVhipple, jun. Thomas 
 CranHon, and John TillingbaJ}, or the major Part of them, be, and they 
 are hereby conftitutcd a Committee, to receive of the Gentlemen (who 
 were formerly appoinred to pay orTthc Soldiers raifcd for the Expedition 
 
 intended
 
 imcnded z^imit Canada) their Accounts with the Colony, and to ad- 
 juft the lame, and receive cnt fialiance, and make Reporc co this Aflcmbly, 
 at their next SefHon, of their Conauft in the ARHir. 
 
 It if Voted and Re fohed^ That the Grand Committee and General Trea- 
 lurer, Dc, »nd they are hereby dircfted not to receive any Bills of Credit 
 of the Province o'( NevD-Hamp/hin. in Difcharge ot any of the Colony's 
 Mortgages and Bonds. 
 
 Whereas the General Aflcmbly, at their Sefficn in Newport, the third 
 Monday of Augujt la(t, appointed Peter Bours, Simcn Peafe, and George 
 lyanlon^ Efqrs. MeflVs. Thomas Craiijlon, and James Sheffield, or the major 
 Part of them, a Committee to infpedt (among other Things) into the 
 Circumflanccs ot all the Mortgages and Bond* in the Grand Committee's 
 Office, and notify the Inhabiting of the Colony, by printed Advcrtire- 
 ments, that all Perfons who have not givrn in Tenth Bonds for the 
 Money they took up of the Banks emitted in the Years 1715, '728, and 
 1731, if they did not forthwith pay the Money already due, and give in 
 Bonds for the Remainder, they might depend upon their Mortgages 
 being put in Suit. The Committee were alio to infert in the Advcrtile- 
 menti, a Lift of all the Pcrlons who had ncgleftcd to give Bond as aforc- 
 faid. The Advertilements were ordered to be pur up at the Places where 
 the Town Meetings are held in the fevcral Town?, that all Perfons who 
 had any Reafon to offer, why they did not give Bond asaforcfaid, might 
 ii'ftify themfelves to the faid Committee, and their Mortgages in iht mcaa 
 Time fhould be laid afide, and not put in Suit. And whereai thofe 
 Gcfttltmen have not pcrfedcd the Bufmcls to which they werr. appointed : 
 // is therefore Voted and Rtjchtd by this Affembly, That the faid Committee 
 be, and they are hereby tarther continued for the Fnds and Purpofes 
 aforefaid ; that they take Notice of all the Banks emitted by the Colony, 
 and infert in the Advertilements, that in cafe the Perfons who have not 
 given Tenth Bonds in any of the Hanks, do not pay what Money i* dui", 
 and give Bonds for the Remainder, withm fix Months after the third Day 
 oi March, 1749, their Mortgages fliall b'- forihivith put iri S"'t : And 
 that the faid Committee lend a Copy ot the whole Lill; of Mortgages 
 (on which no Bonds are givcnj to each of the Town Clerks in the Colony ; 
 and infert in the Advertifements, only the Names of the Ptrfons deficient 
 in each refped^ivc Town, and fend the Lime to the rtfpedtivc Town 
 Clerks, to be by tnem fet up in Manner as aforelaid. 
 
 Whereas Rohert Hafzard (S>on of Ste^phcn), ^ndBeri.ib Brown, Efqrs. ex- 
 iubited to this ATembly an Account by them charged againft; the Colony, 
 for Cafh by them advanced for repAiring the Goal in Kiugs County : On 
 Confideration whereof, Tfis JjJ'ctnbly dc Vote and Refclvt, and it -j hereby 
 Voted and Rejclved, That laid Account be, and it is hereby allowed 1 and 
 that Thirty-one Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Nine Pence, ii being 
 the Amount thereof, be paid them the (i\S Robert and Beriah, out of the 
 General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas Thomas Hafzard, Keeper of the Goal \n Kings County, exhi- 
 bited to this AlTcmbly an Account by him charged againit the Colony, 
 
 for
 
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 for mending the Windows of faid Goal : On Confideration whereof, 
 Jbis JJfcmbly do Vote and Refolve^ and it is hereby Voted andRefo/ved, That 
 faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed ; and that Four Pounds Five 
 Shillings and Six Pence, the Amount thereof, be paid the faid Ttomas OMi 
 of the General Trcafury 
 
 Both Houfcs refolved into a Grand Committee, and chofc Bcnjamn 
 Hafzard, Elqi a Judge of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of 
 Allize, and General Goal Delivery, to fupply rhc Vacancy made by the 
 Dcach of Stephen Paine^ Efq; late one of the Judges of faid Court. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the Judges of the Superior Court of Judi- 
 cature, Uc Ihall fet and take Place in the following Order : 
 
 JOSHUA BJBCOCK, Efq; Firft and Chief Judge. 
 JONATHAN RANDAL, Eiq; Second Judge. 
 fyiLLIAM HALL, Efq; Third Judge. 
 JOHN PFALTON, Elq; Fourth Judge, 
 BENJAMIN HASZARD, Efq; Fifth Judge. 
 
 Whereas fundry of the Inhabitants of this Colony, rtprefented unto 
 this 4iTembly, that the greac Bridge at Pauiuxet Falls, in the County of 
 Providence, is very much decayed, the long String-pieces and Caps being 
 fo rotten, that it will not be fafc to pafs over it in a little Time ; and as 
 the i\\\jd Bridge ftands on the main Country Road, much ufed by the 
 InSabitants,as well as other Tnivellers, and the Poft, it isabfolutely nc- 
 ceflary that Something fhould be done concerning the fame : Whereupon 
 thev prayed a publick Lottery might be fet up, in order to raife a Sum 
 of Money fufficicnt to build a new Bridge with Stone Abutments at each 
 End, and a Stone Cage in the middle of the River, which will be durable 
 and laft a long while, with but little Charge to maintain it afterwards. 
 And ihisAflcmbly confulering the abfolute Neceffityof keeping up a good 
 Bridge at Patuxet Falls, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Re/ehed, 
 That the faid Petition be, and it is hereby granted : And to that End, 
 a publick Lottery thall be fet up, according to the following Scheme. 
 
 The Lottery fhall confiftof 6000 Tickets, at Four Pounds Old-Tenor 
 each 5 1652 of which to be fortunate, in the following Manner. 
 
 Number ef Prizes. 
 
 
 Valut 
 
 of each. 
 
 
 total Value. 
 
 I 
 
 of 
 
 c 
 
 1000 
 
 is 
 
 £. 1000 
 
 2 
 
 of 
 
 
 500 
 
 are 
 
 1000 
 
 4 
 
 of 
 
 
 200 
 
 are 
 
 800 
 
 10 
 
 of 
 
 
 100 
 
 are 
 
 1000 
 
 20 
 
 of 
 
 
 50 
 
 are 
 
 1000 
 
 30 
 
 of 
 
 
 40 
 
 are 
 
 1200 
 
 50 
 
 of 
 
 
 30 
 
 arc 
 
 1500 
 
 60 
 
 of 
 
 
 25 
 
 are 
 
 1500 
 
 100 
 
 of 
 
 
 20 
 
 are 
 
 2000 
 
 200 
 
 of 
 
 
 15 
 
 are 
 
 3000 
 
 300 
 
 of 
 
 
 to 
 
 are 
 
 3000 
 
 875 
 
 of 
 
 
 8 
 
 are 
 
 7C00 
 
 /. 1651 
 
 
 
 
 
 JL' *400'> .. 
 
 
 
 T 
 
 
 All
 
 C74 3 
 
 All the Frizes fhill be fubjeft to a Dcduifllon of Ten per Ctnt. to be 
 applied to and for building the Bridge, and defraying the Chargci of the 
 Lottery. 
 
 And it is farihcr Vatti and, Re/ohed, That James Arnold, John Dexter, 
 and Jeremiah Li f pit, Efqrs. with Meflfrs. Jama Rhodes, snd EliJJ^a Brown, 
 be, and they arc hereby appointed Direiftors of the faid Lottery, and fh?" 
 be allowed Three /»fr Cent for theii Trouble as Diredton. and for build- 
 ing the Bridge : They (hali give Bond in the Sum of Thirty Thouland 
 pounds, for the faithful Performance of their Truft, in the fame Manner 
 as the Dirc<5tors of the hrovidinci Lottery ga?e Bond ; and render an 
 Account ot the whole when finifhed The Time of Drawing the Lottery 
 (hall begin the laft Monday of June not, at PaSuxst, if filled : Wheieof 
 the Directors fliall give Notice in the publick Prints, ten Days before 
 the Drawing. 
 
 An ACT for Reiulaiion of th Money raifed by Lottery y to 
 build WeybofTec Bridge. 
 
 WH ER E AS there is now in the Hands of the Dirc<fVor.s of faid 
 Lottery, One 'I'houfand Three Hundred and Eighty-nine Pounds 
 Twclv<" Shillings and Eight Pence, over and above what hath been ex- 
 pended in building faid Bridge, which at prcfcnt yields no Advatitage to 
 the Colony, or lo laid Bridge -, and as (aid Sum is Part of the 1 hree 
 Thoufand Pounds originally appropriated tor the Ufe of faid Bridge ; 
 J^E 17 ENACTED by tht General Ajfcmbly, end it is herely 
 Lj EMuilid, That the laid Directors pay into the Hands of Mr. Jofeph 
 Shelden, who is hereby appointed to receive the faid Sum, and give 
 faid Dirciftors Receipts for it ; and that he put it out to Intercft. at Six 
 pr Cent, per Annum^ and keep the fame, ana tne Interelt thereof, fo at 
 Intereft, tor the future. 
 
 And it is lurlhcr Ena^<d, That the faid Jo/ifh SbeldrM deliver out of 
 faid Money to .Mr. Daniel Smith, who is hereby appointed to huvc the 
 Care and Overught of laid Wayboffit Bridg*., and repair and 2n-:cnd the 
 fame as OccaGon Qiall require, fuch Sunu of Money as may be ncccffary 
 for that Parpoft, and take the faid Smith'-. Receipts for the fume. 
 
 And it is further Enabled, Thar rh; faid Jofeph Sheldon give Bonds to 
 the General Trcafurer of this Colonv, in tlie Sum of Two I'houland 
 Pounds, for the faithful Difchargc of faid Trufl: ; and to Account with 
 the General AfTcmblr for his Doings therein, whenever called thereto : 
 Always provided, faid Jcftpb Shddon will perform faid Service withou: 
 any Charge to the Colony. 
 
 Whercai this General AflTcmbly. at their Scfnon in WarwKk, on the 
 third Monthly of Au^u/i, in the Year of our Lord i7_?5, did, upon the 
 Petition ot tiic Inhabitants of the Town of fVt/lerly, pals an Aft for turn- 
 ing the Courfc of Part of Pauutuik River into a large Pond, in faid 
 fytjlerly thereby to keep open the Breach, and form a Harbour, iyc. 
 Three Quarters of the Charges thereof to be paid out of the General 
 Trcatury, oa Condition the laid Town of frejierfy, or any Perfon m their 
 
 Behalf,
 
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 Ikhalf. v/ou!d firft procure and give lufHcienc Bond to pay and difchargr 
 the other fourth Part ot the Charge, and alfoto make and maintain fuch 
 and lo many Bridges as there Ihould ever be Occafion lo make acrofi faid 
 Rivtr. between the Place where it fnould be taken from its ulua) Chan- 
 nel, and the Place where ic would fall into laid Pond. For the Perform- 
 ing whereof, Mcffrs. Jcfcph Stan(ov^ Oliver Bahccck. Samuel Perry, and 
 Saniufi Clark, were appointed a Committee, (s'c And as the Town of 
 IVfJierly., or any other Perion m their Behalf, have not from that Time 
 'ti'l this prclentSefiion, given Bond for the faid Town'i performing the 
 Conditions aforefaid, ^Tbis Jjjembly do Vott. and Refolve, and it is hertiy 
 Vnted and Refolded, That the Committee atoi elaid do nothing in the Affair 
 before the next Seffion of this Afl'cmbly -, and the General Trcafurer is 
 hereby direded and ordered to pay no Money out of the General 1 rca- 
 furer for the Purpoics aiorefaid- before that Time. 
 
 Whereas the Honourable Spencer Pkips, Efq; Lieutenant Governor of 
 the Maffachiifetts, wrote a Letter to our Governor, requefling Payment 
 for tranfporting Prifoners belonging to this Colony, from Cannda : On 
 Confidcration whereof, This ^jjsrnbly do Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby 
 Voted and Refohcd, That Mr. Thomas Cranfton enquire into the proper 
 Offices, whether any Thing hath been already paid on the above Account: 
 And if it fhall appear thar the Colony have not made Satisfadlion in the 
 Affair, then Mr. Cra>ifio7k is hereby impowered to draw fo much Money 
 out f^f the General Trealuty, as will be fufficicnt to pay tor il^e Tran- 
 fporiA^ion of five Priloncrs only, Jacob Judah^ the other, not belonging 
 to this Colony. And when Mr. Cranflon fhall have rtceiv'd faid Maney- 
 he is to deliver it to his Honoar the Governor, who is hereby requefttd 
 to tranfmit the fame to the aforrfaid Upencer Phip, Efq; 
 
 \\h(^'(e?sJofeph Holxaay and Thomas liafzard, exhibited to this AfTembly 
 an Account by them charged againft the Colony, for their Attendance on 
 rhiv AfYcrobly, at their laft and the prefeni ScfTion : On Confideration 
 V.' hereof. This Ajjembly do Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and 
 Refolved. That laid Accoui.c be, and it is hereby allowed ; and thau 
 Thirteen Pounds T en Shillings, be paid to each of ihem out of the General 
 Trealury. 
 
 "Whereas the Town of 'North-Kingnnwn, at a Meeting had on the 
 Twenty- fixth Day oi /iu^uji, 1746, appointed MelTrs. Francis fVillet^ 
 Roijofe Helfiie, jun. and James JVi^htman, a Tommittee to confider fome 
 Propofals made by Mr. Benjamin Ctngdon, of faid North- KingHown, for 
 exchanging a Highway on the great Plain, (£c. And the Gentlemen 
 having ^fTumcd that Province, made Report to the Town Meeting held 
 in North- Kingflown, the Twnty-ninth Day of Augujl, 1749- to wit. That 
 " having viewed the High-way that leads froni Mr. Jeremiah Gardner'^, 
 " and fo acrofs the Hills to the High-way leadmg to Rclert EUred'i, they 
 " iound the Highway acrofs the Hills Ca'i it was fhcwn them by 
 '• Mr. Congdon), to be in fome PUccs I'o very ftecp, that it is not pjf- 
 " fable, elpecially with Carts -, and were of Opinion the bcfl Method of 
 " exchanging faid Way, would b-,* from the Hich-way. that leads to 
 
 " Mr,
 
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 " Mr 1<^ 'rrtppSy and to go by Mr. Congdn's Horiie on ttie Flam, to 
 «' thcHigh-way that leads to Mr. Robtrt Eldred's, according to* Draught 
 •' made by Mr. Bmoni Hall, Surveyor, whicii Mr. Cofigdon would fubmit 
 " to provided he m)ght have tlic Librriy ot hanging Gates, and making 
 " Ba'rs at his Corner Houle, and at the Plain where the Hit^h-way turns 
 *« to the Southward." Which Report was accepted by the faid Town, 
 at the;r laft-mcntion'd Meeting : And afterwards, at another meeting of 
 tnc faid Town, on the fifth Day oi December laft, // was Voted, That the 
 Report ot the aforcfaid Framii FAlUt. Row/e Helme, and James Wtgbtman,, 
 Ihould be laid before the General AflTembi,, for a further Santftion, and 
 a more furc t:{l:ibli(hment -, which was accordingly done thisScffion, by 
 the Deputicr of the laid Town of Norlb-KingniKv>t. And now this 
 Affembly having taken the Premifcs into ConliJcration. Do Vote and 
 Rejolve, and it is Voted and Rejclved, That the Exchange of 'he High-way, 
 as fet down in the Report of the aforclaid Commictcc, be, and the lainc 
 is hereby conhrmed. 
 
 // is Voted im Refohed, That all Bufmefs lylne; before this AnTcmbly, 
 unfinifhcd, be, and the fame Is hereby referred unto the next Seffion, to 
 be held on the laft Monday ot ^pril next, if called cither by his Honour 
 the Governor, or his Honour the Deputy Governor : If not called before 
 nor a: that Time, then this AiTcmbly fhall be D-flolved. And that the 
 Secretary proclaim in Nczvpcrt, by Beat of Drum, the Afts and Orders 
 now made and pafs'd, within ten Days, dod fend Copiei of the lame, 
 according to Law, unto the fcveral Towns, within Thirty Days after the 
 RuTflg of this AiTembly, 
 
 GOD fave the KING. 
 
 Newport, March 12.1749. ^ulUJbedaccordhg to Order, hf 
 
 Thomas Ward, ^cret. 
 

 
 C I ] 
 
 Jt the Gene R Ah Assembly of ihe 
 
 G y E R N R ^nd CO M P A N r of the En^lifti 
 Colony of Rhode-llldiud, and Providcnce-Planta- 
 rions, in New-England, in America ; begun ay>d 
 held at Newport, in (aid Colony, on Tuefday the JirU 
 Day 9f May, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifty ; 
 and in the Ttrenty -third Tear of the Reign of His 
 Mofl Sacred M<jjVi7>' GEORGE the Setond, by the 
 Grace of GOD, of Grear-8ricain, France, and Ire- 
 land, King, Defender ef the faith, &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 The Hon. WILLIAM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 Peter Bours, Efq; 
 Simon Pfase, Efq: 
 William Burton, Efq;^ 
 
 ") Stephek Brownel, Efq; 
 >/^.WtLLiAM Richmond, Efq;^A0 
 
 Dakjel Cogo£sha.ll, Elqr 
 The Secretary. 
 DEPUTIES of the fcvcral TOWNS. 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 Mr. Natbanael Cc^ge/hall, 
 Mr. Jafeph fFbipple, jun. 
 Mr. Thomas Cranflony 
 Mr. John Jillingbaji, 
 Mr. Nicholas Eajion^ 
 Ci^l.' Job Bennet. 
 
 Providence •■, 
 Mr. El^ia Bro-wn. 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 
 JVilUam Anthony, jun. Efq; 
 John Alkn^ Efq-, 
 Mr. Thomas Br own el, 
 Bmjfifain hickes. Efqj 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Philip Greene y Efq; 
 Mr. Jofefb Lippit. 
 
 West
 
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 "WtsTERLy ; 
 
 Col Joj^ph Pendleton, 
 Capt. Calel> Church. 
 Newshoreham I 
 None. 
 
 NCTH Kl N CSTON ; 
 
 Col. Immanuel Norlhup, 
 Beriah Bro-wn^ Efq; 
 
 South Kingston ; 
 Mr Henry Gardner, 
 Mr. Rowland RcHnfon. 
 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 None. 
 Jamestown ; 
 Mr. Eiiward Carr, 
 Mr. Jofepb Chirk. 
 
 Sm ITHFIFLD ; 
 
 None. 
 
 Scituat E i 
 "Joh Randal, Efqi 
 Mr. Gidfon HamvJond. 
 
 Gloc ester •, 
 ^gjor Richard Smith, 
 Mr. Benjamin Smith. 
 
 CHARLEiTDwK « 
 
 Mr. James Congdon, 
 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. 
 
 West-Greenwich s 
 Mr. 'Samuel Hopkins, 
 Mr. H^ilUam Cum/lock. 
 
 Cove ntrv ; 
 Elijha 'Johr.jon, t-fq; 
 Samuel Cooper, tlq; 
 ExE T ER ; 
 Capt. Wtlltam Tripp, 
 
 M I ddletown t 
 Mr. Jonathan Eailon, 
 Capt. IVilliam Turner. 
 
 Brtstol -, 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 Major Thomas Greene^ 
 
 TivEB ton ; 
 Capt. John Manchefter, 
 Abraham Barker, Efq-, 
 Little Compton 
 Capr. John Hum, 
 Mr. Jofeph Pcckham. 
 "Warren ; None. 
 
 Cu MB Eg LAN D } 
 
 None. 
 Richmond \ 
 Capt. James Adams, 
 
 The Honoarable Mr, Thomas Cranston was qhofen Speaker ; 
 And Mr. Jos i as Lyndon Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 /f is Voted and Refolved, That all and every of the Perfons, whofe 
 Names hercaUer follow, having taken the Oath or Affirmation 
 prcfcribed by the Law of this Colony, againft Bribery and Corrup. 
 tion, be, and tncy are hereby admitted to give their Votes to choofe 
 Officers for the relpedtivfe Towns ; and alfo to give their Votes tor the 
 Choice of the General Officers of the Colony. 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 James Eafton, Clothier Pearce, Chriftopher Bennet, Gideon SifTon, 
 Joieph Jacob, Daniel Amory, Daniel Ayrault, Benjamin Almy, John 
 M'q'iellam, Jonathan Thurfton, Samutl ThurRon (Son of Edward), 
 Ifrael Brayton, William Redwood, Ebenezer Davenport, jun. Aaron 
 Sheffield, John Thurfton (Ta> /or;, John Harris, John Riderj Thomas 
 Rodman, John Chadwick, Chniiopher Hargil, Jonathan Barney, 
 John Jepfon, John King, Jacob Wilkey, William James (Son of 7o/;»), 
 Benjamin Borden, Daniel Coggefhall, Benjamin Johnfon, Edward 
 Church, Peleg Cranflon, Jolcph Tillinghaft, John Proud, Jofeph 
 Proud, James Green, John Clarke (Blackfmith), Walter Rodmaji, 
 Edward Belcher, and Samuel Greene. 
 
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 PROriBENCE; 
 Nathan Pearch, Joleph Turpin, BarzllUi Richmond, Benoni 
 Williams, Pelcg Dexter, Philip Roberts, Jonathan Burllngame, 
 Samuel Windfor,jun. Uriah Arnold, Thomas Angel. Edward Man- 
 ton, Jonathan Pike, Henry Randal (Son of Jofepb), Jofeph Randal 
 (Son of PnUiam), James Clark, Thomas Olney (Son of Thomaj), John 
 Rutenburge, Jofeph Nafh, Jofeph Whipple, Henry Efton, Nicholas 
 Brown, Charles Smith, Gideon Brown, Jabez Gorham, Abel Peacy, 
 David Tift, Jofeph Kelton, Timothy Williams, Ebenezer Tyler, 
 Charles Hickinbotham, John Owen, John Scott, jun; Stephen Angel, 
 Stukely Weftcot ibe third, William Hammond, Jeremiah Hawkins, 
 and Stephen Rawfon. 
 
 PORTS M0U7 Hi 
 Robert Burrington, jun. and Jofeph Cook. 
 
 fVJ R W 1 C Ks 
 Daniel Remington, Ifrael Arnold (Son of Elifha)^ James Cook, 
 Pentecoft Sweet, Benjamin Sweet, Peleg Cook, Nathanael Millard, 
 Randal Holden, jun. Samuel Gorton, Ttiomas Tiohits, Amos Lock- 
 wood, jun. Thomis Stone, William Wood, and Anthony Huldon. 
 
 IVESrERLT; 
 
 Ifaac Babcock, Robert Burdick, Jan. Joleph Witwr, Jonathan Bur- 
 dick, Jofeph Burdick, Hubbard Burdick (Son ot Robert). Thomas 
 Fofter, Thomas Brand, Ezckicl Gavcr, jun. EdwarJ Kobinfori, Ben- 
 jamin Hill, Jonathan Palmittar, John Weft, John Maxfon, jun. 
 JohnCottril, William Hera, jun. John Witter, jun. Jedediah Davis, 
 Nathan Lanphear, John Lanphear, jun. Daniel Lanphcar, William 
 Clark, George Stillman, jun. John Stillman, Eliflia Scillman, Thomas 
 SiflTon, Jonathan Palmittar, jun. Joleph Lewis, William Thompfon, 
 John Chapman, William Chapman, lonathan Weaver, JeremiaK 
 Crandel, Theo.laty Vars, Cornelius Srutfon, Roger White, Jnfias 
 Hill, jun. John Feckcom, John Pooler, John Hill, Chnltopher 
 Edwards, Thomas Weaver, William Saunders, Jonathan Brown, 
 Ebenezer Burdick, and Samuel Maxfon. 
 
 N O R T H-K f N G S 7 Ns 
 Jofeph Northup, jun. John Briggs, Philip Tourje, and George 
 Northup. 
 
 S O U r H-K I N G S T Ni 
 
 John Watfon, Nathanael Gardner, Jeremiah Wilcox, Jonathati 
 Shearman, Moles Barber, Samuel Barber, Samuel Whaley, Peter 
 Crandal, Stephen Cottril, jnn. Caleb Hafzard, Ebenezer Brenton, 
 John Rofe, Jofeph Hafzurd, Benjamin Perry, Jonathan Hafzard, 
 Thomas Haf/.ard [Sm of J^nalhan, deceased), Jeremiah Hafxard, and 
 James Barber. 
 
 E A S T-G R E E N JV 1 C H s 
 Benjamin Spenfer, Jonathan Nicliols, Jeremiah Spenfer, William 
 Davis, Samuel Sweet, Silas Jones, Jeremiah Spenfer, and Caleb 
 Briggs. 
 
 JAMES'
 
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 yjMEsrofTNi 
 
 Ger(hom Remington, John Remington {Son of Gtrjhom)^ and Benja- 
 min Carr \Son of Edward, diceas'd). 
 
 SMITHFIELD; 
 Jofhua Smith, Jofcph Latham, Ananias Mowrey, John Wilkinfon, 
 jun. Ifaac Mcdberry, Richard Aldrich, and Noah Whitman, 
 
 S C I 7 U A T E ; 
 
 Peter Parker, Henry Randal, Samuel Smith, Charlei Beers, John 
 Young, Daniel Hopkins, Thomas Matthewfon, William Young, Jo- 
 nathan '\ngel, Jeremiah Brownel, Jofcph jencks, John Randal, 
 Jolrph Knight, John Potter, Caleb Pearce, Benjamin Daley, Samuel 
 Daley, Caleb ( orey, Daniel Titt, David Brown, Elifha Barnes, 
 Daniel Scott, Daniel Scott, jun. Job Wilbore, and William Aldrich. 
 
 GLOUCESTER; 
 
 James King. jun. David Thornton, Thomas King, Thomas Pollock, 
 Samuel Short, John Benfon, Benjamin Phetteplace, Elias bmith, Henja- 
 niia Mackintire, Titus ihornton, John Rofs, Benjamin Warner, 
 Nathanael Kinibeli, Valentine Inman, John Thornton, Noah Aidnch, 
 Nehemiah Lewis, Ebenezer Cooke, William Colwell, Jeremiah Bellue, 
 and Jofcph Eddy. 
 
 CHJRLES70fFNi 
 Benjamin Braman, Confider Halls, Stephen Johnfon, Ezekiel John- 
 fon, Robert Auftm, jun. and Job Taylor. 
 
 IV E S T-G R E E N fr T C H; 
 
 John Weaver {Son cffVilliam), Anthony Goffe, Abncr GofFe, Ben- 
 jamin Sweet, jun. John CafeCi'ow ofjofeph)., and John Cafe (sc« ofjobn. 
 Son of Jojeph). 
 
 COVE N 7 R 2"^ 
 Jofeph Edmond.<f, Michael Stafford, Thomas Ucter, Jonathan Green, 
 and Uriel Green, jun. 
 
 E X E 7 E R ', 
 
 James Brayman, Solomon Bfayman, Edward Green, and Jeoffry 
 Champlin, jun. 
 
 MIDDLE 70fVNi 
 John Green, jun. Jofeph Ryder, Chriftopher Hawkins, and Janies 
 Phillips, jun. 
 
 B R ^ S 70 Li 
 Simon Davi$, Jeremiah Wilfon, Ephraim Tifdale, William Cox, 
 Charles Munroc, Jofiah Finney, and Bofworth Kinnicut. 
 
 <r I y E R T o Ni 
 
 John Mancheftcr, Samuel Snell, Jofeph Anthony, Roger Cory, 
 Thomas Cook, Thomas Weight, Edward Wanton, John^ Borden, 
 
 Samuel
 
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 Samuel Durfie, Wefton Hickes, Samuel Hickes, Stephen Cook, Tho- 
 mas Howland, John Tabor, Cornelius Soule, Philip Cory, Thomas 
 Cook {Son ajjofeph)^ George Cook, William Wilcocks, John Almy, 
 Ebenezer Tabor, John Bennct, Benjamin Durfie, Peter Talman, John 
 Jennings, Abraham Barker, Samuel Borden, Reftcome Santord, 
 Oliver Bailey, Samuel Snsll, jun. Jofeph Tabor,'John Tabor (Son of 
 yohn)y Samuel Hart, Jon-athan Hart, Joleph Wanton, John Cook, 
 John Pearce, Peleg Shearman, Daniel Earl, David Durfie, Samuel 
 Hart, jun. Job Durfie, jofeph Stafi^ord, David Staflibrd, Abraham Staf- 
 ford, William Sanford, Peleg Sanford, Jofliua Dwclly, Jan. Blake 
 Perry, John Cook (Son oiThomai), William Woodel, John Bowcn, 
 Samuel Shearman, William Shrieve, William Fifli, William Man- 
 chcfter (Son o{ Stephen), Jofeph Crandal, Jofiah Sawyer, David Lakt, 
 Jofeph Jennings, Benjamin Maccomber, Philip Tabor, Jofeph Tabor 
 {,Sot\ of Philip), Benjamin Chace, jun. William Cook, Thomas Fifli, 
 William Corey, Jonathan Davcl, George Weftgate, Thomas Anthony, 
 Caleb Corey, Thomns Gray, Philip Gray, William Gray, John Brown, 
 Thomas Wilcocks, Jo[hu\ Dwejiey, Abner Chace, Jofiah Wilcocks, 
 Giles Brown'^1, William Springer, Gerfhom Woodel, Jofeph Scabury, 
 Samuel Almy, Thomas Crandal, Paul Tabor, Benjamin Hambly, Job 
 Almy, William Manchcfter (Son of John), Daniel Earl, jun. John 
 Sawyer, Oliver Cook, John Thomas, Ebenezer Shearman, Noah Da- 
 venport, Thoaias Co»k /'ion oi yohn Citek), and Williurn AJmy. 
 
 Ll'TTLE-COMPTON; 
 
 Thomas Church, IfracI Stoddard, Fobes Southworth, Robert 
 Taylor, jun. Jofhua Hillard, Mofes Palmer, David Hillard, Simeon 
 Palmer, Job Brownel, Robert Brown, Jonathan Davenport, Abicl 
 Cook, John Hart, and Job Brigs. 
 
 JVA R R E N ; 
 Bernard Miller, Benjamin Eftabrook, Richard Hale, John Kinnicut, 
 jun. David Cole, Benjamin Cole, and John Low. 
 
 CUMBERLJND; 
 James Howard, Caleb Aldrich, Mofes Arnold, Roger Hill, Jona- 
 than Jillfon, Stephen Inman, and Samuel Fifk. 
 
 RICHMOND; 
 Stephen Wilcox, John Knowles, John Wilbore, Benjamin Potter, 
 David Stanton, Jofeph Kinyon, Ezckiel Tift, John Knowles, jun. 
 Nicholas Mofher, John Kinyon ("Son of Jo/epb), Thomas Mofher, and 
 Smiton Hart. 
 
 B ^
 
 CO 
 
 At the G E N E R A L A s s E M B L Y of the 
 
 GOV ERNOR dndCOM? ANT of the Englifh 
 Colony of Rhode-Hlind, and Providence-Planta- 
 tions, in J^ew-England, in America ; be^un and 
 held at Newport, in [aid Colony^ on theJirUVJcd' 
 nelday of May, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 Fifty J and in the Tn^enty-tbird Tear of the Reign 
 of His Mcfl Sacred MajeiJy, GEORGE the Second, 
 by the Grace cf GOD, of Great-Britain, France, 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the faitb, 8zc. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIJM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hori. William Ellery, Efq; Dcp. Gor. 
 
 Peter Bours, tLi'q-, 
 Simon Pkase, Efq-, 
 William liuRTON,Erq-, 
 Stephen Brown EL,Elqi 
 
 I Jambs AfcwoLlJi Efq; "^ 
 
 ■"•' Daniel Cc>cGESHALt.,Erqi( ^' 
 
 Jeoff RY Watson, Efqj 
 The Secretary. 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 Mr. Naibanael Coggefhall^ 
 Mr. Jolq:h fVhJpp^e, jun. 
 Mr. Thomas CranSJon, 
 Mr. John lillinghajt, 
 Mr. Nicholas Eafton^ 
 Capt. "Job Btnnet. 
 
 Providence •, 
 Mr. EUfha Brown, 
 Capt. Cbrifiopber Harris, 
 John Andrews, Efqj 
 
 Portsmouth \ 
 William Anthony, jun. Efq; 
 John Allen, Elq; 
 Mr. Thomas Broivnel, 
 Bmjamin hickes, Efq-, 
 
 Warwick ; 
 
 Philip Greene, Efq; 
 Mr. Jofepb Lippit, 
 William Holder, Efq^ 
 John Wtflton, Efq^ 
 
 WESTEBLr J 
 
 Col. Jofeph Pendleiony 
 Capt. Caleb Church. 
 
 Newshoreham ; 
 None. 
 
 NoRTH-K I NORTON 5 
 Col. Immanuel Northup. 
 Beriab Brown, Efq; 
 
 Sou rH-KiNGSTOH ; 
 
 Mr. Henry Gardner, 
 Mr. Rowland Rjobinfon. 
 
 East*
 
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 East-Grefkwicm •, gg 
 
 Jofcfb Nichols, Efqj g^ 
 
 Cape, nomas Spenfer. M< 
 
 Jamestown i ^- 
 
 Mr. Edward Carr, *T* 
 
 Mr. Jo/eph Clark. ^ 
 
 Sm ITHFI ELD ; y.t 
 
 Thomas Lapham, Efq^ gj^ 
 
 Mr. Thomas /Arnold. ^_^ 
 
 SciTTJATS i ^ 
 
 Joi Randal, Efqv |tj 
 
 Mr. Gideon Hammond. gg 
 
 GlOC ESTER ; ^J 
 
 Major Richard Smith, *^ 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Smith. g?^ 
 
 Charlestown ) ^ 
 
 Mr. James Congdon, g^ 
 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. J^ 
 
 West-Greenwich ; ^| 
 
 Mr. Samuel Hopkins, gg 
 
 Mr. fFilliom Cumftock. m 
 
 Cove ntry ; tj^ 
 
 fl///*a Johnfon. Efqi gj 
 
 Samuel Cooper, Efq; 
 
 EXET F» J 
 
 Capt. William Tripp, 
 M1DDLETOWN5 
 Mr. Jonathan EaSioitf 
 Capt. William Turner. 
 
 BarsTOL ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq^ 
 Major Thcmas Greene, 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 Capt. John Manche/ier, 
 Al>raham Barker, Elq; 
 
 Little-Comptom j 
 Capt John Hunt, 
 Mr. Jifeph Peckham. 
 
 Warren -, 
 Mr. P^/cr Bicknel, 
 Capt. Benjamin BartoMi 
 Cumberland •, 
 Jol> Bart let, Efq^ 
 /o^« Dexter, Elq-, 
 
 RliJHMOND t 
 
 Capt. James Alams. 
 
 The Hoivourable Thomas Cranston was chofen Speaker j 
 iijvd Mr. Jos I AS Lyndon Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 THIS being the Anniverfary Elcfbion of Officers, both Civil and 
 Military, ilic Gentlemen whofe Names hereafter follow, were 
 chofen to ferve the Colony in the refpeftivc Offices afcribed to their 
 Names. 
 
 The Hon. W ILLIAM GREENE, Efq; Governor -, Engafd. 
 
 The Hon. Robert Haszard, Efq, Deputy Governor : Engag'd. 
 
 George Wanton, t fq-, firfl: Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 Jonathan Nichols, Lfq: fecond Affiftant ; Engaged. 
 
 John Potter, Elq-, third Affiftant •, Engag'd. 
 
 J»/eph Olney, Elcii fourth Affiftant, who refufed •, and thereupon 
 
 Jakz Bowen, t-fq^ was chofen in his Room, and Engag'd. 
 Benjamin lutker, Elq-, fifth Affiftant; Engag'd. 
 Robert Lawten, Efq; iijcth Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 James Arnold, Efq, fevemh Affiftant ; tngag'd, 
 William Richmond, Efq; eighth Affiftant •, Engaged. 
 Daniel Coggefhall, Efq, ninth Affiftant ; Engag'd, 
 Jeoffry Wat/on, Efq^ tenth Affiftant; Engag'd. 
 Thomas Ward, Efq, Secretary ; Engag'd. 
 Daniel Updike, Elq-, Attorney General; Engag'd. 
 Thomas Richard/on, Efq; General Treafurer j Engag'd, 
 
 JSdiaard
 
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 Edward fhurjlan. General Scaler of Weights and Meafures, 
 
 Col. Samuel Lyndon, jun. Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in 
 the County bt Newport. 
 
 Col. Beuoni fVatermaii, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Providence. 
 
 Col. Thomas Hajzardy Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Kings County, who refuted \ and thereupon Lieutenant 
 Colonel fVilliam Pendleion, was chofen Colonel of that Regiment in his 
 Room. 
 
 Capt. John Hunt, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in 
 the County of Newport. 
 
 Lkut. Co], ff^illiam Brown, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of 
 Militia in the County of Providence. 
 
 tphraim Gardner, Efq-, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of 
 Militia in the County of Kings County. 
 
 Major fying Speoner^ Major of the Regiment of Militia in the County 
 of IScwport. 
 
 Major Richard Smith, Major of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Providence. . 
 
 Cape. Latham Clark (Son of Mr. William Clark, dectas'd), Major of 
 the Regiment of Militia in the County of Kings County. 
 
 Jo/hua Babcock, Jonathan Randal, Witltam Richmond, John Walton, 
 and Benjamin Hafzard, Efqrs. Judges of the Superior Court of Judica- 
 ture, Court of Affizc, and General Gual Delivery, in and throughout 
 the Colony. 
 
 Samuel Wickbam, Edwerd Scott, Daniel Gould, fVilliam Anthony, ]\in. 
 and Caleb Hill, Ffqrs. Judges of the Interior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General Scflions of the Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 Netapoft, 
 
 Daniel Jencks, Jeremiah Lippel, Job Randal, Jofeph Nichols, and 
 Ihomas Lapham, Efqrs. Jufticc-s of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General Seffions of t"hc Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 Providence. 
 
 Stephen Hafzard, Immanuel Northup, Jeremiah. Niles, Thomas Brown, 
 and Benoni HaH, Elqrs. jtullices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General ScfTions of the Peace, in and throughout the County of 
 Ktngs County. 
 
 Jonathan Peck, Matthew /tllen, 'Jofeph Rujfel, James Mafon, and 
 James Smith, Efqrs. Jufticcs of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General ScfTions of the Peace, in and throughout the Coijaty of 
 Bripl. 
 
 Thomas Ward, Efq-, Clerk of th^ Superior Court of Judicatare, Court 
 of AfTize, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout the Colony, ' 
 
 Mr. Jcfias Lyndon, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Picas, 
 and General SefTions of the Peace, in the County of Newport. 
 
 George Brown, Efq; Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General SefTions of the Peace, in the County of Providence. 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Peckbam, jun. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General ScfTions of the Peace, in the Courvty of Kings 
 County. 
 
 Mr.
 
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 Mr. Ihomas Tbroop, ]un. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in the County of Briflol. 
 
 Jofeph Scott, Efq-, Sheciff of the County of Newport. 
 
 John Mawney, Efq; SherifFof the County of Providence. 
 
 Mr. Rowland Rohinfon, Sheriff of the County of Kings County. 
 
 Natbanael Bofworth^ Efq-, Sheriff of the County of Briftol. 
 
 The Hon. Gideon Wanton, Benjamin Nichols, James Sheffield, Daniel 
 Updike, Edward Scott, James Arnald, George Brown, and Gideon Cornell, 
 Efqrs. the Grand Committee, or Truftees of the Colony, for figning 
 the Bills of Publick Credit, err. And the aforefaid Benjamin Nichols^ 
 Efq; is alfo chofen and appointed to take the Care and Charge of the 
 Colony's Bonds and Mortgages, and to receive the Monies due and to be 
 due thereon ; and alfo to make and give proper Acquittances and Dif- 
 charges on the Mortgages ; orotherwife, upon the Receit of any of the 
 Colony's Money : And in Cafe of Non-payment, to put in Suit the 
 Bonds and Mortgages of all fuch as fhall refufe or omit to make due 
 Payment. 
 
 JUSTICES of ihe Peace for the feveral Totpns iti the 
 
 Colony. 
 
 NEPFPORT; 
 Abraham Borden, 
 Samuel CoHJns, 
 Ebenezcr Richardfon, 
 Barnabas Hargil, 
 Jeremiah Clark, 
 Thomas Ward, 
 Handicy Chipman, 
 Peter Eafton, 
 Martin Howard. 
 Providence ; 
 George Taylor, 
 Henry Harris, 
 Chriftopher Harris, 
 Edward Sheldon, 
 Zuricl Waterman, 
 Jofeph Harris, 
 John Burton, 
 Jofeph Snow, 
 Eberiezer Jencks, 
 John Andrews, 
 Jofeph Potter, 
 Matthew Manchefter, 
 Richard Waterman. 
 
 Port/mouth ; 
 "William Sanford, 
 William Hall, 
 
 Stephen Brayton, 
 Benjamin Fifh, 
 
 Colcb AlUo, 
 
 Thomas Siffon, 
 
 IVarwick ; 
 Samuel Stafford, 
 John Warner, 
 James Green (Son 
 
 William). 
 Weprly ; 
 William Babcock, 
 William Hern. 
 Benjamin Randal, 
 Jofeph Crandal, 
 Benoni Smith, 
 John Larkin, 
 Daniel M'Koon. 
 
 Nortb-KingHown ; 
 Edward Dy re, jun. 
 Jofeph Cafe, 
 Robert Hafzard, 
 James Gardner, 
 John Congdon, 
 Samuel Thomas. 
 
 South-Kingftown ; 
 Samuel Tift, jun- 
 John Cafe, 
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 Benjamin Potter. 
 
 Eajt Greenwich ; 
 "William Spenfer, 
 John Langford, 
 John Olin, 
 Samuel Sowle, 
 Thomas Spencer (Son 
 of of John). 
 
 Smiihfield ; 
 William Arnold, 
 Thomas Saylcs, 
 Thomas Steer, 
 "William Jencks, 
 Thomas Arnold, 
 Thomas Owens. 
 
 Scituate j 
 Benjamin Fiflc, 
 John Tyler, 
 Gideon Harris, 
 John Edwards. 
 
 Glocejitr -, 
 Richard Steer, 
 John Smith, 
 Andrew Brown, 
 Abraham Tourtelott, 
 Richard Smith. 
 
 Charles.
 
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 Charlidowu ; 
 John HiJ!, 
 Benjamin Hoxfey, 
 John Congdon. 
 
 JFeJl-Cinenuiicb , 
 Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Samu:l Hopkins, 
 WUliam Cumftock, 
 George Gardner. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Eliflia Johnfon, 
 Samuel Cooper, 
 Caleb Greene, 
 George Hall, 
 Thomas Macthewfon, 
 Randal Rice. 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Nicholas Gardner, 
 Jcoffry Champlin, 
 Peleg Tripp, 
 
 George Reynolds, 
 Robert Moon. 
 
 Middletown j 
 Thomas Gould, 
 Joihua Coggelhall {Son 
 
 of Thomas^, 
 Joihua Coggefnall (Son 
 
 of James). 
 Brijlol ; 
 Shcerjafhub Bourn, 
 George Dunbar, 
 Nathanael Fales, 
 Nathanael Pearce, 
 William Munroe, 
 
 Tiverton \ 
 Jofcph Anthony, 
 Philip Tabor, 
 Abraham Barker, 
 Wefton Hickcs, 
 ReftcomcSanford. 
 
 Little- Campion •, 
 Samuel Wilbore, 
 Jofeph Wood, 
 Nathanael Scarl, 
 Jeremiah Brownel. 
 
 JVcrren j 
 Benjamin Miller, 
 John Kinnicutt, 
 Edward Luther, 
 Peter Bicknel, 
 Ebenezer Allen. 
 
 Cumberland i 
 Job Bartlet, 
 Samuel Bartlet, 
 Ifrael Whipple, 
 John Dexter. 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Stephen Richmond, 
 Jofcph Clark, 
 Samuel Tift, 
 Robert Lillibridge. 
 
 Capt. JValter Chaloner chofen Captain of Fort George, on Goaz-Ifland. 
 
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 FFICEE.B to command tKt' Cav-eral Connpanica ofMilitin, OF 
 
 train'd Bands, in each Town throughout the Colony. 
 
 N E PF P O R T; 
 
 Firji Company : Jonathan Htath, taptainy James Tinner, Lieutinant, 
 Chriftophcr Lindfey, Enjf^n. 
 
 Seeon-^ Company : Benjamin Sherburn, Captain, Kendal Nichols, jun, 
 lieutenant, John Simplon, jun. tnjlgn. 
 
 Third Company : Daniel Dunham, jun. Captain, John Pitman, Ueu- 
 tenant, Henry Blifs, Enfign. 
 
 Fourth Company : John Belitho, Captain, Oliver Betrc, Lituttnant, 
 Richard Whitehorn, En/ign. 
 
 PROVIDENCE'. 
 
 Firjl Company : Roger Kinnicut, Captain, Benjamin Eddy, Lieutenanty 
 Thomas Olncy (Son of Thomas j, Enfign. 
 
 Secjnd Company : John Clark, Captain, John Warner, Lieutenanty 
 William Dyrc, tn/ign. 
 
 Third Companj ; John Water.ran (Son of RcfolvcdJ, Qtptaso, Amos 
 Weftcot, Lieutenant, Daniel S ' ague, Enfign. 
 
 Fourth Company : John Dexter, jun. Captain, Samuel Aborn,jun» 
 Lieutenant, Stephen Hawkin?, Enfign, 
 
 Fifth Company : Matthev/ Manchefter, Captain, Jonathan Knight, juiu 
 Lieutenant. Daniel Burlinj^ame, Enfign, 
 
 PORTS'
 
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 P R 7 S MO V f Hi 
 
 Clark Cornel, Captain^ John Fiih, Lieutena»ty Henry Brightmanj 
 En/ign, 
 
 W A RW ICKs 
 
 Firji Company : John Green CSon of Peter), Captain, John Wells, 
 Lieutenant, James Arnold, jun. Enji^n. 
 
 Second Company : Thomas Wickes (Son of Thomas), Captain, Tho- 
 mas Remington, Lieutenant, John Wickes, Enfign. 
 
 Ihird Company : Mofes Budlong, Captain, Richard Eftis, Lieutenant, 
 Thomas Rice, jun. Enfign. 
 
 WEsTERLT'y 
 
 FirJi Company : Elias Thompfon, Captain, Jofeph Lewis, jun. hieU' 
 tenant, Eliiha Clark, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Randal, Ca//fl/"», Jonathan Wells, LjVk- 
 tenant, Jofeph Maccoon, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Samuel Gaver, Captain, Jofeph Crandal ("Son of 
 Jofeph), Lieuteitant, Stephen Saunders, Enjtgn. 
 
 Fourth Company : Thomas Folter, Captain, Matthew Green, Lieu* 
 tenant, Edward Robinfon, tnjign. 
 
 N E WS H R E HA Mi 
 Robert Hull, Captain, John Dodge, Lieutenant, John Littleficld, 
 En^figH. 
 
 N R7 H-K I N G S 7 O ^■, 
 
 JurJ} Ctmfanj . ]oa*tlia.a Allen, Ca^cairty ArtbUF AyllWOrth, Ltm" 
 
 tenant Philip Card, Enfign. 
 
 iecond Company : Samuel Albro, Captain, Samuel Browning, jun. 
 Lieutenant, Eber Shearman, jun. Enfign- 
 
 Third Company : Samuel Thomas, Captain, Bencdift Eldrcd» Liiti* 
 lehont, Ebenezcr Brown, Enfign. 
 
 S OUT H-K I N G S 7 O Ni 
 
 FirJi Company : Ihomas Browning, Captain, John Steadnun, Lieu- 
 tenant, William Congdon (Son cf Jofeph), Enfign. 
 
 Setond Company : Jirah Mumford, Captain, Nathan Tift, Lkutenanl, 
 Samuel Bibcock, jun- Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Paul Woodbridge, Captain, Henry Gardner (the 
 third). Lieutenant , Miichel Cafe, Enfign. 
 
 EAST-GREENWICH; 
 
 Firft Company : Jofeph Stafford, Captain, Abiel Hall, Lieutenant, 
 Rufus Spencer, Enfign, 
 
 S-'cond Compa)^ : Richard Wearer, Captain, Benjamin Corey, IrfVtf- 
 tenant, John GifFord, Enfign. 
 
 JAMESTOWN', 
 Samuel Slocum, Captain, George Franklin, Ueuttnani, Benjamin 
 Carr ("Son of Edward, deceas'dj, Etj/ign^
 
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 S M I r H F I E LB% 
 
 Firff Company • John Angel, Capt-ain, William Brown, Licutenanti 
 Daniel "Wilbore, Enftgn, 
 
 Second Company : Daniel Arnold, Captain^ Stephen Sly, Lieutenant, 
 Jeremiah Cumftock, Enji^n. 
 
 Ibird Company : Refolvcd Waterman, Captain^ Elnoch Barnes, Lieu- 
 tenant, Abraham Windlor, Enfign. 
 
 S C I 1 U AT E; 
 
 Firfi Company : Amos Hammond, Cflp/flj», John Filk, L/«/f»fl»;, 
 Chriftophcr Relph, Enftgn. 
 
 Second Company : Samuel Dorrence, Captain, George Dorrence, jun. 
 Lieutenant, William Tyler, £»/7^«. 
 
 7bird Gcmpany : John Hulet, Captain, Jofeph W Ukinhn, Lieutenant, 
 Ezekiel Hopkins, jun. En^gn. 
 
 GLOCESTER; 
 Firji Company : Timothy Wilmoth, Captain, Silas Williams, Lieu- 
 tenant, James Cowen, F.njign, 
 
 Second Company : Ezekiel Smith, Captain, Elias Smith, Lieutenant, 
 John Rofs, Enftgn. 
 
 CHARLESTOrVN; 
 Peleg Crofs, Captain, Enoch Kinyon, jun. Lieutenant, Samuel 
 SiantOD, -£»/%«• 
 
 PT E S T-G R E E N IV I C H; 
 Firft Company : Ezekiel Whitford, Captain, Daniel Hill, jun. ZiV«- 
 tenant, John Albro, b.nflgn. 
 
 Second Company : John Weight, Captain, Jofeph Nichols, Lieutenant, 
 Griffcn Sweet, Enfign. 
 
 C V E N 7 R T; 
 Firft Company : John Allerton, jun. Captain, Stephen Colvin, Lieu- 
 tenant, William Nichols, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Nichols, Captain, Alexander Dixfon, 
 Lieutenant, Thotrws Nichols, Enfign. 
 
 EXETER-., 
 
 Firft Company : Samuel Gardner, Captain, Benjamin Lawton, Lieu- 
 tenant, John Cafey, tnfign. 
 
 Second Company : Peleg Thomas, C/7/)/(J;«, John Rathburn (/£>* /ifc/W), 
 Lieutenant, Stephen Auftin, Enfign. 
 
 MIDDLETOJVNs 
 John Barker, Captain, Benjamin Smith, Lieutenant, Nicholas Brown, 
 Enftgn. 
 
 BRISTOL; 
 Nathanael Pearce, Captain, Bcnnet Munro, Lieutenant, JohnThroop, 
 jun. Enfign. 
 
 TIVERTON; 
 Firft Company: William Manchefter (Son of John), Gap/tf;», Jofeph 
 Cfandal, Lieutenant, Cornelius Soule, Enfign, 
 
 Sicond
 
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 Second Company : William Cook, Captain, John Thomas, Lieutenant^ 
 Oliver Cook, Etiff^n, 
 
 LITTLE. GOMPION; 
 Edward Irifh, Captain^ Benjamin Simmonds, Lieutenant, Jonathan 
 Records, ttifign. 
 
 WA R R E N; 
 John Adams, Captain, Solomon Feck, Lieutenant, John Eftabrook, 
 
 CUMBERLAND; 
 Gideon Tower, Captain, John Nicholfon, Lieutenant, David Raze, 
 En^gn. 
 
 R I C H M O 10 D; 
 Jofcph Enos, jun. Captain, James James, Lieutenant, Thoma* Rogers, 
 Enfign. 
 
 N EfrPO RT Traop of Horfe ; 
 Sylvefter Woodman, Captain, Richard Grcenhill, Lieutenant. Sa- 
 muel Buyhy (of Litt/e-Cempion), Cornets 
 
 /T is Voted and Refohed, That the Choice of CommilTion Officers Tor 
 the Troop of Horfe in the County of Providence, b;, and the lame 
 is hereby referred unto the next aeflion ot this Aflembl/. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the Choic* of Committees of the feve« 
 fal Towns, for the Management of the Colony's Money let or to be 
 let on L.oan, be, and the fame is hereby referred unto the next Scffion 
 of this AlTcrabljr. 
 
 "Whereas Anne and Jamis Frcnklin, exhibited to this AfTembly ati 
 Account by them charged againll the Colony, for printing the Adts 
 and Orders of the General Aflcmbly, made and paft at their Sefiion 
 held in South.Kingjlon the laft Tuefday of February lall, and for Paper 
 by them furnifhed for that Service : Which being duly examined, 
 This AJfembly do Vote and Rejolve, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, That 
 the (aid Account be allowed, and Thirty-fix Pounds Nineteen Shillings, 
 the Amount thereof, paid unto the faid Anne and James Franklin out 
 of the General Tresfury. 
 
 The Gentlemen appointed by the AfTembly, at their Scffion in 
 February lalt, to fettle the Account of Daniel Updike, Efqj with the 
 Colony, i^c. made the following Report : 
 
 ' To thf Honourable General Affemhly : 
 
 •' TTIT^ ^^^ Subfcribers, being appointed a Committee by the 
 •' VV General AfTembly, at iheir laft Scflions, to fettle the Ac- 
 " count of Daniel Updike, Efq-, with the Colony, and to receive of 
 
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 " him what Tenth Money he has in his Hands, and to burn the fame, 
 '* Report, That \vc have nui yet received his Account, nor any of 
 *' the Tenth Money in his Hands. " Peter Bours^ 
 
 " Simon Peajty 
 Newport y May ^. 1750. " Thanias Cranlfctty 
 
 " Gecrge tVanton, 
 " James SbeJJicld " 
 And now this AlTcmbly having taken the faid Report into Confi- 
 dcration. Do Vote and Refolve, andit is hereby Vsted and Rejolv^d., That 
 the fame be, and it is hereby accepted : And it is alfo Voted and Re- 
 foLvedy That the faid Committee be farther continued for che Ends and 
 Purpofes above-mentioned, and make Report to this Affembly at their 
 next Seflion. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That all Proceedings refpefling the turning 
 the Courfe of i'aucaluck River, be Itayed until the next Seffion of this 
 Affembly. 
 
 Aa ACT -providing in Cafe of Fire breaking out in the 
 Jorvn of Nc\vpt)rr, cmd for the more jpeedy exiingiiijlnng 
 thereof ; and for pejerring of Goods endangered thereby, 
 
 WHEREAS by Reafon of the Contiguity and Adjoining of 
 the Houfes and Dwellings within the Town o'i Newport , Per- 
 
 fons arc under great Stn^«'ia« and jHurry upon the breaking out of 
 Fire ; and not only the Pcrfons in whofe Houfe the Fire firft breaks out, 
 but the Neighbourhood are concerned to employ their utmofl: Dili- 
 gence and Application to cxtinguifh che Fire, and prevent the Progrcft 
 thereof, and p cferve their Subftance, by the Removal of th»ir Goods, 
 being glad of the Afliftanceof othrrs in that Regard : And divers evil 
 minded and wicked Perfons, on Pretence of charitably offering their 
 Help, taking the Advantage of fuch Cbnfufion and Calamities, to rob, 
 plunder, and imbczel, carry away, and conceal the Goods and Effe^ 
 of their diltrcffed Neighbours. 
 
 For Preventing whereof, 
 n£ IT EN ACT ED by the General Affembly y and ly the Autborily 
 *-^ of the fame. It is Enabled, That when any Fire (hall happen xxi 
 break out in the Town of N^vcforty the Governor or Deputy Go- 
 vernor, and the Affiftants for th- 1 ime being, or any Two of them, 
 fiiall it may, and are hereby im powered to give Direftions for the pul- 
 ling down or blowing up any kich Houfe or Houfes as fllall be by them 
 adjudged meet to be pulled down ot blown up, for the (lopping and 
 preventing the farther ipreading of the fame : And if it fhall happen 
 that the pulling down or blowing up any fuch Houfe or Houfes by the 
 Diredions aforefaid, (hall be the Occafion of (loppmg the faid Fire, 
 or that the Fire ftop before it comes to the lame, that then all and 
 
 erery
 
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 every Owner offuch Houfc or Houfcs, Ihall receive reafonable Satis- 
 fadlion, and be paid for the fame by the reft of the Inhabitants of iaid 
 Town, whofe Houfes (liail not be burnt, who are hereby impowercd 
 to make luch Rate or Rates for the Raifing and Levying fuch iium and 
 Sums of Money as (hall be by them thought convenient for that End. 
 Froviiied always. That if the Houfes where the Fire fhall firft begin 
 and break out, fiiall be adjudged fit to be pulled down or blown up, 
 to hinder the further Spreadmg and Increafc ot the fame, that then the 
 Owner offuch Houfc fhall receive no Manner of batisfadfion for the 
 fame : Any Thing in this A£t contain'd, notwithftanding. 
 
 Jnd he it further Enaifed by the Authority aferefaid. That it (hall and 
 may be lawful to and tor the faid Town of Neuport, from time to time, 
 to appoint fuch Number of prudent Perfons, of known Fidelity, in 
 the fevcral Parts of the Town, as they may think fir, who fhill be 
 denominated and called Fircwards, and have a proper feadge afTigned, 
 todift inguifh them in their Office, viz, a Speaking-Trumpet coloured 
 red, and at Times of the breaking forth ot Fire, and during the Con- 
 tinuance thereof, fhull anci hereby are fully authorized and impowered 
 to command and require AfTiftance for the excinguifhiBg and putting 
 out the Fire, and for removing Houfhold Stuffs and Furniture, Goods 
 and Merchandizes, out of any Dwelling Houfes, Store Houfes, or 
 other Buildings, adually on Fire, or in Danger thereof, and Guards 
 to fecure and take Care of the fame ; as alfo to require Afliftance for 
 the pulling down or blowing up any Houles, orServicc relating thereto, 
 by the Direction of the Governor or Deputy Governor, and Affiftants* 
 or any two of them, to flop and prevent the farther fpreading of the 
 Fire, and to fupprefs ail Tumults and Diforders. And the OfBcers 
 from time to time appointed asatbrefaid, are required upon the Notice 
 of Fire breaking forth, taking their Badge with them, immediately to 
 repair to the Place, and vigoroufly exert :hcir Authority for requiring 
 of Afliffance, and ufing utmolT: Endeavours to extinguifh or prevent 
 the fpreadmg of the Fire, and to prefervc and fecure the Eftates of the 
 Inhabitants, and due Obedience is required to be yielded to them, and 
 each of them accordingly, for that Service ; and all Dilobcdicncc, 
 Ncgleft, or Refufal in any Perfon, fhall be inform'dof to fome of his 
 Majefty's Juftices of the Peace of faid Town, within two Days next 
 after, and the Offenders therein, upon Conviction thereof before any 
 two Jufficcsof the Peace, fhall forfeit and pay as a Fine, the Sum of 
 Twenty-five Pounds each, to be levied and diftributed at the Difcretion 
 of the Town Council of faid Town oi Nev^ort, among the Poor moft 
 diftrefled by the Fire : And in Cafe the Offender or Offenders are 
 unable to fatisty the Fine, then to fuffcr ten Days Imprifonmcnt, 
 
 Jnd he it farther Enacted by the Jutherity aforefaid. That if any evil 
 minded, wicked Perfons fhall take Advantage of fuch Calamity, to rob, 
 piundcr, purlom, embezii, convey away, or conceal any Goods, Mer- 
 chandize, or Effcds of the diftreiled Inhabitants, whofe Koafcs are on 
 
 Fire,
 
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 Fire, or endangered] thereby, and put upon removing their Goods, and 
 fhall not reKorc and give Notice thereo'f to the Owner or Owners, ii 
 known, or bring them into fuch publick Place as iTiall be appointed 
 and afTigned by the (jovernor or Depiicy Governor, and AfTiftants, or 
 tny one of them, within the fpace of two Days next after Proclamation 
 made for that Purpofe, the Perfon or Perfons fo offending, and being 
 chereof fo convi£led, ihall be deemed Thieves, and fufFer the utmolt 
 Severities of the Pamsand Penalties by Law provided againft luch. 
 
 An ACT for ^.ppointin^ CommilJion^rs^&:c. to run and fetth 
 the 'Northern Boundary Line of- this Colony , according to 
 Charter, 
 
 WHEREAS the Northern Boundary Line of this Colony hath 
 never yet been fettled according to the Royal Charter : And 
 whereas divers Perfons have made Application to this AfTcmbly, and 
 have fet forth their juft Right to be under the Juriidittion of this Go- 
 vernment, as dwelling v/ithin the Bounds thereof ^ and that the Pro- 
 vince of the MnjJ'acbufests-Bay hare, and do unjultly exercife Jurifdidion 
 over them ; In order therefore to have the laid Line rightly run and 
 fettled, and to prevent any further Difputes thereupon between the 
 faid Province and this Colony, 
 
 n £ IT ENAC1 ED by the GenemMJJemhly, and by the Authority 
 ^ thereof^ It is Ena5ied, That as foon as may be, the Northern 
 Boundary Line of ihis Colony fh^ll be run and iettled according 
 to the Royal Charter granted by King Charles the Second, in the Year 
 of our Lord One Thoufand Six Hundred and Sixty- three. 
 
 Be it alfo Enabled, That to the F.nd the fame may be perfc(5led and 
 compleated, Jonathan Randnl, Richard Steere, and Thomas Lapbam, 
 Efqrs. and Capt. Jofeph Harri/on, and Mr. Matthew Robinfoti, are 
 hereby appointed Commifiioners, and they, or the major Part ot them, 
 arp fully authorized and impowered to run and fettle faid Line accord- 
 ing to the Royal Charter aforefaid, as near as may be : And that they 
 the fdid CommifTioners, be commiffionated by his Honour the Gover- 
 nor : And that the faid ComminTioners, or the major Part of them, are 
 fully authorizta and impowered to appoint Times and Places when 
 and where to meet any Commiffiancrs that are or (hall be appointed on 
 the Pare of faid Province. And the faid Jcmuhan Randal, Richard 
 Steere, Thomas Lapham, Jofeph Harrifon, and Matthew Robinfon, or the 
 major 'Part of them, are hereby fully authorized and impowered to ao- 
 point a Surveyor or Surveyors, and Chainmen, and in general to adl 
 and do all and every other Matter and Thing whatever, for or con- 
 cerning the aforefaid Settlement of faid Line. And that in Cafe nu 
 CommiHioncrs on the Part of faid Province, (hall and do on the firft 
 
 Tuefday
 
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 Tucfday in OSlohi'r next, or ac any other Time as fhsll be agreed on, 
 meet the i'aid Comminioncrs toi this Colony, and agree to run and 
 Icttle fdid Line as atorclaid, then and in that Cafe, the laid Commif- 
 fioners, on the Part ot this Colony, or the major Part of them, fhall, 
 and are hcreoy required to proceed to the running and fettling /aid 
 Line tx Parti. 
 
 Be it aifo EnaSi:d, That the Secretary of this Colony fend a Copy 
 of this A<51 to the Secretary ot the Province of the Mafachufetts-Bayy 
 withal defiring that the faid Province would lufpend ail AflclTments 
 upon the People and Inhabitants included within this Colony, by the 
 Line already run by Jonathan Randal, Thomas L<pham, and Richard 
 Steere, Efqrs. as by their Return made mjanuary, 1749, as v/as di- 
 reded from Home to the faid Province, relating to the EafT-prn Boun- 
 dary of this Colony. 
 
 Be it alfo Ena^ied, That a Plat of the Land contam'd within faid 
 Line fo to be run as aforefaid, be drawn up^ and that the faid Com- 
 milTioners on the P-irt of this Co'ony, or the major Parr of them, do 
 make Report to the General Afiembly, of their Doings in the Pre- 
 mifes, and prcfent faid Plat at the fame Time r Any L,d%vs, Orders, 
 Cuftoms, Agreement ot Agreements, or any other Matter or Thmg 
 heretofore done or made, to the contrary hereof in any wife, nocwith- 
 ftanding. 
 
 TH E Committee heretofore appointed toexcnange Three Thou- 
 iand Two Hundred- and Ninety-eight Pounds Seventeen Shil- 
 lings, M jncy of Che Colony's in their Hands, made Report, and Tub- 
 joined an Account thereto, as toUows : 
 
 " Newport March 26. 1750. 
 
 " TXr^ theSubfcribers> being appointed by the General Aflembly 
 *• V V a Committee to exchange Three Thonfand Two Hundred 
 *' and Ninety-eight Pounds and Seventeen Shillings, Tenth Money 
 *' in our Hand,"!, of Bills emitted by the Governmcnti oi NcwHump- 
 ** /hire ^na Conne^icut, for Bills emitted by this Colony, and to burn 
 *' the fame, Rkport, That we have receiv'd of Peter B$urs, Efq^ 
 *' Eleven Hundred arid Ninety-four Pounds Sixteen Shillings and Six 
 *• Pence; of Simon PeafCfRi'q:, One Thouland and Thirty-five Poundis 
 *' and Sixteen Shillings ; and of Mr. Javifs SheffifU, One Thoufand 
 " and Sixty-eight Pounds Four Shillings and Six Pence, making in 
 *' the whole, the above Sum ot Thret Thoufand Twx3 Hundred and 
 " Ninety-eight Pounds and Seventeen Shillings, in Bills of Credit 
 *' emitted by this Colony i all which we have burnt, as Witnels our 
 *♦ Hinds. " Peter BourSy 
 
 " Simon Feafe, 
 ''James Shiffitld:'' 
 
 " Ihe Colony to the Commtttee. • • ' Dr. 
 
 " ' I ^O Exchanging the above Sum, ^. 15 each, ^. 45 o o 
 
 *' JL " Peter Boun^ 
 
 " Simon Peaft^ 
 " James Sheffield." 
 
 E And
 
 C i8 1 
 
 And now this Affembly ^aking fhe faid Kcport and Account into 
 Confideration, Do /'ote and Refohe, and it is bertby Vcted and Refohedf 
 That the faiJ Report be, and the fame is accepted y and that their Ac- 
 count, amounting to Forty-five Pounds, be allosved and paid them out 
 of the General Treafury. 
 
 Ji is Voted and Refolved, That the Committee appointed at the laft 
 Sefiion of Ailembly, to receive of the Gentlemen Cwho were formerly 
 appointed to pay off the Soldiers raifed for the Expedition intended 
 againft Canada)^ their Accounts with the Colony, and to adjuft the 
 fame, and receive the Ballance, be dill continued for that Purpofe ; 
 and that they, or the major Part of them, receive of the above-men- 
 tioned Gentlemen, their faid Accounts with the Colony, and adjutt the 
 fame, and receive the Ballance due from them. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That his Honour the Governor be, and he 
 is hereby dcfired to write as foon as may be, unto the Government of 
 Conne^icut, and requcft their Adiftancc in fettling the Northern Boun- 
 dary Line of this Colony, and fend with his Letter a Copy of the Aft 
 paft by this AfTembly at their prefcnt Seffion, for appointing Com- 
 milTuners to run and, fettle faid Boundary Line. 
 
 "Wherezi Humphrey 4v(ry, o^ Freflan, miht County o^ New.Londia, 
 and Colony of ConneiJicut, rcprefcntcd unto this Affembly, that about 
 the middle ofDtceml/er, OneThoufand Seven Hundred and Forty-eight, 
 his Dwelling Houfc was burnt in the Night, and almoft every Thing 
 therein confumcd, fcvcral of ihc Family very narrowly cfcaping with 
 their Lives, being very much burnt •■, and that he had at that Time con- 
 fumed by the Fire in his faid Houfe, the: Sum of Thirty-feven Pounds 
 Ten Shillings in Bills of Publick Credit iffaed by this Colony, of the 
 Old Tenor, or of the New Tenor equivalent thereto •, whereupon he 
 prayed the above-mentioned Sun-, might be paid him out of the Grand 
 Committee's Office : Wluch fufhciently appearing by the Oath of the 
 laid Humphrey Avery, This Ajfi'mbly do Vote and Rejoive, and it is hereby 
 Voted and Refolved, That Benjamin Nichols, Efq. one of the Grand Com- 
 jnittec, pay unto the (nd Humphrey, the above-mentioned Sum of 
 Thirty-feven Pounds Ten Shillings, out of the Money in his Hands 
 paid in for Tenths, and charge the Government therewith. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That all Bufinefs lying before this AlTcmbly, 
 unfinilhcd, be refvrgd ynto tt-,c next SefTion : That the Secretary 
 publifh bv Beat of Drum in/}'<«]^cr/V'wMthin ten Days after the Rifing 
 of this Aflfcmbly, which is hereby adjourned to rhe icc«nd Monday 
 in June next. And it isfartbrr Voted and Refolved, That all Executions 
 which were Itayed until this SclTion of AfTembly, be, and they arc 
 hereby further ftaycd until the next. 
 
 GOD Save the K [ N g. 
 
 Nawport, May 7. 1750. Puili/hed accsrding fo Order, by 
 
 Thomas Warp, Secret.
 
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 At the G E N E R A L A s s E M B L Y of the 
 
 GOVERNOR cind COMPANTof the Englifti 
 Colony of Rhode-Iilincl, and Providcnce-Planta- 
 cif ns, in New.England, in America ; be^an and 
 held at Newport h AdSournment^ on the fecond 
 Monday in Jurie, One Tkoujand Seven Hundred and 
 fifty ; and in the Twenty' fourth Tear of the Reign 
 of Bis Mofi Sacr-ed Miije^ly, GEORGE the Second) 
 by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, France> 
 and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faitby &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIJM GKEE NE, Efqj Governor. 
 
 The Hon- Robert Haszard, Efq^ Dtp. Gov. 
 
 George Wanton, Efq^ -\ Robert Lawtov, Efq; 
 Jonathan N icho/.s, Efqj/ James Arnold, Efq; 
 
 John Potter, E(q-, S/^'i'.WiLLi am Richmond, Ei 
 
 Jabsz BowEN, Efq; { DanielCoggeshall,E1 
 
 Benjamin Tucker, Efqi) Jeoffry Wavson, Efq} 
 
 The S E c 1^ E T a R V. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the Ibveral TO WNS. 
 
 The Honourable Thomas Cranston, Speaker. 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 ^ 
 
 Capt. Chriftopher HarriSt 
 
 Mr, Nat h ana el Cogge/hall, 
 
 m 
 
 John Andrews, Efq-, 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Whipple, 
 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 
 The Speaker, 
 
 §1 
 
 William Anthony, jun. Efq; 
 
 Mr. John 7illingbq/f, 
 
 ?s 
 
 John Allen, Efqj 
 
 Mr. Nicholas Eajlon, 
 
 w 
 
 Mr. Thomas Brownel, 
 
 Capt. Job Bennct. 
 
 
 Benjamin Hickes, Efq; 
 
 
 ^tj 
 
 Warwick i 
 
 Providence ; 
 
 u 
 
 Philip Greene, Efq-, 
 
 'Jonathan Ramlal, Efqj 
 
 m, 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Lippity 
 
 Mr, EliJIja Brcvjn, 
 
 ^ 
 
 John Walton, Efq^ 
 
 West-
 
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 "Westerly j 
 C6\. Jofrph Pindietotfy 
 Capt. Caleb Church. 
 New-Shoreham j 
 None. 
 
 NOXTH-Ki NGSTOW •, 
 
 Col. Immemuel Northup, 
 Beriab Brown, Elq; 
 
 Sot TH-KlNOSTOM -, 
 
 Mr. Henry G^rJnn, 
 Rowland kobinfon Efq; 
 
 EAi>T-GREE?iWlCh •, 
 
 Jofeph hichois, Efq-, 
 Capt. Thomas Spenjer. 
 
 J AMESTOW.N ; 
 
 Mr. Edvuard Cnrr, 
 Mr. Jojepb Clark 
 
 Sm ITHFl FLD ; 
 
 ^loomai Lnpham, Elq-, 
 Ibomas Arnold, Elq-, 
 
 Sc ITU ATE i 
 Job Randal, Efq; 
 Mr. Gideon Hammond. 
 
 GlOC ESTER ; 
 Major Richard Smith, 
 Mr. Benjamin Smiti. 
 
 Charlkstowm ; 
 Mp. "jfames Cdngim, 
 
 Capt. NathoHcel Lewis. 
 West-Greenwich ; 
 
 Mr. Samuel Hopkins, 
 Mr. William CuniJiockr> 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Elijha Johnfon, Efq* 
 Samuel Cooper, Efqi 
 Ex E T E R ; 
 Mr. Benoni Gardner, 
 Capt. Williaifi Tripp. 
 
 Mi ddletown; 
 Mr. Jonathan Eaflon, 
 Capt. fVtlliam Turner. 
 
 Bristol -, 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 Major Thomas Crfe^e, 
 
 7 IVERTON ■, 
 
 Capt. John Manchefter^ 
 Abraham Barker^ Ela; 
 
 LlTTLE-CoMPTON 
 
 Lieut. Col. John Hunt, 
 
 "Warren j 
 Mr. Peter Bichiel, 
 Capt. Betijamin SdrtoiU 
 Cumberland j 
 John Dexiery^ Elq; 
 
 RlCHMDND i 
 
 Mr. Samuel Tifr, 
 
 M. Jo/icts Lpiin, Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 An ACT to frevent Delays in the feveral Courts of Trials 
 in this Colony. 
 
 WH E R E A. S there is a general Delay (rf Bufincfs, and much 
 Incertainty to the Parties attending tne feveral Courcs of Trials, 
 as well 35 much Time of the Court needlefly taken up, through the 
 Omifiion of the Entries of the feveral Adtions brought to faid Court 
 in the beginning of the Term. 
 
 For Remedy whcrc'of ior the Future, 
 n £ IT EN ACT ED by th: General AJfembly of this Colony, atfd ii 
 xJ is hereby Enaffed, That every Perfon or Pcrfons bringing any 
 Aftion or Suit, cither in its firft Commcnctmeur, or by Appeal, 
 Review, or in any otiier Form, that the fame (hall be entered on the 
 firft or fccor>d Day of faid Term, on the Penalty of being difcontinued ; 
 and all Complaints to the refpcdive Courts of Trials, fhall be filed 
 during the fctting of faid Court : Any Law, Cuftom, or Ufege, to 
 the contrary, in anywife, notwithftanding. 
 
 Whereas
 
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 Whereas fundry of the Inhabitants of the Town oF Exeter^ repre* 
 fenced unto this Afletnbly, that an Highway was laid out in faid Town 
 by a Jury, acrofs the Lands of Getrge R^nolds, John Reynolds, Benja- 
 min^ Mowrey, and others, to the great Damage of the faid George Rey- 
 nolds, John Reynolds, and Benjamin Mawrey \ who thereupon made Ap- 
 pHcation to the aforefaid Town o( Exeier, in one of their Town Meet- 
 ings, to have the faid Highway altered from the Place where it was 
 laid, about a Quarter of a Mile farther Weft ward, which continues to 
 be upon the Lands of the faid George Reynolds, John Reynolds, and 
 Benjamin Mowrey, ^ and the Town confidering it would be greatly to 
 the Advantage of the faid Applicants, and no Difadvantage to the 
 Town or Country, appointed a Committee to exchange faid Way j 
 and accordingly the fiid Committee exchanged the fame, and made 
 Report thereof to the faid Town, which was accepted, and they have 
 done a great deal of Labour on the faid new Highway, in order to 
 make it fit for the Country to pafs and repafs therein : And thereupon 
 they prayed this Afiembly to confirm and eftablifli the Exchange of the 
 Highway made as aforefaid ; who taking the fame into Confideration, 
 Tio Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Refolved, That the Exchange 
 of the Highway made as aforefaid, be, and the iame is hereby eftabli* 
 fhcd according to the Prayer of the Petitioners. 
 
 Whereas Capt. Job Bennet exhibited to this Affembly an Account by 
 him charged againfl the Colony, for Work and Materials done and 
 provided for repairing his Majefty's Goal in the Town of Newport i 
 Which being duly examined, // is Voted and Refolved, That the faid 
 
 Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum of Twenty-five 
 
 Founds Filteen Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid 
 yoi Bennet out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas the Direftors of the Lottery lately allowed by Aft of 
 Affembly, for raifing a Sum of Money to build a Bridge over Patuxtt 
 River, have reprefenccd unto this Affembly, that the Time affixed for 
 drawing faid Lottery, is too Ihort for filling up the fame : It is there- 
 fore Voted and Refolved, That the Time for drawing faid Loctciy be, 
 and it is hereby lengthen'd out to the third Monday in July next, 
 
 It is Voted end Refehid^ That Meffrs, Thomas Cranjlmt, Ptter Botcrt, 
 John Tillinghafi, and James Sheffield be, and they, or the major Part 
 of them, arc hereby conftituted a Committee to audit the General 
 Treafurer's Accounts, the Account of Col. John Gardner wJdi the Co- 
 lony, and alfo the Accounts of the Comraittcc that was appointed to 
 build the Light- Houle, and make Report of th«ir Doings to this 
 Affembly at their next Seffion. 
 
 An
 
 An ACT relating to the taking Bail in Citil A6lions, 
 
 p£ IT EN ACT EB by the General Affembly of this Colony, and by 
 tJ the Authority thereof. It ts Ena^eJ, That the St^'utc o^ ll^cjtminfier 
 the firft, introduced into this Colony by an Aft of Allembly made 
 at Soutb-Kingifon, in and for faid Colony, on the Jait Tnefday ot 
 February, A. D. 1749, ^^ "o^ conftrued lb as to alter or difannul the 
 Method and Praftice of taking Bail in Civil Anions, by the Tcrfon's 
 indorfing his Name as Bail, on the Back of the Plaintiff's Writ, who 
 becomes Bail ; but that faid Method of taking Bail by Endorfment as 
 aforefaid, be held as good and valid in all Courts in Civil Anions 
 pending, or hereafter brought, as if Bond was given under Hand and 
 Seal, for the Obliging fuch Perfon (o becoming Bail by Endorfmenc 
 as aforefaid, to pay the Debt anct Coft obtained againtl the Principal, 
 as has been the Ufage and Practice of Courts heretofore, in fuch Cale. 
 
 An ACT jor Explainir.g^ Jheritig, and Jmending ati J!i made 
 and puj} by the Geueral j^Jflmbly cj thts Colony^ at their Seffion 
 in Newport, vn the jecond Monday of June, Cne ^houfand 
 Seven Hundred and Forty-nine, entilukd, An Ad for ihc Efta- 
 blifhing and Regulating of Fees. 
 
 WHEREAS (undry Difputcs have arofe concerning the true 
 Intent and Meaning of feveral Parts of the aforefaid Ad ; For 
 the fettling vvhereof. This /IJfertjMy do Vote, Hejohe, and Declare, and it 
 is hereby Voted, Refol-veJ, and Declared, That ic is the true Iiiccnc and 
 Meaning of the aforefaid Aft, that the Article of One Shilling and Four 
 Pence, allowed to the Clerks of the Inferior Courts of Common Pleas, 
 for every Return to Court, is for the Return of Executions only ; and 
 that the travelling Fees of the Sheriffs for ferving Writs and Summonfes, 
 and the Fees of the Town Serjeants and Conffabies, for ferving War- 
 rants and Summonfes, is no more than Six Fence /fr Mile out and Six 
 Pence per Mile Home again. 
 
 And this AJfembly do aljo Vote, Refolve, and Declare, That thofc Parts 
 of faid Aft allowing the Fse of Eight Shillings per Day for Attendance, 
 and Twelve Pence per Mile for the Travel of every Evidence fum- 
 inoncd to attend on the feveral Courts and Eight Pence /^r Mile for 
 the Travel of every Witnefj i'ummoned to attend laid Courts, be, and 
 the fame arc lifeby repealed ^ and ihat for the future every W^itncfs 
 fommoncd to attend any of the i ourts of Trials in this Colony, be 
 allowed Eight Shillingi pifr Diy tcr Attendance, and One Shilling /)<t 
 Mile for travelling to the Coirt, and One Shilling pfr Mile Home 
 again. 
 
 /3" is Voted and Refolved, That Mr. Elifha Brown of Providence, re- 
 ceive of the ^lonel of the Regiment of the ^unty of ProvidencCy 
 what Powder is in his Hands belonging to the Colony, or in the 
 Hands of any other Pcribn in faid County : And that Col. Immanuel 
 
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 J^orlhkp receive of the Colonel of the Regiment in Kittgs County, what 
 Powder is in his Hands belonging to the Colony, or in tht Hands of 
 any other Perfon in faid County : And that they fell the fame to the 
 beft Advantage, and lodge the Money in the General Trcafury; and 
 that faid Pcrlons refpediveiy enquire where the Balls arc lodged in faid 
 Counties, and make Report to this Aficmbly at their next Seffion. 
 
 Whereas James franklin exhibited to this Aflfembly an Account 
 charged againft the Colony, for printing fifty Lifts of Perfons who 
 have ncglcfted to give Bonds in the feveral Banks, and providing 
 Paper therefor \ and alfo for printing thirteen different Advertifcmcnts' 
 for the Colony's Service : Which being duly examined. This J^embly 
 do Vote and Refohe, and it is hereby Voted and Refolvtd, That the faid 
 Account be allowed, and that the Sum of Forty-fcven Pounds Five 
 Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid the faid James Franklin out of 
 the General Treafury. 
 
 Jn J CT incorporating theTownj ?/ Eafl-Greenwich, Warwick, 
 Weft-Greenwich, J/;^ Coventry, /« this Colonv, mw in the 
 County of Providence, into a County^ by the Name of tht Lvunty 
 of Kent. 
 
 WHEREAS the Number of Inhabitants in the faid County of 
 Providence, are much increafed, and the Bounds thereof are fo 
 extenfivc, that the Inhabitants in the diflant Parts thereof, are put to 
 
 great Charge and Trouble in profecuring their AfEiirs at the Town of 
 Providence^ where the faid Courts in faid County are eftablilhcd to do 
 the Bufinefs thereof. 
 
 T\E IT THEREFORE EN^iCT EB iythe GeneraUJjembly, 
 LS of this Colony, and by the Authority thereof. It is EnaUtd, That for 
 the future, the Towns of Eafi-Green^ujiCb, IVarwick, fVeft-Grtenwich, 
 and Coventry, at prefent in the County ot Providence, fhall be divided 
 off from (aid County of Providence, and fhall be a diftindt and feparate 
 County, by the Name of the County of Kent , and that Eaft-Greenwicb 
 fhall be the County Town. 
 
 Be it alfo Enabled, That within the faid County, there fnall be held 
 and kept at the faid Town of EaH -Greenwich^ in and for faid County, 
 one Seffion of the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of AfTize, and 
 General Goal Delivery, on the third Tuefday in Oliober, once m every 
 Year. 
 
 Be it alfo EnaHed, That for the future there fliall be held and kept 
 in faid County of /iTa;/, one Inferior Court of Common Pleas, and one 
 Court of General SefTions of the Peace; which faid Court of Common 
 Pleas, and Court of General SefTions of the Peace, fhall have two 
 SefTions at the faid Town of Eafl-Greenwich, in and for laid County of 
 Kent, yearly, and every Year ^ one on the iecond Tuefday of July, and 
 
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 tbc other on the fccond Tuefday of "January : And that there (hall be 
 five Judges or Juftices of fatd Courc of Common Picas, and Court of 
 General SrffioDs of the Peace, choi'en every Year, to wit, one Chief 
 Judge, and four other Judges, by the General Aflembly of this Colony, 
 in the lame Manner, and at the lame Time, that the other Judges of 
 t!ie Inferior Courts of Common Pleas, are chofen in and for the other 
 Counties in this Colony. And that the (aid Judges of fnid Inferior 
 Court oi Common Picas, and Court of General Seffions of the Peace, 
 Hull be comm'iflioned by his Honoar the Governor of this Colony, in 
 like Manner as the Judges of faid Courts in the other Counties in this 
 Colony, are commiflioned : And that the Juftices of the Peace in faid 
 County, fhall, and are hereby authorized and impowcred to attend 
 upon and compofe the faid Court of General Seffions of the Peace in 
 faid County oi Kent, in like Manner as the Juftices of the Peace in the 
 other Counties in this Colony do : And that the faid Court of Common 
 Pleas, and Court of General Seffions of the Peace, in faid County of 
 Kant, are hereby inverted and cloathed with the like Powers and Au- 
 thority in all Refpeds, as the faid Courts arc in the other Counties 
 in this Colony, by the Ads of this Colony heretofore made, without 
 ahy Exception or Limitation. 
 
 Bt it alfo E,naiied, That there fhall be one Clerk 6f faid Court of 
 Common Pleas, and Court of General Seffions of the Peace, and one 
 Sheriff of faid County, who ffiall be chofen as the Clerks andSheriSs 
 of the other Counties in this Colony arc, who are hereby impowered 
 to aft and do in all Refpeds, in faid County of Kent, as the Clerks 
 and SherifFs of the other Counties in this Colony do. 
 
 B^ it alfo Enaited, That there l^alf be one Seat, with the Device of 
 a Dove on it, for faid Courts of Common Ple4s, and General Seffions 
 of the Peace, m and for faid County of Kent^ to be ufed upon all pro- 
 per Occafions, as is by Law required, or made proper or necefiary t 
 and that the Clerks of faid Courts tor the Time being, fhali have the 
 Cuftody thereof. 
 
 Be it alfo EnaHed, That the faid Courts, as to the Number of Mem- 
 bers to make a Quorum in their refpedive Seffions, and in Relation to 
 all other Matters within the Power and Jurifdidion of faid Courts, 
 ftiall be fubjcd to all the Laws of this Colony now in Force, and the 
 Laws of England in every Refped, as fully and effedually, to all In- 
 tfcnts and Purpofes, as the other Interior Courts of Common Pleas, and 
 Courts of Gencrnl Seffions of the Peace, arc in the other Counties in 
 this Colony : Any Law, Cultom, or Ufage, to the contrary hereof, 
 in anywife, notwithftanding. 
 
 Provided, That a Court Houfc of the DimcnfioRS, or near the Di-i 
 menfion'. of the Court Houfc in Providence, be built in the Town of 
 Eaji-Greenwich, by a free Contribution of the Inhabitants of the faid 
 County of Kent : And that if the fame be not fo far finilhcd ai to be fie 
 
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 to hold Courts in, by the laft Day of OSohtf next, then the prefent 
 Aft is to determine, be null, void, and of none Effc6t : But if faid 
 Houfe be To far finifhed as abovefaid, that the Judges and other 
 Officers of faid Court be chofen at next OBober Seffions of Affcmbly, 
 to hold a Court in January next, 
 
 IT is Voted and Refolvsd, That Daniel Coggtjhall, Efq; and Col. Im, 
 / manuel Norlhup, be, und they are hereby conftituted a Committee 
 to leai'c out the Colony's two Ferry-Lands, Houfes, Boats, and all 
 other Appurtenances thereunto belonging, on the Weft Side oifamesm 
 town, to two different Perfons from Year to Year, by written Leafes j 
 and to take fufficient Bonds for the Performance of the Leafes. 
 
 Whereas Richard Thornton, of Providence, in the County of frovi- 
 dence, reprcfcnted unto this Adcmbly, that there are feveral Bonds in the 
 feveral Offices, by him mada to the Colony, which would be taken up, 
 and others given in Lieu of them, by Capt. Jonathan Olney, were there 
 not a Miftake in the Sums, the original Bonds being for a larger Sum 
 than they ought to have bcen^ and thereupon the faid Richard prayed 
 that a Committee might be appointed to inquire into the Premifes, i^c. 
 On Confideration whereof. Ibis AJjembly do Vote and Refolve, and it is 
 hereby Voted and Refohed, That upon a good Mortgage Deed's being 
 made and well executed, of the Land fold by the aforefaid Richard 
 Thornton to Cap:. Jonathan Olney, or any other Lands cqtJal in Value 
 thereunto, by the true Owner thereof, for fecuring to the Colony the 
 Sum mentioned in die Mortgage-Deed made by faid Tbornlen, of the 
 l^nd, together with a. Set-of Tenth Bonds well executed by fome fub- 
 ilantial Pcrfon inhabitiHg in thisColony, and the fame being delivered 
 to Benjamin Nichols, Efq; one of the Grand Committee, he the faid 
 Benjamin Nichols, is hereby direded to deliver up the Mortgage-Deed 
 and Tenth Bonds given bv the faid Thornton : And upon a Set of 
 Bonds being given to the General Treafurer, for the Intereft of the 
 faid Sum mentioned in faid iVIortgage Deed, the General Treafurer h 
 hereby dircifled to deliver up the Bonds given by faid Thorntott. 
 
 jin JCT for phe ^JJeJJing of 'Terfons who are not the proper 
 Inhabitants of any Town iv this Colony^ that fhalt fU or cUfi> 
 fife of any Goods or Merchandize within the fante 
 
 WHEREAS there has been of late, fundry Perfons who are 
 Inhabitants of other Towns and Governments, from time to 
 time tranfporting of Goods and Merchandize into many Towns in this 
 Government, who fhelter themfelves from the Law made againft 
 Hawkers and Pedlars, by hiring a Shop or Hoom of fome of the In- 
 habitants thereof, ta vend their Goods in, by their Agents, who con- 
 tinue to feiVand djfpofeas aforefaid ; whofe Continuance may be for a 
 Ihort Time, and they reap conliderable Profit and Advantage thereby, 
 snd are prot«ded by the Laws aforefaid. 
 
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 And Forafmuch as fuch Perfons ought to contribute to the Support 
 of fuch Town where fuch Goods are vended and fold, and for the 
 Defraying chc contingent Charges arifing within the fame, 
 
 D £ IT EN/iCTED by the General Apmbly, and by the Authority 
 '-* cf the fame, It is Enacted, That from and after the Publication of 
 this Ad, it fhall and may be lawful for the AfTeflTors of any 
 Town iri this Colony, after Notice being given them by two or more 
 Freeholders, to meet together, and inquire into the Quantity of Eu- 
 ropean Goods and Merchandize fo vended and iold, and aiTcfs the 
 Vciiders.thereof accordingly, if Strangers, at their Difcrction, accord- 
 ing ro the Largcnefs of their Trade, for the Ufe of fuch Town where 
 fuch Goods and Merchandize were vended and fold : Any Law, 
 Cuftom, or Ufage, to the contrary hereof, in anywife, notwichftanding. 
 
 And be it further Enailed by the Authority afcrefaid. That If any of the 
 AlTelTors aforefaid, Ihould fail in their Duty, after Notice given them 
 as aforefaid, fhall forfeit and pay a Fme not exceeding Fifty Pounds, at 
 the Difcretion of the Court of General Seffions of the Peace in the 
 fame Cuunty, being thereof conviiled before the faid Court, at the 
 Suit or Complaint of the Treafurer of faid Town where the Goods are 
 fold, or any other Perfon in the Treafuier's Behalf, to profecute chc 
 Suit : And fuch AffefTor or Aflefibrs fhiil be dilcharged by faid Court 
 from their Office ^ and fuch Town fhall be called by Warrant forthwith 
 by the Clerk, to meet together to choofe one or more in their Room. 
 
 And be it further EnaiJed by the Authority r.ferefaid. That when any 
 Perfon is aflfrrned as aforefaid, one or more AffcfTors Ihall demand fuch 
 Affeffment, and upon Rtfufal of Payment, any one of faid AfTefTors 
 Ihall and may grant forth a Warrant, direcfted to the Serjeant of the 
 Town, or any one Conftable, impowerin^ him to take the Goods of 
 fuch Perfon foaficfTed, if to be found, and cxpofc them to pubiick Sale, 
 and difpofe of the Money according to the Law in fuch Cafe made j 
 and if no Eftate can be found, to take the Body of fuch Perfon afTefTed, 
 and him to commit to Goal until he pay the Money affelTed : And that 
 this A6t be pubiiihed in three Days after the Rifing of this Affcmbly. 
 
 i'KJ H E R E A S Richard Ihornton, of Providince, in the County 
 VV oi Providence, reprcftnted unto this AfTrmbly, that there are 
 fcveral Bonds againlt him for Monty due to the Colony ^ for Pare 
 whereof he hath been already, and lor the Remainder is liable to be 
 fucd, and if fucd he mtifl inevitably be committed to Goal, he being 
 at prefcnt in poor Circumftances, and altogether unable to pay them \ 
 and thereupon prayed that all Procefs againfl: him may be Ifaycd for 
 the prcfent : And this Affcmbly having confidercd the Premifes, Do 
 Vote and Refolve, r.nd it is hereby Voted and Refolved, That all Execu- 
 tions on the Colony's Behalf, againft the faid Richard Tbomtcn, be 
 flayed, and that no more Atffions be brought againlf him on Bcbalf of 
 the Colony, 'till farther Orders from the General AfTembly. 
 
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 li is Voted and Refohed, That there be allowed and paid out of the 
 Genera! Treafury, the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds to his Honour 
 the Governor, and Fifty Pounds to his Honour the late Deputy Go- 
 vernor /^///w»; £//c-ry, Efq; for their laft Year's Salary, and extraordi- 
 nary Service. 
 
 Whereas Nathan Tanner prefented to this AflTcmbly a Mortgage-Deed 
 by him executed and delivered to the Colony's Truttces, for a Piece of 
 i^nd in South Kingjhn^ which Was intended to fecure to the Colony the 
 Sum of One Hundred and Four Pounds FourShiilingsi but by Miftake 
 there was entered in faid Mortgage-Deed, the Sum of One Hundred 
 and Forty-four Pounds and Four Shillings, which Deed is entered 
 upon Record : And as faid Tanner hath fince made another Mortgage 
 Deed of faid Lands, in which the true Sum is inferred, and delivered 
 the fame to the Town Clerk to be recorded, he prayed the fiirft men- 
 tioned Deed ihould be difcharged : On Confideration whereof, Ibis 
 Jjfemhly do Vote and Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and Refohed, That 
 the Town Clerk ot .?ff«/i-/r/«f/7(?w« be, and he is hereby direded to 
 difcharge fhc firfl-mentioncd Mortgage, by entering the fame in the 
 Margin of the Records where faid Mortgage-Deed is recorded. 
 
 "Whereas Thomas Richardfon, Efq-, General Treafurer of the Colony, 
 reprefentcd unto this Afiembly, that the Salary now allowed him, is 
 not equal to the Dignity of the Office, aud the Service he does j in 
 Support whereof, he afTigned many Reafons, and thereupon prayed, 
 that as former Aflemblies have heretofore granted reafonable Rewards 
 to the Treafurer, as well as to other Perfons, for extraordinary Ser- 
 vices, he might have a farther Allowance for W\s laft Year's Service j 
 and that the Treafurer's Salary be augmented for the future : On Con- 
 fideration whereof, ^his AJJembly do Vote and Refolve, and it is Veted 
 and Refolved, That the faid Thomas Richardfon pay himfcif out of the 
 General Treafury, the Sum of Fifty Founds, for his extraordinary 
 S^ervice, fince he hath been Genera! Treafurer, over and above his 
 Yearly Salary, 
 
 Whereas John Rice, of fVarivick, in the County of Providence, 
 Yeoman, reprefentcd unto this Afiembly, that at the laft Superior 
 Court of Judicature, \\t\Azt Providence, in and for the County of Pro- 
 vidence, on the fecond Tuefday o'i September, A.D. 1749, he had de- 
 pending vi\i\\John Pearce and Thomas Pearce, both of Eajl -Greenwich, 
 in the faid County of Providence, Yeomen, an Aftion of Partition for 
 the dividing a Trad of Land in iV\d Eaji-Greenwich, of which he the laid 
 John Rice demanded a Twenty-fifth Parr, as Tenant in Con>mon with 
 the other Proprietors of faid Eajl -Greenwich, there never having bten 
 any regular Partition made thereof : At which Court faid Caufe was 
 continued, as it had been for fundry Courts before, by Reafon a fuffi- 
 cient Number of Judges to hear and try faid Caufe, would nor ad, on 
 Account of their not being difintcreftcd in theEvent of faid Suit : And 
 that he the faid John Rice ftill labours under the fame Difadvantage t, 
 
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 for that '^c^ui Babcock, Efq, rcfufcd to a£t laft Court, by Reafon he 
 was intcrclted in a Cafe of ihc fame Nature, in Kitsgs County : Benja. 
 tnin HaJzarJy Elq^ rcful'ed to aft, by Reafon of his being nearly related 
 by Blood to feveral of the Proprietors of faid Eajl-Grur.wicb : And 
 John fFalton, Efq^ rcfufed to ad, for that he had been an Attorney 
 Jmployed in the Cafe originally : And thereupon the faid John Rice 
 prayed this Afismbly to appoint three difintercftcd Perfons in the 
 Room of the aforefaid three Judges, to compleat faid Court, to hear 
 and determine faid Cafe : And this Affcmbly having taken the Pre- 
 mifcs into Confideration, Do Vole and Refolve, anditts hereby Voted and 
 Refolvedy That Mr. Ihomas Philips^ Capt. Walter Cbaloner^ and Jojepb 
 RuJJel^ Efqi be, and they arc hereby appointed (pecial Judges of the 
 Court aforefaid, with full Power to hear and determine faid Cafe, in 
 the Room of the aforefaid Jofhua Babcock, Benjamin Hafzard, and John 
 fValton, Efqrs. 
 
 Whereas Benjamin Nichols, Efq; Treafurer of the Grand Committee, 
 reprefented unto this AfTcmbly, that whereas in Af^zy 1747, he was put 
 to ^reat Trouble in receiving the Sum of Six Thoufand Two Hundred 
 and Thirty-nine Pounds T.vo Shillings and Six Pence, which was by a 
 Commictceof th; General AfTcmbly's Appointment, lodged in his Office 
 by Order of Aflembly : That Money he exchanged with the Inhabi- 
 tants of this and the neighbouring Governments ; as alio about Twent7 
 Thoufand Founds more of the Colony's Money, to a multitude of Per- 
 fons 5 the doing whereof, and his ncccfTary Attendance on the other 
 Branches of his Duty in the aforefaid Office, took up the greateft Part 
 of his Time ever fincc the f?.id Month oi May, 1747, and hath almcft 
 prevented his applying hitufclf to any Part of hjy private Bufincfs : 
 Moreover, it occafioned great Trouble to him in his Houfe and Fa- 
 mily ; for all which extraordinary Services, he has not been allowed 
 any Thing by the Government, (j^c. Whereupon the faid Benjamin 
 prayed the AfTcinbly to take the Premifes into Confideration, and 
 grant him fuch i Reward as they fliould think proper. And this Aflem- 
 bly having fo done, Do Vote avd Refolve, and it is hereby Voted and Re- 
 fohed. That the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds be allowed 
 and paid unto the faid Benjamin Nichols, out of the General Treafury, 
 in Confideration of his extraordinary Services, over and above the 
 yearly Salary allowed him by Law. 
 
 Whereas James Reynolds, now a Prifoner in his Majefly's Goal in 
 Providence, and Alice his Wife, have, by Petition, informed this 
 Affcmbly, that the laid Jatnes having according to a Sentence of Court 
 againft him, fuffcred a Year's Impriionment, whereby the Petitioners, 
 and their poor Children, are almofl reduced to a flarving Condition : 
 And whereas the faid James RtynoLis is by the fame Sentence, ordered 
 to pay a Fine of Fifty Pounds before he fhall be difcharged from Goal, 
 which he is in no wife able to do, by Reafon of his long Impriionment: 
 And thereupon the Petitioners prayed the Fine aforefaid may be re. 
 mitted. And now this AiTembly taking into Confideration the di- 
 ftrefTcd Conditiori of the Pfiirion'r, James Reynold'i fVife. and their 
 
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 Children, Do Vote and Refolve, and i! is hereby Voted and Refolvei, That 
 v;-hen his Year's frnprifonment fhall be terminareci, the Sheriff of the 
 County ot Providence (hill, and he is hareby ordered and dirccSted to 
 take the faid Javus Rcynolds\ Bond foi the aforefaid Fine of Fifty 
 Pounds, and upon his giving laid Bond, payable lo the General Trea- 
 luter in one YcAf, and paying Coft, that the laid James fhalj be let 
 out of Goal. 
 
 Whereas Col. Jcfeph Pe»d!etsH, of ^elferfy', by Petition, reprc> 
 fcoted unto this AiTembly, that lometime in the Month oi Augujt lalli 
 he had a Brigantine loaden with Rum, \4ola(res, i^c. which was a 
 new VclTel,, and failed from jiHguilla, bound Home, the Property 
 v/hereof was entirely his own, and of the Value of Eighteen or Twenty 
 Thoufand Pounds : That the faid Brigantine and Cargo were noc 
 infured, and have not been heard of fincc, and fo is fuppofed to be 
 loft ; by which i>c3vy Stroke ol Providence, he is rendered unable to 
 pay his jufl Debt* at prcient, without felling fome Part or his real 
 Eftace. And whereas the Petitioner owns a Farm in (aid Wejierlyy 
 adjoining to Paucatuck River, near the Mouth tticreof ; Part whereof 
 it is thought might not only be coavcnient, but alfo tend to a publick 
 Advantage, if feitled with a Townj it being bounded Welterly, on 
 the navigable Part of laid Rivei, where there is plenty of Oyrters and 
 other Fifh ro be taken at all Times in the Year, and plenty of Stone 
 and Brick, with good Timber, fuHablc for building Veflelsand Houfes, 
 near to be had, very plenty ^ W4th Saw-Milh-on faid River, for the 
 fawing Plank, C5?f. with jnany other valuable Convcniencics : Where- 
 upon he prayed this AfTembiy to grant him a Lottery of about Twenty 
 Six Thoufand Poundi ; in which Lottery he the Petitioner will put 
 to Sale One Hundred and Tweruy-four Lots of Land (wjih two 
 dwelling Houfes thereon), part of the aforefaid Farm, adjoining to 
 the aforefaid River, none id's than a Quarter of an Acre, and Jome 
 half Acre?, at a certain Value put on them by two judicious and difin- 
 rercfted Men, nam.ly, Capt. /y^<Jt .Ji'if^f/ii, andCapt, EiiasThompfon. 
 The Sale of which Lots will enahk the Petitioner to pay his j'jft 
 Debts, &"(-. On Confideration .vhereof. This /i£imbly do Vote and Re- 
 joh:, and it is hereby Voted and Rejolvtd^ 1 hat a Lottery be fee up ac- 
 rordlng to a Plan drawn by tVilUam Baback, Surveyor, and a Scheme 
 figned by the faid Jcjeph Pendleton, both exhibited :r> this Affembly. 
 Atid that Capt. Naikanael Lewis, vfi Lkarkno^i-n -, and bilas Greenman^ 
 and JVillJam Babcxk, Elqrs. be, and they are hereby appointed Di- 
 re<5lors of faid Lottery, who fhall give Bond in the Sum of Thircy-two 
 Thoufand Pounds to the General Prcafurer, for the faithful Perform- 
 ance of their Tnifl: ; and that this Colony be free ard clear from any 
 Cjiarge accruing in faid Lottery • And that the Petitioner, upon re- 
 ceiving the Money to be paid to hirrt, he, together with his Wife, give 
 ample Deeds of Conveyance to the Drawers of (aid Lots, conveying 
 the fame in Fee-Simple ; and the faid DireCfors arc hereby impowered 
 »nd ordered to take faid Deeds for the Ufe ot the Drawers of faid Lots : 
 And that the faid Diredtors have Three per Cent out of the Money 
 arifing on faid Lottery, for all their Trouble and Charge rcfpcfting 
 the fame. 
 
 H The
 
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 f the above- mcntion'd Lottery. 
 
 
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 so 
 
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 120 
 
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 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 5 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 120 
 
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 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 6 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 Hi 
 
 i3 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 7 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 i4 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 8 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 Ditto, 
 
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 9 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 I 12 
 
 56 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 10 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 1 12 
 
 S7 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 1 1 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 1 10 
 
 iS 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 12 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 ICC 
 
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 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 13 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 lOi 
 
 60 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 14 
 
 Ditto, 
 
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 61 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 li 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 1 10 
 
 62 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 1^ 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 120 
 
 63 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 17 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 130 
 
 64 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 18 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 150 
 
 <^i 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
 '9 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 130 
 
 (56 
 
 Ditto, 
 
 SO 
 
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 Ditto, 
 
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 WHEREAS Jofepb Bennet and Daniel Dunham, exhibited tc 
 this Aflembly an Account by them charged againft the Colony, 
 amounting to Thirty Pounds, for their Trouble and Labour in tak:ng 
 Care of the Colony Houfe, cleanfing of it, (^c. for the Year pad : 
 On Confideration whereof, This /tjfi'mlly do Vote and Re/ohe, and it is 
 hereby Voted and Re,'olvedy That Twenty Pounds of laid Account be 
 allowed, and paid the faid Jajepb Bennet and Daniel Dunham out of the 
 General Trcafury, for their Service aforcfaid. 
 
 // is Voted and Re/ohed, That all Proceedings in refpcft to turning 
 the Courfe of Paucatuck River, be, and they are hereby ftayed 'till 
 further Orders (hall be given forth from this Aflfembly. 
 
 Whereas feveral Committees that were appointed at the lafl ScfTion 
 of this AfTcmblv, and dircfted to make their Report to the prefent, 
 have noc pcrform'd the fame i This Ajfembly therefore do Vote and Re- 
 fohe, and it is hereby Voted and Refolved, That they and each of them, 
 be, and they are hereby continued in the Truft for which they were 
 
 appointed,
 
 [ 32 ] 
 
 appointed, aod inverted wiih all the Power and Authonicy before 
 granted tlvm, for a<fting in Consequence to fuch their Appointment : 
 And that they report theiT Proceedings to this AfTcrnbly at their next 
 Sefllon. 
 
 Both Houles being reTolved into ^ Grand Committee, the following 
 Officers were cholcn, to vnt j 
 
 Thomas Arnold, Efq-, a Juftice of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas and General Sefllons of the Peace, in and for the County ot Pro- 
 vidence, in the Room o^ Jeremiah Lippet, Efq; v/ho refufed : ^nd tt is 
 Voted and Re/clved, That the faid Tiotnas Arnold fhall be the youngefl 
 JuOice of the laid Court. 
 
 JViiliam Barton., Efq-, a Juflicc of the Peace for the Town of Provi- 
 dence, in the County of Providence^ in the Room of John burton, Efqj 
 who refufed. 
 
 Benjamin Arnold, Efq; a Jiifticeof the Peace for the Town of ff^.irwick. 
 
 Jeremxab IVtUcox, Efq; a Juftice of the Peace for the Town ot South- 
 Kingf\cii. 
 
 John Aldncb, Efq, a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of Smithfield. 
 
 l^athanaei Le'xis Efq; a Juftice o) the Peace for the Town oiCbarleS' 
 town, in the Koom of Benjamin Hoxjey, Efq; who refukd. 
 
 Jonathan Clark, Elq, a Jullice of the Pcdce forfaiiT Town of Charlts- 
 iown, in the Room ot Jubn Congdon, Efq. who refufed. 
 
 Benjamin Mowrey, Efq; a Juflice ot the Peace for thr Town of 
 Exeter, in the Room of George Reynolds, Efq, who refufed. 
 
 Pele^ Smith, FJq. a Juftice of the Peace lor the Town of Middletov/n, 
 in the Room of Jcfhud Coggejhalt (ion of Thema.i), who refufed. 
 
 Edward Eajicn, Efq, a Juftice of the Peace for laid Town of Middle- 
 town. 
 
 Ihomas Kin'^'on, Efq, .t Ju.Qicc of thi. Fcjcc for the Town of Richmond. 
 
 l'f,^l"T\ ^'P^'""' I Of tlK Troop of Horfe in the County 
 Calth Arncld, Lieutenant, > , n ; . 
 
 Benjamin try, Lorr.ft, , 
 
 It is Voted and Refuved, 1 hat the Choie* Df the Committees in the 
 feveral Towns, for the Management o*^tlic Colony'c Monty lot, or to 
 he let on Lo.in, be, and the fame V, hereby referred unto the next 
 tJetrion of ihis Afilmbly ; and th.u the prelcnc Olticers be continued 
 until that Time, with t^uU Power ot doing, afting, and tranfading ajl 
 Bufmels appertaining to their Offices, in the ir.can v<hile. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolvtd, That all Biifmefs lying before this Aflembly, 
 iinfinirncd, be, and the lame is hereby referred to the next Seftiofi 
 thereof : That the Secretary p.(,claim by Beat of Drum in Ne'jvporty 
 the Ads and Orders now miJc and paft, within ten EXiys -, and fend 
 Copies of the Ads and Order made and part at this and the tart Srffion, 
 to each Town in ihc C olonv, agreeable to Law, within Forty Days 
 after the Rifingof this Aflcmbly ; And that this Affcmbly be, and U 
 is hereby adiourncd to the third Monday of Aug'ijf next. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 Newport, June i8. 1 750. All the fcrtgciug Ails of AJfcmhly, totrt 
 
 btre puhlijbed by Beat of Drum., tac. 
 
 Thomas Ward, Secrtt, 
 
 CC in4*' jtrfM t^u-*yp*ftJ'Q;) 
 
 f- '^^^i-'/'-'Y
 
 C iil 
 
 At the G E N E R i^ L A S S E M B 1. Y of the 
 GOVERNOR ana CO M PAN T of the Englilh 
 Colony of Khode>-Ifl:ind, and Providence-Planta- 
 tions, in New.Englandj in America ; begun and 
 held by Adjotirnmont at Newport the third Monday 
 of Auguft, m the Tn-enty-fourth Tear of the Reign 
 of His ALfl Sacred MajeUy, GEO KG E the Second^ 
 by the Grace of G O D, King of Great-Britain, 
 France, and Ireland, Defender of the faiths &c- 
 Jnd in the Tear of Our LORD, One Thoufand Seven 
 Hundred and Fifty, 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. W T L LI J M G REE NE, £fq; Governor* 
 
 The Hon. Robert Haszard, Efq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 George Wanton, Efq^ -\ Robert Lawton, Efq; *^ 
 Jonathan Nichols, Elq-,/ James Arnold, Efq-, / 
 
 John' Potter, Elq-, >4(^^'Willi am Richmond, Efq;>^. 
 
 JaBEZ BOVVEN, Efqi \. DANlELCoGGESHALL,EfqA 
 
 Benjamin Tucker, Efq;) J eoffry Watson, Efqi J 
 The Secr etar y. 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 The Honourable Thomas Cranston, Efqj Speaker. 
 
 NEW PORT; 
 
 Mr. Nalbanael- Ccg^ejhally 
 TVlr. Jofeph Whipple, 
 The Speaker, 
 
 Mr. John Tillingbaji. 
 Capt. Job Bennet. 
 
 Providekce ; 
 Jonatban Randal^ Efq; 
 
 Mr. Elijba
 
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 Mr. E/;/ha Browrtt 
 Capi. Chrii^ofher Harris^ 
 John Andrews, F.fq-, 
 
 Portsmouth *• 
 IVilliam Anthony., jun. Efq; 
 John Allen, Efqj 
 Mr. Thomas Brownel, 
 Benjamin tlickes, El'q; 
 
 Warwick •, 
 Philip Greene, Efq; 
 Mr. Jofepb UppH, 
 William HolJen, Efq-, 
 John f Fallon, F/q; 
 
 Westerly ; 
 Col. Joftph PendUtov, 
 Cape. CMb Cbureh. 
 
 Nevv-Shoreham j 
 Capt. Edward Sands, 
 Cape. Robert Hull. 
 
 North-Kingston ; 
 Col. Immanuel Nortbup- 
 Beriah Brcivn, Efqj 
 
 SotJTH-KlNCSTON } 
 
 Mr. Henty G^^rdner, 
 Ro-J.iand Robin/on. Efq-, 
 East-Greenwich i 
 Jofeph Kiehols, Efq-, 
 Capt. Thomas Spenfer. 
 Jamestown •, 
 Mr. Edward Carr, 
 Mr. Joleph Clark. 
 
 SmITHPI tLD i 
 
 7homiis Lopkam, Efq^ 
 Thomas Arnold, Efq; 
 Sc ituate i 
 Job Randal, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Gideon Hammcnd. 
 Glocester ; 
 Major Riebard Smith, 
 Mr. Benjamin Smith. 
 
 Charlestown } 
 Mr. James Congdon, 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. 
 
 West-Greekwich i 
 Mr. Samuel Hopkins y 
 Mr. IVillicm C'.tmjiock, 
 
 Cove ntky ; 
 Elijha Johnfon, Efq-, 
 Samuel Cooper, Efq; 
 Exet er ; 
 Mr. Benoni Gardner, 
 Capt fVilliam Tripp. 
 Mi ddletown; 
 Mr. Jonathan Ecfimf 
 Cape, fVilliam Turner. 
 
 Bristol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 Tiverton ; 
 Capt. John MancheflcTt 
 Abraham Barker, Efq; 
 
 Little-Compton i 
 Lieut. Cul. Jubn Hunt. 
 Mr. Jofepb Peckham. 
 
 Warren , 
 Capt. Benjamin Barton, 
 Cumberland •> 
 Job Bar tie t, Efq; 
 John Dexter, E(q; 
 
 Richmond j 
 Mr. Samuel Tift, 
 Capt. Jamts Adams: 
 
 Mr. Jo^as Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfc. 
 
 TH E Gentlemen appointed by the Ancmbly at their SefTion in 
 Nezvpcrf, on the lecond Monday in June hft. to audit the Ac- 
 counts of the General Treafurcr, exhibited the following Account by 
 themftatrd, and fubjoincd rheir Report unto it. 
 
 ir$o
 
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 1 7 50. Th£ Colony of Rhode-Ifland, to Thomas Richard- 
 Ion, Gt;ncral Freajunr, Dr.— •- 
 
 To Ca(h for fundry Difburfmcnts from the the fifth 
 D&y o{ June, 1749, to the lirft Day oi Augu/t, 
 »750> tc^ethcr with the Intcrelt Money paid to fcveral 
 Towns, and Incident Charges taken from the Treafurer's 
 Alphabetical Book, — — — jC- ^5^5^ »8 5 
 
 To the Trealurcr's Salary for the Year 1749. 200 o 9 
 
 To an Allowance to the Treafurer by hti of Affembly 
 in7«Hei750, for extraordinary Services. 50 o o 
 
 To fundry Imall Charges for a Book, Paper, tfr, J3 1 6 
 
 To fliort Intercft of the eighth Bank for the Towns 
 6f ^arwiV* and ^^er/y, for the Year 1749. 2 id. o 
 
 £,. 15912 13 II 
 Ballancc due from 7bomas RUbardfon^ Efq-, General 
 Treafurer to the Colony, being Twenty Thoufand and 
 Sixty. five Pounds Eight Shillings and Five Pence, in 
 Money and Bonds. — ^ — 20065 8 5 
 
 ,£.35988 2 4 
 
 1 7 ^o. Contra. Cr.— - 
 
 BY Ballancc due 10. tlic Colony fiom the General 
 Treafurer, as fettled by the Auditors the fch Day 
 
 oi/une,J,D. ly^^. — — — .^-24891 10 10 
 
 By the Intereil of the feventh Bank torthe Year I 749. ^200 o <i 
 By the Intpreft of the eighth Bank for the Year 1749. 6400 o O 
 By Cafh received of Col. IVilliam Coddingion, Vendue 
 
 Mafter, for the neat Proceeds of Colony Stores fold by 
 
 him, as by his Account in the Ircafurer's Office. 1448 11 6 
 
 By Col. Elijha Reynold'^ Bond for 30 o o 
 
 By Cafh received for Eighteen Law-Iiooks, fold fince 
 
 the laft Audit. — ■ — — — jS c o 
 
 By two Books delivered by Order of Affembly. 
 By 175 Books in the Treafury unfold. 
 
 £■ 35988 2 4. 
 
 *' f 7\r^ ^^^ Stibfcribers being appointed by the General Aflembly 
 " V V a Commitree to audit the Accounts of Thomas Richard/on, 
 *' Efq; ths prefcnt General Treafurer, do find that there is due from 
 •"i- the laid Thomas Richard/on to the Colony, the Sum of Twenty 
 •' Thoufand and Sixty-fivo Pounds Eight Shillings and Five Pence, as 
 ** appears by the Account above ftated, in which a Number of nctt
 
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 ** eji Bonds am included, amounting to a large Sum. We llfo Reporti 
 " That the laid Ibomas Ricbardfan claimed an Allowance for hiscxtra- 
 " ordinary Services the laft Year, in lettling with the Perfons who 
 " had their Sterling Bills protcftcd, and delivering them new Setts of 
 " Bills ; and alfo tor hiring Money tor the Colony, as by Order of 
 " Aflcmbly : But as wc concluded that this Matter did not properly 
 " belong to us to determine, therefore recommend it to the Confidcra- 
 ** tion of tiic General Aficmbly. As Witnefs our Hands in Newperi, 
 •' ^A.jjwl? the ifl. 1750. " Peter Sours, 
 
 *' Thomas Cranjion, 
 " John Jillinghajl^ 
 " James Sheffield." 
 And this Afletnbly having taken into Confidcration, and duly exa- 
 mined faid Report, Do Vote and Refolve, and i: is Voted and Refolvtti, 
 That the fame be, and it is hereby accepted 
 
 Whereas the fame Gentlemen were at ihe fame Time appointed a 
 Committee to audit the Accounts of CoU John Gardner with the Co- 
 lony ; and liaving aflumed that Province, exhibited the following Ac- 
 count by them dated, and lubjoined their Report unto it. 
 
 Dr- ^f^^ Colony of Rlidde-Iflaad, to John Gardner, Efq; 
 »749' '"X^O Ballancc due 7««u^ Sth, 1749. I'^ST^ ^^ J 
 
 y To fundry Difburfments for the Colony, 
 as /)fr his Book and Vouchers. 217 91 
 
 ;C-»78o I 8 
 
 Cr. The Colony o/"Rhodc-Ifland, to John Gardner, E/"^; 
 
 174.9. T)y fifteen half Barrels Powder. ^. 442 o o 
 
 jj By Cafh receiv'd of the General Treafurer. 1230 10 9 
 By Ballance due to John Gardner, Efa; 116 10 41 
 
 A. 1789 1 8 
 
 " TXTE the Subfcribera being appointed by the General Affembly 
 " VV a Committee to audit the Account oi John Gardner, Efq^ 
 *♦ with the Colony, Report, Thai wc have pcr^orm'd faid Service, 
 *' and find a Ballance due from the Colony to the faid John Gardner^ 
 *' of One Hundred and Sixteen PoundsTen Shillings and Eleven Pence : 
 " As Witnefs our Hands in Newport, Augujl 2d. \ 750, 
 
 " Peter Bours, 
 •' Thomas Cranffon^ 
 *• John Tillinghaji, 
 •' James Sheffield:* 
 And this Affcmbly having taken into Confideration, and duJy 
 examined the faid Report, Do Vote and Refohe, and it is Voted and RjC- 
 Jolved, That the fame be, and it is hereby accepted ; and ihat the 
 
 above
 
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 above-mentioned Ballance of Onr Hundred and Sixteen Pounds Ten 
 Shillings and Eleven Pence, be paid unto the aforefaid John Gardner 
 out of the General Treafury. 
 
 And whereas the fame Gentlemen were at the fame Time appointed 
 a Committee to audit rhc Accounts of the Committee that was appointed 
 to build the Light-Hou'.e ; and having alTumed that Province, reported 
 ■unto this Alfembly, 1 hat they nad intpefted and examined the feveral 
 Accounts and Vouchers ot biynon Peaj'e, Ffqi and Mr. Jbel Franklin^ 
 the only twoof the Committee who received and laid out the Colony's 
 Money in the Execution ot that Defign, and found a BalJance of Three 
 Hundred and Twenty-nine Pounds Nine Shillings and Five Pence due 
 from the faid Simon Pcaje^ which he immediately paid in the Prefence 
 of the Reporters, to Mr. Franklin's Son, for the Ufe of his Father, 
 who had a Ballance due to him on Account of faid Light-Houfe. 
 And over knd above the faid Sum of Three Hundred and Twenty-nine 
 Pounds Nine Shillings and Five Pence paid as aforefaid, they found 
 the Sum of Four Hundred and Sixty-four Pounds Ten Shillings and 
 Seven Pence due to the faid Jiel Franklin. And now this Aflcmbly 
 having taken into Confideration, and duly examined the laid Report^ 
 Dp Vote and Rej'olve, and it is Voied-and Re/ohed, That the faid Report 
 be, and the fame are hereby accepted, ajid that the Sum of Four Hun- 
 dred and Sixty-four Pounds Ten Shillmgs and Seven Pence, be allowed 
 and paid unto the aforefaid. /fi'f/ Franklin out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas the Committee that audited ^he Accounts of the General 
 Treafurcr, Col. John Gardner's Accounts with the Colony, and the 
 Accounts, of the Committee that built the Light-Houfe, exhibited the 
 following Account. 
 
 'Fte Colony to Peter Bours, Thomas Cranfton, John Tillinghaft-, 
 and James Sheffield, a Commitue appointed by the General 
 yijjembly, — — — Dr. — 
 
 TO auditingthe General Treafurcr's Accounts, Com- 
 miflary Gardner's Accounts; and the Light-Houfe 
 Accounts, — — — ■ j^. 80 o G 
 
 Peter BourSy 
 JSewport, Auguji 14. T750. Thomas CranHoKy 
 
 John Tillinghaft^ 
 James Sheffield." 
 And this Affembly having taken into Conlideration, and duly 
 examined the faid iVccount, Do Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted and Re^ 
 /olved. That the fame be, and it is hereby allowed ; and that the 
 Sum of Eighty Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid 
 Auditors out of the Gcjieral Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Clic General Affembly at their ScfUon in South- King ff on, on 
 fhe lad Tuefday of February lad, appointed a Committee, and im- 
 powered them in BehaU of the Colony, to fettle the AfJcounts of Col. 
 John Gardner, McfTrs, John Channing, Thomas IVickham., and Stephen 
 
 K f^aniotr.
 
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 WantcH-^ who were appointed Diredtors of a Lottery granted by the 
 Government for the Relief of Jofepb Fox, who was then confined in his 
 Majefty's Goal in Niwpor: ; and to receive of the faid Directors all the 
 Money that Ihould appear to remaia in their Hands, after paying for 
 the Relief oi faid Fox, and.Charges. And whereas the faid Committee 
 fo appointed, airumed that Province, and having efteded the Bufinefa 
 committed to th(?ir Chjrge, exhibited to this A(Tembly an Account 
 by them Hated, as follows : 
 
 The Directors, - - Dr.— 
 
 10 the Amount of the Lottery, — — ^.32000 o o 
 
 T 
 
 4 
 
 Contra. - - Cr 
 
 "DY Jofepb Pox's Debt, allowed and paid John 
 
 ^ Banijier, — — £• 2y64. 
 
 By Jo/etb Scott, ECq; — — 29 o o 
 
 By Benefit Tickets, — — 280C0 o o 
 
 By Co.nmilTions for faid Direftors, at Two and Half 
 
 per Cent, allowed bv Aflcmbly, 800 o o 
 
 £■3^593 5 4 
 By Ballance due from faid Direftors, 406 1 4 8 
 
 J^. 32000 o o 
 To which Account, they fuhjoined the following Report and Account : 
 ♦' TTI 7E the Subfcribcrs, being appointed a Committee by the 
 " V V General Aflcmbly, to audit the Accounts of the within 
 ♦' named Diredlors, do Report, That according to faid Trull, wc 
 " have audited the within Accounts, and find a Ballance due from faid 
 •' Directors, of Four Hundred and Six Pounds Fourteen Shillings 
 *• and Eight Pence, as by the abovt Account appears ^ which Money 
 " ftill remains in the Hands of faid Directors : As Witnefs our Hands 
 •' in Newport i this 8 th Day oi Jugutly 1750. 
 
 «' miliam Ellery, 
 •' Thomas Cranjien, 
 " John Tillinghaji^ 
 •' James Sheffield." 
 
 The Colony cj Rhode-Ifland, - Dr-— - 
 
 TO our Time and Trouble in auditing faid Lottery, /. 12 o © 
 miliam Ellery^ 
 Thomas Cranjion^ 
 John Tiliinghafl, 
 James Sheffield. 
 And now this AfTembly having taken the Premifes into Confider- 
 ation. Do Vote and Refolvc, and it is Voted and Refolved, That the faid 
 Report be, and the lame is hereby accepted ; That the above-men- 
 tioned Ballance of Four Hundred and Six Pounds Fourteen Shillings 
 and Eight Pence, due from the Dircdlors as aforcfaid, be by their paid 
 
 into
 
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 into the General Treafury within one Month from this Time : And 
 alfo that the abov« Account by the Auditors, charged againft the Co- 
 lony. t>c allowed, and tne Sum ot Twelve Pounds, the Amounc 
 ihercof, paid the faid Auditors out ot the General Treafury. 
 
 Whcrea.'; Meflrs. J/hmael Spink, and Samuel Hopkins, exhibited an Ac- 
 count of Seven Pounds New-Tfinor, oy them charged againft the Co- 
 lony, for letting out upon Loan, One Thoufand Four Hundred 
 Pounds New-Tenor Bills, Anno 1744. And this (^.flembly having 
 taken into Condderation, and duly examined the faid Account, Do 
 Vote and Rejolve, indii is Voted and Re/ohed, That the SutT< of Three 
 Pounds Ten Shillings New- Tenor, be allowed the faid IJhmael Spink-, 
 and Samusl Hopkins, and paid them out of the General Treafury . 
 
 Whereas John Eajlon exhibited an Account of Ninety Pounds, by 
 him charged againft the Colony, for his Time and Trouble in taking 
 Care of the Colony Houfe, turning the Colony's Powder once a 
 Month, carrying the Spall Arms to the Gunfmith, and bringing them 
 bacif fcvcrai Times, from the firft Day of My, 1740, to the firft: Day 
 o^ May, 1749 : And this Aflembly having taken into Confidcrarion. 
 and duly examined the faid Account, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is 
 Voted, Jnd Refohed, That the Sum Thirty Pounds be allowed the faid 
 John Eajion, and paid him out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Peter Bours, Sinun Peafe, Thomas Cranjion, George fVanton^ 
 and James Sheffield. Efqrs. who were appointca to receive of Col. Daniel 
 XJpdtks all his Accounts with the Colony, and examine the fame, have 
 not y^i- compleated that BuQncfs ; // is therefore Voted and Refohed.^ 
 That the fame Gentlemen be, and they hereby arc farther continued a 
 Committee tor the Purpofe aforefaid ^ and that they, or the major 
 Part of them, examine all the Accounts which the faid Col. Updike hath 
 with the Colony, as well thofe refpefting the Grand Committee and 
 General Treafury, as all other Accounts whatever, fubfifting betweea 
 him and the Colony, and make Report ot their Doings to this Affem- 
 h!y at their next SelBon. 
 
 Whcress /inn and James FraakliA exhibited an Account by them 
 charged againft the Colony, for printing the Adb and Orders of the 
 General AiTerobly made and palfed the two laft Seffions, one in Ma-fy 
 and the other in Junt; and for furnifbing Paper to print the fame on." 
 And this AlTembly having taken into Confideration, and duly exam- 
 ined the faid Account, Do Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted and Re/olved, 
 That the laid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum 
 of Fifty-nioe Pounds Ten Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid the 
 faid ^«and James Franklin out of the General Treafuryj 
 
 Vfhcre^BLStimuel Jngel, oi Providence, exhibited an Account: by him 
 charged againft the Colony, lor raakmg and erefting a Pillory there, 
 and for Materials by him found to make the fame : And this Aflembly 
 
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 havlrtg taken Into Confidcratlon, and duly examined the fald Account, 
 Bo Vote and Refolve, anA it is Voted and Refohed, That the fame be, 
 and it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum of Sixteen Pounds Eleven 
 Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid Samuel Angei out 
 of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas Charles O'ney exhibited an Account by him charged againlt 
 the Colony, for a Well-pole and Crutch by him provided for the Ufe 
 of the Goal in Providence : And this AfTembly having taken into Con- 
 fideration, and duly examined the faid Account, Do Vote and Refolve, 
 and it is Voted and Refohed, That the lame be, and it is hprtby allowed, 
 and chat the Sum of Three Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid unto 
 the fiid Charles O'ney out of the General Treafury. 
 
 It is Votea and Refohed, That Feter Bours, Simon Peafe, Themes 
 Cranflcn, iSeorge fVanion, and James Sheffield, Efqrs. be, and they, or 
 the major Part of them, are hereby conitituted a Committee to audit 
 the Accounts of Benjamin Nichols, El'q-, Keeper of the Grand Com- 
 mittee's Office, for the Year 1 749, and to rercive of him all the Bills 
 of Credit m his Hands that have been paid in {orTetiths,^ and burn the 
 lame, and make Report of their Doings to this Affembly at their next 
 Scinon. 
 
 Whereas MefTrs. Rowfe Helme, and John JVatjon, let out upon Loan 
 ihc Town-' of 5ctt.'^- A7«f/?o^i)«'s Proportion of the Bank in the Year 
 1744, and have not received anv Satisfaiftion therefor. // is therefore 
 Voted and Refelved, That the Sum of Eight Pounds Two Shillings and 
 Threepence, in Bills of Credit of the New-Tenor, be allowed and 
 paid the faid RowfeHelme and John JVatfon out of the General Trcafury, 
 for their Service. 
 
 Whereas MefTrs. Jofepb Whipple, IhomasCranJion, and John Tilling' 
 hafi. were appointed a Committee to receive of the Gentlemen who 
 were formerly appointed to pay oft the Soldiers raifcd for the Expedi- 
 tion intended againft Canada, their Accounts with the Colony, and to 
 adjuft the fame, and receive the BalUnce ; but have nor yet efFefted 
 that Bufinefs : // is therefore Voted and Refohed, That the faid Jofepb 
 iVhipple, Thomas Cranfton, and John TillinghaJl, be, and they are 
 hereby farther continued a Committee fbr the Purpofe atorefaid ; and 
 that they, or the major Part of them, enter upon and hnifh the Affair 
 as foon as may be, and make Report of thrir Doings to this AfTembly 
 at their next SefTion. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the Bond given by the DirecElors of 
 the Lottery fct forth for raifing Money to build a Bridge ovtv Wayboffet 
 River in Providence, be put in Suit at the next Inferior Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas to be held at Providence, within and tor the County of Pro, 
 •Dtdence -, and that Mr. Matthew Rohinfon be, and he is hereby appointed 
 the Attorney to profccuce faid Suit.
 
 I 41 1 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed^ That the Speaker of the Lower Houfe, 
 Jonathan Nicbuts, Efqi and Capt. John Tillin^hasl, be appointed a 
 Committee, and they, or the major Part of them, are hereby impowered 
 to examine and fettle the Accounts of the Secretary, and Cape, of Fort 
 Gforge, with the Colony, and make Report of their Doings to this 
 Aflembly at their next Seffion. 
 
 It ts Voted and Rejol'jed, That the Sheriff of the County of Nevuporty 
 be, and ht- is hereby appointed and dircfted to colleft al! tht; Colony's 
 Arms, Carcouch Boxes, and Balls, within the Tov/n ot Nrwfart, and 
 lodge them in the Garret of the Coiony-houfe, and take the Care and 
 Chargv; of ih:m ; tor which he fhall have a reafonablc Allowance. 
 
 WherMsDr 7«^« ■5'''// exhibited an Account ot t^ighty-three Pounds 
 Three Shillings, by him charged againft tht Colony, for Medicines 
 aaminiftred to, and Aciendancc on (cveral ot the Soldiers in the Ser- 
 vice ot the Governmentj ac Fort George, And this AfTembly having 
 taken into Conliderjtion, ajid duly examined the laid Account, Do 
 Vote and Refolvty and it is Voted and Re/ohed, That the Sum of Seventy 
 Pounds of the i'aiii Account be^ and is hereby allowed the fa!d John 
 Brett, and paid him out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Be it EnaHed by the Getterdl Ajfembly of this Colony, and ly the Authority 
 thereof, It is ErtaJed, T'ut for the future no Phyfician or Surgeon Ihall 
 be enplovcd to adminifter Medicines, or give Attendance, (j^e. to or 
 on the Officers or Soldier* at Fori Geerge, at the Charge of the Colony, 
 without particular Orders from the Captam ot laid fort for the Time 
 being. 
 
 This AlTembly having confidered the fubjeft Matter of the Petition 
 of divers Perfons, Inhabitants on tht Land claitncd by this Colony 
 from the Province of the MaJfacbu/etts-Bny, and their Circitmffances, 
 do Order, That the Secretary of this Colony write a Letter to the 
 Secretary of faid Province^ to be lard before their General Court, re- 
 prefcnting, Thar, this AfTcmbly has had certain Information, that a 
 confiderable Number of thofe Perlons inhabiting on the faid difputed 
 Lands, are apprehended and profecotcd ztH^orcefter Court of Seffiorvs. 
 as Rioters^ occafioned by fame indifcreet Proceedings of fome Officers: 
 in the Colony j which as they were done in the Reccfs of this Afifembly, 
 fo they wfTc begun and carried on without the Knowledge and Privity 
 of this Court'-, and that all thefe things have happened fifK-e th« laft 
 Letters to faid Province : Therefore dehrc, that as the General Court 
 of faid Province has always in alt their Letters to this Colony Gnce this 
 Diloutc has rubPifled, (hewn a Difpofition to have the faid Northern 
 Boundary Line b«tween us, run and fettled in the mod amicable Way 
 poiTible •, fo oa our Parr, thit it is our hearty Defifc every Thing 
 (hould be done to cultivate that good Harmony and Friendfhip that 
 ought Eolubfill" between Neighbours, and that thofe poor People who 
 L are
 
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 are fettled on the faid difputcd Land, may not be made a Sacrifice to 
 the Rcfcntments of the Provinrp. for being mificd by any inconfidcrate 
 Officers of ihis Colony, lince tliis AflTcmbly have Kealun to btJicve that 
 the Perfons fo prolccuted, had no riotous Intent to diflurb the Peace 
 of ihe Government ^ therefore tl^is Aficmbly dcfires that the General 
 Court of faid Province would give Orders to the Judges of faid Court 
 at fVorceftir, tnlufpend any further Profecution againft faid Men, 'till 
 the faid Matter of laid Line fljall be iflued ; or thac the Secretary 
 write fomething to the like Purpolc, and to dclire them alio to fufpend 
 the Levying tlie Tax^s trom faid People 
 
 Aifo hisHonour the Governor is dcfircd ro -vvrite by the firfl: Ship to 
 the Agent for th's Colony in London, dircdlinghmi 10 reprefent to His 
 Majclty the Circumilances of faid People, and 'he rieorous Demands 
 that are made on rhem tor Taxi*s, (^c. in order to obtain from Wis 
 Ivlajcity in Council, an Order to faid Province to fufpend the Levying 
 any more Taxes, or ufing any violent Means with laid People, 'till 
 the faid Northern Line fliall be hnaily fettled and eOnbiifhcd. 
 
 Whereas the I'xecutors of Ihnry Tifdale^ late of Nnvpcrt, Gunfmith. 
 dcccas'd, exhibited an Account charged againft the Govcrnmcu, for 
 his the faid Henry's, cleaning in his Lite, Guns, Pillols, CirtlafTcs, cfr. 
 belonging 10 the Colony : And this AfTembly having taken into Con- 
 fidcration, and duly cxamin<-d the laid Account, Do Vote and Rejohe, 
 and it is Feted and Refoived, That the lame he, and it is hi^reby allowed, 
 and that me Sum-of One Hunured and Ninety-eight Founds tourteen 
 Shillings and Six Pence, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid 
 Executors out ot the Gcnciai Treafury. 
 
 Be ft Enaiied by the General Jjjemblyy and by the Authority thereof ^ It 
 is EnaHed, That the Keeper of the Grand Committee's Office be, and 
 he is hereby diredted to exchange for the future fuch whole Bills of 
 Credit as he fhall receive from time to time in that OfSce, ind 
 take torn Bills in Lieu thereof ^ and tor his Time and Trouble in (o 
 doing, fhall be allowed Half per Cent. 
 
 It is Voted and RefolveJ, That the Colony's Ferries on the Weft 
 Side oijamefiown, be ibKl to thcbeft Advantage of the Government ; 
 And that Daniel Coggefhtll, Ihomas Cranjl;n, and Immanuel Ncrikup, 
 Efqrs. be, and fhcy, or the major Part of them, are hereby conflituted 
 a Committee, v^ith full Power to Icll and difpofc of faid Femes by 
 Publick Vendue, or otherwifc, as they fhall think proper, advertifing 
 the fame fourteen Days before the Sale ; and when they have fold thcin, 
 the faid Committee in B-half of the Colony, make, leal, and execute 
 a good and luffkicnt Deed or Deeds of laid Ferries to ttic Buyer or 
 Buyers thereof ; and that the Money arifing thereby, be lodged in 
 the General Treafury ; and that out of the fame, the General Treafurer 
 pay off all fuch Money a-j was by him hired for building the Light 
 Houfc. 
 
 "Whereas
 
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 Whereas Mcffis. Mrahcm -lourtelott and Richard Smith, exhibited ail 
 AccoufU by them charged againll the Colony, for letting out One 
 Thoufand Nine Hundred and Fifty Pounds in Bills of Credit of the 
 Ne-.v Tt-nor, it being the Town of Glokafter'% Proportion of the 
 Eighch Bank. : And this AlTcmbly having taken into Confidcration, 
 and duly examined the faid Account, Do Vote and. Rcfolvc^ and it is 
 ^ated and Rifohed^ That the faclie be, and it is hereby allowed, and 
 that the Sum of Nineteen Pounds Ten Shillings Old-Tenor, be paid 
 un'.o the laid Abrabam lourtelott and Richird Smith, out of the General 
 Ticafury . 
 
 Whereas Col. Elijha Reynolds exhibited an Accounr by him charged 
 flgainll the Colony, tor his Tmit- and Charges in going to Newport in 
 th.^ Year i 74G, to receive the Po»vderand Balls ordered for the Ufe of 
 the County ot yiC/^^l^iCounty, for the Freight of trahfporcing, carting, 
 tind ItoTing it, i^e. And this Alfembly having taken into Confi- 
 deration, and duly examined the faid Account, t)o Vote and Re/ohe, 
 and it is Voted and Rtjohed, That the fame be, and it is hereby 
 allowed ; and alfo, that the Sum of Sixteen Pounds Ten Shillings, 
 the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid Elijha Reynolds out of the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Immanuel I'^orihup, Efq; exhibited an Account by him 
 charged againft the Colony, Tor his Time, Trouble, Expence, Idc. in 
 receiving or Col. Eli/ha Reynolds, five Barrels of Gun-powdtr belong- 
 ing to the Government, and procuring rhcm to be tranfported to New- 
 port, where they were fold by Publick Vendue . And this Aflembly 
 havmg taken into Confideration, and duly examined the faid Account, 
 Do Vote and kefche, and it is Voted and Rejolved, That the fame be 
 allowed, and the Sum of Eight Pounds Ten Shillings and Six Penca 
 be paid unto the faid Immanuel Northiip out of the General Treafury. 
 
 An ACT to prevent the falling Through of the near approach'^ 
 ing Superior Court of Judicature^ &rc. in the County of 
 Newport, 
 
 WHEREAS the Town Meetings of the feveral Towns in this 
 Colony, for choofing Deputies to fee in the General Afiembly 
 on the laft Wedneftlay oiOi^ober next, are held on the fame Day which 
 the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Aflize, and General Goal 
 Delivery, is to be held at Newport, within and for the County of 
 Newport ; whereby the Judges of faid Court will be depriv'd of the 
 Benefit of attending faid Town Meetings, unlefs they fufFer faid Court 
 10 be difcontinued. 
 
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 For Remedy whereof, 
 n E it EnaHtd by the General /IJfemhly of this Colony, and by the Authority 
 x5 thereof y It is EnacJedy Thac if ic ifioukl happen that none of the 
 Judges of faid Court fhall appear at Newport on the Day appointed 
 by Law for holding faid Court, that then and in fuch Cafe, faid Court 
 fhall not be difcontinued \ Provided any one or more of the Judges 
 appear the next Day, and proceed todoBufincrs, orai.ijourn faid Court 
 according to the Law now in Force : And that all Bufincfs done in 
 laid Court, if fo held, fhall be as valid and effectual as if the fame had 
 been held or adjourn'd on the Day appointed by Law. 
 
 And i: is aljo Voted and Enaifed hy the Aiuborily afore faid^ That the 
 Sheriff of the County oi Newport, fhall notify ;iil Pcrfons concerned, 
 by letting up a Copy of this Aft at the Court Houfc Door, on the 
 ufual Day of holding faid Court. 
 
 WHEREAS Mofes Lopez, of Newport ^ in the County of New. 
 port. Merchant, reprefcntcd unto this AfTembly, That he hath 
 for fevera! Years part cranllated Letters and Papers from the Spanijh into 
 Englijh, for the Ufe of the Government ; which he has declined being 
 paid for, inafmuch as it was for fiiid Ufe : That he is ready and wil- 
 ling at all Times to do the like, and dcfires no other Gratuity than to 
 be exempted from all otiier Perfonal Duties in the Colony, during his 
 Rclidcncc therein j and prayed that an Adt might be pafs'd accordingly. 
 On Confideration whereof, 
 7bis AJfembly do Vote and Enaii, and it is Voted and EnaEltdy That 
 the faid Mofes Lopiz be, and he is hereby exempted from all Perfonal 
 Duties in this Colony, excepting the above-mentioned, until the Ge-» 
 neral AfTembly fliall order otherwife. 
 
 "Whereas Capt. Edward Sands, and Capt. Robert Hull, exhibitcdjin 
 Account by them charged againfl: the Colony, for letting out Five 
 Hundred Pounds New-Tenor of the Colony's Money, in the Year 
 1743 : And this AlVembly having taken into Confideration, and duly 
 examined the faid Account, D» Vote and Rtfolve, and it is Voted and 
 Refolved, That the fame be, and is hereby allowed, and that the Sum 
 of Five Pounds in Old-Tenor Bills, be paid to the faid Edward Sands 
 and Robert Hall out of the General Treafury, 
 
 Whereas Col. Jofeph Tcndleton, and Mr. Gideon Hammond, both 
 Members of the Lower Houfe, have informed this AfTembly, that the 
 faid Houfc has been grofly abufed by Samuel Pemhertcn, and another 
 Pcrfon ; It is therefore Voted and Refohed, That the faid Perfon<! be 
 brought before this AflTembly fby a Warrant from the Secretary), to 
 anfwer for their Behaviour, and to do and fuffcr what fhall be injoin'd 
 ihem by this Aflcmbly. 
 
 Whereas
 
 C4S 3 
 
 Whereas Complaint hath been made unto the Lower Houfe, that 
 Satnuel Vetnberton hath grorty abiifed this Affpmbly, by laying, " That 
 " tbc General Affembly arc a Paiccl of damn'd Ralcals and Scoundrels, 
 *' and as bad as Thieves and Robbers, and had taken Five Thoufand. 
 " Pounds out of his Pocket." Ana the faid Samuel Pemberton bcine 
 brought before this AlTembly, acknowledged that he had fo laid ; but 
 tiat he intended only thoic ihat voted for making the Money : /; h 
 therefore Voted and Rejolvrd, Tiiac the faW Samuel i'emberton be commited 
 tA His Majefty's Goal in IVewpari, until he give a Bond with fufficient 
 Sure{y in the Sum ot Five Thoufand Pounds lor his Appearance before 
 this AlTembly at their next Seirion, to be held the laft Monday in Sep- 
 tember next. 
 
 Whereas thic AfTemblv hath been informed that Jofhua Bill hath 
 broken his Covenants entered into by Leafes made between him and 
 the Committee appointed to leafc out the feveral Ferries in this Co- 
 lony : // 'i tberejcn Voted r.nd Rejolved^ That the Attorney General 
 bring and profccute an Action in the Name of the faid Committee, 
 againlt the faid JoM^'^ ^'^^^ 'or the Breach of faid Covenants. 
 
 // is Voted and Refohed. That all Bufinefs lying before this Aflembly 
 unftniflied, be referred unto the next Selllon : And that the Secretary 
 proclaim the Afts and Orders now made and paft. by Beat of Drum 
 in the Town of l^ewpcrt, within ten Days after the Rifing of this 
 Aflembly v which is hereby adjourned to the laft Monday of Scptcmlier 
 next. 
 
 GOD Save the King. 
 
 Publijhedin Newport, the 2 y to 
 D<?y (7/ Auguft, J 7 50. ly 
 
 THOMAS WARDf Secry. 
 
 M
 
 ^•rt 
 
 1461 
 
 At the G E N E R A L A s s E M B L Y of the 
 
 G F E R S R and CO M P A N T of the Englifii 
 Cobny of Rhode-llknd, and Provideuce-Planta- 
 tion«, .i« New-England, in AmericJ ; he^un and 
 held at Providence the hU Wednelday of Odtober, 
 in the Year of Our LO R Dy One Thoufand Seven Hun* 
 dred and Fifty : And in the Trrenty- fourth Tear of the 
 Feign of His Mojl Sacred Ma^esly, GEORGE the 
 Secondy by the Grace of GOD, of Grrat-Bntain, 
 France, and Ireland* Kingy Defender of the Faith, 
 &:c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIAM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Robert Haszard, Eiq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 George Wanton, Efq-, 
 
 Jonathan' Nichols, Efq;; 
 John Potter, Efq-, 
 Jabez Bowen, Efqj 
 Robert Lawton, Efqj 
 
 James Arnold, Efq; 
 William Richmond, Efqii 
 . AJ/iJi.DA. N I E lCoCG ESH ALL, Efq -S/iJ/S, 
 
 Jeoffry Watson, Efq. 
 
 The Secretary. 
 DEPUTIES of the fevcral TOWNS 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 Mr. Nathanael Ccgge/hall 
 Mr. Jo/eph fVkippU, 
 stomas C'onjlin, Efq; 
 Pelsr hiurs. Eiq 1 
 Mr Niiholai Eafion, 
 CapC Joh Bennet. 
 
 PrOV IDENCF ; 
 Jijinthdn Rnndidy Ffqj 
 Mr. Eltfha BroWKy 
 
 John DnuT, Efqi 
 Doniel Jencks, Elqj 
 
 
 £S 
 
 El 
 
 Portsmouth •■ 
 IVilli am Anthony^ jun. Efq* 
 John Alkr^ Efq; 
 Benjamin Hi ekes, Efq; 
 
 Warwick ; 
 CapC. John Greene^ 
 Thomas Ria, Efqi 
 Mr. Jofeph Lippil, 
 Major Stephen Low. 
 Wester ly ; 
 Col. Joffph Pendleton, 
 Cape. Caleb Church.
 
 [47] 
 
 (Son of 
 
 m 
 
 New-Shoreham i 
 Kone. 
 North-Kingston : 
 Col. Immanuel Nortbup^ 
 Btriah Brown, Elq; 
 
 SoUTH-KlKCSTON ; 
 
 Jeremiah Nilej, Elq; 
 Mr. BenJ. Peckbam, jun. 
 
 East-Greinwich 
 Jojepb Mchols, Etq^ 
 Cape. 1 bom as Spenfer. 
 Jamkstown I 
 Mr. Jolcpb Clark. 
 
 Sm ITHFI KLD i 
 
 7bcmaj Lapham, Efq; 
 John Aldrich, E(q; 
 
 SciTUAT E J 
 
 Job Randal, Efq-, 
 Mr. Gideon Hatrmond. 
 Gloc ester •, 
 Major Richard Smith, 
 Major Timothy Witlmott 
 
 Chak LESTOWN } 
 Col. Chrijlophsr Chan.plin, 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. 
 
 West-Grfenwich i 
 Jeremiah Ellis, Elq-, 
 
 The Hon. Thomas Cranston, 
 And iVIr. jfoftas Lyndon^ Clerk of 
 
 WHEREAS a Comnjittee was appointed by the General 
 Affcmhly, to rective, fettle* and examine all and every the 
 Accounts of Daiiel Updike^ Ffq; with the Colony ; and they having 
 performed that Service, prefcnted the following Account by thctn 
 Hated, Together with their Report thereon. 
 
 Daniel Updike. Efq, his Account with the Colony of U. IJland, 
 
 TO a Number of Intereft Bonds rectivM from the 
 Treafurv, ^%per his Account, 
 
 To a Number of Tenth Bonds /)fr Dillo. 
 
 To a Charge of Ephraim Gardner's, no Voucher, 
 
 To Ditto Andrew Brown, charged by the Trcalury, 
 
 To Ditto Jeremiah l\iks, charged by Ditto, 
 
 ToiChari^e on the I'rcalury for/. 41 is. %d. iffaid 
 Sum be not found charged to the Colony in the 
 Treafurer's Books, then John Gardner, flq; hath a 
 Right to draw the fame out of the General Trea- 
 sury, becauff 'he faid Gardner hath paid the fame 
 Stun to Col. Uodike in Behalf of the Government, 
 
 To a Charge to buy Shot, no A-51 of Aflembly, 
 
 as 
 
 m 
 
 Mr. ychf! Greene, 
 John ). 
 
 Coventry % 
 
 Samuel Cooper, Efq; 
 
 EXET ER J 
 
 Capt. John Reyncldsy 
 Mr. Benjamin Mowr}\ 
 
 MlDDLtTOWw; 
 
 Edward EaSlon, Efq ; 
 Mr. Peter Barker. 
 Brtstol i 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 iihearjajhub Bourn, F./qj 
 
 TlVEKTON } 
 
 Capt. Jobn Manche/Ier, 
 Mr. Samuel Bur fey, 
 
 LlTTLE-CoMPTON j 
 
 Lieut. Col. John Hunt^ 
 Mr. Charles Brownel. 
 
 Warren ; 
 Peter Bic knell, Efq; 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Jol' Bart let, Efq; 
 Jebn Dexter, Elq; 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Samuel Tift, Efq; 
 Capt. Jojeph Enos, jun. 
 
 Efq; was chofen Speaker j 
 the Lower Houfe, 
 
 Dr- 
 
 18690 
 
 10 
 
 21 
 
 4t 
 
 400 
 
 /, 44400 5 4 
 Daniel
 
 [48 3 
 
 Daniel Updike, Efq; hi Account vi?ith the the Colony of 
 Rhodc-Ifland, - - - Cr.-— 
 
 BY his Account of Money, 6fc. paid the Opticral 
 Trea'ury, - - ^. 21 321 a 5 
 
 By his Account of Money, i^c. paid the Grand 
 
 Committee, - - 21189 19 8 
 
 By his Account for fundry Services done for the 
 
 Colony, ... (j^o 3 I 
 
 C- 4344* 5 2 
 By Ballancc due to the Colony, — 959 o 2 
 
 L- 44402 5 4 
 
 " T?\TE the Subfcribers being appointed a Committee by the Gc- 
 " V V ncral AlTcmbly, to receive, examine and fettle the Accounts 
 " oi Danitl Updike, Ffq; with the Colony, do Report, That according 
 *' to faid Appointment, we have iccciv'd, exAmin'd, and fettled faid 
 " Accounts, and find a Bailance due from laid Updike to the Colony, 
 *' the Sum of Nine Hundred and Fifty-nine Pounds and Two Pence. 
 *' VVe further Report, That we have reccivM o\ faid Updike a Liil of 
 '* Mortgage Deeds, amounting to the Sum of Four Thoufand Six 
 " Hundred and Eighty Pounds ; which Lift we prcfcnt with this Rc- 
 " port : Said Lift of Mortgages remains not fettled, Col. Updike not 
 " having Time to procure proper Vouchers to difcharge him from the 
 " fame. We ftil! further Report, That wc have rcceiv'd of Mr. Jena- 
 " than Nichols, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and One Pounds Cafti, 
 " Old-Tenor, which we have burnt, the fame being charged in Col. 
 " Updike's Account : All which is humbly fubmitted by 
 
 " Peter Bours, 
 " Simon Pea/e, 
 *' George IVanton, 
 *' Thomas Cranfion^ 
 " James Sheffield.'* 
 IVith "-ivhich Report^ the faid Committee prefented the following Account. 
 " Colsny of Rhodc-Ifland, to (ocorge Wanton, Peter Hours, Simon 
 " Peafe, James Shefticld, and Thomas Cranfton, Dr.— 
 
 " rnpiO our Time and Trouble in receiving, examin- 
 " jL ing, and fettling the Account of D^n»V/L''p(ff^^, 
 " Efq; >virli the Colony, and for receiving Seventeen 
 " Hundred and One Pounds o\ Jonathan Nichols, Efq; 
 " and burning the fame. ;^. 50 o o 
 
 " Peter BourSy 
 Newport, OHobtr 27. 1750. " Simon Peafe^ 
 
 " George JVanton^ 
 '* Ibonias CranHoit** 
 And now this Afl'embly having taken into Confideraiion the fore- 
 going Report and Account, and duly cjfamincd the fame, Dt Vote and 
 Rejolve, and it is Voted and Refolved, That the laid Report be, and 
 
 it
 
 C 49] 
 
 is hereby allowed, and that the fame Gentlemen be fcrther continued 
 a Committee to exan.ine into the Article ot" Four Hundred Pounds 
 charged in the toregoing Account, and inquire whether the Colony 
 has had the Advanuge ot it : And alio to receive proper Vouchers re- 
 fpeding the fore-mcnrioned Mortgages, and fettle the Account accord- 
 ingly. And alfo to receive the Balhtnce of Col. Updike, and burn the 
 lame, it befng Tenth Money, and make Report of their Doings to 
 this AiTcnibly at their nexc Sefliou, Md it is further Voted arid Re- 
 folvea. That the atorefdid Account by the Committee charged againft 
 the Colony, be allowed, and that the Sum of Fifty Pounds, the 
 Amount tlicrcof, be paid them out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Here foUo-weih the Lift of Mortgages referred to in the aforegoing Report 
 made by Mefjrs. Bours, Fe.ifc, Wanton, tfn<^ Sheffield ^ to wit : 
 
 Mortgages received of j^hled Brcnion, Efq; are as [oUorveth, 
 
 Third Batik- 
 
 William Allen, I 38 
 
 AKraham AnthnnV. J 4 J 
 
 37 
 ^45 Jahlecl Brenton. 
 
 140 
 J 45 
 
 'Illiam Allen, 
 Abraham Anthony, 
 David Filh, 
 William Brown. 
 George Thomas, 
 Gideon Cornel, 
 John Albro. 
 
 in the Hands of D. Updike 
 dcliver'd to Jona. Nichols. 
 
 Jahlecl Brenton. 
 Jonathan Nichols. 
 
 Fourth Bank' 
 G. Cornel (Son of Tho^.; 
 The fame Man, 
 John Coggelhall, 
 William Wall, 
 Gideon Freeborn, jun. 
 Job Lavvton, 
 Jonathan Nichols, 
 Daniel Fifh, 
 
 Newport Third Bank, 
 Thomas Salter, 
 Benjamin Brenton, 
 Joleph Knowlton, 
 James Peck. ham, 
 William Gardner, 
 William Anthony, 
 Walter Chapman, 
 
 213 
 113 
 113 
 80 
 113 
 113 
 aa6 
 113 
 
 3i 
 
 45 
 
 ioo 
 
 aj 
 
 140 
 
 60 
 
 60 
 
 J. Brenton. 
 
 J. Brenton. 
 
 J. Brenton. 
 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 
 Jahleel Brenton. 
 
 Benj. Nichols. 
 
 J. Brenton. 
 
 at Mr. Lyndon's Office. 
 
 Jahlecl Brenton. 
 Jahlecl Brenton. 
 
 Mortgage with D, U. 
 Mortgage with D, U. 
 Jahlecl Brenton. 
 
 Carried over^ 
 
 ^' 2334 
 N 
 
 Broughi
 
 c yo] 
 
 Brought over ^ ;C« *334 -- 
 
 Grace ec Sam. Wcedcn, 50 - - 
 
 John Dickinfon, 140 -- 
 
 John Weftg;\ic, 30 - - 
 
 John Gould, 14° - - 
 
 Jo{hua Studfon, 80 - - 
 
 Henry Negus, 3i - - 
 
 William Wccdcn, 5)0 - - 
 
 Thomas Wrightington, 40 - - 
 
 John Ingraham, 40 - - 
 
 Henry Clark, 40 - - 
 
 John Coggcfhall, 70 - - 
 
 Benjamin Belcher, 140 - « 
 
 John Chadwick, 40 - - 
 
 JofcphCrandal, ^6 13 4 
 
 Sabin 6C Shricvc, 30 - - 
 
 Thomas Pcckham, 40 - - 
 
 Thomas Salter, 50 - - 
 
 Charles Dickinfon, ^o - - 
 
 Benjamin Weaver, 180 -- 
 
 J. Kcrby, mo - - 
 
 William PhiHips, 25 - - 
 
 R. &: D. Chadwick, 40 - - 
 
 D. Abbot, 120 - - 
 
 Jeremiah Fi(b, <Jo - - 
 
 Samuel Rogers, ijo - - 
 
 John Clarke, 200 - - 
 
 Benjamin Brentcn, 150 - - 
 
 John Coggcfhall, 150 - - 
 
 £. 4^80 134 
 
 Jahlccl Brcnton, 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 Jahlecl Brcnton. 
 Jahlccl Brenton. 
 
 at Mr. Lyndon's Office. 
 
 Jahlccl Brcnton. 
 Jahlccl Brcnton. 
 Jahlccl Brenton, 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 Jahlecl Brcnton. 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 at Mr. Lyndon's OtScc; 
 Jahlccl Brenton. 
 Jahlccl Brenton. 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 Jahlccl Brcnton. 
 Jahlccl Brcnton. 
 
 Jahlccl Brenton, 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 Mortgage with D. U". 
 
 Mortgage with D. IT. 
 Mortgage with D. U. 
 Jahlccl Brenton. 
 
 Whereas the Gentlemen appointed by an Aft of the General Affem- 
 bly to leaie out the Colony's Fcrriei, exhibited the following Account 
 againft the Government j to wit .- 
 
 »' r/j^tWo'^vo/ Rhode-Ifland, ■ • Dr. 
 
 *' 'TnO our Time and Trouble in making ten Leafes 
 " X in Behalf of the Government, to fundry of the 
 " Owners of the Ferries in faid Government, /. 10 o o 
 
 " 'Thomas Cranfton, 
 tiiwporty Oiioi. a;. 1750. *' 7^m" Sheffield. 
 
 for himfelf and 
 " mtoLu Carr." 
 
 And
 
 C5I] 
 
 And this Aflcmbly having uken into Confideration and duly ex- 
 amined the faid Account. Do Vote and Refolve_ and tt is hereby Voted 
 and Refolvtd, That the fame be allowed, and the Sum of Ten Pounds 
 tht Amount thereof, paid the aforefaid Thomas Crunjton, James hhef- 
 fieldy and NiMas Carr, out of the General Trcafiiry. 
 
 // is Voted and Rtjohed., That the Secretary be. and he is hereby 
 direftcd to write to the Secretary of the Province of the MnJjachufeitS' 
 Bay^ informing him that the Committee appointed by this Government 
 lo run the Northern Boundary Line of this Colony, will meet for that 
 Purpofe at the Houfe of Benjamin Tower in Cumberland^ on the eigh- 
 teenth Day of December next, and requeft the Provmce lo appoint a 
 Committee to mecr ours at the Time and Place above-mentioned. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That Col. Dantel Updike, Col. Edward 
 Kiftnicut, and Mr. Samuel Chace, be, and they are hereby conflituted 
 a Committee to examine the Agent's Accounts now lying before this 
 Aflembly, and make Report to this Aflembly before it rifes. 
 
 WhtTeas the Committee appointed by the General .\ffembly at 
 their Seffton in Newport the third Monday of yiugnft lafl:, lo fell the 
 Colony's Fetiieson the Weft Side of Jameiicwn, have performed that 
 Service, and. made the following Report, to wit } 
 
 " TAT^ ^^^ Subfcribers being appointed a Coniitiittee by the Ge- 
 •• V V ncral Affembiy, to fell the Government's Ferries on the Weft 
 •' Side of Ja/Mfiowa^ do Report, That agreeable to Aft of AfTembly, 
 *« we fee up Advertisements fourteen Days before Sale, and at the 
 *» Time appointed, which was the 19th of this Inltani, we fet up 
 «' Cnndiiions of Sale at the South Fcrry-houfe, when Mr. Abel Franklin 
 *' and Mr. Stephen fFikox bought faid Ferries according to Conditions 
 •' of Sale i and fafd Franklin paid One Hundred Pounds Cafh, in 
 *' Part of the Purchafe Money, and Stephen IVikox paid Twenty Pounds 
 *« Cafh, in Part of ihc Puichafc Money ; for winch we give them our 
 •' Receipts in Bfhalf of the Government, and then appointed the 
 «« Twenty-fifth of this Inftant to be the Time to compleat faid Con- 
 •' trad ^ and upon the twenty-fifth of this Inftant OStobtr, we met ac 
 *• the aforefaid Ferry ; All Parties being prefent, we ordered the 
 *« Surveyor to run out faid Land according to Conditions of Sale, 
 *' which was then done, and two Thirds of faid Land laid out to the 
 " South Fcrrv, and the other Third to the North Ferry, and then 
 *' filled up the Deeds of Sale, and offered them to the Parties ; when 
 *' Mr Stephen iViliox comply'd with Conditions of Sale, and figncd 
 •« the Bonds, and recejv'd his Deed of Sale executed by us in Behalf 
 «« of the Government, but Mr. Abel Franklin refufed to comply with 
 •' ConditioDs of Sale according to Agreement : All which is humbly 
 " fubmitced by» 
 
 " Daniel CcggeJhalU ^ 
 
 '• Thomas Crcnjion, > Committee. 
 
 " Tmmanud ^erthup, i 
 
 And
 
 C S2 -\ 
 
 And this Aflcmbly having taken the faid Report into Confidcration, 
 Dc Vote an.i Rejolvty and it is Voted and Refolved, That the faid Report 
 be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
 And whereas the faid BanidCoggc/hall^ Thomas Crcnfi on, and Immanuil 
 NoTtbup, Efqrs. exhibited v/ith faid Report the following Account : 
 " Colony of Khude-ldand, to D*nielCoggdhall, Thomas 
 *♦ Cranfton, <jn</ Immanuel Norihup, Dr.— 
 
 " 'T'^O our Time and Trouble in difpofing of the 
 " I Government's Ferries upon the Weft Side of 
 " Jamejlown, — — — /• 45 O o 
 
 " To Cafh paid the Surveyor, — 400 
 
 •' To Mr Jcfias Lyndon, for fix Advcrtifcments, two 
 " Deeds ot Sale, and four Bonds, — — 500 
 
 ;£• 54 o o 
 " Daniel Cc^i/hall, 
 •' Thomas Cranjion, 
 ♦' Immanud Nortbup." 
 And this Affcmbly having taken into Confideration, and duly exa- 
 mined the faid Account, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Refol- 
 ved. That the fame be, and it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum of 
 Fifty-four Pounds the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid Com- 
 mittee out of the General Treaiury. 
 
 The Committee appointed by an A£t of AfTcmbly to buy the two 
 Ferries, i^c. on the Welt Side of jtunefiovon, for the Colony, exhi- 
 bited the following Account. 
 1748. Colony of Rhode-fknd, Dr*— 
 
 TO Cafh paid fVilliam 
 Martin for Ferry, ^. 3066 134. 
 
 To Cafh pai<i Benjamin Ni- 
 chols to difcharge the Bond: 
 and Mortgages, 
 
 Paid Lyndon for the Deed, 
 
 P^id Antipas Haibway, Glafitr, 
 
 Paid Richard Tew, Carpenter, 
 
 2 L Yards Cloth to mend Sails, 
 
 I Block and Thimble, and (hoeing 
 2 Blocks, 
 
 17^ lb. Cordage, at 5/. 
 
 6 Days Work clearing Dock, at 18/. 
 
 To boarf'ing the Men, 
 
 4. Gallon of Rum, 1 ib. Sugar, 
 
 152 Feet of Boards, with Freight 
 and Carting, 
 
 To Timber and Nails, 
 
 Paid Joftpb Clark for recording the 
 Deed, — c 15 o 
 
 To our CommifTions for receiving 
 and paying out, .41 50 
 
 Carritd crjn., _ ;C- 3347 + 9 
 
 &r9%ht 
 
 155 
 
 2 6 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 i£ 
 
 '5 5 
 
 6 
 
 17 6 
 
 I 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 17 
 
 32 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 
 8 
 
 -1 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 la 
 
 12 
 
 3 
 
 2
 
 C 5? 3 
 
 Brought ever, 
 t^b.^ old Cordage, at a/6. 
 1 3 '.b. Cordage, at 5/. 
 Boom for Ferry-boat, and making, 
 100 Board Nails, and 55 Feet of 
 
 Pine Plank, 
 Bl?.ckfmitli*s Bill for Ferry-boat, 
 Rigger's Bill for putiirig on Shiouds 
 
 and Stay, 
 
 To 15 Cord Pines, ai £. 5:5/ 
 To 30 Cord Pines, at s/. 
 1749. Haling up Timber with Oxen, 
 iMilh for Plates of the Wharft\ 
 j o^ Cord Stones, 
 Paid James Gnen^ for making and 
 
 mending Augers, 
 To the Ulc of a large Canoe, and 
 
 Lois of Oars, 
 To the Ufe of a Cable and Anchor, 
 
 and Coil of Rope, 
 To 1 3 Gallons and 1 Quart of 
 
 Rum, and 5/^. Sugar, 
 To the Men's Work 145 Days, 
 
 at 20/. — — 
 
 Richard 'feui's Work 3 Days, at 30/". 
 John Hull's Work 52 Days, a: 40J. 
 To 33 Week's boarding the Men, 
 
 at 4/. fer Week, 
 1750. To 78 Cord of Stones, at 20/. 
 
 l-^ 
 
 16 
 
 6 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 16 
 
 
 
 <; 
 
 13 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
 
 * 
 
 -— 
 
 — « 
 
 78 
 
 »5 
 
 
 
 150 
 
 
 
 
 
 4 
 
 io 
 
 
 
 20 
 
 
 
 
 
 8 li 
 
 6 
 
 £' 3347 4 9 
 
 £. 25 15 6 
 
 10 o c 
 
 '7 «7 6 
 
 >45 
 
 4 
 104 
 
 132 
 78 
 
 o o 
 
 io o 
 
 o c 
 
 o o 
 
 o o 
 
 1746. 
 
 17: 
 
 Due to Bailance in our Favour, 
 
 per Contra. 
 
 BY Gafh rcceiv'd of the General Treafuret-, 
 By Cadi rei.civ'd ot the Gen. TrCafurtr, 
 0. By Cafli rcceiv'd of Thomas Spcnfet, 
 
 C 7^5 S O 
 
 4'38 5 3 
 3881 16 a 
 
 »5« 93 
 
 3881 16 
 
 Jojfab JrnolJ, 
 John Hull, 
 And this Affeinbly fiaving flkcn intfl Confideration, and dul^ of- 
 atiiincd tlie foregoint^ Account, Do Vote and Refohe, and if is Voted 
 and liefoived. That the fame be, and it is hereby accepted and allowed. 
 
 O I(
 
 [54] 
 
 // is Voted and Re/olvcdy That Al/el Franklin be allowed one Year's 
 Time to pay the Price of the Ferry-Phice which he purchafcd of the 
 Colony, without Intereft, he complying with the Conditions of Sale, 
 
 Whereas the Lottery which the Government have allowed Col. 
 Jofefb Pendleton to letup, is not likely to be filled within the Time 
 appointed for drawi-ng thereof by the A<fl for granting the fame : 7bis 
 Afftmhly therefore do Vote and Rifolve, and it is Voted nnd Rejclved, That 
 the Time for drawing faid Lottery be, and it is heret>y lengfhen'd out 
 to the third Day ot March next : At which Time faid Lottery fhall 
 begin to be drawn, or fooner if fdl. 
 
 In Addition to the Acl made and pad by the General Aflemblf at 
 their Seirion ia Scuth-Kingflown the lall Wednelday of OBober, 1745, 
 €ntitu!ed, *' An A(fl for the Regulating mending of High-ways within 
 *' this Colony." B; it Ena^ed by this jljembly, and by the Authority 
 thereof. It is Ena^ed, That on Refufal or Neglefl to work on the 
 Highways, the Fines be augmented as foUoweth. If warii'd with a 
 Team of a Cart and four Oxen, or two Hories and two Hands, the 
 Delinquent fhall pay a Fine of Four Pounds /xrr Day ; for a Team of a 
 Cart and two O.xen, or one Horfe ;\nd one Hand, Three Pounds /)<'r 
 Day ; for two Hands, Forty Shillings per Day •■, for one Hand, 
 Twenty Shillings p^r Day ^ (he Surveyor who fhall rcfufe or neglcci 
 to do his Duty, (hall pay a Fine of Twenty Pounds. 
 
 Whereas John Anthony Angel of Providence, preferred a Petition, 
 fetting foi th. That the General AfTembly in their SefTion at Prof /- 
 dence, in hebntary, 1748, ordered John Henry Hoof man, and Nicholas 
 Ferraldebary, Servantsof the faid John Anthony Angel, to be difchargcd 
 of their Servitude, and appointed Lieut. Col. Edu-ard Kinnirutt, Mr. 
 Samuel Cbace, Duniel Jencks, Efq-, and Capt. Jojepb Olney, a Committee 
 to fettle the Accounts between the Petitioner and his faid Servants, and 
 gave rhem the Cuftody of faiJ Servants, until he fhould be fatisfied the 
 full Ballance that flioukl be found due to him upon the Committee's 
 Adjuftment of their Accounts : That afterwards, at the SefTion of the 
 General Affembly in Alay, ly^g, the faid Committee reported, that 
 the faid Servants owed the Petitioner on Ballance of Accounts, the Sum 
 ot Forty-five Pound! Old-Tenor each : Whereupon tha faid Alfembly 
 ordered the Sheriff ot the County of Providence to take them into his 
 Cuftody, and let them out to fome Pcrlbns upon the bcfl Terms ht 
 could, for a Sum iufficienc to difcharge faid Debts, and fuch Coft as 
 had or fhould arifc ; yet neverthelcfs he the faid John Anthony jfngel 
 hath never been able to get a Fai thing of his faid Debts : And there- 
 fore as the General AilVmbly were plcafed to interpole in the Affair, fo 
 that the Petitioner was deprived of his Servants, and his Debts will be 
 utterly lofV, unlefi fomc Method be found out for his Relief; And 
 this AHembly having taken the Prcmifes into Confidcration, Ds Vote 
 ana Refolve, and it is Voted and Refolved, That the faid John Anthony 
 Angel be allowed and paid out of the General Treafury, the Sum of 
 Ninety Pounds Old-Tenor, tor his aforenamed Secvants taken from 
 him as atorcfaid. 
 
 Am
 
 C 55 3 
 
 M ACT for raifng the Priegs of Ferriage at feveral ferries 
 in this Colony. 
 
 WHEREAS the Prices of Ferriage as now ftated, are found 
 too low : This jijfembly therefore do Vote and Enah, and it is 
 Voled and Enabled, That for «^he future the Prices to be taken 
 for Ferriage at the feveral Ferries, fhall be as tolloweth. to wit : 
 
 At Mafon'% Ferry, for a Perfon, Jix Pence \ for a Horh, Jix Pence ; 
 all neat Cattle, one /hilling: Sheep, Swine, and Calves, threepence; 
 rvery Horfe and Chair, or Chaife, three JJnllings. 
 
 At Fuller's Ferry at the lower En.i o^ Providence^ for every Perfon, 
 fix pence ; every Hoiie, Jix pence \ all Neat Cattle, one Jhilling ; Sheep, 
 Calves, and Swine, three pence ; a Horfe and Chair, or chaife, three 
 Jbillir.gs. 
 
 At Kelly's and Miller's Ferries in Warren^ for every Perfon, eight 
 pence ; for every Horfe, eigh' pence ; all Neat Cattle, one jhilling and 
 four pence \ every Sheep, Swine, or Calf, two pence •, for every Horfe 
 and Chair, or Chaife, four (hillings. 
 
 At Briftol Ferry, for every Perfon, one ftnlling •■, for every Horfe, en: 
 /hillini^ J all Near Cattle, twojhillings and fix pence; every Sheep, Calfj 
 or Swine, four pence ; for every Horfe and Chair, or Chaife, tenfhil- 
 lings ; for a Four-wheel Chaife, tvtelve jhillings. 
 
 At Borden's Ferry, for every Perfon, one fhilltng ; for every Horfe» 
 one Jhilling; all Nesit Cnth, two /hillings and fix pence; every Sheep, 
 Calf, or Swine, /i?«r pevce ; for every Horfe and Chair, or Chaife, ten 
 /hillings ; a Four-wheel Chaife, twelve (hillings. 
 
 At Antbcmy's or Howland's Ferries, for every Perfon, eight pence 5 
 every lloric, eioht pence \ all Neat Cattle, one /billing and fix pence ; 
 every Sheep, Calf, or Swine, three pence i every Horfe and Chair, or 
 Chaife, eight (hillings. 
 
 'Ar Ccok's and yiVwy's Ferry, for every Perfon, one Jhilling and fix 
 fence j every Horfe, one fijilling and fix pence ^ all Neat Cattle, two Jhtl' 
 lings and Jix. pence \ every Sheep, Calf, or bwine,y?>f pence ; every Horfe 
 and Chair, or Chaife. ten /hillings. 
 
 At Wall's, Freihorn's^ Pierce's, and Lawton's Ferries, for every Per- 
 fon. iivo Shillings, ; for every Horfe, two [hillings ; all Neat Cattle* 
 tbree fhillings \ every Sheep, Calf, or %\i\ne,fix peitce ; for every Horfe 
 nnd Chair, or Chaife, ten (hillings. 
 
 At the Ferries from Newport to Jamejlown, for every Perfqn, one 
 /hilling •, for every Horfe, three fhillings ; all Neat Cattle, tbree / hillings ; 
 every Sheep ancl Ca\i, fix pence ; every Swine, eight pence-, every 
 Horfe and Chnir, or Chaife, twelve /hillings : And the fame Ferriage 
 to be taken from Jamefloufn to Newport -,. and alfo from Jameftown to 
 North and South- Kingffown, and from Norfb and South-KingHown to 
 Jame/lown. 
 
 An
 
 [56 ] 
 
 An ACT in Addition to an AH of the General Affembly, made 
 
 and p.ijjed ua thi Seventeenth Day of- February, A. D- 
 
 1746. entiiuledy An A^l fur regulating Appeals to 
 
 His .Majelty in Council in Gr em- Britain, and for le- 
 
 pealing ihc former ^i\ made for that Purpoie. 
 
 D^ if EnCiJed t-y the Gener.il/ijembly cf ibis Colony, and ly the Jutbo- 
 ■D rity of the fame. It is hereby Ene^ed, That from and ahcr the Pub- 
 lication of this Aft, no DetcnJanc in any Suit at Law in this Co- 
 lony, the Foundation whereof being a Bond conditioned for the Pay- 
 ment of Money only, fhall have Leave to Appeal from the Judgmeac 
 of fuch Court, where fuch A(5\ion IhaJl be tried, to His Majclty in 
 Council : But that the laft Judgment of the Superior Court of Judica- 
 ture in this Colony, as 1 rials now Hand, regulated by the Laws of 
 this Colony, fliall in all fuch Caufes be final, And furthermore, thar 
 in all Apptaix to H:s Majcrty in Council from th;s Colony, if the Ap- 
 pellant uoth notobcain a Reverlal ot the Judgment appealed from, or 
 fails in Prolccuting fuch Apptal, the Appellee in fuch Caufc may by 
 Action of the Cafe recover all ju(t and reafonablc Coll-, and Damages ; 
 Any Law, Cuflom, or Ufa^c, to the contrary hereof m anywilc noi- 
 withflanding. 
 
 WHcrca^ lundry Sums of Money appear to be due to the Colony 
 upon Mortgage- Deeds, Tenth-Bonds, and Intereft-Bonds, 
 for whicii Writs have been ilTued out, and returned non eft ; and for 
 Judgments of Court and Executions returned fatistieJ, tho' the Money 
 hath HOC been paid into the proper Offices of the Government. 
 For the Recovery whereof, 
 Ttis AJfemb'.y do Vote and Refolie, and it is Voted and Refohed, That 
 the Attorney General forthwith put in Suit all fuch Mortgage- Deeds, 
 Tentli-Roiids, Intercft-Bonds, and Judgments of Court, and collcft 
 the Money due for Executions returned fatished as aforeiaid, and u(e 
 all lawful Means for procuring a fpeedy Payment of the Money due 
 rhcreon, into the refpcdive Offices of the Grand Committee or General 
 Treafurcr, as the fame fhail belong to either of them \ and that he 
 render an Account ot his Proceedings when required, to the General 
 AfTembly, or to fuch Pcrfons as they ihalll. appoint. 
 
 /ind it is further Voted and Refo'ved, That the Keeper of the Grand 
 Committer's OHico, and the General freaiurcr, deliver to the Attorney 
 Geueral all fuch Mortgage- Deeds, Tcntii-lionds, and Intcrclt-Bonds, 
 in their relpcdive Offices, ai he fhall think necefTary to put in Suit as 
 aforcfaid. 
 
 Whcre.TJ fames Reynolds reprefented unto this Aflembly, that, lie is 
 Dosv confined to His Majcfty's Goal in Providence, on an Execution 
 J"ued out againfl him by the Grand Committee (or Money due to the 
 Colony oi) a Tenth-Bond ; That fince he mortgaged his Land to the 
 
 Cover nmcnt.
 
 [57 3 
 
 Government, he fold it unto Mr. IViiliam Wiovir, who by AtreemenC 
 was to pay the Money for which the Land was lb morrga^j ^ and 
 thereupon prayed for Kclief : And this Afl'cmbly having taHq the 
 Premiles into Conlidcration, Do Vote and Rejoive, and it h looted and 
 Refolved, That the Kecpf-r oi- the (irand Committct's Office put in 
 Suit the Mortgage given for the Security of the aforefaid Money. 
 
 yfhere^is David HerenJen, o^Smithfidd^ reprefcnted unto this Ailctn- 
 biy. That fome Years }x.ft he gave le-vcral Bonds for Bank-Money to 
 the Grand Commictce, and afrcrwarrfs fold the Land (which he had 
 mortaged ior f.tid Mo:iey;, to one Jeremiah Brovm, who gave a Sett 
 of Bonds to ihc Grand Committee, in Lieu of his tht faid David's 
 aforefaid Bonds : but thro' fomc Miftakeor Neglect of the Committee 
 of the Town of SmithfidJ, the Bonds given by the faid Bromty were 
 Jodged in the Grand Committee's Office, without taking up or can- 
 celling his the faid David's Bonds, as they ought to iiave been ; That 
 both Setts of the faid Bonds are annually fcnt to Pnvidence, and the 
 faid David hath been often fned, and put to great Charges, and ftill is 
 liable to be put to more, unlefs relieved by this AfTembly : And 
 thereupon the faid David prayed, that as ihere appears two Setts of 
 Bonds for the fair.e Sujn, that fuch of his Bonds as remain behind and 
 and unpaid, may be delivered up, and tlwt he may be alio allowed 
 and paid out of the General Treafury, the Money that hath been 
 •wrongfully taken as aforefaid. And this AfTembly having taken the 
 Prcm:fe3 into Confideration, Dj Vote and Refolve^ and it is Voted and 
 ^ejolved. That Daniel Jencks^ Efq; be, and he is hereby appointed to 
 inquire into the Crrcumflances of the Matters and Things aforeiaid, 
 and make Report to this Aflembly, ar their next SeffiOn. 
 
 It is Voted and Rejohed, That the Attorney General, Daniel Jencks, 
 Efqr and Capt, Elijba Brown, be, and they are hereby conllituted a 
 Committte to make the Draught of a I-cttcr to be fent to our Agent in 
 Great-Britain, Inftrufting him with refpeft to a Bill now pending in 
 Parliament, about Paper Bills of Credit, yc. to defend us againfl a 
 Complaint lately lent Home againfl: the Government, by fundry Mer- 
 chantsand others, in this Colony -, and to defirc ihe Agent to procure 
 and fend to this Government, a Copy of the faid Complaint, with the 
 Signers Names : But that the faid Draught when made, be not fcnt 
 until it be laid before this AfTembly. 
 
 It is alfo Voted and Refolved. That Daniel Jencks, and Nathanael 
 Lewis, Efqrs. be, and they are hereby conftituted a Committee, to' 
 inquire into the "Number of Iron-Works, ^c. in this Colony, as di- 
 redted from Home, and make Report to His Honour the Governor, 
 in order that he may give proper Anfvvers to the Letters he has recciv'd 
 on that Head, as foon as may be. 
 
 Both Houfes refolved into a Grand Committee, and chofe the fol- 
 lowing Officers, to wit ; 
 
 Daniel Howland, Efq-, \ Juftices of the Irtferior Court of Common 
 Jofepb Nichols, Efq; / Pleas, and General SefHons of the Peace, 
 John Fry, Efq; > in and of the County of Kent, for the 
 
 John Greene, Efq; C remaining Part of thclfear, M tii//, 'till 
 
 jRufus Greene, Efq-, J the next General Eledion» 
 
 F Mr.
 
 C 58] 
 
 Mr. Jc«^fi^allo»,]\in. Clerkof the faid Court : And Capt. TbcKias 
 Spenfer. Sheriffot the County aforcfaiJ, for :Mid during the Time above- 
 mendoned, 
 
 /.' is Voted and Refohed, 1 hat the Choice of the Committees of the 
 feveral Towns, for the Management of the Colony's Money, let, or 
 to be let on Loan, bj, and the fame is hereby referred unto the next 
 SclTion of this AITembly. 
 
 7he following Report was made }>y the GenlUmcn -xho have (uhfcriisd it. 
 " Wl^' ^^'^ Subfcribers being appointed a Committee by the Ge- 
 " VV "eral AITembly, to inlpedt into Mortgages anJ, Bonds, 
 " from time to time, in the Grand Committee's Orlice, do Report, 
 " That we have taken all pofTible Care and Fains from time to time, 
 " in infpecting into faid Mortgages and Bonds, according to laid 
 " Appointment ; andagreeablc to Acl of Aflembly, have takan a Lift 
 " ot Mortgage Deeds, and have got the fame printed, and have Ice 
 •' up Advcrtiicments in the feveral Towns where faid Mortgage Deeds 
 " belong : Upon which fundry Perlons have brought their Bonds to 
 *■• faid Committee, and upon comparing them with the Mortgage 
 *' Deeds, it hath appeared to the Saiisfaiftion of the Committee, that 
 " (aid Mortgage Dceas jught to be difcharged : All which Mort- 
 " gages lb appearing, the Committee hath laid by themfelves in laid 
 " OfRce ; a Lift of which wc herewith prefcnt, with the rema'n'rg 
 " Lift of Mortgages nor romplv'd with. Witnefs our Hands in Ni'io- 
 " fort, this 27th OJjj-^r, 1750. 
 
 " feter Lours, 
 " Sinlctt Peafe, 
 " George JVanlcUy 
 " Thomas Crajiftoftt 
 " yames Sbejfidd." 
 A Lijl of Mortgage Deeds laid hy in the CroyJ Coy.mittei^s Office., which 
 appear to have been paid. 
 
 John Rofs, 
 
 i- 140 
 
 William Brown, 
 
 i 
 
 8? 
 
 Adam Caley, 
 
 60 
 
 William Brown, 
 
 
 166 
 
 John Rice, 
 
 ICO 
 
 William Clagget, 
 
 
 40 
 
 John Potter, 
 
 8i 
 
 Daniel Updike, 
 
 
 250 
 
 Jofcph Edmonds, 
 
 30 
 
 Daniel Updike, 
 
 
 250 
 
 Thomas Rice, 
 
 50 
 
 John Potter, 
 
 
 5a 
 
 Jofcph StalTord, 
 
 28 
 
 James Hawlingi, 
 
 
 45 
 
 John Hoklen, 
 
 '^O 
 
 William Brown, 
 
 
 ICO 
 
 John Rice, 
 
 50 
 
 Peter Mawney. 
 
 
 90 
 
 Rebecca Tibbirs, 
 
 100 
 
 Elifha jchnfon. 
 
 
 3f> 
 
 John Olney, jun, 
 
 30 
 
 Jona. Nichols & Ja. M 
 
 lyes. 
 
 ^5^ 
 
 William Brown, 
 
 95 
 
 William Sunderland, 
 
 
 44 
 
 John Mancheftcr, 
 
 170 
 
 Robert Greene, 
 
 
 '->■.> 
 
 George Hazard, juii. 
 
 80 
 
 H^jbexi 3cefiss, 
 
 
 ^9 
 
 Robert Browning, 
 
 icS 
 
 r.d B. John Jonej, 
 
 
 
 Ephraim Gardner, 
 
 83 
 
 John Reynolds, 
 
 
 = 5 
 
 Danici Sunderland, 
 
 25 
 
 Job Harrii, 
 
 
 500 
 
 Mayes Nichols. 
 
 100 
 
 Daniel Greene, 
 
 
 
 Rowfc Hclmc, 
 
 27 
 
 Richard Knight, 
 
 
 100 
 
 And
 
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 And this Afiembly having taken the laid Report fn^Confideration, 
 Do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Refohed^ That the laid Report 
 be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
 A:id it is alio farther VoUd and Refohed, That Gecrg-: V/anton^ Peter 
 Bours, Thomas Cranjhn, and James Shi'Jfield, Elqrs, be iarthcr continued 
 a Committee to inlpeft into Mortgages and Bonds from time to time, 
 in the Grand Committee\s Office : And alfo to audit the Accounts of 
 Benjamin NichoLy Efq-, Keeper of the Grand Committee's Office. 
 
 Whereas the Committee aforeO.id, t!iat infpefted into the Mortgages 
 and Bonds in the Grand Commictec^s Oifice, exhibited the following 
 Account, to wit •, 
 
 *' The Cvhny of Rhode-Illand; to George Wanton, Peter 
 *' Eours, Simon Peafc*. Ihonns Cranlton, nad^^uiK^ 
 •■ShcHield, -. « _ _ Or . 
 
 TO our Time and Trouble in mfpecting into 
 Mortgages and Bonds in the Grand Committee's 
 Office, and for getrirj? the Advertilemetits and Lifb 
 of the Mortgages printed, and for v/.iiting upon Per- 
 fons from time to time at faid Office -, ior all which 
 Services, we charge Fifteen Pounds per Man. I- T5 ° "^ 
 
 *' Peter Bours ^ 
 Newport, 0£tob. 27. 1750, "• Simon Peafe, 
 
 " George JVanton, 
 •• Thomas Cranjion, 
 " James Sheffield." 
 And this Afiembly having ttken into Confideration, and duly exa- 
 mined faid -Account, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Refohed, 
 That the faid Account be, and ic is hereby allowed, and the Sum uf 
 Seventy-five Pounds, the Arnoupr thereof, paid the above named 
 Gentlemen out of the General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted andRefclved, That the Sheriff of the County of Kent make 
 Ufe of His Majeily's Goal in the Town of Providence, for confining 
 Prifoners, i^c. until a Goal be built in the faid County of Kent : And 
 that the Sheriff of the County of Providence be, and he is hereby fuliy 
 impowered to execute and finifhail Executions in his Hands, as fully 
 and effedlually in every Refpcd, as he fhould have done, had not the 
 faid County of Kert been eredcd and fet off. 
 
 An ACT afcertaining the Number ol Jurors to be fent by the Towns 
 in the County ot Kent., to the feveral Courts in that County. 
 
 D£ it Ena5itd by the Genera' /il/e»iily, and by the /lutbority thereof. It 
 tJ is EnaHed, That the feveral Towns within the County of Kent, lend 
 to the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Affize, and General 
 Goal Delivery, as the fame (hall be held from time to time in that 
 County, the following Number of Jurors, to vvit -, Eafl -Greenwich, 
 four Grand and four Petit Jurors ; 'jVar-^ick, three Grand and four 
 Petit Jurors •. U-'ea -Grseawich, three Grand and two Petit Jurors ; and 
 
 Coventry^
 
 Ccveniry, three Grand and two Peth Jurors : Anil that each of tho fatd 
 Towns fend the iHitie Number of Grand and Petit Jurors to the Inferior 
 Courts of Coiiimon Pleas, and General Scflions of the Peace, as by 
 this Aft they are obliged to fend to the Superior Court, ^c^ above- 
 mention'd ; and that as often as the faid Inferior Court of Comtnon 
 Picas, and General SciTions of tlie Peace, (hall be held within and 
 for fdid County. 
 
 // is Fotecl and Refohedhy this Jffeml/y, That all Bufinefs lying before 
 them unSniflicd, be, and rbe f.ime w lirrt-by rcfcired to the next Seflion : 
 Thit the Secretary proclaim in N^wpor:, by Beat of Drum, all the Ads 
 and Orders now made and pall, within ten Days, and fend Copies of 
 the laid Ads and Orders now made and pad, and of thofe alio that 
 were made and pad at the lad Seflion in Newport, unto each Town in 
 the Colony, according to Law, within forty Days after the Rifing of 
 this Aflembly r That all thofe Pcrfons that were cited to appear at the 
 General AiTembly, which was to have been held at Newport, by Ad- 
 journment, on the Twenty-fourth Day of September laft, but fell thro', 
 be cited to appear before this Aflembly at their next Seflion, for the 
 fame Purpofes as they were cited to appear before the Affembly that fell 
 through as aforefaid : And that this Aflembly be, and it is hereby 
 adjourned to the firft Monday in December next. 
 
 GOD Save the King. 
 
 pHlliJhed in Newport by Beat of Drum, 
 cn the i3/(&jD.-Jjo/ November, 1750. ly 
 
 THOMAS WARD, Secry.
 
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 ^f /Z?^ G i: N E R A L A s s E M B L Y of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Engliili 
 Colony of Rhode-lfland, and Providence-Planta- 
 tions, ia New Enoland, in America ; begun and 
 held by Adjournment at Providence, thefirU Monday 
 of Dfccmh.er, in the Tear of Our LORD, One Thou- 
 jar.d Sevea Hundred and Fifty : And in the Trvemy- 
 fourth i'ear of the Reign of- His Aloft Sacred Majelly, 
 CjEORGE the iecondj by the Grace of GOD, of 
 Great-Bncain, Frar.ce, and Uchnd, King, Defender 
 of the faith, &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. JFILLI ^ M GREENE, Efqj Governor, 
 
 The Hon. Robert Haszard, Efq; Dep. Gov* 
 
 George Wanton, Kfq, 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efq,/ 
 JoH N" Potter, Efq; 
 JabezBowen, Efq; 
 Benj am in Tucker, Efq; - 
 
 Robert Lavvton, Efq} 
 James Arnold, Efqj 
 41^. William Richmond, EfqiVyf^, 
 
 DANIELCoGGESHALL,Efq-,\ 
 
 Jeoffry Watson, Efqi 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the fcveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Honourable Thomas Cranston, Efq; Speaker. 
 
 NEWPORT ; 
 
 M r. Natbanatl Coggeflmll^ 
 Mr. Jojtph JVhipple, 
 The Speaker, 
 Peter Bonn, Efq; 
 Mr. Nicholas Eajion, 
 C;ipt. "Job Benin t. 
 
 
 Providevck : 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq; 
 Mr. Eli/ha Brown, 
 John Dexter, Efq; 
 Daniel Jencks, Efq; 
 
 Portsmouth ; 
 jyilliam Anthony, jun. Efq; 
 
 John
 
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 John Allen, Efq; 
 Benjamin HickeSy Efq; 
 Warwick i 
 Capt. John Greene, 
 7bcinas Rice, Efq-, 
 Mr. Jofepb Uppity 
 Major Stephen Low. 
 Westerly ; 
 Col, Jo/eph Pendleton, 
 Capt. Calel> Church. 
 Newshoreham •, 
 None. 
 North-Kingston ; 
 Col. Immanuel Northup, 
 Bcriab Brown, Elq; 
 
 South-Kingston •, 
 Jeremiah Kites, Efq; 
 Mr. Benjamin Peckham,]Mn. 
 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 Jofeph Nichols, Efq; 
 Thomas Spenjer, Efq-, 
 Jamestowh } 
 Mr. Edward Carr, 
 Mr. Jofeph Clark. 
 
 Sm ithfibld ; 
 Thomas Lapham, Efqi 
 John Aldrich, Efq-, 
 
 Sc ituate ; 
 Joh Randal, Efqj 
 Mr. Gideon Hammond. 
 
 Gloclster V 
 Major Richard Smith, 
 Capt. Timothy JVillmott. 
 
 Chariestown i 
 Col. Chrijlopher Champlin, 
 Capt. Nalhanael Lewis. 
 
 West-Greenwich ; 
 Mr. John Greene CSon of 
 John). 
 
 Coventry •, 
 EUfJm John/on, Efq-, 
 Samuel Cooper, Efqj 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. John Reynolds, 
 Mr. Benjamin Mowrey. 
 
 Middletown; 
 Edward Eaflofj, Efqi 
 Mr. Peter Barker. 
 Bristol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 Shearjafliub Bourne, Efq; 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 Capt. John Manchefler, 
 Mr. Samuel Durjey. 
 
 Little-ComptoN ", 
 Lieut. Col. John Hunt, 
 Mr. Charles Brownel. 
 Warren ; 
 Mr. John Cole, 
 Peter Bicknel, Efqj 
 
 CuMRERLANDj 
 
 JobBartlet, Efq-. 
 'John Dexter, Efq; 
 Richmond ; 
 
 Samuel lift, Efq* 
 Capt. Jojeph Enos,}\in. 
 
 Mr. Jofias Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 BEFORE this Aflembly was read an A(ft of Parliament, cntitulcd. 
 An A51 to encourage the Importation of Pig and Bar Iron from His 
 Majefly's Colonies in America \ and to prevent the EreSiion of any Mill, 
 or other Engine, for flitting or rolling of Iron, or any Plateing Forge to 
 work with a lilt Hammer, or any Furnace for making Steel, in any ef the 
 faid Colonies : As alfo the Letter and Inftruftions trom the Lords Com- 
 milTioners for Trade and Plantations. And the fame being taken into 
 Confideration, This Affcmbly is well affured, that there is not in this 
 Colony, any fuch Mill or F.ngine for flitting or rolling of Iron, or any 
 Plateing Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, or any Furnace for 
 making Steel, as mentioned and exprcffed in faid Aft. And tbereftre 
 it is Voted and Refolved, That his Honour the Governor be, and he is 
 
 hereby
 
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 hereby requefled to inform the Right Honourable and Honourable the 
 Lords Commiffioners for Trade and Plantations, of the fame, as foon 
 as conveniently may be. 
 
 Whereas Thomas Richard/on, Efq; General Treafurer, hath rcceiv'd 
 oF the Committee who fold the two Ferries lately belonging to the 
 Colony, on the Weft Side of Jamefiown, two Bonds given by Abel 
 Franklin, one for Three Thoufand Four Hundred Pounds, and the 
 other for his faithful Complyance with ail A6ls of AlTembly made for 
 regulating the Ferries \ and alio for the Sum of One Hundred Pounds 
 in Ca(h. for theUfe of theUovernment, as appears by tbe Receipt of 
 the Treafurer, delivered to this AfTcinbiy by (aid Committee : Where- 
 upon it is Voted and Re/olved, That the faid Raceipt be, and it is hereby 
 accepted, and lodged with the Secretary. 
 
 "Whereas 7'cc»h^s Richard/on, Efq^ General Treafurer, hath received 
 of the Committee who fold the two Ferries lately bclongmg to the Co- 
 lony, on the Weft Side of Jamejicwn, two Bonds given oy Stephen 
 JVillcox, one for Seven Hundred and Eignty Pounds, and the other for 
 his faithful Complyance with all A6ts of AITembiy made for regulating 
 the Ferries; and alfo for the Sum of Twenty Pounds in Cafh, for the 
 Ufe of the Government, as appears by the Receipt ot the Treafurer, 
 delivered to this AfTembly by faid Committee : Whereupon it is Voted 
 and Refohed, That the faid Receipt be, and it is hereby accepted, and 
 lodged with the Secretary. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That Daniel Coggefhall, and Immanuel Nortbttp 
 Efqrs. be. and thev are hereby appointed a Committee, to fettle with 
 Thomas Spenfer oi Jameftown, refpefting Arrearages of Rent due to the 
 Colony, and receive the Ballance, and lodge it in the General Trca- 
 fury, and make Report of their Doings to this AfTembly at their next 
 Sefiion. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That MelTis. Robert Gibhs, Jofeph Sheldon, 
 and Stephen Remington, be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee 
 to audit tne Accounts of the Directors of the Lottery fet up for building^ 
 a Bridge over Pauiuxit River, and make Report of their Doings to this 
 Affembly. 
 
 Whereas David Cumjlock, Ffq-, exhibited to this AfTembiy, an Ac- 
 count by him charged againft the Colony, fnr his Time, Trouble, and 
 Expences, in ifTuing Warrants againft, examining, and binding over 
 to Court, Perfons fufpefted to be guilty of counterfeiting Bills of Cre- 
 dit ; for returning the Recognizances to, and attending on the Supe- 
 rior Court of Judicature in Prm^^wff, &c. intheYeai 1748 : Which 
 Account being duly examined and confidered, This AJJembly do Vote and 
 Re/olve, and it is Voted and Refolved. That the fain Account be, and tnc 
 fame is hereby allowed, and that the Amount thereof being Forty-one 
 Pounds Six Shillings and Eight Fence, be paid untp the faid David 
 Cumjteck out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas
 
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 Whereas lyUliam yIfncld,'Ei'(\\ exhibited ro this Afil-mbly an Account 
 by him charged agamlt ilie Colony, for his Time, Trouble, Horfe-hire. 
 and Expcnces. in going two Journeys to two leveri>l Courts in the 
 County of fVcrceJier. in the Years 1745 and 1746, in order to give 
 Evidence againft one Ifrael Keiib, for palFing Counterfeit Bills, in Imi- 
 tation ol the true Bills of Credit emitted by thi<: Government -, for 
 examining, and binding over to Court, Baniel Walling, Samuel Ccok. 
 and Ddir.el Pbillips, for making and pafTing Counterfeit Bills ; and tor 
 going two Journeys 10 Prnv'tdcnre in the i'ear 1748. where he attended 
 as a Witnels, by Order of the Superior Court, (Jc. Which Account 
 being duly ;xamined and confidtred, This /Ijjembly do Vote and Refolve, 
 and it is Voted and Rejolved, Thai ihs faid Account be, and the fame is 
 hereby allowed, and that Fifty Pounds Nine Shillings the Amount 
 thereof, be paid unto the laid IViiliam Arnold out of the General 
 Treal'ury. 
 
 Whereas his Honour the Deputy Governor, and Beriah Brcii;:, Efq-, 
 exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an Account t)y them charged againft the 
 Colony, for Cafli paid Mr. George Gardner for Beards to repair the 
 *ioal Houfc in Kings County, and tor carting the fame, in June lad : 
 Which Account being duly exnn-.ined and confidcred. This Ajfeinbly do 
 Vote and Refnhe, and it is Voted and Re/olved, That the faid Accounc 
 be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Mxreen Pounds Four Shillmgs, 
 the Amount thereof, be paid unto his Honour the Deputy Govtrnor, 
 and the faid Beriab Broicn, out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas an Account was exhibited to this AfTcmbly, charged by Capt. 
 Jo/eph 0:»ey, againll fcbn Alauney, f.fq. for making and mending Glafs 
 for the County Houle and Goal in Providence : And this AfTcmbly 
 havinc-- duly examined and ccniidered laid Account, Uo Vote and Re- 
 fohe, and it is Voted and Refched, That the faid Account be, and it is 
 hereb) allowed, and that sixteen Pounds Nine Shillings, the Amount 
 thereof, be paid to the faid ic.h;i Maixney out of the General Treafury. 
 
 \Vherca> Capt. Nalhatuicl Lcivis exhibited to fhis AfTembly an Ac- 
 count bv him charged againfl the Colony, for his Time. Trouble, 
 Horfe-hire, and Fxpcnces, in viewing and meaiuring the Bridges in 
 Kings County : Which Account being duly examined and confidcred, 
 This /IJfemtly do Vote and Rejclve, and it is Voted and Re.ohcd, Th.u the 
 faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Twelve Pounds, 
 the Amount thereof, be paid unco the faid Natbanaci Lru:is out of tne 
 General Trcafurv. 
 
 Whereas Samuel Aidrich, a Confrable, exhibited to this AfTcmbly. 
 an Account bv him charged againlt the Colony, for his Time, T rouble, 
 and Expences, in apprehending Ifrael Innian, and others, fufpe(?led to 
 be guilty of counterfeiting Bills of Credit, in the Year 174B : Which 
 Account being duly examined and conlidered, Tbis Ajfembly do Vote and 
 Refolve, and it is Voted and Kej:hed, That laid Account be, and it is 
 
 hcrcbv
 
 I 6s ] 
 
 hereby allowad, and that Twelve Pounds Three Shillings, the Amount 
 thereof, be paid unto ihe faid Samuel Aldricb out of the General 
 
 Treafury, 
 
 Whereas 72»o»jjj Lapbam, Efq; exhibited to thisAflembly,, an Account 
 by him charged againft the Colony, for his Time, Trouble, and Ex- 
 pences, in examining Daniel fFalling^ and delivering him over to the 
 Authority of the Province of the Majfacbufetts-Bay, for pafllng Coun- 
 terfeit Bills of that Province, in the Year 1748 ; and alfo in taking an 
 Account of the Bridges : Which Account being duly examined and 
 confidered, Ibis Jljimbly do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Re/olved, 
 That the-faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum 
 of Twenty-two Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid 
 Thomas Lapbam out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Meffrs, Thomas Cmnffon, Jobn Tillingbajl^ and Jofeph 
 Whipple, were appointed a Committee to audit the Accounts of the 
 Gentlemen that were appointed to pay off the Officers and Soldiers 
 raifed for the Expedition intended againft Canada ; but have not yet 
 been able to perform that Service : It is tbtrefore Voted and Re/ohedy 
 That the above-named Gentlemen be, and they are hereby continued a 
 Committee for the Purpofe aforcfaid ; and that they audit the Accounts 
 of thofe Gentlemen feparately, receive the Ballance of faid Accounts, 
 and depofit the ame in the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That his Honour the Governor draw Bills 
 upon Mr. Agent Patridge, for the Sum of Seventeen Hundred and 
 Forty- two Pounds Six Shillings and Ten Pence Sterling, in his Hands j 
 and that George IVanton, Jonathan Nichols, Peter Bours, Thomas Cranjion^ 
 and Daniel Jencks, Elqrs. be, and they, or the major Part of them, 
 are hereby appointed a Committee, to icU and difpofe of faid Pills, 
 when drawn •, and alio to receive of Jofeph Wanton, Efq; and Capr. 
 Walter Ch.iloner, the Money which the Agent hath drawn upon them for, 
 provided they will give the lame Advance as the others do, who fhall 
 purchafe the Bills to be drawn by his Honour the Governor ; otherwife 
 the Bills drawn on Mr. Wanton, and Capt. Chaloner as aforefaid, fhali 
 be returned tc the Agent, and his Honour the Governor draw on him 
 for the Sums expreffed in his faid Bills. 
 
 Whereas the Committee that was appointed to form the Draught of 
 a Letter to be fent from this Government to Mr. Agent Patridge, have 
 performed that Service, and prcfented this AfTembly with one j which 
 being duly confidered, this AlTembly do approve thereof: And there- 
 upon it is Voted and Refohed, That a fair Copy of the fame be drawn, 
 to be figned by his Honour the Governor, and fent to the Agent by the 
 firll good Opportunity. 
 
 Whereas this Affembly, at their Seffion in Providence, the laft Wed- 
 ncfday of Oflolfer lafV, made and part an A(fi:, entituled, /^m Aii in Addi- 
 tion to an Acl of the General AJfembly, mAde and p aft on the Jeventeenth Day 
 
 R of
 
 [66 ] 
 
 «■/ February, A. D. 1746, entituled. An Ail j or nguhting Appeals to His 
 Majefiy in Council in Great-Britain, and for reptaltng the former Ail made 
 for that Purpcje. Fart of which Act ialt made, is exprelfed in Terms 
 lb general, that it may be conitrued to look back, and take Effedt in 
 Adlions brought, betore faid Aft was paft : This Affembly therefore 
 having taken the Matter into Confideration, l)j Vote, Refohe, and De- 
 clare, and it is Voted^ Refol'jed, and Declared, That it was not their In- 
 tent, Meaning, ot Defign, when they voted and pafTed the faid Aft 
 laft made, that the fame fhould rctrofpeft, nor (hall it retrofpeft, or 
 take Effcft, in any Aft ion •, the original Writ whereof, bears Daic 
 before the faid Aft Ialt paft, was voted and piffcd : Any Thing therein 
 contained to the contrary, notwithftanding. 
 
 j^tt JCT for fitting up a Lottery to raife a Sum cf Money, in 
 order to b.;:!d a Bridge over Pawtucket River, between the 
 Towns oj Smithtield auU Cumberland, in thts Colony. 
 
 WHEREAS a Number of Gentlemen, Merchants, and others, 
 have reprefented unto this AflTembly, that as there is a large 
 Number ot Inhabitants in the Towns of Cumberland, Anleborsugb, 
 TVrentham, and Billingbam, to whom tlie Town of Providence is the 
 Market Town, whither tney carry almoft all they have to fell ; and 
 that there is a large River runs between the firft mentioned Towns, and 
 the Town ot Providence, fo large, that at molt Times in the Year, it is 
 not fordable for Teams or Horfcs -, Dy Means whereof, the Inhabitants 
 of all faid Towns are very greatly incommoded, Wf. Whereupon they 
 prayed this AfTcmbly to grant that a Lottery may be fet forth (in luch 
 Manner, under fuch Regulations, and managed by fuch Perions as fhall 
 be thought proper j, to raife a fufficient Sum, that may reafonably afford 
 a Deduftion ot Two Thouland Pounds Old Tenor, to be appropriated. 
 to building a Bridqe over faid River, at or near the Land of Capr.- 
 David JVbippie in Cumberland. And this AflTembly having taken the 
 Matter into Confideration, Do Vote and Enail, and it is Voted ani 
 Enailed, That for the End and Purpofc aforefaid, a Lottery of Twenty 
 Six Thoufand Seven Hundred Pounds Old-Tenor, maybe fet up, fub- 
 jcft to a Deduftion of Ten per Cent, to confiit of Six Thoufand Six Hun- 
 dred and Seventy-five Tickets, at Eour Pounds each ; fourteen Hun- 
 dred of which fhall be fortunate in the following Manner, to wit : 
 
 10 to draw Prizes of ;C. 500 each, is ^, 5000 
 
 10 _____ 200 ■ 2000 
 
 20 __ 100 ■ 2000 
 
 40 ii — 50 2000 
 
 50 40 2000 
 
 100 ■ . 20 ■ 2000 
 
 1 170 10 — — 11700 
 
 1400 j^. 26700 
 
 Blanks 5275 
 
 66-js And
 
 [67 1 
 
 /jnd he it farther Enabled ty (be Authority aforefatd. That Capt. Olcdiab 
 Brown, of Prtviatnce; Capt. David iVhipple, and JcbnDexitr, Eiq, of 
 Oimbcrland \ and Mr. PculTew, of Providence, be, and chey are hereby 
 contlitured Diredors or Managers of the Lottery to be let up as afore- 
 faid ^ and upon their giving Bond with Sureties, to the General Trea- 
 furer of" the Colony, in the Sum of Forty Thoufand Founds, for the 
 faithful Dilcharge of their Truft, fhall be, and hereby are invefted 
 with full Power and Authority, to do^ ad, trantadl, and finifh all and 
 every Matter and Ma:tei», Thing and Things, ncceflary to begin, 
 carry on, and compleat the Lottery aforefaid, and to build the intended 
 Bridge, and (hail be allowed Two and half per Cent, for their Trouble, 
 in procuring faid Lottery to be filled and drawn, and for appropriating 
 the Remainder of the SuiTi dcduvfted from the Produce of laid Lottery, 
 which will be Two Thouland and Two Pounds Ten Shillings Old 
 Tenor, towards building the propofcd Bridge, in fuch Manner, and at 
 fuch Placr^ as the faid Directors, and a like Number to be chofen by 
 the Petitioners, (hall think bcft ; and that the faid Direftors fiiall ren- 
 der an Account of their Proceedings in the whole Affair, to the General 
 Affcmbly of this Colons, whenever they (hall be by thtm thercrunto 
 CiUcd. 
 
 yhd be it farther EnaSed by the Autbcrily aforefaid, That the faid 
 Lottery (hail be drawn at the Houfe of Capr. David IVhilp'.i in Cum- 
 berland, on the lecond Monday of May next : Notice of which (hall 
 be given by the Directors in the publick Prints, fourteen Days before 
 faid Time -, but that no Tickets (hall be difpoicd of until the firft Day 
 of February next. 
 
 WHEREAS fob Sennet, jun. exhibited to this AlTembly, an 
 Account of Fourteen Pounds, by him charged againft the Co- 
 lony, for his Time, Horfe-hire, and Expences, in bringing a Packet 
 to his Honour the Governor, from Ne'wport to Providence: Which 
 being duly examined and confidered. This Ajjembly do Vote and Re/otve, 
 av.d it is Voted ar.d Refolved, That Ten Pounds of the faid Account be 
 allowed and paid the faid Job Bcnr.et out of the General Treafury. 
 
 B 
 
 An ACT eflahlijking and appointing the <^iota of Jurors to be 
 fent by the Jeveral Towns in the County of Providence, to the 
 
 future Ccurts w/tbin the fif/ie. 
 
 £ IT ENACT E D by this AJfembly, and by the Authority tbtreof^ 
 It is Enabled, That for the future, the feveral Towns in the County 
 ot Providence, fliall fend to the Superior Court of Judicaturf, Court 
 of Afllze, and General Goal Delivery, as the fame fhall from tim.e to 
 time be held in faid County, the following Number of Jurors, to wit : 
 Providence, four Grand and three Petit Jurors ; Smith^eld, four Grand 
 and two Petit Jurors •, Scituate, two Grand and three Petit Jurors ; 
 Gkcefier, two Grand and two Petit Jurors j and Cumberland, one Grand 
 
 and
 
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 aid two Petit Jurors : And that faid Towns, and each of them, fhall 
 fend the like Number of Grand Jurors, as by this Ad it is above sppoint- 
 ed for each of them, to the Courc of General Seffions of the I'eace, 
 and the fame Number of Petit Jurors, as by this Ad is above appointed 
 for each of them, to the Interior Court of Common Pleas of the faid 
 County of Providence, at every SefTion of faid Courts : Any Law, Cu- 
 ftom, or Ufage, to the contrary hereof, in anywiie, notwithflanding. 
 
 yind it is Voted and Refolved, That this Ad be forthwith proclaimed ; 
 which was accordingly done by the Stcretary. 
 
 Whereas Raines Reynolds reprefented unto this Aflembly, That he 
 hath been confined to His Majefty's Goal in Providence, ever fince the 
 Month oijuv.e laff, for a Debt due to the Colony, amounting, with 
 the Charges, to Eighteen Pounds ; and being unable to pay the fame, 
 he prayed that his own Bond may be taken for faid Debt and Cofts, and 
 he be let out ol Prifon. On Confideration whereof. Ibis /Ijjernbly do 
 Vote and Rejolve, and it is Voted and Refolved, That the faid James Rey- 
 nolds fhall be let out of Prifon, he paying his Prifon Fees, and giving 
 Bond to theGrand Committee for the aforefaid Sum of Eighteen Pounds, 
 to be paid in two Years. 
 
 Whereas Tkcmas Relpb, jun. of Scituate, in the County of Provi' 
 dence, in Behalf of himfelf and Company, reprefented unto this AfTtm- 
 bly. That they went out to hunt Wolves, and on the fixtecnth Day of 
 Noveml/er laft, he the faid Relph fhot at a blackifh coloured Wolf, in 
 Scituate aforefaid, but did not follow him : Afterwards fuch a Wolf 
 was found dead, which they apprehend to be the fame that faid Relpb 
 fhot at v but not having the Proof by Law required, to entitle them to 
 the Bounty, he prayed to have the fame Allowance out of the Gcaeral 
 Treafury, as hefhould have, were the Wolf killed in Sight. And this 
 AfTembly having taken the fubjed Matter of the faid Petition into Con- 
 fideration, and made due Enquiry into the Truth thereof. Do Vote and 
 Refolve, and it is Voted and Refolved^ That the faid Petition be, and it is 
 hereby granted. 
 
 Whereas Ann and James Franklin exhibited to this Aflembly, an Ac- 
 count by them charged againlt the Colony, for printing the Ads and 
 Orders of rhe General AfTembly, made and part at their SefTions in Au- 
 guji and OEloher lad, and for furnifhing Paper for the W^ork : Which 
 being duly examined and confidered, Ihis Affemhly dc Vote and Refolve, 
 and it is Voted and Refolvid, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 allowed, and that fhe Sum of Fifty-two Pounds Four Shillings, the 
 Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid Ann and James Franklin out of 
 the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That his Honour the Deputy Governor, 
 Benjamin Tucker, James Honyman, and Immanuel Nor thup, Efqrs. McfTrs. 
 Benjamin Pcckbam, jun. and Jo/epb Lippit, be, and they, or the major 
 Part of them, are hereby conftitutcd a Committee, to take the Affair 
 
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 of the Paper Currency into Confideration, and prefent a Bill or Bills to 
 this Aflembiy, at their next Seflion. 
 
 Whereas Benjamin Gorbam exhibited to this AfTembly, an Account 
 by him charged againft the Colony, for his Attendance on the General 
 Aflembiy, at this and their larc Seffion, for Fire-wood, i^c. Which 
 being duly examined and confidered. This Jfftmbl-j do Vote and ReJolvCy 
 and it is Voted andRefolved, That the faid Account be allowed, and that 
 the Sum of Eighteen Pounds Seven Shillings, the Amount thereof, be 
 paid unto the faid Benjamin Gorhum out oi the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Drawing of the Lottery which the 
 Government has allowed Col. Jojeph Pendleton to fct up, be, and it is 
 hareby poftponed to the lalt Day of March next, unlefs it be filled 
 before. 
 
 It is Voted and Refotved, That Richard Sleere, Efq; be, and he is 
 hereby chofeii the tilth Juftice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General Serious of the Pe.ice, in and of the County of Providence. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the Choice of Committees of the feveral 
 Towns, for the Management of the Colony's Money, let, or to be let 
 on Loan, be, and the fame is hereby relerred unto the next Sefl'ion of 
 this AiTembly, 
 
 Whereas Ifrael PhillipSy of Smithfidd, in the County of Providence^ 
 Yeoman, preferrted a Petition unto this Aficmbly, letting forth. That 
 in the Year On© Thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty-two, he was 
 convided of having a Hand in bad Money ; for which he was obliged to 
 give Security to the General Treafurer, that he would exchange all the 
 bad Bills he had paflfed, and which fhould be brought to the General 
 Treafurer wichm acertainTIme then limited, which is long fince elapfed: 
 And that he the faid Ifrael did depofit One Hundred Pounds in the 
 Hands of Daniel Jencks, Efq-, and Capt. Richard Sayles, to be his Bonds- 
 men in that Reipe<5l .- Whereupon he prajrcd that a Committee may be 
 appointed to enquire what Money is due on laid Bond, Cdc. On Conll- 
 deration whereof. This /Ijjenlly do Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted and 
 Refohed, That Peter Bours, and Jojeph JVhipple, Efqrs. be, and they 
 arc hereby conftituted a Committee, to enquire into thePremifes, and 
 make Report to this Aficmbly at their next Seflion. 
 
 Whereas the Aft of AfTembly appointing Courts to be held in the 
 County of /^f«/, the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Aflize, 
 and General Goal Delivery, is to be held but once in a Year, to wit, 
 in OHoher, whereby Creditors may be kept out of their juft Debts much 
 longer than is reafdnable. 
 
 For Prevention whereof. 
 Be it Enabled by this General ^Jfembiy, and by the Authority thereof^ It 
 ii Enalied, That there (hall be annually held in the laid County of Kent, 
 
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 on the third Tuefday of /^pril, one other Superior Court of Judicature, 
 Courc of AITizc, and General Goal Delivery. 
 
 /; is Veted and Refohed by this J/embly^ That all Bufinefs lying before 
 thi-m uiifini(heH, bc» and the lame is hereby referred to the next Seflion : 
 And that the Secretary proclaim in Neivport by Beat of Drum, all the 
 Acls an>1 Orders now made and part, within ten Days, and fend Copies 
 of them unto each Town in the Colony, according to Law^ within 
 forty Days after the Rifing of this Aflembly j which is hereby ad- 
 journed to tbe third Monday in March next. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 ^ulliped if} Nfwport according to Order, 
 on the i8//j Day e/ December, 1750, by 
 
 '^'''7 ^S^#'^. 
 
 Thomas Ward, Secry. 
 
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 At the G E N F. R A L A S S E M B L Y of the 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Englilh 
 Colony of Rhode-lfland, and Providence-P anta- 
 tions, in New. England, in America ; be^un and 
 held by Adjournment at Providence, on the third Mon- 
 day of March, in the Tear of Our LORD, One Thou- 
 fand ^even Hundred and Fifty : And in the Itrenty' 
 fourth Tear of the Reign of His Mofi Sacred Maieily, 
 GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of GOD, of 
 Greac-Bnrain, France, and Ir^hnd, King, Defender 
 of the Faith, &:c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. fVILLIJM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Robert Haszard, Efqj Dep. Gov* 
 
 Georgb Wanton, Efqj ) James Arnold, Efq; 
 
 John Potter, Efq; >AJf}/l.W ill i am ~ 
 
 Jabbz BowEW, Efqi \ Jeoffry Watson, Jilq 
 
 JOLD, Efqi ) 
 
 Richmond, Efq;>/^j?, 
 ATSON, Elq; S 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Hon. Thomas Cramston, Efq; Speaker. 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 m 
 
 Providence f 
 
 Mr. Naibanael Cogge/hatl, 
 
 P% 
 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Jofepb Whipple, 
 
 ii 
 
 Mr. Eli/ha Brown, 
 
 The iipeaker. 
 
 ^i 
 
 John Dexter, Efq; 
 
 Peter fiaar/, Efq; 
 
 S2 
 
 Daniel Jencks, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Nicholas Eafton, 
 
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 Portsmouth ; 
 
 Capt. Job Binnft, 
 
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 Willi am Anthony, jun. Efo; 
 
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 John /iUen, £iqi 
 Mr. Thomas Brovmely 
 Benjamin Hickes, Efq; 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Capt. John Greene, 
 Thomas Rice, Efq-, 
 Mr. Jc/epb Uppity 
 Major Stephen Low. 
 
 Westerly ; 
 Col. Jojepb Pendleten. 
 Newshoreham j 
 None. 
 North-Kingstown ; 
 Col. Immanuel Norlhup, 
 Beriah Brown, Efq; 
 
 South-Kingstown •, 
 Jeremiah Nilcs, Efq; 
 Mr. Benjamin Peckham,jun. 
 
 East-Greenwich ; 
 Jofeplf Nichds, Efq; 
 Thc?nas Spenfer, Efq-, 
 Jamestown j 
 Mr. Jojcph Clark. 
 
 SmITHFIELD ; 
 
 Thomas Lapham, Efq; 
 John Aldrich, Efqi 
 
 Scituate i 
 Joh Randal, Efq-. 
 Mr. Gideon Hammond, 
 
 Gl.OCESTEK ; 
 
 Major Richard Smith. 
 Capt. Timothy IVilmot. 
 Charlestown ; 
 Col, Chriftofher Champli/i, 
 
 R« 
 
 Capt. Nathanaef Lewts. 
 
 West-Greenwich ; 
 Mr. John Greene (Son of 
 John). 
 
 Coventry •, 
 Eli/Jja Johnfon, Efqj 
 Samuel Cooper, Efqj 
 
 Exeter } 
 Cdpt. John Reynolds, 
 Mr. Benjamin Mowrey, 
 
 Middletown ; 
 Ldivard taficn, Efq; 
 Mr. Peter Barker. 
 
 Bristol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq-, 
 Sbearja/hub Bourne, Efqj 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 Capt. John Manchefter, 
 Mr. Samuel Durfey. 
 
 Little-Compton ; 
 Lieut. Col. John Hunt, 
 Mr. Charles Browne I. 
 
 Warren ; 
 
 Mr. Jo/j>n Cole, 
 Peter Bicknel, Efq; 
 
 Cumberland j 
 Job Bartlet, Efqj 
 John Dexter, Elq; 
 
 Richmond -, 
 Samuel Tift, Efq; 
 Capt. Jofeph Enos, jun. 
 
 Mr. Jo/tas Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 JT IS VOTED AND RESOLVED, That the Drawing 
 -* of the Lottery which the Government haih allowed Col. Jojepb 
 Pendleton to fct up, be, and it is hereby farther poftponed to the 
 twentieth Day oi May next, unlcfs it be filled fooner. 
 
 Wh«rea$ /Inn and James Franklin exhibited to this AfTembly an Ac- 
 count by them charged agamft the Colony, for furnifhing Paper, and 
 printing the Afts and Orders made and paft by this Affembly, at their 
 SefTion in December \3.^ : Which being duly examined and confidered. 
 This AJfembly do Vote and Rejolve, and ;/ is Voted and Re/olvrd, That the 
 faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed ; and that Eighteen Pounds 
 Fourteen Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid Ann 
 and Jamfs Franklin out of the General Treafury. 
 
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 Jn A CT in Addition to an JS^ entitukd, An Act prohibiting 
 Sports and Labour on the firfl Day of the Week, tnade and 
 fajjed by the General AJptnhly cfthis Colony^ begun and held at 
 Newport, theJixthDay oj May, 167^. 
 
 H E R E A S in and by faid Ad, it is declared. That no Perfon 
 or Perfons within this Colony, fhali do or exerciic any Labour, 
 or Bufinefs, or Work, of their ordinary Calling \ nor ufe any 
 Game, Sport, Play, or Recreation, on the firft Day of the Week, nor 
 fuffer the fame to be done by their Children, Servants, or Apprentices 
 (Works of NeccfTuy and Charity only excepted;, on the Penalty of i^/iJC 
 Shillnigs for every fuch Offence. And that whofoever fhall improve, 
 fet to Work, or encourage any other Perfon's Servants to commit any 
 of the aforefaid Offences, fhall fuffer the like Punifliment as aforefaid. 
 And whereas the Penalcy provided in and by faid Acl:, is fo fmall, 
 that Perfons ufually guilty of faid Offences, do not regard the fame. 
 
 For the more effectual preventing fuch immoral and irreligious 
 Praftices, 
 
 n £■ IT EK ACl ED by the General AJfetnhly, and by the Authority 
 *-' of the fame. It is hereby EnaHed, That whofoever fhall for the fu- 
 ture, contrary to the faid Aift, do or exercifc any Labour, or Bufi- 
 nefs, or Work, of their ordinary Calling \ or ufe any Game, Sport, 
 Play, or Recreation, on the firlf: Day of the Week, or any Part thereof, 
 fliall forfeit and pay the Sum of torty Shillings for the firft Offence ; 
 and upon a fecond Convidlion, every fuch Perfon fhall forfeit double 
 the faid Sum : And in Cafe any Offender mentioned in this A(?t, fhali 
 be unable, or refufe to fatisfy and pay h'sor her Fine, he or Ihe fhall be 
 adjudged to be fet in the Cage or Stocks, not exceeding three Hours, 
 according to the Difcretion of the Juftices. 
 
 And be it further EnaRed by tbt Authority aforefaid^ That the Fines 
 and Forfeitures thac fhall arife by this Afl, fhall be difpofcd of, as by 
 the faid Law is already provided : Any Law, Ufage, or Cuftom, to 
 the contrary, notwiihilanding. 
 
 TH E Committee appointed to vnfpeft; into Mortgages and Bonds 
 from time to time, in the Grand Committee's Ofhce, made the 
 following Report : 
 
 " Memorandum. February 28. 17 50-1. 
 Mortgage, Eighty Pounds. Upon examining a Mortgage Deed gi- 
 ven by Robert tldred of N:rlb-Kii:gi'hwfi, in the fecond Bank, for 
 Eighty Pounds., faid Eldred produced eight Bonds with the hft Bond, 
 paid. We art of Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be difcharged ; and 
 have laid it by in the Grand Committee's Office. 
 
 Mortgage ; Two Hundred and Fifty Pcunds. Upon examining Cbri- 
 ftopbir Champlin's Mortgage Deed, faid Mortgage Deed was given for 
 Tfiree Hundred and Fifty Pounds ; and upon faid Mortgage there were 
 but four Indorfments : But laid CbampUn produced the two laft Bonds 
 paid. Weareof Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be difcharged. 
 
 Mortgage ; One Hundred and Eightf Pounds. Upon examining a 
 Mortgage Deed of Jofeph FeckLirr,'% of Newport, faid Pcckbam produc'd 
 
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 ihe laft Bond paid j and no Bonds appearing in the Grand Committee's 
 Office, wc arc of Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be difcharged. 
 
 Mori^a^e ; Om Hundred and Eigbty-iivo Founds. Upon examining 
 a Mortgage Deed of Simon Rays of New-Sbcrebam, faid Ray produc'd 
 iundry Bonds, with the lafl: Bond paid ; and no Bonds appearing in the 
 Grand Committee's OfHce. we are of Opinion faid Mortgage Deed 
 O'Jglic :o be difcharged. 
 
 A]orlga^e; One Hundred and Eight Pounds. Upon examining a Mort- 
 gage Deed of Jnihony Eldred ot KingHoivn, faid Eldred produc'd the 
 ]aft Bond but one ; aud the iaft Bond being (ued and paid, we are of 
 Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be difcharged. 
 
 Mortgage \ ievenly Pounds. Upon examining a Mortgage Deed of 
 Thomas Jnckn-ife oi North- Kingfloti-n, h\A Jackwife produced the lall 
 Bon-i paid. We are of Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be difcharged. 
 Mortgage ; One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Upon examining a 
 Mortgage Deed of John IVeeks of fVarv;ick, faid ^eeks produc'd all the 
 Bonds. Said Mortgage ought to be difcharged. 
 
 Ahrtgage •, One Hundred and Fifty Pounds. Upon examining a Mort- 
 gage Deed of Alofes Burtingbam oi Providence, in the Iccond Bank, faid 
 Burlingham produc'd one Bond paid ; and no Bonds appearing in the 
 Oifice, we are of Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be dilcharg'd, 
 
 Newport, March i. 1 750-1. 
 
 Mortgage -, Tivo Hundred Pounds. Upon examining a Mortgage 
 Deed of Margaret Holmes of Middletown, we find that Mr. fob Lawton 
 hsth paid the Bonds that anfwer with the above Mortgage. Said Law- 
 ton produced three of the Bonds paid j and no Bonds appearing in the 
 Office, we are of Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be difcharged. 
 
 Mortgage •, Seventy Pounds. Upon examining a Mortgage Deed of 
 William Corey of Port/mouth, in the fecond Bank, we find that the Bonds 
 lay in Nathanael Hall's Name, and were tatcen up and paid by Capt. 
 Job Almy, deccas'd. We have compared faid Bonds with (aid Mortgage, 
 and find they agree ; and no Bonds appearing in the Office, we are <^f 
 Opinion faid Mortgage ought to be dilcharged. 
 
 Mortgage ; One Hundred and Twenty Pounds. Upon examining a 
 Mortgage Deed of B:njamin Hall's of Port/mouth, in the fecond Bank, 
 wc find that the Bonds lay in Nathanael Hall's Name, and were taken 
 up and paid by Capt. Job Almy, deceas'd. We have compar'd faid 
 Bonds with faid Mortgage, and find they agree -., and no Bonds appear- 
 ing in the Office, we arc of Opijiion faid Mortgage ought to be dif- 
 charged. 
 
 Mortgage ; One Hundred and Sixty Pounds. Upon examining a Mort- 
 gage Deed of George Hall's of Portfmoutb, in the fecond Bank, we find 
 that the Bonds lay in Natban.ir'/ Hall's Name, and were taken up and 
 paid by Job Almy, deceas'd. We have compared faid Bonds with 
 faid Mortgage, and find they agree ; and no Bonds appearing in the 
 Office, wc are of Opinion faid Mortgrigc ought to be difcharged. 
 
 ' Peter Bours, "J 
 
 Newport, March I. 17501. George Wanton, ( ^ 
 
 cTi /^ a > Committee. 
 Ibomas CranJton,r 
 
 Jamts Sheffield^ ) 
 
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 V9i(h which Report, the Committee prefented the following Account. 
 Tbs Cciony, - - Dr.-— 
 
 TO our Time and Trouble in infpciting into the within 
 Lift of Mortgages, — — j^^. 12 o O 
 
 Peter Bours, 
 Newport, March i. 1750-1, 7borms Cranjien, 
 
 James Sheffield, 
 George JVanton. 
 And now this Affembly having taken the foregoing Report and 
 Account into Confideration, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and 
 Rejohedy That the faid Report be, and it is hereby accepted : And 
 that the faid Account be allowed, and the Sum of Twelve Pounds, the 
 Amount thereof, paid out of the General Treafury, unto the afore- 
 named Peter Bours, George fVanton, Thomas Cranston^ and James 
 Sheffield, Efqrs. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Committee, to wit, Peter Bours, 
 Thomas Cranfion, James Sheffield, and George fVanton, Efqrs. who were 
 appointed to infpcdl into Mortgages and Bonds from time to time, in 
 the Grand Committee's Office, be, and they are hereby continued a 
 Committee for that Purpofe. 
 
 The Committee appointed to audit the Accounts of Benjamin Nichols, 
 Efq; Keeper of the Grand Committee's Office, prefented this Affembly 
 with the following Account by them ftatcd, and added their Report 
 unto it. 
 
 Benjamin Nichols, Efq; one of the Grand Committee^ 
 
 to the Colony^ - - Dr — 
 
 1 750-1.^ I "O the Ballance of Account, as per Re- 
 
 Fet>. 28. JL port, daied yfw^K/? 19. 1749. ;C-4587'i 17 6 
 
 To Henry Knowles'% Mortgage Deed, 3000 o o 
 
 3^.461711 17 6 
 
 Contra. - - Cr. — 
 
 BY Ca(h paid to Peter Bours, Simon Peafe, Thomas 
 Cranfton, George Wanton, and James Sheffield, 
 Efqrs. a Committee appointed by the General Affem- 
 bly, who burnt the fame ; as per Report, dated 
 February 22. 1749.50. £^. I2922 18 7 
 
 By a Miftake in John Angel's, Mortgage Deed, and 
 Richard Coman's Bonds, 200 o o 
 
 By a Miftake in CalebClark's Mortgage Deed, given 
 in Exchange for one of Ifaac Sheffield's, in the fourth 
 Bank, and Bonds given by faid Clark, 97 o o 
 
 By a Miftake in Jo/eph Scott's Mortgage Deed, gi- 
 ven in Exchange for one of Stephen Tallman's, in the 
 fixch Bank, - - - 10 o o 
 
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 By CaQi paid to Pettr BcurSj Ibomas CranHon, 
 James Sheffield, and Gecrge JVanton, Efqrs. a Com- 
 mittee appointed by the General Aflembly, who 
 burnt the lame, - - - 19502 o o 
 
 By the Amount of Henry Knowlei's Mortgage 
 Dccti, delivered to faid Committee m Ca(h, who 
 burnt the fame, - - ^coo o o 
 
 Bi\hncc iaiheHznds of Benjamin Nichols, Efq; 425979 l8 li 
 
 £,^6iyu 17 6 
 " T7f JE the Subfcribcrs, being appointed by the General Aflembly, 
 V V ^ Committee to audit the Accounts of Benjamin hicbols, Efq; 
 Keeper of the Grand Committee's Office, and to receive of him luch 
 Bills of Credit in his Hands, as have been paid into f"aid Office, and to 
 burn the fame. Report, That we have examined into faid Nichols's 
 Accounts, and do find that there is at prefent in the Hands of faid 
 Benjamin Nichols^ Efq; as a Ballance, Four Hundred and Twenty-five 
 Thouland Nine Hundred and Seventy-nine Pounds Eighteen Shillings 
 and Eleven Pence (as appears by the above Account), in Mortgages 
 antl Bonds, including in faid Ballance, a Number of Tenth Bonds Cent 
 cut on the Main-land, to be put in Suit. "We alfo Report, That we 
 have receiv'd of Benjamin Nichols, 'Ef(\\ Twcntytwo Thoufand and 
 Five Hundred and Two Pounds, in Bills of the Old-Tenor, as he is 
 credited for in the above Account, and have burnt the fame. All 
 which we fubmit to the Houourable General Aflembly, 
 
 Peter Bours, 
 Newport, February 29. 1 750-1. George IVanlon^ 
 
 Thomas Cranfton., 
 James Sheffield." 
 And the faid Committee fubjoined to their faid Report, the fol- 
 lowing Account. 
 
 The Colony to the Committee, - Dr.-— 
 
 TO our Time and Trouble for ten Days, jC- '20 o o 
 
 Peter Bcurs, 
 George tVanton, 
 Thomas CranSlon, 
 James Sheffield. 
 And now this AfiTcmbly having taken the Premifcs into Confideratlon, 
 and duly examined the fame. Do fete and Refolve, and it is Voted and 
 Refohed, That the aforegoing Rcjort of the faid Committee, be, and 
 it n hereby accepted ; and that their aforefaid Account be allowed, 
 and One Hundred and Twenty Pounds, the Amount thereof, paid 
 them out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas an Account wis exhibited to this Aflembly, charged by 
 Ehaitzer Jencks, againlt Jabez Bowen, Efq; (who imployed faid Jencks)^ 
 for repairing and mending the Bridge at Patacket Falls, in this Colony : 
 Which bemg duly examined, This AJfemhly ds Vote and Refolve, and it 
 is Voted and Refohed, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby al- 
 lowed, and that Sixteen Pounds Five Shillings, the Amount thereof, 
 be paid unto the faid fabez. Bowen out of the General Treafury. 
 
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 Jn ACT jvr promoting theraifing Flax andJVool^ andmanufa^iuriHg 
 the Jame into Cloth ; ar:d al/o for gtvitig a proper and Jaitable 
 Encouragement for the carrpvg on the H hJe and Cod tijhery ; 
 and for thofs Ends, making amt cmit.'ing the Sum oj Twenty- jive 
 Ikoufand^otwds^ in Bills of -Publuk Credit oj this Colony^ and 
 Jettling and afiertaining the Value thereof. 
 
 WHEREAS it is conceiv'd, that giving a proper Encourage- 
 ment for the raifir.g of Flax and Wool, and manutaduring the 
 fame into Cloth, will greatly conduce to promote Frugality and In- 
 dultry :• And as a Confequence whereof, it may jultly be exptfted, 
 that the vacant Lands withm this Colony, now unimprov'd, and lying 
 wafte (occafioncd in fome Meafure by the late long and tedious War), 
 may be greatly improv'd tothe -advantage and Intereftof His Majcfty's 
 Subjefts the Inhabitants of this Colony ^ and they under fuch better 
 Circumllances, be therefore enabled, in Cafe of another War, noC 
 only to defend and protedl themfelvcs, ^c. but alfo greatly to diftrefs 
 and annoy His Majcfty's Enemies in theie Parts. 
 
 And whereas the carrying on the Whale and Cod F fhery within this 
 Colony, will not only much promote and cncrcale the Trade and Com- 
 merce thereof, but amongft other Things, may be very beneficial to 
 Merchants and others, trading to Great Britain, by furnilhing thetn 
 with proper Remittances for the Payment of fuch Goods and Mer- 
 chandiz»s as the Inhabitants of this Colony may from time to time (land 
 in Need of from thence. It is is therefore conceived, that a proper 
 Premium or Bounty may be necefTary, as an Encouragement tor the 
 Purpofc aforcfaid. 
 
 And whereas the Colony hath been ar great and expenfive Cofts 
 and Charge in putting themfelves in a Pofture of Defence in the late 
 War, and hat the Treafury is thereby near exhaultcd, and no Fund 
 therein fufficient or adequate to anfwer fuch good, uleful, and beneficiat 
 Ends and Purpofes as arc defigned and intended by this Aft. Ic is 
 apprehended therefore, that there is a Ncccflicy of making and emit- 
 ting the Sum of Twenty-five Thoufand Pounds, in Bills of Publick 
 Credit, of the Tenor and Form hereafter expreffed. 
 
 And whereas it hath been found by fad Experience, that one great 
 and principal Caufe of the Depreciation of the Bills of Publick Credit .^ 
 
 already emitted, hath been owing to the indi6aeet and illegal Pradlices mJ'iYecr 
 of fundry Perlons giving and offering from time to time, for Gold, 
 and Silver, and Bills of Exchange, for Sterling Money, greater and 
 larger Sums, and Proportions of the Bills of Publick Credit of this Co- 
 lony, than was provided for, (fated, and allowed for fuch Silver and 
 Gold, at the rcfpeftive Times the feveral EmilTions were made ; and 
 which not only funk in Value fuch Bills of Publick Credit, to the In- 
 jury and OpprelTion of many poor Widows, Orphans, and others, but 
 thereby the Gold and Silver hath been drawn and carried out of this 
 Colony, to the great Difcouragement and Prejudice of Trade and 
 Commerce ; and which Pradlices are (till carrying on : It is therefore 
 conceiv'd of the highcft Importance, that fuch evil Practices for the 
 future be rcftrain'd. All which being duly confidered, 
 
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 n£ IT THEREFORE E N A C T E D by the GeneraUJfem- 
 ri bly of this Colony^ and by tbt Authority thereof , It is EttaiJed, That 
 the Sum of Twenty-five Thoufand Founds, in Bills of Publick 
 Credit, be forthwith imprclTcd and emitted, equivalent to Silver, at 
 and after the R.ite of Six Shillings and Nine Pence per Ounce, Troy 
 Weight of Sterling Alloy, or Gold Con, at and after the Rate of Five 
 Pounds One Shilling and Six Pence ptr Ounce -, every Six Shillings and' 
 Nine Pence of which Bills, fhall be equal to Fifty-four Shillings of the 
 Old-Tenor, and fhall befigned by the Grand Committee, or any three 
 of them ; and which Bills fo figned, (hall be put into the Hands of the 
 Truftees of the fcveral Towns, hereafter to be appointed, and to be 
 by them let out I'pon Loan, at and after the Rate of Six Pounds p^r 
 Cent, per Annum, tor the Space of five Years ; and after the Expiration 
 of the faid Period, the whole principal Sum to be paid in at five equal 
 annua! Payments, with the like Intereft, excepting the laft Year, for 
 which no Intereft is to be paid. 
 
 A N D for the better Security of the faid Monies, Princlpil and In- 
 tcreli, to the Colony, It is hereby further EnaiJed, That the laid Tru- 
 ftees for the feveral Towns, are required to take good Land Security 
 for double the Sum of the Principal let, and Intereft thereon •, whereby 
 the Mortgagers fhall oblige themfelvcs to pay the principal Sum ler, 
 and Intereft thereon accruing, in the Bills emitted as aforefaid, or in 
 Silver and Gold equivalent thereto, according to their refpedlivc Pro- 
 portions aj aforefaid, fuch Mortgage to exprcfs the pundlual Payment 
 of Intereft and Principal : And as a collateral Security, the faid Tru- 
 Rees are ordered to take perfonal Security from the Pfrfons borrowing 
 and taking faid Bills, for the Payment of the Intereft annually to the 
 General Trcatiirer, and alfo for the principal Sum, payable to the 
 Grand Committee. 
 
 AND for the End aforefaid, the Truftees of the feveral Towns here- 
 by appointed, are to give perfonal Security to the Grand Committee to 
 their Satisfadion, by one or more Sureties, to the Amount of the fe- 
 veral Sums by them receiv'd, for the faithful Execution of their Truft 
 and Office. 
 
 AND be it further Ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That the Bills of 
 Publick Credit hereby emitted, be of the Denomination of Twenty-five 
 Shillings, Fifteen Shillings, Seven Shillings and Six Pence, Thre« 
 Shillings and Nine Pence, Two Shillings and Six Pence, One Shilling, 
 Six Pence, and Three Pence, and of the following Tenor and Form. 
 
 R^ ^ La^ of the Colony of Rhode-Ifland, i^c, made and pafs'd the 
 
 third Monday ef March, A. D. 1750, This Bill of 
 due to the Pojfejfor thereof from the Colony, fhall pafs current, and be equi- 
 valent to the refpeClivi Proportions of Silver and Gold, as are re;^ulated and 
 Rated in faid A51, and fhall be accordingly accepted by the Treafurer of faid 
 Colony, and the Receiver thereof ^ in all Payments. Providence, March 
 the 18th, 1750. 
 
 DEATH to counterfeit this Bill. 
 
 And
 
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 A N D for the nmreeffeftual preventing the Bills of Publick Credit 
 formerly emitted, from farther depreciating, and being rendered lefs 
 in Value, and for the fettling and afccrtaming the Value of the Bills 
 hereby emitted, Be it Enaiied by the General /IJjembly, and by the Autbo- 
 rity of the fame. It is Enaiied, That if any Pcrlon or Perfons in this Co- 
 lony, either by themfelvcs, or bythe Procurement of others, wittingly 
 or willingly, diredlly or indiredtiy, fhall after the tenth Day oC May, 
 which will be in the Year of Our Lord, One Thoufand Seven Hun- 
 dred and Fifty-one, contraft for, fettle, account, allow, receive, take, 
 or pay, at any greater or higher Rate, for any Silver, Gold, or Bills of 
 Exchange, than at which the fame is hereby regulated, fettled, and 
 allowed, to be accounted, received, taken, or paid, contrary to the Di- 
 reftions herein contained, to wit. Six Shillings and Nine Pence of the 
 Bills of Publick Credit hereby emitted, or Fifty-four Shillings of the 
 Old-Tenor, or Thirteen Shillings and Six Pence of the New-Tenor» 
 for each and every Ounce of Silver or Gold, according to its propor- 
 tionate Value, for Bills of Exchange for Sterling Money, at and after 
 the Rate of either Eleven Hundred Pounds Old-Tenor, or Two Hun- 
 dred and Seventy-five Pounds New Tenor, or One Hundred and 
 Thirty-feven Pounds Ten Shillings in Bills hereby emitted. Advance oa 
 every Hundred Pounds Sterling, fhall fatisfy and pay the Sum of Fifty 
 Pounds of the Bills of Publick Credit hereby emitted, or in Gold and 
 Silver equivalent thereto ; one Moiety whereof to His Majefly, hia 
 Heirs and SucccfTors, to and tor the Ul'e of the Colony, the other 
 Moiety thereof to any Perfon or Perfons who fhall fue for the fame, 
 to be recovered with full Cofts of Suit, by Adlion of Debt, Bill, Plaint, 
 or Information, in any of His Majedy's Courts of Record within this 
 Colony, or by Prefentment of the Grand Jury where the Offence fhall 
 be committed ; and the Perfon fo convicted, fhall be excluded the 
 Privileges of a Freeman of this Colony, and every Town therein, 
 
 IT is alfo hereby EnaHed, That the feveral Courts of Judicature within 
 this Colony, on Suits commeHced for the Recovery of Damages, oa 
 protcf^ed Bills of Exchange, hereafter drawn or indorfed, or for the Re- 
 covery of Silver and Gold, on any Coiurad or Bargain hereafter to be 
 made CSpecialties only excepted^, (hall make up Judgment on the 
 fame, either for Sterling Money, Silver or Gold, or in Bills of Pub- n/ / 
 lick Credit heretofore and hereby emitted, according to the Via&'of y*^ 
 fuch Bills of Exchange, Gold and Silver, as arc hereby regulated, 
 Raied, and allowed, and no otherwife. 
 
 IT is alfo hereby further EnaHed, That from and after the faid tenth 
 Day of May, no Clerk within this Colony, ifTue forth any Executioa 
 or Procefs on any Judgment obtained in any of the Courts of Record, 
 until the Party in whofe Favour the fame is obtained, if inhabiting or 
 refiding within this Colony, fhall firfl make Oath or Engagement be- 
 fore fuch Clerk, or before any of the Judges of any of the Courts of 
 Record, or Juflices of the Peace in this Colony ; which Oath, when 
 taken by the Judges or Jultices, to be properly certified and rcturn'd 
 to fuch Clerk, that he hath not diredly or indireflly, either by hiinfelf, 
 
 X or
 
 C 80 3 
 
 or others, contradted for, given, taken, paid, accounted, or fettled, 
 for Gold, Silver, or Bills of Exchange, in any other Manner and Form 
 than what is heifhy regulated ; and the Clerk to certify on every Exe- 
 cution, that fuch Oath or Engagement hath been taken -, and any Exe- 
 cutions granted contrary hereunto, are hereby declared null and vojdi 
 
 AND that all Perfons in this Colony, elected into sny Office, Aall, 
 previous to their Entrance thereon, take the faid Oath or Engage- 
 ment, as a neccffary Qaalification thereto •, without which, fuch Per- 
 Jons fhall be deemed utterly unqualified to enter upon the Execution of 
 their rcfpedivc Offices, until they have taken the Oath or Engagement 
 aforefaid. 
 
 IT is alfo further EnaBed, That all Perfons whatfocver, not fettled 
 and allowen Inhabitants, that have or fhall come into any Town in 
 this Colony, with a Dcfign and Intent to carry on any Trade ind Com- 
 merce, fhali take the Oath or Engagement aforefaid, before any of the 
 Officers atorcf.iid, within ten Days after their Refidence, or coming 
 into fuch Town, upon the Penalty of forfeiting the Sum of Fifty 
 Pounds in Bills hereby emitted, on their Rcfufal or Negleft j to be 
 recovered and difpoled of in Manner as aforefaid. 
 
 FORM of the faid Oath. 
 
 nrOV A. B. do fohmnly /wear (cr rjirhi), That you have not wittingly 
 crwiHin^ly, dircBly or indire£ily, by ycurfelf, or others, coniratted for., 
 vivcn, taken, paid, accounted, or fettled, for ^ old, silver, cr Bills of Ex- 
 change, in any other Manner and Form then ivhat is regulated and directed 
 by this A[t : And thai you iv ill for the future, tur.Hually and bona Fide, 
 cbjerve and comply with the DireSiions herclyjlatcd, fo long as the jame fliall 
 h and continue in Force, 
 
 AND for the Encouragement of raifing Flax, and manufacturing 
 the fame into Cloth, Be it EnaHed ly the Authority afore/aid. That from 
 and after the Publication of this Aft, there fliall be paid out of the 
 Publick Treafury, the Sum of One Penny Half-penny in Bills of Publick 
 Credit hereby emitted, for every Pound of well cured and clean drefTed 
 Flax, of the Growth of this Colony, that fliall be brought to the Surveyor 
 or Surveyors, to be chofen by the Town for that Purpofe ; the Quantity 
 and Quality of Fl;-x to be certif^fd to the Trcafurer, under the Hand of 
 fuch burveyor or Surveyors, who fiiall be paid by the Owner, One Shil- 
 Jingand Six Pence of this Tenor, for every Hundred and Twelve Pounds 
 they fhall furvey ; and fo in Proportion for a greater or iefs Quantity. 
 And no Flax fliall be accounted Merch::ntable, within the Intent and 
 Meaning of this Art, but fuch as fhall be bright, well cured, and cleanfcd 
 from the Swingle, fit for Ufe ; and fo certified under the Hand of fuch 
 Surveyors. And no Perfon fhall be entitled to any Premium for Flax, 
 'till he hath made Oath or Engagement before fuch Surveyors, that 
 faid Flax is bona Fide, the Growth and Produce of this Colony ; and 
 that he, nor any other Perfon, hath received the Premium for tHe 
 fame, or any Part thereof. 
 
 AI^D
 
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 yj N B it is hereby further EnaHed by the Anhority ajortfaid, ThaC 
 the Juftices of the Peace, at their rel'pedtive General SeflTions, in the 
 fcveral Counties, are hereby fully impowered, once every Year, as 
 fliall be by them afllgned for thrit Purpofe, view and examine all fuch 
 Pieces of Linen made of Flax, of the Growth and Produce of this 
 Colony ("and within the feveral Counties wherein the faid Juftices have 
 Jurifdidion), as fnall be twenty Yards in Length, and one Yard in 
 Width, that Ihail be brought before them, and chufe out of the fame, 
 three of the finelt and beft wrought Pieces, and fet a juft Eftimate and 
 Value thereon i and upon the Oath or Engagement of the Owner, that 
 the Flax grew, and the Linen was manutadtured within this Colony, 
 the faid Juftices are to certify tne fame to the General Trcafurer, who 
 is hereby direded to pay to the Owner of fuch Linen, the full Amount 
 of one third Part of faid Appraifmcnt ; provided tne faid Linen be 
 firft cut in two Pieces, and in the Middle, by Order of faid Court, 
 and returned to the Owner. 
 
 AND for the Encouragement of raifing Wool, and manufafluring 
 the fam: into Glorh, Be it tnatted by the Authority aforejaid. That from 
 and after the Publication of this Aft, there fhall be paid out of the 
 Publick Treafury, the Sum of Six Pence of this Tenor, for every Pound 
 of Sheep's Wpol that flrall be raifed, and perfectly manufaftured fit for 
 Sale, into Broad Cloth, Duroy, Serge, or Camblet, the Sum of Three 
 Pence for every Found of Wool, manufaftured mto Flannel, within 
 this Colony •, which Cloths fo manufaftured, fhall be furveycd and 
 weighed by the Surveyors of the Town where the faid Cloths are ma- 
 nufaftured i and the faid Surveyors fhall certify the fame to the Ge- 
 neral Treafurer, of the full Weight thereof, upon the Owner's making 
 Oath or Engagement thac the fame was raifed and manufaftured within 
 this Colony, and that he hath not himfelf, nor any other Perfon, re- 
 ceived the Premium hereby granted ; which fhall alfo be certified in 
 faid Certificate. 
 
 AND it is hereby further Ena^ed by the Authority aforejaid. That the 
 Juftices ot the feveral Courts nforefaid, fhall at the Time afTign'd for 
 viewing and examining Linen Cloth as aforefaid, view and examine 
 all fuch Pieces of Broao Cloth of the Growth and Produce of this Co- 
 lony (and within the Counties wherein the faid Juli ices havejurifdiftion), 
 as fhil! be thirty Yards in lengih, and three Quarters of a Yard wide, 
 after the lams is fulled and prefTcd ; and alfo to view fuch Pieces of 
 Canrfbler, Serge, or Duroy, being twenty-fouf Yards in length, as 
 Ihall be brought before them, and out of the lame chufe two of the 
 fineft and belt wrought Pieces of each, and fee a juft Eftimate and Value 
 thereon ; and upon the Owner's making Oath or Engagement, ihat 
 the lame was the Produce of, and manufaftured within this Colony, 
 are to certify the lame to the General Treafurer, who is hereby dircfted 
 to pay the Owner of fuch Cloths, the one third Part of the Value of faid 
 Apprailment, provided faid Cloths be cut into two Pieces in the Mid- 
 dle, by Order of faid Court, and returned to the Owner : Provided 
 always, thit the Fuller whofe Property the Cloth may be, fhall not be 
 entitled to the Premium or Bounty hereby granted, unlefs the faid 
 Cloths fhiil be fulled or drefTed by fome other Fuller, 
 
 AND
 
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 A N D for the End aforefaid. It is aljo Ena^ed^ ITiat if any Clothier, 
 Fuller, Weaver, or an/ Ariificer. working in the Clothing Trade or 
 Bufinefs, fhall hereafter come into any Town within this Colony, with 
 an Intent or Defign to fet up, follow, and praftile fuch his Trade and 
 Bufinefs, and Ihall accordingly purfue and work in the lanne, Ihall be 
 exempt from paying any Rates or Taxes that may be aflfeflcd and levied 
 on the Inhabitants ; and ftiall alfo be excufed from doing any Fublick 
 Duties as the other Inhabitants of this Colony are ob'igcd to do, for 
 the Space of feven Years next after their coming into luch Town. 
 
 AND for the Encouragement of the Whale and Cod Fifhery, Be it 
 Enaiied by the General Afemily, and hy the Autherity of the fame. It is 
 EnaSledy That there fhall be paid out of the fublick Treafury, the 
 Bounty of Four ShiUmgs ot this Tenor for every Barrel of Whale-Oil ; 
 One Shilling of this Tenor tor every Pound of Whale-Bone ^ and Two 
 Shillings and Six Hence of this Tenor for every Quintal of good Mer- 
 chantable God-Fifh which fhall be caught in any VclTel belonging to the 
 Inhabitants of this Colony, and failing out from thence, and by Fifher- 
 men refiding therein, provided fair) Oil be tryed, and faid Fifh be made 
 in this Colony, or the faid Fifh, O 1, or W hale-Bone be taken in the 
 VefTcIs owned as aforesaid, and brought into this Government, ^nd 
 dilpoted of therein -, which Premium or Bounty fhall be paid to the 
 Owner of fucfi Fifh. Oil, or Whale Bone, upon his making Oath be- 
 fore the Surveyor, to be elected by the Town where there fhall be a 
 NercfTity thereof, tor the Viewing and Examining of fuch Fi(h, Oil, 
 or Whale-Bone, that the fame was caught and owned in Manner as 
 aforefaid, and that the fame was good and merchantable ; and the faid 
 Surveyor certifying to the^ General Treafurcr, that the Owner hath com- 
 plyed with the Rules and Dircdtions hereby laid down and itated : 
 And the faid Surveyor (hall have and receive for his Fees in this Tenor, 
 Three Pfencc for evrry Barrel of Oil, Three Pence for every Hundred 
 ^A^cight of Whale-Bone, and Three Pence for every Quintal of 
 Cod-Filh, that he fhall fo view and examine. 
 
 yiND he it further Enailed hy the Authority aforefaid. That all the 
 fevcral Bounties before mentioned, (hall be paid out of the ^ntereft 
 arifmg on the Principal Sum hereby emittted ; and the fame Bounties 
 to continue, and be paid for the Space of feven Years. 
 
 ATi D he it farther EnrSIed by the Authority aforefaid. That whoever 
 fhall counterfeit the Bills of Credit hereby emitted, fhall fufier 
 the Pains of Death, and fhall alfo forfeit all his El^aie, both real and 
 pcrfonal, to His Majefly, His Heirs, and Succeffors, to and for the 
 Ufc of the Colony. 
 
 AND be it farther EnaSled by the Authority aforefaid. That whoever 
 ihall at any Time hereafter, forge or counterfeit any Certificate, or fhall 
 alter or encreafe any Figure or Sum in any Certificate direded to the 
 General Treafurcr, whereby he may receive any of the Bounties hereby 
 
 granted ;
 
 [85 ] 
 
 granted •, or Ihall make any falfc Oath or Engagement in any of the 
 Matters and Things in this Aft before contained, the Perlon or Perfons 
 fo offending therein, and being of cither of laid Crimes duly convifted 
 before any Court of General Seflions of the Peace, to be held toi the 
 County where the Offence (hall be committed, Ihall fuffv-T fix Montns 
 Impnfotiment, and be grievoufly fined, according to the UiTcretion of the 
 Judges of fuch Court where fuch Perfon or Perlons Ihall have fo 
 offended, and be convicted. 
 
 WHereas Rowland Robinfen, Efq; Sheriff of the County of Kings 
 County, exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an Account by him charged 
 againft the Colony, for repairing His Majefty's Goal in AT/^^j County, and 
 fundry other Neceffaries : Which being duly examined, ms /iffembly 
 do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Rejohed, That the faid Account 
 be, and it is hereby allowed, and that One Hundred and Nirreteen 
 Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Nine Pence, the Amount thereof, be 
 paid unco the faid Rowland Rohinfon out of the General Ireafury. 
 
 Whereas his Honour the Governor exhibited to this Affembly, an 
 Account by him charged againft the Colony, for figning hxty- three 
 Bills of Exchange, by Order of the General Aflcmbly : Which being 
 duly confidered, This Affembly do Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted and 
 Refolvedf That the faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and thac 
 Fifteen Pounds Fifteen Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid his 
 Honour out of the General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That Peter Bours, Efq; znd Mr. Jofepb 
 JVbipple, who were appointed by this AfTembly, at their laft Sefllon, 
 to infpecc into the fubject Matter of the Petition of Ifrael Phillips., who 
 was convicted of being concerned in had Money, &c. be farther conti- 
 nued a Committee for that Purpofe. 
 
 Whereas Mr. Bctijamin Veckham, jun. Clerk of the Inferior Court of 
 Common Pleas, in and for the County of Kings County, exhibited to 
 this AfTcmbly, an Account by him charged againlt the Colony, for his 
 Time and Trouble in goiny, from Newport to hib Houfe in South-King' 
 down, by Order of the Genci al Alfcmbly, to fetch the Papers belonging 
 tb the Colony, which were lodged in his Office by tlie Attorney of 
 Robert Gibbs, Stephen Hopkins, and George Brawn, Elqrs. in a Cafe 
 brought againlt them by Benjamin Nichols, Efq-, in Behalf ot the Co- 
 lony ; Which being duly examined, Ihis AJfembly dc Vote ana Refohe, 
 and tt is Voted and Refohed, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 allowed, and that the Sum ot Si* Pounds, the Amount thereof, be 
 paid the faid Benjamin Peckham, jun. out of the General Treafury. 
 
 The Committee that were appointed to fell the Bills of Exchange 
 drawn by his Honour the Governor, in Confequence of an Act of the 
 General AflTembly, upon Mr. Agent Partridge, having performed that 
 Service, made the following Report, to wit. 
 
 Y "To
 
 [84 1 
 
 « To the Honourable General Affembly, 
 
 Newport^ March id. 1 750-1. 
 
 WHEREAS an Aft of this AflTembly, direfted his Honour the 
 Governor to drawBiUs of Exchange on Mr. Richard Partridge of 
 London, Agent for this Colony, for Seventeen Hundred and Forty-two 
 Pounds Six Shillings and Ten Tence Sterling, and appointed us the 
 Subfcribers, a Committee to fell faid Bills of Exchange for Bills of Cre- 
 dit emitted by this Colony. In Obedience to faid Act, we have difpo- 
 fed of Bills drawn on faid Partridge, to the Amount of the aforefaid 
 Sum, payable at twenty Days Sight, for Bills of Credit of this Colony, 
 M Eleven Hundred /?r Cent, agreable to the following Lift j and arcj 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 Tf our moft humble Servants, 
 
 George W^arton, 
 Daniel JenckeSy 
 Peter Bcurs, 
 Thomas CranSion*' 
 
 To James Honyman., Efq; 1 00 - 
 
 To Daniel Ayrault, 100 - 
 
 To Stephen Ayrauli, 100 - 
 
 T'o John Tweedy, 50 - 
 
 To Binj. Tucker, Efq-, 100 - 
 
 To Edward Scott. Efq, 200 - 
 
 To pjias Lyndon, 1 00 - 
 To Jableel Brenton, and ? 
 
 d. 
 
 Daniel A^rault. 
 
 850 - 
 892 6 
 
 To Jofhua Bahcock, Efq-, 
 To Tho Ricbardfon, Efq; 
 To Gidedn JVanton, Efq; 
 To Edward K:nnicut, Efq; 
 To Samuel Cbace, 
 To John Robinfon^ 
 To Charles fVickham, 
 To Robert Gibbs, Elq; 
 To Edward Kinnicuty Efq; 
 To Peter Bours, 
 
 I- s. d. 
 
 167 - - 
 
 50. - 
 
 185 - 
 
 200 - - 
 
 50. - 
 
 20 - - 
 
 33 - - 
 50- - 
 
 ^75- - 
 29 1 10 
 
 )2 6 10 
 
 1742 6 10 Sterling, at noo/)('rC^«i/. 
 
 is in Old-Tenor, 20908 
 
 To which Report, the faid Committee fubjoined the following 
 Account. 
 
 The Colony to the Committee, - Dr.— 
 
 TO our CommifTions for felling the within men- 
 tioned Bills of Exchange, amounting in Old 
 Tenor, to 1 wcnty Thoufand Nine Hundred and 
 Eight Pounds and Two Shillings, at One and a 
 Quarter p^r CV;//. — — jC-^Si 70 
 
 George JVanton, 
 Daniel Jenckes, 
 Peter Bours, 
 Thomas Cranjicn 
 
 And
 
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 And now this Aflembly having taken the faid Report and Account 
 into Confideration, and duly examined the fame, Do Vote and Refoht^ 
 and it is Voted and Refohed, That the faid Report be, and it is hereby 
 accepted, and that the Sum of Two Hundred and Sixty-one Pounds 
 Seven Shilling?, the Amount of the aforegoing Account, be paid unto 
 the faid Committee, to wit, George Pf^anton, Jonathan Nichoh, Daniel 
 Jenckesy Peter Bours, and Thomas Cranjon, Efqrs. out of the Ueneral 
 Trcaiury. 
 
 Md it is alfo Voted and Refohed, That the fame Committee, or the 
 major Part of them, burn all the Bills of Publick Credit they received 
 for theaforefaid Bills of Exchange, and all fuch as thev fhall receive of 
 Jofepb fVanlon, Efq; and Capt. fValter Ckalener, in Payment of the 
 Bills of Exchange drawn on them by Mr. Agent Cartridge. 
 
 Jn JCT to prevent aU'T^erfons keeping Hou/e within this Cohn)\ 
 jrom entertatntng Indian, Negro, or Mulatto Servants or 
 Slaves. 
 
 WHEREAS great Diforders and Burglaries are oftentimes raifed 
 and committed by free Negroes. Indians, and other imprudent 
 Perfons, entertaining fuch Indian, Negro, and Mulatto Servants 
 and Slaves, and felling them ttrong Liquors, and receiving, and bar- 
 gaining with them ; by Means whereof, fuch Servants and Slaves are 
 induced and tempted to pilfer and fleal from their Mafters and Mi- 
 ftrefles, to the utter Ruiti of fuch Servants, and to the great Injury of 
 the Publick. 
 
 For the Preventing whereof for the future, 
 
 p £ / T EN ACT ED by the General Ajjemhly of this Colony, and. 
 LJ by the Authority thereof. It is Enacted, That no Pcrfon or P.erlons 
 whatfoever, fhall or may pre;ume by him or herl'elf, or themfelves, 
 or any other lor them, dire<5lly or indiredly, to fell, give, truck, bar- 
 ter, or exchange, with, or to any Indian, Mulatto, or AV^ro Servant or 
 Slave, any Itrong Beer, Ale, Cyder, Wine, Rum, Brandy, or other 
 ftrong Liquor, by what Name or Names loever called or known, on 
 Penalty of forfeiting the Sum of Thirty Pounds Old- Tenor for each 
 OfFciice } to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of the 
 Courts of Record in this Colony, one Half whereof, to the Perfon that 
 fhall inform and profecute for the fame, the other Halt to and for 
 the Ufe of the Town where the Offence fhall .be committed. 
 
 A ND he it farther EnaiJed, That no white Perfon, Indian, Mulatto^ 
 or Negro, keeping Houfe in any Town in this Colony, fhall entertain in 
 his, her, or their Houle or Houfes, a.ny Indian, Mulatto, or NegroScrvznt 
 or Slave, without the Confent orApprobation of the Mafter, Miftrefs, or 
 Owner of fuch Servant or Slave firft had and* obtained ; or fhall fufFer 
 any Servant or Slave to have any Dancing, Gaming, or Diverfion of 
 any kind, in his, her, or their Houfe or Houfes, on Penalty of forfeiting 
 the Sum of Fifty Pounds Old-Tenor, to be recovered and appropriated 
 in Manner as aforefaid, for each and every Offence, or fuffer one 
 
 Month's
 
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 Month's Imprironment ; and alfo every fuch free Indian, Mulatto, or 
 Negro, cranfgrefTing as aforefaid, and duly conviftcd thereof, fhall not 
 be permitted or luffered to keep Houfe, but (hall be by the Town 
 Council of the Town wherein the Offence Iball be committed, turned 
 out and difpoireffed of fuch his, her, or their Houl'c/or Houfes, and 
 fhall be put into lome private Family to work for his or their Living, 
 for the Space of one whole Year ; the Wages accruing by faid Service, 
 to be for the Benefit of the Town where the Offence fhall be com- 
 mitted. 
 
 AND ie it farther Enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That no Indian^ 
 Mulatto, or Negro Servant or Slave, may prefume to be abfent from 
 the Family whc-reto he or fhe fhall rclpeftively belong, or be found 
 abroad in the Night-time afttr Nine of the Clock, unlefs it be upon 
 fome Errand for his or her refpeftive Mafter, or Miftrefs, or Owner. 
 
 AND ie it farther Enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That all Jufticcs 
 of the Peace, Conffables, Watchmen, aad others. His Majelly's good 
 Subjefls, being Houfe-holders, are hereby refpeiftively impowered to 
 take up and apprehend, or caufe to be taken up and apprehended, any 
 Indian, Mulatto, or NegroStrv^nt or Slave, that fhall be found abroad 
 after IN me of the Clock at Night, and fhall not give a good and fatisfac- 
 tory Account of his or her Bufinefs, and forthwith convey him, her, or 
 them before the next Juftioe of the Peace (if it be not over late in the 
 iNJightj, or commit him, her, or them to the common Prifon until Morn- 
 ing, and then caufe him, her, or them to appear before a Juftice of the 
 Peace, who is hereby ordered and dircftcd lo caufe fuch Servant orSlavc 
 to be publickly whipped by the Conftable, ten Stripes. Provided always. 
 That the Maftcr, Miltrefs, or Owner of fuch Servant or Slave, have No- 
 tice (hereof given him or her : And if fuch Mafler or Mif^refs, or Owner 
 of fuch Servant or Slave, will pay the Sum of Ten Pounds Old-Tenor, 
 to and for the Ufe of the Town where fuch Offence fhall be committed, 
 that then, and in that Cafe only, fuch Servant or Slave fhall not be 
 punifhed as aforefaid. 
 
 AND pe it farther Ena^ed by the Authority ajorefaid. That no Perron 
 ■whatfoever, fhall buy, fell, or otherways trade with any Servant or 
 Slave, fo as to receive any Thing from a Servant or Slave, without 
 Leave firfl had and obtained from the Mafler, Miftrefs, or Owner of 
 fuch Servant or Slave, on Penalty of forfeiting the Sum of Ten Pounds 
 Old-Tenor for each Offence, and the Thing or Things received, to be 
 recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of the Courts of Re- 
 cord in this Colony, one Half to the Informer, and the other Half to 
 the Mafler, Miftrefs, or Owner of fuch Servant or Slave. And who- 
 ever fliall be fufpefted of receiving any Thing from, or trading witk 
 any Servant or Slave, contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of this 
 A(^, and fhall refufe to purge him or herfelf, or themfelves, by Oath, 
 £hall be adjudged guilty, and Sentence fhall be given againft him, her, 
 or them, accordingly.
 
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 Jn JCT jor reviving the Superior Court ofjudicatare, Court of 
 Jjjizty and General Goal Deli very ^ of the County of Newport* 
 in this Colony. 
 
 WH ERE AS the Superior Court of Judicature, Court of AfTize, 
 and General Goal Delivery, which was to have been held at 
 Newpcrif within and for the County of Newport, on the firit Tuefday 
 of this Inftant March, did not, and could not meet and fet on the Day 
 appointed by Law, by Reafon the Day before was very Itormy and 
 tempcftuous, and the next Day, on which the Court was to have been 
 opened, was fo, in a mod violent and extraordinary Manner, which 
 prevented the Judges pafTing the Ferries ; whence it happened, no 
 Court was held, and by Means thereof, a great Failure of Jufticemuft 
 inevitably enfue, unlefs a fit Remedy be provided againft thatAccident, 
 
 On Confideration whereof, 
 
 THIS JJcmhIy do Vote and Ev.aH, and it is Voted and Enabled, That 
 the Judges of the faid Superior Court ol Judicature, Couit of 
 AfTize, and General Goal Delivery, or a S^uorum of them, (hall 
 meet and hold Court at hewport, within and for the County of J^ew- 
 porl, on the fecond Tuefday of April next ; and when they, asc a ^«9- 
 rum of them, fhall have met at the faid Time and Place, they fnall be, 
 aod are hereby fully impowered and authorized to take Cognizance of, 
 hear, adjudge, and determine ot and upon all and every Matter and 
 Matters, Caufe and Caufes, Plea and Pleas, Thing and Things, both 
 of a civil and crim nal Nature, which would have come before them to 
 have been heard, adjudged, and determined of and upon, had they 
 met and held Court on the firft Tuefday of this Inftant March ; and 
 all and every Judgment and Judgments, Sentence and Sentences, and 
 all and every other lawful Aft and Ads, which fhall be by the faid 
 Judges, or a Riorum of them, made, done, and given, at the Time 
 hereby appointed for them to meet and hold Court, (hall be held good, 
 take Force, and be effedual and binding to every Intent and Purpofe, 
 as the iame could or would have been, had the faid Judges, or a Quo- 
 rum of them met, and held Court at the Time and Place by Law ap- 
 po'.nted for their fo doing. 
 
 AND be it farther EnaSied, That all and every Perfon and Pcrfons 
 who were returned by the feveral Towns to ferve on the Grand and 
 Petit Juries at the faid Court, which fell as aforefaid, (hall be duly 
 notified and warned by the Sheriff of the County of 'Newport, to ap- 
 pear at and attend on the faid Court, appointed by this Aft to be held 
 at Newport as aforefaid, on the fecond Tuefday oi April next. And 
 that every Juror notified and warned as aforefaid, who fhall not appear 
 and give his Attendance at faid Time and Place, fhall be fined as the 
 Law direds. 
 
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 AND forafmuch as there is but little Bufinefs to be heard, tried, 
 and adjudged UDon, at rhe Superior Courts of Judicature, Courts of 
 AfTizc, and General Goal Delivery, to beheld in Courle next Month, 
 in rhe Counties of Brijlol and Kent, This JJJembly do Vote andEjiaU, and 
 it is Voted and Enacted, That the Superior Courts of judicature, Courts 
 of AfTizc, and General Goal Delivery, of the Inid Counties of 5r;7?e/ 
 and Kent, and all Matters, Caufes, Pleas, and Bufinefs, both of a civil 
 and criminal Nature, which fhould have been by faid Courts taken 
 Cognizance- of, hsard, adjudged, and aetermined upon, at their rc- 
 fpeftive ftatsd Times of Meeting, be, and are hereby adjourned to the 
 next SelTions of faid Courts by Law appointed, then and there to be 
 heard, tried, adjudged, and determined upon, to every Intent and Pur- 
 pofc, in as full and ample Manner and Form as the lame could, would, 
 or might have been done, had the faid Courts met and taken Cogni- 
 zance of, heard, and determined upon the Caufes, Pleas, Bufmefs, 
 Matters and Things that would or fhould have come before them, ac 
 their faid Rated Times ot fctting and holding Court. 
 
 f^7 H E R E A S Jofeph Edmonds, and George 7aylor, Efqrs. cxhi- 
 V V bitcd to this Alfcmbly, two Accounts by them leverally charged 
 againft tb'" Colony, for their Time, Trouble, and Expences, in going 
 to, and waiting af Nezifort leveral Days, in order to audit the Accounts 
 of Jahleel Brenlon, Efq; with the Colony ; to which Office they were 
 appointed by the Superior Court of Judicature, i^c. And the faid Ac- 
 count being duly examined. This Jjfembly do Vote and Re/olve, and it is 
 Voted and Refohed, That rhe laid Accounts be, and they are hereby 
 allowed, and that the laid Jofeph Edmonds and George Taylor be paid 
 out of the/General Treafury, to wit, the laid Jojeph Edmonds, the Sum 
 of 1 W\ny]^unds, the Amount of his Account, and the laid George 
 Tayl.r, the SumofTwenty-feven Pounds Eleven Shillings, the Amount 
 of his Account. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That Pe/er Bours, Efq; deliver unto Col, 
 Daniel Updike, the Vouchers which he the faid Peter Bours receiv'd, as an 
 Auditor of the Colony, of faid Updike, and take a Receipt for the fati.c. 
 
 Whereas Mr. Stephen Remington, who was appointed with others, by 
 this AfTcmbly, at ^heir laft S Ifiun, to audit the Accounts of the Di- 
 rectors of the Lottery which v^as let up for building a Bridge over 
 Pr.utuxit River, declines kr\ing in faid Office. // is therefore Voted 
 and Refolved, Tliat Mr. Ju/rph IVant-jn of Providence, be, and he is 
 hereby appointed an Auditor in the Room of the faid Stephen Retnington. 
 
 Whereas Capt, Jofeph Olney, exhibited to this AlTembly, an Accoun 
 againfl' the Colony, tor m.iking and mending Glafs for the County 
 Houfc, i^c. in Providence : Which being duly examined. This /ijfem- 
 hly do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Refolved, That the laid Ac- 
 count be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Three Pounds Thirteen 
 Shillings and Three Pence, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid 
 Jefepb Olney out of the Gencaal Treafury. 
 
 An
 
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 An ACT for granting an Excije upon Winesy Liquors^ ana other 
 ^rong Drinkf full by Retail in the Town o/" New port. 
 
 WHEREAS the Towa Council of the Town of Newport^ by 
 Petition to this Aflembly, did fct forth the great Neceffity there 
 was for, an J the many Advantages that would accrue to the In- 
 habitants ot the Town oi Xewport, on the Granting ofanExcifc upoa 
 all Brandy, Rum, and other Spirits diftilled, and upon all Wines 
 whatfoever, Ibid by Retail within faid Town ; to be raifed, levied, 
 coUeded, and piid by every Taverner, Inn-holder, common Victualler, 
 and Retailer, within faid Town. 
 
 Which being duly confidercd, 
 
 D £ n EN ACT ED i>y the General AJfembly of this Colony^ end 
 J-^ by thi Authority thireof. It is EnaUed, That from and after the 
 tenth Day of April^ which will be in the Year of our Lord, One 
 Thoufand Seven Hundred and Fifty-one, every Perfon licenfed for 
 retailing, Brandy, Rum, or other Spirits, or Wine, fh:\ll pay the Du- 
 ties following. 
 
 For every Gallon of Brandy, Rum, and other diftilled Spirits, One 
 Shilling and Six Pence Old-Tenor. 
 
 For every Gallon of Wine of every Sort, One Shilling and Six 
 Peace. A Pipcof Wine tobe accounted One Hundred Gallons. 
 
 AND be it further Enaclsd by the Authority afore/aid. That the 
 Town Council of the Town of Newport, fhall appoint one or more 
 Colleftors, having Freehold Eftates, to take Charge of this Duty of 
 Excife, who (hill have Power to infpeft the Houfes of all fuch as are 
 licenfed, and of fuch as arc fufpe>fted to fell without Licenfe ; which 
 Colleftors fhall be upon Oath, to take Care of the due Execution of this 
 Law, and to profecute the Breakers of it : And the faid Colleftors 
 fhall carefully examine the Accompts of every licenfed Perfon in faid 
 Town, and demand, fue for, and receive the feveral Sums due from 
 them by this Ad, and fhall give an Account under their Hands, of the 
 particular Sums they receive, together with the Names of the Pcrfons 
 of whom received, unto the Town Council, upon Oath : And fuch 
 Colledtor or Colledors, before they enter into faid Offices, fhall give 
 Bond to the Town Council, for the faithful Difcharge of their Duty j 
 and that th;y will duly pay in the Money that they fhall colleft, to the 
 Town Trcafurer of the faid Town for the Time being, immediately 
 upon Receipt thereof. 
 
 AND be it further Ena£led by the Authority aforefaid. That every 
 Taverner, Inn-holder, common Vifluallcr, and Retailer, fhall after 
 the faid tenth D^y o^ April, take an cxadt Account of all Rum, Brandy, 
 and other diftilled Spirits and Wine, then by him or her, and give ar» 
 Account of the fame unto the faid Colledor, upon Oath ; And fuch 
 other Perfons as fhill be licenfed during the Continuance of this A6b, 
 flull alfo give an Account as aforefaid, upon Oath, of what Rum, 
 
 Brandy,
 
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 Brandy, and other diftilled Spirits and Wine, he, flie, orthey fliall have 
 by him, her, or them, at the Time of his, her, or their Liccnfc. That 
 evrry Taverner, Inn-holder, common Vidualler, and Retailer, fhall 
 make a fair Entry mto a Book, of all fuch Rum, Brandy, and other 
 difbilled Spirits, and VVmc, as he, fhc, or they, or any for him, her, 
 or them, (hall buy, diftil, or take in for Sale •, after fuch Account 
 taken, and at the End ot every fix Months, deliver the lame inVVritmg, 
 under his, her, or their Hands, to the CoUeftor, who is to adminiller 
 an Oath to him, her, or them. That the laid Account is boT,a Fide, jult 
 and true ; and that he, flie, or they, don't know ot any Rum, Brandy, 
 or other diftillcd Spirits, or Wine, fold diredly or inairedtly, by him, 
 her, or them, or by his, her, or their Privity or Confcnt, but what is 
 contained in the Account then exhibited ; and fhall pay him the Duty 
 thereof, excepting fuch Pirt as the Colle6tor fhall find is ftill remain- 
 ing by him, her, or them. Twenty per Cent, fhall be allowed for 
 Leakage and other Wafle, for which no Duty is to be paid. That ihc. 
 Town Council ot faid Town, fhall take Bond of all Perfonsby them 
 licenfed, both as to their keeping good Rule and Order, and duly 
 obfcrvingthe Laws relating to Perl'ons fo licenfed ; as alio tor their duly 
 and truly rend'ring an account in Writing, under their Hand as atorc- 
 faid, and paying their Excifc in Manner as aforcfaid. That every 
 Taverner, Inn- holder, common Victualler, or Retailer, who fhall be 
 found to give a falfe Account of any Brandy, Rum, or other diftilled 
 Spirits, or Wine, by him, her, or them, at the Time bought, diltillcd, 
 or taken ih for Sale, after his, her, or their Licenfe , or rcfufe to give 
 in an Account on Oath asaforefaid, fhall be rendered incapable of hav- 
 ing a Licenfe afterwards, and fhall be profecuted by the Colledor for 
 his Negleft, and ordered by the Court of General Seflions of the Peace 
 for the County of Newport, to pay fuch Sum of Money as they may 
 conclude that the Excife of the Liquors, (5'^ by him, her, or them 
 fold, would have amounted to, to be paid to the CoUeiftor, for the 
 Ufe of faid Town. This A(ft to continue in Force for the Space of 
 five Years. 
 
 j4ti jiCT to prevent breaking the Lamps that are already., orJJjall 
 hereafter be fet up in the Toilu of Newport. 
 
 WHEREAS many Perfons in the Town of Newport, out of a 
 publick Spirit, have at their own Colt and Charge, procured 
 a Number of Glafs Lamps, and fix'd them at the Outfide of their 
 Houfes, Shops, Wf. to the great Advantage of faid Town, in lighting 
 the Streets in the Night Stafon, But as fome evil-minded Perfons 
 have broke fevcral ot faid Lamps ; therefore for the preventing fuch 
 Mifchief for the future, and for encouraging other Perfons to promote 
 the publick Good in the like Manner, 
 
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 HE it EnaStci by the General Ajfemhly, and hy the Autharity of tie 
 *-^ fame. It is FnaSIed; That from and after the Publication of this 
 A(5t, everr Perfon that fluU be convided before the Court o\ 
 General ScfDons of the Peace for the County of Newport, of wilfully 
 breaking any one or more of ;"uch Lamps which are already fet up, or 
 Hill! hereafter be let up, fliall for every Lamp fo broken, be publickly 
 whipp'd, not exceeding twenty Laflies, or be fined the Sum of Twenty 
 Pounds ; to be paid one Half to the Informer, and the other Half into 
 the Town Trcaiury of laid Newport. 
 
 Jo ACT for the l^r eventing of Damage to be done by fririg of the 
 IVbodi in any Town in this Colony. 
 
 ■yiT" H E R E A S great Damages have been done to fevcral of the 
 Inhabitants ot this Colon , to their Hay, Fencing, fcfc. by 
 firing of the Woods. 
 
 For the Preventing whereof, 
 
 TyE it EnaSied by this General AJfembly, and by the Authority of the famty 
 X5 That no Perfon or Pcrfons whatfoevcr, either by him, her, or thcm- 
 felves, or by his, her, or their Means or Procurement, Ihall fer 
 or fuffer to be fet any Fire or Fires, or caufe any Fire or Fires to be fee 
 in the Woods in any Part of this Colony, to run at large on any Time 
 or Times of the Year, under any Pretence whatfoevcr : And that 
 whofoever (hall be lawfully conv((ftcd of doing the fame, bcforr any 
 Court of Record in fuch Town where fuch Offence (hall becommitredj 
 cither by his, her, or their ConfefTion, or by the Evidence of one fuffi- 
 cient and credible Witnefs upon Engagement, (hail forfeit the Sum 
 of Fifty Pounds Old Tenor for the firli Offence, and for the lecond 
 Offence, One Hundred Pounds ; the one Half thereof, to be to the 
 Informer, and the other Half to and for the Ufe ot the Poor of fuch. 
 Town where fuch Offence fhall be committed : And it the Petfnn or 
 Pcrlbns io convidled, fhall refufe to pay the fame, that then luch Court 
 of Record (hall grant forth a Warran/ of Diffrefs to any Conftable of 
 faid Town, to diflrain fo much of the Goods and Chatties of the 
 Offender or Offenders, as will fatisfy and pay the fame, to the Ufe and 
 Ufes aforefaid, and all incident Charges thereon accruing : And for 
 want ot fufficient Goods and Chatties, then to apprehe-nd the Body or 
 Bodies ot the Offender or Offenders, and lecure him, her, or them in 
 His Majelty's Goal in the County wherein fuch Town is, where the 
 Offence fhall be committed, there to be kept until he, fhe, or they fhall 
 fatisfy and pay the Fine and Coffs aforefaid, or be by Order of the faid 
 Court of Record, fold for the Payment thereof. And if any Perfon or 
 Perfons iTiall be had up before any Court of Record, upon Sufpicion of 
 being guilty of any (uch Offence, and no Witnefs (hall appear lo prove 
 
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 tbt fame, tlxcn fuch Court of Record fs hereby authorized and impow* 
 ered to oblige fuch fufpefted Perfon or Perfons, to purge him or her- 
 felf, or themfclvcs, by Engagement, or otherways ; and on his, her, 
 or their refufing fo to do, then he, fhe, or they fhall be deemed guilty 
 of fuch Offence, and liable to the Payment of the aforefaid Fine, to 
 and for the Ufe and Ufes aforefaid, and all accruing Charges ; any 
 Law, Cuftom, or Ufage, to the contrary hereof, notwithftanding. 
 
 AND be it further Enaiied hy the Authority afore I aid. That who- 
 foever fhall fufferany Damages, by Reafon of fuch Offence as aforefaid, 
 he, fhe, or they, fhall have an Adlion of Trefpafsupon the Cafe, againtt 
 fuch Offender or Offenders, and fhall recover Damages and Cofts ac- 
 cordingly, before any Court of Record of fuch Town where fuch 
 Offence hiall be committed, if not above Five Pounds ; and if above 
 Five Pounds, then before the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of the 
 County wherein the Town lies, where fuch Trefpafs fhall be committed. 
 
 A N D he it further Enabled by the Authority aforefaid. That all 
 Laws heretofore made by the General Affcmbly, relating to the tiring 
 of Woods, be, and they are hereby repealed. 
 
 T /\7 H E R E A S Capt. John Manchejler exhibited to this Affcmbly, 
 an Account by hiin charged againft the Colony, for his Time, 
 Trouble, Horfe-hire, and Charges, in infpeclin^, into the Bridges ia 
 the Councy of Newport : Which being duly exdmined, Ibii /Iffembly 
 do Vote arid Refolve, and it is Voted and Refohed, ) hat the faid AcrounC 
 be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Nine Pounds, the Amount 
 thereof, be paid unto the faid Jobn Manchejier, out of the General 
 Treafury. 
 
 Whereas the Committee appointed to ronfider the Dimenfions of a 
 common Goal which is wanted in the County of Kent, reported. That 
 faid Goal fhould be of the fame Dimenfions in length, breadth, and 
 height, with that in the County of Providence, and likewife be divided 
 and made into Apartments, in the fame Manner as is the faid Goal in 
 the County of Providence. And this AfTembly having taken the faid Re- 
 port into Confideration, Do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Rtf- 
 jfolved. That the faid Report be, and the fame is hereby accepted, and that 
 jfofeph Nichols, Efq; and Mr. hufus Greene, be, and they are hereby 
 conftituted a Committee to bi;ild a Goal in the County of Kent, agree- 
 able to ihe 'foregoing Report, at the Charge of the Colony } and that 
 they take particular Care to erect the lame on Land fccured to the 
 Colony, and that they lay their Accounts before the General Affcmbfy 
 from time to time, as the fame fhall accrue in order for Payment. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, Thar George Wanton and Peter Bours, Efqrs.' 
 together with Meffrs. Jofeph Harrijon and Matthew Robinfon, be, and 
 they, or the mr'jor Part of them, are hereby appointed a Committee, 
 
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 to make the Draught of a Letter, refpecting the Northern Boundary 
 Line of this Colony, toihe Province of the MaJlachufeltj-Bay^ and pre- 
 sent the fame to this Affembly at their next Seffion. 
 
 Whereas Stephen Hopkins of Provodence, Efq; reprefented unto this 
 Afli^mbly, That he, together with IVilliam Rice, Daniel Jenckes, Job 
 Randal, and George Brown, El'qrs. and Mr, Daniel Smith, were Di- 
 rectors of the Lottery fct forth for building a Bridge at IVeyboJfett : That 
 the General Aflembly, Anno Dom. i 749, appointed a Committee to 
 audit the faid Directors Accounts, for building laid Bridge : That the 
 faid Committee did receive and audit their Accounts, and made Report 
 thereon to the General Affembly, which was accepted : That in the 
 Auditing of his the faid Stephen'?, Account, either through his cwix 
 Inadvertency, or lomc Mifapprehenfion in the Gentlemen of the Com- 
 mittee, Ninety Pounds were deduded from it, which he thinks unrea- 
 fonable : Wherefore he prayed this Affembly to appoint a Committee, 
 with Power ro reexamine his particular Account (which is the only one 
 about which there is a Dilpute), and report their Opinion tc the 
 Affembly *, and that he, upon paying v/hat is found jultly due from 
 hirn, with the Interclt thereof fince due, and all Charges arifing on 
 this Eximination, may be from the Aiftion brought againft him on tha'" 
 Account, difcharged. And the faid Stephen farther prayed, Ihat if it 
 fhuuld be the Judgment of this Aflt;mbly, that he ought to be held to 
 the Report of the former Committee, and pay the Sum by them re- 
 ported 10 be due from him, this Aflembly would be pleafcd to impower 
 ibme Perlon to receive the Money, with the Intercft and Charges due 
 thereon ; and that on his paying the whole thereof, he may be from 
 the Aiftion atorefaiddilcharged. 
 
 On Confideration whereof. 
 
 This 4[femhfy do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Rifolvedy That 
 Cap . Elifha Brown. Joj;ph Nichols, Efq-, and Mr. Samuel Chace, or 
 the major Part of them, be a Committee to infpc<ft into the Premifes 
 as foon as may be, and that upon the faid Stephen Hopkins's paying to 
 Mr. Joftpb Sheldon, what fhall be found due from laid Hopkins to the 
 Colony, the Adion againfl him bedilconcinued, he paying the Coffs : 
 And that the faid Committee fee that Mr. Sheldon give Bond to the 
 General Treafurer of the Colony, agreeable to A(ft of AfTembly, and 
 fend the fame to the General Treafurer. 
 
 "Whereas Jonathan Peck, Efq; exhibited to this AfTembly, an Account 
 by him charged againfl: the Colony, for his Time, Trouble, Horfe- 
 hir^, and Expences, in infpefting into the Bridges in the County oi 
 Brijiol : W hich be i n g d nl y exA m i ned , 7his Jffembly do Vote and Refolve^ 
 and it is Voted and Voted ana Rejohed, That the faid Account be, and 
 it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum of Six Pounds, the Amount 
 thereof, bs paid unto the faid Jonathan Peck out of the General 
 Treafury. 
 
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 Whereas Samuel Angel exhibited to this Aflenrbly, an Account by 
 him charged againft the Colony, for Work, Stuff, Nails, Csfc. by hinx 
 found, provided, and done, for and on the County Houte in Prcvi' 
 dunce: Which being duly examined. This AjfemMy do Vole and Rejolve^ 
 and ii is Voted and Rejolvcd, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 r.liowcd, and that the Sum of One Hundred and Fifty-fix Pounds Nine- 
 teen Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid S'amutl Angel 
 out of the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Re/olved, That the Twenty-five Thoufand Pounds, in 
 Bills of Credit, by this Affembly ordered to be emitted, be proportion'd 
 to the leveral Towns a; followcth, to wit ; to Newport, Two Thou- 
 fand Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds -, to Providence, Two Thou- 
 sand Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds-, to Pori/moutb, One Thouland 
 Three Hundred and Seventy- eight Pounds Fifteen Shillings ; lo fVarwick^ 
 One Thoul.ind One Hun.lred and Nincty-feven Pounds ; to fVtJlerly, 
 One Thouland Four Hundred and Filty Pounds ; to Newflioreham, Four 
 Hundred and Fifteen Pounds; to Morth Kingficzvn, One Thoul.ind Seven 
 Hundred and Twenty-five Pounds -, to South-Kir.^ilown, Two Thou- 
 fand Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds ■, to Ea/l- Greenwich, Six Hun- 
 dred and Twenty-five Pounds; to Smithficld, One Thoufand 1 hree 
 Hundred and Ninety-five Pounds ; to Sciiuate, Eight Hundred and 
 Sixty Pounds ; to O/ocf/ter, bevcn Hundred and Eigh'y-eight Pounds 
 Fifteen Siiillings ; tojamtjiou^n. Five Hundred and One Pounds Fifteen 
 Shillings ; to CharUjtown^ Four Hundred and Seventy- five Pounds ; 
 IC H'^i/i-Gre.-'riivicb, Five Hundred and Forty-fix Pounds Five Shilling? ; 
 to Coventry Four Hundred aud Forty-lcven Pounds Ten Shilliny;s ; 
 to Exeicr, Seven Hundred and Twenty five Pounds ; to Middletown, 
 Seven Hundred and Forty- five Pounds ; to Brijicl, Fighr Hundred and 
 Seventy two Pounds Ten Shillings; to Tiv-rton^ Seven Hundred 
 Pounds ; to Little- Compton, Eight Hundred and Thirty feven Pounds 
 Ten Shillings j to IVarren, Five Hundred and Seventy five Pounds ; 
 to Cu»'.ter!a::d, Five Hundred and Seventeen Pounds Ten Shillings; 
 and to Richmond, Three Hundred and Seventy-two Pounds I'en 
 Shillings. 
 
 And it is farther Voted and Refolved, That the Commirtee-Men for 
 the leveral Towns, take for each of the Mortgages and Bonds in thefe 
 Bills, one Half of the Sum allowed to the Commitiees uho let out the 
 lall Bank, and One Shilling ;(nd Three Pence of the fame Bills, tor 
 every Right which fhall br transferred , aaii that no one Perlon take 
 onr of faid Bills, more thr.n Thirty- feven Pounds Ten Shillings, or 
 Icfs than Three Pounds. 
 
 And it is farther Vot'd and Refolved, That the Grand Committee 
 purchafc Plates for the Colony, and get them engraved after the beft 
 Manner they can : And thar the Bills be printed on the Back, and 
 fuch other Devices ufed, as the Grand Committee fhall think needful, 
 to prevent the Counterfeiting of faid Bills : That the faid Committee 
 
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 procure Paper for the imprefTing faid Bills, draw Money out oF the 
 General Treafury for that End, and get them imprcfled : That the 
 Grand Committee, or any three of them, fliall fign faid Bills ; and 
 that when and as foon as the faid Bills (hall be impreffcd, the Plates 
 ihallbe delivered to his Honour the Governor. 
 
 "Whereas there is an A61 of Afftmbly, which among other Things, 
 djredts the Choofmg of Town's Committee- Men annually : And tn:s 
 AITcmbly having taken the fame into Confideration, Do Vote and Re- 
 folve, and it is Voted and Refolved, That that Part of faid Act thai di- 
 re<fts the Choofmg faid Town's Committce-Mcn annually, be, anu the 
 fame is hereby repealed. 
 
 Whereas John Hoj/f exhibited to this Aficmbly, an Account by hmi 
 charged againft the Colony, for his Attendance on the General Affcm. 
 bly, and for Wood and other NccelTaries by him p ocured for the Ufe 
 of the Members this Scffion ; Which Deing duly examined. This Ajjtm' 
 bly do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and ReJoheJ, That the :aid Ac- 
 count be. and it is hereby allowed ; and that the Sum of Ten Pounds 
 Eight Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid Jobn Hoyle 
 out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Benjamin Gorham exhibited to this Afltrmbly, an Account 
 by him charged againft the Colony, for his Attendance on the General 
 Affembly, i^c. Which being duly examined. ■Ihis Ajjetnily da Vote and 
 B.efehe^ and ii is Voted and Rejotvedt That the laid Account be. and ic 
 is hereby allowed, and that the Sum of Six Pounds N me Shillings, the 
 Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid Benjamin Gorham out of the 
 General Treafury; 
 
 It IS Voted and Refolved, That one more be added to the Grand Com- 
 mittee or Colony's Truftees. 
 
 Both Houles being refolved into a Grand Committee, the following 
 Officers were chofer.. 
 
 Capr. Obediab Brown, one of the Grand Committee, or Co'ony 's 
 Truftees, for the remaining Part of the Year, in the Room of Daniel 
 Updike, Efq; v/ho rcfigned. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Chace, one of the Grand Committee, or Colony's Tru- 
 ftees, for the remaining Part of the Year, in the Room ot Edward 
 Scott, Efq-, who rcfigned. 
 
 Benjamin Hafzard, Efq; one of the Grand Committee, or Colony's 
 Truftees, ror the remaining Part of the Year. 
 
 The Gentlemen whofe Names hereafter follow, were chofen Com- 
 mittees to have the Care of the Colony's Money let, or to be let uu 
 Loan, in thefeveral Towns, and to let out the Twenty-five Thoufand 
 Pounds, to be emitted by an Aft made and palt this Seffion of 
 Affembly. 
 
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 L96 1 
 
 George Wanton, Efq; 
 Benjamin Nichols, Elq; 
 
 TrovtJefJce ; 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq; 
 John Andrews, Elqi 
 
 Q-^ortfmotith ; 
 Mr. Jofeph Brownel, 
 Benjamin Hickcs, Efqj 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Jeremiah Lippir, Efqj 
 Major Stephen Low. 
 
 mflerJy ; 
 Col. Joleph Pendlctonj 
 Capt. Caleb Church. 
 
 Nevjjhoreham ; 
 Capt. Edward Sands, 
 Capt Robert Hull. 
 
 Horth-Kicgftown j 
 Daniel Coggefhall, Elq; 
 John Congdon, Elqj 
 
 South-Kingfiown ; 
 JeofFry Watlbn, Elq; 
 Mr. Stephen Halzard, jun. 
 
 Eaft-Greenwich ; 
 Jofeph Nichols, Elq; 
 Thomas Spenier, Elq; ("Son 
 of John). 
 
 Jame flown j 
 Mr. Jofeph Clark, 
 Mr. Edward Carr. 
 
 Smttbfield'^ 
 Thomas Steer, Elq; 
 John Aldrich, Efq; 
 
 Scituate ; 
 Job Randal, Efq; 
 Mr. Gideon Hammond 
 
 Ghceper ; 
 Major Richard Smith, 
 Capt. Timothy Willmot. 
 
 Charkfiown ; 
 Col. Chriftopher ChampUr, 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. 
 
 Wefi-Greenwich ; 
 Jeremiah Ellis, Efq; 
 Mr. John Greene (Son of 
 John). 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Caleb Greene, Efq; 
 Elilha Johnlbn, Efq; 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Benoni Hall, Efq; 
 Mr. Benjamin Mowrcy. 
 
 Middletown ; 
 Edward Eafton, Efq; 
 Mr. Peter Barker. 
 
 Briflol ; 
 Jonathan Peck, Efq; 
 Shearjalhub Bourn, Efq; 
 
 liverton ; 
 Capt. John MancheRcr, 
 Mr. Samuel Durfey. 
 
 Littk'Compton ; 
 Lieut. Col. John Hunt, 
 Samuel Willborc, Efq; 
 
 Warren ; 
 John Kinnicut, Efq; 
 Peter Bicknel, Efq; 
 
 Camberhrid ; 
 Job Bartlct, Efq; 
 John Dexter, Elq; 
 
 R icbmond ; 
 Samuel Tift, Efq; 
 Capt. Jofeph Enos, jun. 
 
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 // is Voted and Refolved ly this jijfembly. That all Bnfinefs lying before 
 tliem unfinifhed, be, and the fame is hereby referred unto the nexc 
 ScfTion : And that the Secretary proclaim in l^ewport, by Beat ot 
 Drum, all the A6ls and Orders now made and part, within ten Days, 
 and fend Copies of them unto each Town in the Colony, within thirty 
 Days after the Rifing of this Aflembly, which is hereby adjourned to 
 the third Monday of y^/)r;7 next, if called at faid Time by either tf 
 their Honours the Governor or Deputy Governor •, but if not called 
 before, nor at faid Time, then this Affembly fliall be diffolved. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 'Publijhed in Newport, according to Order, 
 on the frji Day of April, 1751, ky 
 
 Thomas Ward, Secret 
 
 d/uu^-^.^-^^. ^/^^2^>^^^-J 
 
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 M the Ge^ek AL Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the *Engiiili 
 Colony of Rhode-Iflind, and Providenct-Plaiitaitons, 
 in New. England, in America ; Ifegun and held at 
 Newport in f aid Colony^ on the lafi Day of .April, One 
 Thoujand Seven Hundred and Fifty-one : And in the 
 Tn-enty-fonnb Te^r of the Reign of Hir Mofi Sacred 
 MajeUy, GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of GO D, 
 of Great-Britain, France,, and Ireland, J^ing, De- 
 fender of the Fnitb, &c. It being the Day before the 
 General Election. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. PVI LLIJ M GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Robert Haszard, Efq^ Dep. Gov. 
 
 George Wantov, Efq; ") James Arnold, Efq-, 
 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efq-Y ^^^ Williaai Richmond, Efq;( 
 John Potter. Elq; ( -^^ ' Daniel Coggeshall.E q;( 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; j Jeoffrv Watson, Efqj 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the leveral TOWNS. 
 
 ,AJ/iJi, 
 
 NE WPOR T; 
 
 Mr. Nathanael Coggefhall, 
 Edward Scott y Elq; 
 Thomas Cratifion, Eiq; 
 'Peter Bonn, E(q; 
 Mr. Jonathan Eaflon, 
 Capt. Job Eetinet. 
 
 gg Provicknce ; 
 
 ^ Stephen Hopkins^ Elq; 
 
 §2 Mr. Elipa Brown, 
 
 ^ Mr. Jo/eph iVanton. 
 
 y Portfmouth ; 
 
 «a William Jnthony,yxn. Efqj 
 
 |§ fohn Men, El<ij 
 
 A Mr.
 
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 Mr. Tkomns Eto-junel, S2 
 
 Mr. G/'h'ON tWd'orn, jun. tiS 
 
 Warwick ; ^ 
 
 Jeremiah Li f pit, Efq; ^ 
 
 Capt, John Greene^ y^ 
 
 Maj. je/'« KhoJes. ^^ 
 
 Maj. Sttphrt Lozi,: |j^ 
 
 Wefterly ; gS 
 
 Col. Jo/-ph 'Pemlldct}^ JK 
 
 Capt. Cfj/c'/- Chnrch. ^ 
 
 Newfhorcham j ?^ 
 
 Mr. 'John Dodge, ^ 
 
 Mr. yJbcl FnujU/ fly jun ^ m 
 
 Nonh-KingHovvn j ^ 
 
 Col IiiiviJV!i<;l Northupy Jj^ 
 
 Biridh Broztfi, Elqj |§ 
 
 Scuth-Kingflown j ^ 
 
 Jeremiah hilej, Elq; UJ 
 
 M:.Be>j}an}it3'Pechjijm,j{.\t)i s| 
 
 haft-Grcenwith ; ^ 
 
 7«>';ij AVr^c^/j, Elq; 11 
 
 ^ hem J J Spencer, Elq; gj 
 
 Jamtftcwn : ^ 
 
 Mr. 'ychn Hull, ^t 
 
 Mr. lojeph Clark, m 
 
 Smithfield , ^ 
 
 Thomas JrmlJ, Elq; H 
 
 Scituate; ^ 
 
 Capt, Chat la Harrii. ^ 
 
 Gloccflcr ; ^ 
 
 Maj, Richard Smiih, g^ 
 
 Thomas Cranstok, Efa; was 
 Mr. Jojiai Lytidun, Clerk of the 
 
 Capt. I'imotby fVilmt 
 Charleftown j 
 Col. Cbrifl'ipher Cbairph'fn 
 Capt. lS(i(hAiHiel Lewis, 
 Weft-Giftnwich ; 
 Jeretnioh tUi^^ F{q; 
 Mr. Gc'jrj{c Gi^tjifier. 
 
 Gfor^t /:/tf//, Elq; 
 Mr. John Greeiif, 
 
 Capt, Jfhu Reyiinhf], 
 Beiiofit H-jlly Elq; 
 
 MUt-'letown ,; 
 Mr. "John ko^cfj^ 
 Mr. '■I'eUr liiirker, 
 Brifiol ; 
 Jonatkm '-Perk, Efqj 
 
 1 ivciton J 
 Capt. John M,wrb«per. 
 Littlf-Compton ; 
 Lieur, Col. John Hutit, 
 Mr. Charh'i Brcivnei 
 
 Warren j 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 
 Cumberland j 
 NfjtJi' 
 R Ichmntid j 
 Samtttl lij't, E.fq; 
 Capt. 'jojrlh Etjoi, jun, 
 
 chofen Speaker. And 
 
 Lower Hoiife. 
 
 ITT" H E R E A S all and every of the Pcrfons whofc Names here- 
 ^ after follow, have taken the Oath or Affirmation preJcribed 
 by the Colony-Law againft Bfibcry and CoTupfion, In the Choice 
 of Otfirers in the Colony. It ii therejore Voted and Refvhtd. That 
 all and every of them be, and they arc hereby admitted to give 
 fhcir Votes to ctioole Officers for their rcfpcdtivc Towns; and alio 
 to give their Votes for the Choice of the General Officers of the 
 Government.
 
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 N E ff^F O RT; 
 
 Pefep Phillips, Benj. Chanders, Matthew Borden, Henry Free- 
 born. Auguftus Johnllon, William 1 huriton, Nathanael Cogge- 
 llialljjun. Jolcph Tillinghalt (Son of Jonathan) [oleph Dunham, 
 ana Prelerwed Filh. 
 
 P RO FIDE NC E J 
 
 Beniamin Carpenter, George Potter, Peter Randal, Caleb Potter, 
 Benjamin Bowen, John Cimiftock, Benjimin Man, Richard Co- 
 m4n, Henry Sweeting, jun. John Fenner, Henry Sweeting, Ti-» 
 inothv Sahin, Elck Ho| kin$» Richard Hoyle, Anihrofe Page, 
 Ezra Hean, D.jvid Brown, Jofeph Allen, Jonathan Cumltock, 
 JolluhOwen, fczekiel Woodward, Fzckiel Woodward, jun. James 
 Ffcld, John Thomas, jun. Benjamin Cutbith, Stepiien Sweet, 
 jun. Knijh Mal'on, John Waterman the third; William Randal, 
 jiin. Joleph Sheldon, jun. Ifaac Olney, Nathan Jenckes, Ti- 
 mothy Sahin, William Afhron, jun. John Dunuell, James 
 Angel, John Harris, William Biiggs, William Weftcor, jun* 
 Ncdabiah Angel, William Gierke, Philip Potter, Thomas 
 Wellcof, Charlea Rhoads, Samuel Thurber, Charles Water- 
 man, Peter Batcman, Jonathan Beluc, ' Jofeph Rhodes, Da- 
 niel Miithewfon, Jolcph Potter, Stephen Smith, Joleph Field, 
 jun. John Fenner, William Field, James Brown, Anthony Olneyi 
 Pck-g Arnold, John Wilkinlbn, and James Mitchcl, jun. 
 
 PORTSMOUTH; 
 Noel Freeborn, John Borden, and John Cooic. 
 
 fFyi R ^ I C K\ 
 lofeph Philp, John Walton, jun. Samuel Davis, Henry Tib. 
 Mti, William Weaver, D.iniel Scranton, William Edmonds, and 
 IdincsGrecn, Sen of James. 
 
 fV E S T E R L T; 
 
 William Crumb, Parfivel Allen, George Lanphcar,, Ebenezcf 
 Hill, John Rurdick, Matthew Maxfon, Zaccheus Pooler, an4 
 William Hadlel. 
 
 'NEWSHOREHAMi 
 
 Simon Ray, Samuel Rathbun, Jofeph Mitchcl, Jofeph Mit- 
 chel.jun. Jonathan Mitchel, Thomas Mitchel, Thomas Pain, 
 John Pain, Thomas Dickens, William Dodge, Samuel Dodge, 
 Abel Franklin, Daniel Kofc, John Mctt, Nathanael Mott, Ed- 
 Nvftr^l Sands, Robert Hull, Stephen Franklin, Jofhua Sands, Na- 
 thanael I.ittleneld, Anthony Littlefield, John Dodge, John 
 Ball, Edward Ball, Samuel Dunn, Caleb Littlefield, John Lit- 
 ilcfield, Nathanael Dodge, jun. 
 
 HORTB.
 
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 N0RTH-KINGS70PrNi 
 John Slocum, Stephen Cooper, David Green, Robcit Weft- 
 coat, j'jn. Jeremiah Fones, Chriftophcr Phillips, jun. John Cory, 
 jun. John Cleaveland, Jofeph Northup, Jeremiah Hafzard,jun. 
 Bcnoni Shearmen, David Aldrich, Ezekiel Hunt, jun. Samuel 
 Hunt, jun. Richard Card, John Cole, and Caleb Allen. 
 
 S0U7H-KINGST0frNi 
 Samuel Rodman Samuel Oatley, Daniel Tilt, Job Reynolds, 
 Samuel Curtis, Samuel Stedman, Thomas Potter, and John 
 
 Albro. 
 
 EAST-GREENfFICHi 
 John Lion, Caleb Sheffield, Daniel Brown, Elijah Johnfton, 
 Thomas Langford, Son ^ John, Edward Green, Jofeph Mat- 
 thewfon, Benjamin Fry, and James Runnels. 
 
 '/AMESTOfTNi 
 
 Daniel Wecden, jun. Jofiah Arnold, jun. and Benjamin Shef- 
 field, jun 
 
 S M I T H F I E L D; 
 
 Stephen Whipple, Abraham Smith, Seth Arnold, Edmond 
 Arnold, Stephen Sayles, John Barnes, Nathanael Herrendeen, 
 Robert Woodward, Daniel Wilbore, jun. Henry Finch, Elifha 
 Sayles, Edward Thayer, Daniel Cats, Nathan Cat's, Jofeph Cook, 
 Jeremiah Comftock, John Brown, Thomas Curff, jun. Thomas 
 Woodward, Joleph Buftum, Daniel Wilbore, and Thomas 
 Broadway. 
 
 s c IT Uyi r E i 
 
 Stephen Sheldon, Zuricl Matthewlon, Nicholas Hopkins, 
 James Wheeler, David Yeaw, Jofeph Yeaw, Daniel Bcnnct, Jo- 
 leph Cole, Ifaac King, Uriah Franklin, Nathanael Haredcn, 
 William Blancbard, jun. Bernard Hale, Francis Fuller, Jofeph 
 Waterman, Adam Cafcy, Edward Cafey^ Nathan Bcnnct, and 
 James Round. 
 
 GLOCESTERi 
 
 Samuel Sprague, JofliuaKing, Benjamin King, Ezra Thornton, 
 Samuel Irons, John Davis, John A;drich, Daniel Whipple, Sa- 
 muel Short, jnn. Elcazcr Craism n, Ebenezer Jcncks, IfracI 
 Sayles, Nathan Wade, and Ezekiel Sayles. 
 
 WESr-GREEKlVICH; 
 Henry Straight, John Nilcs, and John Dolliver. 
 
 C O V E I^ T R Y, 
 Tchanod Bowen, Thomas Eddy, James Green, Son o/" Daniel, 
 Jofiah Gibbs, and Jofeph Bcnnct, 
 
 EXEIERi
 
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 E X E T E Ri 
 Simuel Swecr, Caleb Gaidncr, and Robert Moon, juo. 
 
 MIDBLETOWN; 
 Peter Barker, Pcccr Barker, jun. i-fenry Tew, and William 
 Blifs. 
 
 BRISTOL; 
 George Coggelhall, John Waldron, John Chaloner, and John 
 Ingraham. 
 
 TIFERTON; 
 Timothy Cloflln, John Dennis, Gideon Willcock, Jofeph Ta- 
 boi (Tanner) George Wcftgate, jun. Robert Burrington, Jofeph 
 Cook, Charles Brownel, Ilaac Barker, and Stephen Talman. 
 
 WA R R E N % 
 John Braley, William Hill, Ifaac Cole, Nathan Cole, Stephen 
 Bowcn, and Simeon Peck. 
 
 CUMBERLAND; 
 Ibrook Whipple, Nathanael Robinlon, Enoch Whetherhead, 
 Abncr Ballou, Joleoh Darling, Richard Peters, and Thomas Hill. 
 
 R I C H MO ISl B; 
 Stephen Sweet, William Watibn, Jofeph Hoxfie, jun. Enoch 
 Lewis, Simeon Perry, Thomas Lilibridge, jun. John Thomas, 
 and Nathanael Pettis. 
 
 N. B. Charkjiown and Little^Compton made no Return this 
 Ekaion. 
 
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 Jt the Ge^ek Ai^ Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP A NT of the "Eti^Xiih 
 Colony of Rhode-Illand, and Providence-Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America ; be^m and held at 
 Newport in {aid Colony^ en the Ji>Ji Wednesday cf jMay, 
 One Ttoufand Seven Hundred and tijiy-one : And in the 
 Trventy-fomth Tear of the Reign of Bis Mcji Sacred 
 MajeUy, GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of G D, 
 of Grtat-Britain, P'rarce, and Ireland, King, De^ 
 jender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. HILL1.4M GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Robert Haszarp. Elq; Dcp. Gor. 
 
 George Wanton, Efq-, 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efq;/ 
 John Potter, Efq-, 
 Jabez Bowen, Efq; 
 Benjamin Tucker, Efq;- 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; 
 James Arnold, Efq; 
 -^J'ft. William Richmond, EfqjV-^^. 
 Daniel CoGGE5HALL,Etq;\ 
 Jeoffry Watson, Efq; 
 
 The Secr etar y. 
 DEPUTIES of the leveral TOWNS. 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 Mr. Nathjinael CoggeJhuH, 
 Edward Scott, Efq; 
 Thomas CranJIov, Efq; 
 'Peter Bonn, Efq; 
 Mr. Jonathan Eaflou, 
 Capt. Job Be finer. 
 
 Providence ; 
 Ste^'hc'ti Hopkins, Efq; 
 Mr. EUlha Brown, 
 
 
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 Mr. Joffph fVanton. 
 Chrifiopher Hdrris, Efq; 
 
 Portfmouth ; 
 fVi/ltam Jnthony,j\in. Efq; 
 John J/Ien, Efq; 
 Mr. Thomas Brownel, 
 Mr. Gideon Freeborn, jwn. 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Jeremiah Lippit, Efq; 
 Capt. John Greene, 
 
 Maj.
 
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 Maj. "John Rhodes ^ 
 Maj. Stephen Low. 
 Wefterly ; 
 Col. Jofiph fPeudkton, 
 Capt. Caleb Church. 
 
 Nevvflioreham ; 
 Mr. Johyt Dodge, 
 Mr. J be I Franklin, ym. 
 North-Kingftown ; 
 Col Immanuel Nor t hup, 
 ht^nah Broun, Efqj 
 
 SoutlvKingUowii • 
 Jeremiab Nikj, Efq; 
 Mi .Benjamtn Beckham, ji\n, 
 
 Eaft- Greenwich ; 
 yo/rph Nichols, Efq- 
 Thomas Spencer, Efij; 
 Jamfftown : 
 Mr. yobn Hull, 
 Mr. Jojeph Clark. 
 
 Smithfield ; 
 Thomas Arnold, Efq; 
 John Jldrich, Efqi 
 Sciruatc ; 
 Job Randif, Eloj 
 Cape, Charles Harris. 
 
 Glocefler ^ 
 Maj. Richard Sn7ith, 
 Capt. Tnvcthy Wibnot. 
 
 Charlcficwn ; 
 Col, Chrijhpher Champ!/ n, 
 
 m 
 
 
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 Capt. Nathanael Le-w is. 
 Weft-Greenwich j 
 Jeremiah Ellis, Efq; 
 Mr. George Gardner. 
 
 Coventry j 
 George Hall, Efq; 
 Mr. John Greene. 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. John Reynolds. 
 Benoni Hall, Efq; 
 
 MiddJetown ; 
 Mr. John Rogers, 
 Mr. ^eter Barker. 
 Briftol ; 
 Jonathan ^eck, Efq; 
 Jofepb Rupi, Efq; 
 liverton ; 
 Capt. John Manchejler. 
 Mr. Samuel Dtirfey. 
 
 Little-Corn pton ; 
 Lieut. Col. John Hunt^ 
 Mr. Charles Browne I. 
 
 Warren ; 
 Capt. John J dams ^ 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Job Bar tie f, Efq; 
 John Dexter, Efq; 
 R ichmond ; 
 Samuel Tift, Efq; 
 Capt. Jofeph Enos, jun. 
 
 Ti^oMAs Cranston, Efq; was chofen Speaker. And 
 Mr, jo^tn Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 np HIS being the Anniverfary Election of Officers, both civil 
 ■■' and military, the Gentlemen whole Names hereafter follow^ 
 \yere chofen to fervc the Colony, in the rclpedivc Offices alcribcd 
 to their Names. 
 
 The Hon. If'ILLIJM GREE NE, Efq; Governor, Engaged. 
 The Hon. Joseph Whipple, Efq; Dcp.Gov. Engag'd. 
 John Tilliughafi, Efq; lirft Affiftant ; Engaged. . 
 yoncfhcM Nichols, Elq; fccortd AfTiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 Nichohs
 
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 Nicholas Cooke, Efq; third Afiiftant ; Engcig'cf. 
 Jabez Bowefj, Efq; fourth AfTiftaiit ; Engag'd. 
 Stephen ErovuKcl, Efq; fifth Afliftant • Engag'd. 
 £t_otcrt Lawtov, Efq- fixth Afliftant • Engag'd 
 yjtnes Jrnoldy Eiq; fcventh AlTiftant ; Er/gag'd. 
 M'llliam Rubmoiid, Efq; eighth AfTiftant, E/jgag'd. 
 Dtifiiel Cogge//;a/l, Elly^ nintli AfllftanC ; Et.gag'd. 
 Jeo^ry H'jljon, Efq; tenth AfFiUant ; Engag'd. 
 Thomas M'ard^ Efq; Secretary ; Engag'd. 
 Daniel Updike, Efq; Attorney General ; Engag'd. 
 Thomas Kichardfon, Elq; General Treafurer ; Engag'd. 
 Mr. Edu-ardThurflon, General Sealer of Weights andMcafnrcs. 
 Stephen Hopkins, Efq; chief -n Judge of the Superior Court of 
 'Jonathan Randal, Elq; fccond/ Judicature, Court of AlUzcj 
 iVilliam Richmond, Efq; third Q and General Goal Delivery in 
 Jojeph RiiJJel, EJq; fourth J and throughout the Colony. 
 BenjamtH Hajzard, Efq; fifth Judge of faid Court, who refufcd, 
 whereupon Jo/eph Clarke, Elq; was chofcn in his Room. 
 
 CUpon Confideration of the Number of Inhabitants in the 
 County oi Kent, Be it Enaded by this General Jffembly , and by the 
 Juthority of the fame. It is Ena&ed, That the feveral Companies of 
 Militia in the County of Kent, fhall be, and they are hereby con- 
 ftituted and mnde a Regiment, and fhall be commanded, governed, 
 and conduced by fuch, and fo many Field Officers as the other 
 Regiments in the Colony are.) 
 
 Col. Samuel Lyndon, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Newport. 
 
 Maj. Richard Smith, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of '^Providence. 
 
 Col. IVilliam 'Pendleton, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in 
 the County of Kings County. 
 
 Col. Eenoni Waterman, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in 
 the County of Kent. 
 
 Lieut. Col, John Barrington, Lieutenant Colonel of the Regi- 
 ment of Militia in the County of Newport. 
 
 Capt. Chrtjiopher Harris, Lieut. Col. ot the Regiment of Militia 
 in the County of Providence. 
 
 Lieut. Col. Ephraim Gardner, Lieut. Colonel of the Regiment 
 of Militia in the County of Kings Ccunty. 
 
 Major Jojeph b>tafford. Lieutenant Colonel of the Regiment of 
 Militia in the County of A^f«^ 
 
 Maj. Wing Spooner, Major of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 Ccunty of Nezvpor I. 
 
 Mr.
 
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 Mr. R'efohed Waterman (Son of Kefolved) Major of" the Regiment 
 of Militia in tnc Coxxnty oi 'Providence. 
 
 Maj. Latham Clark, Major of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Kingj County. 
 
 Capt. John Arnold^ Major of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County oi Kent. 
 
 Samuel fF/cTcham, Edward Scott, Daniel Gould. Caleb Hill, and 
 William Jnthnj, j\in. Efqrs. JuHices of the Inferior Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout 
 the County of Newport. 
 
 Daniel Jencks, Job Randal, Thojnas I abham, Thomas Jrnold, and 
 Richard Steere, Elqrs, Juftices of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of Providence 
 
 Stephen Hafzard, Immanuel Northap, Jeremiah Niks, Thomas 
 Brown, and Benoni Hall, Efqrs. Juftices of the Inferior Court of 
 Common Pleas, and General Seflicns of the Peace, in and through- 
 out the County of Kings County. 
 
 Jonathan ^eck, Matthew Allen, James Uafon, James Smith, and 
 Thomas Greene, Elqrs. Juftices of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of Brijol. 
 
 Daniil Howland, Jofeph Nichols, John Fry, JohnGreene, and Rufus 
 Greene, Efqrs. Juftices of the Inferior Court of Common Fleas, 
 and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout tne County 
 of Kent. 
 
 Thomas Ward, Efq; Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, 
 Court of Affize, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout: 
 the Colony, 
 
 Mr. Jojias Lyndon, Clerk oj the Inferior Court of Commoa 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of Newport. 
 
 George Brown, Efq; Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of ttie Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of Providence. 
 
 Mr. Benjamen 'Peckham, jun. Clerk of the Inferior Court of 
 Common Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and through- 
 out the County oi Kings County. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Throope, jun. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout 
 the County o( Bri/lol. 
 
 Mr. Jehn Walton, pn. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 
 County of Kent. 
 
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 Jofeph Scott ^ Efq, Sheriffofthe County of Newport. 
 
 David iVilkivfcn, Efq; Sheriff of the County of ^'rowVrw^r^. 
 
 Berijh Browri._ Efq; Sheriffofthe County oi' Kings County. 
 
 NiUhanael Bo/ivorfb, Elq; Sheriff of the County of i];-/7/o/, 
 
 'Ihomjs Spenjlr (Son of John) Elq; Sheriffofthe County oi Kem. 
 
 The Hon. Guieon Ifatitun, Baij.unin Nhbo/j, James She^e/d, Obe- 
 diab Bruwi], Samuel Chace, James Jr»o/d, George Brown^ Nicholas 
 Eajion, and Benjamit/ Ma/zard, Efqrs. the Grand Committee, or 
 Truftces of the Colony, for figning Bills of public Credic, &c. 
 And the aforefaid Benjamin Nichols^ is alio chofcu and appointed to 
 have and take the Care and Charge ot the Colony's Bonds and 
 Mortgages, and to receive the Money due, and to be due thereon \ 
 and alio to make and give proper Acquittances and Difcharges on 
 the Moitgages • or otherwilc, upon the Receipt of any of the 
 Colonics Money : And in ca(e of Non-payment, to put in Suit 
 the Bonds and Mortgages of all I'uch as ihall refufeoromit to make 
 due Pavmenc. 
 
 Ju^ices of the Peace for the feveral Towns in the Colony. 
 
 NEIV PORJ, 
 Abraham Borden, 
 Samuel Collins, 
 Charles Bardin, 
 Ebcnezer Richardfon, 
 Barnabas Hargilf, 
 Jeremiah Clark, 
 Thomas Ward, 
 Pcttr Eafton, 
 Martin Howard, 
 Jofeph Sylvcftcr, 
 William Heflfernan. 
 
 Providence j 
 George Taylor, 
 Henry Harris, 
 Chriftopher Harris, 
 Edward Sheldon, 
 Zuriel Waterman, 
 Jofeph Harris. 
 William Burton, 
 Jofeph Snow, 
 Ebcnezer Jencks, 
 Matthew Manclxltcr, 
 Richard Waterman. 
 
 For if mouth ; 
 William Hal), 
 
 Stephen Brayton, 
 Jonathan Freeborn, 
 Robert Dennis, 
 Caleb Allen. 
 
 Warii-ick , 
 Samuel Stafford, 
 Charles Holden, 
 Jofeph Lippir, 
 James Greene, 
 Bcnja. Arnold. 
 
 VVifterly -, 
 "William Hearn, 
 Benjamin Randal, 
 Jofeph Crandal, jun, 
 Benoni Smith, 
 John Larkin, 
 Daniel Maccoon. 
 
 Nortb-Kingliram ; 
 Edward Dyre, )un. 
 Robert Hafz.\rd, 
 James Gardner, 
 John Congdon, 
 Samuel Thomas, 
 Elilha Clark. 
 
 Souib-Kin^Hown , 
 Samuel Tift, jun. 
 John Cafe, 
 
 Jeremiah Wilcox, 
 Immanuel Cafe. 
 
 Eajl-Grunwjcb ., 
 tViiliamSpcnfcr, 
 John Langford, 
 John Olin, 
 Samuel Soul, 
 Daniel Howland, jun, 
 
 Smithfield v 
 William Arnold, 
 Thom.^s Sayles, 
 Thomas Steere» 
 William Jencks.. 
 John Aldrich, 
 Thomas Owens, 
 
 Scituate ; 
 Benjamin Fifk, 
 John Tyler, 
 Gideon Harris, 
 John Edwards. 
 
 GLcilicr } 
 John Smith. 
 Andrew Brown, 
 Abraham Tourtclot, 
 Richard Smith, 
 Timothy Wilmoc. 
 
 Charlejiewn
 
 Cbarkjlawn ; 
 John Hill, 
 NAthanael Lewis. 
 Jonathan Clark. 
 
 IVeJi-Grtenwich ; 
 Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Samuel Hopkins, 
 "William Cumftock, 
 George Gardner. 
 Covent;-y ; 
 Elifha Johnlbn, 
 Samuel Cooper, 
 Caleb Greene, 
 George Halt, 
 Thomas Matthewfon, 
 Randal Rico. 
 
 Exeter ^ 
 Nicholas Gardner, 
 Pclcg Tripp, 
 Robert Moon, 
 
 Benjamin Mowr£y. 
 MiddUtown i 
 Thomas Gould, 
 Edward Eafton, 
 Peieg Smith, 
 Jolhua Coggediall. 
 
 Bnftol ; 
 Shecrja(hub Bourn, 
 George Dunbar, 
 Naihanael Fales, 
 Nathaniel Pearce, 
 William Munroc. 
 livcrlo)! ; 
 Joleph Anthony, 
 Samuel Durfey, 
 Rtftcom Sandtord, 
 John Brown, 
 Abraham Barker. 
 
 Liltle-ComptoH ; 
 Samuel Wilbore, 
 
 Jofcph Wood, 
 Nathanael Scar), 
 Jeremiah Brownel. 
 
 IVarren j 
 Benjamin Miller, 
 John Kinnicur, 
 Fdward Luther. 
 Peter Bickncll, 
 Ebenezer Allen. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Job Bartler, 
 Samuel Bartlet, 
 John Dexter, 
 David Whipple. 
 
 Richmtnd ; 
 Stephen Richmond, 
 Jofeph Clark, 
 Samuel Tift, 
 Jofcph Enos, jun. 
 Thomas KiHion. 
 
 Lieut. Samuel Frcehody^ Captain ol Furt George en Goat Ifland. 
 
 Officers to command the ftrveral Companies of Militia^ or trained 
 Bands, in each Torvn throughout the Colony, 
 
 N B V/P R Ti 
 
 Fir/! Ccmpatiy : Jonathan Heath, Captain j James Tanner, 
 hieutemnt ; Chriftopher Liiidl'ey, Eujigfiy 
 
 Secend Company : Benjamin Slierburn, Captain j Kendal Nichols, 
 jun. Lietiteriar.t \ John Simpfon, jan. Enjjgn. 
 
 Third Company : Daniel Dunham, jun. Captain-, John Pitman, 
 Lieutenant ; Henry Bills, Enjjgn. 
 
 Fourth Company : John Bditho, Captain-^ Oliver "BceiCy Lieute- 
 nant ; Richard Whitehorn, Enjtgn. 
 
 (It is Voted and Refolved, That the Choice of Commillion Officers 
 to command and condu6l the J'everal Companies of Mililia, Dr 
 train'd Bands, in the Town of ^rovidcnce^ be, and the fame is 
 hereby referred to the, next Sellion of this Alfembly; and that the 
 prefent Officers be, and they arc hereby continued until that Time.) 
 
 It is Voted and Kefohed, That the firft Company, or train'd Band 
 ofthc Town oiTrovidence, be divided into two Companies ; and that 
 the Field Officers of the County of ^Providence, or the major Part 
 
 of
 
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 of them, be, and they are hereby appointcfi a Committee, to 
 confider in what Manner the Divifion Ihall be made, and make 
 Report to this Aflembly at their next Sefllon. 
 
 PORTSMOUTH Company. 
 
 Clark Cornel, Captain ; John Filh, Lieuteii.wi ; John Shrievc, 
 ion. Enfign. 
 •^ WA RIV I C K; 
 
 Firft Cumfuny : John Wells, Caftain : Rufus Barton (Son of 
 Rufus) LieutefjatJt ; James Arnold jun. Enfign. 
 
 haond Company : Thomas Remington, Captain ; Henry Mat- 
 thewfon, Lieutenant ; Ebene'zer Green, Enjign. 
 
 Third Company : Mofcs Budlong, Captain \ Richard Eftis, LieO' 
 tenant '^ Thomas Rice, jun. Enfign. 
 
 WESTERLY; 
 
 Fir/i Company : Elias Thoniplon, Captain ; Jofcph Lewis, jun. 
 Lieutenant ; Elifha Clark, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Randal, Captain \ Hobart Burdicfc 
 (Son of Robert) Lieutenant ; John Maccoon, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Samuel Gavet, Cj/)f^/« 5 Joleph Crandal (Son 
 of Jolbph) Lieutenant \ Stephen Saunders, Enfign. 
 
 Fourth Company : Thomas Fofter, Captain j Matthew Green, 
 Lieutenant ^ Jofeph Winter, Enfign. 
 
 A' ElVSHOREHAM Company. 
 
 Robert Hull, Captain ^ John Dodge, Lieutenant j John Little- 
 field, Enfign. 
 
 NORTH-KINGSTOfVN; 
 
 Firf Company : Jonathan Allen, Captain ; Anthony Aylfworth, 
 Lieutenant ; Philip Card, Enfgn. 
 
 Second Company : Samuel Albro, Captain ; Samuel Browning, 
 jun. Lieutenant-^ Ebcr Shearman, jun. Enfgn. 
 
 Third Company • Samuel Thomas, Captain ; Bcncdift Eldred, 
 Lieutenant j Ebenczer Brown, Enfgn. 
 
 S U T H-K I N G S T W Ni 
 Firji Company : Thomas Browning, Captain , John Stcadman, 
 Lieutenant , William Congdon (Son of Joleph) Enfgn. 
 
 Second Company : Jirah Mum ford. Captain ^ Nathan Tift, Lieu- 
 tenant J Samuel Babcock, jun. Enfgn. 
 
 Third Company : Paul Woodbridgc, Gj//jr»; James Shearman, 
 Lieutenant \ Mitchcl Cafe, Enfgn. 
 
 EAST*
 
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 EASr-GREENff^ICH; 
 
 Fir/} Company : Joleph Stafford, Captain \ Rufue Spencer, 
 Lieutenant ^ Thomas Nichols (Son of Jamcs^ Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : Richard Weaver, Captain ; Benjamin Corey, 
 Lieutenant., John Giftbrd, Enjign. 
 
 JAMESlOff^N Company. 
 Samuel Slocum, Captain j George Franklin, Lieutenant ; Ben- 
 jamin Carr CSon of Edward, dcceas'd) Enjign, 
 
 S M IT HE I E LB; 
 
 Fir ft Company : John Angel, Captain : William Brown, L/V«- 
 tenant ; Daniel Wilbore, Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : Daniel Arnold, Captain j Stephen Sly, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Jeremiah Cumftock, Etijign. 
 
 Third Company : Enoch Barnes, Captain j Abraham Windfor, 
 Lieutenant j Sylvanus Sayles, Enjign. 
 
 S C IT U A r E i 
 
 Firft Company : Amos Hammond, Captain ; John Fisk, Lieu- 
 tenant \ Chriftophcr Relph, Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : Samuel Dorrence, Captain ; George Dorrencc, 
 jun. Lieutenant \ William Tyler, Enjign. 
 
 Third Company : John Hulet, Captain ; Jofeph Wilkinfon, 
 Lieutenant j Ezckiel Hopkins, jun. Enjign.. 
 
 G L O C E S r E Ri 
 
 Firft Company : Joleph Windfor, Captatn:, James Cowen, Lieu- 
 tenant \ Edward fcilhop, Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : Ezekiel Smith, Captain ; Jofeph Oluey, 
 Lieutenant j John Rols, Enjign. 
 
 CHARLESTOH^N Company. 
 Pclcg Crois, Captain ^ Enoch Kinyon, jun. Lieutenant ; Samuel 
 Stanton, Enjign. 
 
 ff^EST-GREENTTJCH', 
 Firji Company : Ezekiel Whitford, Captain , Daniel Hill, jun. 
 Lieutenant ; John Albro, Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : J(3hn Weight, Captain ; George Gardner, 
 Lieutenant ; but he rcfufing, John Reynolds (Son of Samuel) was 
 cholen in his Room ; and Ebcnezcr Matthewfon, Enjign, 
 
 C y E N T R r-, 
 Firft Company : John AUerton, jun. Captain i [Stephen Colyin, 
 Lieutenant \ William Nichols, Enjign, 
 
 D Second
 
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 Second Company : Benjamin Nichols, Capahi ; Adam Caffin, 
 Litutenant ; Thomas Nichols, Enjign. 
 
 EXETER; 
 (If is Votedatid Refchedy That the Eledion of Commiflaon Officers 
 for the two Companies, or train'd Bands, in the Town oi Exeter^ 
 be, and it is hereby referred unto the next ScfTionof this AfTembly.) 
 
 MlDDLETOfVN Company. 
 John Barker, Captain ; Benjamin Smith, Lieutenant ; Jofeph 
 Rider, Enjign. 
 
 BRISTOL Company, 
 Bcnnet Miinro, Q/ZtJ/V;, John Throop, Jan. Lieutenant ; Wil- 
 h'am Cox, Enjign. 
 
 TIVERTON; 
 Fir ft Company: Matthew Marjchelter (I^on of John) C^/'/a/w ; 
 Jofeph Crandal, Lieutenant ; George Cookc, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : William Cookc, Captain j John Thomas, 
 Lieutenant j Oliver Cookc, Enjign. 
 
 L I T 7 L E-C O M P T N Company. 
 Benjamin Simmonds, Captain ; Jonathan Records, Lieutenant ; 
 Thomas Brownel, jun. Enjign. 
 
 W A R R E N Company. 
 John Adams, Captain ; Solomon Peck, Lieutenant ; John Eafta- 
 brook, Enfign. 
 
 CUMBERLAND', 
 (ft is Fated and Re/ohed, That the Eledion of Commiflion 
 Offices for the Company, or train'd Band, in the Town o( Cumber- 
 land, be, and the fame is hereby referred to the next Seflion of this 
 AfTembly). 
 
 RICHMOND Company. 
 Jofeph Enos, jun. Captain • James James, Lieutenant; Thomas 
 Rogers, Enfign. 
 
 NEWPORT Treof of Horfi. 
 Sylvcfter Woodman, Captain ; Richard Grcenhill, Lieutenant 9 
 Samuel Baylcy (of Little-Compton) Cornet. 
 
 PROVIDENCE Tro9p of Horfe. 
 John Hoyle, Captain j William Fenncr, Lieutenant:, William 
 Dean, Cornet. 
 
 WHEREAS
 
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 tTT" H E R E A S Jme and James FranhUn, exhibited to this 
 '^ AflVmbly, an Account by them charged againft the Colony, 
 for printing the Ads and Orders made and paft By the General 
 Aflembly, at their Scffion in March laft, and ior furniftiing Paper 
 thcrctor ; which being duly examined, This JJpmbly do Vote and 
 Re/olvCy and it is Voted and Refolvecl^ That the faid Account be, and 
 it is hereby allowed, and Filty-two Pounds Nineteen Shillings, 
 the Amount thereot, be paid the faid Jnne and James Franklin out 
 of the General Trcalury. 
 
 Whereas the General Aflembly at their Seflion in ^rovidenct, on 
 the firfl Monday in Decemhr lalt, appointed Daniel GoggeJJjall and 
 Immanuel Norlhup, Elqrs. a Committee to ['e.n\e\\\i[\ Thomas Spen- 
 Jer of Jameflown, '•efpcding Arrearges of Rent due to the Colony, 
 &c. And rhofe Gentlemen having afTumed that Province, and 
 compleated the Bufineli, made the following Report : 
 
 * T7I7E fhe Subfcribers, being appointed a Committee by the 
 
 * V V General Aflembly of the Colony of R.bode-1/land, at their 
 
 * SefTions holden at '^Provideme, in and for laid Colony, on the firft 
 
 * Monday of December^ Jl. D. 1730, to fettle all Accounts for 
 
 * Arrearges of Rent with Thomas Spen/er oi' Jamepozvn,FeiTytna.n: 
 
 * Agreeable thereto, we have examined the lame, and find a Bal- 
 
 * lance due from laid Thomas Spenjer, for the Arrearges of Rent 
 
 * due to laid Colony, the Sum oi One Hundred and Eighteen 
 
 * Pounds Four Shillings, for which Sum we have taken a Note of 
 
 * Hand from the aforelaid Thomas Spenjer^ payable to the General 
 
 * Treafurer ior the Colony aforelaid. 
 
 Daniel QoggeJIoally 
 JameftowH^ March 1. lys'^- Immannel Northup." 
 
 And this Aflembly having taken the faid Report into Confider- 
 ation, Do Vote and Rejolve^ and it is Voted and Rejolvedy That the 
 faid Report be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
 It is Voted and Re/olvedy That the Time for drawing the Lottery, 
 granted by the Aflembly, to raife a Sum of Money for building a 
 Bridge over Nantucket River, be, and it is hereby lengthened out 
 to the laft Monday in June next. 
 
 An j4C T in Addition to an J&, entituled. An Aft for granting an 
 Excifc upon Wines, Liquors, and other flrong Drink, fold by 
 Retail in the Town of Newport 
 
 TIE /; EnaBtd by the General Jffemhly^ and by the Authority of the 
 *^ Jamey It is Enabled, That from and after the Publication of this 
 
 Aft.
 
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 Ad, that vvhofccvcr frtall prcfumc to fell any Brandy, Rum, or 
 other 'JiKillcd Spirits, Wine, Beer, Cyder, Perry^ or any other 
 Itrong Drink, in any fmaller Quantity than ten Gallons, in the 
 Town oi' Nczvport, without Licence tirll had and obtained from 
 thcTouu Council of ihe Town ol Newport, fhali forfeit the Sum 
 of Twenty Pounds Old-Tenor, one halt whereof to the Collector 
 of the Excile, the other half to and ioi the Ufe of tnc Poor of tJie 
 Town of Neivfort, upon Convidion before the Court of General 
 Scfllons of the Peace, to be held for the County of A^a'prA 
 
 And if any Perlbn or Perlbns not licenced as aforefaid, fhall or- 
 der, allow, permit, or connive at the lelling ol any ftrong Drink, 
 contrary to the true Intent and Meaning of the aforefaid Law, by 
 his or her Child or Children, Servanr or Scivants, or any other 
 Pcrfon or Perfons, belonging to his or her Family, and be thereof 
 convidfed, he, fhe, or they fhall be reputed the Offender or OfTendcrs, 
 and Qiall lufTcr the lame Penalties, as if he, Ihe, or they, had ibid 
 ibch Drink thcmli^lves 
 
 Jnd It is far the*- EnaSed by the Authority aforefaid, That when 
 and fo often as it Ihall be obierv'd that there is a Rcfort of Perlbns 
 toHoufes fufpeded to fell ftrong Drink without Licence, any Ju- 
 fticc of the Peace fhall have Power to convene fuch Perlbns before 
 him, and examine them upon Oath, of the Perlbns iufpefted of 
 felling or retailing ffrong Drink in fuch Houfes ; and on juft 
 Grounds, to bind over the Perlbn tranfgreffing, and the WitnelTes, 
 to the next Court of General Scfllons of the Peace in the County 
 of Newport. 
 
 Whereas there was an Ad pafTcd at thelafl SclTIon of AfTembly, 
 for promoting the Raifing of Flax and Wool, and manufadluring 
 the lame into Cloth, and for giving a proper Encouragement for 
 the carrying on the Whale and Cod-Fifhery; and for thofe Ends, 
 making and emitting a Sum of Bills of Credit, &c. it is Votedand 
 Re/ohedy That thofe Parts of laid Ad refpeding the taking Oaths, 
 and granting Bounties, fhall not take EfFcd until the Rifing of 
 this Affembly at their next Selfion. 
 
 This JJfembly do Vote and Refohe, ard it is Voted and Re/blved^ 
 That all Bulinefs lying before them unfinifhed, be, and it is re- 
 ferred to their next Seffion, wnich is hereby appointed to be at 
 Newport on the fccond Monday of yr/«<? nextj tx) which Time and 
 Place this Aflcmbly is adjourned. 
 
 GOD Save the King.
 
 C 17] 
 
 At the Gen i- r a r. A s s e m b l y of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP A NT of the Englifh 
 Colony of Rhodc-Ifland, and Providence-Plantation8» 
 in New-England, in America ; he^un and held by 
 Ad'purnment at Newport />; faid Colony, on the (eeoni 
 Monday c/ [une, in theTwenty-fourthTearofthe Reign 
 of Hii ^^ojl Sacred Majeily, GEORGE the Second^ by 
 the Grace of GOD, o/ Great-Britain, France, and 
 Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 The Hon. fVILLlJM GREENE, Efqj Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Whipple, Efq: Dep. Gov. 
 
 JOHW TiLLINGHAtT, Efq^' 
 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efqw 
 Nicholas Cook, Efq; 
 Jabez Bowen, Efq; 
 Stephen Brownel, Efq; 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; 
 James Arnold, Efq; 
 >^0. William Richmond, Efq;^y^/J 
 Daniel CoGCESHALL,Efqi\ 
 Jeoffry Watson, Efq; 
 
 The Secretar. y. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Hon. Thomas Cranston, Efq; Speaker. 
 
 NEWPORT;. 
 
 Mr, Nathatiael Coggejhall, 
 Edward Scott, El'q; 
 The Speakn, 
 ^eter Bottrs, Efq; 
 Mr. Jonathan Eajlon, 
 Capt. fob Bennei. 
 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen Hojjkins, Efq; 
 Mr. Elipa Browfj, 
 
 m 
 
 
 P 
 
 Mr. JofephfVanton. 
 
 Lieut. Col. Chrijlopher Harris, 
 
 Portfmouth ; 
 William Jftthony, jon. Efq; 
 John J/IetJ, Elq; 
 Mr. 'Thomas Browne/, 
 Mr. Gideon Freeborn, jun. 
 
 Warwick ; 
 "Jeremiah Lippit, Elq; 
 Capt. John Gretne, 
 
 MaJi
 
 I i8 3 
 
 Maj. John Rhodes, 
 Mai. Stef'hen Low. 
 VVcftcrly ; 
 Col. Jofeph ^endktoiJ^ 
 Capt. Caleb Church. 
 Ncwfhorcham j 
 None. 
 North- Kingftown • 
 Col. Immamid Northiif, 
 Bertjh Browv, Efq; 
 
 South- Ktngftown ; 
 Mr .Eetijamin ■Peckham/jiin. 
 
 Eaft-Grcenwich ^ 
 Jojeph Nicho/j, Eiq^ 
 Thomas Spencer, Efq; 
 Jameftown : 
 Mr. "iohn Hull, 
 Mr. Jojeph Clark. 
 
 Smithlield ; 
 Thomas ylrtJolJ, Efq; 
 Johf) JUrich, Efqj 
 
 Scituate j 
 ^'f;/' R^afl'^;/, Efqi 
 
 Gloccfter ; 
 Col. Richard Smith, 
 Timothy yVilmot, El'q; 
 
 Charleftown ; 
 Col. Chrifispher Champliti, 
 Capt, liuthanael Lewis. 
 
 Weft-Greenwich ; 
 Jeremiah EUis^ E% 
 Mr. George Gardner. 
 Coventry \ 
 George Hall, Efq; 
 Mr. John Greene. 
 Exeter • 
 Capt. John Reynolds, 
 Beiioni Hall, Elq; 
 
 Middletown \ 
 Mr. John Rogers, 
 Mr. I^eter Barker. 
 Briftol ; 
 Jonathan ^eck, Efq; 
 Jojeph Rufel, Efq; 
 Tiverton ; 
 Capt. John Manche/Ier. 
 Samuel Dnrfey, El<]- 
 
 Little-Compton ; 
 Lieut. Col. John Hunt, 
 Mr. Charles Browned. 
 
 Warren ; 
 Capt. John Jldams^ 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Job Bartkt, Efq; 
 John Lkxtcr, Elq; 
 Richmond ; 
 Samuel Tift, Efq; 
 Capt. Jojeph Enos, jun. 
 
 Mr. Jojiar Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Honfc. 
 
 Jn J CT for Jmendingand Explaining feveral Paragraphs, and Jor the 
 Repealing fever al others contained in an j8 made and puffed by the 
 General JJfembJy, at their Sejfion held at Providence en the third 
 Morday of March, Anno Dom. iTjo, entitukd. An Act for 
 promoting the Raifing Flax and Wool, and manufafturing the 
 lame into Cloth ; and alfo for giving a proper and fuitable En- 
 couragement foi carrying on the Whale and Cod-Fifhery, and 
 for thofc Ends, making and emitting the Sum of Twenty-five 
 Thoufand Pounds in Bills of Public Credit of this Colony, and 
 fettling and afccrtaining the Value thereof. 
 
 WHEREAS
 
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 WHEREAS in and by faid Adt, it is provided, that a Bounty, 
 as is therein exprefTod, Ihall be given for all Wool manu- 
 faftured into Cloth, which it is thought, were it carried into Ex- 
 ecution, may draw the DilpleaCure of Great-Britain upon us, as 
 it will interfere with their moft favourite Manufadury ; and as 
 the giving a Bounty on Flax, and the Whale aud Cod-Fi(hrry, 
 having been already tryed in this Colony, and have not been 
 found beneficial, 
 
 THEREFORE be it Eiia^cd by this General Afemhly, and by 
 the Jutkority thereof^ It is Evaded, That all and every Claule 
 and Claufes in theafore-namcd Ad, giving or granting any Bounty 
 or Premium whatfoever, on any Materials or Manufadturics therein 
 named, produced, or made in this Colony, or by the Inhabitants 
 thereol, be, and are hereby repealed, and declared to be null and 
 void. 
 
 JND be it further EuaSied by the Juthority afore/aid, That the 
 Claufe aud Claufes in laid Aft, that enadt and declare Fifty-four 
 Shillings in o(it Tenor Bills, or Thirteen Shillings and Six Pence a^ 
 in new Tenor Bills, equal to one Ounce of Silver, is, and are hereby 
 repealed. Ant) that Sixty-four Shillings, in Bills of Credit of the 
 Old-Tenor, or Sixteen Shillings, in Bills of Credit of the New- 
 Tenor, is hereby dated and eftablifhed, as an Equivalent to one 
 Ounce of coin'd Silver of Sterling Alloy, or Gold Coin in its pro- 
 portionate Value. And the Claufes In faid Ad, directing that 
 faid Money (hall be let out upon Loan for the Term of five Years, 
 at the Rate of Six fer Ctnt per yJnntim, is hereby repealed : Jnd it 
 is hereby Enatfed, That faid Sum to be emitted by faid Ad, fhall 
 be let out at the Rate of Five per Cent per Jnnum^ for the Space 
 of ten Years, on fuch Security as faid Act requireth, and then to 
 be funk in the Manner laid Actexprefleth, laving that only Five 
 fer Cent. Intereft be paid ; and that the whole Intercft itrifing 
 from the Loan of faid Bills, be, and it is hereby appropriated to 
 finking the Colony's out-ftanding Bills made to fupply the Trea- 
 fury, and to defray the incident Charges of the Colony. 
 
 jind be it further EnaBed by the Juthority aforejaid, That the 
 aforefaid Bills to be emitted, fhall be of the following Denomina- 
 tion, to wit, Five Ounces of Silver, Two Ounces and Ten-penny 
 Weight of Silver, One Ounce and Five-penny Weight of Silver, 
 Twelve-penny Weight and Twelve Grains of Silver, Six-penny 
 Weight and Six Grains of Silver, Two-penny Weight and Twelve 
 Grains of Silver, One-penny Weight, and thirteen Grains and an 
 half of Silver, and fifteen Grains ot Silver j and Ihail be of the fol- 
 lowing Tenor and Form. 
 
 THIS
 
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 rniS BILL, d:tefrom the Colony of Rhodc-Iflaiid, Jball be equal 
 to of coifj'd Sliver of Sterlitig Jlloy, to the 
 
 Ircjjejjlr thereof^ and JJjall be accordingly received in the Trealury. 
 By Older of Afllmblv, 'Vrcvidince, March i^. 17JC. 
 
 AND the Value of cich Bill in Old-Tenor, flhall be printed 
 on the Back thereof, in the Manner following, to wit ; 
 
 THE Bills of the Denomination of five Ounces of Silver, fliall 
 be printed with thcfc Words on the Back ^ This Bill is equal to 
 Sixteen Q^ounds Old-Tenor, Ditto of two Ounces and Ten-penny 
 Weight ; This Bill is eqiud to Eight Toands Old-Tenor, Ditto of 
 One Ounce and Five-penny Weight \ This Bill it equal to Four 
 '^Pounds Old-T'.fjor, Ditto of Twelve-penny Weight and Twelve 
 Grains ; This Bill is equal to Tuo ^founds Old-Tenor, Ditto of Six- 
 penny Weight and Six Grains ; This Bill is equal to Ont ^eund 
 O/d-Tr-fJcr, Ditto of Two-penny Weight and Twelve Grains j 
 This Bill IS equ.d to Eight Shillings Old-Tecor, Ditto of One-penny, 
 Weight and Thirteen Grains and an half; This Bill is equal to 
 Five Shtllingt Old-'Jenor, Ditto of Fifteen Grains ; This Bill is 
 equal to Two Shillings Old-Tenet . Any Thing in the afore-named 
 Ad, or in any Paragraph or Claule therein, to the contrary, not- 
 withftanding. 
 
 J]>ID be it further EnaSied, That the Claufc in faid A€t, made 
 for the exempting Clothiers, Fullers, or any Artificers, working in 
 the Clothiers Trade, from doing public Duty, be, and it is hereby 
 repealed. 
 
 JND he if further Enacted by the Juthority afore faid, That in 
 all Parts of the aforc-namcd Ad, requiring the Oaihs of the Per- 
 I'ons therein named to be taken, that they have not given more 
 than Filty-four Shillings in the Old-Tenor Bills, or Thirteen 
 Shillings and Six Pence in the New-Tenor Bills, for One Ounce 
 of Silver, or for Gold in Proportion, Jhall be, and it is hereby a- 
 mended, and the Oaths io required to be taken, fhall be, 'That the 
 ^trfons concern'd therein, have not given more than Sixty-four Shil- 
 lings in the Old-Tenor Bills, or Sixteen Shillings in the New-Tenor 
 Bills, for One Ounce of Siher, or for Geld at its f roper tionate Valut. 
 
 WE the Sublcribcrs, do diflcnt from the Alterations \n 
 this Bill propolicd, and dc protcft againft them, for the 
 ioUowing Rcalbns. 
 
 1. Bccaufc
 
 C 21 ] 
 
 ' 1. Becaufe we are of Opinion, the Committee have greatly 
 ' exceeded their Power, and made Alterations which were nevcc 
 
 * voted, or even lb much as debated in this Houle. 
 
 ' 2. Becaule we are of'Opinion, the Alterations lb made, are ma- 
 
 * terial and eficntial, relating to the very Form and Denomination 
 
 * of the Bills, and lb entirely different from tlie A£l pafled ifi 
 
 * March laft, that the Bills wiiich arc to be emitted, cannot with 
 
 * any Truth, be laid to be emitted by an Aft made and pafled at 
 
 * that Time. 
 
 ' 3. Becaufe the other Alterations in this Bill propos'd, have a 
 
 * natural Tendency to depreciate, not only the Bills that are to be 
 ' emitted, but alio all the Bills of thisColony that arc now outftand- 
 
 * ing, and mull, in our Opinion, unavoidably produce that Effeft. 
 ' 4. Becaufe by thefc Alterations, Six Shillings and Nine Pence 
 
 ' is made to be equal to Sixteen Shillings, and muft be lb received 
 
 ' in all Payments made in this Colony with the Bills now propofcj 
 
 * to be emitted, if laid Alterations are palled as a Law of this 
 
 * Government.' 'J^eter Boursy 
 
 Edward Scott. 
 
 IT is Voted and Refvlvsdy That the Speaker, "JohnTillinghafty and- 
 ■* 'James Sheffield, Efqrs, be, and they are hereby appointed a 
 Committee, to receive of Cnpr. fi'tiker Chalomr, late Captain of 
 Fort George, all the Stores belonging to faid Fort, and deliver the 
 lame to Capt. Samuel h'reehcdy, theprefent Captain of faid Fort, 
 giving and taking Receipts lor the fame. 
 
 Jud it is further Voted and Refolved, That the fame Gentlemen 
 be, and they are hereby appointed a Committee, to audit the 
 Account of bis Honour the Deputy Governor with the Colony, 
 whilft he was Naval Officer, and make Report to the General 
 Allembly. 
 
 // is Feted and Refolued, That Mr. Benjamin Teckham, j\in. 'Tetet 
 Bortrs, and Jeremiah Niks, Efqrs. be, and they, or the major Part 
 of them, arc hereby conftitutcd a Committee, to examine all the 
 Accounts which have arifen upon the apprehending, prolecuting, 
 convifting, and executing T/'o/w^j Carter, and make Report to the 
 General Aflembly as foon as may be. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, Thar John TiUinghap, Thomas Cranfion^ 
 ^eter Boars, and James She£icld, Elqrs. be, and they, or the major 
 Part of them, are hereby appointed a Committee, to audit the 
 General Trcalurer's Accounts, and alfo the Accounts of the Grand 
 Committee, and make Report to the Genera! Aflembly as foon as 
 may be. 
 
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 r/ is Voted and Re/obed, That DatJ/el Cogge/hull, Stephen Hofkinsy 
 zn^Jch Randal, Elqrs. be, and they are hereby appointed a Com- 
 mitrce, to form the Draught of a Letter to be lent the Agent, 
 and prefent the lame to this Aflembly as Toon as may be- 
 
 It is Voted and Re/oht'd, That Daniel Coggejhall, William Jfithony, 
 jun. and Ininhvmcl Nortk^-if^, Efqrs. be, and they arc hereby con- 
 Ititutcd a Committee, to examine into the State and Circumftances 
 of tlie feveral Ferries in this Colony, examine the Laws relating 
 thereto, -and report to this Aflembly at their next ScfTion, what 
 they fhall think ncceflary to be done, in order to put laid Ferries 
 under a good Regulation. 
 
 Whereas fundry Perfons, who call thcmfclvcs Inhabitants of 
 this Colony, hsve lately petitioned His Majclly, refpedting our 
 Paper Currency ; 7/ is therefore Voted and Refohcd, That 'Jisbez 
 BozvefJ^ Efq; Mr. Elijha Brown, and Jojeph Nichols, Elq; be, and 
 they are hereby appointed a Committee, to inquire into the Re- 
 lation, Station, and Circutnfiances, which the faid Petitioners ftand 
 in to His Majelty, and this Colony, and maJcc Report to this 
 AfTembly at their next Sellion. 
 
 Jn ACT Regulating and Eft ahliping a juft and equal Method of Gauging 
 in and througkcut this Colony. 
 H E R E A S the Manner of Gauging commoiily ufed here- 
 tofore in this Colony, is not exactly true and equal in Casks 
 cf all different DimenfiODS, which hath occafioned many Com- 
 plaints amongfl thole that have bought any Liquors by gaguc in 6^ 
 this Colony, and hath proved a great Difcouragement to the 
 Trade, and Difhonour to the Traders in this Colony in general. 
 
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 For Remedy of which for the future, 
 
 TYF. IT ENJCTED by the General Jfcmhly, and by the Au- 
 ^ thurify 1 hereof. It is EnaBed, That from and after the fifteenth 
 Day oi'Jiigufi, J. D. JJii- no Rum, Molafles, Wine, Cyder, Beer, 
 Brandy, or any other Liquid whacfocver, ufually fold by Mea- 
 liarc in Casks, fhall be gagyicd in any other Way or Method, but ^A 
 according to the mou approved and cxa£l Mathematical Rule, ^ ' 
 commonly called, Gauging by Gunttr ; and that fortliat Purpofe, 
 proper Perfons be cholet^ Gaugers in each Town in the Colony, 
 where there ihall be Occafion for ir, wliich Officers fhall be under 
 Oath for the l.iithful Performance of their Truft : And that the 
 Fees for Gauging a finglc Cask, Ihall hzTojo Skilhngs andSix-fencey 
 
 and
 
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 and for Gauging any Number of Casks, not exceeding Ten, Tkv 
 ahtllings for cacli Cask j and lor any Number above Ten, 0}w 
 Shilling and Six-pence for each Cask : And that the Gauger that 
 gauges every Cask, fliall fairly mark the two firft Letters of his 
 Name, and the Quantity of the Gauge thereof, with marking or 
 branding Irons, on t!ie Head or Bilge of each Cask. 
 
 JND he it further EnaBed hy the Juthcrity afore/aid. That 
 whofoever in this Colony, fhall fell any of the aforc-cnumerated 
 Commodities, or any others fold in Casks by GagiJg. gauged in if a^^i^ 
 any olhcr Manner than is direfted by this Adl, e\4ry Pcrlon io 
 offending, fliall forfeit the Value of all the Commodities (o fold j 
 to be recovered againfl him, by Bill, Plainr, or Information, in 
 any Court of Record in the County where the Offence is com- 
 mitted ; one Half thereof to the Informer, or he who fhall fuc 
 for the fame, the other Half to the Ufc of the Town where the 
 Goods fhall be lo unlawfully gauged. 
 
 jT'is Voted and Rejohed^ That Nicholas Cook, zni Step he fj Hopkins, 
 •* Efqrs. Col. Imm.'inuel Northitp, and Mr. Jeremiah Lippit, be, 
 and they are hereby conffirutcd a Committee, to examine into the 
 Fads contained in a Petition preferred to His Majefly by lundry 
 of the Inbabirants of the Colony 5 a Copy of which is now lying 
 before rhis AfTcmbly, and Report their Opinion thereon as foon as 
 may be. 
 
 And the faid Committee having affumed the Province afligned 
 them, made the following Report. 
 
 * TT^f^ ^he Subfcribers, being appointed a Committee by the 
 
 * VV General Affembly, to examine the Matters of Fa6t 
 
 * contained in a Petition preferred to His Majefly by lundry of the 
 
 * Inhabitants of this Colony, and to report our Opinion thereon. 
 
 * And we having taken thatBufrncfs upon u?, and having duly 
 
 * examined the Fads afTcrted in faid Petition, and having carefully 
 
 * inquired into the Records of the Colony, that have any Relation 
 
 * to thofe Matters ot Fad, do report, as our Opinion, 
 ' Thit the firfl Fad afferted, " That the Currency of this Go- 
 
 " vernment is fo far from being fixed, that it hath lunk in its Va- 
 ** lue above one half within leven Years laft pafl j" whicfi Afler- 
 
 * tion, we think, is not flridly true. 
 
 ' That the fecond Fad afferted, " That this Colony hath now 
 " out-ftanding, the Sum of;^". 3^3,^33 in Bills of Public Credit ;" 
 
 * which, upon Examination, we find not to be true, there not 
 
 * being, at tf*e Date of t"he Pctitipn, Bills amounting to that Sum, 
 
 * out-ffanding. 
 
 * That
 
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 ' That as to the other Facts aflerted in this Petition, we, on the 
 ' moft exaft Examination, cannot fay but they are ftridly true.' 
 
 Nicholas Cook, 
 Newport, June 17. 1751. Stephen Hopkins, 
 
 Jeremiah Lippitt, 
 hnmanuel Northup. 
 And now this Aflembly having taken the ikid Report into Con- 
 fidcration, Do Vote and' Rejolve, and it is Voted and Re/olved, That 
 the faid Report be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
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 H E R E A S feveral of the Inhabitants of the Town of 
 Trovuknce, reprefented unto this Aflembly, That Swine, 
 going at large, have been very hurtful to many People, by dcflroy- 
 ing their Corn-Ficlds, and rooting up their Meadows and Pa- 
 ftures : That an A£t made and part, to prevent Swine from go- 
 ing at Jarge in 'Vr evidence Town Street, was found good and prchr- 
 able, fo Jar as it extended ^ and thereupon prayed, That the laid 
 Act may be extended from (aid '^Providence Town-Street, betwixt 
 the two Rivers, viz. Tatucket and Majha/eck, up to the dividing 
 Line between laid Providence and the Town of Smithjield. And 
 this Aflembly having taken the Affair into Confidcration, Do Vote 
 and Enjijy and it is Voted and Enatled, That the faid Petition be, 
 and it is hereby granted, and that for the future, the faid Adt fhall 
 take EffcCi, and be of Force, and extend between the aforefaid 
 Rivers oi^-alucket and Majhajeck^ up to the Line that divides the 
 Towns of Travidence and Smithjield. 
 
 Whereas Mr. Nathcinael CcggefbAlI, exhibited to this Aflembly, 
 an Account by him charged ag.iinfl the Colony, for cleaning Small 
 Arms, Piftols, and Cutlaflcs, belonging to the Government ; 
 which being duly examined. This JJJemhh do Vote and Rrfolve, and 
 it is Voted and Rejolvcd, That the laid Account be. and it is hereby 
 allowed, and that Ten Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid unto 
 the laid Nathanjel Coggepall out of the General Trcalury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That the Time for drawing the Lottery 
 fet up by an Aft of Aflembly, to raife a Sum ot Money to be laid 
 out in building a Bridge over ^jttuket River, be, and the lame is 
 hereby lengthen'd out unto the firft Monday oi September next 
 
 It is Voted and Re/hived, That Beriah Bro-Jjn,'E[\\\ be, and he is 
 hereby appointed to take the Care and Charge of the Horfe, and 
 all other Effefts that belonged to IVtlltam Jackfon, who was lately 
 murdered by Thomas Carter in Soath-Kingstozvn ; and that the laid 
 Beriah Brown be, and he is hereby direftcd, and fully authorized 
 
 and
 
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 and impovvcred in his own Name, to take and ufe all lawful 
 Ways and Means to obtain, recover, and receive the faid Horlb, 
 and all other Effeds in this Colony, which were the faid Jackjiin's 
 at his Deceale, to and for the Ufe ofthc faid Jtfffc/ow's lawful Re- 
 prcfentatives. 
 
 An ACT for naturalising Francis Ferrari, non> refiding at 
 Newpurt, in this Colony^ Merchant, late a Suhje5l of the 
 Republic of Genoa. 
 
 X^HEREAS the faid Vrancis Ferrari hath reprefented unto 
 this Aflcmbly, That he, both by Inclination tnd Circum- 
 ftances, is induced to fettle here, and become an Inhabitant of this 
 Colony, and confequently a Subject of our Sovereign Lord the 
 now King ; and thereupon prayed, That upon his taking the 
 Oaths by Law appointed, an Act of Naturalization may be pafTcd 
 by this AfTembly, rendering him a Subject of his faid Majcf^y, as 
 fully and amply, to all Intents and Purpofcs, as if he were born 
 fo. And whereas it appears to this AfTembly, the faid Fratuis 
 Ferrari hath given good Teltimony of his dutiful Affection, and 
 ftrong Attachment to ferve and propagate the Britijh Intctcft, as 
 well clfe-wherc as here. 
 
 On Confideration whereof, 
 
 DE I'T ENJCTEDby this Jpmhly, atjd by the Authority of 
 ^ the fame ^ It is Enafted, That the faid Francis Ferrari be, and 
 he is hereby naturalized, and forever hereafter (hall be adjudged 
 and taken, to all Intents and Purpofes, as naturalized, anH is ren- 
 dered and made equal in all Refpects, to a free-born Subject of 
 this Colony, provided he take the State Oaths, and all other 
 Oaths by Law required. 
 
 7 T is Fated and Refolveci, That the Sum of Three Hundred 
 •* Pounds be allowed and paid to the Honourable JVilliaiii Greene, 
 Efq; our prefent Governor, and Fifty Pounds to his Honour Robert 
 Bajzardy Efq; late Deputy Governor, out of the General Treafnry, 
 for their laft Year's Salary, and extraordinary Service. 
 
 // is Voted and Refobed, That Edward Scott, Efq; be, and he is 
 hereby appointed to receive the Duplicate of our Charter ofthc 
 Hon. JVillijm Ellery, Efq; late Deputy Governor of this Colony, 
 and deliver the fame to his Honour the prefent Deputy Governor, 
 giving and taking a Receipt for the fame.
 
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 li i. Voted and Refulvcdy That the Attorney General be, and he 
 is hereby directed, and fully impowered to fue for and recover all 
 the Eftatc of Thomas Carter that may be found, in order that Sa- 
 tisfaction be made therewith, for the Goods by him taken iiom 
 
 Jy'iiliam Jackfon. 
 
 Whereas upon Occafion of the Death ot his late Royal Highncfs 
 Frederick, Prince o{ Wales, &c. it was ordered by his Majefty's 
 Privy Council, That a particular Form fliould be obfcrvcd, in 
 praying fur the Royal Family ; and this Colony have received 
 Directions to caule the lame to be publiihed in the leveial Parifh 
 Churches, and other Places of Divine VVorlhip \\-itliin this Colony. 
 This jijjlmbly therefore do Vote and Rejohe^ and it is Voted and Re- 
 Jolvedy That his Honour the Governor be, and he is hereby reque- 
 fted to caufc Proclamation to be made, that laid Order be oblerved 
 throui!,hout this Colony, according to the true Intent and Meaning 
 thereof. 
 
 // is Voted and Rejolved, That Jonathan Nicholsy Stephen Hopkins, 
 and 'Teeter Eours, Efqis. be, and they are hereby conftituted a 
 Committee, to take into Confidcration the Petition of the Sugar 
 Planters, Merchants, and others, trading to, and interefted in his 
 Majefty's Sugar Colonies in Jmerica, and to colleft and gather fuch 
 Fatts as ftiall be thought proper to furnifti the Agent with, as nc- 
 ccflary in oppofing laid Petition ; and to that End, the faid Com- 
 mittee are hereby invefted with full Power to lend for Perfons 
 and Papers from any Part of the Colony : And that faid Com- 
 mittee prepare a Letter for his Honour the Goveinor to lign, to 
 be lent to the neighbouring Governments, rcqucfting their Alli- 
 ftance in the Affair. 
 
 It is Voted and Re/bhcd, That the Copy of the Petition preferred 
 to his Majefty by fundry of the Inhabitants of this Colony, rc- 
 fpetling the Paper Currency, with the Petitioners Names thereto, 
 together with the Refolutions of the Houfe of Commons thereon, 
 and alio the Bill prepared in Confequence thereof, and prefented 
 to Parliament, be forthwith put into print at the Colony's Charge, 
 and that Two Hundred Copies thereof be ftruck off ^ and that each 
 of the Members of the General AflAmbly, each of the Town's 
 Committee for letting out the Rank Money (being not a Member 
 ofthe AlTcmbly) and each Town Clerk in this Colony, be furnilhed 
 with a Copy ; and that the Secretary procure the (amc to be done. 
 
 Teter Bours, George Wanton^ and Thomas Cran/ion, Efqrs. being 
 appointed a Committee by the General AfTcmbly, made the 
 following Report :
 
 1 273 
 
 <■ To the Honourahk Gemral JJpribly. 
 
 * \S[^ ^^^ Subfcribers, being appointed a Committee to burn 
 
 * '' the Bills of public Credit of this Colony, irifing from a 
 ' Number of BilL of Exchange drawn on Mr. Richard TjtriJgt', 
 
 * Agent for the Colony, as by a Report made 10 the General 
 ' AfTcmbly, dated the i(5th Day oi March laft ; andalfo to receive 
 
 * of Jojef^h H'antiin, Elq; and Capl. Walter Chaknery the Contents 
 ' of the Bills of Exchange drawn on them by laid Mr. Richard 
 
 * Cartridge, in Bills cf the OlJ-Tcnor of this Government, and 
 
 * to burn the fame, Report, That we have received of the laid 
 
 * Jo/efh fVatitvfj, Efq- Twenty-four Hundred Pounds Old-Tenor, 
 
 * being the Amount of the Bill drawn on him • and of the faid 
 ' H''alter Chaloncry Nine Hundred and Seventy-two Pounds Old- 
 ' Tenor, being the Amount of Eiphcy-onc Pounds Sterling ; which 
 ' Sums reduced into Bills of Crcdir of this Colony, together with 
 ' Twenty Thoufand Nine Hundred and Eight Pounds and Two 
 ' Shillings Old-Tenor, being the Amount of the Bills of Exchange, 
 ' as appears by the aforelaid Report of March the i6tli, wc have 
 
 burnt, as by Order of AlTembly : And arc, Gentlemen, 
 
 Tour moji humble Scrviwts, 
 
 Peter Bours, 
 J^eivport, June 18. 1751. George JVcnion^ 
 
 Tbomoj Cranjlon, 
 
 To which Report^ they fuljoined the following Account. 
 
 The Colony to the Commit tee. Dr.— 
 
 TO our CommifTions for negotiating the Bills on 
 Meffrs fVanton and Chakmr^ amounting to 
 Three Thouland Three Hundred and Seventy-two 
 Pounds, at One and a Quarter ptr Cevt. - ?C- 4^ 3 o 
 
 To Cafh paid for drawing Twenty-one Setts of 
 blank Bills of Exchange, for the Governor to fign, 400 
 
 Peter Bours, 
 George Wanten, 
 Thomas Craniion. 
 
 And this Aflerably having taken the faid Report and Account 
 into Confideration, and duly examined the fame, Do Vote-and Re- 
 Johe, and it is Voted and Rejohed, That the faid Report be, and it 
 is hereby accepted, and the faid Account allowed, and that Forty- 
 fix Pounds Three Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid uijEo the 
 faid ^eter Bours^ George iVantciiy and Thomas Cranjfoti, out of the 
 General Treafury, 
 
 Whereas
 
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 W'hcxezs Jcnjdau Ea/iof7, oiMJJktcwt), in the County of i\^<rzf- 
 fot-f, rcprclented unto this AlTembly, That upon the Report oi 
 MclTrs. Robert Lawton, Jof:athan ^eck, and Matthew Jlkn, to ihe 
 General Aflcmbly, concerning a Way from Eaflon'% Beach Eaftcrly, 
 jn the Town of MhUktuivn aforefaid, the Town Council for the 
 Town o( Adicfcl/etowfjy were ordered and impowcrcd to lay out a 
 Drilt-way of a convenient Breadth acrofs the Land of him the laid 
 'Johitbjti Eu/lotJ in Part, according to the Direction of laid Report. 
 In Confcqucnce whereof, the laid Council did proceed and lay out 
 laid Way, but not according to the laid Diicdions of the General 
 Aflembly, in the Place where the old Way ufcd to be, but in an- 
 other Place ; and by altering the ancient Way, the laid Road 
 where it palteth thro' the laid Jonathan Ea/Jcti's Land, is Twenty- 
 eight Rods in Breadth, ahho' that Part where it lb pafllth through 
 his Land, is but Twenty-five Rods in Length ; To tnat the Order of 
 thcGcneral AlTembly isdilobeyed, and the laid ^o»j//?j;; greatly hurt, 
 and the Public no way bcnehted thereby : Whereupon he prayed 
 Eelief, 6"V And this Aflembly having taken the Picmiles into 
 Confideration, Do Vote and Rcjohc, and tt is lasted ami Reiolved, That 
 'James Jrnold, Job Randal, and Chriflopher Harris, Efqrs. be, and 
 they arc hereby appointed a Commitree, to go and examine into 
 the Circumftances of the Dritt-way in laid Petition mentioned. 
 And that the laid Committee, or the major Part of them, be, and 
 they aic hereby directed, and fully impowercd to determine how, and 
 in what Manner, and-of what Width the faid Drilt-wav fhail rua 
 thro' the Lands of the h\6 Jonathan Ea/lon, at his the laid Eapon's 
 Chaige, and that tneir Report in the Matter be final. 
 
 And the faid Ccmmitfee having entered upon, and performed 
 the Pnfiners, made the following Report : 
 
 * \ \ XHereas We the Sublcribers, being appointed a Committee 
 
 < * ''^ by the General Aflembly, to fettle and Ifatc Part of the 
 
 < Drift- way thro' MtddktOuun from Beach to Beach, thro' Jonathan 
 ' £(///'i;;'s Land, do report as follnwcth : To begin at the Northe/i 
 « and Eaflcrmoft Gate that ftands where the old Bars was, upon 
 
 * the dividing Line between Edward Esjlen's and Jonathan Eafion's 
 
 * Land, and to begin one Rod Northward of laid Gate, and to run 
 
 * S. 80 E. aj R. near to a Rock, and to be four Rods wide, lying 
 
 * South of iaid Line, as it appears by Plan abovcfaid, which wc 
 
 * think to be a lufficient Dn It-way. 
 
 Jamts Arnold^ 
 June\g. 1751. Job Randnl, 
 
 Chnnopher Harris. 
 And now this AfTembly having taken the laid Report into 
 Confideration, and duly examined the lame. Do Vote ami Rejolve^ 
 and it is Voted and Rejolved, Tiiat the laid Report be, and it is 
 hereby accepted. 
 
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 If is Voted and Re/ohed, That the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds 
 be allowed and paid to Capt. Jofefh Harrtfvti, and Mr. Matthcvi 
 Rohinfon^ our of the General Trealury, towards fatisfying them for 
 their Time, Trouble, and Expcnces, as CommifGoners in the Ser- 
 vice of the Colony, icipeftine; the Northern Boundary Line. 
 
 Whereas 5j/««e/ Avgcl exhibited to this AfTembly, an Account 
 by him charged againfl the Colony, for Work done, Boards, 
 Clapboards, Shingles, Locks and Nails by him found and provided 
 for the Ul'e of the Public, in repairing his Majcfty's Goal, &c. in 
 the Town of 'Provukuce : And the laid Account b'^ing duly ex- 
 amined. This JJpmhly do Vote and Rfjohe^ and it is Voted and Re- 
 Jbivcdy That the lame be, and it is hereby allowed, and Nineteen 
 Pounds Fourteen Stiillings, the Amount thereof, be paid unto the 
 laid Samuel Angel out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refoked^ That the Sum of Nine Pounds Fifteen 
 Shillings, be allowed and paid out of the General Treafury, unto 
 Rowlind Robinfon, Efq; lare Sheriffof the County of ^/«gj County, 
 for Monies by him advanced for repairing the Windows of the " 
 Court-Houfe of that County. 
 
 It is Voted and Re/ohed, That the Sum of Thirty Pounds be al- 
 lowed and paid out of the General Trcafury, to Daniel Dunham 
 and Jofeph Bennet, for taking Care of the Colony Hodfe in New- 
 port, for Iv^eeping and keeping it in Order the Year paft. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That Stephen Hopkins, Efq; Capt. Jojeph 
 Jiarrijon^ and Mr. Matthew Rubin/on, be, and they are hereby ap- 
 pointed a Committee, to examine into all the Circumffances, and 
 Matters of Fact, relating to the Northern Boundary Line of this 
 Colony, with full Power to procure all fucii Evidences, Records, 
 and Papers, as may be thereunto necelTary, and to correfpond and 
 join with the Colony of Connedicut, or a Committee by them ap- 
 pointed, if it be found moft expedient in the Profecution of that 
 Affair ; and upon the whole, to prepare as compleata State of the 
 Cafe as they arc able, and to lay the fame before this Affembly at 
 their next Sefilon, or as foon as the fame can conveniently be doncw 
 
 Whereas MelTrs. El'/ha Brown, Samuel Chacc, and Jofeph Nichols, 
 exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an Account by them charged againfl 
 the Colony, for their Time, Trouble, and Expence, in fettling 
 with the Diredtors of the Lottery for building Waybojpt Bridge • 
 which being duly examined, This yljpmbly do Vote und Re/olve, and 
 it is Voted and Rc/oloedy That the fajd Account be, and it is hereby 
 
 H allowed,
 
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 allowed, and that Twenty-five Pounds, the Amount thereof, be 
 paid them out if the Inter ej) Money a^pro^f/ated ta keep Wayboflct 
 Bridgf vj Repair. 
 
 It is Voted and Rejohed by this JJfembJy^ That all Bufinefi lying 
 bclbre them unfinifhcd, be, and it is hereby referred unto the next 
 Scflion : That the Secretary proclaim in iSewport by Beat of Drum, 
 the Ads and Orders now made and paft, within ten Days after the 
 Rifing of this Aflembly ; and within forty, fend Copies of them 
 to each Town in the Colony, according to Law. And this Aflem- 
 bly is adjourned to the third Monday of Juguft ntx^. 
 
 GOD Save the King. 
 
 Nnvfcrfi June a8. 1751* 
 
 'PtAUpHd according to Order^ hy 
 
 Thomas Ward, Sccry. 
 
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 ^/- /Z7<f G t: N E R A L A s s E M B L Y qf the 
 
 GOyERNOR ^nd CO MP ANT of the Enolilh 
 Colony of Rhude-lfland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America ; %«« ^"(^ ^^^^ h 
 Adjourntmnt at Newport in [aid Colony, on the third 
 Monday of Aiiguil:, O^e Thoufand Seven Hundred 
 and Fifty-one : And m the'Twenty-fifch Tear of the Reign 
 of Bs Mofl Sacred MajeUy, GEORGE the Second, by 
 the Qrace of GOD, 0/ Great-Britain, France, and 
 Ireland, King^ Defender of the Faitb, &c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. JOSEPH IVHW^LE, Efq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 John Tillinghast, E(q-,N Robert Lawton, Efqj 
 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efq-, / James Arnold, Efq; 
 
 Nicholas Cook, Efqv \A{J:ft. W illi am Richmond, Efq-,^4!^' 
 Jabez Bqwen, Efq; ( Jeoffry "Watson, Efq; 
 
 Stephen Brownel^, Efq; j 
 
 Mr. John Grelea, jun. Deputy Secretary. 
 
 D E P UT I E S of the leveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Hon. Thomas Crakston, Efq; Speaker. 
 
 NEWPORT^ 
 
 Mr. Nathatiael Coggcjhall^ 
 Edward Scot i, Elq, 
 The Speaker, 
 <?cter Bours, Efq; 
 Mr. Jonathan Eafort, 
 Capt. Job Bennet. 
 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen Hopkins, Elq; 
 Mr. Eltjha Brown, 
 
 Mr. 'JofephH''anton. 
 
 Lieu. Col. Chrijlop. Harris^ 
 
 Portfmouth ; 
 IVilliam Anthony, jun. Efq; 
 John Jllen, Elq; 
 Mr. Thomas BrowngI, 
 Mr. Gideon Freeborn, j\in. 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Capt. jfohii Grentie, 
 Maj. Stephen Low. 
 
 Wefterly )
 
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 Wcftcrly ; 
 Capt. Caleb Church. 
 
 Ncwfhoreham ; 
 Mr. Abel Franklin, jun. 
 North-KingQown \ 
 Col. Immaaiiel Nurthufy 
 Ben ah Broivny Elq; 
 
 South-Kingftown ; 
 Jeremiah Nilej, Efq; 
 Mr .Benjamin ^Peckham,jnn, 
 
 Eaft-Grecnwich j 
 Jojefh Nichulj, Efq; 
 Thomas Spenjer, Efqj 
 Jameftown : 
 Mr. John Hull, 
 Jo/eph Clark, Efq; 
 Smithfield j 
 (fhemaj Jrncld, Elq; 
 John Jldrich, Efqj 
 Scituate ; 
 Job Randal El'q^ 
 
 Gloceflcr ; 
 Col. Richard Smith, 
 Timothy Wilmot, Efq; 
 Charleftown ^ 
 Col. Chriflcpher Champlin, 
 Capr. l^athanael Lewis. 
 Wcft-Grcenwich ; 
 Jeremiah Ellis, Elqj 
 
 Mr. George Gardner. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 George Hall, Efq^ 
 Mr. John Greene. 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. John Reynolds, 
 Beiwni Hall, Efq; 
 
 Middletown ; 
 Mr. John Rogers, 
 Mr. Tcter Barker. 
 Bfiftol ; 
 Jonathan ^eck, Efq; 
 yo/epb Rtijptl, Efq, 
 Tiverton ; 
 Capr. John Mavchepcr. 
 Samuel Dur fey, Elq; 
 
 Little-Compton ; 
 Licur. Col. John Hunt 
 Mr. Charles Browne I. 
 
 Warren ; 
 Capt. John Jdams, 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 
 Cumberland } 
 Job Bartlet, Efq; 
 John Dexter, Efq; 
 Richmond ; 
 Samuel Tift, Efq; 
 Capt. Jojeph Enos, jun. 
 
 Mr. Jojias Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfc. 
 
 yX/' H E R E A S Daniel Coggepall, Stephen Hopkins, and Jc^ 
 '' Randal, Efqrs. were by this AITcmbly, at their laft Seffion, 
 appointed a Committee, to form the Draught of a Letter to be 
 fcnt to the Agent, which yet remains undone ; and whereas Mr. 
 Coggejhjll is fick_ and unable to attend on the Affair : This JjJ'cmhly 
 tberefsre do Vote and Rtivlve, and it is fotrd u/jd Refolved, That the 
 faid Stephen Hopkins and Job Randal he ftill continued for the Pur- 
 pofe aforelaid, wich the Addition of Jonathan Nichols, Efq; and 
 that they proceed and perform the Eufinefs as foon as may be : 
 And that the Secretary, or vvliocvcr has the Letters, or other Pa- 
 pas necclfary to be examined, in order to the writing faid Letter/ 
 deliver the famcto faid Committee. / 
 
 Whercsu;
 
 Zu 1 
 
 Whereas Jokn H''aUm^ jun. exhibited to this Aflembly, an Ac- 
 count by him charged againft the Colony, for procuring a Book 
 of Records, and a Silver Seal for the County of Kent; which being 
 duly examined, This JJpmhly do Vote and Refohe^ and it is Voted 
 and Rtjclvedj That the laid Acconnt be, and it is hereby allowed, 
 and that Twenty-lour Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid rhe 
 laid John fVa/ton, jnn. out ol the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Daniel Coggejhall, hnmanuel Notthup, and fVilliani 
 Jnthonyy jun. Efqrs. were by this AlTembly, at their laft ScfTion, ap- 
 pointed a Committee, to inquire into the State and Circumftances 
 of the fevcral Ferries in this Colony, to examine the Laws relating 
 thereto, and to make Report to this Aflembly at their prefenc 
 Seflion, what is neceflaiy to He done, in order to put laid Ferrit's 
 under a good Regulation ; And the laid Bufinefs being not yet 
 performed, This JJfcinbly do Vote and Rcjulve, ami it is Voted and 
 Hejohed^ That the aforc-named Gentlemen be, and they arc here- 
 by continued a Committee for the Purpofe aforclaid ; and tha,t 
 they, or the major of them, do make Report to this Aflembly at 
 their next Selfion. 
 
 The Gentlemen who were appointed a Committee to receive of 
 Capt. Walter Chahner^ late Captain of Fort George, all the Stores 
 belonging to faid Fort, and deliver the fame to Capt. Samuel 
 Freebody, the prefent Captain of faid Fort, giving and taking Re- 
 ceipts lor the lame, made the following Report : 
 
 CS W/E the Suhfcribers, being appointed by the General Aflem- 
 ' ' bly, a Cocnmittee, to take an Account of the Colony's 
 Stores at Fort George^ and deliver tlicm to Capt. Samuel Freebody, 
 Report; Conlormable to faid Appointment, we have, in the Pre- 
 lence of Capt. fValter Cbaloner, made the following Lift of Stores at 
 Fort George, and delivered them to Capt. Samuel Fre<.body, as ap- 
 pears by his Receif. 
 
 hi the Loiver Battery, viz. 
 25 Cannon and 25 Carriages. 5 Worms and 2 Ladles,l7 Spung 
 Staffi, :^3 Handlpiivcs, 874 Cannon Shot. 
 
 On the T^latfornk, viz. 
 IS Cannon and 12 Carriages, 14 Handfpikes, 5 Worms and 
 % Ladles, 13 Spung Staffs, i Speaking Trumpet, i Flag, 5 fpare 
 Wheels, a Pick-axes, i Grind-ftone, i Iron Crow, i Wheel- 
 barrow, 91S Cannon Shot, 8 Iron Pots. 
 
 In
 
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 In the Magazine^ viz, 
 3 thirty Gallon Casks of Powder, 6 half Barrels Ditto. 
 
 It! the Chamh'r, viz. 
 3 Ladles, 3 Worms, 14 Pair of Piftols, 17 Small Arms, a8 
 Linch Stocks, i old Drum, 9 Cartridge Boxes, ^ Powder Horns, 
 17 Cartouch Boxes, 4 half Barrels of Granado Shells, i fmall 
 Cask of Piftol Cartridges, j Formers, a Quantity ot empty Car- 
 tridges, 4 CutlafTcs, a Imall Parcel of ^tjlol Ball. 
 
 In the State Room^ viz- 
 13 Chairs, and i Table. 
 
 CutflJe of the Fort, viz. 
 One Triangle Gin. One rowing Boat at the Wharff. 
 
 Jokn lillinghajl 
 Dated Newport, July 16. A. D. I75F. Ihomas Crmjton^ 
 
 James Sitffidd:' 
 
 <(T Hereby acknowledge, that I have in the Prefenceof the above 
 "* Committee, received into my Care, all the Scores, agreeable 
 to the aforegoing Lilt. VVitnels my Hand at Fort George, yuly 
 16. J. D. 1751. Satntiel Freebody". 
 
 To which Report, the Committee fubjoined the following Ac- 
 count. 
 
 " Colonf^ - - - Dr 
 
 'O our Time and Trouble in taking the foregoing Lift, 
 
 ^. p o o 
 
 John Tillingbajly 
 Ihomas Cranftoity 
 James SbeffieldJ* 
 
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 And now this Afllmbly having taken the Premifes into Confi- 
 deration, DoVote andKcjolve, and it isVoted and Refohed, That the 
 faid Report be, and it is hc^cby accepred ; and alio, that the Ac- 
 count by the Committee charged againft the Colony, be allowed, 
 and the Sum of Nine Pounds, the Amount thereof, paid them 
 ous of the General Treafury. 
 
 The Gentlemen who were appointed a Committee to audit the 
 Account of his Honour the Deputy Governor, with the Colony, 
 when Naval Officer, prelcnted the AfTcmbly with the following 
 Account ; to which they fubjoined their Report, &c. 
 
 175^' Dr.
 
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 1751. Dr. Ihe Colony of Rhode-Ifland to Jofeph 
 
 Whipple, £^i Navai-Ojfficer, 
 Jttguji 1 3. 'T'O Ca(h paid Clothier 'Pierce, as per 
 
 *- Receit, - - j^. 50 o o 
 
 To Ditto paid Jofeph Scott, ai c o 
 
 To Ditto paid Ifrael Abrahams, 40 c o 
 To Ditto paid the Committee's Draught in 
 
 Favour of Abel Franklin, aoo o o 
 
 To Ditto paid James Card, 440 
 
 To Ditto paid Uriah Bunker, 140 o o 
 
 To Ditto paid Ditto, 60 o o 
 
 To Ditto paid John Tweedy, 14 o o 
 
 To D/tto paid Ifrael Abrahams, 70 4 o 
 
 To Ditto paid James Gardner, 80 c o 
 
 To Ditto paid Jofeph Sand ford, 214 o 
 
 To Ditto paid Ifrael Abrahams, 105 o o 
 
 To Ditto paid Ditto, 80 o o 
 
 To Ditto paid Benjamin Thurfton, a.^ y 6 
 
 To Ditto paid Jofeph Ircfon, la o o 
 
 To Ditto paid Edward Hammett, 6^ o o 
 
 To D/;/o paid Francis Skinner for Books, 15 o o 
 
 To Ditto paid Ifaac Hart, 120 o o 
 
 To Djtto paid for carting Oil, 400 
 
 To D/tto paid for carrying Oil over the Ferry, 2, 4 o 
 
 To Commi (lions on 1446/ 6s.itsptrCent. 72 ^ 3 
 
 Ballance due to the Colony, 250 6 3 
 
 ;C- i44<f <5 o 
 
 for Charges- on the Ligh'.-Hou\e, Cr.-« 
 I7jl. ^^r/g///? 13 KY 17,204 Tons of foreign 
 
 *^ Vcflcls, at 1/6 /-t;/- Ton, ;^. 12^0 6 o 
 By 312 Coafting VcflTels, ;>t 
 
 Ten Shillings each, \^6 o o 
 
 £. 1446 6 
 
 WE the Subfcrihers, being appointed a Committee by the 
 General Affcnibly, to audit the Account of the Naval 
 Officer, do Rcporr, Th<it we have audited faid Account, and find 
 there is due to the Colony, Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds Six 
 Shillings and Three Pence, aa appears by the above Account ftatcd< 
 
 John Tillinghafi^ 
 Newport, Aiigiid 13. A. D. 1751. 7homas Cranftortt 
 
 James^ Sheffield:* 
 K •• Colony t
 
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 « Cohw^i " • - Dr, 
 
 'T"0 our Time and Trouble in auditing the above Account, 
 A ;C- P o o 
 
 John Ttllingbaji^ 
 Tbomas Cranftont 
 Jamts ihe£itld," 
 
 And now this Affcmbly having taken the Prcmifcs into Confi- 
 deration, DoVote andReJolve, atiditisfotcdatidRefuhed^ That the 
 faid Report be, and it is hereby accepted ; that the Account of 
 Nine Pounds, charged againft the Colony by the Committee, be 
 allowed, and paid them out of the afore-ftated Ballance of Two 
 Hundred and Fifty Pounds Six Shillings and Three Pence. Jnd 
 it is al/b Voted and Rejulved, That the Naval-Officer procure the 
 Light-Houfe to be painted, and charge the Coft of doing it to the 
 Income thereof. 
 
 Whereas Capt. John Eldred exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an Ac- 
 count by him charged againft the Colony, for his Attendance, as 
 one of the Committee who examined into the Conduct of Capr. 
 ynmff Holmes, in Jugufty 1748 ; And this Aflcmbly having 
 taken the laid Account into Confideration, and duly examined it. 
 Do Vote and Rejohe, and it ii Voted and Rejbhed, That the faid 
 Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Five Pounds, the 
 Amount thereof, be paid unto the faid John Eldred out of the Ge- 
 neral Treafury. 
 
 Jti ACT for ereQitig atid efJahliJljiug the Office of a 'tJotary-^ublick 
 in the Town oj Providence. 
 
 WHEREAS of late Years there hath been a great Increafc of 
 Trade, both Naval and Inland, and a large Acccffion of 
 Inhabitants from the neighbouring Governments, and other Parts 
 in the County of ^Voy/Vt;;rt', and particularly in the Town of that 
 Name : By Means whereof, many forts of Bufinefs, performable 
 only by a Notary Publick, have, and do often happen and arifc in 
 the faid County and Town. And whereas, there is but one Officer 
 of that fort in this Colony, who hatli always hitherto rcfidcd in 
 hewprty which being at a confiderabie Diftance, and the croffing 
 two Ferries being neccffary to get thither, hatli al.^ady many 
 times, and hereafter may put the trading Part of the faid County 
 and Town of ■Prov/deme, and others, to great and nccdlcfs Ex- 
 pences, in tranfadling and managing their Bufinefi. 
 
 For
 
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 For Rcn-vcdy whereof for the Future, 
 DE IT EN ACTED by this General Apmhly, an J by the Mr 
 *-^ thority of the Jhm;, it is Enatled. That from time to time, 
 and at all times forever hereafter, at ttic General AfTni^bly's an- 
 nual Elcdicn of publick Officers at Newport^ in the Month of M?^, 
 ihcy Ihall appoint and choofe a Notary Publick for the County oi 
 ^Providence, who Dhall always live or refidt in the Town of ^rovi- 
 ckuce, and being duly fworn, have lull Power and Authority to 
 adt, tranfad, do, and finifh, all and whatfoevcr Matters, Caufcs. 
 or Tning,s relating to drawing Protefts, or protcfting Bills, &c. as 
 are by Law required ; for which, the laid Officer ih to be madk 
 and appointed as aforefaid, fhall have and take all and every fuch 
 Fee and Fees as are now, or ihall be hereafter eftablifticd in this 
 Colony for a Notary Publick : Any Law, Cuftom, or Ufage, to 
 the contrary hereof, in any\Viic. notwithltanding. • 
 
 IT is Voted ar.d Rifolved. Thzt Edzvard Scott, 'Tete/ Bcurs^ and 
 "' Edward Ejflmj, Elqrs. together with the Secrctaiy, be, ^nd they, 
 or The major Part of them, arr hereby conftituted a Committee, to 
 collect all the publick A£ts and Laws of this Colony that h:ivc 
 been made fince. the Termination of the printed Book> and piit 
 them into print, and make a Book thereof, with a proper Table ; 
 and that Five Hundred lUcn Books, and no more, on any Pre- 
 tence whatfoever, be printed, the whole to be at the Charge of 
 the Colony, and when done, to be lodged in the Hands of the 
 General Treafurer : Jnd it is farthar Voted ctnd ReJoJved^ That the 
 laid Committee take Security of the Printer, that he will r>or print 
 or I'utfcr to be printed in his Preis, any greater than the above* 
 mentioned Numbrr : and that one of laid Books be delivered to 
 each Town Clerk in the Colony, to and for the Ufe of each re« 
 ipetlive Town. 
 
 Jti JCT invreajjjjg the Jlkxvatice granted infohent Debtors in His 
 Miijefy's Goal, ami that of par ^Prijoners at ihe King's Suit. 
 
 V\7HEREAS the Allowance made by a late Aft of Affembly, 
 for infolvent Debtors conhncd in Goal, is lb fm a 11, and 
 Provifions (b dear, fhat the Gral-Kceper mufl be a coniiderahle 
 Loler, whilf^ he gives tticm a Sufficiency. This yijfemhly therejore 
 do Vote ard Efiati. and ft is hereby Voted and Evaded^ That for the 
 future. Thirty Sfiilh'ngs />£>;• Week fhall be allowed for the Main- 
 tenance of every inlolvent Debtor that js now, or fhall be hcrc- 
 altcr confined to any one of His Majefty's Gpals in this Colony j 
 
 and
 
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 and that Twenty Shillings fer Week be allowed for the Support 
 of every poor Prifoner that is now, or fliali hereafter bt confined 
 to any of laid Goals at His Majefty's Suit. 
 
 Jn AC T for Naturalizing Peter Simon 0/ Newport, in tfoe County 
 0/" Newport, Merchant^ late a SubjetJ of the French Kwg, 
 
 \J^ H E R E A S the faid <Peter Simon reprefentcd unto this 
 ^ Affembly, That for levcral Years he hath been, and ftill 
 continues to be a fettled Inhabitant of this Colony, and hath in 
 all Rcfpefts joined his Intereft with the Britijh Subjcds, efpecially 
 by marrying one ^ but as he was born out of the Allegiance of 
 His Majefty the King o< Great-Britain^ he apprehends fome In- 
 convcniencies attending that Situation, may be fairly removed, 
 by this Aficmbly^j palling an Ad of Naturalization, thereby ad- 
 mitting him a Subjcd of His faid Majefty the King ol Great" 
 BritaitJ, &.c. 
 
 On Confidcration whereof, 
 D£ IT ENJCrED by this jpmbly, and by the Juthority 
 ^ of the fame^ It ts Enaded, That the laid Teter Simon be, and 
 he is hereby nataralizcd, and forever hereafter fhall be adjudged 
 and taken, to all Intents andPurpofcs, as naturalized, and is ren- 
 dered and made equal in every Rcfpcd, to a freeborn Subjeft of 
 this Colony, provided he take the State Oaths* and all othci Oatha 
 by Law required. 
 
 // /J Fvted and Refohed, That the Speaker of the Lower Houfc, 
 Mr. l^athanael Coggefhally Stethen Hopktnj, Elq; and Mr- Nicholas 
 Brown of Providence, be. and they are hereby appointed a Com- 
 mittee, to try as many Experiments as they (hall think fit, to 
 difcover the mean Diameter of any Cask, in order to give the true 
 Gage thereof, and make Report to this Affembly ac their next 
 Seflion : And that in the mean Time, the Method for finding the 
 mean Diameter, (hall be by adding fix Tenths and one half of the 
 Difference between the Diameter at the Head and Bung, to the 
 Diameter at the Head. 
 
 Whereas Henry Sahiu exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an Account 
 of Eight PoufKls by him charged againft the Colony, for his Time, 
 Trouble, and Charges, in waiting one Day and an half at bofloH 
 for a Packet belonging to the Government, and bringing the fame 
 up to Newport ; which being duly examined and confidered, This 
 Jffkmbly do Vote and Rejobe, and it is Voted and Re/ohed, That Five 
 Pounds of laid Account be allowed and paid the faid Henry Sabin 
 out ol the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas
 
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 Whereas Jo/eph lerjon exhibited to this Affembly, an Account 
 by him charged againft the Colony, for his Horle-hire, Time, and 
 Expences, in going to call Jeofry Watfon^ Efq; at the Rcqueft of 
 his Honour the Deputy Governor ; which being duly examined 
 and confidered, T/j/j- Jjpmhly do Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted 
 Old KffolueJ, That the laid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, 
 and that Six Pounds Five Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid 
 unto the aforefaid Jojeph lerjon out of the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Refolved, That the Time for drawing the Lottery 
 fet up (in Confequence of an Ad of the General AlFembly) for 
 railing a Sum of Money to build a Bridge over Tatucket River, be 
 Icngthcn'd to the liift Monday in December next. 
 
 Whereas Jmi and James Franklin exhibited to this AfTembly, 
 an Account by them charged againft the Colony, for printing the 
 Acts and Orders of the General AfTembly, made and paft in May 
 and 7«"<? I'iftj for furnilhing Paper for that Ule, and for printing 
 Two Hundred Copies of a Petition lent Home, and for printing 
 One Hundred and Twenty Proclamations iflued by Order of the 
 General Aflembly, on Occafion of the Death of His Royal High- 
 nefs Frederick Prince oi Wales ^ &.c. Which being duly examined. 
 This Affembly do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and Refohed, That 
 the laid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Eighty- 
 three Pounds Two Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid to the 
 faid Ann and James Franklin out ol the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas there was exhibited to this Aflembly, an Account 
 charged by Jojcph Hull, jun. againfl Beriah Brown, Efq; Sheriff 
 of the County of Kings County, for a Plate of Iron for the Goal in 
 laid County, for Irons to har»g Thomas Carter lately executed at 
 South-Kingftown, in, &c. Which being duly examined and confi- 
 dered, This Jffembly do Vote and Rejolve, and it is Voted and Re~ 
 johed. That the faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and 
 that Sixty-two Pounds Seven Shillings, the Amount thereof, be 
 paid unto the laid Jofeph Hull, jun. out of the General Treafury, 
 
 Whereas James Jrnold, George Brown, Obediah Brown, and 5^- 
 muel Chace, Efqrs. lour of the Grand Committee, living three in 
 the Town of 'Providence, and the other in PVarwick, reprefentcd 
 unto this AfTembly, That their coming to Newport in order to fign 
 the Bank of Bills of Credit now to be emitted, will be attended 
 with great Charge and Ill-convenience, and thereupon prayed 
 they may have the Liberty to take and carry to Providence the 
 two Northern Counties Proportion of faid Bank, and there fign 
 the fame. 
 
 L Which
 
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 Which beiag duly confidered, 
 ^his JJptnhly do Vote and Refolve^ and it is looted and Refohsd^ 
 That the faid Petition be, and it is hereby granted, and that the 
 Gentlemen of the Grand Committee above-named, have the Li- 
 berty to take and carry to ^Providence^ the two Northern Counties 
 Proportion of the faidBank. for rfie End andPurpofe aforefaid. 
 
 The Gentlemen that were appointed a Committee to audit the 
 Accounts of the Directors of a Lottery fet up for building a Bridge 
 over Tautiixit River, near the Falls, prelented this AlTembly with 
 the lollowing Report and Accounts. 
 
 t;fTTE the Subfcribcrs, being appointed by the General Aflem- 
 '• bly to audit the Accounts of the Dircdors of the l^atuxt* 
 Lottery, do Report as followeth. That we have carefully exam- 
 ined the fame, relating the Charges of building the Bridge, and 
 find them right caft, and well vouched, and are of Opinion they 
 ought to be allowed : But as to the Prize Tickets they paid off, 
 they flicw'd none to us (tho'ask'd therefor^ and faid. They did not 
 look upon us to have any thing to do therewith, according to the 
 Vote of the General AITcmbly. 
 
 Robert Gibbs^ 
 PrrJidtnees Junt 5, 1751. Jofepb Sheldon J 
 
 Jcfcph Wanton:* 
 
 1751. June 5. Coiony 0/" Rhode-Ifland, Dr. to Mejfis. Robert 
 Gibbs, Jofeph Sheldon, and Joleph Wanton. 
 
 FO R our Time, and Trouble, and Charges, in going to "7'j»- 
 iaxit to view the Timber and Work, with the Accounts of 
 the Bridge. £. 6 % q 
 
 1750 ^^' The Colony of Khodie-\([zn<ly /o James Arnold, John 
 Dexter, Elilha Brown« Jeremiah Lippir, and 
 Jamts Rhoads. 
 
 Dec. 3.TnO John Dexter's Bill, £. 537 11 8 
 
 JL To James j4rnold's Ditto, ^^% go 
 
 To EliJJja Bx/um's Ditto, a6a 14 6 
 
 To Jeremiah Lipfit's Ditto, 5>4 o o 
 
 To James Rboadi's Ditto^ 338 ij o 
 To 3 fer Cent, on £. 24,000 raifed by Way 
 of Lottery for building a Bridge zfTatuxtt 
 
 Falls, being for building faid Bridge, 7 ao 60 
 
 i^. 2291 lo a 
 Cr. By Ballancc due in Favour of the Colony, 108 9 to 
 
 £. 2400 o o 
 9br
 
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 The Coluny /Rhode-Ifland, /o James Arnold, John Dexter, Eliflia 
 
 Blown, Jeremiah Lippir, and James Rhoads, Cr.— 
 
 1750' "RY Ten per Cent, drawn on £. 24,000 raifed by Way of 
 
 Dec. i--"-' a publick Lottery, to build a Bridge at fP<jf«;:/f Falls, 
 
 agreablc to a Vote of the General AlTcmbly, ^.24000 o o 
 
 'Providence, Dec. 4. 1750. Errors excepted by 
 
 James Arnold^ •\ 
 
 John Dextery / 
 
 Eli(ha Brown, > DircftorSi 
 
 Jeremiah LipfitK 
 
 Jama RhoadSy J 
 
 1 75 1. Colcny (Tjl^Rhode-Ifland, Dr. to James Arnold, Efq-y 
 June 5. O O R Ca(h paid for 1 Sticks of Timber 
 
 •'- omitted in his Account, at 61. which is j^. 12 o O 
 Therefore the Ballancc due to the Colony, is ^6 p 10 
 
 And now this Aflcmbly having taken the Prcmifcs into Confi- 
 dcration, Do I'^ote and Re/ohey and it JsVottd and Refolvedy That the 
 aforegoing Report of the Committee be accepted and allowed. 
 Jnd it is farthr Foted and Refohed, That the Account of the Dl- 
 reftors be alfo acceptt-d, the Ballancc thereof due to the Colonyj, 
 being Ninety-fix Pounds Nine Shillings and Ten Pence ; that ouC 
 of the lame, there be paid Six Pounds Eight Shillings to the Com- 
 mittee, for their Time and Trouble in auditing the Accounts ; 
 that the Remainder of the Ballance be appropriated to the Repair- 
 ing the aforefaid Bridge j and that James JrnoUy'Ki'q-, and Mr, 
 James Kkoads, be appointed to do the fame, and receive the Mo- 
 ney lor that Ufc, giving a Receit therefor, and to make Report 
 to the General Affembly. 
 
 The Committee that was appointed by this AlTembly at their 
 laft SefTion, to inquire into the Relation, Station, and Circum- 
 llanccs of i'undry Pcrlbns who (calling themlelves Inhabitants of 
 this Colony) lately petitioned His Majefty refpeding our Paper 
 Currency, made the following Report : 
 
 " To the General JJfemhly now fitting in Newport, the xid of 
 
 Auguft, A. D. 1751. 
 ■p)Y Virtue of the Vote of the General Aflcmbly in June laft, 
 ■^ appointing us to inquire into the Relation, Station, andCir* 
 cumftanccs, which certain Perfons, lately Petitioners to His Ma- 
 jcRy, ftand in, to His Majefty and this Colony, as by faid Vote 
 may appear, we have inquired into the lame, in the beft Manner 
 we arc capable, for the Time, and do Report, That we find, up- 
 on the beft Information we can obtain, that all but twelve of the 
 faid Petitioners are Freemen of this Colony, or of fome Town or 
 
 other
 
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 other in this Colony ^ and as to their Relation, Station, or Cir- 
 cumftances, we find that two of them arc Officers, to wit, Ebenezer 
 Richardjbn is a Jufticc of the Peace in this Colony, in the County 
 of Kewforty and Samuel Fraebody Captain of the Fort, and that the 
 Circumftancesof fome of them, are vifibly very conCderabic \ but 
 the Circumftanccs of others are to us unknown. 
 
 Jabez Bswetty 
 Eli/ha Brown, 
 Jofeph Nichols." 
 
 And now this Aflembly having taken the laid Report into 
 Confideration, Do Vote and Refoke, and it is Voted and Rejoked, 
 That the fame be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
 // is Voted ami Rejblved., That the Draught of a Letter to our 
 Agent m Great-Britain, made by a Committee appointed for that 
 Purpofe, be, and the fame is hereby approved, and that a fair 
 Copy thereof be made, to be figned by his Honour the Governor, 
 and lent to the Agent by the firft Opportunity. 
 
 ■yy H E R E A S the Bills of Credit that have been emitted by 
 this Colony, have all along, from their firft being current 
 as a Medium of Exchange, depreciated, and gradually grown lefs 
 in their Valne down to this Time, which hath occafioned many- 
 People to complain, and that with jufl Caufe, that they have been 
 Sufferers by fuch the Alteration of the Medium eftablilhcd by the 
 Laws of this Colony : Therctbre for the Preventing any fuch 
 Inconveniency from happening for the Funire, 
 n £ IT ENACTED by the Getierol J family, and by the Jw 
 *-' thority thereof. It is htrely Enabled, Ihat in all Debts that 
 now are, or hereafter fhall become due in this Colony, by any 
 Manner or Way whatfocver, that for every Sixty-four {shillings 
 appearing to be due in Old-Tenor Bills, or for every Sixteen Shil- 
 lings appearing to be due in New- Tenor Bills, or for every Six 
 Shillings and Nine Pence appearing to be due in the Bills emitted 
 in March, J. D. lys^i the Debtor at the Time of Payment, fhall 
 pay as much in any of the aforc-mcntioned Bills, as at the Time 
 of Payment are really and tiiily worth one Ounce of Silver of 
 Sterling Alloy, and that all Judgments in all the Courts in this 
 Colony, fhall at all Times hereafter be made up agrcablc to this 
 Aft. 
 
 ylnd be it further Ena&ed by the Juthority afore faid. That no 
 Court fhall at any Time hereafter in this Colony, make up Judg-''"<'«-/- 
 againft any Man for any Debt whatfocver that docs not exceed 
 Sixty-four Shillings in Old-Tenor Bills, or Sixteen Shillings in Nev«/ 
 Tenor Bill?:, or Six Shillings and Nine Pence in the Bills emitted 
 in March, J, D. 1 7 io, for more of anv of faid Bills than at the Time 
 
 of
 
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 of making ap fnch Judgment, arc truly and really worth one 
 Ounce of Silver of Sterling Alloy at that Time, and fo in Propor- 
 tion for any greater or lefs Sum. 
 
 *' XJiT^ the Subfcribcrs do diiTent from, and protcft againft this 
 ' ' Bill for the loilowing Reafons. 
 
 1. Bccaule we are of Opinion, that the Method propofcd m 
 this Bill villi not prevent a farther Depreciation of the Bilb we 
 have now out-Uanding, which are fixed by Laws of the Colony 
 at a very different Value from what they are ftatcd at in this Bill. 
 
 2. Becaufe our Bills of the New-Tenor,are by the Ads whereby 
 they were cmitred, of the fame Value as the Bills by the AQt oi 
 March pad, to be emitted j and it is manifcflly abfurd and unjuft, 
 that Six Shillings and Nine Pence of the ont fliould be made 
 equal ro Sixteen Shillings of the other. 
 
 3. Becaufe Six Shillings and Nine Pence in Bills of the New 
 Tenor, arc by a Law of this Colony, made in Afa/, 174c, equal 
 only to Twenty-leven Shillings in Bills of Old Tenor ; but by 
 this Bill, Sixty-four Shillings in our Old-Tenor Bills are made 
 equal to Six Shillings and Nine Pcrrcc in Bills of the fame Value 
 as the Bills of the New Tenor, which appears to us to be mani- 
 feftly unreaforuibie and unjult. 
 
 4. Becautc if this Bill fliould pafs into a Law, wc apprehend 
 that the Publick Faith and Credit of the Government will be 
 violated. 
 
 FeUr BourSf 
 Nezvp^yrf, ^ugufi 2^. 1751. Edward Salt.** 
 
 T)E it Emtled by the General AJfemhly oj this Colony, and by the 
 *-* Aiithonff of the Jame, It is Etjudtd, That the Form of the 
 Oath to be t.iken by all Perlbns, Inhabitants and Refidents in this 
 Colony, obtaining Judgments in any Courts of Record in this 
 Colony, btiore they are intitled to Executions thereon, and by all 
 Perfons in this Colony elcded into Office, previous to their En- 
 trance thereon, and alio by all Perfons not fettled and allowed In- 
 habitants, rhit have or (ball come into any Town in this Colouy, 
 with a Dcfi'^n or Intent to carry on any Trade and Commerce, 
 fhall be as followcth. 
 
 'Y U do johmnly ^{affirni) that you have not wh- 
 
 tingly or willingly^ diredly or indiretHy, hy yoiirfclf or others^ Jtnce 
 •the Tiverty- eighth Day of June, A. D. 1751, contraBed foty giveny 
 token, pa/d, arcuanied. or fettled, for Goli, Silver, or Bills of Exchange^ 
 in atiy 01 her Mdiwer or Form than what is regal.: ted by two Jift oj 
 the Gi'iieml JJ/imldy of this CoLtjy, one mdde <\tid fajl at Providence', 
 
 M tt>e
 
 C 44 3 
 
 the third Monday o/" March, Annoq; Dom. 1750, and the other at 
 Newport, on tbefecond Monday of June, Annoq; Dom. 1751 : Jnd 
 that yoii will for the future, punBnally and bom fide, ob/erve and corny 
 ph with the Direifions of the /aid Jits re/pe^ive/y, fo long as thejame 
 Jballbe and continue in Force. 
 
 And he it further EviBtd hy the Authority aforefaid^ That the 
 Clerk, or other Officer adminiftring the Oath, fhall have for the 
 fame, Two Shillings, and for writing the Ceitificate, Two Shil- 
 lings Old Tenor, to be paid by the Party taking the Oath. 
 
 THE Gentlemen whofe Names hereafter follow, were chofcn 
 to the Offices alcribed to their Names refpedivdy. 
 
 Lieut Col. Jofefh Stafford, Cnloncl of the Regiment of Militia 
 in the County of Kent^ in the Room of Col. Btnoui li'aterman^ 
 who refus'd : And Maj. Stephen Low, Lieutenant Colonel ol the 
 iamc Regiment, in the Room o( faid Col. St a ford. 
 PROVIDENCE, Firft Company ; 
 
 Benjamin Eddy, Captain j John Hoyl, jun. Lieutenant ; Ezra 
 Dean, Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : John Clark, Captain ; John Warner, Lieute- 
 nant ; William Dyre, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : John VVaterman (Son of Refolved) Captain -^ 
 Daniel Sprague, Lieutenant ; Samuel Windfor, jun. En/igtt. 
 
 fourth Company : John Dexter, jon. Captain • Samuel Eborn, 
 jun. Lieutenant ; Stephen Hawkins, Enjign. 
 
 Fifth Company: Matthew Manchefter, Captain; Jonathan 
 Knight, jun. Lieutenant ; Daniel Burlingham, Enjign. 
 
 Sixth Compam : Ifaiah Hawkins, Captain:, Charles Olney, 
 Lieutenant j Thomas Olncv (i^oii of Thomas) Enjign. 
 EXETER; Firft Company : 
 
 George Weight, Captain j John Cafcy, Lieutenant j Jofhua 
 Gardner, Enjign. 
 
 Second Company : Joha Rathbone the third. Captain ; Stephen 
 Audin, Lieutenant ; Wiili;im F.ldred, Enfign. 
 
 Company of CUMBERLAND: 
 
 Gideon Tower, Captain j Jolin Nichollbn, Lieutenant ; Natha- 
 nacl Whipple, Enjign. 
 
 }V A R W 1 C K ; Firft Company : 
 
 James Arnold, jun. Lientaiatit in the Room of Rufus Barton "who 
 reiujed, ami S'wnou Arnold, Enfign. 
 
 EAST-GREENPyiCH; Second Company : 
 
 John Giflford, Lieutenant in the Room cj Benjamin Corey, deccaj'dy 
 And Benjamin Sweet, jun. Enfign. 
 
 fVE S T-
 
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 ff^EST.GREENfyiCH; Firft Company : 
 
 John Niles, CaftatH ; John Albro, Lieutenant-^ Nicholas W hit- 
 ford (Son of Fafco) Enjtgn. 
 
 RICHMOND Company : 
 
 Joleph Woodmancy, Captain i Ezckiel Barbery Lieutenant \ 
 Stephen Wilcox, Enjign. 
 
 Lieut. Col. Stephen Low, a Jufticc ot the Peace for tbc Town of 
 Warwick. 
 
 Capr. Jeremiah Gantaer, a Jufticc of the Peace for the Town 
 of Nvrth-Ktii^/iawn. 
 
 James Ccngdon, jun. a Jufticc of the Peace for the Town oi 
 Chc'.rlefioiun^ in the Room of John Clark, who refufed. 
 
 Jeofry Champlin, a Juftice of the Peace for the Town of Exeter, 
 
 Philip Tabor, a Julttce of the Peace for the Town of Tiverton. 
 
 Simeon Verry, a Juftjce of the Peace ior the Town of ELtchmond^ 
 in the RoomofCapi. Jo/ep/? E no j, jon. who refufed. 
 
 William Dean, Lieutetmnt, and Eliphalet Filbrook, Cornet of the 
 Troop of Horje for the County 0/ Providence. 
 
 T^H E Gentlemen that were appointed to audit the Accounts of 
 ^ the Committee that paid off the Officers and Soldiers raifed in 
 this Colony for the Expedition intended againft CanMby prefentcd 
 this Aflembly with the following Report and Account, 
 
 Dr. The Colony of Khodc-li[3x\d,&e. /a Stephen Hopkins. 
 
 i7jo. '"f^O Money paid to the- 
 
 OOo. 31. ■*- Officers and Soldiers/ 
 raifed for the Canada Ex- 
 pedition, per Account rcn-\ 
 dered, Sterling. 
 
 f'OO per Cent. Exchange, or 10 for i, 
 Balhmce due to the Colony^ 
 
 Cr. The Colony of Rhode-Ifland, &c. to Stephen Hopkins. 
 
 1749. "pY the Mtiftcr RoU ol\ 
 June 17. the Company In His Sterling. Ctirrencp 
 
 Mdjeft'y's Service, rais'd 
 
 in this Colony for the Re- 1 
 
 dudion of Canada ; firft /;. 1314 18 8 
 
 commanded by Capt. 
 
 IV I Hi dm Rice until his 
 
 Death, afterwards by 
 
 C^pT. Nathan Carpejirery ^ 
 900 per Cent. Exchange, or 10 for i, is ;C> 1.3*49 ^ ^ 
 
 < We 
 
 ) 
 
 Sterling. 
 
 
 Currency, 
 
 
 £ 
 
 lapi 10 7 
 
 
 
 
 is 
 
 fi 
 
 ip 8 1 
 1314 18 8 
 
 
 1(^4 
 
 TO 
 10 
 
 £■ 
 
 iji4^6 
 
 ^
 
 r40 
 
 ti T HTE the Subfcribers, being appointed by the General Aflem- 
 VV bJy, a Committee to audit the Accounts of that Com- 
 mittee which were appointed to pay off the Officers and Soldiers 
 tah'vl for the intended Expedition againft Canada, do Report : 
 Conformable to faid Appointment, v-'e have audited the above 
 Account of Stefben Hopkws^ Efq; one of faid Committee, and do 
 find there is due Irom him to the Colony, One Hundred and 
 Kinety-four Pounds Ten Shillings Old- Tenor, as appears by the 
 Dof e Account ftated. 
 
 Jfofepb JVbifipky 
 Dated Newport, Auguft 2 1 . A . D. 175!. John Tidin^hajf, 
 
 Thomas Cranjion.'* 
 
 « Co% 0/ Rhode-] flanri^ - - Dr. 
 
 CtTO our Time and Trouble auditing the above 
 Account, likewife auditing the Account of 
 Meffrs. Gecrge H''antofh and J^im^i iihffieU, two 
 Others o£ faid Committee, £• AS ^ ^ 
 
 Jofepb Whipple, 
 John Ttllin^haa, 
 Ibomfls Cranjion.'* 
 
 And now this AflTcmbly having taken the Premifes into Confi- 
 deratinn, and duly examined the fame Do Votbajii Rf.fohe and it 
 ii Voted and Rejoltjedf That the faid Report be, and it is hereby 
 accepted : That the Account charged by the Committee againft 
 the Colony, be allowed, and Forry-five Pounds, the Amount 
 tbetcof, paid them out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Thii Jijptnhly do Vote and Refohe, and it ii Voted and Re/ohedy 
 That all Bufinefs lying before them unfiniftied, be, and the lame is 
 hereby referred unto their next SelTion : That the Secretary pro- 
 claim in Newport by Beat of Drum, the A£Vs and Orders now made 
 and pafV, within five Days after the Riling of this Alfcmbly, and 
 within thirty, lend Copies cfthcm to each Town in the Colony, 
 according to Law : And this Alfembly is adjourned to the laft 
 Monday of Oiioher next, if called at faid Time by either of their 
 Honours the Governor or Deputy Governor, but if not called be- 
 loie nor at faid Time, then this Alfembly Ihall be diflblved. 
 
 GOD Save the KINa 
 
 Newport, Auguft 26. i7ir. 
 
 Tublijbed according to Order, hy 
 
 THOMAS WARD, Secry. 
 
 '^''^iSy '■
 
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 Jt the G E N E R A I. Assembly of the 
 
 GOFER NOR and CQ M PAN T of the En^^lilh 
 Colony of Rhode-Iiland, a.nd Providence-Piantaiiojis, 
 in Newo England, in America ; he^m Md held at 
 Soiuh-Kingftown in ja'd Colony, the lajl Wedntfday 
 of Odlober, ^a?^ Thoufmd Seven Hundred and 
 Fi fly-one : And in the Trcenty'fifth Tear of the Reign 
 Of /y/j Mod Sacred Maje'ily^ GEOP^GE the Second^ by 
 the Or. ice cj GO D^ of Great-Britain, France, and 
 Ireland, King, Defender oj the Faith, 8zc. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIJM CB.EENE, Efqj Goveinor. 
 
 The Hon, Joseph Whipple, Efq-, Dep. Gov. 
 
 JoNATHAM Nichols, Efq; . William Richmond, F.fq-,-* 
 
 JaBez Sowen, Efq; / DanielCogge HALL, EfqvO/j/?. 
 
 Stephen Brownel, Efq; (^Aljifii Jeoffry Watson, Efqj C 
 
 RoB£RT L,AW10N, Efqj i •' 
 
 The Secretary. 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 NE WPORTi 
 
 Edward Scott, Elq; 
 Thomas CranfiGMy Efq; 
 ^eter Boursy Elq; 
 Mr, Jonathan Ea(^on^ 
 Mr. ^ob Betjnety jun. 
 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen Hopkins, Efq; 
 'Jonathan Randal^ Eiqi 
 
 Portfmouth ; 
 William Jnthony, ^nn. Efq^ 
 John Allen, EJqj 
 Caleb Hill, Eiq; 
 Mr. Gideon Freebofft, yjt^ . 
 
 Warwick ; 
 JerefJiiah Lippit, Efq: 
 Maj, "John Rhodes, 
 Licur. Col. Stephen LoWf 
 Mr. IVilltam Greene. 
 
 Wefterly :
 
 [48] 
 
 Wcfterly , 
 'JoOnia Babcock E fq^ 
 Mr. JojhiiJ Oarh. 
 
 Ncwfhorcham j 
 
 North-Kingftown ; 
 Col Immavud Northupy 
 Beriah Bnivn, hlq^ 
 
 Soul h- Kingftown ; 
 lAt .Betjjiimiti '■i'tckkam^jwn, 
 
 Eafl-Greenwich j 
 Jojeph Nichols, Elq; 
 Mr. '^ohti Try. 
 
 Jamcltown : 
 Jofcph Chvk, Efqi 
 Ml. J'ojjafo Hrnolii, Jan. 
 
 Smithfield j 
 Thomas JrMcIrl, Efq; 
 John Jldruh, Efq; 
 Sciruare j 
 Juh Randal FJq; 
 Ghho/t Hjrrii, Efq; 
 Glocrftcr j 
 Col. Ricbjrd Smirfoj 
 ChaHffiown ; 
 Col. Chri ftophsr ChampUfi, 
 Capt. Nat hamel Lewis. 
 Weft-Greenwich ; 
 G^rge Gardner, Elq; 
 
 Thomas Cratifion, Efq; was 
 Mr. '^ojias Lyndon, Clerk 
 
 Mr. ^ji,hn Weigh. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 
 Mr. '^ohn Greene, 
 ^hcmJf Maitbewjofl Efqj 
 
 Exeter , 
 Capt. Jchfi Reynolds^ 
 Job^ftpp, Efqi 
 
 Middletown ; 
 Capt. fViliiom -Turner, 
 Mr. ''jojhua CoggeJhalL 
 
 Biiftol ; 
 Jonathan T'eck, Efqj 
 Ju/epb Kufet, Efq; 
 Tiverton ; 
 Mr. Edzvard I'fotitoM, 
 Mr Thomas HowloJid. 
 
 Liitle-Compion j 
 Samuel 1^1 Wore. FTq; 
 Mr. Thumaf Church. 
 
 Warrea; 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 Capt. Jo^ti ySdami, 
 
 Cumhtrland ; 
 Mr. Jereniii\h Wh pple^ 
 Capt. Jchuhod 'Teck. 
 
 R ichmond ; 
 Mr. John H'ebfler, 
 Mr. Robert Li 111 bridge. 
 
 chofen Speaker : And 
 of the Lower Hcufc. 
 
 WHEREAS Jnn and Jjmes Frmklin exhibited to this 
 AlTcmbly, an Account by them charged againrt the Co- 
 lony for printing the Acts and Orders made and part by the Ge- 
 neral Aflembly at their Scfljon in Augiift laft, and furnilhing Pa- 
 per for the Work ; which being; duly cvamined, This Jjjembly do 
 Voteand Rffolve, and it is Voted and Re/ohed, That the faid Account 
 be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Thirty Pounds the Amount 
 thereof, be paid unto the laid Jnn and James Franklin out of the 
 General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas upon His Majcflv's creating His Royal Highnefs 
 Prince George Prince of kfalesy He was pleafed to order in Council, 
 
 that
 
 L49 3 
 
 that ?. particular Form of Prayer fhould be uferi in praying for the 
 R;)yal Family, and hath directed this Government to caul'e the 
 fame to be publifhfd in the fevcral Parifh Churches, and other 
 Places of Divine W'orihip within this Colony. &c. Ihis AjfRmbly 
 tktrefore do Vote and Rejolve^ and it is Voted and Ke/ohed, That his 
 Honour the Governor caufc Proclamarion to be made of the aforc- 
 faid Order tb.rougl;OQt the Cole ny,- requiring it to be oblerved 
 accordins; to the true Intent and Meaning thereof 
 
 The Gentlemen tliat were appointed a Committee to audit the 
 Accounts of the General Treaiurer, prefented this Aflcmbly with 
 the following Report, &c. 
 
 175 1. ^^'^ Colony of Rhode-Ifland to Thomas Richardfon 
 General Treci/urer, Dr.—-' 
 
 'T'O Cafh for iundry Disburlments from the 
 -■- firfi: Day oi Jugufi, 1750, to the i8rh 
 Day ot Oiiober, 1751, together with Intereft 
 Money paid to ieveral Towns, and incident 
 Charges, as taken from the Treal'uret's Alpha- 
 beiical Book, 
 
 To ttie Treafurer's Sa:larv fortheYear 1750. 
 
 To fhoit Interclt of the eighth Bank ior the 
 Towns o{ fVarwiik and iVefterty^ lor the Year 
 
 To Calh paid the Printer forVotes of Aflcmbly. 
 
 Ballancs due from Thomas Richardjoii, Efqj 
 General Treafurer, to the Colony, being 
 Twenty-three Thouland Two Hundred and Six 
 Pounds Eighteen Shillings and One Penny in 
 Money and Bonds. 23,206^ 18 i 
 
 ,^. 34,ioj i5> 5 
 
 1751. CO N r RJ, Cr.— 
 
 "D Y Ballancc due to the Colony from the General 
 -*-^ Treafurer, as fettled by the Auditors the ift 
 Day of /higufi^ A. D. 1 750, £, 20065 8 5 
 
 By the Intereft of the feventh Bank, for the 
 Year 1750, _ _ _ 3200 o c 
 
 By the Infereft of the eighth Bank, for the Year 
 1750, _ _ _ _ , 6400 o o 
 
 By. 
 
 ^'. io,5y4 a 
 
 4 
 
 200 
 
 
 
 2 T4 
 
 
 
 1 li 
 

 
 o O 
 
 o o 
 
 r 50 3 
 
 By Cafli Ttcc'iv'd of Col. "Northtip^ being the 
 Produce of the Colonv's Powder lold at Vendue, aji no 
 
 By Ditto rccciv'd of the Attorney General, 
 for a Fine to the Colony, - - i j 
 
 By Steften fVtIcox's Bond, due Jpr/l 1^, 
 17ii, for .- - - 780 
 
 By Mel Franklin's Bond, due O^ober the 
 sjth, 17J1, tor 3400 o o 
 
 By Cafh rccciv'd for fen Colony Law 
 Books fold fincc the laft Audir, 10 o o 
 
 Bv one Book dcliver'd to the Inferior Court 
 of the County ot Newport, 
 
 by 164 Books in the Treafury, unfold, 
 
 £' 34>ioi ip 5 
 
 ** T7\7^ ^^^ Subfcribers, being appointed by the General Affcm- 
 ' '' biy, a Committee to audit the Accounts of Thomas 
 Bfchard/en, Elq; the prefent Gcneiai Trealurer, do find that there 
 is due Irom the laid 7i>omaj Rtchardjun to the Colony, the Sum of 
 Twenty-tbrecThoufand Two Hundred and Six Pounds Eighteen 
 Shillings ard One Ptriny, as appt^ars by the Account abovc-ftatcd j 
 in which a Number of f?o» ^/? Bonds are included, amounting to 
 a large Sum : Which is lubmiitcd to the honourable General 
 Allembly, by 
 
 FeUr Bours, 
 Newport, OSloberlZ. 175I. 7btmas Cranjiony 
 
 Jamm Sheffiela:* 
 
 To which Report, the Committee fubjoined the following 
 Account, VIZ. 
 
 " -The Colony to the Committee, - . £)f, 
 
 -*»'T'0 our Time and Trouble in auditing the 
 
 above Account, two Days, /" 18 o o 
 
 PfUr Bours, 
 Thomas CranHon^ 
 James Shepld.** 
 
 And row this AfTembly having; taken the Premifes into Confi- 
 derarion. Do Fate anJ Re/ohe, and it is Voted and R.efulvedy That the 
 laid Report be, and it is hereby accepted ; and that the Account 
 bv the Committee charged ag^inft the Colony, be allowed, and 
 Eighteen Pounds, the Amount thcrcol, paid them out of th 
 General Treafury. 
 
 WhcrcM
 
 Whereas ^eter Bours, Efq; exhibited to this Afrembl\r> an 
 Accoant by him charged againft the Government, for furnifhing 
 twenty Reams of Paper, in order to pcrfcd the Defign of revifing 
 and reprinting the Lawsot the Colony ; which being duly cxam- 
 ineo, This JJfembly do Vote and S^efolve^ and it is Voted and tie/olved^ 
 That the laid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that One 
 Hundred and Twenty Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid the 
 laid -Peter hours out ol the General Trealury. 
 
 It is Voted and Rc/vlced, That Stephen Hopkins^ Efq; and Mr. 
 Ichabod ^Peck, be, and ihcy are hereby conftitured a Committee to 
 audit the Accounts of the Gentlemen that were appointed and im- 
 poweicd to build a Bridge over Tantiicket River, and make Re- 
 port to this AflTembly at their next Selfion. 
 
 Whereas John Chrk exhibited to this AfTembly, an Account by 
 him charged againlt the Government, lor Sloop-hire, Ilorfc-hire, 
 for his Expci.ccs and Wages, on a Voyage to New-llrk, &c. in the 
 Service of the Public, yJ/wo 1744 j which being duly examined, 
 This ^Jfembly do Vote and Re/ohe^ and it ts Voted and Re/ohedt That 
 the laid Accoant be, and it is hereby allowed, and that One Hun- 
 dred and Seven Founds Six Shillings and Eleven ?ence, the 
 Amount tCiereof in Bills of Credit of this Colony, be paid unto 
 the faid John Clark out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Be it EnaSed by the Gefieral Jffembly, and by the Authoritv thereof^ 
 It is Eaatledy That tl»c Clerks of the levcral Courts in this Colony, 
 be, and they are herirby dnetted and impowered to ilTue out Exe- 
 cutions of Judgments obtained, or to be obtained by the Grand 
 Committee^ in the Names of fo many of them as fhail at the 
 Time of iflTaing Ibch Execution or Execution?, take, or have pre- 
 vioully taken the Oath or Affirmation prelcribed by tf^e General 
 AlTcmbly, at their Selfion in Newfort kft Juguji^ to be taken, \a 
 or.Jpr to qualify Perlons to fue out Executions, ^nd it is farther 
 Eintted bv the .•Authority a/ore/>iid, That all Perlons ctxofen into any 
 Office in this Colony, who rcfufe to take faid Oath or Affirmation, 
 Ihall immediately thereupon ceafe to be fuch an Officer. 
 
 t\" nereas the Town of Providence, did by Stephen Hopkins, Efq; 
 oae of tlieir Deputies, reprefent unto this AfTembly. that in and 
 near faid Town, for fome Time pait, there hath been, and ftill is 
 carried on, a confiderabie Trade by Sea, whereby the Small- Pox 
 hath ol late been very often brought into faid Town : and as there 
 13 ao Pcft-Houfe io that Fart of the Colony for the receiving fuch 
 
 O infeftcd
 
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 infected Perfons, there is very great Danger of the Difleniper's 
 fpreading, which (fhould it happen) would be of very fatal Con- 
 fequence to this Colony : He therefore rn Behalf of faid Town, 
 prayed a Grant of 1'uch a Sum of Money out of the General Trea- 
 fury asthis Affcmbly (hall think reafonable lor the Purpofc afore- 
 faid : Which being duly confidercd, Ith Fated and Refolved^ That 
 Che Sum of Six Hundred Pounds be allowed and paid out of the 
 General Trealury towards building a Peft-Houfe, for the End and 
 Purpole aforelaid : And that Mr. H'llliam Smith o[ ^Providence be 
 impowered to draw laid Sum for the Ule aforelaid, upon fufficient 
 Security's being lodged in the General Trcafury, that all Parts of 
 the Government (ball have the Privilege of making Ule of laid 
 Houle as olten as Occafion (hall require, the County oi Newport 
 excepted. 
 
 Itij fotedufjd Re/bhed, That Daniel Coggtjki!/, Immanuel Nnrthip, 
 ar\^H'illtai/i /Jut ko/jy, jiin. Elqrs. be, and they arc hereby farther con- 
 tinued a Committee, to examine info the State and Circumfl.mces 
 ol the levcral Ferries in this Colony, to examine the Laws relating 
 thereto, and make Report to this AlTcmbly as foon as may be. 
 
 J he Gentlemen that were appointed a Committee by the Ge- 
 neral AfTcn.bly, to build a Goal in the County of Kent, prefented 
 the lollowii.g Account. 
 
 ^75^' Ihc Colony of Rhode-Ifland, to Jofeph Nichols and 
 
 Rulu» Greene, Dr.—' 
 
 'jpo Ex pence J tomards building the Goal in 
 
 Eaft-Grecnwich, /i;r th County of Kenty 
 
 To Abial Hall's Jcaunt, ^-47 ^4 7 
 
 To John Green 'i Ditto, 6^ 40 
 
 To George Green'j Ditto, 5 10 o 
 
 To William Spencer's Dittc, 30 o o 
 
 To Jonathan Weaver's Ditto, 5^ 6 8 
 
 To Jeremiah Hunt's Dittc^ 400 
 
 To Jolhua Coggelhall's Ditto, 18 00 
 
 ^0 John Pierce's Ditto, 47 7 o 
 
 To John Roberts's Ditio, 12 ip o 
 
 To John Parker's Ditto, 32 00 
 
 To Benjamin Wceks's Ditto, 44 13 4 
 
 To Samuel Gaboon's Ditto, S 5 o 
 
 To Francis Barker's Ditto, 50 17 <^ 
 
 To Daniel Rcmenton's Ditto, 10 16 o 
 
 To William Sweet's Ditto, 7 10 o 
 
 Tff
 
 c 
 
 53 
 
 1 
 
 J 
 
 To John Allerton's Account^ 
 To George Vanghan's Ditto, 
 To William Baker's Ditto, 
 To John Lyon's Ditto, 
 To Daniel Smith's DittOy 
 To John CoggefhaJl's Ditto 
 To John Corps's Ditto, 
 To Samuel Hunt. jun. Ditto, 
 To Nicholas Stephens's Ditto, 
 To Samuel BafTct's Ditto, 
 To Thomas Kinnicut's Ditto, 
 To Job Gardner's Ditto, 
 To Richard Stafford's Ditto, 
 To Jofeph Balev's Ditto, 
 Tu Rufus Green's Ditto, 
 To Jofeph Nichols's Ditto.^ 
 
 
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 5 
 
 
 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 114 
 
 3 
 
 
 
 
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 11 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 18S 
 
 14 
 
 
 
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 I4i4 
 
 4 
 
 I 
 
 Jofepb Nichoht 
 
 
 
 Rufus Green. 
 
 
 
 
 An^ now this Afiembly having taken the aforefaid Account 
 into Conhdcration, and duly examined it, Do Vote and Hejohe, 
 and it is fottd and Refoivtd, That the lame be, and it is nereby 
 albwed, and that the Sum of Fourteen Hundred and Fifty-four 
 Pounds Four Shillings and One Fenny, the Amount thereof, be 
 paid the faid Jojc'^'h Ntiholi and R.UJHS Green, Efqrs. out of the 
 General Trealiiry. 
 
 Whereas the General AfTcmbly, at their Seflion in Newport on 
 the fccond Monday o{' June laft. appointed M.X. Benjamin Beckham, 
 jun. -Peter Bours, and Jeremiah Niles, Eiq; or the major Part of 
 them, a Committee to examine all the Accounts which have arifea 
 upon the apprehending, profccunng, convidting, and executing 
 Th- mas Carter, &c. And two of the Gentlemen having aflumcd 
 that Province, reported to this Afiembly .'s foilowctfi. 
 
 " South-Kingficwn, OSoler 1. 1751. 
 
 \Vf Hcreas we the Subfcribcrs, were by the General Affembly, 
 ' ' appointed a CommiLtee to examine all the Accounts which 
 have arifen upon the apprehending, prolecuting, convidting, and 
 executing Thomas Carter, and make Report to the General AfTcm- 
 blv as loon as may be ; and having receiv'd fundry of faid Ac- 
 counts, and examined the lame, do Report, That the Pcrfons whofe 
 Names are under written, ihall be paid out of the General Trca* 
 lary, the Sums to their feveral Names annexed, as follows, o/«. 
 
 To
 
 o 
 
 i: 54 3 
 
 yo Nathanael Helme, - tC- 43 i o 
 
 To Jsmes Hclmc. - - 3 'o P 
 
 To Abigail Fry, - - 6 o o 
 
 To Samuel Allen, - - 7 lo o 
 
 To John Eafton, - - 8 ^ 6 
 
 To John Steadman, - - 8 ij o 
 
 To Jofhua Porter, - - 400 
 
 To Jolcph Torry, •. - a o o 
 
 To James Card, - - 18 i5 o 
 
 To John Weight, - - 15 15 4 
 
 To Silas Helme. - ■ 3100' 
 
 To Beriah Brown, - - 100 o o 
 
 To John Cafe, - - ap o o 
 
 To Samuel Steadman, - - 27 o o 
 
 To Samuel Albro, - - <J o o 
 
 To Thomas Hazard, - - 63 la p 
 
 To Immanuel Cafe, - - ai o o 
 
 To Latham Clark, - •' 1 lo o 
 
 To William Bently, - - x o o 
 
 To Roufc Helme, - > 517 18 (^ 
 
 To Daniel Coggclhall, - - 15 o o 
 To William Prefton, for himfelf andhii 
 
 Daughter, • - 15 4 p 
 
 To Jofliua Millard - lO 10 o 
 
 To Rowland Robinfon, - 33 »i o 
 
 Jtrmiah 'NiUs, 
 B. Peckbam, jun. 
 And now this AiTembly having taken the Prcmifes into Confi- 
 deration, Do P'cte i>na Refolvi, and it /j Voted atid Rejohed, That the 
 faid Report be, and it is hereby accepted, and that the feveral 
 Sums therein mentioned, be paid cut of the General Treafury to 
 the Perlbny againft whofc Names ^hey are refpcOively fct. Jnd 
 it is jurlbcr Voted and Re/olved, That the faid Committee be, and 
 they arc hereby farther continued to the End and Puroole for 
 which they were originally appointed. 
 
 Whereas Thomas Hufzard, Keeper of His Majcfty's Goal at 
 Suuth-Kitigstowu. ill the County of A.7/;j/ County by Petition, re- 
 prefented unto this Aflembly, That on the a4th oi February laft, 
 one Thomas Carter ot' Newport^ was committed to faid Goal for 
 the Murder oi kViUiam Jackjot)^ late ofVtrgitiia : That U'ld Carter 
 was by the laid Hafzurd iaidy kept m laid Goal till the tenth of 
 A/rf>', when he was executed • That from a general Fear which 
 fpread itlclf through the Country, an Attempt might be made to 
 rcfcue f&id Carter^ the Petitioner was forbidden by the Authority, 
 
 to
 
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 to cnterrain Strangers or TraveUcrs, anu was obligtd to be con- 
 ftantlv at Home to his great Lofs, &c. And tncrcupon prayed 
 the Sum of Five Pounds /^r Week, might be allowed and paid him 
 out of the General Trcafury. And this Aflcmbly having taken 
 the Premifes intoConfidcration, Do Vote and ^efolve^ audit is Votad 
 and Re/olved, That the faid Petition be, and it is hereby granted. 
 
 Whereas Sandford Ca/e exhibited an Account by him charged 
 againft the Government for Firewood provided for this Aflembly 
 during their prefeni SefTion Which being duly examined, // is 
 Voted and Rejohedy That the faid Account t^e, and it is hereby al- 
 lowed, and Six Pounds Five Shillings, the Amount thereof, paid 
 the faid Sandford Ca^ out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 This AJfemhly do f^ote and Refblve, and it is Voted and Refolvedy 
 That all Bufinefs lying before them unfinilhed, be, and it is hereby 
 teferred to their next SefTion : And that the Secretary proclaim 
 in Newport by Beat of Drum, the Afts and Orders now made and 
 paft, within ten Days, and fend Copies of them according to Law, 
 to each Town in the Colony, within forty Days after the Rifing 
 of this Aflembly, which is hereby adjourned to the laft Tucjdoy 
 of February next. 
 
 GOD Save the KING. 
 
 Newport, Nov. 6. 1751, 
 
 ^PubUJbcd by B«ot of Drum according to Order y by 
 
 THOMAS WARD, Secry» 
 
 ^ a ////r/^a/^i^^
 
 [ 51 J 
 
 At //;^ General Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and com? ANT of the Englifli 
 Colony of Ilhnde-Illand, (ind Providence-Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America ; begun and held ky 
 Ad)oiirmnem, at South- Kingftown, the lafi Tuefday of 
 February, One Ihonfand Seven Hundred and Fifty-two : 
 And in the Twenty-fifh Tear of the Rei^n of Hif Mofl 
 Sacred Majelly, GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of 
 GO D^ o/Great-Bficain, France, and Ireland, Kingt 
 Defender Qf the Faith, &:c. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIJM GREENE, Elqj Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Whiptle, Efq; Dep. Gov 
 
 John Till iNCHAST, Efq-, ) James Arnold, Efq; ^ 
 
 Jonathan Nichols. Rfq, C DANiELCoGGESHALLjEfqjC/'i^j 
 
 Nicholas Cook, Eiq; 0#!/?. Jeoffry Watson, Efq; \ 
 Jabez Bowew, Efqi ^ 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Hon. Thomas Cranston, Efq; Speaker. 
 
 NE WPORT^ 
 
 Mr. Nathanael CvggeJhaU^ 
 Edward Sect/ , Efq J 
 The Speaker, 
 <Peter Boii'S, Efq; 
 Mr. Job Bemict, jun. 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen Hopkim^ Efqj 
 Mr. EUpja Brinvn, 
 Jomthan R'.wdal, Efq; 
 
 Portfmouth ; 
 tVilliam j^nthotsy, jun. Efq, 
 Jol^o JIleH, Elq; 
 Mr. Gideon Freeborn, jun. 
 
 Warwick ; 
 Jeremiah Lifpt, Efq; 
 Maj. Johfi Rhodfs, 
 Lieut. Col. Stephen Low, 
 Mr. ffllliam Greece. 
 
 Wefteriy j
 
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 Weftcrly ; 
 Jofiua Babcocky Elcji 
 Mr. Jop4a C/ark. 
 
 Ncwlhoreham ; 
 None. 
 NoTth-Kingftown 5 
 Col. Immaouel Northt/p^ 
 Bariah BrowtJj Elq; 
 
 South-Kingftown ; 
 Mr. Jeofry Hafzard, 
 Mt. Benjamin Teckham, jun. 
 
 Eaft-Greenwich ; 
 Jo/eph Nichols, Efq; 
 Mr. Johti Fry. 
 
 Jameftown : 
 Jo/eph Clark, Efq; 
 Mr. Jojiah Jrnold, jun. 
 
 Smithfidd j 
 Thomas Jmoll, Efq; 
 John Jhlrich, Efq^ 
 Scituate ; 
 Job Randal, Efq; 
 Gideon Harris, Efq; 
 Glocefler ; 
 Andrew Brown, Efq; 
 Charleftown ; 
 Col. Cbrijlopher ChampUn, 
 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis-. 
 
 Weft-Greenwich ; 
 
 George Gardner, Efq; 
 Mr. John H'eight. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Mr. John Greene. 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. John Reynolds. 
 
 Middletown ; 
 Capt. fVilliam Turner, 
 Mr. Jojhua Coggejhall. 
 
 Briftol ; 
 Jonathan ^eck, Efq; 
 Jojepb Rujpl, Efq; 
 Tiverton ; 
 Mr. Thomas Howland. 
 
 Lictle-Compton ; 
 Mr. Thomas Church. 
 Warren ; 
 None. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Mr. Jeremiah Whippky 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Mr. John mbfler, 
 Mr. Robert LilUMdge. 
 
 Mr. Jojias Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfc. 
 
 TH E Gentlemen that were appointed a Committee to audit 
 the Accounts of the Diredors of the Lottery lately fet up 
 for building a Bridge over ^autucket River, having perpetrated 
 that Bufinefs, prefcntcd this Aflcmbly with the following Account 
 and Report •• 
 
 « Dr. 
 
 i7i»- 
 
 Bridge over Pautucket Ksver, with the Dire^ors of the 
 Lottery fet forth for that Turpofe. 
 
 TO Capt. David fi7jippk's Account, £. 1451 
 To Mr. John Dexter' s Account, 10 14 
 
 To Capt. Obediah Brozan's Account, 
 To Mr. ^aul Tew's Account, 
 
 50 
 13 
 
 i7 
 
 17 
 15 
 
 C -S3- 4 3 
 Cr,
 
 L S9'] 
 
 Bridge over Pautucjcpt Rivet, with the Diffdon of thtt 
 Lottery, Jet forth for that '■Turpofs. 
 
 1751. TJY the Money raifed by Lottery, ^ 
 
 ±J and by the General AfTcmbl) C ^. :100a 10 o 
 
 appropriated to the Bridge \ 
 By Ballancc due to the Dircdors, 51^ lA z 
 
 £. 4532 4 a 
 Cumberland, Feb. \%th. 1752. 
 
 fOBediah Brown » 
 
 Frrors excepted, /.r U^bn Dexter, 
 K(Paul Teu." 
 
 «C \]^^ ^ht Subfctihcrs, being appointed by the General 
 ^^ Allcmbly, to audit the Accounts of the Committee atJ- 
 pointcd to build a Bridge over Tautiicket River, hive received and 
 examined their Accounts, and the Vouchers foi all the Articles 
 therein contained, do Report, The above Account by them ftated 
 and figned, are juft, true, and Csadt ; and tnat the above Ballance 
 is due to them. StepheH HofkinSi 
 
 Cumberland^ Feb. 1%. 1752. Ichabod 'Peck." 
 
 And now this Aflembly having- taken tbc Premtfes into Confi- 
 deratlon, and duly examined the lame, Do Vote and Refolve^ and it 
 is Voted and Rejohed, That the laid Report be, and it is hereby 
 accepted. 
 
 Whereas ^Peter Bours, Efqj exhibited to this Aflembly, an Ac- 
 count charged againft the Colony fot ten Reams of Paper by him 
 provided lor printing the Laws of the Government : Which be- 
 ing duly examined, -Thit JJfenhly do Vete andReJolvt, and it ts Voted 
 and Rejolved, That the laid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, 
 and that Sixty-five Tounds, the Amount thereof, be paid the faid 
 ^eter Bours out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas ^«« and James Franklin exhibited to this AiTcmbly, an 
 Account by tlicm charged againlt the Colony, for printing Two 
 Hundred Proclamatiohs by Order of Aflembly, and the Ads and 
 Orders made and pad hy the General AlTembly, at their lait 
 Seflion, and for Pap>cr furnifhcd for printing faid Ads and Orders : 
 Which Account being duly examined, This Jjfembly do Vote and 
 Kefolve, and it is Voted and Refohed, That tlie lame be, and it is 
 hereby allowed, and that Twenty-Jive I'ounds Fourteen Shillings, the 
 Amoant thereof, be paid the laid Jnn and James FrankJin out of 
 <tic General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas
 
 [ 6o ; 
 
 Whereas Davjj Wilkinfon, Efq; Sheriff of the Ccunty o{ ^rovi^ 
 ^ettcsy exhibited to this AfTembly, an Account by him charged 
 againfl the Government, for lundry Repairs by him made on the 
 Court-Honfe and Goal in faid (Prozi (fence : Wliicii licirg duly ex- 
 amined, This Jjfin^l) do I'cte dmi R</Jck'e, etui it is Voted and Re~ 
 Johed, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and 
 that the Sum of Tiimti-thrte 'Foufids Seventeen Shillitgs and Six 
 ^r»r<?, the Amount thereof, be paid the laid David fi'tlkitijcn out 
 of the Genefal Trcalury. 
 
 WhcrciS JobnfFslhanUy ci^rovideme^ Husbandman, exhibited 
 to this Aflembly, an Account cliargcd againfl the Government, 
 for Mateiirds found, and Work done by him for the Ufc of the 
 County-Houte in laid ^Prcvidemc, by the DireOion of Jol-'n Mr'u-- 
 fiey, Elq; late SherifTof faid County : Which being duly examined, 
 Vhis JffimUy do Vote arJ Re/ohe, and it is Voted and Rcfoivcd, Thac 
 the faid Account be, and the lame is hereby allowed, and that 
 Forty-o)ie 'l^ottnds Tzvo Shilliags and Six Terice, the Amount thereof, 
 be paid the faid ^cknWilliann out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Mcflrs. Job Tripp, and Jojeph Rathbun, jun. ■were ap- 
 pointed a Committee by the Town of Exeter, to exchange Vic 
 Highway with John fVhitJvrd, above Siepheo Jufiiti's, in iiid Town ; 
 and having perpetrated the Bufincfs, made Report to faid TowOj 
 as followelh ; 
 
 " AITE the Subfcribers, being chofcn a Commitfee by the Town 
 " '^' of Exeter, to exchange Land with John Whitjcrd, for the 
 " Conveniency of the Highway that runs between the faid Whit- 
 " ford's, two Farms in E^ettr, Weftward to H'iilium Tafitier's ; and 
 *' we have laid faid Highway as faid Jihitjotd'sTcncc now flands, 
 " on his North Farm, to the Weftward oi Stephen Juf,in's Houfc, 
 " and from the Extent of faid Fence, Wtftward to a Heap of 
 " Stones ; from thence to a Boundary at the Highway : And in 
 " Exchange for faid Jf'hitford's Land, we, the Subfcribers, have 
 " fct off by Bounds, mace a Part of (he ten Red Highway, ad- 
 " joining to faid JVhitfcrd's South Farm, to remain to faid fVhit- 
 " ford, and his Heirs and Affigns, forever, in Confidcration of the 
 " Land taken from laid Hhitjord, to the Wcftward of St- phut 
 " j1uj]in\ Houfe, as by certain Bounds let off : As Witncls our 
 " Hands, this 51ft Day ofA%', A D. 1748. 
 
 >/' Trippy ? _ . „ 
 
 Jo], Rathbun, jun, 5 
 
 Which Report v;as by a Vote of the Town-Meeting of faid 
 Exeter, accepted on the fcventh Day of Jfjr.e after ; and the laid 
 John fVhitford appeared, and confcnted, and allowed of the afore- 
 i'aid Exchange of Land? : Ail which being reprefentcd unto this 
 
 AfTembly,.
 
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 Aflcmbly, 7hey do Vote and B^tjobe^ and it is Voted and Refohed^ 
 That the above-mentioned Vo:e of the Town-N^eting of Exeter^ 
 be, and the fame is ticreDy ^aeaspced.e^^ij/''-''^'''^ 
 
 Whereas the General AfTemMy of this Colony, at thci: Scflion 
 in June laft, appointed Stcfhcu Hofkim, Efq; Capt. Jojefh Harris 
 J'on^ and Mr. Matthetv Rohtnfon^ a Committee, tp examine into all 
 the Circumftances, and other Matters ot Fad, relating to the 
 Northern Boundary Line of this Colony, with full Power to pro- 
 cure all fuch Evidences, Records, and Papers, as luay be thereunto 
 neceflary, and to correfpond and join with the Colony oiCotwe^icuTy 
 or a Commitfce by them appointed (if it be found moft expedient) 
 in the Proiecution of that Affair, and upon the Whole, to prepare 
 as complcat a State of the Calc as they are able, and to lay the 
 fame before the Aflembly as loon as it can conveniently be done ; 
 And the Bufincls remaining ftill unpcrpctrate(), -Ibis ^Ifcmhly do 
 Vote and Refohe, and it i. Voted aud Re/olved, That Thomas Jrnoldy 
 Efq; be, and he is hereby added to faid Committee ; and that rhey, 
 or any two of them, proceed on the Affair, and compleat ic 
 as foon as the fame can be well done, and make Rcporc of their 
 Doings to this Aflembly, at their next SclTion. 
 
 Whereas Jeremiah Ro/i-, of Stoningtotiy in the Colony of Cotimc- 
 tfcut^ rcprelented unto this Aflembly, th^t on or about the thir- 
 tieth Day o^ March laft, as he was croiling Stomngton Harbour in a 
 Canoe, he cafrt:illv loft a Paper out of his Pocket, and in it about 
 One Hundred and Twenty Pounds, Three or Four Shillings whereof 
 were Copper, and that funk the Paper Money, of which Forty- 
 two Pounds Sixteen Shillings, were Bills of Credit emitted by this 
 Government, and thereupon prayed for Relief : On Confideration 
 whereof, and duly inquiring into the Affair, ^bis ^Jfembly do Vote 
 and Rcfulvc. and if is Voted and Refohed^ That the Sum o^' Forty- 
 two Pounds Sixteen Shillings, m Bills of Credit of the Old-Tenor, 
 be paid by Benjamin Nichols^ Efq; Keeper of the Grand Commit- 
 tee's Office, to the z[o\£['z\^ Jeremiah Roje, out of the Money paid to 
 him the faid MVWj for Tenths ; and that the fame be look'd upon 
 asfo much of the Bills of Credit funk. 
 
 Whereas an Account was exhibited to this Affembly, charged 
 againfl: the Government by j'o^^ -^i/'w, hte oi' New^^orf, Block- 
 maker, deccas'd, (or Blocks, Trucks, and other Neceffaries for 
 the Sloop Tarrar, late belonging to this Colony, under the Com- 
 mand of Capt. Danjtl Fcnes : Which being duly examined, This 
 Jjprnhly do Vote aud Refolve, and it is Voted and Rejohed, That the 
 faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and th^t the Sum of 
 Seventeen Toauds Fifteen Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid 
 unto the Reprelentatiye of the faid John Jkin out of the General 
 Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas
 
 I 62-] 
 
 Whereas Jonathju Randal, Efq^ one of the Conwiiflloners ap- 
 pointed by the Government to run and fettle their North-Boun- 
 dary-Line, exhibited an Account charged againft the Colony, for 
 his Time, Trouble, Expenccs, and Horfchire, in leveral Journies 
 by him made upon that Account, in OSober, 1745), ^^^ '" ^^^ 
 Months oi Jfrily OBober^ December, and January, 1750 : Which 
 being duly examined, ^his JJJimhly do Vote and Refolve, and it is 
 Voted aud Refolved, That the laid Account be, and it is hereby al- 
 lowed, and that the Sum of Owr Hundred and Fijty-eight '^Pounds 
 Fourteen Shi Hi figs and Eight (Pence, the Amount tbereot, be paid 
 the faid Jenalhan Randal out oi the General Trealury. 
 
 Whereas Henry Harris, Efq; who was appointed by the Com- 
 niifTioners of the Government, to liirvey and run the Ncrth- 
 Boundary-Line, exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an Account charged 
 againft the Colony, for his Labour, Trouble^ Exptnce, and Horic- 
 hire, in feveral Journies by him made, &c. on that Account, in 
 OBober, 174^, and in the Months of Jpril, Otlober, November, 
 December, and January, 1750 : Which being duly examined, 
 This Jjfefnbly do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voted and tiejohtd. That 
 the faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum 
 of 0«e Hundred and Sixty-one bounds Eighteen Shillings and Two ^ence, 
 the Amount thereof, be paid the laid Heary Harris out of the 
 General Trenfury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That Jcofry Watfon, Efq; Col. Inmamel 
 Northup, and Mr. Benjamin Teckham, jun. be, and they are hereby- 
 appointed a Committee, to audit the Accounts of the Diredors of 
 Col. Pendleton's Lottery, and malce Report of their Doings in the 
 Aftair, to the General Aflembly, at their next Seffion. 
 
 Whereas miliam Barber, and others, reprefented to this Aflem- 
 bly, that fundry of the Inhabitants of fi'efierly, had petitioned 
 their Town-Council to order two Highways to be laid out in faid 
 Town, one from H'ood Kivcx to Exeter, and the other from Cran- 
 dal'i Mill thro' faid Tou-n Northerly, to meet with the faid in- 
 tended Highway ; and notwithftanding the faid Petitioners had 
 fliewed the faid Town-Council the Necelfity of faid Highways, 
 their Petition was rejected j whereupon they made Application 
 hithrr : And this AiTembly having taken the Prcmifes into Con^. 
 fideration, and duly weighed the Arguments of the Parties, Do 
 Voti' and Re/ohe, and it is Voted and Re/olved, That Robert Lillsbridgef 
 Efqj Stephen Richmond, Efq; and Mr. Benjamin Brown, be, and 
 they, or the major Part of them, are hereby conllituted a Com- 
 mittee, with full Power to lay out Highways agreeable to the 
 1'rayer of the afore/aid Petition, and agree with the Owners of thff 
 Land through which Highways ftrall run ; or in Cafe they cannot 
 agree, then to let a Price on the Land that ftiall be fo converted 
 
 into
 
 into Highways : That the whole Charge be paid bv the Town oi 
 Wejierly \ and that the laid Committee make Report to the Ge- 
 neral AlTcmbly at their next Seflion. 
 
 Whereas the General Aflcmbly of this Colony, fome Time paft, 
 being; well informed of the great NecefTuy of paving th« Streets 
 QiNewfiort, and more cfpecially that leading from the Colony- 
 Houfe, did for that End grant a Publick Lottery; but fome of 
 the Directors declining being concerned therein, and the Time for 
 drawing trie lame elapfed : // is therejhre Voted and Kefolved hy this 
 jiffimkly^ ar.d hy the Juthority thereof , That the faid Lottery be, 
 and it is hereby revived in the lollowing Manner, vtz. 
 
 The Lottery Ihall confift of 1 2500 Tickets, at Four Toands 
 Old- Tenor each ; 3C4p of which, to be fortunate, in the 
 following Manner : 
 
 1'otal Vahei 
 
 £,' 2000 
 200Q 
 1600 
 
 aooo 
 
 Number of Prizes. 
 
 
 Falue 
 
 of each. 
 
 2 
 
 
 of 
 
 £' 
 
 1000 
 
 4 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 500 
 
 8 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 100 
 
 20 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 100 
 
 45 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 50 
 
 70 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 40 
 
 ioo 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 30 
 
 120 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 15 
 
 300 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 iO 
 
 400 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 15 
 
 2080 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 10 
 
 3049 
 
 Prizes. 
 
 
 
 
 94i» 
 
 Blanks. 
 
 
 
 
 4P450 
 Firft drawn, 275 
 
 Laft drawn, ^j^ 
 
 12500 Tickets. — '■ 
 
 ^. 50000 
 
 All the Prizes Ihail be Subjeft to a Dcduftion of Twelve and an 
 Half /'er Cent, to be be applyed in paving the Streets o( Newport. 
 
 And it is jarther Voted and Re felvedy That Thontas Cranjion^ and 
 John Bennet, Elqrs. Meffrs. William Read, Evan Malibone, John 
 Channing^ and Job Bennet/jun. be, and they, or the major Part of 
 them, arc hereby appointed Directors of faid Lottery, and to put 
 forth the fame as loon as conveniently may be ; and that they 
 begin to draw faid Lottery on the thirtieth Day of Jufse next ; 
 That the laid Diredlors give Bond in the Sum of Off? Hundred 
 Thoafand Tounds^ to the General Treafurcr of this Colony, and 
 make Oath, for the faithful Performance of their faid Truft : 
 That tnc faid Bond be given before the Scheme be put forth ; 
 and that the Street leading from the Colonv-Houfe to the Long 
 Wharff be firft paved, and Thames Street next. 
 
 Whereas
 
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 Whereas Nehemiah Sprague, o\ '^Providence, reprefented unto this 
 Aflcmbly, that in the Montn oi March Jail, he came into the 
 Pore of Newt>ort from Sea, and having a PerlOn on Board very 
 fick, he came to an Anchor in the Harbour, about halt a Mile 
 from the Shore, and landed loon after to call a Phyfician ; who 
 opon his coming on Board, found the Diftempcr to be the Small 
 Pox : That at the Time of his carting Anchor, he had no Rcafon 
 to think the fick Perfon had the Small-Pox, not was there any- 
 one on Board that had ever leen the Diftemper ; fo that the laid 
 Nehemiah was altogether ignorant thereof: Neverthelels, the Ge- 
 neral Treafurer loon after purlbed him for the Penalty of Four 
 Hundred Tcuncif, on the Colony Law, and hath recovered Judg- 
 ment by Default, for the fame : That being but in indifferent 
 Circumftanccs. and having a large Family, he is not able to pay 
 ths laid Fine j and thereupon prayed that the Fine or Penalty 
 may be remitted, and the faid Judgment of Court difchargcd, he 
 paying Cofts, &c. 
 
 On Confidtration whereof, 
 This J[femlly do Vote and Rejohe, and it is Voted and Re/olved^ That 
 the afore-mentioned Fine be, and the lame is hereby remitted, hfc 
 the laid Nehemiah paying all Cofts and Charges that have arolc 
 upon the Affair. 
 
 Whereas Job Randal and Gideon Harris, Efqrs- rcprcfentcd t(J 
 this Aflembly, That the Bridge upon ^lainfitld Road, over the 
 Northern Branch ci ^autuxit Rirrr, is very much out of Repair, 
 and if timely Care be not taken, it will beimpoffible to pals that 
 Way in the Winter Seal'on : Whereupon they prayed Ibme fpeedy 
 Method may be followed, and faid Bridge either rebuilt or repaired, 
 that the Country may have the Advantage of travelling fafely. 
 And this Aflembly having taken the Prcmifcs into Confideration, 
 Do Vi'fe andReJolve, and it is Voted and Re/okcd, That when the afore- 
 faid Bridge Ihall be complcatly finillicd, and the Account of the 
 Charges thereof laid before the General Aflembly, and allowed, 
 that one quartet Part of the Amount thereof, be paid out of the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Re/obedy That Mr. M/ha Brcwit be, and he is 
 hereby appointed to repair the Colony's Parr of the Bridge over 
 Tautucket River, at the Falls ; and that Jo/hiia Babcoclt, Elcj; be, 
 and he is hereby appointed to repair this Colony's Part of the 
 Bridge over Taucattuk River ; and that they Jay their Accounts 
 before the General Aflembly, at their ncKt Scflion, or as foon 
 as they can conveniently. 
 
 It is Voted and Re/olved, That the Sherifi'of Kings County fell at 
 Vendue, all the Perlbnal Eftatc in his Hands, which did belong 
 to ff'l/iet Ijarabec j and that Col. imnianuel Northup, and Capt* 
 
 ^ames
 
 C^y 3 
 
 'James Htlrrn., be, and they are hereby appointed a Commjet^e. 
 to audit all Accouncs rcfpcfting the Apprehending laid Larabe, 
 convii^ing him, &c. and make Report to the General AITcmbly 
 at iheir next ScfTion. 
 
 An A C T impowcring the Freemen of the Town of Providences 
 to take up a convenient Piece of Laud for the Building a 
 Peft-Houfe. 
 
 nfi ;'/ Enadcd by the General Jlpmlly of this Colony, and hy the 
 •^ Juthvrity of the Jame^ it is hereby Emtltd._ That Jeremiah 
 Li f pit, "ER]; and Lieut. Col. Stepfnn Lov).. both ot f Warwick, ia 
 the County of /C^/;/, be, and they are hereby appointed a Com- 
 mittee, to view the Lands in the Town of 4^rovidetfcey adjacent to 
 the River or Ray, and to hxand determine what Place fhall leem 
 to them mofl convcnfent jor the Budding a Peft-Houfe lor tnc 
 Rcceit of (lich Perlons as fhall be taken fick of the Small-Pox, or 
 other infectious Diftcmpers ; antJ upon finding a Place convenient: 
 for the fame, tiicy may apply to tlie Owner ot the Land, and 
 agree with him concerning the Price thereof, and upon pay- 
 ing tnc Price (the Money to be advanced by the Town o{ 'Trovi- 
 lii'Hce) to receive a Deed oi the fame : Bur if they cannot agree 
 with tuch Owner, then they are to value the JLand according to the 
 
 true Wortli thereof, and give Notitc to the Town-Trcafurcr of 
 
 faid •Trcuidcme, ot their Doings, who fhall thereupon, in the Pre- 
 fence of the faid Committee, or two other lawful WitnclTes, ten- 
 der tne Price thereof, in Money, to fuch Owner or Owners; and 
 upon fucii Tender, the Freemen of the faid Town oi Providence 
 fliall become feizt-ri in Fee-iitnple of the iame, always relerving 
 to fuch Owner or Owner?, the Right of demanding nnd receiving 
 of the Town of 'Vrcfuidaice, the Price of laid Land citimated as. 
 Abovefaid, when he fhall think he to a«fc for the lame : And if 
 Inch Owner or Owners fnall think the Price fct on faid Land to 
 be Icfs than the tme Value thereof, he or they may, upon a Peti- 
 tion to ihe then next Superior Court that fhall let in laid ^rcvt- 
 dencc, bring the lame before the faid Court, who arc nereby im- 
 powered to inquire by the Petit Jury then atteudiug (on which 
 jury no Inhabitant of tne. Town oi' T'rovixk^ce Ihall then fct) con- 
 cerning the true Value of laid Land ; and if fuch Jury IhaU aug- 
 ment the Price let by laid Committee, thcr the Town of ^Prwt~ 
 deme (hall pay the Coft of luch Tryal ; but if the Price /hall not 
 be increalbd, then the Coft tr> hr paid by fuch Owner of Owners aa 
 afbrc-mcntioncd. 
 
 Whereas Co!, Chndopher Ckarripiin. .md Capt, Nathamel Lewis ^ 
 Depuftes oi Ck.irk/loivn^ did, in Behalf of laid Town, reprefent 
 unco this AfP:mbly, That they nre under great Difficulty and Dif- 
 
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 advantage for wanr ci Ibme couvcnJcnt Haibcur or Landing for 
 Tranfportation, it being about fixt.'cn Miles from laid Town to 
 Point J'idith Peer, and almofl as far as 'Tj.'U\i'ii':k. River, whicli 
 Places arc the neareft Harbou'i they have To depend on • which 
 they let forth to the General Alfembly Ibme Years paft, who ap- 
 pointed a Committee to infped into th- Ctrcumftances of ("aid 
 Affair, and find out whether laid Difficulty might not be remedied^ 
 by turning a Branch o'i'^Paucat'j.k. River into a large Salt Tend \n 
 faid Town ; which Stream olWatcr (when turned into laid Pond) 
 will undoubtedly keep open a large Breach running out of laid 
 Pond into the Sea : That the Commiircc did view and examinfr 
 into the Affair, and reported to the Alfembly, that it might be 
 very well effcfted, and that without an extraordinary Charge, 6'r. 
 That upon the Report of faid Committee, the Affembly in their 
 Wifdom, palTed in A£l for turning faid River lor the Purpofe aforc- 
 faid, on Conditions which were not eafily to be performed by the 
 Petitioners, they being to procure luflicient P.onds, to make and 
 maintain fuch and lb many Bridges as fhould become necclfary, 
 and occafioned by turning laid River, and alfo to carry on the 
 fourth Part of faid Work, the other three Pares to be done at the 
 Charge of the Colony : That now tlie Conditions injoincd by 
 faid Act of Alfembly, arc performed, &i. Whereupon they prayed 
 to be directed to goon the aforefaid Work, agreeable to the afore- 
 laid KCt of Alfembly, and that the Colony's Part of the Charge 
 be paid out of the Intereft of the prcfent Bank, 5fc- And this 
 Alfembly having taken the Premifes into Confidcrarion, Do V9tc 
 and Rejolve, and it is Voted aud Refohcd, That Benjamin Hafzordy 
 Jeremiah Liffett, and Jo/e/'h Nichsh, Elq, together with Melfr?. 
 yojepfo Harrtjon, and Ifraei JVilkiiiforj, be, and they, or the major 
 Part of them, are hereby appointed a Committee, to infped into 
 all the Circumll.inccs relating to the afore- mentioned Afiair, and 
 form an Eftimafc ol the Coft and Charge of performing faid Work, 
 :lnd make Report to this Alfembly at their next Sclfion. 
 
 It is I'oied and Re/olvfdy That the Aftion of Account brought 
 hy Benjamin Nichols, Efq- in Behalf of the Colonv, againfi: ^j^/c-c-/ 
 BretrtotJ, Efq; be left lo Referrccs living out of this Government, 
 if Mr. Brenton will agree to it ; and that Stephen Brownel, Efq; 
 Jtremah Nilcs, Elq; and Mr. BenjamiiJ Beckham, jun. be, and they 
 arc hereby appointed a Committee, in Behalf of the Colony, to 
 chufe oneRelence, and to be adviled with, in Refpett to approv- 
 ing or difapproving of the other t\Vo Referrccs, one to be cholcn 
 by Mr. Brenton, and that to be appointed by the Court, 
 
 // is Votedy Refohedy aird Declared, That the true Intent anH 
 Meaning of the Act palfcd by the General Alfembly in their 
 Sclfion at Newforty in June lalt, for fettling and afcertaining the 
 
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 Value of Sil'/er, thai Spani4) Silrer milled DolLirs pafs for Vtfty-f,x 
 ShiUiiJgi each, in Bilh of Credit of the Old-Tenor, and for all 
 other Bills of Credit of the other EmiHions, equivalent thereto. 
 
 Whereas Sanijord Cafe exhibited to this AfTembly, an Account 
 oi Nine bounds by him charged againlt the Government, for at- 
 tending three Days on the Houle of Magiftratcs, at laft Selljon of 
 t'lc General Aflcmbly : Which being taken into Confidcration, 
 and duly examined, // is Voted and Rcjolved, That Three bounds of 
 the Account be allowed and paid the faid Sandjcrd Cafe out of the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Ebeiiezer Brcwrt exhibited to this AHembly. an Ac- 
 count o\ TiveKty-jour bounds by him charged againft the Govern- 
 ment, for attending on the Houfe of Deputies four Days lalt Sci- 
 fion of the General AlTembly, and as many this j which being 
 taken into Confideration. and duly examined, It is Voted and 
 Ke/bhedy That Sixteen bounds of faid Account be allowed and paid 
 thf! faid Ebenezer Brown cut of the General Trealury. 
 
 Jt is Foted a>iJ Refolved, That the Sum of Seventy-nifje bounds 
 St'ven jhiIIifjo_s and I'hree ^'etice Half-penny ^ be paid out of the Ge- 
 neral Treafury to Benjamin Nichols, James Sheffield, Nicholas Eaflofi, 
 and Benjamin Hajzard. Efqrs. for figning the three Southera 
 Counties Proportion of the Rills of Publick Credit ctpittcfl by Aft 
 ofAffembly, paffed at 7'rovidi;nce the eighteenth Day of March 
 laft. Jnd it is farthc'r Foted and Refuhed, That James Arnold^ 
 SamvelChace, George Eroivn, and Obediah Brown, Efqrs. be likcvviTe 
 paid out of the General Trealcrv, at the Rate oiTett Shillings per 
 Cent, for figning Nine llouJandOnc Hundred and 7wenty-feveti Q^ounds^ 
 it being the Remainder of the aDove-mentioned Twenty-five Thou- 
 fand 'J'oundf, which was the Proportion ot the two Northera 
 Counties. 
 
 Jeremiah Niks, Elq; and Mr. Benjamin Teckham, jun. being the 
 major Part of a Committee, by the General AfTembly, on the 
 fccond Monday of June laft, appointed to examine all the Ac- 
 counts which hxvc ariicn upon the apprehending, profecuting, 
 convi(rcing, and executing 'Thomas Carter, made the following Re- 
 port unto tliij AlTembly • 
 
 cc VyH E Pv E A S, We the Subfcrihers, were by the General 
 '^ ' AHcmbly appointed a Committee to examine and fettle 
 " the Accounts relating the Apprehending, Proltcution. and Con- 
 *' viction of Thomas Carter, who was executed on the tenth Day of 
 •' May laft paft ; and having examined faid Accounts, do Beport, 
 " That there be paid out of the General Treafury, to the Perfons 
 ** whole Names ire under-written, the Sums to their feveral 
 " Names annexed, as follows- 
 
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 i( r^o Samuel Tcftt , £('•;: _ ;C- -5 i o 
 
 ** ■■■ To W ill i(\m. Shearman^ oi ^ort/hctith^ p 14 ^ 
 
 " To Samuel Ji'til/f.>^ - - 500 
 
 *' To Charles Dyre, - - j; 14 o 
 
 I 57 10 6 
 
 " South-Kingftown, Feb. 23;. iTi^' " y^''^- ^%'-r. 
 
 " A 9>:ckham, jun. 
 
 And now this Aifembly having taken the Premifrs into Conii- 
 deration. Do Vote and Rejobc, a>id it is Voted and Rejohedy That 
 the aforegoing Report be, and the lame is hereby accepted • and 
 that th'' above-mentioned Account oi Frjiy- ^even l^ounds Ten ShiU- 
 in^f .md Six '-Tenrr, be paid rut or the General Treal'ury unto the 
 Perlbns tiicrcin rcfpedivcly named. 
 
 It it Voted and Rejohed. That all Bills of Coft arifing on Actions 
 at the laft Inferior Court ol" Common Pleas, and General Stflions 
 of the Peace, at JSezvport, whu h have not yet been taxed, /bail he 
 taxi'dby the Chief Judge of laid Court, notwithUanding the Time 
 affixed by Law is elaplbd 
 
 Wheicas ir hath been reprefcnted anto this AfTcmbly, That 
 'John Li3Zs.kfs, ncnv in HisMajefty's Goal nt Soutt-^Kiti^itown. hath 
 been cunvicred of Theft, and is fentenced to be whipped on the 
 fccond Day of M.trch, or pay a Fine of Twenty ^I'otitidi ; and that 
 the laid "John l.aivkfs is at preient very fick : // is tktrejore Voted 
 Cfid Rejblved, That the Sentence piflVd againft the aforefaid John 
 Lawkf's, be, and the lame is hereby rcipitcd 'till the Sitting of the 
 next Superior Court in A.'/>^j Conniy , nnd rhat the Sheriff of faid 
 County procure a Phylician to take Care of the faid "^phn Laivkjs^ 
 on the molt frugal Terms he can, at the Expence of the Govern- 
 ment. 
 
 An A C T in Addition to an Ac>, lnfitled,.^« ACT to freve»t 
 the Spreading of the Sfnall-^ox^ and other contogicus Siduefst in 
 ibis Colony. 
 
 11/ HE REJS in and hy Jaid AB, it is Enured, Tbat wh^n the 
 Small-Tox Ihall be frcvaikvt in the Town of Bofton, or in nny 
 other Tozvn ;« JScw-England. all -Per fen ( tuhat/oever {the^foli only 
 excepted) who f-jall come jtvin fetch To-xn into this Colony ^ zvithout re- 
 Ttiainingpue fJays on the Borders, jball Jorjeit jor J uch Offence^ Five 
 Pounds, to and for the life of the Colony, iifon legal Convidion, ns is 
 Jet forth tnjaid A3 : Which Penalty t/j/s AfTemhly utdgiv^ to he tea 
 fmall, 
 
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 f\0 therefore Vote and Enacf, and it is Voted and E»a^ed That 
 ^ the iai(i Penalty be, and it is hereby augmcnff d to the Sum 
 of Fijfy bounds. 
 
 A N D bi' it further Ena^ed hy the Juthority afore/aid^ TnaC 
 all the iuft and rcalbnable Charges that (hail accrue by the Ap- 
 pointment of proper Pcribns at ail Ferries and Places for examin- 
 ing Traveller}., or to prevent the bringing the Small-Pox into this 
 Colonv. ihdll be paid out of the General Tieafury. 
 
 J N D be it jtirther EnaBed by the Juthority aforefaid, That the 
 Town-Councils, Affiftants, or Jufticcs, of each Town in the Co- 
 lony, be and they are hereby impowercd to appoint pioper Per- 
 lons to examine Travellers, &c. as is aforelaid : And that this Afl: 
 be, and remain in Force 'till the tenth Day oijutie next, and no 
 longer. 
 
 Vy H E R E A S ye/l'ph Nichols, and R^fus Greer.c, Efqrs. 
 ' ' cxhibired to this Affembly, an Account by them charged 
 againfi the Colony, for Sundries by them done and provided for 
 building the Goal in Eaft-Grcenwich, for the County oi Kent : 
 Which being duly examined. This ^Jfemhiy do Vote and Re/otve, 
 ar.d ft is Voted ard Rejohed, That the Sum of One Thoujand and 
 Uifty-eight-^ounds Seventeen Shillings and Six ^ence, be paid the faid 
 yo/eph Nichols and Rtffus Grecw out of the General Treafury. 
 
 rhis Jfcmhly do Vote and Rcfohe, and it is Voted and Refolved^ 
 That all Bufinefs lying before them, unfinifhcd, be, and the fame 
 15 hereby referred to tlicir next Seflion : That the Secretary pro- 
 claim in Newport, by Beat of Drum, all the Afts and Orders now- 
 made and part, within five Days alter the Rifingofthis AlTetnbly, 
 and within forty, fend Copies of them to each Town in the Colony : 
 That this Affembly be adjourned to thelaft Tuefday in April next, 
 then to meet, provided it be callea by his Honour the Governoc 
 or Deputy Governor • if not called before, nor at that Time, then 
 it is herebv diflblvcd. 
 
 GOD Save the K I N G. 
 
 Newport, March 4, 1752 
 
 ^ubliped accvrdifig to Order^ hy 
 
 Tho. Ward, Sccry. 
 
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 yf/- /Z?^ G E N E R A L A S 5 E M B L Y <?/ tloC 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Englifh 
 Colony of Rhode-Ifland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 tn New-England, in America ; 'he^un and held at 
 Kewport, on the fifth Day of May, One Jboujand Seven 
 Hundi^ed and Fifiy-two : And in the Trventy-fifth' Tear 
 of the Reign cf His Moji Sacred MajeUy^ GEORGE 
 the Second, by the Grace of GOD, of Great-Britain, 
 Jrauce. and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. 
 // beini the Day before the General Eleclfon. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIJM GREENE, Efq: Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Whipple, Efq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq: 
 James Arnold, Efq; 
 
 ■ /^#. William Richmond, EfqA./!^. 
 
 I J KOFiRY Watson, Efqj 
 
 John Tillinghast, Efq;. 
 Jonathan Nichols, El'q-, , 
 Nicholas Cook., Efq-, 
 Jabez Bo wen, Efq-, ' 
 
 Stephen Brown el, Efq; ■ 
 
 The Secretary. 
 DEPUTIES of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 Newport ; 
 
 Mr. Nutharjael CoggeJhaU, 
 Edward Scott, Efq; 
 Thomas Cratifto)}, Elqj 
 ^eter Bourj, El'q; 
 Mr. Job Bennet, jun. 
 Providence ; 
 NONE. 
 
 ^ Portfmouth ; 
 
 ^ William Jnthony, jun. Efq; 
 
 f JohnJIku.mcy, 
 
 g Cakb Hill, Efq; 
 
 ^ Mr Gideon Freeborn, ]\xn. 
 
 |g Warwick ; 
 
 gfj John Grten, Efq; 
 
 |§ "Lieut. Col. Sfepte/i Lozv. 
 
 Wefterly ;
 
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 Wcfterly ; 
 Col. Oliver Babcotky 
 Jofiua Bakocky Efq; 
 
 Newlhorcham ; 
 Mr, Johi Littkfeld, 
 Mr. Jojhua Sands. 
 
 North-Kingftown ; 
 Col. ImmJtmel 'Northup, 
 Beriah Brown, Efq; 
 
 South-Kingftown j 
 Mr. Jeofry Ha/zard, 
 Col, Thomas Hafzard. 
 
 Eaft-Greenwich ; 
 Jofeph Nichols, Efq; 
 John Fry, Efq; 
 
 Jamcftown ; 
 Jofefh Clark, Efq; 
 Mr. Jojiah yJrrwld, jun,' 
 
 Smithficld j 
 Thomas Jrnohi, Efq; 
 John Jldrich, Efq; 
 Sciruate ; 
 
 None. 
 Gloccltcr ; 
 Col. Richard Smith, 
 ^ndreiii Brown, Elq; 
 Charleftown ; 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. 
 
 Thomas Cranston, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Jo/tas Lyndon, Clcrx of 
 
 ^ Mr. James Congdon, j\Jin. 
 g§ Weft-Grpcnwich ; 
 
 ^ Jeremiah Ellis ^ Efq; 
 
 ^ George Gardner^ Efq; 
 ^ Coventry ; 
 
 c« Mr. y^^^o Greene, 
 
 9g Cij/tf^ Greene, Efq; 
 gg Exeter ; 
 
 g§ Capt. 7o^« Reynolds, 
 
 ^ Job Tripp, Elq; 
 ^ Middletown ; 
 
 ^ Capt. fVilItam Turner, 
 
 ^ Mr. Jojhua CoggeJhalL 
 11 Briftol ; 
 
 ^ Jonathan 'Peck,Ei'q', 
 H Tiverton ; 
 
 ^ Mr. Edward Wanton. 
 IH Litrle-Compton ; 
 
 ^ ff77//jOT i^tf//, Elq; 
 
 ^ Mr. Richard GreenhiL 
 ^ Warren ; 
 
 ^ Cumberland j 
 
 pi Richmond ; 
 
 ^ y^/^w «^'f/^er, Efq; 
 
 p^ Mr, Jojeph Hoxfje. 
 
 was choleij Speaker . And 
 the Lower Houfe. 
 
 "IIT" H E R E A S the Perfons whofc Names hereafter follow, 
 ' have taken the Oath or Affirmation prefcribed by the Co- 
 lony-Law againft Bribery and Coriuption. It is therefore Voted 
 and Rejolved, That all ana every cf them be, and they arc hereby 
 admitted tree, and enabled to gi\c their Votes to choofe Officers 
 for their relpcdivc Towns ; ard alfo to give their Votes for the 
 Choice of the General Officers of the Government. 
 
 A' B h'^P B T; 
 Francis Pope, Benjajnin Almy, John Tripp, John Vial, Lemuel 
 Wyatt, John Collins, Ebcnczcr Vorce, Peleg Chapman, Thomas 
 Weedcn, Benjamin Day, Lawrence ClarK, jun. Peter James, Jofliu- 
 Amy, Jofeph Wilfon, Griffin Barney, John Phillips, John Greene, 
 Charles Bowier, Thomas Richardlbn (Sun of Ebenezcr) Jonas 
 Langford Redwood, Metcalf Bowkr, acjl John Reed (Son of 
 William). 
 
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 ^ROyiDBNCE:, 
 
 James Swane, James Fenncr, John Hopkins, Jeremiah Hawkins, 
 William Compton, Theophilus Williams. John Thomas, Stephen 
 Wiif^nr, Robert Gibbs, jun. Benjamin Smith, Abraham Belknap, 
 Nathaniel Sweeting, Thomas Waterman, Robert Young, Gilbert 
 Simmons, William Edmonds, Thomas Kilton, Obediah Brown 
 (tl e third), William Page, jun. Stephen Kilton, bamuel Fisk, 
 Samuel Nightingale, Joiiah King, Nathanael Waterman, jun. 
 Richard Knight (the fourth) Nathanael Packard, John Briggs, 
 Archibald Wear, Timothy Miles, William Kilton, Richard Olncy, 
 Elcazer Greene, EzraOlney, Jeremiah Burlingame, BenoniPeaice, 
 Samuel Wcftcot (Son of Jabcz) John Williams (Son of Thomas) 
 Guias Davis Pclcg Rhodes, John Anthony Angel, Samuel Burlin- 
 game, John Manton, jun. JeflTe Beverly, Gideon Olney, and Na- 
 thanael Jacobs. 
 
 PORTSMOUTH; 
 
 John Lawton. 
 
 fi'A RWI C K; 
 John Ladd, Jofhua Greene, John Waterman, and David Ghacc, 
 
 IV E S 1 E R L T; 
 Samuel Brand, and Ebenezer Lamb. 
 
 NEWSHOREHAM-, 
 
 Edmund Shefiield, Ezckiel Sheffield, William Dodge, jun. and 
 Tormat Ro(<?. 
 
 N0R1 H-KINGS70PFNi 
 
 Samuel Spink, David Green > jun. James Hiams, Ebenezer 
 Briggs, Jofhua Pearce, Edward Dyrc f Son of Edward Dyre, jun.) 
 Jnfiah Godfrey, William Thomas, Benjamin Congdon, (Son of 
 Benjamin Congdon, jun.) David Vaughan, Ifrael Phillips, Eber 
 Shearman, jun. John Reynolds (Son of James) Ifaac Vaughan, 
 Stephen Herrington, Ezekiel Hunt, Samuel Hunt, and William 
 Shearman. 
 
 S0U7H-KINGST0JVNi 
 
 William Cafe, Benjamin Watfon, Daniel Stedman, Nathanael 
 Mumford, George Hafzard, Job Babcock {So/7 of Samuel) Jercmian 
 Wilfon, JoD Babcock (the third;, Timothy Lock, David Bab- 
 cock, William Robinfon, James Perry, jun. Robert Knowles, jun. 
 Richard Hafzard, and Samuel Cafey. 
 
 EJST-GREE NWIC Hi 
 Daniel Brown, Robert Nichols, and Silas Jones. 
 
 S M I 7 H F I E L Di 
 Robert Woodward, Daniel Wilborc, jun. Henry Finch, Eliiha 
 Sayks, John Brown, Daniel Cafs, Nathan Cafs, Jofeph Cook, 
 Jeremiah Comeftock, Thom.is CrufF, jun, Thomas Woodward, 
 Jofeph Euffum, Daniel Wilbore, Thomas Broadway, Andrew- 
 Waterman, Jolhua Phillips, Jeremiah Phillips, John Whitcman, 
 
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 Gidecn Dexter, Winchefter Matthewfon, Samuel Goldthvvair, 
 James Mufley, Benjamin Ballard, Nathan Cafs, James Leonard, 
 Ephraim Whipple, Robert Woodward, Jolhua Arnold, and John 
 Ballou, jun. 
 
 G LOC E S7 ER; 
 
 JoDhua Eddy, Obediah Jencks, Jonathan Eddy, Peleg Ghace, 
 William Havens, Jeremiah Stcere, Benjamin Keach, jan. Ezra 
 Bartlet, jun. John Stcere, jun. Jonah Stcere, John Steeie, Jona- 
 than Tourtclot, Job Armftrong, Oliver Winflow, Stephen Keach, 
 Benjamin Tourtelot, Jofeph Sprague, Nathan Pain, Thomas 
 Herenden, Jofeph ColvelJ, Ifracl Thornton, Timothy Sweet, 
 Obediah Bowen, Jofhua Salisbury, Jeremiah Irons, Silas Williams, 
 Abraham Clark, Chad Brown, Enoch Whipple, Jofeph Cowen, 
 Noah Arnold, Edward Inman, jun. Samuel Rofs, and William 
 Rofs. 
 
 CHARLESTOlTNi 
 
 Robert Potter, Gideon Hoxfic, and John Holloway. 
 
 H^ESI GREENWICH; 
 Abraham Laja, Peter Lee, Robert Hopkins, James Hopkins, 
 Jonathan Weaver, Benjamin Greene ("Son of Henry; John Mat- 
 thewfon (Son of Henry Matthewfon, jun.) Ephraim Hayward, 
 Job Herrington, Jonathan Aylfworth, and Benjamin Greene, 
 
 coyENJRr-, 
 
 Jofeph Bennet, jun. Silas Wood, Daniel Walker, Nicholas 
 Ide, Joab Stafford, Valentine Mors, Robert Love, Benjamin 
 Vaughan, and Charles Andiew (Son of Charles). 
 
 E X E T H R; 
 Jeremiah Rogers, Edward Wilcox, William Barber, Jona- 
 than Babcock, Jeremiah Auftin (the third), ThomasGardner, jun. 
 John Potter, jun. and Jeremiah Allen. 
 
 MIDDLETOfTNi 
 Handley Chipman. 
 
 LirTLE-COM^TON; 
 Thomas Brownel, jun. Giles Pearce, John Simmons, Noah 
 Stoddard, Ifaac Simmonds, Jonathan Records, Ephraim Rich- 
 mond, William Richmond, jun. Perez Richmond, Stephen 
 Brownel, Pearce Brownel, Ifracl Shaw, Thomas Dring, Conflant 
 Church, and James Bennett. 
 
 CUMBERLAND', 
 Jeremiah Arnold, Jonathan Aldrich, Chriftopher Bullock, and 
 Daniel Smith, jun. 
 
 RICHMOND; 
 George Lewis, Elifha Babcock, and Thomas Kinycn, jun. 
 
 Jt
 
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 jlt the General Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Englilh 
 Colony of Rhode-Ifland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 in New-England, in America ; begun and held at 
 Newport, on t/jf j^/^O Wcdnefday of May, in the Tear 
 of Our LQR O, One Ihoufand Seven //undred and Fifty^ 
 ttpo : and in the Irrenty-fihh Tear of the Reign of His 
 Mofi Sacred Majeily, GEORGE the Second, by the 
 Grace of GOD, King 0/ Great-Britain, isfc^ 
 
 PRESENT, 
 The Hon. WILLIAM GREENE, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Whipple, Efqj Dep. Gov. 
 
 John TiLLiNCHAST, Efq;^ Robert Lawton, Efq^ 
 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efq;/ James Arnold, Efq; 
 
 Nicholas Cook., Efq; >4ff!fi. William Richmond, ECqA.^^, 
 
 Jabez Bowen, Efq; \ Daniel ogges'hall, Efqj^ 
 
 Stephen Brownkl, Efq*, Jeoffry Watson, Eiq-, 
 
 The Secretary, 
 DEPUTIES of the fcveral TOWNS. 
 
 Newport ; 
 Mr. Nathanael Coggejhally 
 Edward Scott, Efq; 
 Ihotncis Cranfton, Efqj 
 l^eter Boan, ETq; 
 Mr. Job BetitJet^ jun. 
 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen Hopkins, Efq; 
 Mr. Elijha Brown, 
 George Brown, Elq; 
 
 Portl'mouth ; 
 William Jtithuuy, jiin. Efqj 
 John Jll',7, Efq; 
 Caleb htll, Elq; 
 Mr. Gideon treeborttf j\in. 
 
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 Warwick ; 
 John Green, Eliqj 
 Mr. John Holdetty 
 Lieut. Col. Stephen Low, 
 Betjjamifi ArtioU, Elqj 
 
 Wefterly ; 
 Col. Oliver Babcock^ 
 Jojhua Bahcock, Efq; 
 
 NewQioreham ; 
 Mr. John Littlefeldy 
 Mr. Jojhua Sands. 
 
 North-Kingftown ; 
 Col. Immanuel Northuf, 
 Beriah Brown, Efqj 
 
 South-
 
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 South-Kingftown j 
 Mr. Jeofry Ha/zard, 
 Col. Thomas Hafsard. 
 
 Eaft-Grcenwich j 
 Jofiph mchoh, Efqi 
 John Fry, Efq; 
 
 Jamcftown j 
 ^o/e/'ib Clark, Efq; 
 Mr. JvjUh Jnwlcl, Jan. 
 
 Smithfield ; 
 Thomas jimoldy Elij^ 
 John Aldrich, Efq^ 
 Scituatc J 
 Job Randal, Efq^ 
 Cape. CharJiS Harris. 
 
 Glocefter ; 
 Col. Richard Smith, 
 Andrew Brown, Efq; 
 Charleftown \ 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. 
 Mr. James Co»gdon, ^\3n, 
 Weft-Greenwich j 
 Jeremiah Ellis, E/q- 
 George Gardner, Efqj 
 Coventry j 
 Mr. 3'^^" Greene, 
 
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 82 
 
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 Caleb Greene, Efqj 
 Exeter ; 
 
 Capt. John Reynolds, 
 
 Job Tripp, E'q; 
 
 Middlerown j 
 
 Capt. fVilliam Turner, 
 
 Mr. Jofiua Coggejball 
 Briftol ; 
 
 Jonathan ^eck, Efq; 
 
 Capt. Simeon better. 
 Tiverton ; 
 
 Mr. Edward }i''anton. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Howland. 
 Little-Compton 
 
 miliam Hall, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Richard Greenbil 
 Warren ; 
 
 Capt. John Jdams, 
 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 
 Cumberland , 
 
 Job Bartlet, Efq; 
 
 John Dexter, Efq; 
 Richmond ; 
 
 John fVebJier, Efq; 
 
 Mr. Jofeph Hoxfu. 
 
 Thomas Cranston, Efq; wai chofen Speaker : And 
 Mr. Jojias Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfc. 
 
 np HIS being the Annirerfary Elcftion of Officers, both Civil 
 -*- and Military, the Gentlemen whofe Names hereafter follow, 
 were chofen to fcfvc the Colony in the Offices afcribcd to their 
 Names refpe£tively, 
 
 The Hon. WILLIAM G REE NE, Efq; Governor, E^r^a^V. 
 
 The Hon. Jo4iPM Whipple Efq; Deputy Governor, j Engag'd. 
 
 John Tillinghafi, Efq; firft Affiftant ; Engag'd 
 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efq; fecond Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 Nicholas Cook, Efq; third Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 Jahez Bowen, Efq; fourth Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 Stephen Brownel, Efq; fifth Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 Robert Lazvton, Efq; fixth Affiftant ; Engag'd. 
 
 James Arnold, Elq; Icycnth AiEftant ; Engag'd 
 
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 iVilUam Richmond^ Efq; eighth Afliflant ; Etigag'd. 
 Daniel Coggejhall, Efqj ninth Affiftant j E»gag% 
 Jeofry Watjon, Elq; tenth Afliftant ; Etigag'd. 
 Thomas fVard^ Efq; Secretary ; Etigag'd. 
 Dutiid Updike, Elq; Attorney General ^ Etigag'd. 
 Thomas Richard/on, Elqj General Trcalurer ; Engag'd. 
 
 Stephen Hopkitjj, Rfq; chief -.Judge of the Superior Court of 
 
 yofiathan Ratidal, Elq; fccond / Judicature, Court of Affizc, and 
 
 tVilliam Ricfomotid, Elq; third > General Goal Delivery, in and 
 
 yo/eph Rci^el, Elq; fourth \ throughout the Colony. 
 
 Jo/eph darky Elq; fifth -^ 
 
 Col. Samuel Lyndon, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Newpart. 
 
 Col. Richard Smith, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County o( Providence 
 
 Col. WiUtam '^Pendletoti, Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in 
 the County o£ Kingi County 
 
 Col. Jo/eph Stafordy Colonel of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Kent. 
 
 Lieut. Col. John Burringtony Lieutenant Colonel of the Rf 
 
 giment of Mil'tia in the Count/ of Newport 
 
 Lieut. Col. Chri/iophr Harris, Lieutenant Colonel of the Re- 
 giment of Militia in the County of 'I'rovidettce. 
 
 Lieut. Col. Ephraim Gardner, Lieutenant Colonel of the Rcgi. 
 ment of Militia in the County of Kings County. 
 
 Lieut. Col. Stephen Low, Lieutenent Colonel ol the Regiment 
 of Militia in the County of Kent. 
 
 Major Wing Spooner, Major of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of hewport. 
 
 Major Rejohed JVaterman, Major of the Regiment of Militia in 
 the County of Providence. 
 
 Major Latham Clarke, Major of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Kings County. 
 
 Major John /Arnold, Major of the Regiment of Militia in the 
 County of Kent, 
 
 Samtnl iVickhani, Edward Scott, Daniel Gould, Caleb Hill, and 
 HlUtiim Jnt hony ^ j\in. Elqr>. Juflices of the Inferior Court of Com- 
 mon Pleas, anc^ General Scffions of the Peace, in and throughout 
 the County ^f Newport- 
 Daniel Jencks, Job Kandal, Thomas Lapham, Thomas ^irnold, and 
 Richard Steere, Elqrs, Jufticej of the inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General SelTions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of 'T^rovidence^ 
 
 Stephen
 
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 Stephen Hafzardy Imnianuel Nortbap, Jenmiah Niles^ Thomas 
 Brown, and Bemni Hu/l^ Elqrs. Jufticcs of the Inferioi Court oi 
 Common Pleas, and General ScHions of the Peace, in and through- 
 out the County oiKings County. 
 
 Jonathan ^eck^ Matthew jVeny James Uafon^ Jamts Smith, and 
 Thomas Greens Efqrs. Juftice» of the Infeiior Court of Comnwn 
 Pleas, and General Scflions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of Brijlol. 
 
 Daniel Rowland, Jofefh Nichols, John Fry, John Greene, and Rufus 
 Greene, Elqrs. Jultices of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, 
 and General Scliions of the Peace, in ana throughout the County 
 of Kent. 
 
 Thimias Ward, Efq; Clerk of the Superior Court of Judicature, 
 Court of Affize, and General Goal Delivery, in and throughout 
 the Colony. 
 
 Mr. Jojias Lyndon, Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of "Newport. 
 
 G<;orge Brown, Efq; Clerk of the Inferior Court of Comm'^n 
 Pleas, and General Seflions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County ot 'Providence. 
 
 Mr. Benjamin Beckham, iun- Clerk of the Inferior Court of 
 Common Pleas, and General Seflions of the Peace, in and through- 
 out rhc County of Kings County. 
 
 Mr. Thomas Throop, jon. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and Gcneial Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of Briftol. 
 
 Mr. JuhnWahGn,ycin. Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace, in and throughout the 
 County of Kent. 
 
 Jojeph Scott, Efq; Sheriff of the County o{ Newport. 
 
 JDavid h^/kin(on, Efq; Sheriff of the County o* Providence. 
 
 Beriah Brown, Efq; Sheriff of tne County of Kings County. 
 
 Nathanael Bo/worth, Elq; Sheriff ol the County ol Brijiol. 
 
 Thomas ypenjer (Son of John) hlq; Shcriffof the County n{ Keut 
 
 The Hon. Gideon fVanton, Benjamin Nichols. James Shefieldy 
 Ohediab Browa, Samuel Chjce, Jjmes Arnold. George Brown, Ntchoh\ 
 Ealion and Beniamtn Halzani Flqrs. the Grand Committee, or 
 TrulHes ot the Colonv. Jor (icning Bills of Publick Credit, &l. 
 i\nd rhe aforelaid Benjamin Nichols is allbchoicn and appointed to 
 ha e and take the Care and Charge ol the Colonv'8 Bonds and 
 ^ ftfj.iges, and to receive the Money due, and to be due thereon ; 
 alio ro make and give prooer Acquittances and Difcharges on 
 Mortgages, or otherwife upon the Receit of any of the Co- 
 y's Money : And in cafe of Non-payment, to put in Suit the 
 
 <n<1s and Mortgages of all I'uch as fhall refufe or omit to make 
 
 : Payment. 
 
 Jufliccs
 
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 JUSTICES o[ the Peace for the 
 Newport ; James Eldred, 
 
 Abraham Borden, 
 Samuel Collins, 
 Charles Bardin, 
 Ebcnezcr Richardlbn 
 Barnabas Hargil, 
 Jeremiah Clark, 
 Thomas Ward, 
 Peccr Eafton, 
 Martin Howard, 
 Jofcph Sylvcfter, 
 William Heffernan. 
 
 Providence j 
 George Taylor, 
 Henry Harris, 
 Chriftopher Harris, 
 Edward Sheldon, 
 Zuriel Waterman, 
 Jofeph Harris, 
 William Burton , 
 Jofeph Snow, 
 Ebcnezcr Jencfcs, 
 Matthew Manchcfter, 
 Richard Waterman. 
 
 ^ortfmouth , 
 William Hall, 
 Jonathan Freeborn, 
 Robert Dennis, 
 Caleb Allen, 
 
 fVarwick ; 
 Samuel Stafford, 
 James Green, 
 fienjamin Arnold, 
 Stephen Low. 
 
 >refierly : 
 William Hearn, 
 Benjamin Randal, 
 Jofeph Crandal, jun. 
 Benoni Smith, 
 John.LaTk.in, 
 Daniel Maccoon, 
 Samuel Ward. 
 
 North-Kingstown ; 
 Edward Dyre, jun. 
 Samuel Thomas. 
 Jeremiah Gardner 
 
 Stephen Card, 
 Nich. Northup, jun. 
 
 South -Kingfiown • 
 Samuel Tift. jun. 
 John Cafe. 
 Jeremiah Wilcox, 
 Benedift Helme, 
 Silas Nile. 
 
 Eafi- Greenwich j 
 William Spen fer, 
 John Langford, 
 John Olin, 
 Samuel Soul, 
 Daniel Howland, jun. 
 
 Smithfield ; 
 William Arnold, 
 Thomas Sayles, 
 Thomas Steere, 
 William Jencks, 
 John Aldrich, 
 Thomas Owens. 
 
 Scitttate j 
 Benjamin Fisfc, 
 John Tyler, 
 Gideon Harris, 
 Charles Harris. 
 Glocefier ; 
 John Smith, 
 Andrew Brown, 
 Richard Smith, 
 Timothy Wilmot, 
 Jofeph Wind for. 
 Charle/iown j 
 John Hill, 
 Benjamin HoxlTe, 
 Thomas Browne]. 
 
 Weft-Greenwich ; 
 Jeremiah Ellis, 
 Samuel Hopkins, 
 William Cumftocfc, 
 Geoige Gardner. 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Elifha Johnfon, 
 Samuel Cooper, 
 Caleb Greene. 
 
 lever al Ton^ns, 
 
 George Hall, 
 Thomas Matthewfoiij 
 Randal Rice. 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Nicholas Gardner, 
 JeofFry Champlin, 
 Robert Moon. 
 Benjamin Mowrcy. 
 
 Middletewn ; 
 Thomas Gould, 
 Edward Eafton, 
 Peleg Smith, 
 Jolhua Coggeftiail. 
 
 Brijiol', 
 Shearjaftiub Bourn, 
 George Dunbar, 
 Nathanael Fales, 
 Nathanael Pcarcc, 
 William Munio. 
 Tiverton ; 
 Jofeph Anthony, 
 Philip Tabor, 
 Reftcomb Sanford. 
 Little-Compron , 
 Nathanael Searl, 
 Jofeph Wood, 
 Robert Taylor, 
 Jeremiah Browncl. 
 
 Warren : 
 Benjamin Miller, 
 John Kinnicut, 
 John Cole, 
 Peter Bickncl, 
 John Adams. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Job Bartlet, 
 Samuel Battler, 
 John Dexter, 
 Nathanael Jillfon, 
 Jeremiah Whipple. 
 
 Richmond'^ 
 Stephen Richmond, 
 John Webfter, 
 Samuel Tift, 
 Jofeph Clark, 
 Thomas Kinyoo. 
 
 Mr.
 
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 Mr. Edward Tbm-fion, General Scaler of Weights and Mcafures. 
 
 yamts Sheffield, Efq; Captain of Fort George. 
 
 Henry ^i^get^ Efq^ Notary-Publick for the County o( (Providence. 
 
 OFFICERS to command the fcveral Companies of Militia, or 
 train'd Bands, in each Town in the Colony. 
 
 N E W^ R r; 
 
 Firj9 Company : Jonathan Heath, Captain ; James Tanner, 
 Lieutenant ; Chriftopher Lindfey, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Sherburn, Captain j Kendal Nichols, 
 jun. Lieutenant ; John Simplbn, jun. Enlign. 
 
 Third Company : Daniel Dunham, jun. Captain ; John Pitman, 
 Lieutenant ; Henry Blifs, Enfign. 
 
 Fourth Company : Oliver Bcer^ Captain ; Richard Whitehorn, 
 Lieutenant ; Zephaniah Pcale, Enfign. 
 
 <PROVID B NC E ; 
 
 Fir/f Company : Benjamin Eddy, Captain \ Ezra Dean, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Jofeph Bucklin, Enfign. 
 
 Second Qmpany : John Clark, Captain j John Warner, Licute- 
 nant ^ William Dyre, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : John Waterman (Son of Rcfolved), Captain j 
 Daniel Sprague, Lieutenant ; Samuel Windfor, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Fourth Company : John Dexter, jun. Captain j Samuel Aborn, 
 jun. Lieutenant ; Stephen Hawkins, Enfign. 
 
 Fifth Company : Matthew Manchefter, Captain j Jonathan 
 Knight, jun. Lieutenant; Daniel Burlingham, Enfign. 
 
 Sixth Company : Ilaiah Hawkins, Captain j Charles Olncy, 
 Lieutenanc ; Thomas Olney (Son of Thomas), Enfign. 
 
 P0R1SM0U7H CoMPANTi 
 
 Clark Cornel, Captain ; John Fifti, Lieutenant j John Shrievc, 
 jun. Enfign. 
 
 H^ARJVICKi 
 
 Firji Company .' James Arnold, jun. Captain j Simon Arnold, 
 Lieutenant ; John Waterman, Eiiiign. 
 
 Second Company : Henry Rice, Captain ; Ebenczer Greene, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Benjamin Sweet, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Richard Eftis, Captain ; Thomas Rice, jun. 
 Lieutenant J Silas Barker, Enfign. 
 
 IP" E 5 7 E R L Ti 
 Fir/i Company : Elias Thomplbn, Captain- John Lewis the 
 third, Lieutenant ; Joleph Clark, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Benjamin Randal, Captain ; Hobart Burdick 
 (Son of Robert) Lieutenant ; John Maccoon, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Samuel Gavet, Captain; Jofeph Crandal (Son 
 of Joleph) Lieutenant ; Stephen Saunders, Enfign. 
 
 Fourth
 
 ^oarth Campany : Thom?.3 Foflcr, Captain j Matthew Grccn^ 
 Lieutenant ; Jofeph Winter, Enfign. 
 
 I^EIVSHOREHAM Company} 
 
 John Dodge, Captain j Jofhua Sands, Lieutenant : Abel 
 Franklin, Enfign. 
 
 NOR 7 H-KINGSJOff^Ni 
 
 Firfi Company: Aridur AyJIworth, Captain ; George Whitman, 
 Jan. Lieutenanc ; Samuel Spink, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Samuel Albro, Caprain ; Samuel Browning, 
 jun. Lieutenant j Eber Shearman, jun. Enfign, 
 
 7hird Company : James Boone, Captain ; John Brown, Lieute- 
 nant J Henry Spcnfer, Enfign. 
 
 S0U7H. KINGSTON rii 
 
 Firji Company : John Steadman, Captain ; William Congdoa 
 {Son of Jojepk) Lieutenant; William Browning, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : James J^hcarman, Captain j Jonathan Halzard, 
 Lieutenant ; Samuel Srcadman, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Jirah Mumtord, Captain j Nathan Tift, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Thomas Cottril, Enfign. 
 
 EAST.GREENWICHi 
 
 Firfi Company : Rufus Spenlcr, Captain ; Thomas Nichols 
 (Sonof'Jamei) Lieutenant \ Prclerved Pearce, jun. Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : John Giflford, Captain ; Benjamin Sweet, jun. 
 Lieutenant j Silas Jones, Enfign. 
 
 JAMEStO^VN Company; 
 
 Samuel Slocum, Caprain ; George Franklin, Lieutenant ; 
 Benjamin Carr {^Son of Edward Car r^ deceajed), Enfign. 
 
 SMIlHFIELDi 
 
 Firfi Company : John Angel, Captain j William Brown, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Elifha Sayles, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Daniel Arnold, Captain ; John Sayles, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Stephen Arnold, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : Enoch Barns, Captain j Samuel Aldiich, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Sylvanus Sayles, Enfign. 
 
 S C I T U A r E \ 
 
 Firfi Company f Amos Hammond, Captain ; John Fisfc, Lieu* 
 tenant; Chiifiopher Ralph, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : Samuel Dorrencc, Captain; George Dorrencc, 
 jun. Lieutenant j William Tyler, Enfign. 
 
 Third Company : John Smith, Captain ; Jofhua Angel, Lieu- 
 tenant ; Timothy Hopkins, Enfign, 
 
 G LOC E ST ERi 
 FirJi Company: James Cowen, Captain j Edward Bi/hop, Liett- 
 tenant ; Benjamin Tourtelot, Enfign. 
 
 Second
 
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 Second Ompaey : Ezcklel Smith, Captain ; Joftph Olney, Lieu- 
 tenant ; John Rofs, Enfign. 
 
 CHA^LESrOJVN Company, 
 Pelcg Crols, Captain j Enoch Kinyon, jun. Lieutenant ; Natha- 
 nael Sheffield, Enfign. 
 
 IV EST-GREEl^W ICHi 
 Fir ft Com f any : John Niks, Captain ; Tibbits Hopkins, Lieu- 
 tenant J Nicholas Whitford (Son ol Pafco) Enfign. 
 
 COVENTRY; 
 
 Tir/i Company : John Ailcrton, jun. Captain; Stephen Colvin, 
 Lieutenant ; WiDiam Nichols, Enfign. 
 
 Stcond Company : Caleb Vaughan, Captain ; Adam Caffin, Lieu- 
 tenant ; James Green (Son of Daniel) Enfign. 
 
 E X E 7 H R^ 
 
 Firft Company : George Weight, Captain ; John Cafcy, Lieu* 
 renanr ; Jolhua Gardner, Enfign. 
 
 Set ond Company : John Rathbone (the third), Captain j Stephen 
 Aaftio, Lieutenant ; William Eldrcd, Enfign. 
 
 MIDDLETOFTN Company; 
 John Barker. Captain 5 Benjamin Smith, Lieutenant ; Joftph 
 jRider, Enfign. 
 
 BRISTOL Company ; 
 Bcnnct Munro, Captain j John Throop, jun. Lieutenant ; Jo« 
 feph Rider, Enfign. 
 
 T I F E R TO N', 
 Firft Company : William Manchefter (Son of John), Captain ; 
 Jofeph Crandal, Lieutenant ; George Cooke, Enfign. 
 
 Second Company : W illiam Cooke, Captain j John Thomas, 
 Lieutenant : Oliver Cooke, Enfign. 
 
 L ITTLE'CO M<PTO N Company; 
 Benjamin Simmondj, Captain ; Tliomas Bfownel, jun. Lieu- 
 tenant ; Mofes Palmer, Enfign. 
 
 WARREN Company ; 
 John Adams, Captain ; Solomon Peck, Lieutenant ; John 
 Eaftabrook, Enfign. 
 
 C U M B E R LAND Company ; 
 Gideon Tower, Captain ; John Nicholfon, Lieutenant ; Na- 
 thanael Whipple, Enfign, 
 
 RICHMOND Company; 
 Benjamin Barber, Captain ; William Potter, jun. Lieutenant; 
 Nicholas Larkin, Enfign, 
 
 N E fT'
 
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 N E fV<P K T rrocp\ 
 Samuel Bayley, Captain ; William Briggs (Son of Job) Lieu- 
 tenant • Ifraei Shaw, Corner. 
 
 Q'ROFIDENCE Troop; 
 William Dean, Captain ; Eliphalet Philbrook, Lieutenant 5 
 James Field. Corner. 
 
 If is Voted and Refolved, That the Choice of Ccmmiffion Officers 
 for the iecond Company of fVeJl-Gree/iivich, be, and the fame is 
 hereby referred unto the next SelTion of this AfTembly. 
 
 The united Committees of the Colony of ComieElicut^ and of 
 this, prel'ented the AfTembly with the following Report, viz. 
 
 t4 W/E the Subfcribers, being appointed by the General Affem- 
 *' blics of the Colonics oi ConmBieut and Rhode-1/land xc- 
 fpeftively, to examine into all the Matters of Faft, Records, Evi- 
 dences, Papers, and Circumftances, relating to the Northern Bounds 
 of the laid Colonies, towards the Province of the Majpfchtijetts-Bj)\ 
 with Authority in Beh.alfof each Colony, to join together and cor- 
 refpond in the Prolccution of this Matter : And in Purfuance of the 
 Things committed to us, we met together at Hartford in the Co- 
 lony of Comiedicrit, and having duly examined to the bcfl of our 
 Abilities, the whole of this Difpute, have agreed to jointly make 
 the following Report : 
 
 That we find King Charles the Fiif^, In the fouith Year of 
 his Reign, granted a Charter to the Mafachufett'% Colony, bound- 
 ing them Southerly in thefe Words : Jnd a certain other River 
 ihere^ called Ch Aries Tiiver^ heitig in the Bottom of a certain Bay there^ 
 commonly called MafTachufetts-Bay ; and alfo all and Jinguhr thije 
 Lands ami Heriditamtfits nhat/oever^ ijing within the Space of three 
 Englifh Miles^ on the South ^art of jaid Charles River^ or of any 
 and every ^art thereof : By which Defcription, compared with the 
 other Parts of faid Charter, it plainly appears, that the Place oP 
 Point, which is three Englipp Miles South from the moft Southern 
 Part of Charles River, is the Place where a Line ought to com- 
 mence and run from thence due Weft, to form the Southern 
 Boundary of the abovefaid Province. That afterwards, King 
 Charles the Second, in the Fourteenth Year of his Reign, granted 
 a Charter to the Colony oi' Connetliatt, and in the Fifteenth Year 
 of his Reign, g-ranted d Charter to the Colony of Rhode-lf/and • 
 and in his laid Charters, bounded both the faid Colonies Northward, 
 on the South Line of the faid Province of the Maffachufetts-Bay. 
 
 That the faid Colonies oi ConneBiciit and Rhode-Jjland^ lying fat 
 diilant from the Place or Point where the faid Majfachnfetts South 
 Line ought to commence, were utterly ignorant about ir, nor doth 
 it appear they ever conoern'd themfelves ahout the Knowledge 
 
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 thereof, until the Inhabitants on both Sides began to fettle pretty 
 near the Place where it was fuppofed the Line would pafs, and 
 many Difordcrs and Confufions arifing among thole Borderers, made 
 it ncccflary to find \*herethc dividing Line between the Province 
 and the laid Colonies, ought to be, which occafioned both the 
 Colonics o{ Cotwetlictit and Rhcdj-I/had to apply to the Province 
 to have the laid Line afccrtained and marked out ; and that when 
 Commifliioncrs in order thereto, were appointed firft by the Colony 
 o[ Rhode- I/land, in the Year 171C-H, and by the Colony of Co/;- 
 neBicut in the Year 17 13, to meet with Commiflioners appointed 
 by the faid Province, with Intent to find the true Place where the 
 faid Province South Line ought to commence; who being lor that 
 Purpofe met, the Province Commiffioners infornVd them, that the 
 Point or Place for their South Line to commence at, had long be- 
 fore in the Year 1^42, been found oat and fix'd by Nathanael 
 Woodward ind Solomon Saffery^ skilful Artifts, by the laid Province 
 appointed for that Purpofe \ and alio fhewed forth a Plan or Map 
 (as they then aflcrtcd) of the Doings of the faid Woodward and 
 Saff'<:ry^ on which was decyphercd the Southcrmoft Part of the laid 
 Charlts River, and a Station faid to be by them ereScd, ftanding 
 three Miles (and no more; South from the Southermcft Part of 
 the faid Charks River, and confidently affirming the faid Meafure 
 
 to be rightly made, and the faid Scatiort to be truly affix'd, and all 
 
 this Matter being out of the Knowledge of the Commiflioners lor 
 both laid Colonies ; but they by giving Credit to, and believing 
 the faid Province Commiflioners, were thereby induced, the Com- 
 miflioners (oT ConnecJicut^ on the thirteenth Day of July, 1713, and 
 the CommlfTioncis iox ti bode- I/Iatid, finally in Odobery 1718, to 
 agree that the Stake or Station fet up and eredled by Nathanael 
 Woodward and Solomon Sa^ery^ in the Year 164a, fhould be ihc Place 
 for the faid Province South Line to commence at, fully believing 
 they had been told, and as by the faid Plat it appear'd, that the 
 faid Station was no more than three Miles South from the Southcr- 
 moft Part oS Charlts River, agreeable to the Maffachufetts Charter. 
 That in Conlequence of the laid Agreements entered into as 
 aforcfaid, the faid Colony oi' Conneilkuty in the faid Year 17 ij, 
 and the Colony of Rhode-I/Jand, in the Year 17 15), appointed Pcr- 
 fons, called Riding CommilTioners, to meet with Perfons in the 
 fame Character, appointed by the faid Province, to go and begin 
 at the Place in the faid Agreements mentioned (three Miles South 
 of the Southermoft Part oi Charles River) and mark out the faid 
 dividing Line according to the refpedivc Charters ; who meeting 
 with the faid Province Commiflioners, and not being acquainted in 
 that Part of the Country, nor having Knowledge of the Place 
 where the faid Woodward znd Saffery'^ Station was, the faid Province 
 Riding Commiflioners deceitfully carried them to a Place on Wren- 
 /^tfw Plain,affirmed, that there the Station crcded by Woodward and 
 
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 2afiry had formerly flood ; and the faid Colonies Commifnoncra 
 not knowing, buc really believing it was the right Place, and within 
 three Miles of Charles River (cho' in Truth the Place lb <hewn 
 them, was feven Miles and fifty-fix Poles more Southward than 
 the Southermoft Pare of Chap-lei River) did there begin, and did 
 run and mark out a Line, as the true South Line of the faid Pro- 
 vince ; and in Confequence of the Line fo run, tho' it was fo crro- 
 ncoufly done, the laid Province have hitherto exercifcd and held the 
 Jurifdidion. 
 
 That the Truth of thofe feveral Fafts are clearly made appear ; 
 the firft by the Majfichajitts Charter, the Iccond by the Connefficat 
 and Rhode- l/land Charters, the third by the Face of the Agree- 
 ments thcmlclves, and by the Copy of the pretended Plan of 
 }f'oodward and Saffery, the fourth, that the Place began at by the 
 Riding Commiflloners, is really feven Mil's and fitty-fix Poles to 
 X.\\^ Southward of the moft Southern Part o( Charles River, by the 
 Plan or Map drawn bv Mr. Jo/eph Harrt/on^ and prov'd by Henry 
 Harris, Efq; and Mr. I/ruel fVilktnJ'jUy who have adually and accu- 
 rately mealured the faid Diitance : That the Place they meafured 
 from, is i rally the moll Southern Part of Charles River, is prov'd 
 by the Original Grants of the Towns oi Medjieldy Wrentham^ Med- 
 wajy BiUitjgham^ and Holltfloti, all Towns within the laid Province ; 
 and alio by a great Number ofGrants of Lands to private Pcrfons : 
 All which lerve to fhew what is, and always was called Charles 
 River ; and alfo to (hew that the fmall Stream (now called Mtll" 
 Brook), and pretended now by the Province, to cover their afore- 
 mentioned Deceit, to be the Southern Part of Charles River, is only 
 a fmall Brook, and was never at any Time called Charles River, 
 but was all along known by the N&me ofjack's ^a/Jure Brook, and 
 Mill-Brook, and can no more properly be called a Part o{ Charles 
 River, than the Water in the Clouds may fitly be fo called, if it 
 ihould chance to fall in liich Place as to be convey 'd to the Sea in 
 the Channel of faid River. 
 
 That an Agreement procured and perfetflcd in the Manner afore, 
 faiii, is fo far from altering the true Lines and Limits of Jurifdi£lion, 
 and thereby depriving or abridging the People of thofe Privileges 
 and Advantages granted them by their Sovereign, that we arc 
 humbly of Opinion, it is not in the Power of any to whom the 
 Right of Jurifdiflion is granted by the King, to transfer the fame 
 to any other, tho' it might be pretended to be done on the moft 
 realbnablc and equitable Motives, and on the mofl certain Know* 
 ledge • for if this were allowable, the feveral Provinces and Colo* 
 nies in Jmerica, might all transfer their Right of Jurifdi^ion to 
 fome one, and thereby ere£t one great and dangerous Government, 
 without the Knowledge of, and contrary to the exprcfs Intention 
 and Intereft of the Crown that firft granted fuch Rights of Jurif- 
 diftion, but never made them AiTignable. 
 
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 That it appears to us clearly, that the Province of the Majfachu- 
 Jetts-Bay have all along, and (till do hold the Jurifdidion o.<" a 
 Tra£l of Land four Miles and Fifty-fix Poles in Breadth, and the 
 whole Length of the Colonics oiConm^icut and R.hode-\J]aud^ which 
 they have no Right to the Jurildiftion of, and are humbly of 
 Opinion, that it is Advifable for the laid Colonics of Co«;;erf/Vrt/ 
 and Rhcde-J/IanJy to make their Application to the King their 
 Sovereign, praying that he would be gracioufly plcafcd to order 
 the South Line of the faid Province of the Majfachufetts-Bay to be 
 mark'd out according to their Charter, that the (aid Colony alio 
 may hold out and enjoy the Privileges granted them by their re- 
 fpcdivc Charters. 
 
 And lalUv, we humbly report as our Opinion, that the State of 
 the Cafes of the Colonies of Connedicut and R.hodc-fJJami, with the 
 laid Province, appear to be lo far fimilar, that they may lafcly 
 and fitly join together and correlpond in the Prolecution thereof, 
 lo far as to procure an Order from the Crown to hivc the faid 
 Province South Line rightly fettled : And that the necelTary Ex- 
 pcnccs arifing thereon, be paid equally between the laid t-olcnies. 
 Agreed to by Roger IVookot^ jun. 
 
 Harffoni, Jpril 4. 1752. 'Phineas Lrman, 
 
 Stephen Hofktns^ 
 Thomjs ^4 mold." 
 
 And this Aflembly having taken the faid Report into Confidcr- 
 ation. Do Vote and Refohe^ and it Voted and Refolvedy That the 
 lame be. and it is hereby accepted 
 
 Jnd it tt farther Voted and Rejolved^ Tliat the Gentlemen ap- 
 pointed a Committee by the Colony, relpeding the Northern 
 Boundary Line, be, and tney are hereby continued for that Purpole. 
 
 An A C T to prevent the 6mall-Pox being brought into the 
 Colony by Strangers and Travellers coming from infcdcd 
 Places. 
 
 JI/H E R E j4 S the Sniall-Tox is noiu ^revaknt in the Town of 
 ' Bofton, and Travellers are often coming from thence into thts 
 Colony ; by ruhich MeanSy the Inhabit Jnts are expofed to tfie Danger of 
 taking that Di/lemfer ■ 
 
 For Preventing which, 
 
 n £ IT ENACTED by the General JJpmhly, and hy tte 
 *-' j^utkorKy thereof., It it EnaBed^ That during the Time faid 
 Diffemper fhall be Prevalent in Bcfhn. or in any other Town in 
 fhc Neighbouring Governments, no Pcrfcn, that has rot had the 
 Small-Fox, and travelling by Land Irom any infeded Place, Ihall 
 
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 come into this Colony, unlcfs he or fhc tarry and abide Twenty 
 Days on the Confines thereof, on the Penalty ot" One Hundred 
 '^Pounds Old-Tenor ; one Half to and for the Ufc of the Colony, 
 and the other Half to the Informer . And the Town-Treafarer of 
 the Town where the Offence is commiftet^, is hereby impowered 
 and required lu profecutc ail Ibch Offenders, in eimcr of the 
 Counties where the Oflfencc fliall be committed. 
 
 j4ND he it farther EnaHed, That all Travellers that have had 
 the Small-Pox, and coming by Land into this Colony, from any 
 infected Place as aforefaiJ, may be admitted, without tarrying or 
 abiding Twenty Days on the Confines, after being throughly 
 .cleanfed, and fhilted with frefh Cloathing, to the Satisfadlion of 
 fuch Perfcn or Perfons, as each Town in the Colony have, or 
 Ihall appoint, to examine Travellers coming into fuch Town 
 and obtaining from him or them a Certificate, that he or ftie hath 
 fully complyed with this Aft. 
 
 JND it is elfo hereby Enafied, That all Innholders, Viduallers, 
 Retailers, and other licenced Houfes, in every Town in the Co- 
 lony, Ihall (whenever the Sinall-Pox is Prevalent in any of the 
 Neighbouring Governments as aforefaid) inquire of all Strangers 
 and Travellers coming for Entertainment in their Houfes, the 
 Places from whence they came ^ and if fuch Stranger or Traveller 
 cannot give a latisfaclory Account of their coming from Places 
 not infedcd with laid Diftcmpcr, fuch Innholder. Victualler, Re- 
 tailer, or licenced Pcrfon as alorefaid, ftiall forthwith make 
 Application to fomc AlTiftant, oi Juftice of the Peace, and in- 
 form him of the fame, on the Penalty of lofing his, her, or their 
 Licence; which the Town-Council of luch Town, for the Time 
 being, are hereby authorized and required to take from him, her 
 OI them. 
 
 JND he it further EnaBed by the Authority aforefaid. That 
 the Governor, Deputy Gpvernor, Afliftants, Juitices of the Supe- 
 rior and Inferior Courts, together with the Juftices of the Peace, 
 and Tovrn-Council of the feveral Towns, are hereby fully autho- 
 rized and impowered to make and ordain any further Afts ana 
 Orders, as may to them leem Needful, lor preventing the Spread- 
 ing of the Small-Pox m luch Town, or for the well looking 
 ^ftcr, and moft fafcly keeping any Perfon or Perfons fick with 
 the Small-Pox, or fufpeftcd to have taken faid Diftemper, or for 
 any other Purpofe whatfoevcr, tending to the Prefervation and 
 Safety of the People in fuch Town : Which A61s and Orders duly 
 made by the Perfons aforefaid, Ihall be as good and valid to all In- 
 tents and Purpolcs, as if fuch Ads and Orders had been made and 
 palled by the General AlFcmbly of this Colony, and Ihall continue 
 
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 and be in Force from the Time of making them, to the End of 
 the then next Seflion of the General Aflcmbly, and no longer. 
 
 AND that the A£t pafled at the laft Seflion of the General 
 Aflcmbly, held at South-Knjg/Joifi), to prevent the Spreading of 
 the Small-Pox, continue, and be in Force, 'till the End of the 
 next Seflion of this Affcmbly . And that this Ad be immediately 
 publiflied : And that the Secretary procure Two Hundred Copies 
 thereof to be printed, and difperled through the Colony, and fet 
 up in the moft public Places on the Confines of this Colony, and 
 lent into the Province of the MaJJachnfetti-Bay. 
 
 An ACT in Addition to an Aft, intituled, Jn ACT Regulating 
 and EJiahUJhhtg a jtiji and equd Method of Gauging in and through" 
 out this Colony. 
 
 JDE it EnaBed by the General Jffemhly^ and by the Authority thereof^ 
 ^ It is EnaBed, That the Method to be ufed in and throughout 
 this Colony, to find the mean- Diameter of any Cask, in order to 
 give the true Gage thereof, fhall be by multiplying the Difference 
 between the Head and Bung Diameters, wirh o,6j, and adding 
 the Produd to the Head Diameter ; or, which is the fame Thing, 
 othcrwife exprefled, by adding fix Tenths and an Half of the Differ- 
 ence between the Diameter at the Bung and Head, to the Diameter 
 at the Head. 
 
 AND be it further EnaBedby the Authority aforefaid. That the 
 Fees for Gauging a fingle Cask, (hall be Four Shillings, and for 
 Gauging any Number of Casks not exceeding Ten, Two Shillings 
 and Six Q^ence for each Cask, and for any Number above Ten, 
 Two Shillings for each Cask. 
 
 AND that this Aft, and the Aft herein referred to, fliall ex- 
 tend to, and operate upon all Commodities whatfoever, fold in 
 this Colony by the Gallon. 
 
 WHereas Ann and James Franklin exhibited to this AfTcmbly, 
 an Account by them charged againft the Government, for 
 printing the Aft and Orders of the General Afl"cmbly, made and 
 palt at their Seflion in February lafl, and furnifhing Paper for doing 
 the Bufinefs : Which being duly examined, Thu J£cmbly do Vote 
 and Refohe, and it is Voted and Rtfohed, That the faid Account be, 
 and it is hereby allowed, and that Twenty-fix bounds Two Shillings^ 
 the Amount thereof, be paid the faid Ann and James FrankJtn out 
 of the General Trcafury. 
 
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 It is Voted and Refohed, That Mr. Rejicom Sandford be, and he 
 is hereby appointed to perambulate that Part of the Colony Line 
 which runs between Littk-Compot and DartmoHth, at the Charge 
 of Little-Compton. 
 
 Whereas Dauiel Dunham and Richard WiJfon prayed this Aflcm- 
 bly, that they may have a luitable Allowance for fwccping, taking 
 Care, and keeping clean the Colony's Hoiife the lafl Year : Which 
 being duly confidcred, This J/pmb!y do Vote and Re/ohe^ and it is 
 Voted and Rf/olveJ, That the Sum of Twenty Pounds be paid the 
 faid Daniel Dunham and Richard IVilJon out of the General Trea- 
 fury, ibr their faid Service. 
 
 Whereas a great Number of Gentlemen, and others, Inhabi- 
 tants of the County oi' Kings County, preferred a Petition to the 
 General Aflembly, held at South-Kingstoivn in February laft, and 
 among other Things let forth, that the Court-Houfc and Jail on 
 Tower-Hill in faid South- Kingstown, being in a remote Corner of 
 the County, cxpofe the Inhabitants to great Inconveniences, and 
 both are fo far gone to Decay, that it will take a great deal of 
 Money to put them in tolerable Repair ; that they can never be 
 made good, being miierably built at lirft j that it will be a con- 
 tinual Charge to keep them fit for Ule, io that The moft prudent 
 Way will be to have them pulled down, and others ereded in their 
 Steads, at a Place called Littk-Reji-Hill, in South-Kingstown, being 
 near the Center of the County, where Col. Elijlja Reynolds and 
 others, offered to give Lands, and build a Court-Houfc and Goal 
 at their own Coft and Charge. On the other Hand, a Remon- 
 fcrancc was filed by feveral Gentlemen and others, in Anfwer to 
 the laid Petition, offering to repair the Court-Houfe and Goal on 
 Tower-Hill at their own Charge. 
 
 Both which Papers were taken intoConfidcration at that Time, 
 and the Aflcmbly ordered the feveral Towns of that County to be 
 ferved with Copies, which was done accordingly : And Report 
 being now made by the Clerks of the feveral Towns, Ihis JJfemhly 
 do Vote and Refvhe, and it is Voted and Refiked, That the faid Pe- 
 tition herein firft-menticncd, be, and the fame is hereby granted, 
 provided Col. E'ljJja Reynolds, Mr, IVi/liam'J^otter, and Maj. Latham 
 Clark, give Bond to the General Treafurer in the Sum of Twenty 
 Thoafand Pounds, for the Performance of all the Conditions men- 
 tioned in their Petition, and for the Court-Houfe being fo far 
 linifhcd, as to be fit to hold Court in by the firfl Tuefday oi Jtiguji 
 next, and the Goal and Goal-Houfe not Tcls than the Gcal and 
 Goal-Houfc in the County of Kent ; thcle laff: to be built and fit to 
 receive Prifoncrs before any Part of the old Goal-Houfe and Goal be 
 pulled down or removed : And that faid Court-Houfe, and Goal- 
 Houfe, and Goal, be compleatly finifhed within one Year from 
 the Rifing of this Aflcmbly. 
 
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 It ii Voted jttd Refobed, That the Real Eftatc of Job Weedett, on 
 which Execution is levied, at the Suit o{ John Vaughan^ be not 
 fold 'till after the Rifing of the next Superior Court, to be held in 
 the County of Niwport. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohrd, That the Committee appointed to audit 
 the Accounts of the Directors of Col. 'J^endkton's Lottery, be ftill 
 continued for that Furpofe. 
 
 // ij Voted and Rejohed by this Jfftmlly, That all Bufincfs lying 
 before them unfinimed, be, and it is hereby referred to the next 
 Seflion : That the Secretary proclaim in TSewport by Beat of 
 Drum, the Afts and Orders now made and paft, within five Days 
 after the Rifing of this Affembly, which is hereby adjourned to 
 the iccond Monday in Jane next. 
 
 Ifewpcrt^ Ma) ii, 1752. 
 rubjiihcd according to Order, by 
 
 Tho. Ward, Secry^ 
 
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 ^t the General Assembly of the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Englifti' 
 Colony of Rhode-liland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 ifi New-England, in America ; begun and held 
 {Jin Conjequence of a Warrant ijfiied by his Honour the 
 Governor) at Newport, irt fa'id tohyiy, on the firU Day 
 of June, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-two : 
 and in the Tirenty-Jifth Tear of the Reign of His Mo/i 
 Sacred Majelly, GEORGE the Second, by the Grace 
 of GOD) King (>/ Great-Britain, "^c 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. IVILUJM GREENE, Efqj Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Whipple, Efq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 John TillinohasT, Efqu 
 Jonathan Nichols, Efq; / 
 Nicholas Cook, Efq; yAjJ^Jt. 
 Jabez Bowen, Efq; \ 
 
 1. J 
 
 Stephen Browkel, Efq-, 
 
 The Secretary 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; 
 
 James Arnold, Efqj 
 
 William Richmond, Efq;>>il^, 
 
 DAMELCoOGESHALL,Efq}\ 
 
 Jeoffry Watson, Elq^ 
 
 DEPOTIES of the 
 
 Newport ; ^ Si 
 
 Mr. Nathanael Coggejhall, 
 Edward Scott, Elq- 
 The Speaker, 
 'Peter Bottrs, Efq- 
 Mr. Job Behfjct^jan. 
 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen Hopkins, Elq; 
 Mr. Elijha Browv, 
 yonatkaa Randal, Efq; 
 
 Portfmouth ; 
 William Jnt bony, '^\jin. Efq; 
 John Men, Efq; 
 Caleb Hill, Elq; 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 leveral TOWNS. 
 
 ' Warwick ; 
 
 John Green, Efq; 
 Mr. John Holden, 
 Lieut. Col. Stephen Low, 
 Benjamin j^rnold, Efq; 
 
 Wcftcrly ; 
 Col. Oliver Babcock, 
 JoJJjua Babcock, Efq; 
 
 Newihorcham j 
 Mr John LittUjield, 
 Mr. Jojhua Sands. 
 
 North-Kingftown ; 
 Col. Immanuel Northup, 
 Beriah Brown^ Efq; 
 
 South.
 
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 SoQth-Kingflown j 
 Mr. Jeofry Hajz^rd, 
 Col. Thomas Hafzard. 
 
 Eaft-Grcensvich j 
 Jofeph Nicholiy Elqj 
 John Fry, Efq^ 
 
 Jamcftown j 
 'Jofeph Clark, Efq; 
 Mr. Jojiah Jruold, jun. 
 
 Smithfield j 
 Thomas jirnohiy Efq; 
 3'o*« ^/i/m*, Efqj 
 Scituate \ 
 'job RandJ, Efq; 
 Capt. Charles Harris, 
 Gloccfter ; 
 Col. Richard Smithy 
 Jtidrew Brown, Elq; 
 Charleftown ; 
 Capt. Nathanael Lewis. 
 Mi. James Congdon, jun. 
 
 Weft-Greenwich ; 
 Jeremiah Ellis, Efq^ 
 George Gardner, Efq; 
 
 Coventry ; 
 Mr. John Greene, 
 Caleb Greene^ Efq; 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. John Reynolds, 
 Job Tripp, Elq; 
 
 Middletown ; 
 Mr. Jojhua Coggepall 
 
 Briftol ; 
 Jonathan ^eck, Efq; 
 Capt. Simeon hotter. 
 Tiverton ; 
 Mr. Edward IVanton. 
 Mr. Thomas Howland. 
 Little-Compton 
 miliam Hall; Efq; 
 Mr. Richard Greenhil. 
 
 Warren ; 
 Capt. John Jdams^ 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Job Bartlet, Efq; 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Mr. Jofepb Hoxfie. 
 
 Mr. Jo(ias Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 "VA/HEREAS Thomas Lapham, Eiq-, one of the Commiflioncrs 
 appointed by the Government to run and fettle their 
 Northern Boundary Line, exhibited to this AlTcmbly, an Account 
 by him charged agai'nft tho Colony, for his Time, Trouble, Ex- 
 pences, and HorfC'hire, in fevcral Journies by him made upon 
 thzt Account in OBober, 1749, and in the Months of -<^/ir;/,0(??o^rr, 
 December, and January, 1750 .• Which being duly examined, 
 This JJfembly do Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted and Re/olved, That 
 the faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that the Sum 
 of One Hundred and Fifty-fix Pounds Twelve Shilling* and Eight 
 Pence, the Amount thereof, be paid the faid Thomas Lapham out 
 of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Richard Steere, Elq; one of the CommifTioijers appointed 
 by the Government to run and lettle their North-boundary-Line, 
 exhibited to this Aflcmbly an Account charged againft the Colony 
 for lundry Journies made by him in endeavouring to find the true 
 Placo o{ fVoodiMrd znd Safirey'$ Stake, or where to commence the 
 
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 North Line of faid Colony according to Chartei, and alTifting in 
 running faid Line, for his Time, Trouble, Expcnccs, and Horfc- 
 hire, beginning in the Month of O&cbery 174J?, and ending the 
 fixth Day oi February^ 17JO : Which being duly examined, Thts 
 JJfemhly do Vote and Refolve, and it is Vottd and Rejolvedy Tnat the 
 faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that One Hundred 
 and Thirty-one Pounds Eight Shillings and Six Pence, the Amount 
 thereof, be paid the faid Richard Steere out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Chriji);)pher Watervran exhibited to this AfTembly, an 
 Account by him charged againft the Government, for his Time, 
 Trouble, Expences, and Horfc-hire, in levcral Journics by him: 
 made, to affift in running the Noith-Doundary-Linc of the Colony, 
 in Otiober^ ^749i *"d in the Months of y^^ri/, O^ober, December, 
 and January^ 1750 : Which being duly examined, This JJJembly 
 do Vote and Refolve, and it is Voiei and Rejolvtd, That the laid Ac- 
 count be, and the fame is hereby allowed, and that One Hundred 
 and Twenty-eight Pounds Two Snillings, the Amount tnereof, 
 be paid the faid Chrijiopher fVaterman out of the General Treaiury. 
 
 Whereas Stephen Whipple, who was imployed as a Chainman in 
 running the North-boundary-Line of the Colony, exhibited to 
 this AfTembly, an Account charged againft the Government, for 
 his Time. Trouble, Expences, and Horfe-hire, in levcral Journies 
 by hiin made in OBober, November, December, and yanuary, lys'^t 
 upon that Affair : Which being duly examined, This Jjfenibiy do 
 Vote and Rejohe, ind it is Voted and Rejohed, That the faid Account 
 be, aad ttie fame is hereby allowed, and that One Hundred and 
 Seventeen Pounds Two Shillings and Eight Pence, the Amount 
 thereof, be paid the faid Stephen Whipple out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Ifrael Wilkinfon, who was imployed as a Chainman in 
 running the North-boundary-I.ine of the Colony, exhibited to 
 this Aifembly, an Account charged againft the Government, for 
 his Time, Trouble, Expences, and Horfe-hire, in feveral Journies 
 by him in Ottober, 1745), *"^ '" ^^^ Months of Jpril, (J&ober, No- 
 vember, December, and yanuary, 1750, upon that Affair : Which 
 being duly examined, This Jjjembly do Vote and Refolve, avd it is 
 Voted and Re/obed, That the faid Account be, 'and the fame is hereby 
 allowed, and that One Hundred and Seventy-two Pounds Three 
 Shillings and Eight Pence, be paid the Md- I/rael Wilkinjoti out 
 of the General Trecfury. 
 
 Whereas Jeremiah Lippit and Stephen Low, Efqrs. exhibited to 
 this Aflcmbly, an Account by them charged againlt the Govern- 
 ment, for their Time, Horfc-hire, and Expences one Day, in 
 viewing a Place fuitablc to fet a Peft-Houfe, Qfc. in Providence . 
 
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 Which being duly cnnfidcred, This Jjpmhly do Vote and Rejclve^ 
 and it u Voted and 'Re/otved. That the laid Account be, and tho 
 iaoie is hereby allowed, and lh;U Nine Pounds, the AmoiinC 
 tneicol, be paid them out oi the General Trcalury. 
 
 Whereas Natk.vml Hehm exhibited to this AfTcmhlv, an Account 
 by him charged againft the Government, for Money by him ad- 
 vanced, Work done, &c. in getting Timber and erecting a Pillory 
 on Towcr>Hill in South- Kitigitotun, for the Punifhment of Willet 
 Larcbe : Which being duly examined, This Jjfembly do Vote snd 
 Rejolve, and it is Vcted and Rt/o/ved, That Fourteen Pounds of the 
 faid Account be allowed and paid the laid Kuthanael Helme out of 
 the General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted iVid Re/olved, That tiie Superior Court of Judicature 
 of this Colony, be, and they are hereby directed to permit John 
 'Peane and 'Thomas -Pc'ircr- to appeal to His Majefty in Council, 
 from a Judgment obtained againft them by John Rice, agreeabl** 
 to the Orders of his faid Majelty in Council, now before this 
 Affembly ; Any Law of the Colony to the contrary hereof, not- 
 wiihftanding. Jnd it is farther Voted "tid Rejolved, That the Supe- 
 rior Court meet in the County of Ketit on Tuelday the fixtcenth 
 Day of this Inlfant Jtwe. for the Purpofe aforefaid : And that the 
 
 faid yohf] Ric* be notjiied thereof, and J'crvcd with a Copy of this 
 
 Aft, together with a Copy of faid Order of His Majefty in Council. 
 
 D£ /"/ EtiaBed by the General JJfcmbly^ and by the Juthority thereof y 
 ■'-' It is EmSted, That an A£l made and paft in the fixteenth Year 
 of his prefcnt Majefty 's Rfign, cnritulcd, Jt; j4 CT direBing the 
 Attendance of the 'Tetit Jurors and Witnefjes at the Superior and In- 
 ferior Courts in this Colony^ be, and it is hereby Repealed. 
 
 AND it is farther Voted and Refolved, That the Town Clerk 
 of each Town in the County of Providence, put out a Warrant to 
 the Town Serjeant of each rcfpeftivc Town in faid County, com- 
 manding him to warn all the Jurors to appear at the next Inferior 
 Court of Comrnon Pleas, and General Seflions of the Peace, to be 
 held in the faid County of ^rovidenre, on the lirfi: Day ol the 
 Court's litting, and that this A&. be immediately publifhed, and a 
 Copy thereof forthwith fent by the Secretary to the fcveral Town 
 Clerks in the County oi 'Providence. 
 
 Publifhcd Id Newport, June 2. 1752. according to Order. 
 
 By Thomas Ward, Secry. 
 
 Whereat
 
 JJ/HE KEJS the Laws of this Colony exempt Jandry Officers^ and 
 '' other 'Perjons of divers 'ProfeJJions^ from ferving on the jury^ 
 which hath been found hy Experience^ to include too great a dumber of 
 the Inhabitant jy and froteB the mo^ fenfibk and fubftantial Feeemen of 
 the Government from Jo necefary a Duty j ly Reafon whereojy it bften. 
 happens^ that Cattjes of the greeteji Importance are decided by Men of 
 /lender Abilities^ and little Credit ^ to the great Detriment of fublick 
 Jujiice. 
 
 For Remedy whereof, 
 
 BE it EnaBed by this JJfemblyy and by the Authority thereof It is 
 Enadedy That no Freeholder of this Colony whatloever, (hall 
 be exempted or prote£lcd from ferving as a Juror at any Time 
 hereafter, excepting fuch Pcrfon or Perfons as do, or have fuftained 
 the feveral Pofts or Offices hereafter enumerated, viz. The Office 
 of Governor, Deputy Governor, Affiftant, Secretary, Attorney 
 General. General TreafUrer, of a Judge of the Superior Court of 
 Judicature, and of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas, who fhall 
 be forever exempted • And alfo vvhilft in Office, the Keeper of the 
 Grand Committee's Office, the Clerks and Sheriffs of each County, 
 with their general and ading Deputies, and the Serjeants and 
 Officers attending upon the Courts, and all Jultices of the Peace ia 
 Commiflion, faying that they fhali be obliged to fcrvc in any Cafe 
 of Life and Death, where Title of Land is concerned, if returned 
 upon a Venire Facias^ or taken up as Talefmen : And alfo all 
 Attorneys pradifing in any of the Courts of Common Pleas, or 
 Superior Courts of Judicature j and alfo all Pnyficians that live 
 by their Pradicej/^inifters of Congregations of every Denomina- 
 tion are hereby exempted. 
 
 Provided, That nothing in this A£t (hall extend, or be con- 
 itrued to extend, to repeal any Part of an Ad, entituled, An AC1 
 exempting the Perfons appointed to work the Engines in Newport, 
 from feveral Duties, SCc. 
 
 Whereas Mr. Lyndon^ Clerk of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seflions of the Peace, in the County of New- 
 port, exhibited to this Aflcmbly an Account by him charged againft 
 the Governmcnr, lor procuiing a new Book of Records to be ufed" 
 in his Office : Which being duly examined. This Jffemhh do Vote 
 and Rejolve, and it is Voted ami Refolvedy That the laid Account 
 bir, and the lame is hereby allowed, and that Sixteen Pounds, the 
 Amount thereof, he paid the faid Mr. Lyndon out of the General 
 Treafury. 
 
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 An A C T Regulating the Proceedings in Cafes of Baftardy. 
 
 T>£ /■/ Ena^ed hy the GeneralJJfemhly^ civdhy the Juthority thereof y 
 ■*-' // is EtiatUd^ That upon the Examination of any unmarried 
 Woman, taken upon Oath, that fhe is with Child, it fhall be 
 lawful for any Juftice or Warden of the Town where luch Woman 
 liveth, to grant forth a Warrant or Summons againft the Pcrfon 
 whom fhc has charged upon Oath, with the Begetting her with 
 Child, provided he lives, or may be found in the lame County '-, 
 which Warrant or Summons may be fervcd by the Town Serjeant, 
 or any Conftable of the Town where the Examinant dwells or 
 lefides j and when the Party accufed, appears before any fuch 
 Juftice or Warden, if he can allcdge no fatisfactory Rcafon, that 
 he is innocent, he fhall be obliged to enter into a Recognizance 
 with one or more Sureties, at theDifcretion of the Juftice or War- 
 den, to appear at the next General Seflions of the Peace to be held 
 for the- County ; and if he refufc to enter into fuch Recognizance, 
 the Juftice or Warden ftiall commit him to the common Goal, 
 there to remain 'till lie be by due Courlc of Law delivered, and 
 the SeOlons, if the Woman be not delivered of the Child, may 
 order the Continuance of the Recognizance to the next Term. 
 
 j4ND be it further EnaBed hy tie Juthority ajorefaid^ That 
 after any Baftard Child is born in any Town in this Colony, it 
 fiiall be lawful for any two Juftices or Wardens, living in the 
 Town where fuch Child was bom, to grant forth a Warrant 
 againft the Perfon whom the Mother of the Child hath charged, 
 or fhall previous to the Granting of the Warrant, charge on Oath 
 with having begot laid Child ; provided the Perfon accufed livs 
 in the lame County, or may be therein found ; which Warrant 
 may be lerved as is herein before Enaclcd : And when the faid 
 Perfon appears, if the Woman upon being examined on Oath, 
 continue conftant in her Accufation, and no Plea or Proof be pro- 
 duced fufficicnt to fatisfy the two Juftices or Wardens who take 
 Cognizance of the Caufe, that he is innocent, they fhall adjudge 
 him to be the putative, or reputed P'athcr of the Child, and make 
 an Order for its Maintenance : And if the Perlbn accufed, is diflfa- 
 tishcd with the Order, he may appeal therefrom to the next Court 
 of General Sellions of the Peace, to be held for the County in which 
 the Child was born, upon paying down the Coft that has accrued, 
 and entering into a Recognizance with one or more Sureties, for 
 his Appearance there, and abiding fuch Order as fhall be made by 
 the Court, and in Default of fuch Order to be then made or taken 
 by the laid Court, to perform the Order already made ; but if 
 he doth not pray an Appeal, the two Juftices or Wardens that 
 made the Order, arc hereby impowered to commit liim, if he re- 
 fufe or neglcd to perform their laid Order.
 
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 yt N D he it further Ena^ed by the Authority afore/aid. That 
 ifthePerfon acculed doth not live in the County where the Child 
 was born, or is not there to be found, it (hall be lawful for any 
 AfTiftant of the Colony, or Juftice of the Superior Court, having 
 lirft examined the Mother of the Child on Oath, to grant forth a 
 Warrant, direded to the Sheriff of the County, or his Deputy, in 
 which the acculed Perfon dwells or rcfidcs, to apprehend the laid 
 Peribn, and him bring to the Town where the Child was born ; 
 and when he appears, the Afllftant or Juftice who granted the 
 Warrant, fliall order him into the Cuftody of the Town Serjeant, 
 or foine Conftable of that Town, and is hereby fully impowered, 
 in Conjunction with any one Juftice or Warden living in the faid 
 Town, to take Cognizance of the Cauic, and proceed therein in 
 the Manner that is Enabled in the precccding Paragraph. 
 
 JND be it further Emthd by the Juthority cforejaid. That the 
 Order tn be made for the Maintenance of a Baftard Child, fhall 
 be, Mutatis Muundis^ of the following, or fomc fuch like Form. 
 
 T/p''Hereas due '^ roof hath been made before us A. B. & C, D. Eftjrs. 
 itihabitifig in the Town of N. in the County of 
 N. upon the Oath of E. F. of] fiCc. Mother of a Bafiard Childy 
 
 horn the Djy of in the Town aforefaid, that G. H. ofy 
 
 &c. did heget the faid Eufiard Child i which Child is likely to become 
 Chargeable to thi faid Town ofl^. 
 
 We the fiiid tifon the Examination of the faid 
 
 E. F. and I he Caufe and Circumflances of theTremifes, do adjudge the 
 Jaid G. H. to be the pitative Father of the faid Bajiard Child ; and 
 thereupon do order^ as well for the Relief ^ the faid Town ofN. as 
 for the Keeping and Maintenance of faid Child, that the faid G. H". 
 fhall fori hzuith, upon Sight of this our Order, pay, or caufe to he paid 
 to the Overfeers of the 'Poor of the faid Town for the Time being, the 
 Sum of for the fir fl four Weeks from the Birth of the faid 
 
 Child, for defraying the Charge of the Lying-in of the faid E. F. and 
 after the Expiration of the faid four Weeks, the faid G. H.f/jall like~ 
 wife pay, or caufe to be paid to the Overfeers of the 'J'oor of the Town 
 aforefiid, weekly, and every Week, the Sum of ' for and 
 
 towards the Maintenance of the faid Ba/iard Child, for fo long Time as 
 the faid Child fljjll be Chargeable to the faid Town. And farther. We 
 do hereby order. That the faid E. V. fhall every Week, for fo long Time 
 as the faid Child f) all he Chargeable as aforefaid, and (be floall not keep 
 the fame 'Tay, or caufe to be paid unto the Overfeers of the ^''oor of the 
 Town of N. aforefiid, for the Time being, for and towards 
 
 the farther Maintenance of the faid Child. 
 
 Lafily, We order that the faid G. H. do, upon Notice of this our 
 Order, give ftficient Security t& the Overfeers of the 'Poor of the Town 
 of N. aforefaid, to indemnify the faid Town. In Witnejs whereof, we 
 have hereunU) fet cur Hands and Seals, this, &c. 
 
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 J 2^ D be it farther EiiaBed by the Mthority ajorefaidy That 
 any Order, made in Manner aforefaid, lor the Maintenance of a 
 Baftard Child, is brought before the Court ol General Scflions of 
 the Peace by Appeal, the faid Court be, and they hereby arc 
 fully impowered to alter or amend the fame, if it appears to be 
 extravagant, or any Way dcfedive, but they fhall not quafh or 
 levcrfe it, unlefs it be made to appear that there is no lufficient 
 Realbn to adjudge the Perfon, charged with the Maintenance of 
 the Child, to be the putative Father thereof: Any Law, Cuftom, 
 or Ufagc, to the contrary in anywife, notwithftanding- 
 
 "Y^/ HERE AS Jofepb Scott, Eiq; Sheriff of the County of 
 Nrj}porT^ exhibited to this AlTembly, an Account by him 
 charged againft the Government, for warning all the Members oi 
 the General Affembly within his County, to give their Attend- 
 ance at this prefent Seflion : Which being duly examined, Thij 
 JJfimhlj do Vote and Refohe, and it is Plated and Re/olved, That 
 the faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Twenty 
 Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid the faid Jo/epb Scott out 
 of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas David WilkJnfon^ Efq; Sheriff" of the County oi^rovi- 
 dence^ exhibited to this AITcmbly, an Account by him charged 
 againft the Government, for warning all the Members of the Ge- 
 neral Affembly within his County, to give their Attendance at 
 this prefent Seffion .' Which being duly examined, This JJfemhl'/ 
 Jo Vote and Refohcy and it is Voted and Rejohed, That the faid Ac- 
 count be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Eight Pounds, the 
 Amount thereof, be paid the faid David IVilkinJon out of the General 
 Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas Beriah Brown, Efq; Sheriff of i«^/«^j County, exhibited 
 to this Affembly, an Account by him charged againft the Go- 
 vernment, for warning ail the Members of the General Affembly 
 within his County, to give their Attendance at the prefent Scllion : 
 Which being duly examined, This JJfembly do Vote and Refolve, 
 and it is Voted and Rejolved, That the faid Account be, and it is 
 hereby allowed, and that Eight Pounds, the Amount thereof, 
 be paid the faid Beriah Brown out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 'Whcrczs Nat hanael Bojwor thy Efq; Sheriffof the County of 5r//?o/, 
 exhibited to this Affembly, an Account by him charged againft 
 the Government, for warning all the Members of the General 
 Affembly within his County, to give their Attendance at this 
 prclcnt Seffion : Which being duly examined, This JJfemhJy do 
 Vote and Refohe, and it ts Voted and Rejolved, That the faid Account 
 
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 be, and it is hereby allowed ; and that Forty ShiHings, ihe 
 Amount thereof, be paid the laid Nathamel Bo/worth onx. of the 
 General Trealbry. 
 
 Whereas Tho/a.is Spetifet\ one of the Conftables of Eafl^Grcenwich^ 
 who was Ipeciallv appointed and Iworn by his Honour the Gover- 
 nor (the Sheriff bfing ablcnr, ana ro one of his Deputies to be 
 found) to wain the Members ol the General Aflembly living within 
 the County o{ licuty to give their Attendance at this prcienC 
 ScflTion, exhibited to this Alfembly, an Account by him charged 
 againft the Govcrnraent, ibr performing that Service : Which 
 being duly examined, This JJpmbly do Vote and Kefohes avd it is 
 Voted and Rejohe'd, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 allowed, and that Six Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid the 
 laid 'Thomas Spenjer out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas ^eter EottrSy Efq; exhibited to this Aflembly, an Ac- 
 count by him charged againft the Government, for furnifhing 
 ibur Rheams of Paper to print the Lavvs on : Which being duly 
 examined, This J/pnihly do Fate and Rejolve^ civd it is Voted atid 
 Rc/ohed, That the faid Account be> and it is hereby allowed, 
 and that Twenty-fix Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid the 
 faid ^eter Bears out of the General Trealuiy. 
 
 Whereas Mr, David Jntmny exhibited to ♦^his Aflembly, ^n Ac- 
 count by him charged againft the Government, for his Ji audi ng 
 Guard iX. Brifiol Ferry, and iinding himfelf ^fjHorfe One Hundred 
 and Five Days : Which being duly examined. This JJfembly tlo 
 p'ute avd Refohe, and it is Votea avd Rejclved, That Two Hundrea 
 and Ten Pounds of the faid Account be allowed and paid the faid 
 David Jnthony out of the Geneial Treafury. 
 
 Whereas the aforefaid David Atithony exhibited another Accoiint 
 charged againlt the Government, ior Materials by him furnifhed 
 and provided for building a Srtioak-Houie at Brtjiol Ferry, find- 
 ing Timber, Boards, paying the Carpenters Wages, &c. Which 
 being duly examined, This jjjembly do Vote and Rejohe, and it /i 
 Voted and Refu'.ved^ That the faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 allowed, and that Twenty Pounds Thirteen Shillings, the Amounc 
 thereof, bo paid the laid David Jnthony out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Col. Samuel Lyndon, exhibited to this AflTembly, an 
 Account by him cnargcd againft the Government, for Nails and a 
 Padlock by him provided for the Smoak-Houfe at Br'\fiol Ferry . 
 Which being duly examined, This JJJernbJy do Vote and Re/olve, and 
 it js Voted and Refnhed^ That the faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 allowed, and that Five Pounds Six Shillings, the Amount thereof, 
 be paid the laid Samuel Lyndon out of the General Treaiurj'-. 
 
 H Whereas
 
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 Whereas Mr. "^ohn Cane exhibited ty this AlTcmbly, an Account 
 by him charged againfl: the Government, for oliicianng as an Ui' 
 JpeBor at the Weft Ferry en JamefJowti, to examine all Travellers, 
 &c. to prevent the Small-Pox being brought to that Ifland or 
 Newport : Which being duly examined, This AJJemhly do Vote and 
 Re/olvcy and it is Voted and Refohed, That Eighty-lour Pounds of 
 laid Account be allowed and paid the laid John Cane out of the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas an Account was exhibited to this AlTembly, charged 
 againfl Stephen Brownel, Efq; by Betijamin Tallmaa, for Pine Boards 
 by him provided for the Smoak-Houfe at Brtfiol Ferry : Which 
 ^ping duly examined, This JJpmbly do Vote and Refohe, and it is 
 Voted and Rejohed, That faid Account is juftly chargeable againft 
 the Government, anJ therefore that Fifteen Pounds Five Sliillings, 
 the Amount thereof, be paid the laid B.injamin Ta/i'mau out of the 
 General Treafury. 
 
 An ACT enabling the Juftices of the Inferior Courts of Common 
 Pleas, to hold fpecial Courts on certain Occalions. 
 
 7X7 // R R E A S it hath been found hv Experience, that many ill 
 '^' Confequences have attended the Injet'ior Courts^ not Kiaving Tower 
 to vieet fpecially, as is necefptry on certain Occafions^ 
 
 T>E // therefore Ena&ed hy this General Affemhly, and by the Jut ho- 
 •*-' rity thereof it is Enabled, That the Juftices of the feveral 
 Inferior Courts of Common Pleas, fhall be, and they are hereby 
 impowered to meet fpecially, and hold Courts ('any three of the 
 Juftices to be aQiiorum) for the Trial of Adtions between the Ven- 
 due-Mafters or Sheriffs, and any other Perlon or Perfons for Money 
 arifing on the Sale ot Goods and Chatties, fold at Publicx- Vendue ; 
 and that the laid Inferior Courts fhall be held to, and govern'd by 
 all thofc Rules and Diredions as the Superior Courts of Judicature 
 are by Law held to and governed by ; and that the Clerks of the 
 Inferior Courts Ihall adl as Clerks in laid fpecial Courts ; and that 
 the Judgment of the faid Court Ihall be final. 
 
 An A C T exempting fundry Perfons from making Oath or 
 Affirmation, notwithftanding the General Laws of the Colony 
 made about luing out Executions. 
 
 71/ H E REAS by tzvo JcJj of J^emhly made and pojfed, one in 
 *^" March, One! houf and Seven Handred And Fifty ^ amitne other in 
 June, One Thouf and Seven Hundred and Fifty-one, it is required -J.!th- 
 
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 out Exception, thjt all Terfoiis inhaVtt'mg vr rejidiitg in this Govern-' 
 metit, if} order to intit/c themfehes to Executiou, JIjM jirft make Oath 
 or Jffirmation^ as by /aid Jtts are dtrededy which in Jome Cafes is 
 found grievous, 
 
 J2E it therefore Emihd hy the General JffemUy, and hy the Jatho- 
 rity thereofy It is Enailed, That after the Rifing of this Aflem- 
 bly, all Pcrlbns beyond Sea, at the Time ot obtaining Judgment, 
 fo as not to have an Opportunity of conforming to fliid Laws, all 
 Executors ana Adminiftrators, and Perlons ading in another's 
 iR.ight, and all Perfons in their Infancy, or whole Underftandings 
 are impaired, fc as to be adjudged non compos Mentis^ who Ihall 
 obtain Judgment in any Court in this Colony, iliall be exempted 
 from making Oath or Affirmation, and be neverthclcfs intitled to 
 iixecutions as heretofore. 
 
 MT is Voted and Refohed, That his Honour the Deputy Governor, 
 ■' Stephen Hopkins and Jofeph Nichols, Efc]rs. be, and tney arc 
 hereby appointed a Committee to form the Draught of a Letter 
 to be figned by his Honour the Governor, and fcnt to tne Agent- 
 and prefenc the fame to this AfTembly as foon as they can conve- 
 niently. 
 
 It is Voted and Refhed, That the Speaker of the Lower Houfe, 
 and John '■fiUinihaJt, Efq; be, and they arc hereby conflituted a 
 Committee, to receive of Capt. Saiiuiel Frecbcdy^ late Captain of 
 Fort George, all the Stores belonging to faid Fort, and deliver the 
 fame to James Sheffield, Efq- the prefent Captain of faid Fort, giv- 
 • ng and taking Receits therefor. 
 
 Whereas the General AfTembly at their Seflion held at Eap- 
 Grecnzvich the firft Monday in March, One Thoufand Seven Hun- 
 dred and Forty-four, granted Sixty Pounds towards bui'ding a 
 Bridge in the Highway that leads acrofs '■Vatituxit River, from the 
 Place called the Fulling- Mi II, through the Lands ot H'ecochaconit and 
 Natick, which was to have been drawn out of the General Treafury 
 by Samuel Barton, when the faid Bridge fliould be built and com- 
 pleated : Which being effcded, and the faid Barton dead, This 
 Jffmhly do Vote and Refjlve, and tf is Voted and Refohed, That 
 Mr. John Holden be, and he is hereby fully impowered to draw 
 the aforelaid Sum of Sixty Pounds for the Purpofe aforefaid. 
 
 // is Voted and Re/ohed, That the A£l: paffed at the laft Seflion 
 of this Affembly, to prevent the Spreading of the Smail-Pox, be 
 Icngthen'd out, and continued in Force, 'till the End of the next 
 Seflion of this Affembly ; atid that the Colony be guarded againft 
 laid Diftcmpcr, by Perfons to be fet for that Purpofe, at the fol- 
 lowing Places, and paid not exceeding the following. Wages, viz. 
 
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 At Bripl Ferry, at Forty Shillings fer Day. At BriJoJ Gatei 
 Porty Shillif5gs per Day. At Ttvertoi), at Forty Shillings pjer Day. 
 In Providence ; at ^Patitacket Bridge, at Forty Shillings fer Day. 
 At Befler's Ferry, at Twenty Shillings per Day. At Fuller's Ferry, 
 at Twenty Shillings p^r Day. In CnmberlanJ^ at Twenty-five 
 Shillings /'er Day. At Smithf.dd^ at Twenty-five Shillings per Day : 
 And that every Perlbn to be placed as a Guard, fli.ill be fuch as 
 have had the Small- Pox. 
 
 Whereas Henry Sowk of Keivporty Taylor, reprcfcnted unto this 
 Aflembly, that about a Fortnight after the Aft paffcd by the 
 General Aflembly in Jtwe, One Thoufand Seven Hundred and 
 Fifty-one, afcertaining the Price of Gold, Silver, and Bills of Ex- 
 change, and appointing a certain Oath or Affirmation to intitle z 
 Perfon to an Execution ; that he the faid Hevry being altogcthc 
 ignorant thereof, fold two bpainjh milled Dollars for Fifty-eight 
 Shillings a Piece ; by Means of which, he hath loft the Benefit of 
 fuing out Execution, where he halh or fliall obtain Judgment, 
 which will be greatly to his Prejudice, unlels relieved by this 
 Aflembly : On Confideration wheieof, 7his JJJemhIy do Vote and 
 'Rejolve, atid it is Voted ami Refuhed, That the faid Henry Sowk 
 Ihall be, and be is hereby impowered and authorized to demand 
 Executions out of any Office in the Colony, firft making Oath 
 that he hath not in any other Form violated the aforcfaid AG, 
 thart that above exprefled ; and that he will for the future pundu- 
 ally and dona Fide comply with the fame. 
 
 Whereas Ccl. Daniel Jbbot and other?, reprelerted, That the 
 General Aflembly of thii Colony, in the Year, One Thoufand 
 Seven Hundred and Eleven, ordci'd a Highway or Road to be 
 laid out thro' the Lands o{ Providence, Wejeconoid, and Warwick^ 
 leading into the Center of Co/;;;i'(??/Va/, by tbcWuyof^lain^eld : And 
 accordingly Nicholas Lang^ Eiq; then High-Sheriff of the Colony, 
 •impanncllcd a Jury of Twenty-four good and lufficient Men, who 
 performed faid Work ; and tliat there are ftill alive fome Perfons 
 that were prefcnt in doing the fame ; iliat the faid Road or High- 
 way hath ever fincc been improved as fuch \ that great Coft and 
 Labour hath been beftowcd to amend it, and liiveral Sums of 
 Money granted by the Government to make Bridges for Travellers 
 to pafs at all Times over the feveral Rivers without any Difficulty, 
 and it is now become a great Road ^ notwithftanding which, the 
 Town of Coventry have paflcd a Vote to alter laid Highway or 
 Road, and lay it in luch a o/V/V.;/ Place, that fliculdit take Effcdt, 
 it would ablolutcly ruin the aiorcfaid Roail or Highway, for there 
 is a long Hill near Iialfa Mile, flony and fpungy, and over which 
 the new Road muft pals : And tlicrcupon prayed this Aflembly 
 to appoint a Commictcc of three Men, t!ic moll acquainted with 
 faid Highway or Road, and a Surveyor, to revife the old Bounds, 
 if to be found, and where rlicy are wanting to maKe new, to keep 
 
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 the now travelled and beaten Road that has been fo much worked 
 upon and amended, and let the Breadth three Poles. Thus chc 
 Bounds being fixed, will inftruft ihc Settlers by faid Road, where 
 to build their Stone-Walls, and run other Fences, Gfc. Upon 
 Confideration whereof, Tkis JffcTnbly do Vote and Kejolve^ and it is 
 Voted and Rejolutd, That Stephen Hopkins, Job Randal, and Chariss 
 Harris, Elqrs. be-, and tlicy, or the major Part of them, are hereby 
 conftituted a Committee, to revile the Bounds of the antient High- 
 way or Road aforefaid, at the Charge of the Petitioners, and make 
 Renort thereof to the General Aflcmbly. 
 
 Whereas Nathanael Bofworth, Efq; Sheriff of the County cf 
 Briflul, reprefented unto this Affcmbly, that the Court Houfe and 
 Goal in faid Counfv are out of Repair, particularly tne Goal is by 
 no Means lufiicient for ttic fafe keeping of l^ilbners; and there- 
 upon prayed this Aflcmbly to order, proper Meafures may be taken 
 to repair the Goal, and make it a Place of lafc Cuftody : Upon 
 Confideration whereof, this AflTembly do conftitute and appoint 
 yonathan 'Teck, Efq; to make the necelfary Repairs on the Goal- 
 Houfe and Goal in the County of Brifiol, at the Charge of the 
 Colony. 
 
 Capt. Silas Greenman is chofen a Town's-Committcc-Man for 
 Weflerly, in the Stead of Capt. Caleb Church, deceas'd. 
 
 Mr. yeremiah Browne! is chofen a Tov/n's-Committce-Man for 
 Little-Compton, in the Room of Samuel PVilbore, deceas'd. 
 
 John Fisk is rhofcn a Jufticc of the Peace tor the Town of 
 Scituate, in the Room o( Benjamin Fisk who refufed. 
 
 Capt. Natbanael JLewis is chofen a Juftice of the Peace for the 
 Town of Charkjlozvn, in the Room of Thomas Brownel who refufed. 
 
 Whereas Jahleel Brtnton, Efq; came and informed this AfTembly, 
 that Mr. Robert Saunderjon whom he had chofen a Referrce in the 
 Aftion of Account brought againft him by the Governor and 
 Company of this Colony, was gone to Europe j and thereupon the 
 faid jahleel Brentor defired he might have an Opportunity of 
 choofing another Referrec in Mr. Saunder/on's Stead, that faid 
 Actioii may be determined as foon 4s poffible : On Confideration 
 whereof, This JJp.riT.hly do Vote and Rejohc, and it is Voted and 
 Refolved, That the Superior Court of Judicature, or a Quorum of 
 the Judges, be, and they are hereby impowercd to meet at Three 
 of thi Clock in the Afternoon, on the fifth Day of this InftanC 
 y«/7f, to give Mr, Brentoa an Opportunity of chufing another Perlbn 
 for a Refcrree in the Stead of Mr. Saunderjon : And \.\Y3XBen'jatnin 
 Nichols., Efq- and Mr. Mattheiu Ruhinfon the Attorney, purfue faid 
 Adion to final Judgment and Execution : And that Stephen 
 Bro-junell und Jeremiah Niles, El'qr$. and Mr. Benjamin 'Peckham,j[in. 
 
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 be a Committee to procure proper Vouchers in faid Cafe, and give 
 fuch other AfliftancR therein, as they are capable of, throughout 
 the Tryal of laid Action, 
 
 It is Voted atid Rejdved^ That there be allowed and paid out of 
 the General Treafury. the Sum of Three Hundred Pounds Old- 
 Tenor, to his Honour the Governor, and Fifty Pounds Old-Tenor 
 to his Honour the Deputy Governor, for their lafi: Years Salaries, 
 and extraordinary Services, 
 
 It is Voted and Rc/olved, That the Speaker of the Lower Houfc, 
 John TiUinghaJ}, ^Pettr Boiirs, and James Sheffield, Elqrs. be, and 
 they are hereby appointed a Committee, to audit the Grand Com- 
 mittee's and General Treafurei's Accounts, and make Report to 
 the General Aflembly as foon as they can conveniently. 
 
 Whereas William Com^tou of Providence, reprcfenied unto thi* 
 AfTembly, That on his and his Wife's laft Return from Bojion to 
 'Providence, they were by Order of the Authority, flopped at^auw 
 tucket Bridge, on Account of their coming from Bofcn, where the 
 Small-Pox then prevailed : That the faid JVilliam Ccmpton, in 
 Obedience to the Order of Authority, and not having had the 
 Small-Pox, forbore coming Home for the Space of Twenty Days, 
 the appointed Time : That the faid Compton's Wife having had the 
 Small-Pox, tarried but four, whereas fhc ought to have tarried five 
 Days : That fne gresv uneafy at being fo long from Home, not 
 having feen her Family in more than a Month : That having 
 taken all due Care by fhifting and cleanfing every Thing that fecm'd 
 liable to receive and retain faid Diflemper, fhe came Home to '^j'ro- 
 vidence with her Huib.nnd : That for lb doing, he was fined Fiity 
 Pounds Old-Tenor, notwithftanding he had paid due Obedience to 
 the Authority, and his Wile the like Sum, for tranfgrcfling but 
 one Day, no Regard having been had to the Precautions which flic 
 ulcd as aforefaid : And upon the whole, prayed faid Fines may be 
 remitted. And now this Aflcmbly having taken the Piemifes 
 into Confideration, Do Vote and Re/olue, and it is Voted and Rc/o/ved, 
 That the faid IVilliiWi Comf ten's Fine be, andir is hereby remitted, 
 and that he only pay the Fifty Pounds which his Wife was fined. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolved, That the Draught of a Letter made by 
 the Committee, to be lent to the Agent, be accepted and approved 
 of, and his Honour the Governor is dcfired to order a fair Copy 
 thereol made, and fign the fame, to be fcnt to the Agent by the 
 firft good Opportunity. 
 
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 An A C T for Relcafing and Relinquiflilng unto Lillis Barton^ 
 Widow of Samuel Barton, late of JVarwick, in the County of 
 Kent, Yeoman, dcceafed, and to the Children of the faid Samuel 
 Barton, all the Right, Title, and Intereft of the Colony, of, in, 
 and to the Efliate of the faid Samuel Barton^ el'cheated, and be- 
 come iorfcited to the Colony. 
 
 JI7HEREAS Lillis Barton aforejaid, by 'Petition to this Jffemhly, 
 '■^'^ did jet forth, That Jhe tba 'Petitioner was under very dijirejfed 
 and melancholy Circumjlances, by Rea/on of the Juddeo and unhappy 
 Death of her faid hte Husband Samuel Barton, tx)ho left fix /mall 
 Children to the Care of the '^Petitioner, and P^e having no Eft ate wbere- 
 tvith to bring them up : Jnd zvhereas, the Eftate whereof the faid 
 Samuel was in his Lije'time feiz'd, by the J£i and Operation of Law 
 ef cheated, and became forfeit to the Colony. Jnd whereas, this Jjfembly 
 taking into Conftderation, the faid dif he/fed Condition andCircumflances 
 of the faid JVidow and Children, for their Support, Maintenance^ and 
 future 'Pravifiony 
 
 r\ Re/olve and EnaSi, and it is hereby Voted and Enabled, That 
 ^^ all the Right, Title, Intereft, Claim, and Demand of the 
 Colony, o{y in, and to the Eftate of the laid S^imuel Barton, efchcated, 
 and become forteir, is hereby given, granted, releafcd, and relin- 
 quiftied unto the faid Lillis Barton, and to her aforefaid fix Child- 
 ren, their Heirs and Afligns forever, to be enjoyed by them in 
 equal Shares and Prpportions. 
 
 JND it is alfo hereby further Enabled, That the faid Lillis 
 Barton ftiall, with the Advice, Dircdicn, and Conlent of the Town- 
 Council oi }yarv)ick., fell and difpofc all the aforefaid real Eftate 
 to the beft Advantage, by giving and executing of good Deeds of 
 Conveyance to any Perfon or Perfons ; and fuch Deeds fo given, 
 fnall create to the Purchafcr or Furchafers, as good Eftate in Fee- 
 Simple, as tho' the fame were given by the laid Samuel Barton in 
 his Life-time ; and the Monies arifing on fuch Sale, fliall after 
 the juft Debts of the faid Samuel Barton are firft paid, be put to 
 Intereft for the bringing up faid Children, that is 'to fay, fix Seventh 
 Farts thereof .* One Seventh Fart thereof, to be and remain to 
 and for the fole Ule of the faid Lillis Barton, and as her fole Pro- 
 perty : And for tlie Ends and Purpofes aforefaid, the faid Lillis 
 Barton fliall give good Security to the faid Town-Council, that 
 the Six Seventh Parts of laid Monies arifing on faid Sale, ftiall be 
 put to Intereft for the bringing up laid Children ; and that at their 
 coming of Age, they fhall have and receivetheir juft and equal Pro- 
 portions thereof. 
 
 JND it is rJ/o further Ena&cd mtwith/larding. That if the In- 
 r^rcft of the faid Monies fliould not be fufficient and equal to 
 
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 anfwer the Ends hereby deflgned, in bringing up faid Children, 
 that then Apph"cation fhall be made by the laid LiHij Barton, or 
 any other proper Pcrfon concerned, to the faid Town-Council, 
 irom time to time, who are hereby impowered to allow out of the 
 Principal, as much as they fhall judge necefTary for that End. and 
 the fime to be deduced out of the refpedivc Shares and Propor- 
 tions as aforefaid. 
 
 WHereas Tkomas Spenjer, Son ct Thomas Sfevjer of Eaft-Grsen- 
 -ji'ich^ by Petition, reprelentcd unto this AfTembly, mat be- 
 ing indebted to the Colony in the Sum of One Hundred and 
 Eighteen Pounds Four Shillings, he was lued for it to hft Nover/i* 
 Icr Court in I^ezvport, where Judgment was rendered againft him 
 for laid Debt, and the Cofts ariling upon the Suit : That being by 
 Misfortune reduced to Poverty, he is _ not able to pay the Money-, 
 or any Part of it, nor fiiall be Co, unlefs this Affcmbly grants him 
 Liberty to go about fome Bnfinefs, whereby to raife the Money ; 
 and for that Ei^d, prayed Execution may be ftayed againft him 
 for the Space of three Years. And now this Aflembly having 
 taken the Premiles into Confidcration, Do Vote and Rcjoioe, audit 
 is Voted Jfid Rejohed^ That Execution for the above-mentioned 
 Debt due to the Colony from the Petitioner^ be, and the fame 
 fhall be flayed fof Eleven Months. 
 
 Whereas Benjamin Nichols, Efq: Keeper of the Grand Com- 
 mittee's Office, reprefcnted unto this Aflembly, That a very con- 
 lidcrable Part of his Time hath lately been taken up in exchanging 
 torn Bills, for which the General Aflembly, on the third Monday 
 of Juguf}, One Thouland Seven Hundred and Fifty, pafltd an 
 Ad, direfting him to exchange for the future, fuch whole Bills of 
 Credit as he Ihould receive from time to time, and to take torn 
 Bills in Lieu thereof, and for his Time and Trouble in fo doing, 
 to be allowed Half /er Ceht. Which the faid Benjamin conceiving 
 to be an Allowance too inconfiderable, and by no Means an ade- 
 quate Compenfation for his Time and Trouble in faid Service, 
 prayed for fuch farther Allowance as fhall be thought proper : 
 And this Affembly having taken the Fremifcs into Confideration, 
 Do Vote and Refolve^ audit is hereby Voted and Refohed, That the faid 
 Benjamin Nichols fhall for the future be allowed One fer Cent, out 
 of the General Treafury for exchanging torn Bills. 
 
 Whereas Thomas Richard/on, Efq; General Treafurcr, prcfentcd 
 CO this Aflembly, the following Account flated, and a Memorial 
 fubjoined to it. 
 
 " Money
 
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 " Moiwy taken on Intcrcft, per Order of the General Aflcmbly, z;/«. 
 
 I74p. Jug:i(} ihQ Cih. • - of Robert Taylor^ £. 6oo 
 Sept. the yth. - - of Jo/cph Jjcob^ i6oQ 
 
 0^/c^. the 4th. - - ofjohn Stevem, 
 of Daniel H'eedetJy 
 
 Bills of Exchange delivered. 
 N° I. A Set to Simon ^ejfc. 
 Sterling, with Da- 
 mage and Interell, £. aji 00 
 
 2. A Set to the Order of 
 
 EJiva/ci Kifuiicutf with 
 
 Damage, &c 143 8 j 
 
 3. A Set to 'Jopjua Cheven, 
 
 with Damage,?^ - 231 00 
 
 4. A iJitto to laid Chcvcrs, 
 
 with Ditto, - 231 o o 
 
 $. A Ditto to Robert G/bbs, 
 
 with Ditto, - 57 ^J> ^ 
 
 6. A Ditto ioDariitsSeJJivnsy 
 
 with i3///p, 5.(3 i 00 
 
 £. 2pa7 12 (^ 
 
 /;. 1056 I J 
 
 Exchange at ^50 /<?/• C(f«/. 1041a ^^ S~ 
 
 £. iiioS 14 10^ 
 
 makes io Old-Tenor (in which all Salaries 
 and Fees are paid) - - £• M43<^ ^ 44- 
 
 Which faid Services, I humbly apprehend, did not belong to me 
 as General Treafurcr, otherwil'e than as by Ipecial A6ts of Aflcm-* 
 bly, I was ordered to do them ; therefore hope, as the Service is 
 performed, you'll judge it realcnablc, that I Hiuuld have a propor- 
 tionable Reward therefor, which at the nioft eafy Comminion of 
 Half /fr Cent or Ten Shillings en each Hundred Pounds, amounts 
 to » - - - -^. 7i 3 8 
 
 Which is humbly fubmitted, Errors excepted, 
 
 per Your Friend, &c. 
 Ke'dopsrt, 6 Ma {/lugu/i) 22. 1750. Tho. Richard/on, G.Tic^lC. 
 
 And now tfiis Affembly having taken the Fremifes into Confi- 
 deration, Da Vote and Refoloe, and it is Voted and Refvhedy That the 
 laid Account of Seventy-two Pounds Three Shillings and Eight 
 
 K Pence,
 
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 Pence, br, and ic is hereby allowed ; and that the faid Thomas 
 Kithard/cn may pay himfclf faid Sum out ol" the General Trealury. 
 
 Tt is Voted and Re/olved, That the Time of drawing the Lottery 
 fet up for paving the Streets in J^eujport, be Icngthen'd nut to the 
 fourth Monday in Jagufi next, if all ihc Tickets be not fold before 
 that Time, and if they be, to be drawn then. 
 
 It is Voted and Refulued by this JJp:mhly, Tiiat all Bufinefs Tying 
 before them unfinifhed, be, and it is hereby relcrrcd unto the next 
 SefTion ; That rhe Secretary, witliin five Days after the Rifing of 
 this Aflembly, proclaim in Nrd-port, by Beat of Drum, the ACts 
 and Orders new made and part, and fend Copies of them, together 
 with Copies of the Acts .u)d Orders made and paft in May laft, 
 to each Town in the Colony, according to Law, within forty Days : 
 Apd that this Alfembly be, and it is hereby adjourned lo the 
 third Monday o{ JttguJ) next, the Adjournment in Mc^y laft not- 
 withftanding. 
 
 Newport^ "jfune 8. 175 i- 
 
 Publifhed according to Order, by 
 
 f^^U^.^--^ 9~p^ -s^^S'**-!- t'n^ ^^^f/^ 
 
 Tho. Ward, Secry. 
 
 ^^/'^^j^Ct^LX^
 
 L 59] 
 
 At the General A s s e iM b l y of the 
 
 GOf^ERNOR find COMP ANT of the Englifh 
 Colony of Khode-Ifland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 in New. England, in America ; begun and held 
 by Adjournment at Newport, on the third Monday of 
 Auguff, One Jhoiifand Seven Hundred and Fifty-trvo ; 
 a/id in the Txrenty-fixth Tear of the Reign of His Mofi 
 Sacred Ma']e\\yi GEORGE the Second, by the Grace 
 cj G D, King ('/Great-Britain, <^c, 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. TFILLIJM GREENE, Efqj Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Whipple, Efq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 JohnTillinghast, Efq-.'S Stephen Browne l, Efq; 
 
 Jonathan Nichols, E(q; (^/jn Robert Lawton, Efq; 
 
 Nicholas Cook, Efq; ? ^■' ' James Arnold, Efq; 
 
 Jabez BowEN, Efq; ) Jeoffry Watson, Efq-, 
 
 The Secretary. 
 
 D E P UT I E S of the feveral TOWNS. 
 
 The Hon. Thomas Cranston, Efq; Speaker. 
 
 >Afftjt, 
 
 NEWPORT; 
 
 Mr. Nathanael CoggeJJ^all, 
 Edward Scott, Elq; 
 The Speaker, 
 ■Peter Bonrs, Efq; 
 Mr. Job Befwet, pn. 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen HopkitiSy Efq; 
 Mr. Elijfni Brown^ 
 
 m 
 
 L 
 
 Jonathan Ratidal, Efq, 
 
 George Brown, Efq; 
 
 Portfmouth j 
 William Jnthony, jun. Efq^, 
 John Mien, Efq; 
 Caleb Hill, Efq; 
 Mr. Gideon Freeborn, Efi};i>^<v>' 
 
 Warwick , 
 John Greene, Efq; 
 
 Mr, 
 
 ^
 
 [40 3 
 
 Mr. John Hoick ti, 
 Lieut. Col. Stephen Lozv, 
 Bctijitmin JrtwLl, Elqj 
 
 Weftcrly ; 
 Col. Oliver Babcock, 
 yoJJ;!ia Babcock, Elq; 
 Newihorcham ; 
 None. 
 North-Kingftown \ 
 Col. Jnunnnuel Northiipy 
 Eeriah Broivriy Efq; 
 
 South-Kingftown j 
 Mr. Jeofry Hjjzard, 
 Col. -Thomas Hajzard. 
 
 Eaft-Grecnwich ; 
 Jojeph Nkholjy Elqj 
 John Frye. Elq; 
 
 Jameftown j 
 D'o/.r/)?; C/^rJt, Efq; 
 Mr. Jojiah JrmU. jun. 
 
 Smithficld i 
 Thomns JrncU, Efq; 
 5'o/'« JUnch, Efq; 
 Scituatc ; 
 
 Glocefter ^ 
 Jndrev) Brown, Efq; 
 Charleftpwn ; 
 Capt. Njthanael Lewis y 
 
 Mr. JosiAs Lyndon, 
 
 Clerk of 
 
 Mr. James Congdon, jun. 
 Weft-Grccnwich ^ 
 Jeremiah Ellis, Efq; 
 George Gardner, Efq; 
 
 Coventry j 
 Mr. j'^^w Greene, 
 Caleb Greene, Elq; 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. John Reynolds, 
 Job Tripp, Efq; 
 
 Middletown ; 
 Capt. William Turner, 
 Mr. Jojhiia Coggefhall, 
 
 Briftol ; 
 Jonathan "Peck, Efq; 
 Tiverton ; 
 Mr. Edward IVanton. 
 
 Little-Compton ; 
 miliam Hall, Efq; 
 Mr. Richard Greenhill. 
 
 Warren ; 
 Capt. John Jdatnj, 
 Mr. John Cole. 
 
 Cumberland ; 
 Job Bart let, Efq; 
 John Dexter, Efq; 
 
 Richmond j 
 John Web Per, Efq; 
 Mr. Jojeph Hoxjie. 
 
 the Lower Houfe. 
 
 WH E R E A S Tekg Barker of Ntwport, reprefented unto 
 this Affcmbly, That a little before the Aft for ftating the 
 Price of Silver, Gold, and Bills of Exchange, was in Force, he con- 
 traded for a Quantity of Silver at a higher Rate than is flatcd by 
 iaid AcV. and compleated the Bargain alter faid Aft was in Force ; 
 but was intirely ignorant that the fame was in Force : And after 
 he was informed the faid Aft was in Force, he purchafed a Quan- 
 tity of Silver and Gold at a higher Price than is thereby regulated, 
 but paid for ic in NcW'HampJhire Bills, underflanding at that 
 Time, the Law extended to no other than the Bills of this Co- 
 lony . And upon the whole, prayed to have the Liberty of tak- 
 ing the Oath prefcribed by Law (excepting thcrenut the above- 
 mentioned Articles) and be thereby intiiled to take out Execution 
 on .ill fuch Judgments as he fhall hereafter obtain. And this 
 Affcmbly haying taken the Matter into Ccnfidcration, Do Vote 
 
 and
 
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 end Eiiu^, and it is yoted atui Enaclcd, That the faid ^ele«: Barker 
 flviU have Liberty of taking ihe Oath preicribed by Law (except- 
 ing thereout the above-mentioned Articles) and thereby be intitled 
 to lue out Executions on all fuch Judgments as he (hall afterwards 
 obtain. 
 
 V/hereas Capt. Samuel Frcebody exhibited to this Aflembly, an 
 Account charged againfl: the Government, for Sundries by him 
 provided for the \Jk of the Fort when it was lately under his 
 Command : And this Airembly having taken the faid Account 
 into Cor.fiderauon and duly examined it, do allow the fame, and 
 order Otie Hundred and Thirty-ctghtTounds Thirteen Shillings and Ten 
 '^Pence^ the Ballancc thereof, to be paid the laid Samuel Freebody out 
 of the General Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Refohed, That all the Guards on the Borders, 
 and in other Parts of this Government, for keeping the Small- 
 Pox out of the fame, be, and they are hereby contin-.^d until the 
 Twenty. fccond Day of this Inftant Jngtifi, at the Ch^irge of the 
 Colony, and no longer : But nevertheJels, in Cafe any particular 
 Town cr Towns fhall fee Caufe to keep up faid Guards, or any of 
 thtfm> for a longer Time, Liberty is hereby granted them to do 
 ic at their own Charge, arxJ C(jual Authority, with that they have 
 heretofore had, is continued in fuch Guard or Guards ; and that 
 for fuch further Time as they fhall be kept up as aforcfaid. 
 
 Whereas Hugh Beatty exhibited tc this AfFembly, an Account 
 by him charged againfl the Government, for his Time, &c. in 
 attending at ^Paatucket Bridge, on Account of the Small-Pox : 
 Which being duly examined, This Jffemhly do Vote and Rejohe^ and 
 it is Voted and Refolved, That the faid Account be, and the fame 
 is hereby allowed, and that Three Hundred and Ten bounds, the 
 Amount thereof, be paid the faid Hugh Beatty out of the General 
 Treafury. 
 
 It is Voted and Rejdhedy That One Hundred bounds be paid to 
 Col. Syhe/Ier Riihtnond, and Tiventy 'Pounds to his Son Ezra Rich" 
 v.ondy Efq; out of the General Treafury, for their Time, Trouble, 
 and Expence, in afTifting when Owen Sullivan and his Accomplices 
 were apprehended for counterfeiting the Bills of Credit of this 
 Colony, 
 
 It is Voted and Refolvedy That the Sum of Two Hundred and 
 Ninety- one Pounds Seven Shillings and Six Pence be paid to Stephen 
 Hopkins, Efq, out of the General Treafury, in order to difchargc 
 a Promife which he and the Juftices in the Town o( 'Providence 
 made to Philip IVheelery in Cafe he would apprehend r\nd deliver 
 up Owen SuUivany which the faid fVheeJer hath faithfully performed. 
 
 Whereas
 
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 Whereas Mjry Thtnp/cu ofNewfort, Widow, by Petition, reprr- 
 fcnrcd fo this ArTembly, That in Juf/e laft her Fccket-Book was 
 burnt by ivccidenr, and in it upwards of Twenty-leven Pounds 
 (in Bills of Credit) Sixteen whereof were emitted by this Govern- 
 ment ; and thereupon prayc(J the like Sum may be delivered to 
 her out of the Tenth Money in the Hands of Benjamin Nicholsy 
 Elq; On Confidcralion whereof, This AUcmbly appoint Mr. Na- 
 ihanael Coggtfhjll^ and '^Pcter Bcun, Efq; a Committee to inquire 
 into the Circumftanccs of the Affair mentioned in faid Petition, 
 and deliver the Petitioner fo much in Value of the Bills of Credit 
 paid in for Tenths, as fhail appear to have been deftroyed as afore- 
 iaid. and bring what remains of the burnt Bills to this Aflembly, 
 m order that the lame may be wholly burnt. 
 
 The Gentlemen who were appointed a Committee to receive of 
 Capt. Samuel Freebody^ late Captain of Fort George, all the Stores 
 belonging to faid Fort, and deliver the lame to Jamts Sheffield^ 
 Efq; the prcfent Captain, made the following Report : 
 <C W/E the Subfcribers being appointed by the General AfTem- 
 ' bly a Committee to receive of Capt. Samuel Freebsdy, all 
 the Stores at Fort George, and to deliver the fame to Capt. jfames 
 Sheffield, do Report, We have in the Prefence of Capt. Samuel 
 Freebcdy, delivered to Capt. Jjme^ Sheffield Caa per his Receipt) all 
 the .Stores agreeable to this Lift hereto annexed, viz. 
 In the Lower Battery, viz. 
 24 Canon, 1$ Carriages, 877 Canon Shot, 30 Crab Handfpikes, 
 SI Spungc Staffs, 7 Worms, and 3 Ladles. 
 On the Platform, 
 I a Canon, 12 Carriages, 20 Handfpikes, i Speaking Trumpet, 
 3 Worms, 5 fpare Wheels, 11 Spung Staves, i Pendant, i Flagg, 
 I Grindftonc, i Iron Crow, i Wheelbarrow, p;8 Canon Shot, 8 
 Iron Pots, I Frying Pan, i Wood Ax, 2 Pick Axes, 103 Shot 
 Four Pounders each. 
 
 In the Magazine, 
 One 30 GallorvCask of Powder, 5 Half Barrels of Powder, and 
 fomc loofe Powder. 
 
 In the Chamber, 
 3 Ladles, 14 Pair of Piftols, 3 Worms, 17 Small Arms, 28 
 Linch Stocks, i old Drum, 9 Cartridge Boxes, 5) Powder Horns, 
 17 Cartouch Boxesi 4 Half Barrels of Granada Shells, i fmali 
 Cask of PiftolCartridge, 5 Formers, a Qi^iantity of empty Car- 
 tridges, 4 CutlafTes, and a fmall Parcel of Piftol Ball. 
 In the State Room, 
 13 Chairs, and i Table. 
 
 Outfide of the Fort, 
 > Triangle Gin, 1 Rowing Boat at the WharfF. 
 
 John nUinghaft, 
 Dated Newport, June 12. 1752. Thomas Cranjlon" 
 
 " Fort
 
 [43 ] 
 
 " Fort GEORGE in Newport. 
 O Eccivcd of the above-mentioned Commitree, inco my Care, 
 *-^ all the Stores, agrccahle to tho above Lift. VVimels my 
 Hand, this lath Day ol fme, 17 s^. 
 
 per y^mes Sheffii^ld.' 
 
 To which Report, the Committee fubjoined the following 
 Account 
 
 Colony. - - Dr. — 
 
 To our Time and Trouble in the above Service, £.600 
 John nUhgha/}, 
 ^hovias Crarjfion." 
 And now this Aflcmbly having taken the Premiles into. Con- 
 fidcration, Do Fote and ikefohe^ and it is Voted and Refohed, That- 
 the laid Report be, and it is hereby accepted ; and alfo that the 
 Account by the Commitree charged againf)- tlieColony, be allowed, 
 and Sixir'oiwds the Amount thereof, paid them out of the General 
 Trealiiry. 
 
 Whereas an Account was exhibited to this Aircmbly by Benja- 
 ffiift ffe/ght, charged againfl jBer/d^ Brown, Efc]; which being duly 
 examined, and it appearing the Account arofe upon an Affair of 
 a publick Nature, This j]^embly do Voxe and Refolve^ and it is Voted 
 atid Refolved, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby allowed, 
 and that Five bounds Thirteen Shilhngs, the Amount thereof, be 
 paid the faid Benjamin PVeigbt out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Mr. Elijha Brcwn of Providence, was appointed to re- 
 reive of the- Colonel of the Regiment, or any other Perlbn in 'Pro- 
 vidence County, alUthe PowJcr that belonged to the Colony, and 
 10 difpole of the fame j and behaving performed that Service, 
 made tne following Report : 
 
 CCpUrfuant to the Vote of the General Aflembly, at their Seflion 
 *• in June^ J. D. i7.?o, I have receiv'd 8 Casic of Gunpowder 
 belonging to the Colony, viz. fix from Col. Kinuictit, and two 
 from Jofeph Nichols, Efq; and have difpoled of them as follows : 
 
 4 Cask to Col. Kinnicutt, for - j^. 06 o o 
 
 a Ditto to Obediah Brown ^ - - 60 o o 
 
 2 Ditto to Jofeph Nichols, Efo- j4 10 o 
 
 ^. iio 10 o 
 To my Time and Trouble, 5 S o 
 
 £' 205 5 o 
 Save Errors, per Elisha Brown." 
 
 M And
 
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 And this AfTcmbly having taken the faid Rcpoit into Confi- 
 dcration, and duly ci^amined the lame, do accept thereof. 
 
 Whereas fViUiam Collins of Scmers, in ConmBicut^ reprefented 
 unto this Aflcmbly, That injantiaryy One Thoufand Seven Hun- 
 dred and Fifty, his Houfe was calually burnt down, and almoft 
 all his Goods conlumcd, together with a Sum of Paper Money, 
 among which were Fourteen Pounds in Bills emitted by this Co- 
 lony ; and thereupon prayed the Confideration of this Aflembly : 
 Who having duly examined into the Alfair, Do Vote and Refolve^ 
 ami it is Voted and Ke/blved, That the Sum of Fourteen "^Pounds be 
 paid the laid H'rlliam Collins out of the Grand Committee's Office. 
 
 Whereas Capt. Jofhtia Stizvyer exhibited to this AfTembly, aa 
 Account charged againlt the Colony, of Cafh paid .in Attorney 
 for defending a Prolccution brought by So/ftnon Gardner i^3.ini[ the 
 Government : Which being duly examined, This AJJhnbly do Vote 
 and Rcfohe^ audit is Voted and Rejohed^ That the laid Account Dc 
 allowed, and Four (Pounds, the Amount thcicof, be paid the faid 
 Jcjhuii Sawyer cut of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas Join Tillinghnff, Efq; exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an 
 Account charged againft the Governmeuc, for Ore Hundred and 
 Four Shot by him lupplied the Fort with, ana delivered in March 
 lafl to Samuel Freehody then Captain ; which being duly examined, 
 This jiJJ'ttnbly do Vote and Re/oh e, and it is Voted and Re/ohed, That 
 the laid Account be allowed, and Thirty-one ^Pounds Ten SbiUifigSy 
 the Amount thereol, paid the faid John Tillingkaji out ol the 
 General Trealiiry. 
 
 Whcaeas Jnn and James Franklin exhibited to this Aflcmbly, an 
 Account by them charged againft the Government, for printing 
 Two Hundred Ads of Affcmbly relating the Small-Pox, and for 
 printing the Ads and Orders made and paft at the two laft SelTions, 
 and furnifhing Paper : Which being duly examined, Thii Jijferrhly 
 do Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted ai.d Re/o/ved, Tfhat the laid 
 Account be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Eighty-iwo ^Pounds 
 Eighteen Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid the faid j^nn 
 and James Franklin out of the General Treafury. 
 
 The Gentlemen that were appointed to audit tht Accounts of 
 the Directors of CoJ. ^Pendleton's Lottery, prclcntcd this Aflcmbly 
 ^Vith what followeth. 
 
 4c"ll7'E the Subfcribcrs, being appointed by the General Aflcm- 
 bly, to audit the Accounts of the Directors of Col. ^ewd'/e- 
 ton's Lottery, do Report as followeth : That we have carefully 
 examined the fame, and hnd by a Dilcharge from faid ^PendLton, 
 
 that
 
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 that they have paid him Ten Thoufand Three Hundred and Sixty- 
 four Pounds, it being the Amount of the Lots of Land lit forth 
 in laid Lottery. Said Dircdors alio fhewcd us a Number of Be- 
 nefit Tickers they had paid : and alfo intormcd us, they liad paid 
 All that had been offered unto rhem. Further we find, there is a 
 Ballance aue to the Colony, Seven Hundred and Eighty-three 
 Pounds Twelve Shillings, 
 
 'Jc.offry Wat fen, 
 bnmavtiel Northitp. 
 
 T^O our Time and Trouble in fettling the above 
 •*■ Account, - - ' :^. 6 o o 
 
 yeoff'ry Watjony 
 Immanud Northup." 
 
 And now this AfTcmbly having taken the Premifes into Confi- 
 tJeration, Do Vote tuid R^Jvlve^ ami it is Voted ami Refolvcd, Thac 
 the aforcfaid Report be, and the lame is hereby accepted-, and 
 that the foregoing Account be allowed, and Stx^on/sds, the Amount 
 thereof, paid the aforefaid J eo^y h^at /on &nd Immamiel Northup out 
 of the General Treitfury. 
 
 Whereas the General A/Tembly in Jugtifi, One Thoufand Seven 
 Hundred and Forty-eight, granted the 5um oi' Seventy <Pounds out 
 of the General Treafnry for repairing the Bridge then over ^au- 
 tuxet River, commonly called Capt, Eenj:wiit2 Green's Bridge : 
 And in /higufi., One Thoufand Seven Hundred and Forty-nine, the 
 iaid General AlTcmbly granted an additional Sum of Sixty 'Poutids 
 for the Purpofe aforefiu"d. And whereas fince the granting fa id 
 Sums, it has been thought proper to pull down faid Bridge, and 
 to ereft a riew one over laid River a little below. It is therefore 
 Voted and kef bed, That the above-mentioned two Sums, amount- 
 ing to One Htttidred and Thirty bounds, be appropriated towards 
 building the faid new Bridge, and that Benjamin Arnoldy Efq; 
 draw the fame out ot the General Trealury for that Purpofe. when 
 laid Bridge fhall be hnifhed. 
 
 it is Voted and Refolved, That the Sum of Two Hundred ana Sixty- 
 etght 'Pounds, be allowed and paid George fVefgate out of the Ge- 
 neral Treitury, for his officiating in Tiverton^ and examining Tra- 
 vellers that came from Bo/ion whilft the Small-Pox prevailed 
 there. 
 
 Whereas Jojeph Nichols and Ruftis Greene^ Efqrs. the Committee 
 for building a Goal in Eafi-Greenwith, for the County ol' Kent, 
 exhibited to this AfTembly, an Account of their Disburfments, &c. 
 in that Service ; Which being duly examined. This JJfemhly do 
 Vote and ReJoloCy and it is Voted and Re/olved^ That the Sum of 
 
 Three
 
 C40 
 
 Three Hundred and Ninety-nine founds Nine Shillings and Two Tefice, 
 be paid the faid Jojeph Nichols and Riijuj Grane out of the General 
 Tieafury. 
 
 Whereas thffre was prefcnted to, and now lieth before this 
 Aflembly, a Vote of the Town of Newport, pafled at a Meeting 
 held there on the feventeenth Day of this Inftant Jugitft, in thele 
 Words : ' Whereas the Directors appointed by the General 
 Aflembly for carrying on the Lottery granted for paving the 
 Streets of faid Town of A'ca^'/c'r/, have informed this Meeting, 
 that they have not yet fold Two Thirds of the Number of the 
 Tickets in i'aid Lottery, nor have any Prolpcct of lelling what 
 remains, until a certain Time be prefixed for drawing faid Lot- 
 tery, a great Number of People both in this and the neighbour- 
 ing Governments, being unwilling to part with their Money, 
 until there be a Certainty of laid Lottery's being drawn in a 
 reafonable Time : // is therefore Conjidered and Feted by this 
 Meeting, That Application be made to the General AjfTcmbly 
 for length ning cut the Time for drawing faid Lottery, and pre- 
 fixing the fame on the fecond Monday of November next. Jnd it 
 is farther Conjjdered and Voted by this Meetings That all the 
 Tickets which fhall remain unlbld at the Time which (hall be 
 prefixed for drawing faid Lottery, fhall be taken by laid Town 
 of Nevjpert, and dcpofitcd In the Town Tieafury, as the Pro- 
 perty of laid Town ; and the Town Treafurer fliall give the 
 laid Directors a Receipt for the fame : And in Cafe the faid 
 Town Ihall not draw as much Money as the Price of their 
 Tickets fhall amount to, the Deficiency fliall be paid by a Tax 
 on the Inhabitants of faid Town \ and the faid Town Treafurer 
 is hereby impowercd and directed to hire Money to pay faid Di- 
 redtors laid Deficiency, until faid Tax be colleded : And in 
 Cafe the Town (hall draw more Money than their Tickets (hall 
 amount to, the Overplus to be lodged in the Town Treafury, 
 lor paving fuch of the Streets of faid Town, as fhall be found 
 mofl: ncccffary.' On Confideratinn whereof, This Jiffembly do 
 Vote and Re/olve, and it is Voted and Rcfhed, That the aforelaid 
 A£l made and pafTcd by the Town of Afa;/'o/7, be, and it is hereby 
 confirmed, and (hall be conftrued, deemed, and taken to pafs as 
 an A6t of this AlTcmbly. ylnd it is farther Voted and Refolvedy 
 That the Drawing the Lottery aforefaid, be lengthen'd out to the 
 fecond Monday of November next, at which Time the faid Lottery 
 (hall be certainly drawn. 
 
 Jn
 
 C 47 J 
 
 An A C T in Addition to an Aft, intituled, Jtt ACT for th» 
 
 EJ}abliJhing and Ktguhting of Fea. 
 
 TI/H E RE AS it often happens, that the EJatc of ^erpm foarj 
 ''^ dead, (on whofe Bodies Inquifition is made) lies in the Hands 
 af'Terfons who will not deliver the fame ; by which Meansy Coroners 
 and Jnrors are kept out of their legal Fees. 
 
 For Remedy whereof for the Future, 
 
 DE it Ena^ed by the General A_ffemhly^ and by the Authority thereof 
 ^ It is Enaifed, That in all luch Cafes where the Dcceas'd fhall 
 have Effcds in any Pcrfons Hands, the Coroner who made the 
 Inquifition, may demand of fuch Pcrfon the whole Amount of 
 the lawful Fees attending the Inquifition, and on his or her Negled 
 or Rcfulal to pay and difchargc thofe Fees, fuch Coroner is 
 hereby impowered to fuc fuch Pcrfon for the fame, at the Infe- 
 rior Court in the County where the Inquifition (hall be made ; 
 and the Coroner upon receiving the aforefaid Fees, fliall pay the 
 Jury, and all others concerned in the Inquifition, their lawful 
 Demands. 
 
 AND he it further Ena^ed by the Authority aforej&id, That if 
 any Pcrfon returned a Juror to fervc on an Inquifition on a Dead 
 Body, Ihall refufe or negleft to fervc fuch Pcrfon (unlcfs he be 
 excmpred by Law) {hall hcfincAFive'J'ounds-^ and onhisRcfufal 
 to pay the fame, the Coroner fliall ifluc out a Warrant of Diftrefs, 
 directed to the Sheriff of the County, or to cither of his Deputies, 
 who fhall levy the fame in the Manner that other Jurors Fines 
 arc collcrted ; Tf^irty Shillings of which Fine fliall go to the Co- 
 r-^ner, Thirty Shillings to the Sheriff, and the Remainder fliall be 
 dcpofifcd in the Town Treafury where fuch dead Body fhall be 
 found. 
 
 AND it is aljo farther Ena&ed, That fuch Pcrfons and no 
 other be exempted from ferving as Jurors, as are by the Law of 
 the Colony cxcufed from ferving as Jurymen in other Cafes. 
 
 Vy H E R E AS Daniel Howland, Efq; who lately departed this 
 '^' Life, was Chief Jufticc of the Inferior Court of Common 
 Pleas, and General Seffions of the Peace in the County of Kent, at 
 the Time of his Death, and no one fince has been chofcn in his 
 Room, whereby that Court hath not the full Number of Jufticcs 
 as arc appointed by Lav;. This Aflcmbly therefore chufe Mr. John 
 Huhkn a JuRice of the Court aforefaid, and Vote and Rcfolve^ That 
 he iiuW he the Youngeft, 
 
 N BE
 
 C48 3 
 
 B 
 
 E it EnaEied by tie GeneraUj/embly^ and by the Authority thereof ^ 
 It is Efia^fedy That every Pcrfon who fliall drive a loaded Cart 
 or Trucks upon any Part of the Pavement lately laid in Qjfeen 
 Street, IVom the Colony Houfe to the Eaft Side of Thames Street 
 in Nezvporty fhall forfeit and pay a Fine of Five bounds for every 
 Offence ; to be recovered before any two Juftices of faid Town, 
 by the Town Trcalurcr j which Fine fhall be to and for the Ufc 
 ot laid Town. 
 
 An A C T for Stating and better Regulating the fcveral Ferries 
 in this Colony, 
 
 B 
 
 E it EmBed by the General Jffembly of this Colony^ atid by the 
 Authority thereof^ It is Enaded, That the Prices to be taken 
 for Ferriage, and Tranfportation of Men and Creatures, and other 
 Things, fhall be as followeth, viz. 
 
 At the Ferries from 'Newportlo Jameftowny for every Pcrfon, two 
 Jbillmgs j for every Horle, twojhtlliugs ; all Neat Cattle, joar 
 pyillings ; every Sheep and Calf, fix fence ; every Swine, eight 
 feme j every Horfc and Chair or Chaiie, twelve fJnllings ; and the 
 lame Ferriage to be taken from Jamtflo-wn to Newferty and alfa 
 from Jame/Jowti to North and South- Ktt)g_stown, and from North' 
 Kingstown an^l South-KingstiAun Ferries to 'j amejio-vun. 
 
 Ac the Ferries called Lawton's and Tearce's, and from the North 
 End of ^rndfuce to iVarwick Neck, and back again, for every 
 Peifon, twofiillings j every Horfc, two /hillings ; all Neat Cattle, 
 three Jhillwgs ^ every Sheep and Calf and Swine. Jix pence ; every 
 Chair or Chailo, twehf fjilltngj. t/?Urnf%< 
 
 At the Ferries commonly called Co6\C% and^SBi^ Ferries, for 
 every Pcrlbn, tzvo Ihilhngi , every Horfe, twoJ];illingi j all Neat 
 Cattle, three Jhillings j every Sheep, Calf, or Swine, Jix fence \ 
 every Horfe and Chair or Chaifc, tvielve Jlsillivgs. 
 
 At the Ferries called Jnthony's and Howhnd's Ferries, for every 
 Perfon, nine fence ; for every Horfe, nine fence ; all Neat Cattle, 
 one Jljilling and Jix fence fer Head , for every Sheep, Calf, or Swine, 
 three fence fer Head j for every Horfe and Chair or Chaifc, eight 
 Jl)illings. 
 
 At the Ferry called Borden's Ferry, for every Perfon, one JJjilling 
 and Jix fence -^ (or every HotIc, one Jhilhng and Jjx fence j all Neat 
 Cattle, three /l;tllings ; every Sheep, Calf, or Swine, Jix fence ; 
 for every Horfe and Chair or Chaiie, ten Jl.ulHngs ^ and the fame 
 Reward to be taken from Rrijiol Ferry to Rkodc'ljland. 
 
 At Kelly's or Miller's Ferry in Harren, for every Perfon, eight 
 fence ; for every Horfc tlic fame ; all Neat Cattle, one Jhilling and 
 four fence fer Head \ every Sheep, Swine, or Calf, t-^vo fence ; for 
 every Horfe and Chair or Chaifc, jour [hillings. 
 
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 At Fulkr'i and Mafon\ Ferries near Trcvidence^ for every Ifer- 
 Ton, eight fence ; for every Horlc, eigbf pence ^ all Neat Cattle, 
 fixfecn pe7ice per Head -^ every Sheep, Calr, or Swine, tzvo fence \ loi 
 everv Horfe and Chair or Chaile, four fiillings 
 
 jiN D be it EnaSied by the Juthority afore/aid. That upon the 
 birft Day of the Week, the Boats fliall pals over faid Ferries with 
 PafTcngcrs ac the Rates aforefaid, until Ten o'Clock in the Fore- 
 noon and after Three o'Clcck in t!ie Afternoon of laid Day. And 
 in all the aforefaid Ferriej, where the Boats pafs by Sails, whca 
 the boat belonging to that Ferry Place is put ott' by a finglc Perfon 
 only, double ferriage is to be paid. 
 
 J N D be it jurther EnaBed by the Juthority aforejaids Thac 
 Kelly'^ and Miller's Ferries in Warren (hall be free upon all publiclc 
 Days in faid Town, to wit, upon the Days of Town-Meeting, 
 letting of the Town-Council, and Training Days j and fuch of 
 ihe Inhabitants of laid Town, as arc concerned inanyBufinefs upon 
 fiiid Days, Ihall be tranlporteu Ferriage free, forwards and back- 
 wards. 
 
 And all Poft-Riders fhall be tranfported Ferriage free over the 
 fcveral Ferries in this Colony, in riding their Stages. 
 
 y^ATD be it Ettacled by the Juthority aforefaid. That there fhall 
 be convenient Piers and WharfFs ere£ted and kept in good Repair 
 at all and every the aforefaid Ferries, by the Perfons hiring the 
 fame ; and that all fucb Perfons at the aforefaid Places, ftiall keep 
 gosd and lufficient Boats well fitted for the Bufinefs, according as 
 isnecelTary for their fevcral Feirics, and ftiall give due Attendance, 
 without Let or Hindrance to PafTengers, for the Tranfporting all 
 Perlons dcfiring to pafs from the Hour of Five in the Morning, 
 until Eight o'clock at Night, from the tenth Day of March until 
 the tenth Day of September, and the other Part of the Year, from 
 Six o'Clock in the Morning until Seven at Night, at the befoic 
 mentioned Rates ; and whatever Ferry-man Ihall refufe to caule 
 to be carried or tranfported a« foon as may be, and the Weather 
 permitting, any Perfon whatever, prefenting himfelf between the 
 Hours aforefaid, and requiring the fame, fhall forfeit and pav for 
 Damages to fuch Perfon, the Sum of Five Toutjds, to be recovered 
 by an Adion of the Cafe, in the Town where the Action accrued : 
 And no Pafienger or his Horfe fhall b^* prevented from paffing. or 
 be delayed from pafTing, by Reafon of Droves of any Sort of Crea- 
 tures whatever, upon the Forfeiture of tne Hkc Damages, to be 
 recovered in like Manner. 
 
 jlN D be it EnaBed ly the Juthority aforefaid, That all and 
 cvcfy Ferry-man in this Colony, fhall be obliged to tranlport for 
 common Ferriage, Phyficians, Surgeons, Midwiyes, and Perfons 
 
 going
 
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 going to fetch Phyficians, Surgeons, and Midwivcs, ac any Time 
 of the Night, on the Penalty aforcfaid j to be iccovercd in Man- 
 ner as aforefaiJ. by the Pcrfon delayed, or fufFcring by faid Delay. 
 
 AND he it Efta^ed by the Jtithority aforefaid^ That whatever 
 Ferry-man (hall demand and take of any Perlbn or Perfons, pafling 
 any of faid Ferries, a greater Reward than \% before-mentioned 
 for Ferriage, (hall pay as a Fine, the Sum of Twenty ^otindsy one 
 Half to and for the Ufe of the Colony, the other Half to the In- 
 former ; to be recovered by Bill, Plaint, or Information. 
 
 JND be it Erased by the Jathority ajorefaid^ That no Ferry- 
 man (hall take any Thing of any Perlbn or Perlbns that (hall crofs 
 any of the Ferries atorelaid, ^s they go or return to or from Mar- 
 ker, for tranlporting their Bags, Packs, or Tubs, that is to Jay y 
 fuch and lb many as he or (he (hall carry upon one Horfe, or on 
 their own Perfons on Foot, upon the Penalty la(t mentioned, to 
 be recovered in Manner as aforelaid> 
 
 Aii^D belt EftaSied by the Juthority afnrefaidy That whofoerer 
 /hall prciume after the Space of three Months after the Rifing of 
 this /.fTcmbly, to Ici" up a Ferry for the carrying or tranl'porting 
 for Hire, any PalTcngers where a Ferry i« (tatcJ, and Lcafes 
 thereof given by the Colony's Committee, without Licence from 
 the General AfTcmbly, and (hall receive a Reward for lb doing, 
 Ihall forfeit and pay as a Fine to the Colony, the Sum of Qfie 
 hundred 'Tounds, to and for the Ufe of the Colony, to be recovered 
 in Manner as alorefaid. 
 
 AND be it farther Em8ed hy the Authority aforefaid^ That 
 every Perlbn keeping Ferry in this Colony, (hall at all Times 
 kfep the true ftated Price for Ferriages, alfixed up in publicfc 
 View in a publick Place, in the molt publick Room of the Ferry 
 Houfe, upon the Penalty of Ten '-Pounds, to be forfeited to the Co- 
 lony for luch Neglcft, to be recovered as aforcfaid. 
 
 A ND bi it further Enaded by the Authority aforefaiJ, That a 
 Committee be appointed to leafc out the aforclaid Ferries, and 
 fuch others as (haU be (tated and licenced by Authority, upon the 
 Terms fixed by Law for any Term not exceeding fevcn Years : 
 and that they give the (irll Offer to the Peribns that arc provided 
 with Piers and Boats, and that have been ufcd to liire the iamc : 
 But upon their Rcfulal, to fuch other proper Perfons as (hall lay 
 themfclvcs under Obligation to qualify thcmfelvcs fortiiat Work, 
 and to perform the fame ; awd iuch Committee (hall return the 
 Countcrparc of fuchLeafcs by then* giyen, into the Hands of the 
 General rtcaiurer. 
 
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 j4 N D he it EtiaBcd by the Juthority oforefaiJy Tnat Daniel 
 Cogge/ha/i, Efq: Capt. Nicholas Carr, and CoU Immamel K'orthupy 
 or the major Part of them, be, and they arc hereby appointed a 
 Committee for the Furpofe aforclaid. 
 
 j4 N D be it EnaBtd, That all iormer Laws for the Regulating 
 the Ferries in this Colony, be, and they are hereby repealed. 
 
 WHEREAS Jerathmuel Bowers .vprefented unco this 
 Affembly, That Jo/epb Swazey, Maftcr of the Sloop So- 
 imrjet, failed from the Port oi Newport in December laft, bound to 
 Barbados aua Saltert$tdas : That in his Return Homeward, he was 
 tikcn by a Spatiijb Privateer or Pirate, and carried into St. Johti's 
 on ^orto Rico : That from the Cir^umltances attending the 
 AfUir, the faid Jerathmuel is well fatisficd, that with the Affiftance 
 of this Aflembly, he (hall be able to recover faid VcfleJ, which 
 belongs to him : And thereupon prayed that the faid Jo/efh 
 Swazey may have a Commiffion under the Seal of the Colony, to 
 proceed to St. John'&y or any other Port of the King o{ Spain's Do- 
 minions, in order to endeavour the Recovery of laid Vcflel, which 
 he promifcd to do without any Charge to the Government j and 
 that the laid Je/^fh Szvozey fhould be under fuch Rcltriclions as 
 this Affembly fhould think fit, iffc. Which being duly confidered, 
 This JJpnibly do Vote and Re/olve^ and it is Voted and Kefohtdy That 
 the laid Petition be. and the fame is hereby granted. 
 
 Whereas Enoch Hunt exhibited to this Aflembly, an Accounf: 
 by him charged againft the Government, for Service done in tend- 
 ing the Gaic near Cape, fi'hipp/e's in Cumberland, from the feven- 
 tccnm Day oi Jpril laft, to the eighteenth Day of this Inft. Mguji : 
 Which being duly examined. This Jjfembly do Vote and Kefolvgy and 
 it is Voted and Rejolved, That the faid Account be, and it is hereby 
 allowed, and that One Hundred and Fijty-^ve ^ounds^ the Amount 
 thereof, be p.iid the laid Enoch Hcott out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas David Jnthony exhibited to this Aflembly, an Account 
 by him charged againft the Government, for his ftanding Guard at 
 Briftol Ferry from May the 29th, to the aad Day oi Jugtifi Infi'. 
 Which being duly examined. This JJJhnbly do Vote and Refolve, and 
 it is Voted and Rejohed, That the Sum of One Hundred and Seventy 
 bounds be paid the faid David Jnthony ont of the General Trcalury 
 
 Whereas iVJ/^:;/;5«;-^/Vfe exhibited to this Afltmbly, an Account 
 charged againit the Government, fox his Time, Horfc-hire, and 
 Expenccs, in carrying a Letter from the Superior Court to I/acc 
 Huntington, Efq; at iS'orwich : Which being duly examined, This 
 
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 Jffimlly do Vote end Kifoht^ and it is I'i/teJ and R.cflued, That Teti 
 l^oufids be allowed and paid the faid Nathan Bttrdick out ot the 
 General Ticatury for his laid Service. 
 
 Whereas Teter Bours, Efq; exhibited to this AfTcmbly, an Ac- 
 count by him charged agsinll the Colony, for a Quantity of Paper 
 by him delivered Mr. b'rar.khn to print the Colony Laws upon : 
 "Which Account being duly examined, This AJ]cr.ihly do Vote and 
 Rajobc, and it is Voted and Rcjolvcd, That the fame be, and it is 
 liereby allcwed ; ard that Eleven (Pounds Seven Shillings and Six 
 'fence, be paid the faid ^eter Bours out of the General Treafury. 
 
 // is Voted and Rejohed, That that Part of the Laws of the Co- 
 lony which have been lately printed, be lodged with the General 
 Treafarcr, to be fold at Thirty Shillipgs per Book. 
 
 It is Voted and Refolvedy That William Jnthony, jun. Efq; and 
 Mr. Ediva/ii H'anton, be, and they are hereby appointed and im- 
 powcred to diipofe of the two Smoak-Houfes, c.vw. at ^ort/mouth^ 
 and the other at Tiverton, and the Gate and Fence belonging to 
 the Colony, and make Report to this Aflcmbly at tlicir next 
 Scffion. 
 
 Whereas Samuel Hickes zvidThonuts Jnthofiy oi Tiverton, exhibited 
 ro this AITembly, an Account of k'ijty-ninc bounds Fourteen Shillings 
 and OfK '^Per.tiy, by them charged againll the Colony, ior 
 Board?, Nails, Labour, &i\ by them provided and found for 
 making a Gaic, and building a Imall Hoolb in faid Town, for the 
 Refidencc of the Man there appointed to examine Travellers chat 
 cunc from Places infedcd with the Small-Pox : Which being duly 
 examined, This /IJfcmbly do Voti and Rf(obe, and it is Voted and 
 Refotved, That Fijty-two Tour.ih 7'en Shillings and One -Penny of faid 
 Account be allowed and paid the laid Sjmuel Hickes and Thomas 
 Jnrhony out of the General Treafury, Thirty-four Shillings fer 
 Day being allowed ior the Work, and no more. 
 
 An ACT for raifing Money by W.iy of Lottery, to reimburfc 
 what Money was advanced by Obediab Brown, David TVhippk, 
 ''John De\ter, and 1?aul Te-o, in building a Bridge over Nantucket 
 River, and for compleating faid Bridge. 
 
 fJ7// EKE JS the General Jfemhly, at their Sejjion held at Pro- 
 "' vidence the firjl Monday //; December, A. D. 1750, granted 
 the Sum of Two Thoufand and Two Pounds Ten Shillings to be 
 rgifed by Lottay towards thf. Building a Bridge ci^'trr Pautuckct River, 
 
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 hctwiHi the Tozvus of Smithfield an.l Cumberland, //; this Colony, 
 atid apfcinte J Jtid authorized the J JiJObcd\ih Brown, David Whipple, 
 John Dexter, and Paul Tew, to Jit forth a Lottery for that 'T^iirpofe, 
 and procure the farm to be filled and drawn, and wtth the Sum afore- 
 Jaid, being the net Dedudicn from Jaid Lottery, to build and ereti a 
 good Brtdge at the ^lace aforejuid : Jndas the Jaid Ohcdhh Brown, 
 David Whipple, John Dexter, and Vn\i\ Tew, have duly performed 
 and executed the Trufi and Authority given them by the Jaid JB of 
 Jffemhly, and have almoft comfkated faid Bridge, and have exhibited 
 and fithmitted Accounts cj all thtiir ^Proceedings thereon to this Jjjhnhly, 
 by which it appears, that /^<?V<;/</ Brown, Whipple, Dexter, eind 
 Tew, have advanced andV\\iimJ of thejr own Money, over and above 
 the aforefaid Sum, Five Hundred und Twenty-nine Pounds Four- 
 teen Shillings and Two Pence .* Which Sum they frayed this AJJtm- 
 hly would caufe to be repaid to them, and alfv furnijlj a fmall Sam for 
 the compleatingjaid Bridge. 
 
 All which being duly confidercd, 
 
 D£ it Enacted by this General JJJembly, and by the Autbority thereof^ 
 *-' It is Enacted, That the faid Obediah Brown, David If'hipp/e, 
 yvhn Dexter, and '^Paul Tew, or the major Part of them, be, and 
 are hereby anthorized and impowered to fet forth a Lottery for 
 the Sum of Ten Thoijfand Pounds, to be managed in the fame 
 Manner, under the fame Regulation, and fiibject to the fame 
 Dedoftion as the aforelaid Lottery granted for building the aforc- 
 I'aid Bridge was fubjeft to. 
 
 The Number of Tickets in the aforefaid Ten Thoufand 'Pound 
 Lottery, ihill be ijoo at Four Q'orinds each, j;^6 of which fhall 
 be fortunate in the following Manner, that is to fay. Three of 
 £. JOG each ; Five of ;^. aoo eacli ; Eight of ;^. lOo each j Fif- 
 teen of^^.. 50 each ^ Twenty of ;^. 40 each; Thirty of ^.loeach ; 
 and 45j of £. 10 each ; and that the faid Lottery fhall be drawn 
 on the firft Monday in March next, at Mr. David iVhippk'i in Cum- 
 berl.ind. 
 
 AN D be it further Enacted by the Authority afore faid. That out 
 of the Dcduftion of Ten per Cent, from faid Lottery, the afore&id 
 Sam of Five Hundred and Twenty-nine '^Poutjdt Fn'irteen shillings and 
 Two ^ence, (hall be applied to pay the aforcfaid Obediah Brown, 
 David Whipple, John Dexter, zn^ 'Paul Tew ; and that the (cxm.\r\- 
 ingSnm of Two Hundred and Twenty-one bounds, which will be raifcd 
 by faid Lottery, (hall be applied to the repairing, finifhing, and 
 lecuring (aid Bridge : But that the Scheme of faid Lottery be 
 not publifhed till after the fecond Monday of November next. 
 
 An
 
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 An A C T to prevent detaining Fines from the proper Oitice« to 
 which they by Law belong. 
 
 Tl/HE RE J S it open hapftns, that the Judges and Ckrks of tee 
 i^' Jeveral Courts^ and Shenjfi, J up ices of the 'Vecce, and other 
 Officers tn this Colony^ zuho have the -Power by Law of Jetting Fines, 
 or oj receiving fuch Unes, do noj return the Money into the proper 
 Offices to which a Fine Jo Jit belongs j by Means whereof ^ the ^'ub/ick 
 is defrauded. 
 
 Therefore and for the Preventing fuch Pra£lices for the future, 
 
 "D £ /; Enaliid by this JjfcmWy^ and by the Juthority thereof It is 
 Enaifed, That if the Juftices of the Superior Court of tl)is 
 Colony, or if any of the Juftices ol the General Scffions of the 
 Peace, or any of the Clerks of any of laid Courts, or any Sheriff, 
 or any Juftice of the Peace wichin this Colony, or any other Officer 
 whatlbever, into whofc Hands any Money received for Fines ftiiU 
 come by any Mean* whatlbever, under Colour of any Law of 
 this Colcny, Ihall detain and keep in his or their Hands, any 
 iuch Fines, or any Part thereof, by the Space of three Months 
 from the Time of receiving it ; m if any of the Officers aforciaid^ 
 have now in their Hand: any Money received for Fines as afore- 
 faid, and do not within the Space of three Months from the Pub- 
 lication of this AdV, pay all Moneys fo in their Hands, mto the 
 proper Office to which it belongs by Law, every Pcrfon fo offend- 
 ing, fhall forfeit and pay as a Fine for every fuch Offence, into 
 the Office or Treafury where fueh Fine by Law belonged, the 
 Sum oi Twevfy ^Tounds in lawful Money of this Colony ; to be re- 
 covered by the Office-keeper or Trcaiurer of fuch Office, by Bill, 
 Plaint, or Information, in any Court of Record in the County 
 where the Offence is committed. 
 
 AND be it further EnaBed by the Juthority cjorefaid^ That 
 whenever it fhall happen, that any Money received by any of the 
 OfEccrs aforelaid, for Fines, fhall by them be detained for more 
 than three Months from the Time of receiving, it fhall be Iftwful 
 \o\ the Ofhce-keeper or Treafurer to which by Lasv fueh Fines 
 ought to be paid, to bring an Adion againfl the Pcrfon fo de- 
 raining fuch Fines in any proper Court in the County (where the 
 Offence is committed) for the Recovering the Money fo detained ; 
 in all which Cafes, if the Plaintiff rtcover Judgment, he fhall 
 alio have double Cofts againft the Dclcndant. 
 
 T^hii AJftmb]y do Vote ar.d Refolve^ and it is Voted and Refohed^ 
 That all Bufinefj lying before them unfinifhcd, be, and the fame 
 is hereby rclerrcd unto the next Scffion . That the Secretary pro- 
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 claim in Newport by Beat of Drum, all the A£ls and Ordcis now 
 made and part, within Twenty Days after the Rifing of this 
 Affcmbly, and within Sixty Days fend Copies of them to each 
 Town in the Colony : And this Aflembly is adjourned to the 
 fourth MWi/y o{ October next, if called by either of their Honours 
 the Governor, or Deputy Governor • but if not called before nor 
 at faid Time, than this AlTcmbly ftiall be DilTolycd. 
 
 GOD Save the King. 
 
 Newport, Sept. i. 1752* 
 
 Publifhed according to Order, by 
 
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 Th. Ward, Secry. 
 
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 Jt the General A s s e ai b l y <?/ the 
 
 GOVERNOR and CO MP ANT of the Englifh 
 Colony of Rhode-Ifland, and Providence-Plantations, 
 in Ncw-Engkndj in America ; he^un and held 
 at Providence, on the lafl Wednefday of October, 
 One Thoujand Seven /^undfed and Fifty-trvo ; and in 
 the Tvcenty-fixtb Tear of the Reign of His Moji Sacred 
 Maje(by, (j E O R G E the Second, by the Grace of GO D, 
 King t»/ Great-Britain, iffc, 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 The Hon. WILLI AM G k EEN E, Efq; Governor. 
 
 The Hon. Joseph Whipple, Efq; Dep. Gov. 
 
 John Till 1 NOHAST, Efq;") James Arnold, Efq; "^ 
 
 N tchol AS Cook, Elq; \Mii Daniel Coggeshall, Efq;( 
 
 Jabez Bowen, Efq; ? '^■' ' Jeoffry Watson, Eiq-, ( 
 
 Robert Lawton, Efq; J 
 
 The Secretarv 
 
 DEPUTIES of the fcveral TOWNS. 
 
 <m^ 
 
 N E W P O R T i 
 
 Edward Scott ^ Efq; 
 Thomjs CrtiHfiotJy Efq; 
 ^eter Bourj, Efq, 
 Mr. Job /jf««f^, juii. 
 Capr. Will/ am Mumford, 
 I\icholus Eaflon, Efq; 
 Providence ; 
 Stephen Hopkins, Efq; 
 Jonathan Randal, Efq; 
 Mr, Eliiha Brown, 
 
 m 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 Mr. Epbraim Bowen. 
 
 Portfmouth ; 
 William Anthonyy jun. Efq; 
 Jshn Alkn, Efq; 
 Calth Hill, Efq; 
 
 Warwick ; 
 ^^hilip Greene, Efq; 
 Capt. Randal Rice, 
 Lieut. Col, Stephen Low, 
 Benjamin Arnold, Efq; 
 
 Wcftcrly }
 
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 Wcfterly ; 
 JdJIjaa Bahcoiky E\'q; 
 Col. Jv/efk ^PmdlaotT. 
 Ncwfhorcham ; 
 NONE. 
 North-Kingftown 
 Mr. Henry ^all, 
 Btriah Brcnvtr, Elq; 
 South-Kin^ftown 
 A' A' E. 
 Ealt-Grecnwich ^ 
 Jofeph Nichols, Elq; 
 
 Jameftown ; 
 "jofeph Clark, Efq; 
 
 Smirhficld ; 
 Thomas Jrnohl, Elq; 
 Thomas Lapham, Elq; 
 
 Scituate ; 
 Job Randal, Elq; 
 Charles Harris, Eiq; 
 
 Gloccfter ; 
 u4tijrew Brown, Elq; 
 Capt. Jo/, mndjor. 
 
 CharlcUown ; 
 I^athanael Lewis, Elq; 
 Mr. Jamts Cotfgdon, jun. 
 
 Weft-Greenwich; 
 Mr. ^re/crved HalL 
 
 Covenrry ; 
 Mr. John Greene, 
 
 Exeter ; 
 Capt. John Reynolds^ 
 Nicholas Gardner, Elqj 
 
 Middlctown ; 
 Capt. John Barker, 
 Handley Cbipman, Efqj 
 
 Briftol ; 
 Jonathan Teck, Efq; 
 Capt. Simon Davis. 
 
 Tiverton ; 
 Jojeph Jnthony, Efq; 
 
 Littlc-Compton ; 
 William Hall, Elq; 
 Warren ; 
 Ben] ami ft Milter, Efq; 
 Capt. John Jdams, 
 
 Cumberland j 
 Job Bart let, Efq; 
 John Dexter, Efq; 
 
 Richmond ; 
 Capt. Jofeph Enos, jntu 
 Mr. Simeon 1'erry. 
 
 Thomas Cranfiott, Efq; was chofcn Speaker : And 
 Mr. Jepas Lyndon, Clerk of the Lower Houfe. 
 
 WHEREAS J o/eph Nichols, and Raf us Greene, EUys. the 
 Committee app'^inted for building a Goal in Eafl-Grein^ 
 Wfch, in the County ol Kent, exhibited to this Afllmhiy a farther 
 Account of their Disbutlmen's, Qfc. in that Service : Which be- 
 ing duly examined, 'This /ijffembly do Vote and Re/^'hc, a^d it ir 
 Voted and Kefolved, Thar the fame be, and it is hereby allowed^ 
 and that One Hundred and Thiity-lix Pounds Sixteen Shillings 
 and Seven Pence Three Farthings, the Amount thereof, be paid the 
 faid Jojeph Nichols and Rujtts Greene out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas Mr. Job Bennet exhibited to this AlTcmbly, an Ac- 
 count by him clurged af^aihft the Colony, for Labour and fundry 
 Disburfmenfs by him done, &c. to repair the Goal in Newport : 
 Whicii being duly examined, This JJ/eniMy do Vote and RefolvCy 
 and it is Voted and Refohcd, That the iHid Account be, and the 
 fame is hereby allowed, and that Twenty-eight 'Tounds Twelve Shill- 
 ings,
 
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 hgs, the Amount thereof, be paid the laid Job Betwet out olthe 
 General TrcalUry. 
 
 Whereas Samuel Clark exhibited to this Afl'embly, an Accounc 
 by him charged againlt the Government, lor his ovvii and Johit 
 'Pratt'i Attendance, (Srr. at the Gate between Bri/iol and iVarretiy 
 whilft the vSmall Pox lately prevailed in Bo/lon : Which being 
 duly examined, 'Thii JJfembJy do Vute cwd Rejclve, and it is Voted 
 and Rejolved^ That the faid Account be, and the lame is hereby 
 allowed, and that Vvrty-eight ^cuiub^ the Amount thcrcnf, be paid 
 the faid Samuel Cl.-ut out ot the General Trealury, for the UTc of 
 himfelf and the laid Joh/i ^ratt. 
 
 Whereas Thomas yolls exhibited to this AfTcmbly, an Account 
 by hira charged againlt the Government, for keeping; the Gate 
 between Briflol and fFarreti, fourteen Days, when the Small-Pox 
 lately prevailed in Boftofi : Which being duly examined, Tht£ 
 Jijfenihly do Vote and Refoloc, r.tid it is Voted and Rijolvedy That the 
 faid Account be, and the fame is hereby allowed, and Xh^^Tvjentv- 
 eight 'Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid the laid Thomas Jolts 
 oat of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas Samuel Maxzvel exhibited to this Aflembly, an Account 
 by him charged againft the Government, for his attending Twenty 
 three Day$ at the Bridge mCumberJand^ when the Small-Pox lately 
 prevailed in Bojlon : Which being duly examined. This Jjpsmbly 
 do Vote and Refidue, and it is Voted and Refolved, That the laid Ac- 
 count be, and the lame is hereby allowed, and that Forty 'Tounds 
 Five Shillings, the Amount thereof, be paid the laid Samuel Maxwd 
 out of the General Trcafury 
 
 Whereas Jonathan Manday exhibited to this AfTembly an Ac- 
 Count by him charged againlt the Government, for attending One 
 Hundred and Three Days at the Gate between Briflol znd fVarren, 
 to prevent fprcading ot the Small-Pox . Which being duly exam- 
 ined. This /f//di?:!jly do Vote and P.ejolve, and it is Voted and Refolved, 
 That the laic' Account be. and the lame is hereby allowed, and 
 that Two Hunared and Six 'Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid 
 the laid Jonathan Manday Oiit of the General Treafury 
 
 Whereas Teter Boiirs, Efq; exhibited to this Alfcmbly, an Ac- 
 count by him charged againlt the Government, for Calh he had 
 paid to purchafc Marble and Cartridge Paper to cover the new 
 iaw-Books : Which being duly examined, This JJfemhly do Vote 
 and Rffolvey and it is Voted and Refolved, That the faid Account be, 
 and the fame is hereby allowed, and that Thirty-two ''■Pounds Thr^e 
 Shillings and Nine 'J^ence, the Amount thereof, be paid ihc laid 
 Teter Boiirs out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas
 
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 Whereas John Thomas exhibited to this AfTcmbly, an Accniint 
 o{T'd)o Hundred and Tiventy'UineTouisds Ten Shillings^ by him charged 
 againft the Government, for his Attendance at Fuller's Ferry, to 
 take Care relpcding the Small- Pox, One Hundied and Fifty-three 
 Days, and for his Board : Which being duly examined, This 
 Affcmhly do Fore and Rejohe^ arJ it is Voted and Rejolved, That One 
 Hundred and Fifty-three Peunds of the faid Account be allowed, and 
 paia the laid John Thomas out of the General Trcafory. 
 
 Whereas 'Jeremiah Olney exhibited to this Affcmbly, an Account 
 o^ Two Hundred and Thirty- one ^Founds by him charged againft rhc 
 Government, for his Attending by Warrant at the Ferry called 
 NarrvwTaJp^e, and alfo for his Board : Which being duly exam- 
 ined, Thii AJpmhly do Fate and Rejohe^ and it is Voted and Rejohed^ 
 That One Hundred and Fijty-foun'l^ounds of the faid Account be 
 allowed, and paid the faid Jeretniah Olney out of the General 
 Trealury. 
 
 Whereas Joffh Anthony oi" Tiverton, Efq; reprefented unto this 
 Aflembly, That John fiHitighaft, Robert Lazvttn, and Stephen 
 Browntl, Efqrs. did by a Warrant under theii Hands and Seals, ap- 
 point and place him the laid 'Jo/epb Anthony as a Guard at the 
 Ferries, called Anttony's and Howland'i Perries, and gave hmi 
 Power to examine on Oath or Engagement, all Pcrfors lufpr^led 
 of having broken the Law of this Colony made to prevent the 
 Spreading of the Small Pox ^ and that he hath pcrlormed that 
 Office, lor which he prayed an Allowance : And this A (Terribly 
 having taken the Matter into Confidcration, Do Vole and Re/ohe, 
 and it is Voted and Re/olved, That Txventy 'Tounds be allowed and 
 paid the faid 'Jojeph Authony out o( the General Trealury. 
 
 Whereas John Whipple ofGlocefter, in the County of ^tovidenee, 
 Yeaman, reprelented unto this AflTcmbly, That on the thirteenth 
 Day of March laft, he had the Misfortune of having his Dwelling 
 Houfc burnt down, and therein all his Houlhold Goods (except one 
 Brafs Kettle) together with Fightv-two Pounds in Bills of Credit 
 of this Colony Old Tenor were con umcd : Whereupon he praved 
 Relief : And this AfTcmbly having duly examined into the Matter, 
 Do Vote and Refohe, and it is Voted and Rejolved, That the Sum of 
 Eis,hty-tzvo F'lMiids Old-Tenor be paid out of the Grand Committee's 
 Office to the aforefaid John ff hippie for what he loft by Fire as 
 above-mentioned. 
 
 V\^hcrc2ifVilliam Coddi ngton, jun. reprelented unto this AlTembly, 
 That in the Year One ThouJand Seven Hundred and Foity-fivc, 
 he was appointed with Col. Hezekiah Carptnier, who is fince de- 
 ceafcd, to examine whether the Committee for the Town cf Newport 
 had taken fufficicnt Security for the Colony's Money they had let 
 
 out
 
 out in the Bank laft emicted before tliat Time, and prayed an 
 Allowance (or tfie laid Service : And this Aflembly having taken 
 thsl^rcmilcs in:o Conrideration, Do Vote ami Rejolz/e^ and it is 
 Voted and RefdveJ, That Tdrt '^''ouuds be allowed and paid out of 
 the General Trcaiury thcrelor, unto the laid fVilIiamCoddington^'yxn. 
 and the Admitjiftracors of the laid Col. Hczekiah Carpenter. 
 
 An ACT for Regulating Appeals from Judgments obtained 
 upon Notes of Hand, at any of the Inferior Courts in this 
 Colony. 
 
 TT7H B R E AS it eft en happens in the Jeveral Counties of this 
 *^' Colony^ that -Perjons are obliged to Jue out '■Promijfory Notes of 
 Hand for confide r Me Sums of Money ^ fome of which are payable ivith 
 Inter efiy and _ot hers without any Inter eft at all: Jrid for af much as 
 the Fees in this Coleuy are fo finally that T'er/ons will very often 
 appeal from the Jiidgmeuts given at the Inferior Courts to the Superior 
 Courts, not j or the -Procurement of fafitce^ bat fof the Delay thereof 
 to the great Injury of the Creditor. 
 
 For Remedy whereof, 
 
 nE it EnaBcd by this General JJembly, and by the Jathority 
 ^ thereof y If is EnaBed, That all f crlbns appealing from a Judg- 
 ment given on FromiiTory Notes of Hand for Money at any of 
 the Inlcrinr Courts in this Colony to the Superior Court, ftial! 
 give Bond to profccnte the Appeal fo made, and if caft, (hall pay 
 double Intereft and Cofts in the fame Manner as is provided by an 
 A£l oi" AfTembly regulating Appeals on Bonds. 
 
 WHEREAS Jonathan Ormsby exhibited to this AfTembly, 
 an Account by him charged againft the Government, for 
 his Time, Expences, and Horlchire, from Mj«'s at IVrentham, to 
 uait on Henry Harris, Efq; at 'Providence (at the Req^eft of the 
 Conimidioncrs impowered to fettle the Northern Boundary Line 
 of this Colony) who was appointed Surveyor in that Affair . Which 
 being duly examined, This Jffmbly do Vote and Refolve, end it is 
 Voted ai:d Refalvedy That the lame be, and it is hereby allowed, 
 and that Four 'Pounds, the Amount thereof, be paid the faid 
 yonathan Ormsby out of the General Trcafury. 
 
 The Gentlemen of the Committee appointed to receive of Col. 
 Updike the Tenth Money of the Colony he had in his Hands, &c, 
 made the following REPORT : 
 
 '^ \1\T E the Subfcribers being appointed by the General 
 
 V \ Afi'cmbly, a Committee to receive of Daniel Updike, Efq; 
 
 the Tenrh Money he had in his Hands belonging to the Colony, 
 
 and to burn the fame, Report, That we have received of faid 
 
 R Updike,
 
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 Updike, Five Hundred and Fifty- nine bounds Old-Tenor ^ and h^ve 
 burnt the lame. 
 
 We alio Repott, That we have made Inquiry concerning an 
 i\rticlc of Fear Hundred ^Pounds charged to tlie Colony by laid 
 Updike to purchale Shot, and hnd that the Money was appropria- 
 ted to that Ule ; and the above Sum of Money burnt, tog-ther 
 with the Shot, ballanccs an Account between the Colony and laid 
 Updike : But that he is Hill accountable for a Number of Mortgage 
 Deeds he had in his Hands to put in Suit, a Lift of which has been 
 heretofore laid before the AlTcmbly. 
 
 (Peter Bottrs., 
 
 Newport yO^ob. zl. xys-- Thortias Cran/lcti, 
 
 James Shejjield" 
 
 And this Affembly having taken the faid Report into Confidera- 
 tion, Do Vote and Rejolvc, and it is Voted and Rejulved^ That the 
 lame be, and it is hereby accepted. 
 
 Whereas Thoraas Hazard^ Keeper of His Majefty's Goal on 
 Thwer-hj//, in Kings County, by Petition, reprelentcd unto this 
 AlTcmbly, at their Seflicn in Newport laft Jrtne^ That en the Nine- 
 teenth Day of December lafi, one Jchn Lazv/e/Sy a tranfient Perfon, 
 •was committed to laid Goal, for Itcaling lundry Goods from Fdias 
 ThortjpJoH of H^eJIerly, of which Crime the faid John has bren fince 
 conviftcd ; and from the Day of his Commitment hath been, and 
 at the Time of preffrting laid Petition, v»as corfincd to laid Goal ; 
 during all whicfi Time, he hath lubfiftcd at the Expcncc of the 
 Petitioner 2 That as the laft Winter was exceeding cold and leverc, 
 and tf\e laid Hazard was obliged to he at extraordinary Care, 
 Trouble, and Expcnce, in finding Bcd-Cloaths, heating Stones, 
 and ufing other Means to prevent the faid Latck/s from being 
 frozen, &Ci And thereupon prayed this AfTembly to grant him 
 the Sum of Six Pounds /-f;" Week for lupporting the laid LaivUjs, 
 out of the General Treafury. 
 
 And this AfTembly having taken the Prcmifes into Confederation, 
 Do Vote and ReJvJve, and it is Voted and Refohed, That what Money 
 Beriab Brown, Efq; Sheriff oi Kings County, has or fhall receive 
 for the Sale of faid "Jobn Laivkjs , in Purlbance to the Order 
 of AfTembly, be appropriated tow.irds paying the Goft of 
 his Profccution, Prilon Pecs, and Maintenance, as by Law al- 
 lowed j and what it falls Ihort of paying the Prifon Fees, and his 
 Maintenance, be paid to the ^■^v\^kov::■isHazar^ QWl of the General 
 Trealury, after Coft of Profccution ftiall be p'sid. 
 
 Whereas Jamef JrnchI, Efq: and Mr. James Rhodes, exhibited to 
 this Affembly, an Account by th.em charged againft the Govern- 
 ment, for hiring Labourers, Carts, purchafing Sroncs, 6"^^". tore- 
 pair ^Pnrttuxit Bridge at the Falls : Which being duly examined, 
 TJtis /Jfemhiy do Vote and Refolvc, and it is Voted and Re/olved, Thrac 
 
 the
 
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 the faiJ Account be, and the fame is hereby allowed, and that 
 Eighteen 'T^ouuds Fifteen Shillings iindTwoTence, the Amount thereof, 
 be paid the faid Jjm*j Arnold and James Rhodes out of the 
 General Trcafury. 
 
 Whereas Juhi Jngel of (Providence, Yeoman, reprcfcntcd unto 
 this AfTcmhly, Thac !ic hath a Caulc now pending in the Supe- 
 rior Court of Judicature ni this Colony, againft Benjamin Belknap 
 of faid Providence : That the Decifion of the Caulc refteth on a 
 Qucftion in Law ; That one of the judges being nearly related to 
 the faid John Jngel, refuleth to give Judgment, and the other 
 Four being equally divided in Opinion, his Caule is ftaycd greatly 
 to his riurt : Whereupon he moved to liavc Relief given him in 
 the Premifes. 
 
 On Confideration whereof, 
 
 This Jjjemhl^ do Vote and Re/utve, and it is Voted and Re/olved^ 
 That David CumJIock, Ell]; be, and he is hereby appointed a Judge 
 of the Superior Court of Judicatuic of this Colony, to hear and 
 give Judgment in the Caufe aforcfaid, in the Room oi Stephen 
 Hopkins, Elq; who is the Gentleman that declines giving Judg- 
 ment therein. 
 
 Whereas feveral Gentlemen oi 'Providence, rcprcfentcd unto this 
 AU'cmbly, That the Bridge at T^autttcket Falls in faid Town, is fo 
 much out of Repair, that it is dangerous to pals it with Carts ; 
 and that it will be altogether Ufclefs without a fpeedy Repair j 
 and thereupon prayed lor a Sum ot Money out of the General 
 Trc.-.fury fuflicient lor that Purpole. And this AlTcmbly having 
 taken the Matter into Confideration, Do Vote and Rc/blve, and it is 
 Voted ami Refolved, That Jahez Bozven, Efcjj and Mr. Elijha Brown, 
 be, and they are hereby conftituted a Committee, to repair the 
 Bridge atorcfaid at the Charge of the Colony ; and that whea 
 they have fo done, they render an Account of their Condudl to 
 the General AlFembly. 
 
 An ACT for Naturalizing Michael Trollett, now rehding at New- 
 port in this Colony, Merchant, late a Subjed of the Republick 
 
 of Geneve. 
 
 JJ^H EKE AS the faid Michael Trollct hath reprefented unto 
 this /^Jfemhly, That he for many Tears faft hath exercijed the Bu- 
 finefs and Occupation of a Merchant in divers 'J'artJ of Europe and 
 America ; and that he hath been a lovg Time converfant with His 
 l&ux.^z\'\c Ma je fly's SuhjeSs of this Celony, and moreover i s a '^roieJ\ant, 
 and VLilltvg to fettle and refide in fome of his faid Maje fly's DominionSy 
 where he may proje/s and enjoy his Religion without Offence : That he by 
 Inclination, is led to fit tie in this Colony^ and thereupon prayed, That upon 
 
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 his taking the Oaths by Law appointed, an M oj Naturalization might 
 he p.-.fjl(th this Jjpmbh, remirivg him a Subjed: of his /aid Majejiy^ 
 as J ally and amply, to all Intents and ^urfofes, as if he zvere born fo. 
 Jnd -vuhsreas it appears to this j^ffcmbly, the fud Michael TroUec 
 hath given good lefiimony nj his dutijtd Jjfetlion, and flrcng Mtach- 
 ment^to ferve and propagate thu Britifh Ir.terefi^ as -well elfewhere as 
 
 here. 
 
 On Conlidcration whereof. 
 
 BE /; Enacted by the General JJpmbly, and by the Juthrify cf th'- 
 fame. It is Enaded, That the laid Michael Trullet be, and he is 
 hereby naturalized, and forever hereafter, fiiall be adjudged and 
 taken, to all Intents and Purpolcs, to be naturalized, and is rendred 
 and made equal in all ReTjudls to a fiecborn Subjccl of this Co- 
 lony, provided he take the State Oaths, and ail ether Oaths by 
 Law required. 
 
 Whereas Icveral Gentlemen have rcprcfcntcd unto this Afi'em- 
 bly, That the Goal-Hcufe in the Town oi 'Providence, i« lo fitU' 
 ated, tliat it is very inronvcnient both as to Water and carting 
 Wood, and faid Goal is now fomc Diftancc up a Hill, by which 
 Means, not only the Goal-keeper, but the poor Frilbncrs arc often 
 Times very much diftrcflcd j and thereupon prayed, that a Com- 
 tnittce might be apjxintcd to Jfll the laid Goal-HouJe, Yard, &c. 
 and with the Money aiifing therefrom) purchale lome more conve- 
 nient Place, and ercft a Goal- Hbulc thereon, GTf. And this AfTcm- 
 bly having taken tlie Fremifcs into Confidcrafion, Do /etc and 
 Refclve, and it is Voted and Ktfolved, That Stephen Hojktnj^ Efq; 
 with MclTrs. Elijha Brmvn and Jchrj Dexter, be a Commitree, and 
 they, or the major Part r< them, are hereby impowcrcd to lell 
 and (Jifpolc of the Goal-Houfc, Goal, and Lot of Land aforcltid, 
 to the beft Advantage, and to give a good Deed thereof, which 
 Ihall vcft in the Buyer an Eftatc in Fee Simple : And that the laid 
 Committee, or the major Part of them, build a good new Goal- 
 Houlc and Goal, oi a ibitahlc Bignefs, at the Cliargc of the 
 Colony, on Condition a good corvcnient Lot of Land in the 
 Town oi 'Tr evidence be provided thciefor, at the Charge of faid 
 Town : And that the Money arifing from the Sale of the faid 
 Goal Houfe, and Lot of Land thereto belonging, be appropriated 
 towards cieding the new Building. 
 
 An ACT to impower the Town-Councilsof the rcfpcclivc Towns 
 in the Colony, to exchange Highways. 
 
 Tfff E RE J S many Highways in this Colony, zvere laid oat before 
 
 the Country through which they were laid, zvas fettled, andfuUy 
 
 known, and tor "want of proper Know!-:dge of the Lands, Rivers, Swamps, 
 
 liillu
 
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 Hilli, a»il oihi)' Circumftances that attended fuch Highivjys, many of 
 them are jottud^ nvw a jull Acquaivtarice is had-viith their DefeBi^ to be 
 altnojl UJekJs^ and Jovti utterly impaffahle^ and ojten Ttmes ether High^ 
 ways might be laid near the Jame-P Lues, th:\t iiv:ild be good and ii/dti/\ 
 andwith little Expfnce to the Towns they are in^tf the fnidoldy inconve^ 
 ment and ujelejs highways might be thrown af, and given inExchan<^e 
 or Jold to fay for Juch new Highways. 
 
 Therefore for the EfFc^ing fuch Alteraiions in Highways, 
 
 BE it Ena^edbv the General /J/pmbly, and by ihf Jnthority thereof^ 
 It is Enured, That for the future, tlie Tovvn-CounciJs of 
 every Town in this Colony, have full Power and Aurhority, in 
 the fame Manner as they are now im powered to lay one new High- 
 Vays, lo order to be laid ouc other Highways in tiie Stead of any 
 Highways which they fhall adjudge to be inconvenient or uCcIels, 
 and when they are fo laid out, them to lettle, and Jully eftablifli • 
 and fhall alio have full Power and Authority to tniow up and rc- 
 linquilli all fuch old Highways as arc uielefs in their Ju Igment, 
 and the lame to fell and difpofe of as they think fit, and moll <or 
 the Benefit and Advantage of the Town in which they are .- And 
 the Sale of any fuch Highway, by any Town-Council duly made, 
 (liall cieate in the Purchafer thereof, a good Eltate in Fee-Simple, 
 provided that no Town-Council be hereby impowcred to any v/ay 
 alter or exchange any Highways that have been heretofore, or 
 fliall be hereafter laid out, ordered, or cflablifhcd by the General 
 AfTcmbly of this Colony. 
 
 IT is Voted and Refohed, That the General Treafurer pay and 
 ■* difchargc the Bill of Exchange of Two Hundred Pounds Sterl- 
 ing drawn by the Agent en this Colony, in Favour of Gideon 
 Wanton, Efq; and that if tiicre be rot a Sufiiciency of Money in 
 the General Trcafury for that Purpofe, the Trtaforer is he eby 
 dircftcd to hire on the Credit of the Colony, and rhat on the beil 
 Terms he can, as mi:ch Money as (hall be wanting to make up 
 the Money. 
 
 An A C T in Addition to an Ad, entituled, jia ACT direBing 
 the Method cf receiving 'Petitions intOy and atiing thereon ^ in the 
 General JJftmbly. 
 
 rO R.JS MUCH as it appears to this JJfemhly, that many ^er- 
 Jons exhibit Petitions to the General /IJfembly, containing and Jet- 
 ting forth Matters and Things altogether jitiitioui and untrue, and by 
 Juch their yJl/egatiens in their '^Petitions contained, do obtain Votes and 
 Orders of the Gaeral Jjfembly ior the Su/penjion of Suits, and flaying 
 Executions jor Sums of Momy, whereby it frequently happens, that 
 'Plaintifs in Suits at Laiv, are again/} Right kept from thttr juft 
 Due ; for zvbich Grievance, the above-mentioned Jet hath net provided 
 Remedy, 
 
 S Wherefore
 
 Wherefore, and for preventing the like PratliMS for the Future, 
 
 T>E it Ena^ed by the Generjl JJpmhly vj this CoIonj, avd by the 
 Authority of the fame^ It i.> Em9ed, That when any Pcrfop ot 
 Perfons whatrocver, fhall prefer a Petition to the General Aircfn^ 
 bly, for tlic flaying aoy Suit at Law, or any Execution obtained 
 on a Judgment before given : And the AfTcmbly fiiall by their 
 Vote, order the laid Suit or Execution to be flayed accordingly ; 
 that then the Pcrlbn or Perfons fo petitioning, fhall within ten 
 Days next alter the Rifing of fuch AfTcmbly, where fuch Vote or 
 Order fhall be made or paflTcd, repair to Ibme one Judge of the 
 Court where luch Suit or Caufc is cr was laft pending, and (hall with 
 one luHicient Surety, recognize before faidjudge in I'urh a Sum, as he 
 confidcring the Nature of liich Suit or Execution fhall thinJc meet 
 (who is hcrcbv impowered to take and receive the lame) that if the 
 Cognizor or Cog^i^ors fhall not obtain a Vote of the General Af- 
 fcml)ly, granting the Prayer of fuch Petition preferred as aforefaid, 
 ihat then the faid Cognizor or Cognizors will pay the Party ag- 
 grieved, by flaying fuch Suit or Execution, all Juft and due Da- 
 mage that he, fire, or they fhall fuflain thereby; and if any Perfon 
 or Pcjfons petitioning as aforcfaid, fhall neglcd lb to do, then 
 fuch Vote or Order of the Affcmbly tor flaying fuch Suit or Exe- 
 cution, fhall be void, and of none Effeft. 
 
 AND be it further Etia^ed by the Gemral Jffemhly of this Cohtiy^ 
 and by their Jutkority^ It is EnaBed^ That when any Perfon or 
 Perfons fhall fuflain any Damage, by Rcafon of any Petition exhi- 
 bited to the General AfTcmbly, concerning which Recognizance is 
 entcr'd into as aforcfaid, that then, and in fuch Cafe, it fhall be 
 l?.wful for fuch Petlbn or Perfons, to bring a Writ of Scire facias 
 on fucli Recognizance, againfl fuch Perlbn or Perfons as acknow- 
 ledged the fame ; and the Judge before whom the fame was taken, 
 fhall lodge fuch Recognizance in the Clerk's OiEce of laid Court, 
 the hrfl or fccond Day of the next facccedingTerm after the fame 
 is taken ; and the Judges of faid Court are hereby impowered to 
 hear the Parries concerning all Matters of Damages, as it is herein 
 before cxpreffed, and on hearing, .juftly and equitably to determine 
 what Damages the Party or Parties complaining, have or hath 
 luflained, by Rc.ifonof the Staying fuch Suit oi Execution, and 
 alio to reduce the Sum named in faid Recognizance, to juft Damage, 
 and avcard Execution for the fame accordingly. 
 
 yV^Hereas John Hoyk, jun. exhibited to this AiTembly, an Ac- 
 count by him charged againft the Government, for his At- 
 tendance on the General Affemhly at their prcfent Scffion, for 
 Wood, Candles, &c. Which being duly examined, This Jjfimhly 
 do Vote afjd Re/olve, and it is Foted arid Rejohedy That the faid Ac- 
 count be, and it is hereby allowed, and that Seven bounds Six 
 Shillings avd SixTciice, the Amount thereof, be paid the laid yoi?/; 
 Hoyle. jun. out of the General Treafury. 
 
 Whereas
 
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 Whsreas Ifaac Corey exhibiteJ to this Aflembly, an Account by 
 him charged ag'^inft the Government, for attending on this 
 Aflembl/ three Days, during their prefent Seflion : Thsy therejore 
 Vote end Refolve, f.)}d it is Voted and Rsjohedy That the faitj Ac- 
 count be, ari'J in is hereby allowed, and that Three 'Pounds^ the 
 Amount thereof, be paid the Ikid Jfaac Corey out of the General 
 Trcafary. 
 
 This /.Jfeml\y do Vote and Liejuhe, and it is Voted and Refolved^ 
 That all Jkifincfs lying before them unfinilhcd, be, and the lame 
 is hereby referred unto their next Sefiion ; That the Secretary pro- 
 claim in Ne-wpcrt by Beat of Drum, all the Afts and Orders nov.- 
 made and palt, within Ten Days after their Rifing, and within 
 Forty, fcnd Copies of them to each Town in the Colony accord 
 ing to Law. And that this Aflembly be, and it is hereby adjourned 
 to the laft Tufjday in February next. 
 
 GOD Save the King. 
 
 l^ewficrty Nov. 7. 1751. 
 
 Publifiied according to Order, by 
 
 ^ Tho. Ward, Secry.