gomery of larceny, and sentenced to pay to the use of the Commonwealth a fine of twenty-four shillings and undergo a servitude at hard labor for one year,

Resolved, That the said William Kintzler be pardoned.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, October 23rd, 1789.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

William Wilson, Esquire, Councillor elect for the county of Northumberland, attended, and was admitted to a seat at the Board, he having previously taken the oaths required by the Con

stitution of the State.

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. Wilson.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of the Honorable Christopher Kucher, for the sum of twenty-three pounds five shillings, in full for his attendance in Council untill this day inclusively.

In favor of Griffith Owen, for eleven pounds thirteen shillings and four pence, amount of his account for winding up and taking care of the State House clock for seven months, from the fourth day of March to the third day of October, 1789, according to the Comptroller and Register General's reports of the twenty-second instant.

In favor of the Honorable Samuel Edie, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred pounds, payable out of the fund appropriated for claims and improvements, being the remainder of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds which was granted by act of Assembly passed the twenty-seventh of March last, for the purpose of opening and repairing the public road through Black's Gap, between Chambersburgh and Yorktown, for which sum the Commissioners appointed by Council on the twenty-fourth of June last to superintend the said work are to account.

The Committee appointed to examine into the several claims of Joseph Perkins, Abraham Morrow and John Nicholson, for new orders of Council, in pursuance of the act of Assembly dated the

twenty-ninth of September last, for the several balances due to them for repairing public arms, delivered in a report, which was read the second time and adopted, as follows, vizt:

The Committee to whom was referred the account of John Nicholson, gunsmith, report a concurrence with the Comptroller and Register General's thereon.

The accounts of Joseph Perkins and Abraham Morrow being referred to the said Committee, they observe that at the settlement of the said accounts with the Comptroller General, the parties entered into an agreement, which is specified on the back of the said accounts, that if the paper should appreciate, they would receive a sum in proportion, to be of equal value as when the account was settled, and if the money should depreciate, they were to receive an additional sum, which said agreement your Committee are of opinion should be adhered to; therefore, offer the following resolution :

Resolved, That the accounts of Joseph Perkins and Abraham Morrow be settled and adjusted agreeably to the agreement made by them with the Comptroller General.

'The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, October 24th, 1789.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

The Comptroller and Register General's report upon the account of Timothy Morarity, for his pay in the late Pensylvania Navy, amounting to two pounds fifteen shillings and six pence, was read and approved.

A return of the general election of Sheriffs and Coroners held in the county of Mifflin, was received and read, by which it appears that George Wilson and William Wilson were duly elected Sheriffs, and James Taylor and John Wilson Coroners of the said county; whereupon, it was

Resolved, That George Wilson, Esquire, be appointed and commisionated Sheriff, and James Taylor Coroner, of the said county of Mifflin.

Thomas Wilson and Thomas Beal were offered and accepted as sureties for the said Sheriff's faithful performance of the duties of his office, according to law.

Upon consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the petition of Catherine Moore, now confined in the workhouse of this city, with an instruction to make enquiry into the particular character of the petitioner,

Resolved, That the said Catherine Moore be pardoned.

On motion,

Resolved, That new commissions of the pleas issue to William Brown, William McCoy, William Bell and James Burns, Esquires, Justices of the Peace of Mifflin county.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, October 26th, 1789.

PRESENT:

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

Resolved, That the Vice President, Samuel Miles and Mr. Smith, be appointed a committee to prepare and report to Council a draft of a message to the General Assembly.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, October 27th, 1789.

PRESENT:

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

Resolved, That the election of a Surveyor General, in the room of John Lukens, Esquire, deceased, (appointed for this day,) be postponed untill Tuesday next.

Upon the second reading of the petition of John Archibald for remission of a fine of ten pounds, payable to the use of the Commonwealth, which was imposed upon him at the last Mayor's Court, upon his being convicted of keeping a tippling house, Resolved, That the said fiue be remitted.

Upon consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred the account of Jacob Bennett, Esquire, Sheriff of the county of Bucks, for the expences of attending the citation of witnesses to attend the hearing before Council of the late contested election of Justices of the Peace in the townships of Northampton and Southampton, in the county of Bucks, amounting to six pounds eleven shillings and five pence,

Resolved, That the Council approve of the said account, and that three pounds thirteen shillings and eleven pence be paid by the Overseer of the Poor of the township of Northampton, and two pounds seventeen shillings and six pence by the Overseer of the Poor of the township of Southampton, according to the seventeenth section of an act of Assembly passed the fourth day of March, 1786.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, October 28th, 1789.

PRESENT:

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

A letter from the Secretary at War, at New-York, requesting a list of persons entitled to pensions by the laws of this State, was received and read, and an order was taken that the Secretary apply to the Comptroller General for information on that subject.

A report from William Clingan and John Culbertson, two of the Justices of the Peace appointed to investigate the complaint against an election of Justices of the Peace held in the district of the townships of Kennet, East and West Marlborough, in the county of Chester, on the twentieth of December, 1787, was received and read; and no sufficient reason appearing to set aside the said elec-. tion, an order was taken to confirm the same; and thereupon

Robert Cooper was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace and Court of Common Pleas of the said county of Chester, he having a majority of votes.

An order. was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Francis Bailey for one hundred and forty-one pounds and six pence, in full for printing work done for Council from February the fourth, 1788, to October tenth, 1789, according to the Comptroller and Register General's reports.

Three setts of the journals of the first sessions of the House of Representatives of the United States was received.

On motion,

Resolved, That Colonel William Henry, Lieutenant of the city. and liberties of Philadelphia, be directed to furnish to Anthony Wright, Quarter Master Sergeant of the battalion of Artillery in this city, fifty weight of gunpowder and ten yards of flannel, to be used by the said battalion on the day of the election of a Presid't and Vice President.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, October 29th, 1789.

PRESENT:

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

Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, the orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of John Nicholson, (gunsmith,) for the sum of twentythree pounds five shillings and two pence, payable out of the fund appropriated for claims and improvements, according to act of Assembly dated the twenty-ninth of September last, being the ballance due upon his account for repairing public arms belonging to the city and liberties of Philadelphia, as settled by the Comptroller General on the ninth instant.

In favor of George Troutner, for the sum of one pound ten shillings, payable out of the monies arising from militia fines in the county of Northumberland, being the amount of his account as 'settled by the Comptroller General, for militia services for twelve days in making a return of the male white inhabitants of Penn's township, in the said county, according to the act of Assembly passed the fourteenth of February, 1777.

Agreeably to the order of the day, Council proceeded to the consideration of the letter from Doctor Thomas Ruston, of the