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" An Act for the better employment, relief and support of the poor within the City of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, the Townships of Moyaminsink, & Passyunk, & the Northern Liber- ties."
" A Supplement to the Act, entituled 'An Act to continue an act entituled An Act for regulating and continuing the Nightly Watch, and enlightening the Streets, Lanes and Alleys of the City of Philadelphia, &ca.' "
" An Act to prevent cutting or damaging the Ropes used by the Ferrymen on Schuylkill, or elsewhere within this Province."
" An Act to prevent the destruction of small Rock Fish, & the taking Oysters & bringing them into this Province out of Season."
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" An Act for appointing Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, & for the regulating Pilots Flying in the River & bay of Delaware, & the price of Pilotage to and from the said Port."
A supplement to the Act entituled " A supplement to the Act entituled ' An Act for regulating, pitching, paving & Cleansing the Highways, Streets, Lanes and Alleys of the City of Philadelphia,
A Supplement to the Act entituled a "Supplement to the Act entituled ' An Act for erecting a Light House at the Mouth of the Bay of Delaware, at or near Cape Henlopen, &c.'"
Which Bills the Governor was pleas'd to enact into Laws and signed a Warrant for affixing the Great Seal thereto, and they were ordered to be afterwards deposited in the Rolls Office.
The Speaker then acquainted the Governor that the House had agreed to adjourn to Monday the 5th day of May next, and at the same time presented to His Honour a Certificate for £500, for which he returned thanks to the House.
Monday, 3d March, 1766.
Yesterday Morning the Speaker of the Assembly delivered to the Provincial Secretary a Written Order to issue a Writ for the Elec- tion of a new Member of Assembly for Chester County, which fol- lows in these words, viz“ :
" In Assembly,
"FEBRUARY 8th, 1766.
" Pennsyly'a., ss. :
" By a Resolve of the Assembly of this day, I am empowered & directed to order the Provincial Secretary that. he do issue a Writ to the Sheriff of the County of Chester, for the Election of a Mem- ber to serve as a Representative in this Assembly for the said County of Chester, in the room of John Fairlamb, Esqr-, lately deceased.
"Therefore, by virtue of the said Resolve, and in pursuance of an Act of Assembly of this Province in that case made & provided, I do Require that a Writ be issued to the Sheriff of the said County, for the purpose aforesaid, according to the directions of the Said Law.
"JOS. FFOX, Speaker.
" To JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Esq"., Provincial Secretary."
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Tuesday, 4th March, 1766.
The Secretary communicated to the Governor the above Order of the Speaker, & a Writ was accordingly issued this day to Philip Ford, Esquire, the Sheriff of Chester County.
· At a Council held at Philadelphia, in the Council Chamber, on Wednesday the 4th of January, 1769.
PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, &ca.
Lynford Lardner, James Tilghman, S Esquires.
.A Committee of the Assembly waited on the Governor Yesterday, and acquainted him that a quorum of the House had met pursuant to Adjournment, and that as the Governor's Absence from the Pro- vince had deprived them of an Opportunity of presenting their Speaker to him at their last sitting, they now desired His Honour would be pleased to appoint a Time for that purpose. The Gover- nor having accordingly agreed the receive to House with their Speaker this Forenoon, sent the Secretary with a Message to the House to acquaint them that he attended his Appointment in the Council Chamber. The whole House then waited on the Gover- nor, and presented Joseph Galloway, Esquire, as their Speaker, who, being approved, claimed the usual privileges in the Name and Behalf of the House, which His Honour was pleased to say were essential to a Representative Body, and the House might de- pend on his protection in them.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Friday 13th of January, . 1769.
PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Gover- nor, &ca.
Richard Petters,
James Tilghman.
Benjamin Chew, Esquires.
The Governor laid before the Board, for their Consideration, the following Letter, which he received last Summer from the Right Honourable The Earl of Hillsborough, His Majesty's Secretary of State for the American Department, bearing Date the 15th of April, 1768 :
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A Letter to the Governor from the Right Hon'ble the Earl of Hillsborough.
" Circular .- [No. 7.]
" WHITEHALL, April 15th, 1768.
" Sir :
" I have the Satisfaction to acquaint You that, in Consequence of a Report made to His Majesty by the Lords of Trade, the Plan for the management of Indian affairs, adopted by the Superintendants, has been fully laid before His Majesty.
" Upon mature Consideration of the present Regulations, the great Expence of the Variety of Establishments for exceeding the Value of the Object, and the Difficulties which have attended the Execution of the Plan in general, for want of a due Authority in the Superintendants, His Majesty has thought fit that it shall be laid aside, and that the Regulation of the Trade shall be left to the Co- lonies, whose Legislatures must be the best Judges of what their several Situations and Circumstances may require ; that the Office of Superintendant shall, however, be continued for such matters as; are of immediate Negotiation between His Majesty and the Sav- ages, and cannot, therefore, be regulated by Provincial Authority,. and that the boundary Line between the Indians and the Settle- ments of His Majesty's Subjects, every where negotiated upon, and in many Parts settled and ascertained, shall be finally ratified and confirmed.
" As the Grounds and Reasons for these several Resolutions are in general, set forth in the Report of the Board of Trade, and as that Report will inform you what will be expected and required of the Colonies, and what will hereafter be the Nature of the Office of Superintendant, I have thought fit to send you the inclosed Extract of such Parts of it as relate to these Objects ; and I have it further in Command from his Majesty to acquaint you that, in consequence of the Resolutions His Majesty has taken for the future Direction of this Branch of his Service, He has given the necessary Orders to the Commander-in-Chief of his Forces for the Reduction of all such Posts in the interior Country as are not absolutely necessary for Public Safety in general, and for giving Protection and Facility to the Commerce of his Subjects. But as the Forts of Niagara, the Detroit, and Misilimackinac, do not appear to His Majesty to fall within this Description, His Majesty has thought fit that they shall be continued, and that a proper Naval Force shall be kept up upon the Lakes.
"The objects which upon this Occasion will principally demand the Attention of the several Colonies, are, to provide by the most effectual Laws, for preventing any settlements being made beyond the line that shall be agreed upon with the Indians, and for the Controul and Punishment of those atrocious Frauds and Abuses
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which have been practised by the Traders, and have been one prin- cipal Cause of the Disaffection of the Savages.
"It is unnecessary for me to use any Arguments to show how greatly both the Interests and safety of the Colonies depend upon a close attention to these Objects ; and, as many of the Regulations of the present Plan of Superintendency have evidently operated to the Benefit of the Trade, and to the giving that satisfaction and Content to the Savages by which alone the colonies can hope to derive either immediate Profit or lasting Peace, His Majesty trusts that they will be adopted, as far as local Circumstances and peculiar Situations will admit, always having Regard to that Freedom of Trade with the Indians which His Majesty has graciously granted to all His Subjects by His Proclamation of 1763.
" As the Execution of the Measures which His Majesty recom- mends to your Attention, will principally depend upon the Nature and Extent of the Reduction which the Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces shall think proper to make of the Military Establishments in the interior Country, His Majesty has given the necessary Directions that he should communicate to you, as soon as possible, the arrangements proposed to be made in respect to these Establishments ; and His Majesty trusts that, after such Inti- mation, no Time will be lost in carrying His Royal Intentions into full Execution.
" I have the greater Satisfaction in communicating to you His Majesty's Directions upon this Subject, as I conceive that his Ma- jesty's gracious Condescension in committing the Regulation of these important Objects to the Care of His Colonies, cannot but be very acceptable to them.
"I am, with great Truth and Regard,
"Sir :
" Your most Obedient
humble Servant, " HILLSBOROUGH.
" Deputy Governor of Pennsylvania."
The Board having taken the said Letter into Consideration, were of Opinion that its Contents should be communicated to the As- sembly by a Message; and that the Governor should recommend it to them to frame such Laws as effectually to comply with His Majesty's pleasure therein signified; and further, to acquaint the House with the result of the Treaty lately held by Sir William Johnson at Fort Stanwix, respecting the General Boundary Line established between the Indian Country and the Colonies.
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At a Council held at Philadelphia, Monday 16th January, 1769.
"PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esq", Lieutenant Governor, & ca.
Richard Peters, Lynford Lardner, Esquires.
William Logan, James Tilghman, S
The Letter from the Earl of Hillsborough, of the 15th of April last, was again read, and the Draft of a Message to the Assembly being prepared, was laid before the Board and approved, and the Secretary was directed to Transcribe the same and carry it to the House this afternoon, with the Report of the Board of Trade, to which it refers.
The said Message follows in these Words, Viz":
A Message from the Governor to the Assembly.
" Gentlemen :
" I have the pleasure to acquaint you that at a General Congress held last Fall at l'ort Stanwix, by Sir William Johnson, His Maj- esty's Superintendant for Indian Affairs in the Northern District, with the Indians of the Six Nations, and their Nephews, the Dela- wares and Shawonese, a General Boundary Line was happily set- tled between those Indians and His Majesty's Middle Colonies, and that a Purchase was made by the Proprietaries of this Province, of a large Tract of Country lying within the General Boundary, and contained within the following Limits, Viz“:
" Beginning in the said Boundary Line, on the East side of the East Branch of the River Susquehanna, at a place called Owegy, and running with the said Boundary Line down the said Branch, on the East side thereof, till it comes opposite the mouth of a Creek called by the Indians Awandae, and across the River, and up the said Creek on the south side thereof, and along the Range of Hills called Bur- nett's Hills by the English, and by the Indians on
the north side of them to the Head of a Creek which runs into the West Branch of Susquehanna, which Creek is by the Indians called Tiadaghton, and down the said Creek on the south side thereof, to the said West Branch of Susquehanna; then, crossing the said River and running up the same, on the South side thereof, the sev- eral Courses thereof, to the Fork of the same River, which lies nearest to a place on the River Ohio, called Kittanning, and from the said Fork, by a strait Line to Kittanning, aforesaid, and then down the said River Ohio, by the several Courses thereof, to where the western Bounds of the said Province of Pennsylvania crosses the same River; and then, with the said Western Bounds to the south Boundary thereof, and with the south Boundary aforesaid, to the East side of the Alleghany Hills, and with the same Hills, on
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the East side of them, to the West Line of a Tract of Land pur- chased by the said Proprietaries from the Six Nation Indians, and confirmed by their Deed, bearing Date the twenty-third Day of Oc- tober, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-eight; and then with the Northern Bounds of that Tract to the River Susquehanna, and crossing the River Susquehanna to the Northern Boundary Line of another Tract of Land purchased from the Indians, by Deed bear- ing Date the twenty-second Day of August, one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine; and then, with that Northern Boundary Line to the River Delaware, at the North Side of the mouth of a Creek called Lechawacsein, then up the said River Delaware, on the West Side thereof, to the Intersection of it by an East Line, to be drawn from Owegy aforesaid, to the said River Delaware, and then, with that East Line to the Beginning, at Owegy aforesaid."
" I am also to inform you, that The Right Honorable the Earl of Hillsborough, His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Ameri- can "Department, hath signified to me that His Majesty, in his Wisdom, has been pleased to alter part of the Plan heretofore adopted for the management of Indian Affairs, and to Order that the Regulation of the Indian Trade shall be left to the respective Colonies, whose Legislatures must be the best Judges of what their several situations and Circumstances may require ; And as the un- just settlements made on the Lands unpurchased of the Indians, and the abuses committed by the Traders, were the principal Causes of the Disaffection of the savages, it is His Majesty's Royal Ex- pectation that a due attention will be given by the Colonies to these important Objects, and that they will frame proper and ade- quate Laws, not only for preventing any settlements being made on the Indian Lands beyond the General Boundary Line, but also for the Controul and Punishment of those atrocious Frauds which have been practised by the Indian Traders.
" As the Grounds and Reasons of His Majesty's Resolutions upon these Subjects, are in General set forth in a Report of the Board of Trade, transmitted to me by the Earl of Hillsborough, which points out what His Majesty expects of the Colonies in these matters, and explains what will be hereafter the Nature of the Office of Superintendant, which is not wholly to be laid aside, I have ordered the Secretary to lay that Report before you.
" I am persuaded, Gentlemen, I need not labour to convince you of the reasonableness of His Majesty's Expectations, nor to shew how greatly both the Interests and Safety of the Colonies depend upon a close Attention to the Objects recommended ; nor can I doubt of your earnestly setting about, and prosecuting with all possible Dispatch, a work of so much Consequence to the Colonies in General, and this Province in Particular.
" JOHN PENN.
" January the 16th, 1769."
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James Webb, of the county of Lancaster, appeared at the Board, and acquainted the Governor that he declined acting any longer as Barrack-master of the Barracks at Lancaster, and was ready to de- liver them, with everything contained in them, into the Charge of such Person as the Governor should be pleased to appoint Barrack- Master in his Room. The Governor accordingly named James Ralph, Esquire, Chief Burgess of the Borough of Lancaster, for · that Office ; and ordered a Commission to be issued to him forth- with.
The Governor laid before the Board two Bills sent up by the Assembly for his Concurrence, entituled
" A Supplement to 'an act for erecting part of the Counties of Philadelphla, Chester, and Lancaster, into a separate County ;'" and
"An Act for the preventing Frauds and abuses in Gold and Silver Wares, made and sold in this Province ;" both which were read and referred to a further Consideration.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Thursday the 19th Janu- ary, 1769.
PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, &ca.
Benjamin Chew, Lynford Lardner, James Tilghman, Esquires.
" The Board resumed the Consideration of the Assay Bills and the Supplementary Bill to the Act for erecting part of the Coun- ties of Philadelphia, Chester and Lancaster into a separate County ; and after some Time passed thereon, referred them to a further Consideration.
" The Secretary laid before the Board a Return of a Road laid out and Surveyed pursuant to an Order of Council of the 30th of January, 1768, by the Persons therein appointed, from the Town of Reading, through the County of Berks, to a part of the River Susquehanna, lying above the mouth of Maghannioy Creek, and on the South Side of Maghannioy Mountain, which was read, and follows in these Words, viz. :
" To the Honourable JOHN PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Gover- nor and Commander-in-Chief of the Province of Pennsylvania and Counties of New-Castle, Kent, and Sussex, on Delaware, &ca.
WE, the subscribers, do humbly Certify to your Honour, that in Obedience to the Order of your Honour, and the Council hereunto annexed, We have viewed the Road therein mentioned, And have laid the same out, according to the Courses and Distances following, Viz':
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" Beginning at the East End of Penn Street, in the Town of Reading, and County of Berks, and extending thence through the same to the Banks of the River Schuylkill, West 346 Perches ; Thence,
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33 perches across said River Schuylkill.
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S. . 75 W. 506 to George Krick's.
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W. 218 Coecoosing Creek.
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244 Jacob Rherers.
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W. 64 John Echards.
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362 through Mr. Allen's land.
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306 to Benjamin Weiser's.
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33 up Second Street.
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118 to Tulpehoccon Creek.
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141 to John Rice's Tavern.
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Perches.
S.
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N. 66 W. 164 To Pine Creek, at the Gap.
N.
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N. 4 W 34
N.
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112
N.
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40 to Spread Eagle.
N.
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Maghontonga Creek.
N.
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N. N.
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N. 35
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W. E. 30 to Maghonnoy Creek.
W. 104 to a White Oak on the Bank of Susque.
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" Which Road We beg leave to return to Your Honour and Council, agreeable to the Directions of the said Order.
" Witness our hands.
"JONAS SEELY, " JOHN PATTON, " FREDERICK WEISER, "BENJAMIN SPYCKER, " CHRISTIAN LAUR,
"THOMAS JONES, Junior."
The Board taking the said Return, and Draft of Survey accom- panying it, into due Consideration, and it appearing that no Objec- tion had been made to any part thereof, do approve and confirm the Road, as in the said Return mentioned, which is hereby declared to be the King's Highway, or Public Road. And it is Ordered that the same be forthwith opened and cleared, according to the Courses and Distances abovesaid, and rendered commodious for Public Service.
At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Saturday the 21st of Janu- ary, 1769.
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PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, &cª.
Benjamin Chew, James Tilghman, S Esquires.
The Governor laid before the Board a Bill sent up by the House for his Concurrence, entituled " An Act for regulating, Pitching, Paving, and cleansing the Highways, Streets, Lanes, and Alleys, and for regulating, making, and amending the Water Courses and Common Sewers within the Inhabited and Settled Parts of the City of Philadelphia, for raising money to defray the Expences thereof, and for other Purposes therein mentioned," Which was read and considered, and the following Amendments being made thereto,. it was ordered to be returned to the House with the same.
Amendments, Viz *:
" Page 3, Line 4. Dele the Name [Joseph Swift] and instead thereof insert [John Mifflin].
" Same Page .- Dele the Name [Joseph Swift] interlined be- tween the 13th and Antepenult Lines, and Instead thereof insert the name [John Mifflin ]."'
" Page 20, Penult line .- After the first word [of ] add the Words [the Mayor or Recorder and four of the Aldermen with]." VOL. IX .- 36.
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" Page 51, Antepenult Line .- Instead of [remomoved] say [re- moved ]."
" Page 81, Line 6 .- After the word [Recorder] insert the word [and]."
" Page 86, Line 10 .- Dele the word [generally] and insert the word [greatly]."
" Page 98, Line 2d .- Dele the word [of]
At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Tuesday the 24th of Janua- ry, 1769.
PRESENT :
The Honourable JOHN PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, &cª
Richard Peters,
William Logan,
Benjamin Chew,
Lynford Lardner, James Tilghman, Esquires.
The Governor laid before the Board a Bill sent up by the As- sembly for his Concurrence, entituled " An Act for appointing Reg- ulators in the Southern parts of the Northern Liberties of the City of Philadelphia, and for other uses and purposes therein mentioned," Which was read and considered, and the following Amendments being made to it, ordered to be returned to the House with the same.
Amendments, viz“:
" Page 5 .- Dele from the word [that,] in Line 6, to the word [the] exclusive, in Line 10."
" Same page, Line 12 .- After the word [County ] add the words [are hereby impowered and enjoined to appoint three Surveyors or Regulators of the said Streets, who]."
" Page 7, Line 7 .- Dele the words [County Commissioners] and insert the words [Justices of the County Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for the said County]."
" Same Page .- Dele the Lines 10 and 11."
The Board then reconsidered the Assay Bill, which was ordered to be returned to the Assembly, with the following Amendments. Amendments, Viz* :
" Page 12, Line 6 -Dele the word [that].
" Page 13, Line 5 .- Dele the words, [the end of the next sit- ting of Assembly ;] and insert the words, [a new appointment shall be made, by Act of General Assembly of this Province."]
" Pages 18 and 19 -Dele from the word [provided] inclusive, in the 9th Line of Page 18, to the word [Master] inclusive, in the penult Line of Page 19."
" Page 26, Line 8 .- After the word [Law, ] add as follows, viz :"
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" And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that this Act shall continue and be in force for and during the space of four years, and from thence to the End of the next sitting of As- sembly, and no longer.
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