In the Government was at an End and could not be Executed till they were Impowred by A New Authority which occasioned A Totall obstruction of the payment of the Publick Taxes for the Support of the Government, for some time to the Great Prejudice of His Majestie and His Government over this Province Wee are of opinion, that your Excellency can't punish any Crimes or misdemainours Against His Majesties Peace & Government nor Sufficiently Excert your Selfe for His Majesties Service In the Execution of the Powers & Authorities Lodged In you, while the said Attourney Generall continnues to Execute the said Office, being A Person disaffected to the Present Government. And it is our Humble Advice to your Excellency to Suspend the said Alexander Griffith from his Office of Attourney Generall, and to Issue your order In Councill, to the Person you will Please to Appoynt to Execute the Office of Attourney Generall till His Majesties Pleasure be further known to Prosecute the said Griffith for his severall contempts and misdemainours This we think Absolutely necessary for His Majesties Service, but it is nevertheless most Humbly Submitted to your Excellencies better wisdome and Judgement by your Excellencies most Humble Servants. LEWIS MORRIS JOHN ANDERSON ELISHA PARKER The said opinion and Advice being read His Excellency was pleased to suspend the said Alexander Griffith from Executing the Office of Attourney Generall of this Province untill His Majesties Pleasure be further known, and to Appoynt Thomas Gordon Esq' to Execute the Office of Attourney Generall untill His Majesties Pleasure be further known,* His Excellency was Also Pleased to Give an order to Thomas. Gordon Esq to prosecute the said Alexander Griffith by *N. J. Archives, IV., 209; N. Y. Col. Docs., V., 400. Information In His Majesties Courts For the Contempts and misdemainours mentioned In the opinion and advice of this Board. Ordered that John Barclay Deputed Clerk of the Councill for Jeremiah Bass Esq' Signifie the same unto the said Alexander Griffith by serving him with A Copy of the Minutes of Councill Relating to himselfe. A true Copy By Me JOHN BARCLAY Dpt: Clk: Memorandom I served Alexander Griffith Esq' with A Copy of the Above order the 26th 1714 At my owne House J BASS. The Warrants for the Officers Sallaries of this Government were Signed for their severall Salaries from the twenty third of March 1713 to the twenty third of March 1714 In the Evening Lewis Morris Esq' tooke the Lawfull Oathes to His Present Majestie Also M' Gordon was Sworn As Attourney Generall of this Province. At A Councill held At Perth-Amboy Jany the 23a 1714 Present His Excellency Robert Hunter Esq' Capt Genll &c His Excellency proposed that His Majestie be Addressed, Congratulating His Accession to the Throne, and His Arrivall to Great Brittain Ordered that the Members of this Board or any three of them draw up the said Address to be presented to this Board to morrow. At A Councill held At Perth Amboy Jany ye 24th 1714 Present His Excellency Robert Hunter Esq' Capt: Genll: &c Lewis Morris Esq' Reported from the Comitty Appoynted to draw up the Address to His Majestie, produced the same which was Read and Approved of by this Board. A Warrant was Signed to Each of the Members of this Board here After mentioned for twenty foure shillings (viz) Lewis Morris, Thomas Gordon, John Hamilton, Thomas Byerly and John Reading Due to Each of them for foure days Sallary omitted out of their Warrants for their Attendance at the Last Sessions of Assembly At Burlington. A Warrant was Signed directing Thomas Gordon Esqr: Commissioner for the Office of His Majesties Attourney Generall of this Province to Prosecute by Information In the Supreme Court of Judicature of this Province Daniell Cox and Daniell Leeds of Burlington County John Vaughan and Thomas Jewell of Monmouth County for several Contempts and misdemainours by them Comitted, who have hitherto Escaped Due Prosecution through the Negligence of the Late Attourney Generall: INDEX. Acquackanonck (Aquaninoncke, Acqui- canunck, Aquickanuc, Acquicanum): Administration: Letters of, 521, 531, 533, Adultery: To punish, 35, 147, 148. Allen: Judadiah, Elected Deputy, 143, Allisson: Capt., 405. Anderson: John, Member of Council, and therein present, 483, 485, 487, 488, 494- A. 514, 520.-Messenger, 520.-In relation Anderson (Andress, Andres, Andresse): Andress: Ephraim, Elected Deputy, 143. Arentson (Arents): Claud (Claus, Claes), Armour: James, 206, 214. tices, Sheriffs, or Clerks of Courts, 208, Bacon: Samuel, 18. Baker: Joseph, 117. Barbaree: John, 343, 345. Common Right, 121.-Referred to, 124, Barclay John, 200, 227, 228, 229, 230, 233, B. Bard Peter, 421, 508, 510, 513, 517, 535, 541. Barker: Thomas, 283. Bayard (Bagard): Nicholas, Justice of the |