Agreeably to the minute of the 21st instant, Council proceeded to the appointment of a Lieutenant of the county of Cumberland, in the room of John Wilkins, Esquire, resigned; and the votes being taken, it appeared that George Gibson, Esquire, was duly appointed to that office.

Upon the petitions of Edward Fox and Abraham Shoemaker, and recommendations accompanying the same, it was

Ordered, That the said Edward Fox and Abraham Shoemaker be appointed and commissionated Notarys Public for this Commonwealth.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, September 26th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of the Honorable Thomas McKean, Esquire, for two hundred and fifty pounds, for one quarter's salary as Chief Justice, ending the 25th instant.

In favor of the Honorable George Bryan, Esquire, for one hundred and fifty pounds, for one quarter's salary as one of the Justices of the Supreme Court, ending the 25th instant.

In favor of the Honorable Jacob Rush, Esquire, for one hundred and fifty pounds, for one quarter's salary as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, ending the 18th instant, according to the Comptroller General's reports.

In favor of the Honorable Isaac Meason, for thirty-eight pounds five shillings, in full for his attendance in Council until this day, inclusively, and his mileage.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, September 27th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

John Carothers, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace for the district of West Pennsborough township, in the county of Cumberland, upon a return made according to law. Mr. Carothers was also appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the county aforesaid.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Peter Burkholder, for one hundred and fifty-two pounds, being the ballance due to him in specie, upon a settlement of his account as late SubLieutenant of the county of Northampton, according to the Comptroller General's report.

The fine imposed upon Darby McMimary, upon conviction of larceny, in the county of Philadelphia, was remitted.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 28th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Henry Hill,

Stephen Balliet,

Jonathan Hoge,

John Whitehill,

James McLene,

On motion,

John Boyd,

William Brown,

John Neville, and Esquires.
Bernard Dougherty,

Ordered That the sale of William Hay's estate, by the Sheriff of the county of Lancaster, be postponed until the further order of Council.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of James Pearson, for one hundred pounds, in part of his account for repairing the State House, for which sum he is to account.

Council having received information of a robbery being committed upon several friendly Indians, at or near Tioga, by a certain John Hogg and some people that were with him, in the month of August last, it was

Ordered, That the sum of twelve pounds specie be put into the hands of Samuel Dale, Esquire, who was instructed to proceed to Tioga, and pay the same to such Indians as have been robbed, to reimburse them for the articles taken from them; and an order was drawn upon the Treasurer accordingly.

Copies of the law for erecting the northern part of the county of Northumberland into a separate county, were delivered to Mr. Dale, with instructions to distribute the same, for the information of people residing within the new county.

The fines imposed upon John Conrad Latour and John Speckert, upon conviction of a cheat, in the county of Philadelphia, were remitted.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 29th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Ordered, That Alexander Lowry, Jacob Cook and Joseph Work, Esquires, be and they are hereby appointed Commissioners for the purpose of disposing of the estate of William Hay, of Dauphin county, late Collector of Excise for Lancaster county, and they or any two of them, to contract for the whole, or divided, and let the payments be such as will best answer the interest of the State.

Ordered, That the Sheriff of the county of Lancaster be autho rized and directed to execute a deed or deeds to any person or per sons the Commissioners aforesaid may sell the said estate to, in the same manner as if sold by himself.

A return of the distance from the Canoe Place, on Susquehanna, to the Kittanning, on the Allegany river, together with the boundaries of the several districts of James Potter, James Johnston, James Hamilton, George Woods, Junior, and Thomas Brown McLene, as surveyed and laid down by Robert Galbraith, Esquire, in pursuance of an order of Council dated the 8th of April last, was presented to Council; which being read and considered, an order was taken that the same be confirmed.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 30th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Christopher Waggoner, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace for the district of Lower Saucon and Williams townships, in the county of Northampton, upon a return made according to law.

Mr. Waggoner was also appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the said county.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 2d, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable James McLene, Esquire, for fifty-three pounds fifteen shillings, in full for his attendance in Council until this day, inclusively, and his mileage.

The whipping imposed upon Adam Boylan, upon conviction of larceny, in the county of Montgomery, was remitted.

Upon the petition of Valentine Goosehead, convicted of horse stealing in the county of Franklin, and a recommendation in his favor from a number of respectable inhabitants of the said county,

it was

Ordered, That the said Valentine Goosehead be and he hereby is pardoned.

Mr. Boyd, Mr. Hoge, Mr. Balliet, and Mr. Brown, were appointed a committee to superintend the drawing of the lottery for the donation lands, agreeably to the directions of the act of Assembly passed the twenty-fourth day of March, 1785.

Mr. Whitehill attended the Vice President as a member of the

Board of Property.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 3d, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

William Cook, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace for the district of Point, in the county of Northumberland, upon a return made according to law.

Mr. Cook was also commissionated a Justice of the Court of Common Pleas of the said county.`

On motion,

Ordered, That pardons under the Great Seal, issue to Phineas Bond, John Potts, and Michael Connor, severally attainted of high

treason.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Doctor John Foulke, for ten pounds, in full of his account for medicines and attendance upon several deceased natives of China and India, aocording to the Comptroller General's report, to be paid according to a resolution of Assembly dated the 5th of November, 1785. James Duncan, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated Collector of Excise in the county of Cumberland.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 4th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Information being given to Council that a certain

Brinkhurst, supposed to be concerned in cheating and defrauding