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Amendments Proposed to the aid Bill.

Page 1st line 13th, after the Word |men| insert One other Company of fifty men.

Same page, line 15. after the Word |Major| insert who Shall Command one of the said Companies of One hundred men.

Same page, line, 16 after the Word |Company| insert except to the Companies of fifty men each, which respectively shall have but one Lieutenant.

Same page line 23d after the Word |man| insert who shall find his own Arms and Accoutremints One shilling & four pence and to each private man who shall be otherwise proved with arms.

Same page, line 26. After the Word |subsistance| insert to be paid to such person or persons as the Governor or Commander in Chief shall appoint to provide for and Subsist the said men.

Same page, line, 32 after the Word |Cherokees| insert if it shall be found Necessary, but if ^(it) shall not be found expedient to Carry on such expedition, then the said Companies shall and may join his Majesty's Forces in North America, as they shall be directed by the Commander in Chief of his Majesty's said Forces.

Page the 2d. line 25th. After the Word |Vizt| insert The Major to Command the first Company

[text at bottom of page in reverse vertical orientation] [crossed out text] Page the 2d. line 25. After the word |Viz| insert The Major to ^(Command) [illegible] the first Company. [end crossed out text] [end text at bottom of page in reverse vertical orientation]

73 May 26, 1760

Whereas the Cherokees [thro?] the Instigation of the French Continue their depredations on the Frontier of this Province and are daily Murdering and Carrying the Inhabitants into Captivity.

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor Council and Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Sum of eight Thousand Pounds Proclamation Money be and is hereby granted to his Majesty for augmenting the Forces now in ^(the) pay of this Province to ^(four) |three^(del)| hundred |and fifty^(dele)| affective men exclusive of Officers. And for Paying and Subsisting the same when so Augmented; Which said men shall be formed into [boxed text] dele four [end boxed text] ^(five) Companies, that is to say, the Company now in pay [left margin notation] 13 [end left margin notation] shall be augmented to fifty men And the other Companies shall Consist of One hundred men each And there shall be appoint [left margin notation] 15 [end left margin notation] -ed to the said Forces the following Officers, to wit, one Major [left margin notation] 16 [end left margin notation] one adjutant and to each ^(other) Company one Captain, two Lieuten =ants one Ensign, two Serjeants four Corporals and one Drummer and likewise to attend the said Forces one Surgeon. ^(and the said Forces) [crossed out] who [end crossed out] shall receive the following pay, to wit, the Major twelve Shillings & Six pence; the Surgeon five Shillings ^(The Adjuntant five Shillings) a Captain Seven Shillings & six pence a Lieutenant five Shillings an Ensign four Shillings a Serjeant two Shillings a Corporal & Drummer [left margin notation] 23 [end left margin notation] one Shilling and Six pence each, and each Private man One Shilling per Diem Proclamation Money. And each Non Com =missioned officer and private man ^(shall be allowed) eight pence per diem for [left margin notation] 26 [end left margin notation] Subsistence. And the said Forces shall Continue [crossed out] and [end crossed out] in pay 'till the [twentyeth?] Day of November Next, and be imployed in the following Service, that is to say, the said Com= =pany of fifty men in defense of The Western Frontier of this Province, and the other three Companies shall be Marched and joined with the Forces of Virginia in Carrying [left margin notation] 32 [end left margin notation] on an Expedition against the Cherokees, and shall be under the same regulations and discipline & Subject to the same Punishments

⊖ Dele To Order all or so many of the said Forces as may be necessary to march to such Place or Places & join ^(Dele) His Majesty's Forces and be subject to the Order of the Commander ^(Dele) of such forces Dele

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Punishment for neglect or breach of duty as the regular [left margin notation] 2 [end left margin notation] troops in his Majesty's Service in America.

Provided nevertheless, that if the said Service shall not acquire the said Forces to be so long ^(continued) in Pay, it shall and may be Lawful for the Governor or Commander in [left margin notation] 74 [end left margin notation] Chief ^(⊖) to Cause all or any part of the said Forces to be soon discharged; any thing herein Contained to the Contrary Notwithstanding.

And for expediteing, the said Service; Be it further imposed by the Authority afore =said, That the Sum of [circled text] twenty [crossed out] Dele [end crossed out] ^([???]) [end circled text] ^(forty dele) Shillings Proclamation Money shall be paid and given as a Bounty to each able bodied [Man?] [torn] who shall voluntarily inlist to Serve his Majesty in [with?] [torn] of the said Companies and also the recruiting Officers [shall?] [torn] be allowed the like Sum for every Person he shall ^(so) inlist. [???] [torn] The Governor and Commander in Chief for the Time being is requested and hereby impowered to issue Warrants for inlisting able bodied men to Serve in the said Companies and [torn] direct The Same to Such Malitia officers and others being Inhabitants of this Province (+) as shall apply for the same who are Most likely to raise the said Companies with [apped?] And to make Such Warrant returnable to himself within forty Days after the Passing of this act, at Which Time affairs to the [circled text] three Companies ^(Dele) of One hundred men each Dele [end circled text] ^(said Companies) Tha[torn] [left margin notation] 25 [end left margin notation] be appointed and Commissioned, Viz. he who shall have in[torn] =ed The greatest Number of men to be appointed the ^(second) [circled text] first ^(dele) [end circled text] [crossed out text illegible] and he who hath inlisted the next largest number the [circled text] second dele [end circled text] ^(third) after And the subalterns to be appointed in like Manner. And a[torn] into ^(Companies) [circled text] The ^(sd) [circled text within circled text] three dele [end circled text within circled text] Companies ^(dele) of one hundred men [end circled text] as aforesaid: And a Sufficient number of able bodied men shall not be inlisted in Virtue of the said Warrants the said Companies shall be Compleated by inlisting others.

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And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That each Captain of the said [crossed out] ^([illegible]) [end crossed out] Companies shall pay to each respective Non Commissioned Officer & Soldier in his Company their respective pay by this Act allowed, and each Recruiting Officer and Person inlisting any Soldier shall pay and Satisfy to the Soldier whom he shall inlist the Sum of ^(Stet) [boxed text] Twenty [crossed out text below word] dele [end crossed out text below word] ^([crossed out text] Dele [end crossed out text]) [end boxed text] [text below boxed text] Stet [end text below boxed text] ^([circled text] Forty dele [end circled text) Shillings Proclama tion money bounty as aforesaid. And every Captain Recruiting Officer and other person Neglecting so to do shall and are hereby declared to be incapable Thereafter of having any Command or Serving as an Officer in either of the said Companies. ^(x) And in Case he shall be thereafter Continued in the said Service shall not be allowed any Pay for the same nor have any Claim on the Public on that Account.

And be it further enacted by the Au =thority aforesaid; That no person in the said Service shall hold or enjoy Two Commissions or posts; ^(X) And if any person ^(*) Contrary to the Intents and meaning of this Act shall have Several Commissions or be appointed to act in Several Capacities or discharge two or more duties in the same, he shall have an allowance from the Publick for one Service only.

And whereas there is not money in the Public Treasury to Answer the Purposes aforesaid And the reduced state of the Province renders it impracticable to raise the Same by a Poll Tax. Be it therefore, further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Samuel Swann and John Starkey Esquires are hereby authorized impressed and required to Stamp or print and make out or Cause to be Stamped or printed and also to sign with their hands Public Bills

[circled text] Dele * Unless they should join any of His Majesty's Forces in any Dele Expedition against the French Dele [end circled text]

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