ye Petition p'ferred by Capt. Langdon agst ym, & some time to make their defence: Whereupon it was

Ordered, That ye clerk give a copy of sd Petition to sd Pickerin, and that the hearing be suspended till tomorrow, 9 o'clock, a. M. [P. 63.] Messrs. James Davis & Frans Mathews appeared at this board to prosecute a Petition by them p'ferred on Wednesday last; and Capt. Jones and others also appeared, according to summons, to make their defence against s petition, and prayed a copy of sd Petition & time to consider of it; upon which the hearing yreof was suspended till his Excellency's next coming into this Province.

Rich Dolloff p'ferred a petition to this board for mony to enable him to redeem his children from ye Indians; wch Petition being read was sent down to the house of representatives, & there being considered, the same was sent back from sd house by Maj. Wear with a vote thereupon. Ye petition is on file, and ye vote as follows:

Voted, That Rich Dolloff, ye petitioner above 8a, be allowed ten pounds out of ye treasury, towards ye redemption of his children now in captivity.

Josh Peirce, Cler. pro temp.

In Councill.

Voted a concurrence wth the above vote.

Rich Waldron, Cler. Con.

Maj. Wear brought up ye following vote to this board. Voted, That the Act for excise be continued for ye ensuing year, 16 May, 1717, and that it be sent to ye upper house for concur

rence.

Sent up by Maj. Wear.

Josh. Peirce, Cler. pro tem.

Voted, That Capt. Hugh Read & Col. John Plaisted be chosen a committee by this house to joyn ye committee of ye upper house for forming sd Excise.

May 17, 1717.

Josh Peirce, Cler. pro tem.

In Councill.

Voted a concurrence abt ye Excise & yt Col. Hunking and Capt. Wentworth, Esqs., be of sd committee.

May 17, 1717.

Rich. Waldron, Cler. Con.

In Councill.

Orderd, That the Clerk notify Edward Cate to appear at y

Councill board to-morrow at 3 o'clock P. M., to answer to Maj. Vaughan, &c.

[P. 64.] This day Benja Gambling, Esq., as Principal, & Sam1 Penhallow, Esq., as surety, entered into recognizance of two thousand pounds jointly & severally, for ye sd Gambling's well executing y office of Sheriff during his continuance in s office. Adjorned to 3 o'clock, P. M.

Pro: N. Hamp". Met again according to adjornm.

Present as before.

Geo. Jeffrey, Esq., was sent down to the house of representatives to desire their speedy dispatch of ye vote for printing the fifteen thousand pounds of bills of creditt, &c.

Mark Hunking and Theo. Atkinson, Esqs., and the clerk of the Councill were sent down to the House of representatives to desire their vote abt ye Committee of auditt; wch vote was left wth that house, and afterward sent up pr. Capt. Wiggin wthout any amend

The Clerk was sent down to the House of representatives wth their vote abt ye Committee of auditt, not concurred wth in Councill.

Capt. Langdon & Mr. Geo. Peirce & others appeared at this board to prosecute their Petition, and Capt. Pickerin and Mr. Cotton appeared also to make their defence; the petition being read, and Pickerin's answer thereto, the matter was suspended till Monday next, 10 o'clock a. M.

[P. 65.] Capt. Wiggin brought up two votes to this board from ye house of representatives (viz.) a vote for the treasurer to lay an account of ye stores of warr before that board, as on file; And a vote for allowing the Gov' twenty-five shillings pr diem, &c.;

weh latter vote was sent back by Jn° Wentworth & Theo. Atkinson, Esqs., for amendmt; wch being amended by putting thirty shillings in ye room of 25s., was again sent up pr. one of the mernbers of s house, & is as follows:

Whereas it is evident yt ye growing charge of this Province is such a burthen to ye subject as makes it very grievous,

Voted, That his Excellency the Govt be paid out of the publick treasury of this Province for the defraying his entertainments and expense, thirty shillings pr diem, for ye ensuing year, during the sessions of Gen' Assembly from time to time, after ye first day of June next.

Read and past in the house of Representatives, and sent up for concurrence, by Capt. Wiggin.

Joseph Smith, Cler.

May 18, 1717.

In Councill.

Voted a concurrence.

Rich Waldron, Cler. Con.

Joseph Smith, Esq., brought up a vote to this board, for making fifteen thousand pounds bills of creditt, weh was concurred wth in Councill, and is as follows:

Voted, That the sum of fifteen thous pounds in bills of creditt on ye same security and fund of those already emitted, be forthwth made and printed, to be lett out for eleven years, at ten p'cent pr annum, to be paid yearly and every year for and during the sa term; & then the p'sons, their heirs, &c., to be forever acquitted both of principal and interest; the s mony to be lett out on land security wthin this Province; weh security shall be double ye value of ye money lent thereon; each town wthin the Prov: to have a proportion thereof, according to ye last Prov: tax; and where that not yet stated to be now settled, the mony to be signed by a Comittee of both houses, two of ye upper & three of ye lower house, who shall deliver ye same to Committee to be chosen by each town wthn this Prov: amongst themselves at a regular town meeting; & ye representatives for time being in each town, to be a part of [r. 66.] sd Committee, who shall be impowered to lett it out on security, as above, to none above three hundred pounds, & to none less than twenty pounds, to ye inhabitants; the sd town Committee to make a record of their proceedings in each town, and shall annually make return to ye Gen' Committee of both houses, to whom the mony is lett and the land mortgaged therefor, who shall keep a record & annually receive ye ten pr cent, weh shall be burnt an

nually, in p'sence of ye Gen1 Assembly; and if any p'son delay paying the ten p'cent, the land mortgaged shall, after three months' notice given to ye mortgag, be sold, &c., & in case of deccase of yo mortgag", then a proper time to be allowed to his heirs, if und age, or to Exes for paying the same: the Committee of both houses to have power to manage the whole affair, & to lett out ye proportions of any town that will not chuse a Committee as above, or take their proportion, or deliver it in proportion to the other towns; the security to be made to the Gen1 Committees, &c., & if any p'son pay in any other bills than of this Prov: to discount five p'cent on other currt bills of creditt; the first year's interest to be appropriated to defray ye charges; & whosoever shall be disposed to take up his or their mortgage shall have ye liberty from time to time, and at all times after the first two years so to do; he or they paying into the Comittee appointed for emitting sa mony any such sum or sums that may be unpaid of the sum first taken.

May 18, 1717. Read three times and past in the house of representatives & sent up for concurrence.

In Councill.

JOSEPH SMITH, Cler.

Eodem die. Voted a Concurrence wth ye foregoing vote.

Rich Waldron, Cler. Con.

May 18, 1717. Cols. Tho. Packer & Joseph Smith & Capt. Jno. Gillman, are chosen a Committee of the house of representatives to act and do in ye affair mentioned on the other side.

Sent up by John Tuck.

In Councill.

Jos. Smith, Cler.

Voted, -a concurrence wth the above vote, & further [P. 67.] Voted, That Jno. Wentworth and Geo: Jeffrey, Esqs., be joyned to ye members of the house of Representatives above mentioned for the service above.

Rich Waldron, Cler. Con.

Mr. Sam Wentworth, of Boston, appeared at this board and made an information agst Thom Phipps, Esq., late high sheriff, for not serving an execution delivered him by sd Wentworth's attorney, according as ye law directs. Whereupon, it was

Ordered, That the s Phipps be notifyed thereof, that he may appear to make his defence at three o'clock, P. M., this day.

Geo. Jeffrey, Esq., was sent down to the house of Representatives to require their attendance at ye Councill board: they came

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accordingly: when his Excellency the Gov' proposed to them and recommended to their consideration, ye differences in the town of Portsmo; and desired them to think and consid of some way and method to accommodate.

One of the members of the house of Representatives brought up ye following vote to this board:

Voted, That Maj Peter Wear, Capt. James Davis & Josh Peirce be a committee from this house to joyn the committee of the upper house to draw the bill of fifteen thousand pounds bills of creditt to be distributed by a Gen' Committee to be chosen of both houses, to distribute the same to each town in this Province, in proportion, according to their late Prov: tax.

Read and past by the house of Representatives and sent up for

concurrence.

May 18, 1717.

Eodem die. In Councill.

Jos. Smith, Cler.

Voted, That Rich Gerrish, Theo. Atkinson and Geo Jeffrey, Esqs., joyn with the Gent mentioned on ye other side, for the service there mentioned.

Rich. Waldron, Cler. Con.

[P. 68.] The Clerk was sent down to the House of representatives with a vote for granting his Excellency fifty pounds to make the present of the Govermt to him equall wth wt they gave Col. Dudley at his first coming.

Adjorned to 3 o'clock, P. M.

Pro: N. Hamp. Mett again according to adjorumt.

Present,- - as before, except

Theo. Atkinson,

Thos. Westbrook, S

Esqs.

Mr. Sam Wentworth appeared at this board to prosecute his complt agst Mr. Phipps. Mr. Phipps also appeared to make his defence. The opinion of the board upon hearing the matter is, that the complainant take his course at ye common law.

Adjorned till Monday, 8 o'clock a. M.