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"Resolved, That the Speakers of both Houses draw orders on " the State Treasurer for the payment of the said two sums.
"JAS. BOOTH, Cl'k of Assembly.
"Sent for concurrence."
Whereupon the Speaker signed an order for that purpose in favor of the said T. Duff and P. Barratt, Esquires, respectively.
On motion, by order,
An account of Robert Bryan, Treasurer of New Castle County, for (255 : 19 : 4, and its vouchers, were read, and the said ac- count was allowed.
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On motion, by order,
The resolution for the payment of the same was read and con- curred in, and is as follows, viz :
"IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, "THURSDAY, A. M., Jan. 30, 1783.
"An account of Robert Bryan, Esq., Treasurer of New Castle "County, was read, amounting to two hundred and fifty-five "pounds nineteen shillings and four pence, being for money ad- "vanced to the officers and soldiers of the Delaware Regiment, "and for cash paid for rations for them from the 19th of January, "instant, to the 28th following, inclusive; which said account was "allowed ; and thereupon
"Resolved, That the Speakers of both Houses draw an order "on the State Treasurer for the payment of the said sum to the "aforesaid Robert Bryan.
"JAS. BOOTH, Cl'k of Assembly.
"Sent for concurrence."
Whereupon the Speaker signed an order for that purpose.
Ordered, That Mr. Grantham return the foregoing accounts, vouchers and orders, and the resolutions for the payment of the same, with the concurrence of the Council thereto, to the House of Assembly.
Mr. Grantham, being returned, reported the delivery accord- ing to order.
The committee appointed by Council to join the House of As- sembly for the purpose of waiting on Nicholas Vandyke, Esq., to know if he would accept the office of President and Commander- in-Chief of this State, report that the joint committee aforesaid waited on Mr. Vandyke and requested that he would please to signify by the committee his acceptance of the office of Presi- dent and Commander-in-Chief of this State; whereupon he was pleased to declare his acceptance of the said office.
The Council now went into the nomination of persons to be balloted for as Privy Councillors, and Gunning Bedford, Esq., Col. Charles Pope, John Lea, Esq., and Alexander Porter, jr.,
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Esq., were put into nomination, to be balloted for in the after- noon.
Mr. Carty, a member of Assembly, returned the act entitled "A supplementary act to the act entitled 'An act for the protec- tion of the trade of this State on the River and Bay of Dela- ware,' " signed by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, to- gether with a resolution to affix the Great Seal thereto.
Ordered, That the Speaker sign the said bill; which was ac- cordingly done.
On motion, by order, the foregoing resolution was read and concurred in, and is as follows :
" IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Feb. 8, 1783.
" On motion,
"Resolved, That the President and Commander-in-Chief affix "the Great Seal of the State to the following law, to wit :
"'A supplementary act to the act entitled 'An act for the "protection of the trade of this State on the Bay and River of " Delaware.''
"JAS. BOOTH, Cl'k of Assembly.
"Sent for concurrence."
Ordered, That Mr. Collins deliver the foregoing bill and reso- lution, signed and concurred in by the Council, to the House of Assembly.
Adjourned till 3 o'clock, P. M.
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The Council met, and proceeded to the balloting for Privy Councillors out of the persons before put into nomination, and the ballots being examined, it appeared that Gunning Bedford, Esq., and John Lea, Esq., were unanimously elected members of the Privy Council.
The Speaker of the Council now waited on the President and administered as well the oath of allegiance and declaration of faith, prescribed by the twenty-second article of the Constitution of this State, as the oath of office, to his Excellency, Nicholas Vandyke, Esq., President of the Delaware State.
Then the Council took into consideration the per diem wages and incidental charges of the Council, and the following accounts were allowed, viz :*
Then the Council adjourned till Monday, the 26th day of May next, to meet at the Town of Dover.
* The accounts are not recorded.
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MEMBERS' NAMES.
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NEW CASTLE COUNTY :
THOMAS MCDONOUGH, ISAAC GRANTHAM, GEORGE READ. KENT COUNTY :
THE HON. JOHN COOK, JOHN BANING, RICHARD BASSETT.
SUSSEX COUNTY :
WILLIAM POLK, JOSHUA POLK, JOHN COLLINS.
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ADJOURNED SESSION, MAY, 1783.
At a meeting of the Council at the Town of Dover, in Kent County, by adjournment, on Monday, the 26th day of May, A. D. 1783, a quorum of the members not attending, the Council adjourned from day to day until Tuesday, the 3d day of June, 1783.
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TUESDAY, P. M., June 3d, 1783.
The Council met. Present the following members, viz :
For New Castle County-Isaac Grantham.
For Kent County-The Honorable John Cook, John Baning, Richard Bassett.
For Sussex County-Joshua Polk.
Ordered, That Mr. Grantham and Mr. Joshua Polk be a com- mittee to wait on his Excellency, the President, and to inform him that the Council, having formed an House, are ready to receive any business which he may have to lay before them.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
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WEDNESDAY, June 4th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday, and also Mr. Read.
The committee appointed to wait on his Excellency, the Presi- dent, now reported that they had waited on his Excellency with the message committed to them, agreeable to the order of yes- terday, when he was pleased, in answer, to say, that he had com- municated his business, by way of message, to the House of As- sembly, which in its due course would come before the Council.
Adjourned till 10 o'clock to-morrow.
THURSDAY, A. M., June 5th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday.
Mr. Molleston, a member of the House of Assembly, attend- ing, was admitted and delivered to the Chair a message from the President to the General Assembly of the' 31st May, 1783, to- gether with its inclosures.
On motion, by order; the foregoing message, and its inclo- sures, were severally read, and the said message follows in these words, viz :
"Gentlemen of the General Assembly :
"I beg leave to congratulate you on the happy and important "event of peace, liberty and independence, secured to these "States by the preliminary treaties between the belligerent pow- "ers. The accomplishment of these objects, under the smiles "of Divine Providence, and the aid of our illustrious ally, has "placed America in an equal station among the Nations of the "Earth.
" Her attention should now be undiverted to support a char-
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"acter worthy of the virtuous struggles by which she has, in her "late ardent conflict, acquired her elevation ; and I hope, a reg- "ular administration of justice, and a due veneration of national "faith, will render her as respectable in peace as she has been "illustrious in war.
"During your late recess, I have received the following public "letters-from the President of Congress, of the 8th and 24th "of February last, and the 6th and 9th of May instant-from the "Secretary for Foreign Affairs, of the 3d of January and the "2d of April-from the Superintendent of Finance, of the 22d "of February, the 2d, 20th and 25th of March, the 12th and " 18th of April, and the 9th, 12th and 20th of May.
"These letters, with their enclosures, I have directed the "Secretary to lay before you. To such of these papers as re- "quire your immediate attention, I am persuaded it is needless " for me to urge it, being well convinced of your disposition to "give all necessary dispatch to the public business.
"NICHOLAS VANDYKE.
"Dover, 31 May, 1783."
Adjourned till to-morrow.
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FRIDAY, June 6th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday. Adjourned till to-morrow.
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SATURDAY, June 7th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday.
Mr. James, a member of the House of Assembly, was admitted and delivered to the Chair a bill for altering part of the 8th Arti- cle of the Confederation.
The same member also delivered to the Chair a supplementary bill to the act for the further security of the Government.
The same member also delivered to the Chair a bill to repeal part of an act entitled "An act to prevent the sales of lands, goods and chattels, by virtue of executions, in certain cases, for a limited time, and for other purposes."
On motion, by order,
The bill for altering part of the 8th Article of the Confedera- tion, was read the first time.
On motion, by order,
The supplementary bill to the act for the further security of the Government, was read the first time.
On motion, by order,
The bill for repealing part of an act entitled "An act to pre- vent the sales of lands, goods and chattels, by virtue of execu- tions, in certain cases, for a limited time, and for other purposes," was read the first time.
On motion,
The Council took into consideration the subject matter of the letter from the Superintendent of Finance to the President of this State, dated the 20th of May last ; and it was thereupon ordered that a committee be appointed to prepare and bring in a bill, by way of a supplement to the act entitled "An act for aiding and more effectually carrying into execution certain acts of Congress of the twentieth and twenty-seventh days of February last past," in order to further enable the commissioners appointed under the said acts of Congress to perform their respective duties, and to
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make provision for the speedy and effectual recovery from indi- viduals of debts due and effects belonging to the United States.
Further ordered, That Mr. Read, Mr. Bassett, and Mr. Grant- ham be a committee for the purpose aforesaid.
On motion of Mr. Bassett, for leave of absence for a few days, on account of his necessary attendance on a court in Cecil County, in Maryland, the same application, on account of the critical state of the public business now before the Council, and a probability of a deficiency of members, was rejected.
Whereupon a notification from the Speaker of the Council, directed to the justices of the said court, stating the reasons of Mr. Bassett's non-attendance on the said court, was requested and granted, and signed accordingly by the Speaker.
Adjourned till Monday next.
MONDAY, June 9th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on Saturday last.
The committee appointed to prepare and bring in a bill, by way of supplement to the act entitled "An act for aiding and more effectually carrying into execution certain acts of Congress of the 20th and 27th days of February last past," now reported that they had essayed a draught of such a supplementary bill, which was laid on the table for the consideration of the Council.
Mr. William Polk attended in the Council, and, at his seat, made his excuse for his non-attendance at an earlier period in the present session; which was admitted.
On motion, by order,
The bill entitled "A supplementary act to the act entitled 'An act for aiding and more effectually carrying into execution certain acts of Congress of the 20th and 27th days of February last past,'" was read the first time.
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By special order, the same was read the second time, and the third reading thereof ordered to-morrow morning.
On motion, by order,
The bill for altering part of the 8th Article of the Confederation was read the second time, and the same was taken into considera- tion, and after some time spent therein the further consideration is postponed till to-morrow.
Adjourned till to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
TUESDAY, June 10th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday. On motion, by order,
The supplementary bill to the act entitled "An act for aiding and more effectually carrying into execution certain acts of Con- gress of the twentieth and twenty-seventh days of February last past," passed the 22d day of June, 1782, was read the third time, by paragraphs, and will pass.
Ordered, That Mr. Joshua Polk deliver the said bill to the House of Assembly, for their consideration and concurrence, to- gether with the letter from the Superintendent of Finance relative to the subject matter of the same bill ; and that he return to that House the President's Message of the 31st ultimo, with sundry of the letters and papers accompanying the same.
Mr. Polk, being returned, reported the delivery of the several papers committed to him, according to order.
The Council now resumed the consideration of the bill for altering part of the 8th Article of the Confederation, and having proceeded in the consideration of divers amendments thereto, the same was further postponed until to-morrow.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
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WEDNESDAY, June 11th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday.
Mr. Carty, a member of the House of Assembly, was admitted and delivered to the Chair a bill to invest the Congress of the United States with a power to levy duties, &c.
On motion, by order, the further consideration of the bill for altering part of the 8th Article of the Confederation, was now proceeded in, and the several amendments proposed to the same were agreed to, and ordered to be transcribed.
Ordered, That Mr. William Polk return the said bill, with the papers of amendments proposed thereto by the Council, to the House of Assembly.
Mr. Polk reported the delivery according to order.
On motion, by order,
The bill to invest the Congress of the United States with a power to levy duties, &c., was read the first time.
On motion, by order,
The bill to repeal part of an act entitled "An act to prevent the sales of lands, goods and chattels, by virtue of executions, in certain cases, for a limited time, and for other purposes," was read the second time, and sundry amendments to the same bill were proposed, agreed to, and ordered to be transcribed.
Mr. James, a member of the House of Assembly, attending, was admitted and delivered to the Chair the bill for altering part of the 8th Article of the Confederation, together with the paper of amendments proposed thereto by the Council acceded to by the House of Assembly, except as to that part of the first amend- ment proposed by the Council, with respect to the preamble of the bill, which was disagreed to by the House of Assembly.
On motion, by order,
The Council took into consideration that part of the amend- ment proposed by them to the bill for altering part of the 8th IO4
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Article of the Confederation, which was disagreed to by the House of Assembly, and receded therefrom, and agreed that the said bill, with the amendments proposed thereto by them and acceded to by the House of Assembly, should pass.
Ordered, That Mr. William Polk return the said bill and its amendments to the House of Assembly; and inform them that the Council have receded from that part of their amendment to the same bill which was disagreed to by the House of Assembly; and that he also return to that House the bill to prevent the sales of lands, goods, and chattels, by virtue of executions, in certain cases, for a limited time, and for other purposes, together with the paper of amendments proposed thereto by the Council, for their consideration.
Adjourned to 10 o'clock. to-morrow.
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THURSDAY, June 12th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday.
Mr. Polk now reported the delivery of the several papers com- mitted to him, agreeable to the order of yesterday.
On motion, by order,
The bill to invest the Congress of the United States with a power to levy duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise im- ported into this State, &c., was read the second time, and the further consideration thereof is postponed till to-morrow.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
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FRIDAY, June 13th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday.
Doctor Clayton, a member of the House of Assembly, was ad- mitted and delivered to the Chair the accounts of Peter White, late Receiver of Supplies for the County of Sussex, together with the report of the Joint Committee of Accounts and the proceed- ings of the House of Assembly on the said accounts.
On motion, by order,
The bill to invest the Congress of the United States with a power to levy duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into this State, &c., was read the third time, by para- graphs, and on the question being put, whether the words [the lands, messuages and tenements], in the 5th line of the 4th page of the bill, should be left out, and the words [all the taxable pro- perty, real and personal], should be inserted in their stead, the House was divided, and the Speaker gave his casting vote in favor of the amendment, and the amendment being so carried, the yeas and nay's were desired by Mr. William Polk. They are as follows, to wit :
For the amendment-Mr. Read, Mr. Bassett, Mr. Grantham. Against it-Mr. William Polk, Mr. Joshua Polk, Mr. Baning.
Then the Council proceeded in the further consideration of the said bill, and divers other amendments thereto were proposed, agreed to, and ordered to be transcribed, and sent, together with the bill, to the House of Assembly, for their consideration and concurrence, by Mr. William Polk.
On the application of Mr. Joshua Polk for leave of absence till 12 o'clock on Monday next, the same was granted him.
Adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow.
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SATURDAY, June 14th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday, except Mr. Joshua Polk.
Mr. William Polk now reported the delivery of the papers committed to him, agreeable to the order of yesterday.
Mr. Duff, a member of the House of Assembly, was admitted and delivered to the Chair a message, of the present instant, from his Excellency, the President, with its inclosures.
On motion, by order, the foregoing message and its inclosures were severally read, and the said message is as follows, viz :
"Gentlemen :
"The Secretary will lay before you a letter I have just re- "ceived from our Delegates in Congress, and a report of a com- "mittee of that honorable body, on the subject of the back lands.
"The letter explains the views of the Delegates in transmitting "those proceedings, and points out the necessity that your in- "structions on that important subject be forwarded as speedily "as possible.
"Gentlemen-The evidences of titles to land in this State, de- "posited in the Land Office in Philadelphia, not officially under "the care of any person, and the necessity of those papers being "brought and committed to the keeping of a proper, account- "able officer within the State, from which place only the indi- " vidual interested will be able to obtain legal copies, have in- "duced me to mention this subject, and to recommend that the "same may be taken and provided for by the General Assembly "as soon as possible.
"NICH. VANDYKE. "Dover, 14 June, 1783."
On motion, by order,
The supplementary bill to the act for the further security of the Government, was read the second time, and the subject matter thereof being taken into consideration, the question was put,
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"Whether the said bill shall be rejected or not?" and it was carried in the affirmative.
Whereupon the yeas and nays were required by Mr. William Polk. They are as follows, viz :
For the affirmative -- Mr. Read, Mr. Bassett, Mr. Grantham.
For the negative-Mr. William Polk.
Mr. Clayton, a member of the House of Assembly, was admit- ted and delivered to the Chair the following verbal message from the House of Assembly to the Council, viz :
" Gentlemen :
"The House of Assembly having considered the amendments "offered by your honorable body to the bill entitled " An act to "invest the Congress of the United States with the power to levy "duties upon all goods, wares, and merchandise imported into "this State from beyond the seas, for a limited time, and for es- "tablishing a fund for the payment of interest arising on the pub- "lic debt,' and apprehending that this business would be accel- "erated by a communication of opinion thereon, propose that a "committee of conference be appointed for this purpose, and " therefore have, on the part of this House, appointed the follow- "ing conferees : Mr. Peery, Mr. Clayton, and Mr. Barratt, who " will meet at one o'clock this afternoon, if your honorable House "concur herein."
The Council acceded to the above mentioned proposition, and have appointed, on their part, Mr. Read, Mr. Bassett, and Mr. Grantham, to join with the Committee of the House of Assembly in the business above mentioned, proposing the hour of 4 o'clock to be the hour of meeting.
Ordered, That Mr. Grantham return the same to the House of Assembly, with the concurrence and appointment of the Council thereto.
Mr. Grantham reported the delivery of the same according to order.
Mr. Kean, a member of the House of Assembly, was admitted and delivered to the Chair Capt. James Moore's accounts and
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vouchers for superintending the recruiting service in this State, together with the report of the committee of the House of As- sembly thercon.
Adjourned to Monday next.
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MONDAY, June 16th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on Saturday, and also Mr. Joshua Polk.
Mr. Molleston, a member of the House of Assembly, was admitted and delivered to the Chair a bill for repealing an act ascertaining the daily allowance to members of the General Assembly, &c.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
TUESDAY, June 17, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday.
Mr. Waples, a member of the House of Assembly, was admit- ted and delivered to the Chair a bill entitled "An act for raising twenty-two thousand five hundred pounds for the service of the year 1783."
Ordered, That the Speaker sign a joint draught on the State Treasurer for the sum of {12,000, payable to the order of Con- gress, or the Superintendent of Finance, in compliance with the requisitions of Congress of the 30th of October and 2d of No- . vember, 1781; which was accordingly done.
· On motion, by order,
The bill for repealing an act ascertaining the daily allowance to members of the General Assembly, was read the first time.
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On motion, by order,
The bill for raising twenty-two thousand five hundred pounds for the service of the year 1783, was read the first time.
On motion,
Resolved, That the President's Message of the 14th instant, and the letter addressed to the President from the Delegates of this State in Congress, and the inclosed report of a committee of Congress on the act of the Legislature of Virginia of the 2d of January, 1781, respecting the cession of that State to the United States of all the lands northwest of the River Ohio, (which accompanied the same message) be referred to a com- mittee, to report thereon.
The members chosen, are Mr. Read, Mr. Bassett, and Mr. William Polk.
On motion, by order,
The bill for repealing an act ascertaining the daily allowance to members of the General Assembly, was read the second time, and sundry amendments thereto were proposed, agreed to, and ordered to be transcribed.
On motion, by order,
The resolution of the House of Assembly for the payment of the Delegates from this State to the Congress of the United States, which was delivered to the Council at their last sitting, was now read the first time.
By special order, the same was read the second time, and sundry amendments were proposed, agreed to, and ordered to be transcribed.
Ordered, That Mr. Grantham return to the House of Assembly the bill for repealing an act ascertaining the daily allowance to members of the General Assembly, with a paper of amendments proposed by the Council thereto; and also the resolution for the payment of the Delegates from this State to Congress, with a paper of amendments proposed thereto by the Council, for their consideration and concurrence; and that he also return to that House the supplementary bill to the act for the' further security of the Government, with the rejection of the Council thereto.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
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WEDNESDAY, June 18th, 1783.
The Council met. Present the same members as on yesterday.
Mr. Grantham now reported the delivery of the papers com- mitted to him, according to the order of yesterday.
On motion, by order,
Capt. Moore's general account, and the report of the com- mittee of the House of Assembly thereon, were read, and some amendments were proposed and agreed to.
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