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certificate from the jailor that his term of servitude is expired, and that he has behaved himself peaceably and orderly during his confinement; thereupon

Resolved, That the said fine of six pounds be remitted.

The further consideration of the petition of Christiana Gulielma Gaskell was postponed.

The report of the Committee to whom it was referred to investigate the complaint against John Jones, Esquire, Health Officer, was read the second time, together with sundry papers relative thereto, which accompanied the said report.

Matthew Irwin, Esquire, Recorder, attended at the request of Council, and produced an entry in one of his records of the thirtyfirst of March, 1788, of William Henderson having taken the oath of office before him as deputy to John Jones, Esquire.

On motion,

Resolved, That the further consideration of the said complaint be postponed until Saturday next.

The Comptroller and Register General's report upon the following accounts were read and approved, vizt:

Of Thomas Rogers, for provisions furnished to Captain William Leet's company of Washington county militia, from the fifteenth of April to the sixteenth of May, 1782, amounting to three pounds six shillings and ten pence, and for provisions furnished to Captain William Hogeland's company of the said militia in April, 1782, amounting to one pound fourteen shillings and four pence.

Of Henry Kammerer, for six reams of writing paper furnished for the use of Council, amounting to eight pounds nineteen shillings and six pence; and for seven reams furnished for the Comptroller General's office, amounting to ten pounds nine shillings and five pence, since the twenty-seventh of January last; an was drawn in favor of the said Henry Kammerer, for nineteen pounds eight shillings and eleven pence, amount of the two last mentioned accounts.

On motion,

Resolved, That the Vice President, Mr. Miles and Mr. Smith, be added to the committee on the repairs of the banks of Mud Island, and that the committee be instructed to report to Council without delay, the best mode they can devise of completely repairing the said banks, with an estimate of the costs.

A representation from the Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, relative to money appropriated by act of Assembly, for improving the navigation of the river Delaware, and stating the late contract they have made for erecting piers at Mud Island, &ca., was received and read, and the same referred to Mr. Smith, Mr. Baird and Mr. Kucher.

Upon consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of Daniel Leet, in behalf of himself and others, Deputy Surveyors of the tract of land appropriated for the

redemption of depreciation certificates, praying payment for their services in surveying part of the said tract,

Resolved, That the said petition be laid before the General Assembly, and that it be recommended to the Legislature to provide a fund for paying the said Daniel Leet, and other Surveyors in similar circumstances.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, September 3rd, 1789.

PRESENT:

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

James Read,

Samuel Miles,

Christopher Kucher,

Abraham Smith,

John Smilie,

John Cannon,

George Woods,

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A letter from the Comptroller General, relative to Catherine Zantingler's pension, received by Mr. Woods, inclosing her affidavid and Colonel Woods' account of Lieutenant of Bedford county, as settled by the Comptroller General, was received and read, and the same referred to the Vice President, Mr. Smith and Mr. Willing, the committee on the letter from the Comptroller of the sixth of May last, relative to Colonel Woods' conduct.

The Comptroller General's accounts of his receipts and expenditures in taking care of the State House yard in 1788, amounting to fifteen pounds eighteen and six pence, and in 1789, amounting to seven pounds seventeen shillings and eleven pence, was read and approved.

On motion of Mr. Smilie,

Resolved, That Joseph Terrance, Esquire, High Sheriff of the county of Fayette, be appointed and commissionated Lieutenant of that county, in the room of Robert Bell, Esquire, lately deceased.

The oath to support the Constitution of the United States, required by act of Congress of the first day of June last, was this day administered to Mr. Smilie and Mr. Baird, by the President in Council.

A draft of a letter to the Speaker of the General Assembly, was laid before Council, read and agreed to as follows, vizt:

In Council, Philad'a, September 3rd, 1789. SIR:-I have the honor of transmitting to you to be laid before the General Assembly, the petition of Daniel Leet, in behalf of

himself and other Surveyors of depreciation lands, for compensation of their services, together with a report of a committee of Council on the subject of that petition.

I have the honor to be, Sir, with the greatest respect,

Your most obedient and most bumble servant,

THOMAS MIFFLIN.

Honorable Richard Peters, Esquire, Speaker of the General As

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

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A return from George Gibson, Esquire, Lieutenant of Cumber-. land county, of militia officers in the third battalion of that county, was read and commissions were directed to issue agreeably thereto.

A representation from David Kennedy, Esquire, Secretary of the Land office, stating that a mistake had been committed by issuing ten warrants of five hundred acres each, in the name of the corporation of the Minister, Elders and Deacons of the German Reformed congregation, when in fact they were intended for the use of the corporation of the German Lutheran congregation, in and near the city of Philadelphia, pursuant to an act of General Assembly, passed the fourteenth day of February, 1789, and praying the directions of Council either to cancell the said ten warrants and issue ten others in their stead of the same date, or to take such steps therein as it should appear best to them to prevent any future interference.

Resolved, That the officers of the Land office be directed to make such entries in their books, as shall rectify the mistake and prevent any enterference, and that the said ten warrants be cancelled, and new ones issued for the same quantity of land, bearing the same date.

The certificate of the division of the county of Allegany into townships or districts, by the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, for the purpose of electing Justices of the Peace,

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which was received and read in Council on the fifteenth day of May last, was this day read the second time in the following words,

to wit:

At a Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery, holden at Pittsburgh for the county of Allegany, on the eighteenth day of December last, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, before George Wallace, Esquire, President, and Joseph Scott, John Johnston and John, Wilkins, Esquire, Justices of the same Court, the Court proceeded to divide the county of Allegany into townships in the following manner, to wit:

Moon township: Beginning at the mouth of Flakerty's run; thence up the Ohio river to the mouth of Chartier's creek; thence up the said creek to the mouth of Miller's run; thence by the line of the county to the place of beginning.

St. Clair township: Beginning at the mouth of Chartier's creek; thence up the Ohio river to the mouth of Monongahela river, and up the said river to the mouth of Street's run; thence up the said run to the head thereof; thence by a straight line to the line of the county; thence by the said line to the mouth of Miller's run on Chartier's creek, and down said creek to the place of beginning.

Mifflin township: Beginning at the mouth of Street's run; thence up the Monongahela river to the line of the county, and by the said line to the line of St. Clair township.

Elizabeth township: To contain all that part of the Forks be tween Monongahela and Youghiogany rivers, which lies within the county of Allegany.

Versailles township: Beginning at the mouth of Youghiogany river; thence up the said river to the mouth of Crawford's run; thence by the line of the county to the mouth of Brush creek ; thence down Turtle creek to the mouth thereof; thence up Monongabela river to the place of beginning.

Plumb township: Beginning at the mouth of Brush creek; thence by a straight line to the mouth of Plumb creek on the Allegany river; thence up the said river to the county line; thence by the said line to the place of beginning.

Pitt township: Beginning at the mouth of Pockety's run; thence up the Allegany river, and by the line of the county to Flakerty's run; thence up the Ohio river to the mouth of Monongahela river; thence up the said river to the mouth of Turtle creek; thence up Turtle creek to the mouth of Brush creek; thence by the line of Plumb creek to the place of beginning.

Whereupon, it was

Resolved, That the division of the said county into townships. or districts, as before described, be and the same is hereby confirmed.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 5th, 1789.

PRESENT:

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

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Upon consideration of the report of the committee appointed to investigate the complaint against the late election of Justices of the Peace in the district of Northampton and Southampton, in the county of Bucks,

Resolved, That the petitioners have leave to withdraw their petition.

Agreeably to the minute of the second instant, Council resumed the consideration of the report of the committee appointed to investigate the complaint against John Jones, Esquire, Health Officer, when it was moved and seconded to postpone the further consideration thereof untill the next Mayor's Court shall be adjourned; and on the question to agree to the said postponement, the yeas and nays were as follows, vizt:

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