.for Plantation Affairs, The said Lords of the Committee did this day Report to His Majesty as their opinion, that the said Act | ought to be repealed :--His Majesty taking the same into his Royal Consideration, was pleased, with the advice of his Privy Council, to Declare his Disallowance of the said Act, and

256 TRIENNIAL ELECTIONS IN THE. PROVINCE OF NEW YORK.

pursuant to His Majesty's Royal Pleasure thereupon Exprest, the said act is hereby repealed, Declared void, and of none effect : Whereof the Governor or Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Province of New York for the time being, and all others whom it may concern, are to take Notice and Govern

themselves accordingly Ja: Vernon,

Albany Octr 7th 1758.

Norr.--A Law, commonly called the Septennial act, was passed in 1743 , by which the continuance of the Provincial Assembly was limited to seven re This Act remained in force down to the Revolution---Ep.

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A JOURNAL OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE SCOUT

OF JEREE MEN SENT FROM LAKE GEORGE TO RECONOITRE FORT FREDERICK, OR CROWN POINT FORT THE NEW WORKS, AND ARMY THERE.

Set, forward in a Battoe from the Encampment, the 14th Sept-- at about 25 miles distance down the Lake, landed about day light, took the Battoe out & hid it, left two Men of Connecticut Forces there to watch the Battoe, & Provisions till our return-- Saw, that morning, Sundry Indian Canoes passing in the Lower part of the Lake. Went forward towards Crown Point.