206 Assembly Proceedings, July 18-August 5, 1721.

L.H.J.

Issued Accordingly. The house Adjourns till One of the

Clock in the Afternoon.

Post Merediem
The House meets According to Adjournment.

The Petition of Charles Rivers praying to be Relieved from
Prison at the Suit of Charles Carroll's Ex^rs was Read and
Leave Given to bring in a Bill as prayed.
Resolved that no Petitions be received after Thursday next
and Ordered that Notice be Given by Setting up Notes thereof.
James Bowles Esq^r from the Upper House delivered M^r
Speaker the following Message and Papers Viz.

To his Excellency William Burnet Esq^r Governour of the
Province of New York.

Instruction 91.
Whereas it has been thought Requisite that the Gen^l
Security of our Plantations upon the Continent of America
be provided for by a Contribution in proportion to the Re-
spective [abilities] of Each Plantation, And whereas the
Northern Fronteers of the said Province of New York
being the most Exposed to an Enemy do require an Extraor-
dinary Charge for the Erecting & Maintaining of Forts Neces-
sary for the Defence thereof, And Whereas [orders] were
Given by King William the third for the Advanceing of
fifty pounds Sterling towards a Fort in the [Onondage] Coun-

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try and of two thousand Pounds Sterling towards the Rebuild-
ing of the Fort at Albany and Schenectady and likewise by
Letters under his Royal Sign Manuel directed to the Govern^rs
of divers of the Plantations to Recommend to the Councils and
General Assemblys of said Plantations that they Respectively
furnish a Proportionable Sum towards the Fortifications on
the Northern fronteers of our said Province of New York
Viz.

Rhode Island and Providence Plantation £150.: —
Conecticutt 450.. —
Pensilvania 350.. —
Maryland 650.. —
Virginia 900.. —

And Whereas We thought fit to direct that you alsoe
Signifie to our Province of Nova Caesarea or New Jersey
that the Sums which we have at present thought fit to be
Contributed by Them (if not already done) in Proportion to
what has been directed to be Supplied by our Other Planta-