Journal of the Commons House of Assembly: January 7, 1755, to June 16, 1782, Inclusive, Volume 14Franklin-Turner Company, 1907 - Georgia |
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according to Adjournment Act to prevent Address adjourned till Monday afterwards delivered amend an Act Bill do pass Bill intituled Clock Commissioners Committee appointed Committee reported Commons House Concurrence thereto Consideration delivered the Bill desire their Concurrence Esquire Ewen Excellency the Governor House adjourned House adjourned till House and desire House met according House of Assembly House resolved ingrossed Bill intituled an Act James Wright Joseph Gibbons Lands leave to bring leave to sit Light House Majesty the Sum Majesty's Master in Chancery Message Morning Nine o'Clock morrow Morning Nine Motion Negroes Number Oath of Abjuration Ottolenghe Petition Petitioners place and afterwards pounds pounds Sterling prepare and bring Province of Georgia read a second read a third read and agreed read the third received and read resumed the Chair Sir Patrick Houstoun Speaker resumed spent therein Sum not exceeding therein Mr Speaker Town of Savannah Tybee Island Upper House
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Page 577 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 238 - Third, intituled an Act for granting certain duties in the British Colonies and Plantations in America, for continuing, amending and making perpetual an Act passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled An Act for the better securing and encouraging the trade of his Majesty's Sugar Colonies in America...
Page 256 - British colonies on this continent, to consult together on the present circumstances of the colonies, and the difficulties to which they are, and must be, reduced by the operation of the acts of Parliament...
Page 16 - House ; and he read the report in his place, and afterwards delivered the bill with the amendments in at the clerk's table, where the amendments were once read throughout, and then a second time, one by one; and upon the question severally put thereupon, were agreed to by the House.
Page 577 - An Act for altering the oath of abjuration and the assurance, and for amending so much of an Act of the seventh year of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled: "An Act for the improvement of the Union of the two Kingdoms...
Page 257 - ... to consult together on the present circumstances of the colonies, and the difficulties to which they are, and must be reduced, by the operation of the acts of parliament for levying duties and taxes on the colonies; and to consider of a general and united, dutiful, loyal and humble representation of their condition, to his majesty and the parliament, and to implore relief.
Page 138 - further Security of His Majesty's Person and Govern"ment and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of "the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for ex"tinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales "and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 386 - Amendments thereunto; which they had directed him to report to the House; and he read the Report in his Place; and afterwards delivered the Bill, with the Amendments, in at the Clerk's Table: Where the Amendments were Once read throughout; and then a Second Time, One by One; and, upon the Question severally put thereupon, were agreed to by the House; and several Amendments were made, by the House, to the Bill.
Page 238 - That it may be proper to repeal an act, made in the seventh year of the reign of his present majesty, intituled, An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America...
Page 637 - British constitution; that it is an essential, unalterable right, in nature, engrafted into the British constitution, as a fundamental law, and ever held sacred and irrevocable by the subjects within the realm, that what a man has honestly acquired is absolutely his own, which he may freely give, but cannot be taken from him without his consent...