Island, containing thirteen acres and one hundred and six perches, sold at public sale on the seventh of February, 1787, for two hundred and sixty-three pounds. Deed dated the 5th of March, 1787. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 6th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.' Samuel Dean, Henry Hill, John Whitehill, Peter Muhlenberg, Andrew Billmeyer, James McLene, John Baird, Jonathan Hoge, and Esquires. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Griffith Owen, for twenty pounds, in full of his account for keeping in repair the State House clock, from the 4th of March, 1786, until the 4th of March, 1787. A petition from Henry Nezley, of Lancaster county, praying remission of a fine imposed upon him for neglecting to perform his tour of militia duty, was read, and an order taken that the collection of the said fine be postponed until the further order of Council. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 7th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. The fine imposed upon William Dunbar, on conviction of fornication and bastardy, in the county of Philadelphia, was remitted. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Jonathan Hoge, Esquire, for twenty-two pounds sixteen shillings, in full for his attendance in Council from the 12th of February until the 7th of March, 1786, inclusively, and its mileage. The Honorable the Vice President and Mr. Billmeyer attended the Board of Property. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, March 8th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Resolved, That No. 2 of the plans of a Court House for the city and county of Philadelphia, presented, according to law, by the Commissioners of the said city and county, has been approved by Council. Upon a letter from Michael Huffnagle, Esquire, upon the subject of his purchase of William Courtney's estate, in Westmoreland county, Ordered, That the Comptroller General be directed to issue a certificate for the amount of the sum paid into the Treasury by Mr. Huffnagle for the said estate, it appearing to Council that the said William Courtney was not attainted of high treason. The Honorable the Vice President and Mr. Billmeyer attended the Board of Property. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, March 9th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Henry Hill, Samuel Dean, Jonathan Hoge, John Whitehill, James McLene, John Baird, Peter Muhlenberg, Nathan Dennison, and Esquires. Colonel Andrew Porter was appointed a commissioner to assist Andrew Ellicott, Esquire, in running and marking the northern boundary of this State. Ordered, That the Secretary request Major William Armstrong to attend Council to-morrow morning at 11 o'clock, on public busi ness. Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Brannan be desired to furnish Council with an account of all military stores now at Mud Island, and that he also report the situation of the buildings. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, March 10th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Vice President. Samuel Dean, Jonathan Hoge, John Whitebill, James McLene, John Baird, Peter Muhlenberg, Nathan Dennison, and >Esquires. The Representatives in Assembly from the county of Bedford attended in Council, at the request of the Board, when a conference on the propriety of issuing a writ for holding a special election of Councillor for the county aforesaid was had. WHEREAS, By an act of this Board, on the 27th day of February, 1787, the election of a Councillor for the county of Bedford was declared void, by reason of uncertainty; and as by the Con. stitution of this State the people of that county have a right to elect a Councillor at the next general election for Representatives, except a particular election be ordered by Council; and having ta. ken the opinion of the Members of Assembly from said county, Resolved, That Council will not order a particular election of a Councillor for the county of Bedford, but leave the office vacant till the general election for Representatives, unless (by petition) a majority of the electors of the said county request an election before that time. John Simpson, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds, &ca., for the county of Northumberland, was, upon the recommendation of sundry the inhabitants, appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county. The petition of John Elder and Robert Stephenson was, by order, referred to the House. The following draft of a proclamation was read and approved : Pennsylvania ss. By the President and the Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. WHEREAS, The General Assembly of this Commonwealth, by a law intituled "An Act for co-operating with the State of Massachusetts Bay, agreeable to the articles of confederation, in the apprehending of the proclaimed rebels, Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons," have enacted "that rewards, additional to those offered and promised to be paid by the State of. Massachusetts Bay for the apprehending the aforesaid rebels be offered by this State." We do hereby offer the following rewards to any person or persons who shall, within the limits of this State, apprehend the rebels aforesaid, and secure them in the jail of the city and county of Philadelphia, vizt: For the apprehending the said Daniel Shays, and securing him as aforesaid, the reward of one hundred and fifty pounds lawful money of the State of Massachusetts Bay, and one hundred pounds lawfull money of this State; and for apprehending the said Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, and securing them as aforesaid, the reward (respectively) of one hundred pounds lawful money of Massachusetts Bay, and fifty pounds lawfull money of this State; and all Judges, Justices, Sheriffs, and Constables are hereby strictly enjoined and required to make diligent search and enquiry after, and to use their utmost endeavours to apprehend and secure the said Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adam Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, their aiders, abetters and comforters, and every of them, so as they may be dealt with according to law. Given in Council, under the hand of the President, and the seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this tenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Attest-JOHN ARMSTRONG, Jun'r, Secretary. GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 12th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. The petition of Thomas Gordon, attainted of bigh treason, stating that the proceedings against him have been erroneous, and praying that process be instituted to try their validity, was read. The Attorney General and Mr. Ingersol attended in Council, and were heard on this subject. Upon application of Sharp Delaney, Esquire, Ordered, That public sale be made of three casks marked L. S., 1a 3, imported in the ship Pallas, J. Tingney, Master, from Amsterdam, containing grass seeds, and delivered into the Custom House as security for the duties. VOL. XV.-12. The petition of James McGee was read and postponed. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Jane Cruckshank, and of the widow and children of Andrew Cruckshank, deceased, for the sum of one hundred and seventy-four pounds, being due to them for their pension, according to the Comptroller General's report, and an act of Assembly dated 1st March, 1780. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, March 13th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of his Excellency Benjamin Franklin, Esquire, for seven hundred and fifty pounds, being for six months' salary due to him as President of the State. Peter Kacklien, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace for the town and township of Easton, in the county of Northampton, upon a return made according to law. Mr. Kacklien was also appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the said county. Upon the report of the Committee that the facts, stated in Andrew Greble's petition, are not supported, an order was taken that the said petition be dismissed. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, March 14th, 1787. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Upon the petition of Brice Smith, a private in the second bat talion of Cumberland county militia, |