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militia, by the act entitled "An act to regulate the militia," or the military amendment to the said act, shall not be understood to extend to any duty. such persons then being officers who have gone over to and joined the enemy in the late war.

tion.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be Approprialawful for the treasurer of this State, and he is hereby directed, to pay the several sums of money following, viz.:

To Peter Schuyler, the sum of thirty pounds, as a compensation for Peter his expences and services, as commissioner of Indian affairs.

Schuyler.

To Abraham Cuyler, the sum of five pounds and seven shillings, for Abraham victualling and lodging seven Oneida Indians.

Cuyler.

To Donald Campbell, the sum of eight hundred pounds, out of any Donald monies he may have in the treasury, after the first day of April next, on Campbell. account of the United States, and charge the same to them, agreeable to the act of Congress, of the 11th of October last.

Younglove

To David Younglove, a wounded soldier, the sum of eight pounds. David To his excellency the governor, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, to procure materials for putting in order several pieces of artil- Artillery. lery; he to be accountable for the expenditure of the said sum.

man, grant

setts,

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be John Thurlawful for the commissioners of the land office, to direct letters-patent . to be issued to John Thurman, for the twelfth township in that tract of country called and known by the name of Jessups purchase, for such price per acre as they may judge proper, payable in any of the certificates issued or to be issued by Gerard Bancker, treasurer of this State. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treas- Massachuurer of this State, shall pay unto each of the agents employed on the agents to part of this State, to assist in ascertaining and running the line of juris- run bounddiction between this State and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at and after the rate of forty shillings per day, for every day they have respectively been employed in the said service, over and above their expences, to be ascertained and certified to the said treasurer by the auditor of this State. Provided, that the salary of the surveyor general, shall, for the time such allowance is made, be deducted from such allowance.

ary line.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer Id. of this State, as one of the agents employed on the part of this State in ascertaining and running the line of jurisdiction between this State and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retain in his hands the sum of two hundred pounds, to be applied to the discharge of the accounts of the said agents in the said business, they to be accountable for the same.

And whereas William Peters of the city of Philadelphia, hath by his petition to the legislature represented, that previous to the late war, he obtained a judgment in the supreme court, against George Croghan, in which suit a writ of venditioni exponas issued to the sheriff of the then county of Tryon, on which writ was endorsed the sum of two thousand two hundred and forty one pounds and four pence half penny, as the amount of the principal, interests and costs, to be levied thereby. That by virtue of the said writ, Alexander White Esquire the then sheriff of the said county, seized and sold certain lands of the said George Croghan at which sales Thomas Jones became a purchaser to the amount of nine hundred and forty two pounds four shillings, John Claus to the amount of sixty six pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, Stephen De Lancy, to the amount of seventy five pounds, and Richard Duncan to the amount of two hundred and thirty four pounds; and the said Alexander White, on the ninth day of November, in the year one thou

William Peters, judgment against Geo. Croghan.

Id.

Duanesburgh,

town of, erected.

sand seven hundred and seventy four, executed conveyances to the said several purchasers, for the lands by them respectively purchased, and he delivered the same to James Duane the attorney of the said plaintiff, as escrows, to take effect on the payment by the said purchasers severally, of the purchase money from them respectively due. That the said purchasers, not having paid any part of the said purchase money, the said conveyances still remain in the hands of the said James Duane, and the plaintiff in the same suit, by reason of the troubles which soon after took place, and of the attainder of the said Thomas Jones, John Claus, Stephen De Lancey and Richard Duncan, hath been prevented from taking measures for compelling them to pay the amount of the purchase money due from them respectively, or for effecting a payment of the monies recovered in the said suit; and therefore prayed the interposition of the legislature in his behalf. Therefore,

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the surveyor general, as soon as conveniently may be, after the passing of this act, to sell, in the manner directed by an act entitled "An act for the speedy sale of the confiscated and forfeited estates within this State, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed 12th May 1784, the lands so purchased by the said Thomas Jones, John Claus, Stephen De Lancey and Richard Duncan, and to pay of the monies arising by such sale, to the amount of one thousand three hundred and seventeen pounds, seventeen shillings and four pence, being the whole amount of the purchase money so due as aforesaid, with lawful interest for the same, from the said ninth day of November, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy four to the judgment creditors of the said George Croghan, or their assigns, according to the priority of their respective judgments remaining unsatisfied, and to pay the overplus of the said monies, if any there shall be, into the treasury of this State. Provided, that such payment shall not be made to the said creditors, until he the said William Peters shall have delivered to the commissioners, the said conveyances from the said Alexander White, duly proved or acknowledged, and also the said writ of venditioni exponas: And provided further, that monies only consisting in gold or silver, or bills of credit of this State, shall be received by the commissioners in payment on the said sales: And provided farther, that the conveyances from the commissioners in this case, shall not be deemed to operate as warrantys from the State; and the commissioners, shall accordingly insert in the conveyances, the words, "these presents however are in no wise to operate as a warranty" immediately before the words "in witness."

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said surveyor general shall cause the said writ of venditioni exponas to be filed in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of this State, and the clerk of the said court is hereby required to receive and file the same writ accordingly; and the surveyor general shall cause the said conveyances from the said Alexander White, to be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county of Montgomery, the expence thereof to be defrayed out of the monies to arise by the said sales, to be made by the commissioners as aforesaid.

And whereas that part of the county of Albany, heretofore the townships of Schoharie and Duanesburgh, is now united into one town, which from its extent is inconvenient to the inhabitants. Therefore,

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, the said township of Duanesburgh, bounded ɔn

the north by the county of Montgomery, on the west by Schoharie river, and the Schoharie patent, on the south by the north bounds of lands granted to Johannis Lawyer and others, and the south bounds of lands granted to Captain Jonathan Brewer, and the manor of Rensselaerwyck; and on the east by the west bounds of lands belonging to the Dutch church of Shenectady, and the west bounds of the settlement called Corry's brook, shall continue and be a town by the name of Duanesburgh, with all the rights privileges and immunities, which are granted tc other towns within this State, by an act of the legislature passed in this present session, entitled "An act for dividing the counties of this State into towns;" and that the first town meeting of the inhabitants of the said town, shall be held at the dwelling-house now occupied by Nicholas Reghter, in the said town, on the first Tuesday in April, in the year aforesaid.

And whereas it appears to the legislature, that Ananias Cooper, Martin Vosburgh, Thomas Lewis, John Van Benthuysen, and Anthony Hoffman, were entitled to a tract of land being part of a larger tract granted by letters patent to Joseph Totton and Stephen Crosfield, commonly known by the name of Jessups Purchase; and by the events of the late war, the several deeds, vouchers and papers respecting their title to the said lands, had been carried off, and could not afterwards be obtained, before the time limited for them to produce such claims was expired. Therefore to afford relief in the premises,

Hoffman

lands.

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commision- Anthony ers of the land office, are hereby authorized and directed, to examine et al, into the claims and pretentions of Anthony Hofman, Martin Vosburgh claim to and others, relative to a township of twenty four thousand acres of land, within the limits of the purchase commonly called Jessups Purchase; and if upon such examination it should appear to the commissioners, to be a just and equitable claim, to order and direct so much of the unappropriated lands within the said purchase, or next adjacent thereto, within this State, to be granted to the said Anthony Hoffman and his associates, as they shall deem just and equitable, upon such terms and conditions as lands upon similar claims have been granted; and the like provision is hereby made in favour of Roger Southerland.

And whereas Joshua T. D. St. Croix, did on the seventh day of June, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy six, execute a bond to Thomas Pearsall, of the city of New York, for six hundred pounds, actually paid to the said Joshua T. D. St. Croix, who afterwards on the fourth day of February in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, conveyed to the said Thomas Pearsall, a certain tract of land laying within this State, for the securing of the said debt; which said tract of land became forfeited to the people of this State, by the conviction of the said Joshua T. D. St. Croix. And whereas the said conveyance was prior to the act entitled "An act for the forfeiture and sale of the estates of persons who have adhered to the enemies of this State, and for declaring the sovereignty of the people of this State in respect to all property within the same," passed the twenty second day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, it is therefore proper that relief should be given to the said Thomas Pearsall, as a bona fide purchaser of the said estate, and without any intention on his part, to defraud the people of this State. Therefore,

Pearsall.

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the provision Thomas contained in forty second section of the act entitled "An act for the speedy sale of the confiscated and forfeited estates within this State, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the twelfth day of

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Claims for

etc.

May in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, shall be, and hereby is declared to extend to the said Thomas Pearsall; and that his claim on the estate forfeited to the people of this State, by the conviction of the said Joshua T. D. St. Croix, shall and may be adjusted and paid in like manner as the claims of other persons are directed to be adjusted and paid, by the said section; any thing in either of the herein before recited acts to the contrary notwithstanding.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be impresses, lawful for the auditor, to examine the claims of persons against the State, for pay or compensation for the hire of vessels, teams, or for provisions or other matters, hired, taken or impressed by Egbert Dumond, Daniel Graham, Moses Cantine, or by any person or persons authorized by his excellency the governor, to hire vessels, make impresses, taking provisions, or other matters; and to report a state of such claims to the legislature, at their next meeting.

James

penses as

Congress.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the auditor Duane, ex- of this State be, and he hereby is directed and authorized, to audit delegate to and settle the accounts of James Duane, for his expences as a delegate of this State, in the Congress of the United States, in the years one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven and one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, on the same principles as the salaries of the chancellor and treasurer are directed to be settled, by the second section of an act entitled, "An act for the payment of the salaries of the several officers of government, and of certain contingent expences, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the twelfth day of May, in the year of one thousand seven hundred and eighty four; taking as a ratio on such settlement thirty four shillings specie, as the expence of a day for the maintenance of a delegate, his servant and two horses, while employed on that duty; and estimating the Continental money by the scale of depreciation of Pennsylvania, where it was expended.

Certain lands not

And whereas Samuel Waterhouse, on the twenty fourth day of September,, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one, purchased of John Lansing and Christopher Yates, Esquires as commissioners for procuring a sum in specie, &c, three thousand five hundred and thirty two acres of land in Skeens little patent, the boundaries of which land are erroneously described; and the said Samuel Waterhouse having prayed that the mistake may be rectified. Therefore,

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commisto be sold. sioner of the eastern district, and the surveyor general, be inhibited, from selling such part of the patent called Skeens little patent, lying north and east of Mackintoch's patent, until after the rising of the legislature, at their next meeting.

State agent's

orders to members of legislature.

Rent of executive mansion.

And whereas, during the late war the members of the legislature received orders from Udney Hay, then State agent, to be paid in wheat for their services, as members of the legislature; and whereas, some of the said orders remain unpaid. Therefore,

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer of the State shall and he is hereby authorized, to discharge such orders so unpaid, at and after the rate of eight shillings for every bushel of wheat, mentioned in such order.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the treasurer of this State shall pay to his excellency the governor, the sum of three hundred pounds, in full for the rent of the house he now lives in, together with the amount of the taxes paid on the same, from the first day of May last, to the thirtieth day of April next inclusive.

INDEX.

A.

ABSCONDING DEBTORS.
See DEBTS AND DEBTORS.

ABSENCE.

Death, seven years deemed evidence of — chap 10, 11th sess.....

ACADEMIES.

See EDUCATION.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

False personation in- chap. 21, 11th sess

Proof of conveyances

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- chap. 44, 11th sess.

Proof of mortgages- chap. 45, 11th sess...

611

634

689

690

ACRE.

What quantity of land to comprise - chap. 13, 11th sess.....

618

ACTIONS OF ACCOUNT.

Procedure in-chap. 46, 11th sess..

692

Remedy by, giving further relief— chap. 4, 11th sess..

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chapter one-chap. 12, 8th sess., 24; chap. 94, 10th sess.
chapter twenty-eight-chap. 2, 8th sess..
chapter twenty-nine - chap. 38, 9th sess...

562

Seventh session :

chapter one-chap. 19, 8th sess., 46; chap. 5, 9th sess.
chapter four-chap. 29, 9th sess...

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chapter fifty-one - chapter 15, 8th sess.

chapter fifty-two- chap. 38, 8th sess., 72; chap. 95, 10th sess...
chapter fifty-six - chap. 50, 9th sess., 294; chap. 75, 10th sess..
chapter sixty-four; chapter 58, 9th sess..

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