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Robert Levers, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Northampton, upon a return made according to law for the district of the townships of Easton and Forks.
Daniel Hiester, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Mont- gomery attended in Council, and having taken the oaths required by the constitution to qualify him to act as Councillor for the said county of Montgomery, he took his seat at the Board.
Charles Biddle, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Berks, attended in Council, and having taken the oaths required by the constitution to qualify him to act as Councillor for the county of Berks, he took his seat at the Board,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, Esquire, Comptroller General, for the sum of five hundred pounds, State money, for paying one-third part of depreciation to the Pennsylvania line, for which sum he is to be accountable, to be paid according to resolution of the General Assembly dated the thirteenth of April, 1782.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Nichol- son, Esquire, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, being one quarter's salary as Comptroller General, ending the twelfth in- stant.
· An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Thomas Fitzimmons, for the sum of seventy-two pounds twelve shillings and six pence, and the sum of fifty-four pounds five shil- lings specie, in full for his attendance in the Council of Censors untill the twenty-fifth day of September, 1784, inclusively, to be paid according to resolution of Assembly dated the twenty-second of November, 1783.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for the sum of twenty pounds thirteen shillings and nine pence specie, in full for his attendance as Door-keeper to the Coun-
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cil of Censors untill the eleventh instant, inclusively, to be paid according to the same resolution of Assembly.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Bernard Dougherty and James Martin, for their services as Judges at a spe- cial Court of Oyer and Terminer held at Bedford in 1778, was read and approved.
The return of the general election in the county of Berks was received and read, by which it appears that the following gentle- men were duly elected :
Charles Biddle, Esquire, Councillor.
Representatives in the General Assembly .- Nicholas Lutz, Abra- ham Lincorn, Christian Lawer, Henry Spycker, David Davis, and Matthias Roads.
Sheriffs .-- Peter Filbert, and William Whitman.
Coroners .- Peter Nagle and Peter Feather.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Peter Filbert, Esquire, be appointed and com- missioned to be Sheriff of the county of Berks, and that Peter Nagle be appointed and commissioned to be Coroner of the said county.
Peter Filbert, Esquire, attended in Council, and. offered Joseph Heister and Nicholas Lutz, Esquires, as surcties for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office of Sheriff for the county of Berks, according to law, which were approved.
The return of the general election in the county of Northamp. ton was read, together with a memorial from William Craig, of the said county, stating that Peter Ealer, who is highest on the return of Sheriffs, is ineligible to that office by reason of his having served in the office of under-Sheriff for the three last successive years, and praying a hearing before this Board ; whereupon, it was
Ordered, That Monday the fifth day of November next, be ap- pointed for a hearing of the parties relative to the objections made by the said William Craig, and that the Secretary give notice to Robert Traill, Peter Ealer, Jacob Bachman, and William Craig, to attend Council on the said day.
Upon application of Sharp Delany, Esquire, it was
Ordered, That Joseph Bullock and Nathaniel Falconer, Esquires, be requested to inspect and appraise a package of woollen goods marked L G, agreeably to an act of the General Assembly intitled " An Act for an impost on goods, wares, and merchandize, imported into this State," passed the twenty-third day of December, 1780, and report to Council.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, October 16th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John McDowell, }
Stephen . Balliott, John Boyd, and ! Esquires.
Bernard Dougherty, John Neville,
Daniel Heister,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble John Montgomery, Esquire, for the sum of eighty-seven pounds specie, in full for his attendance to meet the Committee of the States untill the fifteenth instant, inclusively, and his mileage.
The return of the general election in the county of Lancaster was received and read, together with a remonstrance signed Mat- thew McClung, Judge at the first district, Hugh Peden, Judge at the third district, Joseph Jenkens, Judge at the fourth district, and Benjamin Moore, Judge at the fifth district, complaining of abuses and irregularities at said election, and praying a hearing before this Board ; whereupon, it was
Ordered, That Monday the eighth day of November next be ap- pointed for a hearing of the parties, touching the said disputed election.
Ordered, That Archibald Steele, Jacob Bailey, John Jordan, Daniel Franks, Matthew McClung, Hugh Peden, Joseph Jenkins, Benjamin Moore, George McGlaughlin, William Montgomery, John Jago, George Graff, Henry Dering, and Abraham Whitmer, be re- quired to attend Council on the said day, to give evidence respect- ing the said election.
Ordered, That Thomas Edwards, Esquire, be directed to produce to Council, on the said eighth of November, the list and certificates of the Judges and Inspectors of the first district delivered at the meeting of the Judges of all the districts.
Ordered, That the Judges of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth districts, be directed to produce to Council on the said day, the list of the names of the voters taken in each district at the time of election, and the tallies then made.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 18th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine,
Stephen Balliott,
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John M'Dowell, John Neville, and & Esquires. John Boyd, Daniel Heister,
Upon the petition of John Brown, convicted of burglary in the county of Philadelphia, and the recommendation of the Honorable the Chief Justice and the Jury in his behalf, it was
Ordered, That the said John Brown be pardoned.
The return of the general election held in the county of York, was received and read, by which it appears that the following gentle- men were duly elected :.
Councillor-Richard McCallister, Esquire.
Representatives in the General Assembly-Robert McPherson, Henry Miller, John Hay, Philip Gartner, James Ewing, David McConnaughy, and Joseph Lilly, and Henry Tyson.
Sheriffs -- William Bailey and John Edie.
Coroners-Ephraim Pennington and George Lewis Leffler. Commissioner-Michael Hahn.
On consideration,
Ordered, That William Bailey, Esquire, be appointed and com- missioned to be Sheriff of the county of York, and that Ephraim Pennington be appointed and commissioned to be Coroner of the said county.
William Bailey, Esquire, attended in Council, and offered Thomas Hartley and David Grier, Esquires, of the county of York, as sureties for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office of Sheriff for the said county, according to law, which the Council approved.
Henry Slagle and Daniel May, Esquires, were appointed and commissioned to be Justices of the Peace in and for the county of York, upon returns made according to law, for the district of the township of Berwick, and the district of the townships of Paradise and Dover townships.
Henry Slagle, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of York.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 19th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Daniel Hiester,
John McDowell, John Boyd, &
Stephen Balliot, John Neville.
The petition, of Matthias Lukens, convicted of manslaughter in the county of Philadelphia, was read and rejected.
Upon the petition of Hartman Horn, convicted of keeping a tipling house in the county of Washington, it was
Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by the said Hartman Horn, be remitted.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of the hon- orable John Boyd, Esquire, late a commissioner sent to Wioming, for expences of himself and Lieutenant Colonel John Armstrong, was read and approved.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Lieute- nant Colonel James Read, was read and approved, and an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for twenty-seven pounds eight shillings and nine pence specie, in full for his pay and expences as a commissioner on the Wioming business.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mr. James Pearson, for two hundred pounds, for purchasing materials, and paying for those already procured, for repairing the State house, according to resolution of the General Assembly dated the twenty- second day of September, 1784.
A petition from divers inhabitants of Washington county, com- plaining of the conduct of the commissioners of the taxes in the said county, in laying the taxes in a partial manner, to the great injury of the petitioners, was read ; and thereupon,
Ordered, That a copy of the said complaint be transmitted to the said commissioners, and that they be directed to explain to Council their conduct with respect to the petitioners.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 20th, 1784. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Daniel Heister,
John McDowell, John Boyd, and
Stephen Balliot, John Neville.
Mr. Robert Andrews, of the State of Virginia, returned his thanks to Council for the late loan of one hundred and fifty pounds, which he has now repaid into the Treasury.
The Comptroller General's reports upon the following accounts, were read and approved :
Of Daniel Levan, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Berks for the tax upon writs.
Of John Hubley, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Lan- caster, for the tax upon writs.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of 'Thomas Hutchins, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and seventy pounds specie, in part of his pay as one of the commissioners for running and ascertaining the boundary line between this State and that of Virginia, for which he is to be accountable.
The return of the general election held in the county of Cumber- land, was received and read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were duly elected :
Councillor-Jonathan Hoge, Esquire.
Representatives in the General Assembly-Frederick Watt, John Harris, William Brown, Robert Whitehill.
Sheriffs-Samuel Postlethwaite and Charles Leiper.
Coroners-William Blair, Junior, and John Rannells. Commissioner-John Jordan.
On consideration,
Ordered, That Samuel Postlethwaite, Esquire, be appointed and commissioned to be Sheriff of the county of Cumberland, and that William Blair, Junior, be appointed and commissioned to be Coro- ner of the said county.
Samuel Postlethwaite, Esquire, offered Stephen Duncan and Robert Magaw, Esquires, of the county of Cumberland, as sureties for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office of Sheriff for the said county, according to law, which the Council approved.
The return of the general election held in the county of Frank- lin, was read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were duly elected ;
Councillor-James McLene.
Representatives in the General Assembly-James Johnston, Abraham Smith, and James McCamant.
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Sheriffs-Jeremiah Talbot and John Martin.
Coroners-John Rhea and Samuel Royer.
Commissioners-James Poe, John Work, and John Beard.
On consideration, .
Ordered, That Jeremiah Talbot, Esquire, be appointed and com- missioned to be Sheriff of the county of Franklin, and that John Rhea, Esquire, be appointed and commissioned to be Coroner of the said county.
Benjamin Chambers, Junior, and Patrick Campbell, of the county of Franklin, were offered by Jeremiah Talbot, Esquire, as sure ties for his faithful performance of the duties of his office of Sheriff of the said county, according to law, which the Council approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, October 21st, 1784. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Daniel Heister,
George Wall, John Boyd, and
John McDowell,
John Neville,
Esquires.
Stephen Balliott,
Mr. Boyd informed Council that Ensign Andrew Henderson, of Colonel Harmer's detachment, has declined his appointment ; whereupon,
The Council proceeded to the appointment of an Ensign, in the room of Mr. Henderson, when Nathaniel McDowell was unani- mously chosen, and a commission issued accordingly.
The Comptroller General's report upon William Becker's certi- ficate, was read and approved.
John Boyd, Esquire, was appointed and commissioned to be a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Lancaster, upon a return made according to law, for the district of Martick town- ship.
The return of the general election held in the county of Bucks, was received and read, by which it appears that the following gen- tlemen were duly elected, vizt :
Representatives in the General Assembly :- Thomas Long, John Clarke, Joseph Thomas, John Keller, and Arthur Irwin.
Sheriffs :- Samuel Dean, Esquire, and Jacob Bennet.
Coroners :- William Bennet and William Hart.
On consideration,
Odered, That Samuel Dean, Esquire, be appointed and commis- sioned to be Sheriff of the county of Bucks, and that William
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Bennet be appointed and commissioned to be Coroner of the said county.
Samuel Dean, Esquire, offered Samuel Smith and Arthur Erwin, Esquires, of the county of Bucks, as sureties for the faithful dis- charge of the duties of his office of Sheriff of the said county, ac- cording to law, which the Council approved.
The return of the general election held in the county of Chester, was received and read, by which it appears that the following gen- tlemen were duly elected :
Representatives in the General Assembly :- Richard Willing, Anthony Wayne, Edward Jones, Robert Ralston, Joseph Straw- bridge, Persifor Frazier, Thomas Potts, and Charles Humphreys. Sheriffs :- William Gibbons and Charles Dilworth.
Coroners :- John Harper and Isaac Thomas.
Commissioners :- Joseph Mcclellan and Andrew Boyd.
On consideration,
Ordered, That William Gibbons, Esquire, be appointed and com- missioned to be Sheriff of the county of Chester, and that John Harper be appointed and commissioned to be Coroner of the said county.
William Gibbons, Esquire, offered John Hannum and Thomas Cheyney, Esquires, of the county of Chester, as sureties for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office of the said county, according to law, which the Council approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 22nd, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
John McDowell, John Neville, and Esquires.
Stephen Balliot, George Wall,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of William Wil- son, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Northumberland, for the sum of twenty-four pounds eighteen shillings and eight pence, for paying sundry accounts for lead, powder, flints, and repair of arms, for the Wioming expedition, agreeably to the Comptroller General's report.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Van Campen, Esquire, for the sum of two hundred pounds specie, on account for provisions furnished for the use of the troops lately sent to Wioming, for which sum he is to be accountable.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, October 23rd, 1784. PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
John McDowell, John Neville, and Stephen Balliot, George Wall,
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 25th, 1784. PRESENT : . 1
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President,
The Honorable James Irvine, John Boyd,
John McDowell, John Neville, Esquires.
Bernard Dougherty,
The Comptroller General's reports upon the accounts of Francis Bailey, for printing work done for the Comptroller General's office, and of the Subalterns, non-commissioned officers, and privates of Captain Philip Schrawder's company of Rangers, were read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 26th, 1784. · PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Bernard Dougherty,)
John McDowell, John Boyd, and Esquires. Stephen Balliot, John Neville,
Richard McAlister, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of York, attended in Council, and having taken the oaths required by the Constitution, was admitted accordingly, to a seat at this Board.
Upon the petition of Rachel Cotton, convicted of fornication in the county of Washington, it was
Ordered, That her fine be remitted.
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The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Captain Philip Schrawder, of the company of Rangers lately stationed in Northampton county, was read and approved.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Jacob Shal- lus, for three pounds seven shillings and six pence specie, for three copies of the list of Indian deeds, used at the late trial at Trenton between this State and Connecticut.
An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Captain Philip Schrawder, for eleven pounds twelve shillings and six pence specie, being the ballance due in specie upon his recruiting account, agree- ably to the Comptroller General's report of the fourteenth of Octo- ber, 1784, to be paid out of the money arising from the class tax.
The record of the conviction of Joseph Chalk, John McDunnell, and John Varnum, alias Benson, in the county of Chester, for bur- glary, was read ; and on consideration, it was
Ordered, That a warrant be issued to the Sheriff of the county of Chester, directing him to execute the sentence of the Court up- on the said Joseph Chalk, John McDunnell, and John Varnum, alias Benson, on Tuesday the second day of November next.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 27th, 1784. PRESENT : His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Hon'ble James Irvine, John Neville,
John McDowell, Stephen Balliot, and Esq'rs. John Boyd, Richard Mc Callister,
- The Comptroller General's report upon the account of James Davis, deceased, for team hire in the year 1777, was read and ap- proved, and an order drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the es- tate of James Davis, for the sum of seventy five pounds specie, in full of the said account, to be paid out of the militia fines of the county of Chester.
Upon application of Barbe De Marbois, Junior, in favor of Louis Colinet and Jean Goudryon, convicted of stabbing a certain Francis Wilson, and now confined in the jail of the said county, it was
Ordered, 'That the sentences against them, as to the fine and the security, be remitted, on condition that they immediately de- part this State in the L'Esperance, Captain Beaudue, bound from this port to Dunkirk.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Samuel Bulfinch, for expences to Annapolis and returning, to bring Henry
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Carberry from thence, was read and approved, and an order drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for thirty-one pounds three shil- lings and six pence, in full of the said account.
A certificate from the Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, of the twenty-sixth instant, respecting the removal of the Chevaux de frize, was received and read, and is as follows, to wit :
Port of Philadelphia, Warden's Office, October 26th, 1784.
We do certify that Messrs. Levi Hollinsworth, and Arthur Don- naldson, have not only removed the destroyed forty-nine Chevaux de frize, but from the reports, employed in sweeping the bed of the river in the neighborhood of Mud Island and Billingsport, we have reason to believe that they also removed all the frames that were obstructions, and that the navigation in both the eastern and western channel is rendered perfectly safe.
FRANCIS GURNEY, JOTIN HAZLEWOOD, GEORGE ORD, JOSEPH BULLOCK.
NATHANIEL FALCONER, SAMUEL CALDWELL,
Upon which it was
Ordered, That a letter be written to Messieurs Arthur Donnald- son and Levi Hollinsworth, in the following words, vizt :
In Council, Philadelphia, October 27th, 1784.
GENTLEMEN :- The certificate of the Wardens of the Port gives us great satisfaction, and we have drawn an order for the payment of the ballance due to you.
We cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of expressing, upon this occasion, our sense of the attention and ingenuity exerted in re- moving the Chevaux de frize, and of the very great service thereby rendered to our fellow citizens.
I am with much respect, gentlemen, your obedient and very humble servant,
JOHN DICKINSON.
Messrs. Arthur Donnaldson and Levi Hollinsworth.
Ordered, That the foregoing certificate from the Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, and letter to Messieurs Arthur Donnaldson and Levi Hollinsworth, be published.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, October 28th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Stephen Balliot,
John McDowell, Richard McCallister, Esquires.
John Boyd, Charles Biddle, and
John Neville, George Wall,
John Agnew, James McCune, and David McClure, Esquires, were, appointed and commissioned to be Justices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cumberland.
Manuel Eyre, Esquire, attended in Council, and resigned his office of a Justice of the Peace for the township of the Northern Liberties, in the county of Philadelphia, in consequence of his be- ing elected a Representative in the General Assembly for the said county.
Upon considering the petition of Susannah Kerrigan, complain- ing of Isaac Howell, Esquire, for misbehaviour in acting as a Jus- tice of the Peace, it was
Ordered, That the said petition be referred to the Attorney General, to take order therein according to law.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Messieurs Arthur Donnaldson and Levi Hollinsworth, for two thousand nine hundred pounds specie, ballance, and in full of their account for removing the Chevaux de frize from the channel of the river Dela- ware, to be paid according to resolution of Assembly dated the twenty-fourth day of September, 1783, out of the duties which have arisen by the late impost laws ..
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Captain Nicholas Bettingers, for repairing arms for his company, in the year 1776, was read and approved.
The petition of John Benson, now under sentence of death in the jail of Chester county, was read and rejected.
James Oliver, William McCay, Alexander Laughlin, John Rey- nolds, and James Dunlop, were severally appointed and commis- sioned to be Justices of the Peace in and for the county of Cum- berland, upon returns made according to law, for the districts of the townships of East Pennsboro', Fermanaugh, Newton, Shippens- burgh and Southampton.
And the said James Oliver, William McCay, Alexander Laugh- lin, John Reynolds, and James Dunlop, Esquires, were severally appointed and commissioned to be Justices of the County Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Cumberland.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 29th, 1784.
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PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Hon'ble James Irvine, Charles Biddle,
John McDowell, John McAlister, and
George Wall, John Neville,
Stephen Balliot, L-
Esquires.
Upon the petitions of James Browne and Benjamin Gregory, convicted of larceny in the city of Philadelphia, and the recom- mendation of the Justices in their behalf, it was
Ordered, That the corporal punishment to which they have been sentenced respectively, be remitted.
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of George Wall, junior, Esquire, late Sheriff of the county of Bucks, for serving writs in behalf of the Commonwealth, relating to West and Reynolds' lands in the said county, and Courts and Juries ex- pences paid by him, was read and approved, and an order directed to be issued in his favor for the sum of sixty-two pounds seven shillings and one penny, amount of the said acc't.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, October 30th, 1784.
PRESENT :
His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President.
The Honorable James Irvine, Bernard Dougherty,
John McDowell, Daniel Hiester,
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