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Resolved, That if the Comptroller General, by reason of his other duties, shall be unable personally to attend to the object of the pre- ceeding resolution, it is the opinion of Council that he ought and he is hereby directed to employ a clerk or clerks in preparing the said accounts, transcrips or documents, so that as little delay as possible may attend a compliance with the preceeding order of this Board.
Resolved, That the Register General be, and he is hereby directed to lay before the Board a general statement of the finances of the Commonwealth as soon as conveniently may be.
Resolved, That in the opinion of Council it is incumbent upon the Register General and the Comptroller General as well from a sence of duty, as to prevent the injury which must otherwise affect the public interests, to manifest a sincere disposition to comply with the spirit and meaning of the several acts of Assembly touching their respective offices; and that a due regard to the public service demands an active co-operation in the plans and proceedings of de- partments so intimately connected with each other in the objects of their institution.
Resolved, That the orders and directions given in the preceeding resolutions shall by virtue of the Act of Assembly in such case made and provided, indemnify and save harmless the said Comptroller General and Register General in paying obedience thereto.
The further consideration of the claim of Richard Peters, Esquire, to a second lot in right of Adrian Vroesen's original purchase of 5000 acres of land from William Penn, Esquire, was postponed until Fri- day next.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the follow- ing accounts, were read and approved, vizt :
Of John Patton, Esquire, for a lot of ground in the city of Phila- delphia, situate on the west side of Front street, adjoining the river Schuylkill, and between Walnut and George streets, containing about four acres, three-quarters and thirty perches of land sold to the Commonwealth for the purpose of erecting a gunpowder maga- zine thereon, for the sum of £565 in specie, which at a discount of 15 per cent. amounts to the sum of 2664 14 1 in paper money.
Of William Semple, Esquire, for an order of Council dated the twenty-third day of November last, returned to be cancelled, and a certificate to issue in lieu thereof for the sum of £63 1 5, being due to him for 588 days services as Sub-Lieutenant of City and Liberties of Philadelphia, between the 10th day of June, 1777, the time of his appointment, and the 20th of December, 1779, the time of his resignation.
Of Felix Mellon, for his services in taking care of, and issuing powder and lead to the militia of the county of Bedford, while em- ployed in the defence of the frontiers of said county at sundry
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times between the 16th of May, 1782, and the 5th of June, 1783, amounting to £37 10 0.
Of Benjamen McKuvan, for his services in raising two brigades of waggons in the year 1779 and 1780, for the public service, by order of Andrew Boyd, Waggon Master General of Chester coun- ty, in pursuance of a resolution of Council of the 28th of Septem- ber, 1781, amounting to £8 14 6.
Of Arthur Drinnen, for 18 months pay as a private in Cap'n Thomas Campbell's company of the 4th regiment of the Pennsyl- vania Line in the late Continental army, amounting to £45 0 0.
A letter from Abraham Cable, Esquire, informing Council that at the last General Election held in the county of Bedford, he was elected to represent that county in the General Assembly, and re- quested that Council would be pleased to accept his resignation of the office of Justice of the Peace which he now holds, previous to his taking a seat in the House of Representatives, was read ; where- upon, it was
Resolved, To accept the said resignation.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 9th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Benjamin Elliott,
Amos Gregg, Lord Butler,
Richard Willing,
Nathaniel Breading,
James Martin,
John Wilkins, and
Henry Taylor,
William Findlay.
Zebulun Potts,
An invitation from the Honorable Judge Wilson, to the Presi- dent and Council, to attend his introductory lecture on the 15th inst., was received and read, and it was agreed to attend.
The Comptroller General and Register General reports upon the following, were read and approved, vizt:
Of Captain Spatts, for the pay of his company of the mili- tia of Berks county, for militia services in the year 1781, upon which a ballance of £130 17 2, appears to be due to the said com- pany.
Of Captain George Rheim, for the pay of his company of Berks County militia, for militia services in the year 1781, upon which a ballance of £217 15 7, appears to be due to the said company. VOL. XVI .- 35.
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The consideration of the case of Joseph Edward Jones, now un- der sentence of death in the county of Northumberland, for the murder of Dennis Leary, was postponed until to-morrow.
A letter from the Comptroller General of this day in answer to the letter from the Secretary, with the resolutions of Council of yesterday, was read, and a copy thereof directed to be sent to the Register General.
Upon application of Joseph Nicholson, Interpreter to the Corn- planter and his companions, now in this city, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for the sum of fifteen pounds, to- wards defraying the expences which have been incurred in conduct- ing the Indians to this city, for which he is to aceount.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, December 10th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel, Miles, Benjamin Elliott,
Richard Willing, Lord Butler,
James Martin, John Wilkins, and > Esq'rs. Henry Taylor, Zebulun Potts,
William Wilson, -
Agreeable to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt :
In favor of the Honorable Edward Shippen, Esquire, for the sum of £59 0 0, for 59 days' attendance in the High Court of Errors and Appeals of this Commonwealth, between the 22d of September, 1784, and the third of October, 1785, as a Judge in the said Court, according to Act of Assembly passed the 28th of Feb- ruary, 1780.
In favor of David Evans, for the sum of £8 4 8, being the amount of his account for making a new Venetian blind, and re- pairing and painting an old one, and also fixing a cord, tossel, and pins thereto, in the State Senate Chamber.
In favor of Joseph Thomas, for the sum of ££20 12 6, being the amount of his account for his expences in defending the title of the Commonwealth to an estate in Bucks county, which was for- feited by Joseph Dean's attainder of high treason.
The further consideration of the claim of Richard Peters, Esq'r, to a second city lot, in right of Adrian Vroesen's original purchase of 5000 acres of land from William Penn, Esquire, was postponed until Tuesday next.
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the ac- counts of Captain George Rheim, for the pay of three men of his
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company of Berks County militia, for militia services in the year 1781, amounting to £9 5 6, was read and approved.
Agreeably to the minute of yesterday, Council proceeded to the consideration of the case of Joseph Edward Jones, now under sen- tence of death in the jail of Sunbury, in the county of Northum- berland, for the murder of a certain Dennis Learey, and the trans- cript of the record of his conviction being read, it was
Resolved, That a warrant under the less seal of the State be is- sued to Martin Withington, Esquire, Sheriff of the said county of Northumberland, authorizing and commanding him to execute the sentence of the Court upon the said Joseph Edward Jones, on Mon- day, the twentieth day of the present month, at the usual place of execution in the said county.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, December 11th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Richard Willing, Lord Butler,
Zebulun Potts,
William Wilson, and
James Martin,
Nathaniel Breading,
Esquires.
Henry Taylor,
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the fol- lowing accounts were read and approved, vizt :
Of Benjamin Watson, for 18 months' pay due to him as a private in Captains Campbell and Zeigler's companies of the second regiment in the late Pennsylvania line, amounting to £45 0 0.
Of Daniel Ludwig, for 14 days' hire of a waggon, in August, 1776, for transporting militia baggage from Berks county to Am- boy, amounting to £14 0 0.
Of Jacob Burgardt, for a rifle gun and blanket, which were lost on Long Island on the 28th day of August, 1775, when he was taken prisoner while doing duty in Captain Graul's company of mi- litia, valued at £6 10 0.
Of Jobn Myers, for a ballance of twelve shillings, which is due to him upon his certificate for supplies furnished for the use of the army in the year 1780.
Of the estate of John Wright, deceased, for a rifle gun lost at Fort Washington in the year 1776, valued at £5 10 0.
Of Colonel John Ewing, for a musquet furnished by him for the public service in the year 1776, which was not returned, and for. which he received no compensation. Valued at £4 0 0.
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Of John Herback, for repairing sundry arms for the use of Cap'n Trett's company of the York County militia, in the year 1776, amounting to ££0 11 8.
Of the said John Herback, for a musquet furnished by him for public service in the Flying Camp in the year 1776, and which was lost in actual service. Valued at £2 5 0.
Of Robert Clark, for the hire of two horses for 64 days, em- ployed in transporting militia baggage of Captain George Hay's company of Cumberland County militia, in the year 1782, amount- ing to £19 4 0.
Of Captain Thomas Robeson, late of the Berks County militia, for a set of colours furnished for the use of his company of mili- tia, and for sundry militia services performed by him from April, 1783 until April, 1785, amounting to £9 0 6, by which a ballance of £5 10 6 appears to be due to the said Captain Robinson.
Council took into consideration the case of Patrick Waugh, now under sentence of death in the jail of this city, for the murder of his wife ; and on motion of Mr. Potts, seconded by Mr. Breading, it was
Resolved, That a further respite be granted to the said Patrick Waugh, until Saturday, the eighteenth instant.
The reports of the Comptroller and Register General, by which it appears that the following accounts are not allowed by them, were read and approved, vizt :
Of Christian Madeira, for two months' pay as a private in the 1st regiment of the late Pennsylvania line, amounting to £5 0 0.
Of Leonard Ruber, for a horse furnished by him for the services of the United States, on the 7th of July, 1778.
Of Lawrence Erb, for a horse furnished by him for the service of the United States, and lost in public service.
A letter from John Hoge, Esquire, informing Council that at the last general election held in the district composed of the coun- ties of Washington and Fayette, he has been elected to represent that district in the Senate of this State, and requesting that Coun- cil would be pleased to accept his resignation of the offices of Jus- tices of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Washington, which he now holds, previous to his taking his seat, was read ; whereupon, it was
Resolved, To accept the said resignation.
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The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December 13th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
James Martin, Nathaniel Breading,
Benjamin Elliott, William Wilson,
Henry Taylor,
Richard Willing, and
Esquires.
Lord Butler, John Wilkins,
A letter from Richard Butler, Esquire, informing Council that at the last general election held in the district composed of the counties of Westmoreland and Allegany, he was elected to repre- sent that district in the General Assembly, and praying that Coun- cil would be pleased to accept his resignation of the office of Jus- tice of the Court of Common Pleas for Allegany county, previous to his taking a seat in the Senate, was read, and it was agreed to accept the said resignation.
A similar letter from John Gloningher, Esquire, Senator for the district composed of the counties of Berks and Dauphine, was read, and it was agreed to accept his resignation of the offices of Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas, for the county of Dauphine.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, December 14th, 1790, Tuesday.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Richard Willing, Benjamin Elliott,
Benjamin Elliott, Nathaniel Breading,
Henry Taylor, William Wilson, and
Esquires. Lord Butler, John Wilkins,
It being represented to Council that William Wallace, Esq'r, Sheriff of the county of Washington, and Samuel Clarke, Coroner of the said county of Washington, are prevented from attending. in Philadelphia to enter into recognizances and to give bonds with sureties, as the act of Assembly of the 5th of March last directs ;. thereupon,
Resolved, That a commission under the great seal be issued to Alexander Scott and Dr. Beard, of the said county, authorizing them to take from the said Sheriff and Coroner the said recogni- zances and bonds, in the manner prescribed in and by the said act
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of Assembly, and that the said commissioners make a report to Council of their proceedings in the premises.
Thomas Scott and John Hoge, Esquires, were accepted as sure- ties for the said William Wallace, and John Hoge and Henry Tay- lor, Esquires, as sureties for the said Samuel Clarke.
An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Charles Clarke, for the sum of £15 0 0, for three months' pension due to him on the first day of May, 1789, according to the Comptroller and Register General's reports of the 13th instant.
William Brown and James Potter, were offered and accepted as sureties for Samuel Edmiston, Esquire, who was on the 4th of Sep- tember last appointed Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds in and for the county of Mifflin.
Upon the second reading of a petition from John Carmichael, of the county of Franklin, praying a remission of a fine of ten pounds to the Commonwealth, which has been imposed upon him by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the said county for keeping a tippling house, it was
Resolved, That the said fine be remitted.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 15th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
James Martin, Lord Butler,
Benjamin Elliott, William Wilson, and
Esquires.
Henry Taylor, John Wilkins,
Nathaniel Breading,
The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the follow- ing accounts were read and approved, vizt :
Of Daniel McClintock, for provisions purchased by him for the use of the militia of Westmoreland county, by order of Colonel Archibald Lochry, Lieutenant of that county, in December, 1777, and in January, February and March, 1778, amounting to £551 9 5 Continental money, by which a ballance of £10 0 3 specie appears to be due to the said Daniel Mcclintock
Of John Barkley, for the amount of an order for £11 0 3 drawn by Henry Spyker, Paymaster of Berks county militia, on Daniel Levan, Esq'r, Treasurer of that county, for John Patton's pay for militia services, 63 days, from 17th December, 1781, until the 17th of February, 1782, which order was not paid.
Of Jacob Severts, for 17 days' pay as Quarter Master Sergeant in Colonel Sam'l Ely's battalion of Berks county militia, in the year 1781, amounting to £2 19 6.
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Of Henry Armstrong, for a rifle gun which was lost in actual service in the year 1776, while doing duty as a soldier in Captain Brown's company, valued at £6 10 0.
Of Messieurs Dunlap and Claypoole, for sundry printing work done by order of Council and for newspapers furnished for the use of Council between the 28th of January and the 31st of December, 1790, amounting to £31 16 3, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the said Messieurs Dunlap and ·Claypoole.
A letter from William Montgomery, Esquire, informing Council that at the last general election held in the district composed of the counties of Northumberland, Huntington and Luzerne, he has been elected to represent that district in the General Assembly, and requesting that Council would be pleased to accept his resig- nation of the offices of Justice of the Peace and President of the several Courts in Northumberland county, which he now holds, previous to his taking a seat in the Senate of this State, was read ; whereupon it was resolved to accept the said resignation.
Upon further consideration of the application of Richard Peters, Esquire, to have an equivalent for the Front street lot appurtenant to the original purchase of Adrian Vroesen, in which application he requested an equivalent for the lots purchased by Thomas Leiper and others, on the south side of Market street, between Eighth and Ninth streets from Delaware, which lots were vacant at the time of making his application, and exhibiting his deeds and papers for the said lot,
Resolved, That this Board cannot grant the said Richard Peters, Esquire, an equivalent for the lots by him specified as aforesaid.
'The Comptroller and Register General's reports of the 17th and 30th of November upon the account of William Webb, Esquire, late Paymaster of the State Navy Board, by which it appears to be due to the State the sum of £156 6 8, was read and approved.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 16, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Lord Butler,
Henry Taylor, William Wilson, James Martin, John Wilkins, and --. Esquires. Benjamin Elliott, Zebulun Potts, Nathaniel Breading, 1
Upon the second reading of a petition from William Fulton and Mary Boggs, who were convicted of fornication and bastardy in
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the county of Allegany, and fined by the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the said county, each in the sum of ten pounds, pray- ing remissions of the said fines, and the petitioners being recom- mended to Council by five Justices of the Peace of the said county, it was resolved to remit the said fines.
The fine of fifteen shillings which was imposed upon the said William Fulton, by the said court, for an assault and battery upon a certain William Boggs, was also remitted, agreeably to the prayer of his petition.
Upon the report of the committee to whom was referred the letter from the Comptroller General of the 15th of September last, informing Council that the following lots in the city of Philadel- phia, forfeited to the Commonwealth by the attainder of Harry Gordon for high treason, vizt: a corner lot on the south side of Walnut street and east side of Fourth street from Delaware river, being in front on Walnut street 162 feet, and in depth on Fourth street 37 feet, with the priviledge of a three feet alley at the south end of the lot, subject to a ground rent of 13 dollars and § of a dollar annually, and considerable arrears; and one other lot, ad- joining the above lot, bounded on the north by Walnut street, on the east by ground late of Robert Morris, Esquire, on the west by Charles Moore's ground and part by the above described lot and alley, being 16} feet in front and 47 feet 10 inches and a half deep, more or less, subject to an annual rent charge of £5 0 3, with arrearages thereof, remains unsold ; and submitting it to Council whether it would not be proper at this time to direct the sale of the said lots,
Resolved, That the lots before described be exposed to public sale, according to law.
A letter of the 15th inst. from Charles Pettit, Esquire, Agent to support the claims of Pennsylvania before the Board of Commis- sioners established for settling the claims of the particular States against the United States, was read.
The Council met.
PHILADELPHIA, Friday, December 17th, 1790.
PRESENT :
His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
Samuel Miles, Lord Butler,
James Martin, William Wilson,
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Richard Willing, John Wilkins,
Henry Taylor, Zebulun Potts, and A Esquires. Benjamin Elliott, Amos Gregg, Nathaniel Breading,
The reports of the Treasurer, Comptroller and Register Gene- ral's upon the following accounts, were read and approved, vizt :
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Of John Shepard, for green cloth and binding purchased of him for covering sundry tables in the State Senate chamber, amount- ing to ££13 19 8.
Of Adam Hubley, Auctioneer for the district of Southwark, for the State duty upon goods sold at auction from June 22d to Octo- ber 15th, 1790, amounting to £21 8 0.
Of Alexander Graydon, Prothonotary of the county of Dauphine, for fees received for tavern and marriage licences issued since Au- gust term, 1790, amounting to £170 0 0, upon which account there appears to be due to the State a ballance of £18 1 2.
Of Daniel Broadhead, Esquire, Surveyor General of the State, for fees receiv'd in his office from the 9th of March until the eighth of June, 1790, amounting to £387 18 9.
Of the said Daniel Broadhead, for fees received in his office from the 9th of June until the 8th of December, 1790, amounting to. £291 10 6.
Of David Espy, Prothonotary of the county of Bedford, for the fees received by him for tavern licences from January sessions, 1789, until the end of October, 1790, amounting to £165 12 0.
Of Francis Johnston, Receiver General of the Land Office, for fees received in the said office for depreciation lands from the 1st of May, 1787, to the 1st of May, 1789, and from the 8th of De- cember, 1789, to the 1st of August, 1790, and for sundry expences, amounting to £86 0 0.
Of Henry Miller, Prothonotary of the county of York, for the tax upon writs issued from the 20th of March to the 20th of Sep- tember, 1790, amounting to £82 4 0.
Of John Chaloner, Auctioneer of the Northern Liberties, for the State duty upon sales at auction from July 8th until October 8th, 1790, and from the 14th of October to November 15th, 1790, amounting to £110 11 12.
Of David Stewart, for a rifle gun taken for the use of Captain John McDonald's company of Bedford county militia in the year 1776, and lost in actual service, amounting to &4 0 0.
Of James Trimble, for drawing a deed from John Patton and wife to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for a lot of ground containing four acres two quarters and thirty perches of land, whereon is erected a magazine for gun powder, amounting to £1 8 0; for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor ..
Of James McLene, Esquire, for a musquet taken by Colonel James Johnston for the use of militia of Cumberland county in 1776, amounting to £1 15 0.
Of David Semple, for superintending the building of the Fort at Hanna's Town in the year 1776, by order of Messieurs Cook, Pollock and Lockry, amounting to £22 0 0.
Of. Henry Sheffer, for a gun lost in actual service at Fort Lee, in the year 1776; also, a shot pouch and powder horn valued at £3 5 0.
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Of James Pearson, for sundry repairs done to the State House from December, 1785, until the year 1787, under a contract with Council dated the 15th day of December, 1785, upon which account there appears to be due to the said James Pearson a ballance of £218 14 1.
Of Lieutenant Miller, for the pay of six men of his company in the sixth battalion of Berks county militia, while em- ployed in guarding the Convention prisoners of war at Reading in the year 1781, amounting to thirty-three pounds nine shillings and four pence.
Of Lieutenant Jacob Rherers, for the pay of his company of the second battalion of Berks county militia, while employed in guard- ing the said prisoners of war at Reading in the year 1781, amount- ing to two hundred and sixty pounds sixteen shillings and six pence. -
Of George Kemp, for a ballance of thirty-three pounds five shil- lings and ten pence, due upon his certificate for supplies furnished for the use of the army in the year 1781.
Of Frederick Ryer, for a musquet taken by James Johnston, Lieutenant Colonel of Cumberland county militia, for the use of the said militia, amounting to one pound twelve shillings and six pence.
Of Nicholas Snell, for 18 days' pay as a Surgeon in Colonel Samuel Ely's battalion of Berks county militia, from the 1st to the 18th of October, 1781, while on a tour of duty to Newtown, in the county of Bucks, under General Lacy, amounting to twenty- seven pounds.
Council took into consideration the case of Patrick Waugh, now under sentence of death in the jail of the city of Philadelphia for the murder of his wife ; and, on motion of Mr. Potts, seconded by Mr. Wilkins, it was
Resolved, That a further repreive be granted to the said Patrick Waugh until the first day of March next.
Upon the second reading of a petition from Doctor Andrew Led- lie, of the town of Easton, for remission of a fine of five pounds to which he was sentenced by the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Northampton county, for an assault and battery upon a certain Henry Spering; and the petitioner being recom- mended to Council by four Justices of the Peace of the said county for the said remission, it was
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