Article 10th. The solemn ratification of the present treaty, expedited in good and due form, shall be exchanged between the contracting parties in the space of six months, or sooner if possible, to be computed from the day of the signature of the present treaty. In witness whereof we, the undersigned their Ministers Plenipotentiary, have in their, and in virtue of our full powers, signed with our hands the present definitive treaty, and caused the seals of our arms to be affixed thereto."

And whereas, The United States in Congress Assembled, having seen and duly considered the definitive articles aforesaid, did by a certain article, under the seal of the United States, bearing date the fourteenth day of January, 1784, approve, ratify, and confirm the same, and every part and clause thereof, engaging and promising that they would faithfully perform and observe the same, and never to suffer them to be violated by any one, or transgressed in any manner, as far as should be in their power:

And whereas, The said United States being sincerely disposed to carry the said articles into execution truly, honestly, and with good faith, according to the intent and meaning thereof, by their proclamation bearing date on the said fourteenth day of January, to notify the premises to all the good citizens of these States, thereby enjoining all bodies of Magistracy, Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary, all persons bearing offices, civil or military, of what rank, degree, or powers, and all others the good citizens of these States, of every vocation and condition, that, reverencing those stipulations entered into on their behalf, under the authority of that Foederal bond by which their existenee as an independent people is bound up together, and is known and acknowledged by the Nations of the world, and with that good faith which is every man's surest guide, within their several offices, jurisdictions, and vocations, they carry into effect the said definitive articles, and every clause and sentence thereof, strictly and completely:

We have thought fit to make known the premises to the citizens of this State, and we do hereby strictly charge and command them to observe and act conformable to the same; and we do hereby require all Sheriffs to cause this proclamation to be made public în their respective counties.

Given in Council, under the hand of the President and the seal of the State, at Philadelphia, this twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty. four.

JOIN DICKINSON.

Attest-JOHN ARMSTRONG, Jun'r, Secretary.

GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, January 23rd, 1784.

PRESENT:

The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.

Letters from the Honorable Edward Hand and Charles Thompson, Esquires, with their respective enclosures, were read, and an order taken that they be transmitted to the Honorable the General Assembly.

The Comptroller's report upon the account of Ro

bert Levers and Peter Kichline, Esquires, was read, £56 7 5 approved, and an order drawn on the Naval Officer in their favor, for fifty-six pounds seven shillings and five pence, in full of their account of services in supplying and forwarding the march of Major Moore's detachment, to be paid out of the monies appropriated by resolution cf Assembly for raising two companies of Infantry.

The following orders were drawn on the Treasurer, to be paid out of the fund appropriated by resolution of the General Assembly of the twenty-second day of November, 1783, for expences of government, to wit:

In favor of the Honorable Richard M'Callister, for the sum of five pounds five shillings, for attendance in the Council of Censors 'till the twenty-first of January, 1784, to be paid according to resolution of Assembly of the twenty-second of November, 1783.

In favor of the Honorable David Espy, Esquire, for the sum of four pounds seven shillings and six pence specie, for attendance aforesaid.

In favor of the Honorable Arthur Sin Clair, for the sum of twenty pounds four shillings and six pence specie, for attendance as aforesaid.

In favor of the Honorable Frederick A. Muhlenberg, Esquire, twenty-two pounds thirteen shillings and six pence, for his services as President of the said Council 'till the twenty-first of January, 1784.

£5 5 0

4 7 6

20 4 6

22 13 6

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, January 24th, 1784.

PRESENT:

His Excellency JOHN DICKINSON, Esquire, President. The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.

Upon a return of Justices for the township of Shirley and county of Bedford, Robert Galbraith was appointed a Justice for the said district.

The following orders were drawn in favor of Cap£3000 tain James Christie, for the sum of thirty pounds upon account, being two months' pay as commanding officer of a company in the service of the State, to be paid out of the monies in the hands of the Naval Offi

cer.

And in favor of the Honorable Joseph Hart, Es5 7 6 quire, for the sum of five pounds seven shillings and six pence, agreeably to the Comptroller's report upon the account of his attendance as a Censor 'till the twenty-first instant.

And in favor of Samuel Kinsey, for nineteen 19 10 0 pounds ten shillings specie, in full for his wages as Messenger to the Council of Censors 'till the twentysecond of this instant.

The two last mentioned sums to be paid according to resolution of Assembly of 22nd November, 1783.

Mr. Delany, Mr. Hubley, Mr. Long, Mr. McPherson, and Mr. Carothers, a Committee of the General Assembly, attended with Council at the President's house, when a conference took place upon the different subjects recommended in the first and second messages from the President and Supreme Executive Council.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, January 26th, 1784.

PRESENT:/

The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.

The Comptroller's report upon the accounts of William Scott, Esquire, Pay Master of the county of Bucks, was read and approved.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable James Read, Esquire, for the sum of five pounds five shillings, in full for his account for attendance in the Council of Censors 'till the twentyfirst instant, inclusively.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favour of the Honorable Sebastian Levan, Esquire, for eighty pounds ten shillings specie, in full for his attendance as a member of this Board 'till the thirty-first day of January, 1784, inclusively.

£5 5 0

80 10 0

་ The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, January 27th, 1784.

PRESENT:

The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.

A letter from Brigadier General Hand, inclosing a manuscript copy of a report of the twenty-fifth of September, 1783, digested into a resolution of Congress, bearing date the fifteenth day of October, 1783, was read and transmitted to the House.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, January 28th, 1784.

PRESENT:

The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.

A state of donations to the University, was this day presented to Mr. Delany, a member of the House, agreeably to their late resolution upon that subject.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, January 29th, 1784.

PRESENT:

The Honorable JAMES EWING, Esquire, Vice President.

James Irvine,

George Wall, Jun'r,

John McDowell,

John Boyd,

John Byers,
Samuel J. Atlee,

Isaac Mason, and
John Neville,

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Esquires.

The petition of Jonathan Treitby, wounded in the evening of the twenty-fourth instant, was read, and an order taken that he be allowed the weekly sum of ten shillings untill four weeks from this date have expired-to be paid out of the fees arising from the Secretary's office.

A petition from Joseph Pennock, setting forth his claim to a city lot under the right of an original purchase from William Penn, Esquire, was read, and referred to the Surveyor General to examine and report thereon.