On motion,

Resolved, That John Pearson, Thomas Levis, Richard Hill Morris, and George Pearce, Esquires, be appointed and commissionated Juctices of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Delaware.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, October 15th, 1789.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable James Read, Esquire, for thirty-eight pounds five shillings, in full for his attendance in Council from the twenty-sixth of August to the fifteenth of October, 1789, inclusively.

Duplicates of the acts and resolutions of Congress, (originals received on Monday last,) were this day received.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 16th, 1789.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

Two copies of the Journals of the Senate of the United States were received.

Upon the petitions of Emanual Anthony, Hugh McDowell and Thomas Combess, now confined in the jail of the city and county of Philadelphia, for larceny,

Ordered, That the several fines due from them to the Commonwealth, be remitted, it appearing that their time of servitude is expired, and that they behaved orderly during their confinement.

A return of the general election held in the county of Delaware, was received and read, by which it appears that Nicholas Fairlamb and Jesse Maris were duly elected Sheriffs, and Jonathan Vernon and William Walton, Coroners.

On motion, it was

Resolved, That Nicholas Fairlamb, Esquire, be appointed and commissionated Sheriff for the county of Delaware, and that Frederick Fairlamb and James Bernard of the said county, be accepted as sureties for his faithfull discharge of the duties of said office according to law.

Resolved, That Jonathan Vernon be appointed and commissionated Coroner for the said county of Delaware.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, October 17th, 1789.,

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

Two orders were drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, one for two hundred pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him as Comptroller General on the thirteenth instant, and the other for fifty pounds, being one quarter's sal. ary due to his Clerk on the tenth instant, agreeably to act of Assembly, dated the fourth day of April, 1785.

Upon the petition and recommendation in favor of Daniel Sullivan, who was convicted of larceny in the county of Bucks, at a Court of General Quartar Sessions held in September last, praying remission of the fine of two pounds ten shillings, to which he has been sentenced for the said offence,

Resolved, That the said fine be remitted, it appearing to Council that his time of servitude is expired.

Returns of the general elections held in the counties of Chester, Bucks, Montgomery and Berks, were received and read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were duly elected, vizt:

Charles Dilworth and James McDowell, Sheriffs, and Nathan Scolfield and John Underwood, Coroners of the county of Chester. Jacob Bennett and William Chapman, Sheriffs, and Isaac Vanhorne and Joseph Hart, Coroners of the county of Bucks.

Francis Swaine and Henry Hooken, Sheriffs, and John Roberts and Samuel Hines, Coroners of the county of Montgomery.

Jacob Bower and Philip Kremer, Sheriffs, and Peter Feather, Junior, and John Snell, Coroners of the county of Berks; whereupon, it was

Resolved, That Charles Dilworth be appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and Nathan Scofield, Coroner of the county of Chester; Jacob Bennett, Sheriff, and Isaac Vanhorne, Coroner of the county of Bucks; Francis Swaine, Sheriff, and John Roberts, Coroner of the county of Montgomery; and Jacob Boyer, Sheriff, and Peter Feather, Junior, Coroner of the county of Berks.

Resolved, That the following gentlemen be accepted as sureties, vizt:

John Hannum and Ezekiel Leonard, for the Sheriff of the county of Chester.

James Tate and William Bennett, for the Sheriff of the county of Bucks.

Peter Muhlenberg and John Richards, for the Sheriff of the county of Montgomery.

Nicholas Lutz and John Spohn, for the Sheriff of the county of Berks.

The Council met.

Philadelphia, Monday, October 19th, 1789.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

A return of the General Election held in the county of Northampton, was received and read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were duly elected, vizt:

Jonas Hartzell, Esquire, Councillor; George Graff and Henry Bush, Sheriffs; and George Shrewer and John Towns, Coroners. On motion, it was

Resolved, That George Graff, Esquire, be appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and George Shrewer, Coroner, of the county of Northampton.

Peter Kohler and Jacob Newhard were offered and accepted as sureties for the said Sheriff's faithfull performance of the duties of his office according to law.

Agreeably to a certificate from Chief Justice McKean and Judge Rush, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Edward Burd, Esquire, for the sum of six pounds, being the expences of the Honorable William Augustus Atlee, Esquire, in coming to and

returning from a Supreme Court held at Philadelphia on the twentyfourth of September last, and a Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery held at Philadelphia on the eighth day of this month.

Upon the second reading of the petition of Thomas Wright, of Bucks county, praying remission of the sum of fifteen pounds due from him to the State, being the remainder of the sum of fifty pounds, to which he was sentenced for an assault and battery upon Joseph Thomas,

was

Ordered, That the petitioner have leave to withdraw his petition. Upon the second reading of the petition of William Read; it

Resolved, That the fine of ten pounds due to the State to which he was sentenced upon being convicted of selling spirituous liquors without licence in the county of Philadelphia, be remitted.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 20th, 1789.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

Jonas Hartzell, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Northampton, attended, and was admitted to a seat at the Board, he having previously taken the oaths required by the Constitution.

The oath to support the Constitution of the United States required by Act of Congress of the first day of June last, was also duly administered to Mr. Hartzell.

Returns of the General Elections held in the counties of Lancaster, York and Cumberland, were received and read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were duly elected: James Ross and Michael App, Sheriffs, and George Graff and John Weidley, Coroners of the county of Lancaster.

Conrad Laub and William McClellan, Sheriffs, and Andrew Johnston, and Doctor John Morris, Coroners for the county of York; and Thomas Buchanan, and John Jordan, Sheriffs, and Henry Quigley, and James Lamberton, Coroners for the county of Cumberland; whereupon, it was

Resolved, That James Ross be appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and George Graff, Coroner of the county of Lancaster. VOL. XVI.-13.

Conrad Laub, Sheriff, and Andrew Johnston, Coroner of the county of York; and Thomas Buchanan, Sheriff, and Henry Quigley, Coroner of the county of Cumberland.

Resolved, That the following gentlemen be accepted as sureties, vizt: Doctor Frederick Kuhn and Samuel Wright, for the Sheriff of the county of Lancaster; Daniel May, Philip Gausler and Andrew Billmeyer, for the Sheriff of the county of York; and William McFarland and James Loughlin, for the Sheriff of the county of Cumberland.

Colonel Willing informed Council that the law for erecting part of Chester county into a new county, directed that the Coroner for that new county should give security in the sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds for the faithfull performance of his office; and thereupon, Joseph Dicks and Thomas Hinkson, were accepted as sureties.

A letter from John Sellers, resigning his appointment as one of the Commissioners for viewing the river Schuylkill, agreeably to Act of Assembly passed the twenty-eighth of September last, was received and read, and his resignation accepted.

On motion,

Resolved, That Benjamin Rittenhouse, Esquire, be appointed a Commissioner to view the river Schuylkill, in the room of John Sellers, resigned.

Philip Sheaff, Esquire, who was appointed by Council on the ninth instant, to be Collector of Excise in the county of Delaware, now offered Richard Willing, Esquire, and William Sheaff, merchant, as his sureties, and they were accepted.

On motion,

Resolved, That Tuesday next be assigned for going into the appointment of a Surveyor General for this State.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 21st, 1789.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

Returns of the General Election held in the counties of Northumberland and Dauphine, were received and read, by which it appears that the following gentlemen were duly elected, vizt: