"An Act for Rendering Justices of the Peace more safe in the Execution of their Office, and for indemnifying Constables and others acting in Obedience to their Warrants." "An Act for the recovery of Legacies." "An Act for the Recovery of divers sums of Money from the Persons therein named:" Which were severally read and considered, and the Secretary was ordered to return the seven first mentioned Bills to the Assembly, with a Verbal Messuage that the Governor gave his assent to them. The three last mentioned Bills were referred to further Consideration. At a Council at Philadelphia, on Saturday the 7th March, 1772. PRESENT: The Honourable RICHARD PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Govornor, &c. Richard Peters, Aeujamin Chew, James Tilghman, Edward Shippen, jun"" William Hicks, Esquires. The Governor laid before the Board two Bills sent up by the Assembly for his concurrence, entituled "An Aet for granting to his Majesty the sum of Four thousand pounds for the purposes therein mentioned;" and "An Act for emitting the sum of Two hundred Thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit on Loan, and providing a fund for the payment of the Public Debts;" which were read and referred to a further Consideration. The Board then Resurted the Consideration of the Bills entituled "An Act for the Recovery of Legacies." "An Act for the recovery of Divers sums of Money of the Persons therein named," and "An Act for rendering Justices of the Peace more safe in the Execution of their Office, and for indemnifying Constables and others acting in obedience to their Warrants," and the Secretary was Ordered to return them to the House, with a few amendments made to the first mentioned Bill, and a Verbal Messuage that the Governor gave his assent to the two others. At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Monday 9th March, 1772. PRESENT: The Honorable RICHARD PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, &c. William Logan, The Loan office Bill was again read and Considered, and the Board conceived it liable to several Material Objections, and that the number of amendments necessary to be made to the Bill in order to remove them, would occasion so great an alteration in its Frame that they thought it most adviseable for the Governor to return it to the Assembly, with a Messuage pointing out to the House his Objections to the Bill in General Terms. Tuesday, the 10th of March, 1772, A. M. The Governor returned to the Assembly the Bill for emitting the. sum of £200,000, in Bills of Credit on Loan, &c, with a Messuage to the House in the Following Words, Viz": "Gentlemen: "After mature deliberation on the Bill for emitting the sum of two hundred thousand pounds in Bills of Credit on Loan, and providing a fund for the payment of public Debts, I am sorry to acquaint you that I find it liable to such Objections as prevent my passing it in its present Form into a Law. Those Objections I at first intended to Communicate to you by way of amendments, but in attempting this, I found the necessary Alterations would make so very great a Change in the Frame of the Bill, that I rather chose to return it to you in this manner, with an assurance that I shall have no objection to the passing a Bill for the same purpose, pro-. vided the sum to be emitted be considerably less than what you have proposed, and the plan of it more Similar to Former Laws of this kind, the utility of which the People of this Province have had a long experience of. "March 10th, 1772." "RICH". PENN. Wednesday the 11th of March, 1772, A. M. Two Members of Assembly waited on the Governor and again presented to him the Loan Office Bill, with the following Messuage from the House in answer to his Honour's Messuage of yesterday, Viz:: "May it please your Honor: "We have attentively Considered your Messuage relating to the Bill for emitting two hundred thousand Pounds in Bills of Credit on Loan, and providing a fund for payment of the public Debts,' and as the objects of it are publick revenue, and the Improvement, Population, and Commerce of the province, we are sorry it should appear to the Governor liable to such Objections that he cannot pass it in its present form into a Law. "The House finding themselves under a necessity from the change which the Province has undergone by its late extensive Settlements, to deviate from the plan of Former Loan Office Bills, and desirous that the one under Consideration should meet with the Governor's Assent, spent much time in digesting its Form and adapting its several parts to the present local Circumstances of the People and their estates, adhering as much as reasonably might be to the Plans of Former Laws. "In doing this they thought, and still think, that they had framed the Bill on the most eligible Plan. "Under this opinion, they cannot but wish that the Governor had put in Practice his first intention of Communicating his objections to the House by way of amendment, or at least by Generally pointing out in his Messuage those principals of the Bill which he conceived to be improper for his assent. Either of those methods would have enabled the House to consider the objections which sibsist with the Governor, to have given them their due weight, and on a Concurrence of sentiments with him, to have either adopted his amendments or Framed a new Bill more suitable to Answer the Good purposes intended. "But the Governor, we hope, will easily perceive the difficulty he lays us under, when he assures us that he shall have no objection to the Passing a Bill for the same purpose, provided the Plan of it be more similar to former Laws of this kind," without particularly pointing out his Objections or informing us in what parts he would wish it to be more similar,' and thereby leaving it an impossibility for us to discover the reasons of his Dissent. "We thank the Governor for the Assurance he gives us that he 'shall have no Objections to the passing a Bill more Similar to former laws of this kind,' and we hope the same good disposition will induce him to reconsider the Bill sent up, and either pass it into a Law, or be more explicit in Communicating his Objections. "Signed by Order of the House. "March 11th, 1772." "JOS. GALLOWAY, Speaker. The same Committee' also delivered to the Governor an address from the Assembly, in these words, Viz": To the Honourable RICHARD PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Pennsylvania. The Address of the Representatives of the Freemen of the said Province. "We, the Representatives of the Freemen of the Province of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, having received repeated Complaints against Charles Jolly, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Philadelphia, charging him with divers misdemeanors and corrupt Practices in his public Offices, and heard the Witnesses and Proofs in his presence, as well for as against him, and being fully convinced that, regardless of the Important trust reposed in him by Government for the Safety of the People, and influenced by an avaricious and Corrupt Disposition, he hath greatly Oppressed divers of his Majesty's Subjects in the said County, by issuing Original Process, and thereupon, and Execution without finding any Debt due, or passing judgement in a case where he had no Jurisdiction, in granting Warrants and proceeding to Judgements and executions against one person for the Debt of another, in entering judgement against the Party without hearing him, or giving him an Opportunity of being heard, and in Marrying Persons without any Publication of the Bans of Matrimony, contrary to Law. "Firmly persuaded your Honour is Sensible that the Respect due to Government, and upon which its Authority and the Security of the rights of the Subject greatly Depend, cannot be well maintained by Men exercising its executive Powers, without either abilities or Integrity, we intreat the Governor to remove the said Charles Jolly from his Offices of Judge of the Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace. "Signed by Order of the House, "JOSEPH GALLOWAY, Speaker. "March 11, 1772." At a Council held at Philadelphia, on Thursday 12th March, 1772. PRESENT: The Honourable RICHARD PENN, Esquire, Lieutenant Governor, &ca. Richard Peters, Edward Shippen, jun Esquires. The Assembly's Messuage of Yesterday was read, and a Draught of a Messuage in answer thereto, being prepared, was laid before the Board and approved. The Messuage was immediately transcribed and sent to the House by the Secretary, with the Loan Office Bill. The Message follows in these words, Viz": "Gentlemen: "As I sincerely wish to promote the real Interest and welfare of the Province, so I would readily and chearfully concur with you in any Measure which I conceived might effect so desirable a Purpose. When I communicated to you by my last Message the Terms on which I was willing to pass a Loan Office Bill, I imagined I had been sufficiently explicit in pointing out my principal Objections to the Bill before me, so as to enable the House to frame another within the compass of any short and reasonable amendments which might appear necessary. I am, however, very willing to give you the satisfaction you desire, of explaining myself further on the subject. "When I proposed for your Immitation the Plan of former Loan Office Laws, by which one General Loan Office was established at Philadelphia, under the direction of Trustees named in the acts, I meant to signify my Disapprobation of such a total Deviation from them as the Establishment of Offices in the several Counties, and the manner of appointing Trustees by the Commissioners of the Counties, in Conjunction with any three Justices of the Peace, a Measure which appears to me Liable to many great Inconveniencies. And as a great part of the Bill relates to the duty of such Trustees, my amendments to it, had I proceeded in that way, would of course have been very numerous. "Besides these Objections to the General Plan of the Bill, I think it proper to mention another of no less Consequence; I mean the manner of Providing for the Succession of the joint Treasurers and Trustees, in Case of Death or Resignation, which appears to me very exceptionable, in excluding the Governor from a Share with the Assembly in the appointment of the new Trustees. "If Gentlemen, you should, on further Consideration, concur with me in these sentiments, and think proper to Frame a New Bill conformable thereto, I shall with pleasure agree to pass it into a Law. "March 12th, 1772." "RICHARD PENN. The Governor at the same time sent to the House by the Secretary an answer to their address, in the words following, Viz": "Gentlemen: "I shall take such notice of your address Requesting the removal of Charles Jolly from his offices of Judge of the Common Pleas and Justice of the Peace, as I hope will prove satisfactory to the House. "March 12th, 1772." "RICHARD PENN." The Board resumed the Consideration of the Bill entituled "An Act for granting to his Majesty the Sum of four thousand Pounds for the purposes therein mentioned," and the Governor returned the same to the assembly by the Secretary, with a Messuage in these words, viz": "Gentlemen: "As you have made the Bill, 'for Granting to his Majesty the sum of four thousand Pounds for the purposes therein mentioned," |