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Resolved, That the Board concur with the said nomination, and that John Ludwig and Daniel Leimback, Esquires, be accepted as sureties for the said Deputy Surveyor.
Agreeably to a recommendation from Samuel Edmiston, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Mifflin, and several respectable in- habitants of the said county, William Brown, Esquire, was unani- mously appointed President of the Court of Common Pleas, of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery and of the Orphans' Court of the said county of Mifflin, and com- missionated accordingly.
John Moore and John Culbertson, Esquires, were offered and accepted as sureties for James Guthrie's faithful performance of the office of Sheriff of the county of Westmoreland according to law.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the account of John Hazelwood, Esquire, for his services and expences in the year 1776, in the State Navy, and as Commissioner for the pur- chase of provisions for the army in the year 1781, by which a ballance of two hundred and twenty-three pounds eleven shillings and three pence half penny appears to be due to Mr. Hazlewood, was read and approved.
Agreeably to an order of Orphans' Court of the county of North- umberland, held the seventh of October, 1788, and the Comptroller General's report thereon, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mary Magdelena Row, for fifteen pounds five shillings and seven pence, being due to her for her pension in right of her husband George Row, deceased, from the twenty-sixth day of Sep-
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tember, 1786, to the seventh of October, 1788, to be paid out of the monies arising from militia fines in the said county.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 18th, 1789. PRESENT : .
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, Presid't.
Samuel Miles, Abraham Smith,
James Read,
Christopher Kucher,
Zebulun Potts, William Wilson,
Richard Willing,
James Martin,
Esquires.
Lord Butler,
Frederick Watt,
Jonas Hartzell,
Amos Gregg,
Samuel Edie,
The Attorney General attended and informed Council that the Jury in the cause of the Chief Justice against the State had not agreed in a verdict yesterday, and requesting instructions how to act, provided they should not be likely to agree this morning .- Council recommended to the Attorney General to act as he and Mr. Ingersol the other Council for the State should think most proper, all circumstances considered.
A letter from Samuel Boyd, Bartram Galbraith and Thomas Huling, Commissioners to examine the rivers Susquehanna and its Branches, stating the impracticability of .compleating the business in time to report to Council in the present sessions of Assembly, was received and read.
Agreeably to the Comptroller General's report of the seventeenth instant, two orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, one in favor of Joseph Perkins, for one hundred and eighteen pounds five shillings and seven pence, and the other in favor of Abraham Morrow, for thirty-three pounds four shillings and seven pence, payable out of the fund appropriated for claims and improvements, according to Act of Assembly passed the twenty-ninth day of September last, being granted in lieu of former orders for their services in repair- ing public arms, which remains unpaid, and are now delivered up to be cancelled.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the follow- ing accounts, were read and approved, vizt :
Of Stephen Porter, for one-half of the pay and expences of an Indian interpreter, who was employed by the Commissioners ap- pointed to run and mark the boundary line between this State and the State of New York, and for seven barrells of flour used by the Commissioners, amounting in the whole to forty-six pounds twelve shillings and seven pence. An order was drawn for this sum.
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Of Stephen Shewell, for one thousand and fifty-nine bushells of salt taken from his store in August, 1776, by the Committee of Safety, and accounted for to the State, amounting to seven hundred and ninety-four pounds nine shillings.
A petition from John Logan, bricklayer, now confined in the jail of this city for receiving stolen goods, knowing them to be such, and for harbouring persons who had been convicted of capital offences, praying a pardon, was read, and the petition dismissed.
A petition from Benjamin Miller, convicted of a burglary in the county of Montgomery, praying a pardon, was read ; whereupon, it was moved and seconded to pardon the said Benjamin Miller, on condition of his leaving the State, and on the question to agree to the said motion, it was determined in the negative.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, November 19th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Christopher Kucher,
James Read,
Lord Butler,
Abraham Smith,
William Wilson,
Samuel Edie,
Jonas Hartzell,
Esquires.
Frederick Watt, Amos Gregg, and
James Martin, Zebulun Potts,
Agreeably to the Comptroller General's report, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Joseph Perkins, for one hun- dred and twelve pounds fifteen shillings, payable out of the fund appropriated for claims and improvements according to Act of As- sembly passed the twenty ninth of September last, being granted in lieu of a former order for his services in repairing public arms which remains unpaid, and is now delivered up to be cancelled.
Nathaniel Breading, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Fayette, appeared and being qualified as the Constitution of the United States and of this State direct, was admitted to his seat at the Board.
A letter from James Pemberton on behalf of the Society for the abolition of slavery, with copies of an address from the Society to the publie for the members of Council, was received and read.
A letter from the Attorney General informed Council that in the cause of the Chief Justice against the State, a non-suit was suffer- ed by the plaintiff, the jury being ready with their verdict, &ca., and inclosing an account of Samuel Nichols, for the expences of the jury, amounting to four pounds fifteen shillings and nine pence, was received and read.
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Letters from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, nomi- nating the following gentlemen Deputy Surveyors, agreeably to Act of Assembly passed the eighth day of April, 1785, were received and read, vizt :
Henry Vanderslice, Deputy Surveyor of part of Berks county ; Joseph Wallis, Deputy Surveyor of part of Northumberland coun- ty ; and James Harris, Deputy Surveyor for all Mifflin county, ex- cept Upper Bald Eagle township, in the old purchase, and district No. 11 in the new purchase ; thereupon,
Resolved, That the Board concur with the said nominations, and that the following gentlemen be accepted as sureties for the said Deputy Surveyors, vizt :
Jacob Morgan and Nicholas Lutz, for Henry Vanderslice ; Samuel Wallis and John Loudon, for Joseph Wallis ; and John Harris, and Samuel Bryson, Esquires, for James Harris.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Lord Butler, Esquire, for the sum of twenty five pounds five shillings, being in full of his account for his pay as Councillor un- till the twenty-third instant, inclusive, and for his mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home.
Upon a petition and recommendation in favor of James Dunbar, now confined in the jail of this city for an assault and battery, pray- ing remission of a fine of ten pounds imposed upon him by the Mayor's Court for the said offence,
· Resolved, That the said fine be remitted.
The fine of six pounds imposed upon James Durandt, confined in the same jail for a cheat, was also remitted, agreeably to the prayer of his petition, it appearing to Council by a certificate from Mr. Reynolds, the jailor, that his time of servitude is expired.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, November 20th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, William Wilson,
James Read,
Nathaniel Breading,
Christopher Kucher,
Amos Gregg,
Abraham Smith,
Jonas Hartzell,
Esquires.
Samuel Edie,
Zebulun Potts, and
Frederick Watt, James Martin,
Lord Butler,
Doctor John Wilkins, Councillor elect for the county of Alle- gany, appeared, and being qualified as the Constitution of this
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State, and the act of Congress of the first of June last, direct, was admitted to his seat at the Board.
A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, nominating agreeable to the act of Assembly of the eighth of April, 1785, Mr. Isaac Hicks, a Deputy Surveyor of the county of Bucks, in the place of Samuel Preston, who has removed from the county, was received and read ; thereupon,
Resolved, That Council concur with the said nomination, and that Amos Gregg, Esquire, member of Council, and Mr. Joseph Baldwin, be accepted as sureties for the said Deputy Surveyor.
Upon farther consideration of the petitions and recommendations for the pardon of Benjamin Miller and George Harple, who were convicted of a robbery at the last Court of Oyer and Terminer, held in the county of Montgomery, and sentenced to five year hard labour, &ca., stating that this is the first offence,
Resolved, That the said Benjamin Miller and George Harple be and they are hereby pardoned, on condition of their giving sufficient security each, in the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, to be of good behaviour for the term of four years from this date, which security the Sheriff of the said county is hereby required to take.
The keeper of the jail of this city having certified to Council, that the servitude to which John Thompson, Patrick Lynch and Thomas Conner, were sentenced for larceny is now expired, and that they have been of good behaviour during their confinement; thereupon,
Resolved, That several fines of twenty shillings each, due from them to the Commonwealth, be and the same are hereby remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, November 21st, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, " Amos Gregg,
James Read, John Wilkins,
Christopher Kucher, William Wilson,
. Abraham Smith,
Nathaniel Breading, 1 Esquires.
Samuel Edie,
Christopher Kucher,
Frederick Watt, Zebulun Potts, and
James Martin, Lord Butler,
An order. was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Zebulun Potts, Esquire, for the sum of ninety pound fifteen shillings, being in full for his attendance in Council from the twelfth day of July, to November the twenty-first, 1789, (deduct-
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ing fourteen days' absence,) and his mileage twice coming to Phila- delphia and returning home.
Proposals of a loan to the State in conformity to an act of As- sembly, passed the twentieth instant, from several citizens, for the immediate relief of a number of wounded and disabled soldiers, whose pensions by the laws of this State have ceased, and who cannot receive any support from Congress untill the fifth day of March next, were laid before Council and read as follows, vizt :
Having taken into consideration the proposals for obtaining a loan for the immediate relief of the invalids made to us by the committee of the Supreme Executive Council, we agree to advance such sums of money as are set to our names on the following con- ditions, to wit :
To advance the money on loan to be secured by the certificates, letters of attorney and assignments of the invalids, and to be guar- antied by Council, under the late act of Assembly for the relief of the invalids.
The repayment of the money in specie, with interest, to be made to the subscribers, or of so much thereof as shall not be recovered from the United States on the fifth day of March next, whether the deficiency may arise from frauds on the part of the invalids or non-payment by the United States.
That arrangements be taken by a committee of Council with the subscribers for the manner of payment of the invalids, and for the re-payment to the subscribers from the United States.
THOMAS FORREST, £450 0 0.
November 21st, 1789.
Whereupon,
Resolved, That the said proposals be accepted, and that Colonel Miles, Colonel Smith and Colonel Wilson be a committee to ar- range the business with the subscribers to the said loan.
Upon consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of John Lovely, who was convicted at a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, held at Phila- delphia in February, 1789, for the city and county of Philadelphia, of harbouring certain persons who had been convicted of capital offences, knowing them to have been so convicted, and sentenced for the said offence to four years hard labour, &ca.,
Resolved unanimously, That the said John Lovely be and he is hereby pardoned.
On motion,
Resolved, That Tuesday next be assigned for the consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition from Northampton county, relative to the Nescopeck road laid out by Evan Owen.
A list of pensioners entitled to the benefit of the act of Assem- bly, passed the twentieth instant, was laid before the Council by the Comptroller General.
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The Council met.
PHILAD'A, Monday, November 23rd, 1789. PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, James Martin,
James Read,
William Wilson,
Christopher Kucher,
Nathaniel Breading,
Abraham Smith,
Jonas Hartzell,
Esquires.
Samuel Edie,
Lord Butler,
Frederick Watt,
John Wilkins,
Amos Gregg,
A transcript from the Journals of the General Assembly, con- taining the appointment of Christian Febiger, Esquire, as Trea- surer of the State, on the thirteenth instant, was read and filed.
On motion,
Ordered, That the Trustees of the Loan Office, who occupy the chamber over the Assembly room, in consequence of the determi- nation of Council of the nineteenth day of June last, remove their records, papers, &ca., without delay from the said chamber, to ac- commodate the Convention who are to meet to-morrow.
Ordered, That the Trustees above mentioned have leave to make use of the committee room of Council during the sitting of the Convention, if the 'Trustees think proper to occupy the same.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the follow- ing accounts, were read and approved, vizt : Of Ephraim Doug- lass, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Fayette, for fees received for tavern licences from June, 1788, to September, 1789, amounting to thirty-seven pounds nineteen shillings.
Of Theobald Wink, for a ballance due upon his certificate for supplies furnished by him to the Continental Army in the year 1780, amounting in specie to four pounds twelve shillings and three pence.
A petition from Alexander Neilly, stating that he was convicted in the county of Allegany, of an assault upon a certain Elizabeth Brunton, with intent to ravish, and sentenced by the Court of Gen- eral Quarter Sessions of the said county, to pay a fine of five pounds to the use of the Commonwealth, to be imprisoned six months, and at the end of that time to give security for good be- haviour for twelve months, praying Council to pardon the said I offence, was read, together with a certificate from the President of the said Court, stating the situation and circumstances of the peti- tioner, and recommending him to the mercy of Council; where- upon,
Resolved, That the fine of five pounds be remitted.
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A petition from Frederick Wing, of the city of Philadelphia, baker, praying Council to remit a fine of five pounds which was imposed upon him by the last Mayor's Court, for refusing to ac- cept the office of Collector of Militia fines, was read the second time, and thereupon,
Resolved, That the prayer of the said petition be granted.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 24th, 1789. 5
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
James Read, Jonas Hartzell,
Samuel Miles, Nathaniel Breading,
Abraham Smith, Amos Gregg, Christopher Kucher, Zebulun Potts, William Wilson, James Martin, and
J Esquires.
Samuel Edie, John Wilkins,
Frederick Watt,
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An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honora- ble Christopher Kucher, for the sum of twenty-four pounds, in full for his attendance as Councillor from the twenty-fourth of October until the twenty-fourth of November, 1789, inclusively.
The Committee to whom was referred the petition of several in- habitants of Northampton county, relative to the Nescopeck road, made a report, in the following words, to wit :
"That the prayer of the petition be granted, and that William ' Carnes, John Craig and Lawrence Erb, be and they are hereby ap- pointed and authorized to review so much of the said road as lies between Black creek and the river Lehigh."
Upon recurring to the books of Council of June the twenty-third, 1787, it appears that the road from the river Lehigh. to the Falls of Nescopeck, hath been confirmed and entered in the books of Council, according to law ; therefore,
Resolved, That Council cannot agree to the said report of the Committee.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 25th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross. Esquire, Vice President.
James Read, Amos Gregg, 1
Samuel Miles, Zebulun Potts,
Frederick Watt,
James Martin,
Esquires. 1
Samuel Edie,
Nathaniel Breading,
John Wilkins,
Jonas Hartzell, and
William Wilson,
Richard Willing,
William Finley, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Westmoreland, appeared, and being qualified, as the Constitution of this State and the act of Congress of the first day of June last direct, was admitted to his seat at this Board.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able Samuel Edie, Esquire, for sixty-six pounds fifteen shillings, in full for his attendance in Council one day in June, and from the seventh of September until the twenty-fifth of November, 1789, and also for mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home.
Upon the second reading of a petition from Maurice Fitzgerald, who was convicted of larceny in the county of Chester. praying a pardon, and also a recommendation from some of the Justices and many respectable inhabitants of the said county in his favor,
Resolved, That the said Maurice Fitzgerald be and he is hereby pardoned.
The Comptroller General's report upon the following accounts were read and approved, vizt :
Of Samuel Davidson, Esquire, as Treasurer of Bedford county, from the thirteenth of January untill the first of November, 1789,. by which a ballance of two hundred and forty-eight pounds six shillings and two pence appears to the due to the State from the said Treasurer, and the sums of fifteen shillings and ten pence Conti- mental money, and eight shillings and seven pence State money, are due from the State to the said Treasurer.
Of Daniel Kennedy, late Adjutant of the sixth Pennsylvania regiment, for his half-pay from the first of September, 1785, till the eleventh of March, 1786, the time of his death, by which a ballance of seven pounds one shilling and three pence appears to be due to the estate of the said Kennedy, and for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer.
Of Captain John Hubley, for Militia services in the first compa- ny of foot of the eighth battalion of Lancaster county militia, in the years 1780 and 1781, by which a ballance of twenty-six pounds
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thirteen shillings and five pence appears to be due to the said John Hubley, and for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasu- rer, payable out of the monies arising from militia fines in the county of Lancaster.
Of Hilary Baker, Esquire, for monies received for tavern licen- ces by him issued, between the sixteenth of February and the twen- ty-seventh of October, 1789, amounting to two hundred and seven- teen pounds two shillings.
A certificate under the seal of the State, of David Sproat's at- tainder of high treason, by proclamation of Council of the twenty- first of May, 1778, was presented to the Board, agreed to, and signed by the President.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the ac- counts of Jacob Noell, for his pay as a seven months' man in the late Continental army, amounting to twelve pounds ten shillings was read and approved.
Sharp Delany, Esquire, Collector of State duties, attended, and gave Council some information respecting the state of his collec- tions.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, Novem'r 27th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Zebulun Potts,
James Read,
Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg,
William Finley,
Christopher Kucher, James Martin,
Jonas Hartzell,
Frederick Watt,
Esquires.
Abraham Smith,
Samuel Edie, and
William Wilson,
Richard Willing,
John Wilkins,
John Stewart, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Mifflin, upon a return made according to law, from the district of Lack township, in the county aforesaid.
A petition from a number of settlers on a tract of land situate in the forks of Delaware, in the county of Northampton, commonly known by the name of the Dry Land, which has been deemed to be appropriated and reserved by the late Proprietors of Pennsylva -- nia, stating that they and other settlers have been called upon by the agent of the said Proprietaries to pay for their farms and re- ceive deeds for the same, but that a considerable number have re-
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fused to comply, alledging that the said tract is vested in the Com- monwealth, by the act of Assembly of November twenty-seventh, 1779, against whom ejectments have been brought for the recovery of the said lands; that the petitioners are desirous to settle with those who have title, whether the Commonwealth or the said late Proprietaries, and praying Council to direct an enquiry into the title to the said lands, and take such further order as may relieve them in their present embarrassing situation, was read the second time; and thereupon,
Resolved, That as suits at law have been instituted to try the title to the said lands, this Board cannot comply with the prayer of the said petition, and that therefore the petitioners have leave to withdraw the same.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, November 28th, 1789,
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, William Wilson,
Abraham Smith, John Wilkins,
Zebulun Potts,
Nathaniel Breading,
Christopher Kucher,
James Martin, Esquires.
Samuel Edie,
Richard Willing,
Frederick Watt,
William Findley,
James Read, Amos Gregg,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor- able James Read, Esquire, for the sum of thirty-three pounds, in full for his attendance Council from the sixteenth of October till the twenty-eighth November, 1789, both days included.
On motion,
Resolved, That Colonel Miles, Doctor Gregg and Jonas Hartzell, be appointed a committee to enquire and to report what islands in the river Delaware are the property of this State.
A letter from Adam Grubb, Esquire, a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in the county of Delaware, request- ing Council to accept his resignation of the said offices, was read, and an order taken that the said resignation be accepted.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, November 30th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, William Wilson,
James Read,
Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg,
James Martin,
Esquires.
Abraham Smith,
William Findley,
Frederick Watt,
Samuel Edie,
John Wilkins,
Zebulun Potts,
John Minor, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Jus- tice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Washington, upon a return made according to law from the district of the township of Green, in the said county.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 1st, 1789.
PRESENT : His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, Presid't.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, James Read, William Findley,
James Martin,
Amos Gregg,
Samuel Edie,
Christopher Kucher,
Nathaniel Breading, Esquires.
Zebulun Potts,
John W's kins, and
Abraham Smith, Frederick Watt,
Willian viWilson,
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A letter from the Surveyor General, dated the twenty-eighth of November, nominating James Johnston, Esquire, a Deputy Sur- veyor of district No. 5, in the new purchase, was received and read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That this Board concur with the said nomination, and that Doctor Robert Johnston and John Johnson, High Sheriff of Franklin county, be accepted as sureties for the said James John- ston's faithfull performance of the said office, according to the act of Assembly passed the eighth of April, 1785.
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