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i«ATD RD AV, Wlbruary 24,l7B7. [NcXXI!.] the Georgia state gazette IV ° R J INDEPENDENT REGISTER. ■ freedom of the PRESS, TRIAL by JUR Y, to remain inviolate forever. Confiitution of Georgia. mu GUST A; Printed by JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State ■ FlTays Article , of Mjntdtigence A&vertijements, Sic. will be gratefully received, and every kind of hinder fried! f I dUG U S T Feb. 24. Bouse of assembly, Saturday, February io, 1787. James HaberHiam from the Committee on Finance ILVX brought in a Report, which was agreed to and is as ■oliows : I The Committee of Finance report the following statement ftf Governors and Speakers Warrants, iflued in and since the neais 1783 2nd 1784, and recommend that the fame becn ■tered on the Minutes of this floufe of Afi'embly, and also on ■the Executive Proceedings, viz. rivet nors Warrants on the Treafary iflued in the following Years: In the Years 1784 £. 3,430 42 Do* 1785 9,341 17 z Do. 1786 27,109 9 3 1-2 —- —39. 851 o 7 1-2 Speakers Orders on the Treasury iifued in the following years: In the year 1783 o o ® O, 1,276 o o Do. January 1786 1,172 3 4 Do. August do. 829 15 1 r . 4, 460 19 3 Making in the whole the ft::n of JT. 44,341 19 10 1-2 The Committee further report. Tint, agreeably to the order of the House of Aflembly the Trcafnrcr in c'niimftion viith the Auditor, Secretary of the Executive and Clerk of tne Aflembly attended, and after causing them refpe‘tively to check and examine the iflues from the refpeftive depart ments, your Committee proceeded in presence of the afore laid Officers, and did destroy the funis and iflues hereafter mentioned, and have also annexed the sums deftroved by the late Executive, certified in like manner. Governors orders burned by the late Executive in May ” " 6,491 12 C VJ. Do. by the Committee of Fi nance in January and Fe bruary 17 §7* . . s , >B , slo ~.+ Speakers orders burned by ' ' the late Executive in May 1786, - ~ Do. by the Committee of Fi nance in January and Fe bruary ,787, . . 3>4 5 3 , , Governors orders left in the' 3>oyai3 8 Treasury by the Commit tee of Finance. . . ~ n , Speakers ditto, . . ,840 Amounting to . \\ % Which being deduced from the foregoing iumof - - - - 44,341 ip IO 1-z lne amount iiJued as aforefaid leaves the . mos - - 12,849 6 2 1-2 in Governors and Speakers warrants outstanding. Your Committee thereupon remark, that only one moiety of the general expenditure, warrants issued by the late Go vernor,is as yet provided for, and lament that 'he Legislature have not put it in the power of your Committee to point out any special appropriations for the redemption of the re maining funr, which will eventually operate to depreciate public faith. The Committee recommend, that all pay-rolls and other expendituies that have not been provided for lhall be dcPvcr cd in to the Tnfpe&or-General within sixty days (and not after) from the date thereof; thirty days after which that office lliall expne : And that he do examine and report there on to the Executive agreeably to the inflruclions and regula i 1:0ns pointed out for his department by the late Executive, and the resolutions of the General Assembly ; and particu larly where any abuse or fraud may appear, he is hereby en joined and required to make a special report thereof to the Executive, who are to refer the fame to the Auditor for his examination and special remarks thereon, and thereafter (if approved of by the Executive) his Honor the Governor in Council is hereby empowered to draw warrants on the Trea sury in different drafts in favor of the following Officers, they accounting for the fame agreeably to the inftrutfious of the late Executive. The Paymafler-General, in addition to the 20001. already paid him, in alum not ex ceeding jT. 3,000 o o To the Quarter-Mailer’s department, in ad dition to 20001. already paid to that depart ment, in a sum not exceeding - - 1,300 o O To the CommiiTary-General, in addition to the 2?ool. already paid him, in a sum not ex ceeding - - - 1,300 o o To the CommilTary of IlTues not exceeding 200 o o Support of Indian guard not exceeding - 1,00 o o Indian Commissioners, not exceeding - 1,500 o o A house for the Governor for the present year 100 o o Council Chamber and other offices, not exceeding 120 o o Civil ellablilhment for the current year 60001. > Contingent funds ditto 15001. y 0 0 . 16,220 0 o (To be concluded in cur next.) Public Sale. A GRESAELY to an Order of the Honorable the Execu -4 3. tive Council, will he exposed to Public Sale, on Tues day the 13th day of March next, at the Market-house in Augnfta, l'tmdry articles, conliliing of Medicinal and Mili tary Stores, for paper curiency only. 22-24. ABRAHAM JONES. « .