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An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Charles Bid- dle, Esquire, for the sum of fifty pounds, towards defraying the ex- pence of the lamps and watch-houses placed in the State House
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yard, and for paying wages to the Watchmen employed in guard- ing the public offices, agreeably to an act of Assembly passed the twenty-seventh day of March last, for which sum he is to be ac- countable.
Mr. Wilkins was appointed a member of the Board of Property for the present month.
A return of the General Election of a Councillor, held in the county of Huntingdon on the thirteenth day of October last, by which it appears that Benjamin Elliott, Esquire, was duly elected to represent that county in this Council, was received and' read.
On motion,
Resolved, That Mr. Gregg, Mr. Edie, and Mr. Read, be ap- pointed a committee to consider of, and report what fee may be proper for Council to allow Mr. Bradford and Mr. Ingersol, At- torneys for the State, in the cause of the Chief Justice against the Commonwealth.
A patent to Jacob Clement, for four hundred and thirty-eight acres and one hundred and forty-six perches of land in North- ampton county, (to correct the errors of a former patent granting only two hundred and seven acres and a half, and in which the length of one of the lines is mentioned to be sixty-nine perches instead of two hundred and seven perches and a half,) being pre- sented by the Secretary of the Land Office, the same was signed by the President, agreeably to the direction of Council.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 2nd, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, Presid't. The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Christopher Kucher, 7
James Read, Zebulun Potts,
Amos Gregg, Jonas Hartzell,
William Wilson, Nathaniel Breading, Esquires.
Samuel Edie, James Martin,
John Wilkins, William Finley,
Abraham Smith, Richard Willing,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable George Ross, Esquire, for one hun- dred and twenty-five pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him as Vice President of the State on the fifth day of last month.
- In favor of Frederick Sneider for fifteen pounds, being the amount of his accounts for his wages as Door-keeper to Council from the first to the thirtieth day of November, 1789, inclusive.
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On motion,
Resolved, That Tuesday next be assigned for taking into con- sideration the report of the Commissioners, appointed by act of Assembly of the twenty-ninth day of September, 1787, to regulate the district of Southwark, and to lay out new streets, lanes and alleys therein.
Upon the petition of Samuel Shannon, a negro, now confined in the jail of this city for larceny, praying a pardon, and a recom- mendation from Joseph Thatcher, the person injured,
Resolved, That the said Samuel Shannon be and he is hereby pardoned.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 3rd, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, Presid't.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Christopher Kucher,
James Read,
Zebulun Potts,
Amos Gregg,
Jonas Hartzell,
William Wilson,
James Martin,
Esquires.
John Wilkins,
Frederick Watt,
Samuel Edie,
Nathaniel Breading, and
Abraham Smith, Richard Willing, '
Henry Taylor Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Wash- ington, appeared, and being qualified as the Constitution of this and the act of Congress of the first of June last direct, was ad- mitted to his seat at the Board.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the fol. lowing accounts, were read and approved, vizt :
Of Edward Crawford, junior, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Franklin, for money received for tavern and marriage licences since the first of April and untill the fifteenth of October, 1789, amounting to fifty-nine pounds fifteen shillings and nine pence.
Of William Poyntell, for seven hundred quills furnished for the use of Council between the twenty-eighth of May and twenty-sev- enth of November, 1789, amounting to four pounds eleven shil- lings, for which sum an order was drawn in his favor upon the Trea- surer.
. Upon the petitions of Michael Snoddy, Thomas Welch, and Jo- seph Gillings, alias Jennings, now confined in the jail of this city for larceny, praying remission of the several fines imposed upon them,
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Resolved, That the prayer of the said petitions be granted, it appearing to Council by a certificate from Mr. Reynolds, the jailer, that their terms of servitude are expired.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, December 4th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Zebulun Potts, r
James Read,
Jonas Hartzell,
Amos Gregg, James Martin,
William Wilson,
Frederick Watt,
John Wilkins,
Nathaniel Breading,
Esquires.
Abraham Smith,
Henry 'Taylor,
Samuel Edie,
William Finley, and
Christopher Kucher, Richard Willing,
A monthly statement from the Comptroller General of certificates received and delivered by him in exchange, was received and read.
A letter from the Commissioncrs appointed to view the river Delaware, being a general account of their proceedings, and con- taining observations on the improvement of the navigation of that river, was also received and read.
Agreeably to the Comptroller General's reports, the following or- ders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of Andrew Brown, for thirteen pounds nine shillings and five pence, amount of his account for six copies of the Fede- ral Gazette for one year, furnished for the use of Council, till the first of October last, and for printing work done for Council untill the third instant.
In favor of Abraham Morrow, for twenty-eight pounds seven- teen shillings and nine pence, payable out of the fund appropriated for claims and improvements, according to act of Assembly passed the twenty-ninth of September last, being granted in lieu of a for- mer order for his services in repairing public arms, which remains unpaid, and is now delivered up and cancelled.
The Mayor of the city laid before Council a certificate of Doc- tor Benjamin Duffield, " That Margaret Skinner, Sarah Smith, and Anne Smith, convicts, are in such diseased situations as to require a removal from the work house to some more comfortable place," which was read ; and thereupon, it was
Resolved, To pardon the said Margaret Skinner, Sarah Smith, and Anne Smith, in order that they may be removed for their cure.
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On motion,
Resolved, That Mr. Miles, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Smith, Mr. Finley, and Mr. Wilson, be appointed a committee to request a conference with the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of sus- pending the levying of taxes for the ensuing year.
Upon the second reading of a petition from John McCoy, who was convicted in the county of Dauphine of an "assault with an attempt to rescue," praying that Council would be pleased to remit the fine of twenty shillings which was imposed upon him for the said offence,
Resolved, That the said fine be and the same is hereby remitted.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, December 5th, 1789. ·
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles,
Frederick Watt, r
Amos Gregg, Nathaniel Breading,
Abraham Smith,
Henry Taylor,
Christopher Kucher,
John Wilkins, Esquires.
Zebulun Potts,
William Wilson, and
Jonas Hartzell,
Richard Willing,
James Martin,
Petitions from Thomas Robeson, John Faulkner, and John Ham- ilton, who were convicted at the last Court of Oyer and Terminer held in the county of Northumberland of a riot, and are now con- fined in the jail of that county, praying that Council would be pleased to remit the several fines which have been imposed upon them for the said offence, was read, together with a transcript of the record of their conviction, and a recommendation from several Jus- tices of the Peace, and many respectable inhabitants of the said county in their favor ; whereupon it was
Resolved, That the said fines be remitted.
A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor Geaeral, dated November the twenty-third last, nominating, agreeably to act of Assembly of the eighth of April, 1785, Messieurs Presley Neville and Matthew Richey, as " Deputy Surveyors of a district late part of Washington county, part whereof has since been erected into a separate county called Allegany, bounded by the great road leading from Fort Bird to the town of Washington, late Cat Fish Camp, from thence to the nearest head waters of Buffaloe creek, thence down the said creek to the line of the State, thence along the same
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to the river Ohio, thence up the same to the mouth of Monongahela river, and thence up the same to the beginning," was received and read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That this Board concur with the said nomination.
Upon application of Archibald McCall, of this city, merchant, a sea letter under the great seal was issued to James Josiah, master of the ship Brothers, bound on a voyage to Canton, in China.
Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Joseph Dol- by for six pounds, amount of his account for ringing the bells upon the proclamation of the President and Vice President of Council, on the eleventh of last month.
A motion was made by Colonel Miles, seconded by Doctor Wil- kins, as follows, yizt : That the sense of Council be taken on the propriety of the bill now before the General Assembly, for suspend- ing the levying of taxes the ensuing year ; whereupon, it was
Resolved unanimously, That the said suspension is contrary to the sence of this Board.
The fine and punishment at hard labour to which John Smith was sentenced at the last Mayor's Court, upon being convicted of keep- ing a disorderly house, was remitted, agreeably to the prayer of his petition.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December the 7th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. - Samuel Miles, Frederick Watt, 7
James Read, Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg, Henry Taylor,
Christopher Kucher,
Samuel Edie,
Jonas Hartzell,
Abraham Smith,
Esquires.
John Wilkins, Richard Willing, and
William Wilson,
William Findley,
James Martin,
The Comptroller General made a return to Council of three hun- dred and four persons entitled to pensions by the laws of this State, amounting to eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty six pounds fourteen shillings and six pence, and the same was transmitted by the President to Henry Knox, Esquire, Secretary at War, agreea- bly to the request contained in his letter of the nineteenth of Octo- ber last.
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On motion,
Resolved, That the several fines of five pounds each, imposed up- on James Wilson, John Wilson and Robert Campbell, who were convicted of a riot at the last Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gen- eral Jail Delivery, held in the county of Northumberland, be and the same are hereby remitted.
A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, of this day, nominating agreeably to act of Assembly of the eighth of April, 1785, John Canan, Esquire, to be Deputy Surveyor of Hun- tingdon county, Alexander McDowell, Deputy Surveyor of district No. 8, and Andrew Henderson, Deputy Surveyor of district num- ber 4, of the Donation Lands, and William Maclay, Esquire, De- puty Surveyor of district No. 18, in the new purchase, was read, and thereupon,
Resolved, That Council concur with the said nomination, and that the following Gentlemen be accepted as sureties, vizt : David Stewart and Andrew Henderson, for John Canan, Esquire, Charles Smith and David Stewart, for Andrew Henderson, and John Mc- Dowell & John Wilkins, for Alexander McDowell.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 8th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice Presid't.
Samuel Miles, . Frederick Watt,
James Read,
Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg,
Henry Taylor,
Christopher Kucher,
Samuel Edie, Richard Willing,
Esq'rs.
Abraham Smith,
Jonas Hartzell,
. James Martin,
William Wilson, William Findley, and
John Wilkins, On motion,
Zebulun Potts.
Resolved, That the further consideration of the report of the Commissioners who were appointed to regulate the district of South- wark, be postponed untill Thursday next.
General John Gibson and John Neville, Esquire, were offered and excepted as sureties for Messieurs Presly, Neville and Matthew Richie, Deputy Surveyors, of part of Washington and Allegany counties.
A petition from Margaret Jefferies, now confined in the work- house of this city, for larceny, praying remission of the fine, paya-
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ble to the use of the State, and the punishment at hard labour to which she was sentenced for the said offence, was read, and Mr. Taylor member of Council, having informed the Board that the pe- titioner has agreed to enter into an indenture of service to him, and that he will send her to the county of Washington if Council are pleased to pardon her, thereupon,
Resolved, That the said Margaret Jefferies be and she is hereby pardoned.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 9th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, John Wilkins, 7
James Read, Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg, Henry Taylor,
Christopher Kucher, Samuel Edie,
Abraham Smith, Richard Willing,
Esquires.
Frederick Watt, James Martin, and
Jonas Hartzell,
William Finley,
William Wilson,
William Lochrey, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Westmoreland, upon a return made according to law from the district of the township of Unity.
Upon consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred to consider of and report what fee might be proper for Council to allow Mr. Bradford and Mr Ingersol, attorntes for the State in an action for depreciation, brought by the Chief Justice against the Commonwealth,
Resolved, That the sum of twenty-five pounds be allowed to Ja- red Ingersol, Esquire, and the sum of thirty pounds to William Bradford, Jun'r, in full for their services on behalf of the Com- monwealth in the above action, and including every expence attend- ing the trial which is chargeable to the State.
A certificate of the division of the township of Cœcil, in the county of Washington, by the Court of Quarter Sessions, for the more convenient election of Justices of the Peace, which was read on the first day of September last, was this day read the second time, and an order taken that the said division, for the purpose aforesaid, be and the same is hereby confirmed, according to the bounds and limits following, that is to say : beginning at Chartier's
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creek, at the junction or mouth of Brush run, and continuing up the same as high as to Matthew Johnston's, to include his farm in the upper division ; thence, leaving James Read farm to the lower division, directly to include General Washington's and Henry Guy's land in the upper division, and immediately to intersect the outside line of the township.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 10th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Nathaniel Breading,
James Read, Henry Taylor,
Christopher Kucher,
Amos Gregg,
Abraham Smith,
Richard Willing, and
Esquires.
John Wilkins,
William Findley,
William Wilson,
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the fol- lowing accounts were read and approved, vizt :
Of Demus Lindley, for seven thousand and fifty-four weight of flour issued by him from June the fourteenth untill the twenty- first of November, 1788, to the Washington county militia in ac- tual service on the frontiers, by order of the Lieutenant of said county, amounting to forty. four pounds one shilling and nine pence, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer for this sum, payable out of the militia fines of Washington county.
Of Adam Miller, for one month's service as a spy, watching the motions of the Indians on the frontiers, in the year 1788, amount- ing to two pounds fifteen shillings, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer, as aforesaid.
Of Ensign Isaac Lindsley, for the pay of his company of Wash- ington county militia for nine days' militia service on the frontiers in October, 1787, amounting to four pounds nine shillings, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer, payable as aforesaid.
:. Of George Tompoh, for his provisions while employed as a mi- litia man on the frontiers of Washington county, and for a blanket, a pack saddle, and two bags, lost on the said expedition, under. Colonel Crawford, in 1782, amounting to two pounds seven shil- lings and six pence.
Of John Hill, for a saddle, blanket, two bags, and a wallet, or knapsack, lost on the said expedition, amounting to four pounds two shillings and six pence. "
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Of Robert Taylor, for thirty days' provisions due him while em- ployed on the said expedition, amounting to one pound two and six pence.
Of Richard Hopkins, for a horse lost on the said expedition, amounting to four pounds.
Of John Turvey, for thirty days' provisions due to him while employed on the said expedition, amounting to one pound two shil- lings and six pence.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable James Martin, Esquire, for the sum of twenty-six pounds fifteen shillings and six pence, amount of his account for attendance in Council from the twelfth of November untill the tenth of De- cember, 1789, inclusively, and for mileage coming to Philadel- phia.
A certificate of the division of Hopewell township, in the county of Washington, by the Court of Quarter Sessions, for the more convenient election of Justices of the Peace, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the thirty first day of March, 1784, which was read on the first day of September last, was this day read the se- cond time, and an order taken that the said division, for the pur- pose aforesaid, be and the same is hereby confirmed, according to the bounds and limits following, that is to say : beginning at a cer- tain spring of the head waters of Cross creek, which rises about ten perches from the township of Straban, between the dwelling houses of James Anderson and Timothy Spencer ; thence down the south branch thereof to Wells's mills; thence down the creek to the State line.
The Comptroller and Register General's report upon the account of Matthew Irwin, Esquire, for inrolling the laws from November the thirteenth, 1788, untill the fifth of December, 1789, amount- ing to forty-three pounds sixteen shillings and five pence, was read, approved, and an order drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for the said sum.
Agreeably to the order of the day, Council went into the further consideration of the report of the Commissioners appointed to sur- vey and regulate the district of Southwark and townships of Moy- amensing and Passyunk, when the said report, with the objections to the confirmation thereof from several landholders in the said district and townships, were read; and after some time spent in the business, it was, on motion,
Resolved, That the further consideration thereof be postponed untill 'Thursday next, in order that a number of gentlemen now in Council, who are strangers to the subject, may get informa- tion.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, December 11th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles,
Henry Taylor,
James Read,
Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg,
Samuel Edie,
Abraham Smith,
Frederick Watt,
Esquires.
Christopher Kucher,
Richard Willing,
Jonas Hartzell,
James Martin, and
John Wilkins, William Wilson,
William Findley,
A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, of the tenth instant, nominating, agreeably to act of Assembly of the eighth of April, 1785, William Montgomery, Esquire, as Deputy Surveyor of the district described as follows, vizt : beginning at the nine mile - tree from the town of Northumberland, stand- ing on the bank of the north-east branch of Susquehanna; thence extending, by a direct line, to a corner white oak of Mary Col- lins's land, in the old line between the counties of Berks and Nor- thumberland, and thence by a direct line to the mouth of Sugar creek, at the said north-east branch of Susquehanna, part in Lu- zerne and part in Northumberland counties, was received and read ; and thereupon,
Resolved, That this Board concur with the said nomination, and that John Mackey and John Montgomery be accepted as sureties for the said Deputy Surveyor.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, December 12th, 1789.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, Samuel Edie,
James Read, Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg, Richard Willing,
Christopher Kucher, James Martin,
Esquires.
Jonas Hartzell, Frederick Watt,
John Wilkins, Abraham Smith, and
William Wilson, Henry Taylor,
William Findley,
Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Philip Gehr, for VOL. XVI .- 16.
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the sum of forty-two pounds six shillings and three pence, payable out of the militia fines of the county of Berks, being the amount of his account for provisions supplied the militia of Berks county sent to Wyoming in October, 1787, to quell the disturbances at that place.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the ac- counts of Daniel Mickey, for the depreciation of his pay as late Lieutenant of the eighth Pennsylvania regiment, from the first of January, 1777, untill March, 1780, by which a ballance of one hundred and seventy-nine pounds four shillings and six pence specie, appears to be due to him, was read and approved, and a certificate directed to issue to him for the said sum.
Upon the second reading of the petition of John Lochart, for the right of preemption of a small island in the river Delaware, between Tinicum and Hogg Island, containing about ten or fifteen acres,
Resolved, That the request of the said John Lockart cannot bo complied with.
Upon further consideration of the petition of Amos Foulke, one of the sureties of the late Rowland Evans, one of the Trustees of the Loan Office,
Resolved, That the same be referred to Mr. Vice President, Samuel Miles and Abraham Smith.
On motion,
Resolved, That Mr. Gregg, Mr. Read and Mr. Edie, be a com- mittee to examine and report what acts or resolves of the General Assembly in their last sessions require the immediate attention of Council ; and that Mr. Hartzell, Mr. William Wilson, Mr. Bread . ing, Mr. Smith and Mr. Taylor, be a committee to examine and report what laws will expire at or before the end of the next ses- sion of Assembly.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December 14th, 1789.
PRESENT :
The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Nathaniel Breading,
Amos Gregg, Frederick Watt,
James Read, Samuel Edie,
Christopher Kucher, Richard Willing, Abraham Smith,
Henry Taylor,
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James Martin, Zebulun Potts,
William Wilson, and Jonas Hartzell, and John Wilkins, William Findley,
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Hon- orable Abraham Smith, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred and
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twenty-nine pounds, being the amount of his account for his at- tendance in Council from the sixth of July untill the fourteenth of December, 1789, inclusively, and mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home.
A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, of this date, nominating agreeably to act of Assembly, dated the eighth of April, 1785, Mr. William Gray, as Deputy Surveyor of all that part of Northumberland county lying on the east side of the river Susquehanna, part whereof is now in the county of Lu- zerne.
And Mr. Thomas Brown McLene, as Deputy Surveyor of the district number two, in the new purchase, was received and read, and thereupon,
Resolved, That this Board concur with the said nomination, and that John Boyd and Thomas Grant, Esquires, be accepted as sure- ties for the said William Gray.
Thomas Hinkson and William Vernon were offered and accepted as sureties for Jonathan Vernon, Coroner of the county of Dela- ware, agreeably to the thirteenth section of the act of Assembly, passed the twenty-sixth of September last, for erecting part of the county of. Chester into a separate county.
Colonel Wilson requested Council to accept his resignation of the office of Lieutenant of the county of Northumberland; and Mr. Breading in like manner requested the Board to accept his resignation of the offices of Justice of the Peace and of the Com- mon Pleas to which he has been elected and appointed in the county of Fayette ; whereupon, it was
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