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Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's report, an' order were drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of James Chevalier, for the sum of thirty-five pounds fourteen shillings and three pence, being one quarter's salary due to him as Clerk in the Register General's office from the seventh of June until the sixth of September, 1790.

Upon the second reading of a letter from William Henry, Esquire, requesting Council to accept his resignation of the office of Lieutenant of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, it was

Resolved, That the said resignation be accepted.

Edward Bartholomew and Jonathan Bayard Smith, Esquires, were offered and accepted as sureties for Robert Lollar, Esquire, Register and Recorder of Deeds of the county of Montgomery.

Samuel Hodgdon and Nathaniel Falconer, Esquires, for Timothy Pickering, Esquire, Register and Recorder of the county of Luzerne; and Benjamin Elliott and James Martin, Esquires, for David Espy, Reg. and Recorder of the county of Bedford.

Mr. Peters, Speaker of the late House of Assemby, having informed Council that he in some degree considers himself responsible for the books and papers belonging to the House of Assembly, and requested the Board to take into consideration the propriety of appointing a person to take charge of the papers, &ca., in order that access may be had to them whenever Council or any other body or persons may legally apply; whereupon, it was agreed that Peter Zachary Lloyd, Esquire, be considered as the person in whose charge and care the papers and books belonging to the late House of Assembly are until the meeting of the next Legislature.

On motion,

Resolved, That Mr. Wilkins be added to the committee appointed on the thirtieth ult. to assist the Comptroller and Register General in the examination of certificates, according to an act of Assembly of the first of April last.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, September 8th, 1790.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

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John Dentzell, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Dauphine, upon a return made according to law from the town of Harrisburgh, in the said county.

On motion,

Resolved, That Friday next be assigned for going into the appointed of a Lieutenant of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, in the room of William Henry, Esquire, resigned.

The report of the Comptroller and Register General upon the account of Ephraim Duglass, Esquire, for monies belonging to the Commonwealth received by him as Agent for the sale of Confiscated Estates in the county of Fayette, amounting to one hundred and twelve pounds, was read and approved.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, September 9th, 1790.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

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The Comptroller and Register General's report upon the account of Nicholas Miller for buileting soldiers in the year 1778, 1780 and 1781, and for supplies of wood, &ca., for them at the same

time, amounting to sixteen pounds eleven shillings and six pence, was read, and the same was disapproved unanimously.

Upon the report of the committee to whom it was referred to enquire and to report to Council what offices are vacant which were lately in the appointment of the General Assembly, it was

Resolved, That Christian Febiger, Esquire, be re-appointed Trustee of the General Loan Office of this State; and that George Bryan, Esquire, and Samuel Miles, Esquire, and Mr. Peter Dehaven, be re-appointed Trusties of that part of Province Island which belongs to the State, and of the Hospitals thereon.

A report from David Espy, Jacob Wink and William Patterson, Esquires, three Justices of the Peace of Bedford county, who were on the twenty-second of July last appointed by Council to investigate the several complaints against the election of Justices of the Peace in Bedford and Colerain townships, in the said county, according to act of Assembly passed the thirty-first of March, 1784, was received and read; and the said report, with the returns of the said elections, being considered, there appeared to Council no sufficient reason for setting the said election aside; whereupon it was

Resolved, That the said complaints be dismissed, and that William Proctor and John Cessna, Esquires, be appointed and commissionated Justices of the, Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Bedford, they being the highest in votes the former elected in Bedford township, and the latter in Colerain township.

Upon the report of the committee to whom was referred the application and account of Daniel Leet, it was

Resolved, That an order be drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor, for the sum of seven hundred and seven pounds, according to act of Assembly passed the third day of March, 1790, payable out of the funds appropriated for claims and improvements by an act of Assembly passed the twenty-sixth of March, 1789, so as not to interfere with the appropriations of part of the said fund by another act, dated the twenty-eighth of September, 1789, being the amount of his account for surveying the two hundred and two lots in the second district of depreciation lands, according to the Register and Comptroller General's report of the first and second instant.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 10th, 1790.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

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Agreeably to the order of the day, Council proceeded to the appointment of a Lieutenant of the city of Philadelphia and districts annexed, in the room of Colonel William Henry, resigned; and the ballots being taken for the several candidates for the said office, it appeared that Thomas Proctor, Esquire, was unanimously elected.

The committee appointed to examine the accounts referred to in Mr. Lloyd's memorial of yesterday, reported, that having examined the accounts, they find that the sum of ten pounds, as stated by Mr. Lloyd to be due for the pay of the late members of Assembly in the last session, by an error in casting up the sums; whereupon,

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Peter Zachary Lloyd, Esquire, for the sum of ten pounds, for which he is to

account.

Upon the petition of Mary Herrin, and a respectable recommendation from several Justices of the Peace and others, of the county of Chester, in her behalf, for remission of the fine and punishment at hard labour to which the petitioner was sentenced by the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the said county, for stealing two sheep, the property of William Biggs, it was

Resolved, That the said Mary Herrin be and she is hereby pardoned.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 11th, 1790.

PRESENT:

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

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Richard Willing, Esquire, and Mr. Robert Erwin, were offered and accepted as sureties for William Richardson Atlee, Esquire, Register of Wills and Recorder of Wills and Recorder of Deeds; and John Wilkins, Junior, and Jacob Bausman, for Samuel Jones, Esquire, Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds for the county of Allegany.

Ezekiel Sconover, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Northampton, upon a return made according to law from the district of the township of Upper Smithfield, in the said county.

A petition from Anthony Cunningham, who hath been indicted in the Mayor's Court, for larceny, in stealing a coat, the property of Israel Wheelen, stating his case, and praying that Council would be pleased to direct that no farther proceedings may be had against him, was read, with a recommendation in his favor from the said Israel Wheelen; whereupon, it was

Resolved, That the said petition be referred to the Attorney General.

Upon the petition of Jacob Rumble, praying remission of the fine payable to the use of the State, upon his being convicted at the last Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held in the county of Philadelphia, of adultery, it was

Resolved, To remit that part of the fine of fifty pounds which belongs to the Commonwealth, to which he was sentenced for the said offence.

Agreeably to the minutes of Council dated the second of December, 1786, and seventh of September, 1787, two orders were drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of William Bradford and Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, Esquires, for the sum of twenty pounds each, as a compensation for their services in defending an eject

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