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Mr. Raymond delivered the above mentioned bills, together with their originals, agreeable to order.
Mr. Barratt, a member of the House of Assembly, was admit- ted and presented the following resolution, which was, on motion, read :
IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF THE DELAWARE STATE, WEDNESDAY, May 2, 1792.
On motion of Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. Oliver,
Resolved, That this House will not take up or act on any new business but what is absolutely necessary, and will adopt the most speedy measures for completing the business of the last session of the General Assembly, and that Council be furnished with a copy of this resolution.
Extract from the minutes.
JAMES BOOTH, Cl'k of Assembly.
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On motion,
Ordered, That Mr. Tilton, Mr. Raymond, and Mr. Cooper be a committee to prepare and bring in a bill appropriating the surplusage of interest over and above the sums necessary to pay off the interest on the loans made to the United States on the as- sumed debt of this State.
Council adjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow.
THURSDAY, May 3d, 1792, A. M.
Council assembled. Present as yesterday, and Mr. Alexander, who attended and took his seat.
Mr. Maxwell, a member of the House of Assembly, was ad- mitted and presented the following resolution, viz:
IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF THE DELAWARE STATE, THURSDAY, A. M., May 3, 1792.
On motion of Mr. Evans, seconded by Mr. McKennan,
Resolved, That this House now adjourn to three o'clock in the afternoon, to meet at the house of Thomas Hale, at Duck Creek Cross Roads, and there sit for the transaction of the public busi- ness.
Extract from the minutes. JAS. BOOTH,
Sent for concurrence. Cl' k of Assembly.
On motion, the above resolution was read, considered and agreed to.
Ordered, That Mr. Alexander wait on the House of Assembly and return the said resolution; which he did accordingly.
Council adjourned to 3 o'clock this afternoon, to meet at the house of Thomas Hale, at Duck Creek Cross-Roads.
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DUCK CREEK CROSS-ROADS, AT THE HOUSE OF THOMAS HALE, THURSDAY, 3d May, 1792, P. M.
Council assembled.
The Speaker laid on the table a bill entitled "An act continuing in force an act for the amending and continuing the provisions made in the act entitled 'An act for auditing and arranging the accounts of this State, and for the more effectual settlement of the same,'" which was, on motion, read and referred to Mr. Cooper and Mr. Alexander, to report thereon.
Adjourned to 9 o'clock to-morrow morning.
FRIDAY, May-4th, 1792, A. M.
Council assembled. Present as yesterday.
The committee to whom was referred the bill entitled "An act continuing in force an act for the amending and continuing the provisions made in the act entitled 'An act for auditing and arranging the accounts of this State, and for the more effectual settlement of the same," reported said bill, and are of opinion it should be passed into a law.
On motion, by special order, said bill was read a second time by paragraphs and passed Council.
Ordered, That Mr. Shankland wait on the House of Assembly with said bill, for their concurrence; which he did accordingly.
The committee appointed on the second instant, reported a bill entitled "An act to appropriate the interest money arising from the unsubscribed part of the assumed debt of this State," which was, on motion, read.
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On motion, by special order, the above mentioned bill was read a second time by paragraphs and passed Council.
Ordered, That Mr. Cooper wait on the House of Assembly with said bill, for their concurrence; which he did accordingly.
Adjourned to 3 o'clock this afternoon.
FRIDAY, May 4th, 1792, P. M.
Council assembled.
Mr. McKennan, a member of Assembly, was admitted and presented the following report of the committee of the House of Assembly, with the following resolution of that House, and the engrossed bills therein specified, viz:
The committee to compare the several engrossed bills passed at the last sitting of the General Assembly, and to which the Great Seal hath not been affixed, report that they have carefully performed the service committed to them, and now deliver to the House the said engrossed bills, which are accurately conformed to the original draughts.
W. McKENNAN, WINGATE CANNON.
IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF THE DELAWARE STATE, FRIDAY, A. M., May 4th, 1792.
On motion,
Resolved, That the President or Commander-in-Chief affix the Great Seal of this State to the following acts passed during the last sitting of the General Assembly, to wit:
I. "An act for enabling Elisha Dickerson to erect a mill-dam across the head of the waters of Indian River, near a place called Rock Hole, in Indian River Hundred, Sussex County, and for the condemnation of a small piece of fast land, on the south side of said waters, for the use of a grist and saw-mill, with a log yard;"
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2. "An act to authorize Ann Ridgely and Nicholas Ridgely, executors of Charles Ridgely, Esquire, deceased, to convey unto Daniel Mifflin a certain parcel of land situate in Murderkill Hun- dred, Kent County;"
3. "A supplementary act to an act entitled 'An act for the better Relief of the Poor,' passed at Dover, the twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one;"
4. "An act to enlarge the corporate powers of the Trustees of the New Castle Commons;"
5. "An act to enable the owners and possessors of a certain tract of meadow ground, marsh and cripple, situate at the north end of the Town of New Castle, to repair, support and maintain the banks, dykes and sluices belonging to the same;"
6. "An act for expediting the collection of arrearage taxes, and for other purposes;"
7. "An act to vest certain parts of the estate of William Clark, deceased, which, by reason of alienage in the devisee had de- volved to the Delaware State, in William Clark Frazer, an in- fant;"'
8. "An act to prevent swine running at large in the village of Camden, and certain bounds and limits therein prescribed;"
9. "An act to supply the loss of a deed made in or about the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight, by Simon Dixon to John Way, for two hundred acres of land in Mill Creek Hundred, in the County of New Castle;"
IO. "An additional supplement to an act entitled 'An act for the limitation of actions and proving accounts against the estates of persons dying within this State;' "
II. "An act for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts."
Extract from the minutes. JAS. BOOTH,
Sent for concurrence. Cl'k of Assembly.
On motion, the foregoing resolution was read, considered and concurred in.
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Ordered, That Mr. Raymond wait on the House of Assembly and return the said resolution, concurred in, together with the engrossed bills therein mentioned; which he did accordingly.
On motion,
Resolved, That Mr. Shankland and Mr. Tilton be a committee to wait on his Excellency, the President, to know his reasons for not commissioning the person chosen the last sitting of the Gen- eral Assembly as fourth Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Sussex.
The committee returned and reported that they had waited on his Excellency, the President, and he informed them that he had not had official information of the appointment of a Justice at the last session, and requested a copy of the proceedings of the General Assembly on that occasion, that he would then give his reasons in writing.
Ordered, That the Secretary furnish him with said copy; which he did accordingly.
On recurring to the minutes of Council at the meeting of the General Assembly, in Council Chamber, the first day of Feb- ruary last, it appears that Mr. Cooper's name was not entered in the yeas and nays, which was ordered by the Council the morning following, but omitted, and as Mr. Cooper was present at the time the question was taken, his name was, by his own request and order of Council, inserted as yea ...
Mr. McKennan, a member of Assembly, was admitted and presented the following resolution of that House, which was, by order, read, viz:
IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY,
FRIDAY, P. M., May 4th, 1792.
WHEREAS John Clayton, who declared he spoke the senti- ments of the people of Kent County, hath, as one of the Com- missioners for completing the Court House in Dover, insulted the Legislature of this State by denying them the use of the chambers heretofore occupied by the General Assembly for holding their sessions, requiring them to be delivered up for the use of workmen employed about the building, in consequence of which both Houses have adjourned the sessions to Duck Creek Cross-Roads; therefore
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Resolved unanimously, That, in the opinion of this General Assembly, the Legislature of this State ought not to be subject to the caprice of any individual in the State, and that it will not be proper for them to hold their sessions in the Town of Dover until the Levy Court of Kent County, or some other proper authority, shall, by an explicit act, appropriate to their use the chambers in the said Court House, agreeable to the intention of the Legislature heretofore expressed.
Ordered, That the above resolution be sent to the Council, for their consideration and concurrence.
Extract from the minutes.
JAS. BOOTH, Cl'k of Assembly.
Mr. Maxwell, a member of Assembly, was admitted and pre- sented the following message from his Excellency, the President, together with the inclosures therein mentioned, which was, by order, read, viz: .
Gentlemen of the General Assembly:
A majority of the Legislative Council of this State having represented to me that a meeting of the Legislature would be of great public utility; and requested that the General Assembly should be convened on the first day of the present month, I did, therefore, on the eighteenth day of April last, issue writs of sum- mons for that purpose, which I have directed to be laid before you.
A letter, dated the 23d ulto., has just been communicated to me from Thomas Mckean and Edmund Physick, Esquires, attorneys of the late proprietaries, relative to the vacant and unappropriated lands in this State, the quit rents, alienation fines, and monies in arrear, which is claimed by them on behalf of the said late proprietaries. They have deemed it expedient to make this communication to me, and I have directed the Secretary to lay the same before your Honors for your consid- eration.
The Secretary will also deliver a resignation of Jacob Broom, Esquire, dated the 16th ulto., of his commission as a Justice of the Peace for the County of New Castle; and also the resignation of John Clayton, Esquire, dated the 17th ulto., of his commis-
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sion of third Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Orphans' Court for the County of Kent.
I have also directed to be laid before you a letter of the 31st of January last, from his Excellency the Governor of Georgia, enclosing a concurrent resolution of the General Assembly of that State, instructing their Senators to move that the doors of the Senate of the United States be kept open, whilst sitting in their legislative capacity.
The act of Assembly entitled "An act to render parts of divers acts of Assembly, and certain law proceedings, more conformable to the present Constitution," operates, in many instances, very injuriously by restricting the several Courts of Quarter Sessions in issuing recommendations for the keeping of houses of public entertainment to the session annually held in the month of Feb- ruary, whereas, in a great variety of cases, the performance of that duty can be exercised at a subsequent session, if requisite, inore beneficially, both to the public and the parties interested. The inconvenience complained of might be remedied with great facility, and I therefore recommend it to the attention of your honors. J. CLAYTON.
Dover, May 2d, 1792.
Adjourned to eight o'clock to-morrow morning.
SATURDAY, May 5th, 1792, A. M.
Council assembled. Present as yesterday.
On motion, the resolution of the House of Assembly of yes- terday, respecting the adjournment to this place, was read and non-concurred in.
Ordered, That Mr. Tilton wait on the House of Assembly and deliver the following verbal message, together with the following resolution, for their concurrence:
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VERBAL MESSAGE TO THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.
Gentlemen :
The Council, having taken into consideration the resolution of your honorable body, of yesterday, respecting the cause of ad- journment of the present session from Dover to this place, have thought proper to return the same to your honorable body, together with a resolution unanimously agreed to by Council purporting the same, but more explanatory, and flatter them- selves that it will meet with your unanimous approbation.
WHEREAS the Legislature, at their present meeting, were prevented sitting in the Court House, in Dover, by the Court House Commissioners refusing the use of the chambers formerly occupied by them; on which refusal the Legislative Council pro- cured a room for their accommodation, and the House of Assem- bly having taken possession of the room in the Court House for- merly occupied by them, and during the time of their sitting John Clayton, who declared he spoke the sentiments of the people of Kent County, did, as one of the Commissioners for completing the Court House, in Dover, request to be heard before the House of Assembly, and upon being admitted denied the House of Assembly the use of the chambers aforesaid for holding their sessions, demanding them to be delivered up for the use of work- men employed about the building, in consequence of which, and for the want of proper rooms for sitting in, both Houses have adjourned to Duck Creek Cross-Roads; therefore
Resolved unanimously, That, in the opinion of this General . Assembly, the Legislature of this State ought not to be subject to the caprice of any individual in the State, and that it will not be proper for them to hold their sessions in the Town of Dover, and that it be recommended to the Convention of this State, and it is hereby recommended to said Convention, to fix the place of meeting of the Legislature, under the new Constitution, at Duck Creek Cross-Roads, unless the Levy Court of Kent County, or some other proper authority, shall, by an explicit act, appropriate to the use of the Legislature the chambers and office in the said Court House, agreeable to the intention of the Legislature here- tofore expressed, and furnish the Convention with said proceed- ings. .
Mr. Tilton reported that he had delivered the message and resolution agreeable to order.
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Mr. Truitt, a member of Assembly, was admitted and presented a bill entitled "A supplement to the act for expediting the col- lection of the arrearage taxes," passed by the House of Assembly and sent for concurrence, which was, on motion, read.
Mr. MeKennan, a member of Assembly, was admitted and presented sundry petitions, signed by a number of the inhabitants of New Castle County, praying an act to incorporate a company for the purpose of cutting and making a canal and lock navigation from the headwaters of the Brandywine Creek down along the same into the Borough of Wilmington, together with the follow- ing resolution of the House of Assembly:
IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, FRIDAY, P. M., May 4th, 1792.
WHEREAS it is represented to this General Assembly that a canal and lock navigation on the waters of Brandywine River, extending from Chester County, in Pennsylvania, through part of New Castle County to the Borough of Wilmington, is prac- ticable, and, if executed, would be attended with great advantage to the agricultural and commercial interests of both States, this General Assembly, willing to encourage designs of such public utility, do
Resolve, That - be and they are hereby appointed com- missioners on the part of this State to view the grounds through which the said canal is intended to pass, and, in conjunction with others on the part of Pennsylvania, to note down the elevations and distances by plot and survey, and to make an estimate of the probable expense, and report their proceedings to the next General Assembly, to whom it is recommended to make an adequate allowance to the said commissioners for. their time, trouble, and expense in the performance of the said duty.
Names of the commissioners proposed: William McKennan, Esquire, Mr. James Morris, Mr. John Tennant, Mr. Charles Pope, and Daniel Rodgers, Esquire.
Extract from the minutes. JAS. BOOTH, Cl'k Assembly.
Sent for concurrence.
On motion, the foregoing resolution was read and non-concur- red in.
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Mr. Robinson, a member of Assembly, was admitted and returned the bill entitled "An act continuing in force an act for the amending and continuing the provisions made in the act entitled 'An act for auditing and arranging the accounts of this State, and for the more effectual settlement of the same," with an amendment proposed. thereto by the House of Assembly, which was, on motion, read and concurred in.
Ordered that the said bill be now engrossed.
On motion, by special order,
The bill entitled "A supplement to an act entitled 'An act for expediting the collection of the arrearage taxes, and other pur- poses,' " was read a second time by paragraphs and passed Council.
Ordered, That Mr. Cooper return the said bill to the House of Assembly; which he did accordingly.
Mr. Tilton laid on the table the following resolution, viz:
WHEREAS a number of the inhabitants of New Castle have, by their petition to this General Assembly, set forth that a canal and lock navigation on the waters of Brandywide River, extending from Chester County, in Pennsylvania, thro' part of New Castle County to the Borough of Wilmington, is practicable, and, if executed, would be attended with great advantages to the agri- cultural and commercial interests of both "States, this General Assembly, willing to encourage designs of such public utility, do
Resolve, That be and they are hereby appointed com- missioners on the part of this State, they, or any three of them, to view the ground thro' which the said canal is intended to pass, and, in conjunction with others on the part of Pennsylvania, to note down the elevation and distances by plot and survey, and to make an estimate of the probable expense, and report their pro- ceedings to the next General Assembly, provided that the peti- tioners make compensation to the said commissioners for their time, trouble, and expense in the performance of the said duty.
Names of the commissioners proposed: Jacob Broom, Joseph Shallcross, Eleazar McComb, William McKennan, and Samuel Hollingsworth, Esquires.
On motion, said resolution was read and agreed to.
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Ordered, That Mr. Tilton wait on the House of Assembly and deliver said resolution, for their concurrence; which he did ac- cordingly.
The committee appointed to wait on his Excellency, the Presi- dent, delivered the following communication from his Excellency, which was, by order, read:
Gentlemen of the Council:
Your committee have communicated to me a message from your honorable House, desiring to know my reasons for not commissioning the person chosen the last sitting of the General Assembly, as fourth Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Sussex.
By the 12th section of the Constitution of this State it is de- clared that the President and the General Assembly shall, by joint ballot, appoint the Justices of the Supreme Court, the Judge of Admiralty, and the Justices of the Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans' Courts. And, in the seventh section of the said Constitution, it is declared that, on the death, inability, or absence of the President from the State, the Speaker of the Legislative Council, for the time being, shall be Vice-President, &c. It is by the joint ballot of the President and General As- sembly only that a constitutional appointment of a Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas of the County of Sussex, aforesaid, could, at the last session of the General Assembly, have been made, as no inability on my part, nor absence from the State, could have authorized the exercise of the powers of the Presi- dent by any other person, agreeable to the provision contained in the seventh section of the Constitution.
The President of the State, where neither inabilily nor absence from the State takes place, is a constituent part of the body constitutionally vested with those appointments, and not being required by the Constitution or any law of this State to be con- stantly attendant on the General Assembly, ought, I conceive, to have received a notification to attend for the purpose of procced- ing to such appointments, and in this opinion I was warranted by the invariable practice of the Legislature on every similar occasion which has occurred since the Revolution.
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Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Sussex, although I had been for many days at the place where the sessions of the Legislature was held, and during the whole session was within the State, and exercising the office of President, I never received any notification or information whatever of the intention of the General Assembly to proceed to the said election; and as the said election was made without my knowledge or being present thereat, I cannot but deem it unconstitutional. Under these circumstances I consider myself bound, by the duty I owe to the public in the character of President, and by the solemn obligation of my oath, to refuse to commissionate the person thus unconstitutionally elected fourth Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Sussex.
J. CLAYTON.
Duck Creek Cross-Roads, May 4th, 1792.
On motion,
Ordered, That Mr. Shankland wait on the House of Assembly and deliver the following verbal message, which he did accord- ingly, viz:
Gentlemen :
The Council propose to the honorable House of Assembly the meeting of the General Assembly, in the Council Chamber, at 12 o'clock, in order to put in nomination persons out of whom shall be chosen a Justice to supply the vacancy in the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Sussex, occasioned by the death of Peter Fretwell Wright, Esquire ; also to put in nom- ination persons out of whom shall be chosen a Justice to supply the vacancy in the Court of Common Pleas in the County of Kent, occasioned by the resignation of John Clayton, Esquire.
Mr. Maxwell, a member of Assembly, was admitted and re- turned the foregoing message, and the resolution respecting the adjournment of the General Assembly to Duck Creek Cross- Roads, disagreed to by the House of Assembly, and their reso- lution respecting said adjournment, which was'non-concurred in by Council, adhered to by the House of Assembly.
Mr. Maxwell also presented the following resolution, which was, by order, read, viz:
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Resolved, That it is the intention of this House to conclude the present session this afternoon at one o'clock, and that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Council for their information.
Extract from the minutes.
JAS. BOOTH, Cl'k of Assembly.
On motion, the resolution of Council respecting the adjourn- ment of the General Assembly to Duck Creek Cross-Roads, disagreed to by the House of Assembly, was adhered to, as amended, and the resolution of the House of Assembly respect- ing said adjournment, rejected by Council and adhered to by that House, was, on motion, still rejected by Council.
Ordered, That Mr. Cooper wait on the House of Assembly and return the last mentioned resolutions; which he did accord- ingly.
Adjourned for one hour.
SATURDAY, 5th-May, 1792, P. M.
Council assembled.
Mr. Many, a member of Assembly, was admitted and returned the resolution of Council respecting the canal and lock naviga- tion, concurred in by the House of Assembly, and the blank was filled up with the names of the Commissioners appointed by the General Assembly.
Mr. Barratt, a member of Assembly, was admitted and pre- sented the following resolution, viz:
IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, May 5th, 1792.
WHEREAS a vacancy hath happened in the representation of the County of Kent, in the Convention, occasioned by the death of James Sykes, Esq., and it is expedient that the same be sup- plied by a new election; therefore
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Resolved, That it be recommended to the people of the said County of Kent to hold an election, at the Town of Dover, on Saturday, the nineteenth day of May, instant, for the choice of a suitable person to supply the aforesaid vacancy in the Conven- tion, and that the said election be conducted, carried on, and completed agreeable to the directions prescribed by the General Assembly in the third of their resolutions of the eighth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, for electing deputies to compose a convention.
Ordered, That a copy of the above resolution. be furnished to the Sheriff of the said County of Kent, who is hereby directed to give due notice thereof, agreeable to the fourth resolution of the General Assembly aforesaid.
Extract from the minutes.
Sent for concurrence.
JAS. BOOTH, Cl'k of Assembly.
On motion, the above resolution was read, considered and agreed to.
Ordered, That Mr. Alexander wait on the House of Assembly and return the said resolution; which he did accordingly.
On motion,
Ordered, That the Speaker do now sign the engrossed bill entitled "An act continuing in force an act for the amending and continuing the provisions made in the act entitled 'An act for the auditing and arranging the accounts of this State, and for the more effectual settlement of the same;'" which he did accord- ingly.
Ordered, That Mr. Cooper wait on the House of Assembly and deliver them the said engrossed bill, to be signed by the Speaker of that House; which he did accordingly.
On motion,
Ordered, That an order be now drawn on the State Treasurer, and signed by the Speaker of Council, in favor of James Booth, Esquire, for the sum of ten shillings and four pence, for summon- ing and sending an express to one of the members of Council.
Whereupon an order was drawn and signed accordingly.
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Mr. McKennan, a member of Assembly, was admitted and returned the resolution of Council respecting the adjournment of the General Assembly to Duck Creek Cross-Roads, concurred in by the House of Assembly, and their adherence to the resolution of that House on said adjournment receded from.
Mr. McKennan also presented the following resolution, to- gether with the bills therein mentioned, signed by the Speaker of the House of Assembly, viz:
IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, May 5th, 1792, P. M.
Resolved, That the President or Commander-in-Chief affix the Great Seal of this State to the following acts:
I. "A supplement to an act entitled 'An act for expediting the collection of arrearage taxes, and other purposes;' "
2. "An act continuing in force an act entitled 'An act for the amending and continuing the provisions made in the act enti- tled 'An act for auditing and arranging the accounts of this State, and for the more effectual settlement of the same.'"
Extract from the minutes. JAS. BOOTH,
Sent for concurrence.
Cl'k of Assembly.
On motion,
Ordered That the Speaker of Council do now sign the first mentioned act in the above resolution.
Whereupon the Speaker signed the said bill accordingly.
On motion, the above resolution, for affixing the Great Seal, was read, considered and agreed to,
Ordered, That Mr. - do now return said resolution; which he did accordingly.
On motion,
Ordered, That an order be now drawn on the State Treasurer, and signed by the Speaker, in favor of John White, of Wilming- ton, for the sum of five pounds five shillings, for making a pair of venetian blinds for forty-light window, agreeable to the direc-
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tion of John Gordon, deceased, for the chamber in the Court House at Dover.
Whereupon an order was drawn and signed accordingly.
On motion,
Ordered, That the Secretary of Council furnish the presiding member of the Convention of this State with a copy of the reso- lution of the General Assembly respecting their reason for ad- journing the present session to Duck Creek Cross-Roads, at or before the next meeting of the Convention, in order that the same may be laid before the Convention.
Council made the following allowances:
To the Honorable George Mitchell, Esq., Speaker, for 6 days' attendance and mileage, . £ 8 4 0 To Nehemiah Tilton, Esq., for 7 days' attendance and . mileage, 6 14 O To Archibald Alexander, Esq., for 5 days' attend- ance and mileage, 5 5 0 To James Raymond, Esq., for 4 days' attendance and mileage (not charged or order drawn), 0 O O
To Rhoads Shankland, Esq., for 6 days' attendance and mileage, .
6 3 0
To Isaac Cooper, Esq., for 6 days' attendance and mileage,
6 8 0
To Charles Nixon, for 5 days' attendance as Secre- tary, engrossing, paper, &c., 5 1I 2
To Thomas Wild, for 5 days' attendance as Door- keeper and bell-ringer, 2 8 9
To James Battell, for the use of the chamber in Dover, 1 10 0
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Council adjourned to 20th October next .*
* There is no record of a meeting of the Council on the day to which it stood adjourned, a new Constitution having been adopted, in Convention, on the 12th day of June, The manuscript next in order is the minutes of a special session of the Senate, the General Assembly having been convened November 1, 1792, to choose Electors for President and Vice-President of the United States. This session was held in Dover.
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