A letter from James Craig, Jun'r, requesting Council to accept his resignation of the office of Warden of the Port, to which he was elected on the seventh instant, was read, and the said resignation accepted: Council thereupon proceeded to the appointment of a Warden to fill the said vacancy, and the ballots being taken for the several candidates it appeared that Captain Leeson Simmonds, was duly elected. Upon consideration of the petition of Hugh Patton, of the city of Philadelphia, praying that the Collector of the Customs may be instructed to receive his entry for the exportation of a quantity of teas which he shipped for Virginia on board the sloop Betsy and Polly, in order that he may have an allowance or drawback of the duties thereon, Ordered, That the prayer of the said petition be granted. The Attorney General attended and informed Council that he has endeavored to bring forward an investigation of the claim of Jeremiah Fisher, to an additional pension for the children of Captain William Shippen, deceased, before the Judges of the Supreme Court, but the hurry of business in the said Court has hitherto prevented it, and that he is ready to meet Mr. Fisher's Council at any time when it may be convenient to the Judges, to give a hearing upon the said business. Ordered, That the Secretary inform James Pettigrew, Esquire, Collector of Excise for the county of Northampton, that unless he forthwith gives sureties in the room of those he now has, he will be superceded. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honor. able Peter Muhlenberg, Esquire, for twenty-one pounds five shil lings, being a ballance due upon his account for his salary as Vice President of the State, ending this day. The Comptroller General's report upon the account of James Pettigrew, Esquire, Collector of Excise in the county of North ampton, from the twentieth day of June, 1786, until the twentieth day of June, 1788, was read and approved, and the Comptroller General directed to take the necessary steps to recover from James Pettigrew, the ballance of two hundred and seventy-one pounds thirteen shillings and two pence, due to the State upon the said ac count. A deed was examined and signed by the Honorable the Vice President, conveying to William Sheaf, in ffee simple, two lots of ground marked with the letter D, and number 57, being part of the ground whereon the barracks lately stood in the Northern Lib. erties, containing in breadth north and south on Third street thirty-three feet nine inches, on Rose alley eighteen feet four inches and a half, and on Green street one hundred and twelve feet. Consideration one hundred and four pounds. Deed dated ninth in stant. The Council met at the President's house. PHILADELPHIA, October 14th, 1788. PRESENT: His Excellency BENJAMIN The Honorable Samuel Edie, George Woods, FRANKLIN, Esquire, President. Council finding that Mr. Muhlenberg, Esquire, had gone out of town without resigning his office of Vice President, it was Resolved, That an express be sent to him with a letter from Council requesting him to send in his resignation. A letter was accordingly written and forwarded by John White, Express. The Council met at the President's house the same day at eight o'clock, P. M. Council received a letter from the Honorable Vice President, inclosing his resignation, which was accepted. The Board then pro ceeded to the choice of a Vice President, and the ballots being taken it appeared that the Honorable David Redick, Esquire, was duly elected. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 15th, 1788. PRESENT: The Honorable DAVID REDICK, Esquire, Vice President. The oath directed by the Constitution was administered to the Honorable David Redick, Esquire, to qualify him for the exercise of his office of Vice President of this Board. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable George Woods, Esquire, for thirtyone pounds, in full for his attendance in Council from the eigh teenth of September until the fifteenth of October, 1788, inclusively, and his mileage. In favor of the Honorable Samuel Edie, Esquire, for twentyseven pounds, in full for his attendance in Council from the eighteenth of September until the fifteenth of October, 1788, inclusively, and his mileage. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, October 16th, 1788. PRESENT: The Honorable DAVID REDICK, Esquire, Vice President. Zebulun Potts, Esquire, took his seat at the Board as Councillor for the county of Montgomery, upon a return made of the general election for the said county, agreeably to law, having proviously taken the oaths required by the Constitution. By the same return it appears that Francis Swaine, Esquire, and John Pugh, are returned as Sheriffs elect, and Samuel Hines and Patrick Hanely as Coroners elect, for the county of Montgomery. On motion, Ordered, That Francis Swaine, Esquire, be appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and Samuel Hines Coroner, of the county of Montgomery. Upon consideration of the petition of Conrad Hoke, and a recommendation in his favor from a number of respectable inhabitants of York county, Ordered, That the fine of twenty-five pounds, payable to the use of the Commonwealth, which was imposed upon him by the Supreme Court, held at York town in January, 1787, upon his being convicted of a riot, be remitted. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Henry Hill, Esquire, for seventy-six pounds ten shillings, in full for his attendance in Council until the fourteenth day of October, 1788. inclusive. In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for two hundred pounds, being one quarter's salary as Comptroller General, ending the thirteenth instant. In favor of the said John Nicholson, Esquire, for fifty-five pounds, for defraying the contingent expenses of the Comptroller General's office, and for purchasing fire-wood for the corps of Invalids, for which sum he is to account. A return of the general election, for the county of Berks, was received and read, by which it appears that Jacob Bawer and Philip Kreemer, Esquires, were duly elected Sheriffs, and Peter Feather, Junior, and George Nagle, Coroners of the said county. On motion, Ordered, That the said Jacob Bawer, Esquire, be appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and the said Peter Feather, Jun'r, Coroner, of the said county of Berks. Colonel Nicholas Lutz and Henry Spohn, of the county of Berks, were offered and accepted as sureties for the said Jacob Bawer's faithful performance of the duties of his office of Sheriff. The Comptroller General's report upon the account of the Honorable Frederick Watts, for storage of public arms and accoutrements, from April, 1780, until the end of the war, amounting to fifteen pounds, was read and approved, and an order drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor for the said sum, payable out of the monies arising from militia fines in the county of Cumberland. VOL. XV.-37. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 17th, 1788. PRESENT: The Honorable DAVID REDICK, Esquire, Vice President. Agreeably to the Comptroller General's report, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mrs. Eleanor Hitchcock, for the sum of twelve pounds, in full of her account for her services in the years 1775 and 1776, in erecting at Cape Henlopen a large pole, and hoisting thereon from time to time two flags, as signals to vessels belonging to the bay and river Delaware, of the approach of the enemy, pursuant to instructions from the Committee of Safety, dated September sixteenth, 1775. . Upon application of Andrew Brown, printer of the newspaper called the Federal Gazette, Resolved, That the Door-keeper be directed to take six copies of the said Gazette, for the use of Council, on each day of publication. A return of the general election of the county of Chester, was received and read, and Ezekiel Leonard, Esquire, thereupon appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and John Underwood, gentleman, Coroner of the said county. Emor Jefferies and Joel Bailey, of the county of Chester, were offered and accepted as securities for Ezekiel Leonard's faithful performance of the duties of his office of Sheriff. By the said return, it appeared that Richard Willing, Esquire, was duly elected Councillor for the said county of Chester. Richard Willing, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county aforesaid, attending, was admitted to his seat at the Board, having previcusly taken the oaths required by the Constitution. The Honorable Peter Muhlenberg and John Richard, Esquire, were offered and accepted as securities for Francis Swaine's faithful' performance of the duties of his office of Sheriff of Montgomery county. A return of the general election for the county of Bucks, was received and read, and Jacob Bennet, Esquire, thereupon appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and Isaac Vanhorne Coroner of the said county. James Fate and William Bennet, of the county of Bucks, were offered and accepted as securities for Jacob Bennet's faithful discharge of the duties of his office of Sheriff; by the said return, it |