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vided by the said commissioners between the counties of Bedford and Huntingdon, in the manner divided by the said act, after making the deductions therein provided for.

Blair McClenaghan and William Ralston, were offered as sureties for Joseph Dean, Esquire, Auctioneer for the city of Philadel phia, and Thomas Lea and Leonard Dorsey, for John Chaloner, Esquire, Auctioneer for the Northern Liberties; and it was agreed to accept of them as such.

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Mr. Edie was appointed a member of the Board of Property for the present month.

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

Of Mary Mackey, administratrix of John Mackey, deceased, for the pay of the said John Mackey as an eighteen months' man, in the late army of the United States, amounting to thirty-six pounds.

Of Robert Martin, Esquire, for his own services and the wages of six men employed in December, 1775, in pursuunce of a resolution of Assembly of the late province of Pennsylvania, dated November the twenty-fifth, 1775, for enforcing the laws of Pennsylvania against the Connecticut settlers at and near Wyoming, and for supplies of provisions, forage and stores for the said men, amounting to eighty-two pounds thirteen shillings and eight pence, as settled by the said Comptroller and Register General, according to act of General Assembly passed the twenty-seventh day of March. last.

Of Aaron Levy, for supplies furnished to the said men under the said resolution of Assembly, by order of the Justices of Northumberland county, in December, 1775, amounting to forty four pounds twelve shillings and five pence, as settled by the Comptroller and Register General, according to the said act of Assembly.

A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, dated the third instant, informing Council that he has appointed, Moses McClean, Esquire, to be Deputy Surveyor of the townships of Cumberland, Franklin, Hamilton, Bann, Manallin, Tyrone, Straban, Mount Pleasant, Mountjoy, Germany, Heidleberg, Manheim, and Codorus, in the county of York, and submitting the said appointment to Council for their approbation, agreeably to act of General Assembly passed the eighth day of April, 1785, was received and read; and thereupon,

Resolved, That Council approve of the said appointment.

Upon the second reading of the report of the Committee to whom was referred the letter from the Comptroller General, informing Council that a number of public certificates were deposited with the late Treasurer for the security of a sum of money due from Francis Wade to the Commonwealth, for which judgment hath been obtained and execution issued,

Resolved, That the assignees of Francis Wade be informed that unless the demand of the Commonwealth against him be satisfied within three months, orders will issue by Council to the late Treasurer to dispose of the said certificates for the benefit of the State. A draft of a letter to the Speaker of the General Assembly, was laid. before Council and adopted, as follows, vizt:

In Council, Philadelphia, April 5th, 1790. SIR-Council requests a conferrence this morning with a Committee of the General Assembly on that part of their message to the Legislature of the twenty-fifth day of August, 1789, which relates to the gunpowder magazine.

I am Sir, with great respect,

Your most obedient humble servant,

THOMAS MIFFLIN.

Hon'ble the Speaker of the General Assembly.

On motion,

Resolved, That Colonel Miles, Colonel Smith, and Mr. Read, be appointed a Committee to confer with the Committee of Assembly when appointed, on the subject aforesaid.

A letter from Zebulun Butler, Esquire, Lieutenant of the county of Luzerne, relative to a division of the second battalion of the militia of that county, and inclosing a certificate of the election of Elisha Blackman, to be first Lieutenant, and Abraham Bradley, second Lieutenant of the Light Infantry company, of Colonel Hollenback's battalion of the militia of that county, was received and read, and commissions directed to issue agreeably thereto.

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

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The following letter from the Comptroller General was received and read, vizt:

SIR-Either thro' my mistake in reporting, or the error of the person who drew the orders of Council, the following three pensioners had each orders for a larger sum than then they were entitled to, upon which I wrote above the sum, (say the sum to which they were respectively entitled,) to prevent them receiving more at the Treasury then they ought; the orders were,

Orders.

April 23rd, 1789, Robert Frazier, £9 17 6 on which entered £9
May 2nd, 1789, George Grace,

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Paul Pimple,

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17 11 6

12 10 11

£5 0 7 amount deducted.

I also inclose two orders which were drawn by mistake, a second time, for the same thing that they may be cancelled, and that with the other business, such entry may be made thereof as shall be thought proper; the orders returned are,

March 8th, 1788, Mary Sloan,
December 22nd, do., Edward Kellon,

£60 0 0 376 £63 7 6

I have the honor to be with great respect,
Your Excellency's most obedient servant,
JOHN NICHOLSON.

Comptroller General's office, April 6th, 1790. Š

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An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Henry Taylor, for the sum of fifty-five pounds ten shillings, in full of his account for his attendance in Council, from the twen

ty-third day of January untill the sixth day of April, 1790, inclusively.

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

Of Captain Jacob Ladick, for the pay and bounty of his company of Berks county militia, while employed in the service of the United States, under the command of Colonel Smuel Ely, from the first untill the seventeenth of October, 1781, including their extra pay, amounting in the whole to the sum of three hundred and thirty-two pounds nine shillings and four, of which having received thirty-eight pounds thirteen shillings and six pence, there remains due to the said company, two hundred and ninety-four pounds five shillings and ten pence.

Of James Douglass, for militia services as a Captain in the second battalion of Cumberland county militia, amounting to two pounds.

Council being informed that several warrants or orders for the payment of money drawn by direction of the Board, and signed by the President, have been altered by the Comptroller General without the instruction of Council.

Resolved, That Colonel Miles, Colonel Smith and Colonel Wilson, be a committee to enquire into the truth of that information, and to report a state of the facts.

James Archer, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace, and of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Washington, upon a return made according to law, from the district of the township of Franklin, in the said county.

George Woods, Esquire, was also appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace, and of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Bedford, upon a return made according to law, from the district of the town of Bedford, in the said county.

Council resumed the consideration of the resolution of the General Assembly of the thirty-first of March last; and thereupon, Timothy Matlack, John Adlum and Samuel Maclay, were appointed commissioners to examine and survey the waters of Quittapahilla, Swatara, part of Susquehanna and Juniata rivers, the waters of Sinnamahoning creek, part of the waters of Allegany rivers, Presque Isle, &ca., Frederick Antes, Reading Howell and William Dean, were also appointed commissioners to explore the county near the head waters of the Delaware river, and East Branch of the Susquehanna, and of the L high and Schuylkil rivers, agreeably to the directions of the said resolution of Assembly.

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The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Frederick Watts, Esquire, for fiftyfour pounds, in full for his attendance in Council, from the twentysix of January to the seventh of April, 1790, inclusively.

In favor of the Honorable Jonas Hartzell, Esquire, for seventeen five pounds fifteen shillings, in full for his attendance in Coun cil, from the first of January to the seventh of April, 1790, inclusively, and mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home at this time.

A petition from Martha Biles, of the county of Bucks, stating that she purchased a tract of sixteen acres of land in the said county, which was seized and sold by George Wall, Esquire, as the confiscated estate of her late husband, Samuel Biles, that a certain William Biles is in possession of four acres of the said land which he refuses to deliver up, and praying the assistance of this Board, to cause possession to be given her, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the sixth day of March, 1778, being read, and the said act being considered,

Resolved, That the Sheriff of the county of Bucks, do give possession of the said premises, to the said Martha Biles, in due form of law, she paying the incidental expences.

Joseph Dean, elected auctioneer for the city of Philadelphia, offered Paul Cox and John Stille as sureties, in lieu of Blair M'Clanachan & William Ralston, and it was agreed to accept them as such.

Upon the second reading of the petition of Barbara Peters, praying remission of a fine of three pounds, to which she was sentenced for an assault and battery upon Susanna Esler and Rosanna Sowerman, by the last Mayor's Court; it was

Resolved, To remit the said fine.

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