Message to His Excellency the President May it please your Excellency This House thinking it necessary That Obstructions should be laid on 'the Bar of the Inlet to Stano have come to a Resolution to make Provision for the Expence of that Service which they request you will give Orders to have executed Colonel [Charles] Pinckney according to Order presented an Ordinance to ascertain the Duties of a Muster-Master General of the Land and Sea Forces in the Service of this Colony And the same was received and read a First Time

Ordered That the Ordinance be read a Second Time An Ordinance to ascertain the Duties of a Muster-Master General of the Land and Naval Forces of this Colony was read a Second Time Resolved That the Ordinance do pass Ordered That it be sent.to the Legislative Council