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James Martin,
The Comptroller and Register General's report upon the follow- ing accounts were read and approved, vizt :
Of Charles Biddle, Esquire, for fees received in the Secretary's office, from the twenty-fourth of July untill the twenty-third of October, 1789, amounting one hundred and ninety-six pounds seven shillings.
Of William Gregory, for his pay as an eighteen months' man in the late army of the United States, amounting to forty-five pounds.
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The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable John Wilkins, Esquire, for fifty-two pounds, in full for attendance in Council from November the twen- tieth, 1789, untill the sixth of January, 1790, inclusively, and his mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home.
In favor of Francis Bailey, for fifteen pounds nine shillings and four pence, amount of his account for publishing in the Freeman's Journal the tax lists of the counties of Huntingdon, Franklin and Northampton, and for several continuations thereof, from August to October, 1789, according to the Comptroller General and Regis- ter General's report.
Council resumed the consideration of the report of the Commis- sioners appointed by act of Assembly of the twenty ninth of Sep- tember, 1787, to regulate the district of Southwark and townships of Moyamensing and Passyunk, as follows, vizt :
To the Honorable the President and Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
We, the Commissioners appointed by an act of Assembly passed the twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, intituled An act to appoint Commissioners to regulate the streets, lanes and alleys in the district of Southwark, and to lay out new streets, lanes and alleys therein, for the accommodation of the inhabitants, and to lay out the roads therein mentioned, through the said district, and parts of the townships of Moyamensing and Passyunk, most respectfully certify and return :----
That having first taken the oath and affirmation required by the act of Assembly, we have caused to be made a. survey of all the streets, lanes and alleys of the said district, and several of the roads in the townships of Moyamensing and Passyunk, and have carefully.viewed and considered the grounds through which they severally pass, in order to comply with the directions of the said act, and to accommodate as nearly as possible the convenience of the several owners of ground through which the new streets and roads were to be laid out, and after mature deliberation thereon, we unanimously report and return the following streets and. roads, agreeably to two plans herewith returned and presented, and by us signed, wherein all the old streets, lanes, alleys and roads are co- loured with light brown, and the new streets, alleys and roads hereafter described, are coloured with green. Those streets and ways which are coloured with yellow are only intended to shew the direction of the several streets which may hereafter be laid out, and may prove a convenience in the improvement and division of estates in those parts of the district, and prevent future irregularity in building.
No. 1. Wharf street :- A street laid out in order to form a com- munication from wharf to wharf, between the stores and buildings VOL. XVI .- 17.
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now erected and hereafter to be erected by the owners of the water lots in the said district, and the heads of the docks hereafter to be formed, for the accommodations of ships, &ca .; beginning for the eastwardly side of the said Wharf street, at the distance of one hundred and sixty feet from the intersection which is made by the east side of Water street and south side of South street, (the said South street being the boundary between the city of Philadelphia and the district of Southwark,) and thence the east side of said Wharf street extends south five degrees west untill it crosses the south line of a street hereinafter mentioned and laid out, by the name of Federal street; thence continuing the same course for the eastwardly side of said Wharf street eighty-nine feet; thence south twenty-one degrees and a half east to the south-eastwardly boundary of the said district ; the said eastwardly line of the said Wharf street being at the distance of one hundred and four feet from the line laid out by the Wardens of the port of Philadelphia, for the utmost limit or extent of the piers or wharves projecting into the river Delaware; the said Wharf street to be and extend of the breadth of thirty-three feet, the whole length of the said street except that part which crosses and immediately joins Fede- ral street on the south side thereof, which part is as follows on said Federal street :- Beginning at the distance of thirty-three feet from the east side of said Wharf street, and continues a course south five degrees west sixty-nine feet, until it intersects the con- tinuation of a line to be drawn north twenty-one and a half degrees west from the westerly side of said Wharf street.
No. 2. Meadow street :- Beginning on the north side of a street hereinafter mentioned, by the name of Reed street, at the distance of three hundred and thirty feet eastwardly from Swanson street and extending north fourteen degrees east, fifty feet wide, until it intersects the westward line of Wharf street, gradually narrowing as the western line of said Meadow street approaches the angle of Wharf street.
No. 3. Swanson street :- A continuation of old Swanson street, heretofore laid out, beginning for the west side thereof on the south side of Christian street, at the distance of two hundred and seven- ty feet eastward of the east side of Church alley, hereafter descri- bed by the name of Church street, and extends south nine degrees and a half west to Federal street; thence crossing said Federal - street, extends south fourteen degrees west to the street hereinafter laid out by the name of Reed street,' which said continuation of Swanson street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, except where some part thereof comprehends part of the burial ground and premises belonging to the corporation of the Sweedish church of Wiccacoe, and is coloured yellow in the plan, and also excepting the ground late belonging to the estate of Samuel Mor- ris, Esquire, and now occupied as a rope-walk.
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No. 4. Church street :- A continuation of Church alley, (herc- tofore laid out,) beginning on the south side of Christian street and eastwardly side of said Church alley, being two hundred and seventy-six feet westward from Swanson street, and extending south fourteen degrees west to a street hereinafter laid out by the name of Read street, which said Church street is every where to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, except that part which was heretofore laid out for Church alley, and also excepting the ground late belonging to the estate of Samuel Morris, Esquire, and now occupied as a rope-walk.
No 5. Front street :- A continuation of old Front street, here- tofore laid out, beginning on the south side of Greenwich street in the said district, and extends in a direct line with the said old Front street south fourteen degrees west until it intersects Keeler's lane, which said continuation of Front street is to be and extended of the breadth of sixty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
. No. 6, Second street :- A continuation of old Second street here- tofore laid out, beginning at the distance of two hundred and eight feet from the south side of Christian street, and in a direct line with said old Second street, extending south fifteen degrees west, untill it intersects Greenwich street; which said continuation of Second street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 7, Third street :- A continuation of old Third street here- tofore laid out, beginning on the south side of Catherine street, and in a direct line with said old Third street, and extending south fourteen degrees west, untill it intersects Moyamensing road; which said continuation of third street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid, except where the in- tersections of the road interfere with it and form a part thereof.
No. 8, Fourth street :- A continuation of Fourth street of the city of Philadelphia, beginning on the south side of South street, and in a direct line with the said Fourth street, and extending south fourteen degrees west, untill it intersects Johnson's lane ; which said continuation of Fourth street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 9, Crab street :- A continuation of old Crab street hereto- fore laid out, beginning at the south end of the said old Crab street, and extending in a direct line therewith south fourteen degrees west, untill it intersects a street hereinafter mentioned by the name of Plumb street; which said continuation of Crab street is to be and extended of the breadth of thirty-three feet, during all the dis- tance aforesaid.
No. 10, Fifth street :- A continuation of the line of Fifth street of the city of Philadelphia, beginning on the south-eastwardly side of Passyunk road, and extending in a direct line with the said Fifth street south fourteen degrees west, untill it intersects Johnson's lane ; which said continuation of Fifth street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
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No. 11, Sixth street :- A continuation of the line of Sixth street of the city of Philadelphia, beginning on the south-eastwardly side of Passyunk road, and extending in a direct line with the said Sixth street south fourteen degrees west, untill it intersects Wharton street; which said continuation of Sixth street is to be and ex- tended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance afore- said.
No. 12, Seventh street :- A continuation of the line of Seventh street of the city of Philadelphia, beginning on the south-east- wardly side of Passyunk road, and extending in a direct line with the said Seventh street south fourteen degrees west, until it inter- sects Wharton street; which said continuation of Seventh street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the dis- tance aforesaid.
No. 13, Eighth street :- A continuation of the line of Eighth street of the city of Philadelphia, beginning on the south-eastward- ly side of Passyunk road, and extending in a direct line with said Eighth street south fourteen degrecs west, untill it intersects Whar- ton street; which said continuation of Eighth street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance afore- said.
No. 14, Shippen street :- A continuation of old Shippen street heretofore laid out, beginning on the west side of Fourth street, and extending in a direct line with the said Shippen street north seventy-six degrees west, until it intersects Passyunk road ; which , said continuation of Shippen street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 15, Plumb street :- A continuation of old Plumb street heretofore laid out, beginning at the west end of said Plumb street, and extending in a direct line therewith north seventy-three de- grees west, until it intersects the line of Fifth street herein before continued ; which continuation of Plumb street is to be and ex- tended of the breadth of forty-seven feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 16, A. Street, or Landing :- Beginning for the south side thereof at the distance of two hundred and seventy-eight feet six inches, to the northward of Catherine strect on Swanson street, and extending south eighty one degrees east into the river Delaware, · untill it intersects the line as fixed by the Port Wardens; which said street or landing is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 17, German street, nearly in a line with old German street heretofore laid out, beginning on the east side of Front street at the distance of three hundred and thirty-cight feet from the north side of Catherine street, being the south side of said German street, and extending south seventy·six degrees cast, until it intersects Swan- son street ; which said continuation of German street is to be and extended of the breadth of forty feet, during all the distance afore- said.
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No. 18, Mead alley. An old alley now widened, and partly opposite old German street, beginning for the south side of said alley on the west side of Front street three hundred and thirty-eight feet from the north side of Catherine street, extending to and in- tersecting Second street at the distance of three hundred and thirty feet from said Catherine street, the said Mead alley being extended to the breadth of thirty fact, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 19, German street :- A continuation of old German street, beginning at the west end of said street, and extending in a direct line therewith north seventy-three degrees west, untill it intersects Passyunk road; which said continuation of German street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 20, Queen strect :- A continuation of old Queen street here- tofore laid out, beginning at the west end of said street, and ex- tending in a direct line therewith north seventy-three degrees west, untill it intersects the line of Sixth street continued ; which said continuation of Queen street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 21, Carpenter's street, continued :- Beginning for the south side thereof forty seven feet from the south end of old Church alley and on the west side thereof, and extending north seventy- six degrees west, untill it intersects Third street; which said con- tinuation af Carpenter's street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet, during all the distance aforesaid.
No 22, Washington street :- A new street, beginning for the north side thereof on the west side of Swanson street continued, at the distance of five hundred and eighty-four feet from the south side of Christian street, and extending north seventy-six degrees west untill it intersects Passyunk road ; which said Washington street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 23, Fœderal street :- A new street, beginning for the north side thereof on the west side of Swanson street continued, at the distance of three hundred and twenty-six feet from the south side of Washington street, and extends north seventy-six degrees west untill it intersects Passyunk road ; which said Federal street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 24, Continuation of Federal street :-- Beginning for the south side of said continuation of Federal street at the distance of twenty-five feet south of the southern line of Federal street, and on the east side of Swanson street, and extending into the river Delaware south seventy-six degrees east until it intersects the boundary line as fixed by the Port Wardens; which said continu- ation of Federal street is to be and extended of the breadth of one hundred feet during all the distance aforesaid.
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No. 25, Wharton street :- A new street, beginning for the north side thereof on the west side of Swanson street, at the distance of four hundred feet from the south side of Federal street, and ex- tending north seventy-six degrees west untill it intersects Passyunk road; which said Wharton street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 26, Continuation of Wharton street :- Beginning on the east side of Swanson street, and in a direct line of said Wharton street, and extending into the river Delaware south seventy-six degrees east untill it intersects the boundary line as fixed by the Port Wardens; which said continuation of Wharton street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 27, Reed street :- A new street, beginning for the north side thereof on the east side of Third street, and at the distance of four hundred feet from the south side of Wharton street, and ex- tending into the river Delaware south seventy-six degrees east untill it intersects the boundary line as fixed by the Port Wardens ; which said Reed street is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
Agreeably to the directions contained in the act of Assembly, we also return the following roads :
No 28, A road leading from the district of Southwark to Gray's Ferry on the river Schuylkill, beginning on the westerly side of the Passyunk road, opposite to the west end of Federal street, and extends north seventy-four degrees west six thousand four hundred and five feet, thence north seventy-six degrees west six thousand one hundred and three feet to low water mark on the river Schuyl- kill ; which said road is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
No. 29, A road leading from the district of Southwark to State Island Ferry on the river Schuylkill, beginning for the easterly side of said road at the south boundary of said district, and at the south-westerly corner of Keeler's lane, on the old Moyamensing road, thence south twenty-four degrees west five hundred and thirty- five feet, thence south forty-six degrees west nine hundred and twenty-six feet, thence south eighty degrees and a quarter west two thousand two hundred feet, thence south seventy-five degrees and a half west thirteen hundred feet, thence south sixty-seven degrees west three thousand one hundred and seventy-four feet, thence south fifty five degrees and a half west five hundred and sixty-seven feet, thence south sixty-five degrees west four hundred and fifty feet, thence south eighty-seven degrees and a half west twelve hundred and ninety feet, thence south thirty-four degrees west nine hundred and fifty feet, thence south forty-five degrees and a half west one thousand seven hundred and fourteen feet, thence south sixty-three degrees and a quarter west two thousand nine hundred feet, thence south sixty-nine degrees and a quarter west one thousand four hundred and seventy-five feet, thence south
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thirty-three degrees west one thousand nine hundred and nineteen feet to low water mark on the river Schuylkill; which said road is to be and extended of the breadth of fifty feet during all the distance aforesaid.
FRANCIS GURNEY, RICHARD WELLS, PRESLEY BLAKISTON, SCommissioners. THOMAS SHIELDS, GUNNING BEDFORD,
No. 17, Mary street :- A continuation of old Mary street, here- tofore laid out, beginning at the westerly end of said street, and extending in a direct line therewith north sixty-six degrees and a half west, untill it intersects the line of Second street continued. FRANCIS GURNEY, RICHARD WELLS, PRESLEY BLAKISTON, GUNNING BEDFORD.
And on motion made by Colonel Miles, seconded by Dr. Gregg, it was
Resolved, That the report of the said Commissioners be and the same is hereby confirmed, except so much thereof as relates to Mead alley, marked therein number eighteen.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the account of Andrew Garden, for his services as Drum and Fife Major to Colonel Bartholomew's battalion of Chester county militia, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788 and 1789, amounting to three pounds seven shillings and six pence, was read and approved, and an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for the said sum, payable out of the monies arising from militia fines in the said county.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, January 6th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles, Benjamin Elliott,
Amos Gregg, Frederick Watt,
Richard Willing, Zebulun Potts,
Christopher Kucher,
Nathaniel Breading, and
James Martin, William Findley,
Esquires. John Wilkins,
The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer :
In favor of the Honorable Richard Willing, Esquire, for ninety- three pounds ten shillings, in full of his account for one hundred
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and twenty-four days attendance in Council, between the twenty- ninth of July, 1789, and the sixth of January, 1790, inclusively.
In favor of Frederick Sneider, for fifteen pounds ten shillings and eleven pence, being the amount of his account for his wages as Doorkeeper to Council, from the first untill the thirty-first of De- cember, 1789, inclusively, and cash paid for carrying firewood.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, January 7th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.
Samuel Miles,
Benjamin Elliott, 7
James Read,
Frederick Watt,
Christopher Kucher,
Zebulun Potts,
Jonas Hartzell, ·
Nathaniel Breading, Esquires.
Amos Gregg,
Richard Willing, and
James Martin, John Wilkins,
William Findley,
The Comptroller General's report upon the account of John Don- naldson, Esquire, for one quarter's salary due to him as Register General of the accounts of this State, on the twenty-ninth of De- cember last, for which an order issued on the eighteenth, was read and approved.
Upon the second reading of a letter from Robert Galbraith, Es- quire, on the subject of opening the road leading from the Franks- town branch of Juniata, in Huntingdon county, to Conemaugh, in the county of Westmoreland. agreeably to his contract with the State, dated the twenty-fifth day of September, 1788,
Resolved, That the said letter and the inclosures be referred to Mr. Elliott, Mr. Watt, and Mr. Kucher.
The committee appointed to enquire of the Comptroller General what forwardness the accounts are in which were directed to be prepared, in order to be transmitted to the Secretary of the Trea- · sury of the United States, delivered in a report, which was read ; and on motion, and by special order, the same was read the second time and adopted, as follows, vizt :
That having made the enquiry, agreeably to the direction of Council, the Comptroller General informed them that the abstract required by the Secretary of the 'Treasury of the United States, would be ready within a few days.
Your committee took the liberty of enquiring into the situation of the general accounts of the State against the United States,
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which they think very material to have forwarded for final settle- ment as soon as possible, and find that it will require considerable time and labour to compleat those accounts.
They are further of opinion, that the Comptroller General's time is necessarily so much taken up in exchangeing certificates and other matters which it is absolutely requisite for him to attend to, that it will not be in his power, without further assistants, to ren- der those accounts in any reasonable time.
But he assured your committee that, with the assistance of two additional clerks, those accounts might be ready some time in April next. Your committee therefore offer the following resolution for the consideration of Council :
Resolved, That the Comptroller General be and he is hereby authorized and impowered to employ two additional clerks, if he shall find it necessary, for the express purpose of assisting him in compleating and bringing forward the general accounts of this State against the United States.
A certificate from the Justices of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the county of Dauphine, that they have erected the township of Middle Paxton into a separate district, for the election of Justices of the Peace ; that it hath become proper, and will be usefull, and requesting Council to approve and confirm the same, was read the second time ; and thereupon, it was
Resolved, That the proceedings of the said court in erecting the said township into a separate district, for the purpose before men- tioned, be and the same is hereby confirmed.
Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of William Bradford, Junior, Esquire, for two hundred and eight pounds six shillings and eight pence, being ten months' salary as Attorney General of the State, ending the first of January, 1790.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the account of William Shannon, Esquire, Auctioneer of the Northern, Liber- ties, for the State duty upon goods sold at auction between the first of July and twenty-fifth of September, 1789, amounting to sixty- five pounds six shillings and nine pence, was read and approved.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, January 8th, 1790.
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