The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 9th, 1789. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. James Read, Amos Gregg, Christopher Kucher, Zebulun Potts, Abraham Smith, and Esquires. Upon consideration of the petition and recommendation in favor of Wood Lloyd, for remission of the fine of ten pounds, payable to the use of the Commonwealth, to which he was sentenced at the last Court, upon being convicted of retailing spirituous liquors by the small measure, without licence so to do, Resolved, That the said fine of ten pounds be remitted. A petition from Thomas Gregory, convicted of larceny at the last Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, held in and for the county of Philadelphia, and sentenced to pay to the use of the Commonwealth a fine of six pounds eleven shillings, and to undergo a servitude of eighteen months hard labour, praying that Council would be pleased to remit the said fine and punishment at hard labour, was read; and thereupon, Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be granted. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 10th, 1789. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. James Read, Amos Gregg, Zebulun Potts, Samuel Miles, Christopher Kucher, and Esquires. Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for one hundred and twenty-seven pounds three shillings and eight pence, amount of his account for further repairs done to that part of the bank of Mud Island, which by contract is to be kept up at the expence of the State. In favor of John Donaldson, for thirty-five pounds seven shillings and six pence, amount of his account for the hire of a clerk in the Register General's office, from April the third till July the third, 1789. A petition in favor of Henry Wells of York county, for remis sion of the punishment to which he was sentenced, upon being convicted of a robbery in the county of York aforesaid, was read and dismissed. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, July 11th, 1789. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, James Read, Abraham Smith, Christopher Kucher, Esquires. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Zebulun Potts, Esquire, for the sum of seventy-two pounds fifteen shillings, in full of his account for attendance in Council, from the first day of April untill July the eleventh, 1789, inclusively, deducting five days absence. Upon a recommendation of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the county of Philadelphia, a licence was granted to James Williams to follow the employment of a hawker and pedlar within the said county, until the ninth day of July next, he having entered security as the law directs. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 13th, 1789. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, Amos Gregg, James Read, Abraham Smith, Christopher Kucher, and Esquires. Two orders of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the county of Huntington, for erecting the town of Huntingdon and that part of the township of Huntington which is bounded by Cumberland county, the river Juniata, the Warrior Ridge and the line of Barree township, into a separate district, for the more convenient election of Justices of the Peace; and also the north end of Tyrone township, beginning on the Little Juniata river, in the line of Huntington township, thence up the same to the corner of Frankstown township, at Logan's Narrows, thence by the line of Frankstown township to the line of Northumberland county, thence by the same to the corner of Barree township, thence by the line of Barree to the line of Huntington, and thence by the same to the place of beginning, containing township and district for the purpose aforesaid; which were received and read in Council on the ninth of April last, were read the second time, and an order taken that the districts as above described for the purpose of electing Justices of the Peace, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the twenty-seventh of March, 1784, be and the same are hereby confirmed. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer vizt: In favor of the Honorable James Read, Esquire, for twenty-seven pounds, in full for his attendance in Council from the ninth of June until the fourteenth of July, 1789, inclusive ly. In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for the sum of two hundred pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him as Comptroller General on the thirteenth instant; and for the sum of fifty pounds, for one quarter's salary due to his Clerk on the tenth of this month, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the fourth day of April, 1785. The fine of ten pounds which wes adjudged to be paid to the use of the State by John Coburne, upon his being convicted at the last Mayor's Court of keeping a tipling house, was remitted, upon his petition and a recommendation accompanying the same. 7 Upon the second reading of the petition of Arthur French, praying remission of the punishment to which he was sentenced, upon being convicted of a cheat at the last Mayor's Court, Resolved, That the same be dismissed. A letter from the President of the United States, dated NewYork, July the ninth, 1789, inclesing an act of Congress of the United States for laying a duty on goods, wares and merchandize, imported into the United States, passed the fourth instant, was received and read, and ordered to be filed. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, July 15th, 1789, Wednesday. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Amos Gregg, The Comptroller General's and Register General's report upon the account of George Gerling, for his pay as a seven months' man in the late army of the United States, amounting to sixteen pounds ten shillings, was read and approved. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 16th, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. Samuel Miles, James Read, Amos Gregg, Agreeably to the Comptroller General & Register General's report, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Donnaldson, Esquire, for thirty-eight pounds three shillings and two pence, amount of his account of cash paid for sundry large blank books for keeping a register of the accounts of this Commonwealth, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the twenty-eighth day of March last, and for stationary furnished for the said Register's office. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 17th, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Amos Gregg, Christopher Kucher, and James Read, and Abraham Smith, Samuel Miles, Esquires. Matthew Irwin, Esquire, Recorder of Deeds for the city and county of Philadelphia, and Master of the Rolls for this Common VOL. XVI.-8. wealth, appeared in Council, and took the oath required by an act of Congress passed the first of June last. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, July 18th, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Resolved, That the said Samuel Caldwell, during the time he hath acted as Collector of the duty of Tonnage in this Commonwealth, he hath executed the several duties of the said office with fidelity and to the satisfaction of the Board. Upon consideration of the petition and recommendation in favor of James McMurphy, who was convicted at the last Mayor's Court of an assault and battery and sentenced to pay a fine of fifty pounds to the use of the Commonwealth, and to find security for his good behaviour for one year, and it appearing to Council by a letter from the Mayor of the city, that the said James McMurphy has complied with that part of his sentence which requires security for his good behaviour, and that he remains imprisoned for his fine only, Resolved, That the said fine of fifty pounds be remitted. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 20th, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President. } Esquires. The Honorable the Chief Justice McKean, Judges Atlee, Rush and Bryan, with the Attorney General, Mr. Bradford, and the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, Mr. Burd. appeared in Council and |