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[ 27 ] . 'For paying the Burgeffes Wages in Money for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. . 'To empower the Veftry of the Parifh of Hanover, in the County of King George, to fell their prefent Glebe Lands, and to lay out the Money in the Purchafe of a more convenient Glebe. . ^To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Robert Carter, Efq; is feized, and to fettle other Lands of greater Value to the fame Ufes. . *To veft certain entailed Lands therein mentioned in Bernard Moore, Efq; in Fee- Simple, and for laying out the Value thereof in Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes. . 5 To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof Mann Page, Efq; is feized, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves of greater Value to the fame Ufes. . To veft certain Lands therein-mentioned in Philip Whitehead Claiborne, Gentle- man, in Fee-Simple, and for fettling other Lands and Slaves in Lieu thereof. . 'To dock the Entail of certain Lands whereof John Weft, Gentleman, is feized, and veft them in Truftees, to be fold, and lay out the Money in the Purchafe of Slaves, to be fettled to the fame Ufes. . ^ To explain and amend an Ad, entitled. An Ad for further enlarging the Town of Dumfries, in the County of Prince William. The Govemour alfo gave his Affent to the following Refolves : . A Refolve For paying the Officers Salaries for this prefent Seffion of Affembly. . A Refolve for paying Jofeph Royle, Printer, a Salary of £350 per Annum. . A Refolve For paying Mefs. John Chifwell and Thomas Walker the Sum of ;i£i5o each, for the Services therein-mentioned. And then his Honour was pleafed to clofe the Seffion with the following Speech : Gentlemen of the Council, M' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, Having given my Affent to all the Bills you have prepared for me, I fhall now difmifs you; after giving you my Affurance that I will difpofe of the Regiment agreeably to the Ad now paffed for that Purpofe. I fhall order the Accounts of the Provifion and Carriage for the Year 1760 to be got ready for Colonel Byrd to prefent to the General, as he propofes; and fhall write to Them both to endeavor to procure the Payment thereof. M' Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Houfe of Burgeffes, It is neceffary for me to explain a Part of my Condud towards your Houfe, which was the fending down all the Letters I had received from Sir Jeffery Amherit relating to this Campaign, after you had taken the Matter of his laft Letter into your Confideration. I did this to obviate a falfe and fcandalous Rumour, which has too much prevailed without Doors, that I had received a Letter from Sir Jeffery Amherft, in which he had given up our Regi- ment, as having no more Ufe for it, though I did not think proper to produce the Letter. For Fear this fhould have any Influence on your Deliberations, and obftrud your good Intentions to comply with the Defires of the General, I thought it proper to take this Step. Reports of fuch a Nature tend to alienate the Minds of his Majefty's Subjeds from him and his Government, and are of a moft pernicious Confeqtience: I therefore hope you will always difcourage and difcountenance the Authors and Propagators of fuch falfe News. And I can with Juftice appeal to yourfelves whether you have, at any Time, found me backward in communicating any Thing to you which could give you any Infight into the Bufinefs I recommended to your Confideration. Gentlemen of the Council and of the Houfe of Burgeffes, There is Nothing left for me now to do but to prorogue you, and you are accordingly prorogued to Thtirfday the lo'* of December next. ' Hening, VII, p. 476. 3 Ibid., VII, p. 478. s Ibid., VII, p. 480. 7 Ibid., VII, p. 488. » Ibid., VII, p. 471. " Ibid.. VII, p. 483. 6 Ibid., VII, p. 486. s ibid.. VII, p. 472.