Of John Shepard, for green cloth and binding purchased of him for covering sundry tables in the State Senate chamber, amounting to £13 19 8.

Of Adam Hubley, Auctioneer for the district of Southwark, for the State duty upon goods sold at auction from June 22d to October 15th, 1790, amounting to £21 8 0.

Of Alexander Graydon, Prothonotary of the county of Dauphine, for fees received for tavern and marriage licences issued since August term, 1790, amounting to £170 0 0, upon which account there appears to be due to the State a ballance of £18 1 2.

Of Daniel Broadhead, Esquire, Surveyor General of the State, for fees receiv'd in his office from the 9th of March until the eighth of June, 1790, amounting to £387 18 9.

Of the said Daniel Broadhead, for fees received in his office from the 9th of June until the 8th of December, 1790, amounting to £291 10 6.

Of David Espy, Prothonotary of the county of Bedford, for the fees received by him for tavern licences from January sessions, 1789, until the end of October, 1790, amounting to £165 12 0.

Of Francis Johnston, Receiver General of the Land Office, for fees received in the said office for depreciation lands from the 1st of May, 1787, to the 1st of May, 1789, and from the 8th of December, 1789, to the 1st of August, 1790, and for sundry expences, amounting to £86 0 0.

Of Henry Miller, Prothonotary of the county of York, for the tax upon writs issued from the 20th of March to the 20th of September, 1790, amounting to £82 4 0.

Of John Chaloner, Auctioneer of the Northern Liberties, for the State duty upon sales at auction from July 8th until October 8th, 1790, and from the 14th of October to November 15th, 1790, amounting to £110 11 14.

Of David Stewart, for a rifle gun taken for the use of Captain John McDonald's company of Bedford county militia in the year 1776, and lost in actual service, amounting to £4 0 0.

Of James Trimble, for drawing a deed from John Patton and wife to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for a lot of ground containing four acres two quarters and thirty perches of land, whereon is erected a magazine for gun powder, amounting to £1 8 0; for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in his favor. Of James McLene, Esquire, for a musquet taken by Colonel James Johnston for the use of militia of Cumberland county in 1776, amounting to £1 15 0.

Of David Semple, for superintending the building of the Fort at Hanna's Town in the year 1776, by order of Messieurs Cook, Pollock and Lockry, amounting to £220 0.

Of Henry Sheffer, for a gun lost in actual service at Fort Lee, in the year 1776; also, a shot pouch and powder horn valued at £3 5 0.

Of James Pearson, for sundry repairs done to the State House from December, 1785, until the year 1787, under a contract with Council dated the 15th day of December, 1785, upon which account there appears to be due to the said James Pearson a ballance of £218 14 1.

Of Lieutenant Miller, for the pay of six men of his company in the sixth battalion of Berks county militia, while employed in guarding the Convention prisoners of war at Reading in the year 1781, amounting to thirty-three pounds nine shillings and four pence.

Of Lieutenant Jacob Rherers, for the pay of his company of the second battalion of Berks county militia, while employed in guarding the said prisoners of war at Reading in the year 1781, amounting to two hundred and sixty pounds sixteen shillings and six

pence.

Of George Kemp, for a ballance of thirty-three pounds five shillings and ten pence, due upon his certificate for supplies furnished for the use of the army in the year 1781.

Of Frederick Ryer, for a musquet taken by James Johnston, Lieutenant Colonel of Cumberland county militia, for the use of the said militia, amounting to one pound twelve shillings and six pence.

Of Nicholas Snell, for 18 days' pay as a Surgeon in Colonel Samuel Ely's battalion of Berks county militia, from the 1st to the 18th of October, 1781, while on a tour of duty to Newtown, in the county of Bucks, under General Lacy, amounting to twentyseven pounds.

Council took into consideration the case of Patrick Waugh, now under sentence of death in the jail of the city of Philadelphia for the murder of his wife; and, on motion of Mr. Potts, seconded by Mr. Wilkins, it was

Resolved, That a further repreive be granted to the said Patrick Waugh until the first day of March next.

Upon the second reading of a petition from Doctor Andrew Ledlie, of the town of Easton, for remission of a fine of five pounds to which he was sentenced by the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Northampton county, for an assault and battery upon a certain Henry Spering; and the petitioner being recommended to Council by four Justices of the Peace of the said county for the said remission, it was

Resolved, To remit the said fine of five pounds.

Upon the second reading of the return of the general election of Sheriffs and Coroners in the county of Mifflin,

Resolved, That George Wilson be appointed and commissionated Sheriff, and William Armstrong, Coroner, of the said county of Mifflin; it being represented to Council that George Wilson, Esquire, Sheriff, and William Armstrong, Coroner, of the county of Mifflin, are prevented from attending at Philadelphia, to enter into recogni

zances, and to give bonds, with sureties, as the act of Assembly of the 5th day of March last directs; thereupon,

Resolved, That a commission under the great seal be issued to William Brown and Samuel Edmiston, Esquires, of the said county, authorizing them to take from the said Sheriff and Coroner the said recognizances and bonds, in the manner prescribed in and by the said act of Assembly, and that the said Commissioners make a report to Council of their proceedings in the premises.

Thomas Beale and Thomas Wilson were accepted as sureties for George Wilson, Sheriff of the county of Mifflin, and Samuel Montgomery and John Oliver as sureties for William Armstrong, Coroner of the said county.

The Comptroller and Register General's reports, by which it appears that the following accounts are not allowed by them, were read and approved, vizt:

Of John Briggs, for a horse which was taken from him for the service of the United States on the 13th of January, 1778.

Of John Stricker, for pay due to him as a soldier in Colonel John Shee's regiment in the late army of the United States.

Of George Whitmeyer, for his pay as a soldier in Colonel Magaw's regiment, until taken prisoner at Fort Washington.

Of John Wertz, for his pay as a soldier in Captain Tudor's company in Colonel John Shee's company.

The Comptroller and Register General's reports upon the account of Henry Stricker, Administrator to John Stricker, deceased, for a gun taken into public service in the year 1776, valued at two pounds five shillings, was read and approved.

Upon the second reading of a petition from Peter Woods, of the county of Bucks, for a remission of two fines of five pounds each, which were imposed upon him by the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of the said county, upon being convicted of assault and battery upon two indictments; and the petitioner being

well recommended to Council by a number of respectable inhabitants of the said county for the said remission, it was

Resolved, That the said fines be remitted.

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

Of Lieutenant Nicholas Leibert, for the pay and bounty due to his company of the militia of Berks county, for militia services from October 17th to December 18, 1781, including two days' extra pay, amounting to one hundred and fifty-seven pounds ten shillings.

Of John Hartman, for a ballance of one pound fifteen shillings and six pence, due him upon a certificate for two hundred and sixty. two pounds eighteen shillings and nine pence, which was granted for supplies furnished for the army in 1780.

Of Reading Howell, Frederick Antis and William Dean, Commissioners for exploring the head waters of the rivers north-east branch of Susquehanna, Lehigh and Schuylkill, for money expended in the purchase of provisions, and for the payment of laborers, &c.; also, for their pay as Commissioners between the 23d of May and 31st of August, 1790, and for their services in Philadelphia in making up their report, and amounting to four hundred & ninety-eight pounds, eleven shillings and ten pence, by which account there appears to be due to the said Commissioners a ballance of three hundred and thirty-two pounds three shillings and eight pence.

Of sundry persons for materials furnished for the Gun-powder Magazine on Schuylkill, and for the workmanship of the same, and a house for the keeper, amounting to one thousand seven hundred and six pounds three shillings and seven pence.

Of John Donnaldson, Esquire, for sundries in the Register General's office, including the books for entering the certificates for Council and the Treasurer, amounting to one hundred and thirtyfour pounds one shilling and four pence.

Of David Rittenhouse, Esquire, late Treasurer of the State, until the November, 1789, settled by the Register and Comptroller General the 17th instant, by which there appears to be due to the said Treasurer the sum five thousand four hundred and thirty-eight pounds six shillings.

Two orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, in favour of Edward Burd, Esquire, one of them for the sum of twenty-three pounds fifteen shillings and three pence, for the expences of the several Judges and Prothonotary of the Supreme Court on the fall circuit of the present year, properly chargeable to the State by act of Assembly, and the other for the sum of six pounds, for the expences of Honorable Judge Atlee in coming to and returning from a Supreme Court, held at Philadelphia for the State, in September term last.

Resolved, That in the opinion of Council, the appointment of Charles Pettit, Esquire, as an agent to support the claims of Pennsylvania before the Board of Commissioners, established for settling the claims of the particular States against the United States, was a measure necessary in itself, is justified by the example of several other States, and has proved beneficial to the interests of this Commonwealth.

Resolved, That as the object of the above mentioned appointment has not been perfectly accomplished, Council earnestly recommend it to the first legislature under the new Constitution to make effectual provision not only for compensating the services which Mr. Pettit has already tendered, but also for the continuance of an agent of the same description, until the accounts between this State and the United States shall be finally adjusted.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of the Honorable William Findly, for thirty-one pounds ten shillings, in full for his attendance in Council from seventeenth of November to the 9th of December, and his mileage coming to Philadelphia and returning home.

In favour of the Honorable William Wilson, for attendance in Council from the 9th of August to the 7th of September, and from the 10th to the 21st of December, and his mileage coming to Philadelphia in August and returning home at this time, amounting to thirty-nine pounds.

In favor of the Honorable Richard Willing, for seventeen pounds two shillings, in full for attendance in Council from the 3d to the 21st of December, and eight mileages coming to Philadelphia and returning home.

In favor of the Honorable Samuel Miles, for one hundred and five pounds fifteen shillings, in full for attendance in Council from the 2nd of July to the 21st of December.

In favor of the Honorable Amos Gregg, for one hundred and sixteen pounds fifteen shillings, in full for attendance in Coun