Die Martis, 2 Aprilis, 1650.
Prayers.
Col. Lilborne.
THE humble Petition of Lieutenant Colonel John
Lilborne, was this Day read.
Sir H. Gibb.
The humble Petition of Sir Henry Gibb, was this Day
read.
Issue of Money.
Ordered, That the Committee of the Army be, and are
hereby, authorized to issue forth their Warrants to the
Treasurers at Wars, for the Repaying of the Twentyseven thousand Four hundred Pounds to the Treasurers at
Weavers Hall, formerly made use of for the Army, as
the said Sum, or any Part thereof, is or shall come into
the Treasury at Guildhall, out of the Arrears charged
upon the City of London, for the Army, unto the Twentyfifth of March 1649, to be paid out to such Uses, and
in such manner, as the Parliament hath formerly ordered
the same.
Ordered, That the Committee of the Army have Power,
and be authorized, to allow and give Warrant for Payment, unto the Persons appointed to distribute the first
Five thousand Pounds of the said Money here in London,
and also to the Treasurers at Weavers Hall, such Sums of
Money as they respectively shall disburse in Charges
about that Service, out of the said Monies so to be paid
by the Treasurers at Wars, into Weavers Hall, for the
Purposes aforesaid.
Claims on Publick Faith.
Ordered, That the Committee of Indemnity make
their Report touching the Monies lent upon the Publick
Faith, on Thursday Morning next.
Payment of Army.
Resolved, That the Committee of the Army be authorized and required, from time to time, to issue out Warrants for Payment of Sixteen Regiments of Foot of the
Army, not exceeding Twelve hundred in a Regiment;
and Twelve Regiments of Horse of the same Army, not
exceeding Six hundred in a Regiment; besides Officers,
with a suitable Train of Artillery; according to such
Orders and Directions as they shall, from time to time,
receive from the Parliament, or the Council of State.
Business to be done.
Ordered, That, for Fourteen Days now next coming,
the House do forbear all Business, save only such as
concerns Monies for carrying on the Service for the Safety
of England, and the War of Ireland: And that Mr.
Speaker be injoined to put the House in mind hereof
every Day.
High Court of Justice.
An Act for constituting Richard Aske, Robert Nicholas,
Two of the Justices of the Upper Bench, John Puleston,
Peter Warburton, Two of the Justices of the Common
Pleas, Francis Thorpe and Alexander Rigby, Two of the
Barons of the Court of Exchequer, Commissioners, with
others, in the Act, intituled, An Act for establishing an
High Court of Justice, was this Day read; and, upon
the Question, passed.