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Act of the North Carolina General Assembly concerning the appointment of Henry Eustace McCulloh as agent for the colony in Great Britain
North Carolina. General Assembly
November 1769
Volume 11, Pages 229-230

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[B. R. R. O. Plantations General B. T. Vol. 51 p. 286. 1769. Nov. 6. Henry Eustace McCulloch Esq to be Agent.]
NORTH CAROLINA
An Act for appointing an Agent to solicit the Affairs of this Province at the several Boards in England.

Whereas it is necessary that some person or persons properly qualified be appointed by Publick Authority to solicit and truly represent the Affairs of this Province at the several Boards in England,

Be it enacted by the Governor Council and Assembly and by the Authority of the same that Henry Eustace McCulloch Esqe be and is hereby appointed Agent for this Province to solicit, represent, and transact all such Publick Affairs and Business now relating to the said Province or that shall or may be moved concerning the same at any of the said Boards in England during the said term, according as he shall from time to time find occasion or be directed and instructed by the Committee of Correspondence herein after appointed, and that the said Henry Eustace McCulloch have and receive for his trouble and expences in soliciting the Affairs and Publick Concerns of this Province, the sum of Two hundred Pounds sterling paid in London annually to be paid by Warrant from his Excellency the Governor out of the Public Treasury to the said Committee and by them be remitted to the said Henry Eustace McCulloch.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that the Honble Lewis Henry De Rosset, Alexander McCulloch and Robert Palmer Esqres members of Council, John Harvey, Joseph Monfort, Edward Vail, John Campbell, and Benjamin Harvey Esquires or the Majority of them or the majority of the survivors of them, be and they are hereby nominated and appointed a Committee to correspond with and from time to time during the continuance of this Act to advise, direct and instruct the said Henry Eustace McCulloch in all such matters relating to this Province as may be moved or solicited or that they may think proper at any time to move or solicit before any of the Boards in England and the said Committee shall from time to time when thereto required lay before the General Assembly of this Province the advices they

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shall receive from the said Agent and also Copies of such Dispatches, Orders and Directions as they shall send to him.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that this Act shall continue and be in force for and during the term of two years from and after the second day of December next.

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