certain the boundaries of the several districts between the Canoe place on the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and the Kittanning on the Allegheny river. This nomination was approved by Council, and an order made that the Surveyor General direct Mr. Galbraith to proceed upon this business immediately.

The fine imposed upon John Otto, on conviction of larceny, was remitted.

A resolution of the House appointing Percifor Frazier, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds and Register of the Probate of Wills and granting letters of administration, in the county of Chester, was read, and commissions issued agreeably thereto.

John Luther, Esquire, was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the district of Earl, in the county of Lancaster, upon a return made agreeably to law; Mr. Luther was also appointed a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the county aforesaid.

A deed was signed by the Honorable the Vice President to John Clyde, for a tract of land of one hundred acres, situate in Allen township in the county of Northampton, late the estate of Andrew Allen, an attainted traitor, consideration £298 17 6. Deed dated the first day of March, 1786.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of the trustees of Dickinson College, for five hundred pounds, agreeably to act of Assembly dated the seventh instant, for the purposes mentioned in the said act.

In favor of the Honorable James McLene, Esquire, for fortyfour pounds, in full for his attendance in Council until the twelfth instant, inclusively, and his mileage.

In favor of William Rees, for fifteen pounds, for the further improvement of the State House lot, agreeably to acts of Assembly dated the twentieth of February, 1735-6, and fourteenth of May, 1762, and resolution of Assembly dated the 22nd September, 1783, for which sum he is to account.

Council took into consideration the case of Mathias Aspden, and thereupon, it was

Ordered, That he be pardoned.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 11th, 1786.

PRESENT:

His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Henry Hill,

Mr. Whitehill,

Mr. McLene,

Samuel Dean,

Mr. Balliet,

Mr. Boyd,

Mr. Muhlenberg, and
Mr. Neville.

Agreeably to the order of Wednesday the fifth instant, Council proceeded to the election of five Commissioners under the resolu tion of Assembly of the twenty-first of March last, when it appeared that the following gentleman were chosen, vizt: Robert Morris, George Clymer, John Armstrong, Junior, Thomas Fitzimmons, and Tench Coxe, Esquires.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Colonel William Henry, for one hundred and fifty pounds, for defraying the contingent expenses of exercising the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, for which sum he is to account, to be paid out of the militia fines of the said city and liberties of Philadel phia.

Upon the petition of Robert Biggs, John Kinkaldy and Thomas Smith, convicted of a riot and now confined in the jail of this city, it was

Ordered, That the fines adjudged to be paid by them to the use of the State, be remitted.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 12th, 1786.

PRESENT:

His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire,

And as yesterday.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, April 13th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Henry Hill,

Stephen Balliet,

John Boyd,

John Whitehill,

Peter Muhlenberg, and Esquires.
John Neville,

Upon the petition of Isaac Taylor, of Lancaster, county,

Ordered, That the sale of a tract of land situate in the township of Sadsbury, and county of Chester, late the property of Thomas Bulla, the elder, be postponed until the farther orders of Council.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in, favor of Thomas Douglass, for ten pounds two shillings and six pence, in full for inlisting twenty-seven men for the regiment commanded by Colonel Josiah Harmer, in August and September, 1785.

The Council met.

Henry Hill,

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, April 14th, 1786.

Stephen Balliett,

John Boyd,

PRESENT:

John Whitehill,

Peter Muhlenberg, and Esquires.
John Neville,

The petition of Williamina Bond, praying the pardon of her son Phineas Bond, attainted' of high treason, was read, and the consideration thereof postponed untill Tuesday next.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Jonathan Hoge, Esquire, for twenty-five pounds one shilling, in full of his account for his attendance at this Board until this day, inclusively, and mileage.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for two hundred pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him as Comptroller General of the State, and ending the thirteenth instant.

The following notice was put into the hands of the Receiver General of the Land Office, for publication, vizt: Notice is hereby given, that agreeably to an act of the General Assembly of this Commonwealth entitled "An Act for directing the sale of such of the city lots as remain the property of the State, and for disposing of the house and lots in High street, in the city of Philadelphia, late the estate of Joseph Galloway, and forfeited to this Common

wealth, the mansion and lots adjoining on Market street, containing in breadth on the south side of said street sixty feet, and in length or depth on Sixth street one hundred and eighty feet, late the property of Joseph Galloway, as aforesaid, will be exposed to public sale at the Old Coffee House in this city, on Wednesday the third day of May next, and between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon, and two o'clock of the afternoon of that day. Conditions of sale: gold or silver money, bills of credit of this State of the last emission, depreciation certificates, or other certificates of debts due by this State on which interest is receivable at the Treasury of this Commonwealth, will be received in payment. Onethird part of the consideration money to be paid within three days after the day of sale, another third part in one month thereafter, and the remaining third part within two months from the day of sale; possession of the premises to be given on a certificate from the Receiver General of the Land Office that payment has been made of one-third part of the consideration money, and good and sufficient security given for the payment of the remainder, agreeably to the preceding terms.

The fine imposed upon Thomas Wigley, upon conviction of larceny in the city of Philadelphia, was remitted.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 17th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Stephen Balliet, General Neville,

Peter Muhlenberg, William Brown, and

John Whitehill,

Jonathan Hoge,

John Boyd,

Present also, his Excellency Balliet.

Esquires.

The petition of Frederick Wilt, stating his claim to the arrearages of a pension, was read, and referred to Edward Shippen, Esquire.

A reconsideration of the petition of Mrs. Bond, in favor of her son Phineas Bond, was had, and an order taken that the operation of the attainder to which he is now liable, be suspended until the end of the next session of the General Assembly.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Captain William McCurdy, of the first American regiment, for fifty-one dollars, being the bounty paid to seventeen recruits inlisted by him and discharged by Major William North, on the fourteenth day of November, 1785.

A dispute having arisen between William Maclay, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor of district number eighteen, and Samuel Edmiston, Deputy Surveyor of district number seventeen, touching the partition line between these districts, and the same being submitted to Council, the following order was taken thereon, vizt: that a straight line be run from the tree on the bank of Lycoming creek, marked by William McClay, two miles up the creek aforesaid, the termination of which shall be taken as the point of beginning of a line of partition to be run by the parties severally, or by either of them.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 19th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The Comptroller General's reports upon the following accounts were read and approved:

Of Hugh Sprouls, of the county of Washington, for a horse lost on the Sandusky expedition.

Of Joseph Brown, of said county, for 'rations furnished to the militia employed on the said expedition.

Of Thomas Brown, of said county, for rations furnished as aforesaid.

Of William McGlaughlin, of the said county, for pork furnished for the use of the militia, when in service on the frontiers of Washington county, in 1782.

Enoch Edwards, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace for the county of Philadelphia, upon a return made according to law for the district of the townships of Oxford, Lower Dublin, and Biberry.