MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF THE DELAWARE STATE. NEW-CASTLE-ON-DELAWARE, Council met according to adjournment. A quorum of members not attending, adjourned till to-morrow morning, 10 o'clock. TUESDAY, June 3d. Council met. Present all the members, except Mr. Vandyke. Messrs. Sloss and Jones, being elected in the stead of William Polk and John Wiltbank, Esquires, who were appointed Justices of the Court of Common Pleas and Orphans' Court in Sussex County, took and subscribed the oath and declaration as prescribed by the Constitution.* *The oath, &c., here mentioned, are given in the "Qualification Book," with the signature of the members thereto. I [A. B.] will bear true allegiance to the Delaware State, submit to its Constitution and Laws, and do no act, wittingly, whereby the freedom thereof may be prejudiced. I [A. B.] do profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ his only Son, A member from the House of Assembly, attending at the door, was admitted and delivered to the Chair the following resolutions of that House, to wit: "Resolved, That this House propose to put in nomination, tomorrow afternoon, persons qualified to be Judges of the Supreme Court for this State, in the room of Richard M. William and Cæsar Rodney, Esquires, elected on the 21st day of February last first and second Justices of the said Court, who have declined accepting of the same offices; and James Sykes, Esquire, elected, at the same time, third Justice thereof, he having since that time. accepted of the Clerkship of the Courts of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County of Kent, and thereby being rendered incapable of holding the said office; and also for the office of Judge of the Admiralty, in stead of Nicholas Vandyke, Esquire, who was elected thereto on the aforesaid day, and hath since declined to accept thereof; and that the Council be requested to concur herein." Which, by order, was read the first time. On motion, by special order, the same was read the 2d time and concurred in. Ordered, That Mr. Bassett wait on the House of Assembly with the resolution aforesaid and concurrence of Council thereto. Who, being returned, reported that he had waited on the House of Assembly according to order. Ordered, That a certified copy of the above resolution be delivered to his Excellency the President. Adjourned till to-morrow. and in the Holy Ghost, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration. SAMUEL SHELTON SLOSS. Council met. WEDNESDAY, P. M., June 4th. A committee from the House of Assembly, attending at the door, were admitted and informed the Council that the House of Assembly is now ready to proceed to the nomination of Justices of the Supreme Court and a Judge of the Admiralty, agreeable to the resolution of both Houses. The Council proceeded to the State House and there met the House of Assembly, when divers persons were put in nomination for the respective offices of Justices of the Supreme Court and Judge of Admiralty for this State, to be balloted for to-morrow at 3 o'clock, P. M. Ordered, That notice thereof be forthwith given to the President. A member from the House of Assembly, attending at the door, was admitted and delivered to the Chair a bill entitled "An act for aiding the discontinuance of the process in the Courts of Quarter Sessions for the Counties of New Castle and Sussex, &c." Which, by order, was read the first time. On motion, Ordered, That Col. Jones and Major Sloss be of the Committee for Publick Accounts. Ordered, That Mr. Bassett wait on the House of Assembly with a copy of the above order. On application of Col. Collins for leave of absence till to-morrow morning, the same was granted. Adjourned till to-morrow morning, 10 o'clock. Council met. THURSDAY, June 5th. Mr. Speaker laid on the table a message from his Excellency the President, together with a certified copy of the report of those persons who were appointed to go into the County of Sussex to make inquiry into the present disposition of the inhabitants thereof, and sundry resolutions of Congress of the 29th of April and the 12th and 19th of May last; which message is as follows, to wit: 66 66 Gentlemen: "In pursuance of your resolution of the 12th of last month "I, together with the Privy Council, did appoint John Thomp"son, Thomas Collins, and John Cook, Esquires, to go into the County of Sussex for the purposes in that resolution expressed, "in consequence whereof I received, the evening before last, a report, in writing, signed by two of the aforesaid gentlemen ; whereupon I convened the Privy Council yesterday and laid the same before them, and now, with their advice, I herewith "send you a copy of that report. "Since the last sitting of your honorable Assembly I received some resolves of Congress, to be laid before you. One of "those resolutions, of the 29th of April last, recommends the "adjustment of the accounts for recruiting the Continental Bat"talion of this State, that the same may be transmitted to the "Treasury Board. Another of those resolutions, of the 12th of "May last, recommends to the Legislature to exempt from mili"tary duties all persons who are immediately concerned in the "business of the post office; and another of them, of the 19th "of the same month, recommends that the Legislature should "make provision, by law, for marching the Militia out of this "State when the service shall so require it." Which, being severally read, were referred for consideration. The bill for aiding the discontinuance of the process in the |