The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, June 26th, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Mr. Kucher was appointed to attend as a member of the Board of Property this month, in the place of Mr. Baird, who leaves Council this day. Upon application of the Secretary of Council, leave of absence was given him for six weeks, his health requiring it. Upon the petition of John Ryan, alias Martin Bowes, William Holton, alias William Courtney, George Wall and John Hunous, convicted of larceny, and now confined in the jail of the city and county of Philadelphia, stating that their times of servitude are expired, and praying remission of the fines which was imposed upon them; and it being represented to Council that they have behaved peaceably and orderly during their imprisonment, Resolved, That the several fines adjudged to be paid to the use of the Commonwealth by the said John Ryan, alias Martin Bowes, William Holton, alias William Courtney, George Wall and John Hunous, be remitted. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, June 27th, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. A letter from the Honorable Henry Wynkoop, Esquire, requesting Council to accept the resignation of his office of Judge of the High Court of Errors and Appeals of this State; and also the offices of President of the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery, and of Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Bucks, was received and read; and it was thereupon, Resolved, That Mr. Wynkoop's resignation of the said offices be accepted, and that a new election of Justices of the Peace within the district of Northampton and Southampton, in the said county, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the said resignation, be now ordered. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, June 29th, 1789. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, James Read, A mos Gregg, Christopher Kucher, Esquires. Agreeably to the Comptroller General and Register General's reports, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Thomas McKean, Esquire, for two hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary as Chief Justice of this State, ending the twenty-fifth day of this month. In favor of the Honorable George Bryan, for one hundred and fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of this State, ending the twenty-fifth of this month. In favor of John Donaldson, Esquire, for one hundred and twenty-five pounds, being one quarter's salary due to him on the twenty-eighth of this month, as Register General of the public. accounts of this State, agreeably to act of General Assembly, dated the twenty-eighth of March last. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, June 30th, 1789. PRESENT: The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, James Read, Amos Gregg, Christopher Kucher, and Esquires. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for the sum of fifteen pounds, being his wages as Doorkeeper to Council for the month of June, 1789. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, July 1st, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President. Samuel Miles, James Read, Amos Gregg, Christopher Kucher, and Esq'rs. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Samuel Miles, for one hundred and sixteen pounds five shillings, for his attendance in Council from the twentieth of January to the thirtieth of June, 1789, inclusively, deducting seven days' absence. In favor of the Honorable Amos Gregg, Esquire, for sixty-five pounds five shillings in full, for his attendance in Council from the first day of April to the last day of June, 1789, inclusively, deducting four days' absence. In favor of the Honorable Christopher Kucher, Esquire, for thirty one pounds ten shillings in full, for his attendance in Council from the twentieth of May to the thirtieth of June, 1789, inclusively. In favor of Matthew Irwin, Esquire, Master of the Rolls of this State, for inrolling the laws of the Commonwealth, for thirty-four pounds fourteen shillings and five pence, being the amount of his account from February the twenty-eighth, 1787, to March the twenty-eighth, 1788, according to the Comptroller General's and Register General's reports. The Comptroller aad Register General's reports upon the account of Benjamin Blythe, Esquire, late Sub-Lieutenant of Cumberland county, for cash advanced by him as a bounty to Stephen Cessna, who inlisted in June, 1780, to serve as a seven months' man in the Continental Army, amounting to sixteen pounds five shillings and two pence, was read and approved. Upon consideration of the petition and recommendation in favor of Leonard Lesher, who was convicted at the last Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Philadelphia, of keeping a disorderly house, praying remission of the fine of twentyfive pounds due to the State, imposed upon him by the said Court for the said offence, Resolved, That the said fine be remitted, in consideration of his poverty, and it being represented to Council that this is the first offence. Upon consideration of the petition and recommendation in favor of Anthony Cagle, for remission of the punishment at hard labour to which he was sentenced by the last Mayor's Court, upon being convicted of receiving a bank note, knowing it to have been stolen, Resolved, That the said Anthony Cagle be and he hereby is pardoned. A petition from John Philip De Haas, of the city of Philadel phia, stating that his negroe lad Robert, about sixteen years of age, was convicted of receiving stolen goods at the last Mayor's Court, and praying that in consideration of his youth, Council would be pleased to grant him a pardon of the said offence, was received and read; and on consideration, it was Resolved, That the prayer of the petitioner be granted. Upon consideration of the petition and recommendation in favor of Robert Cunnard, late of Norristown, in the county of Montgomery, who was attainted of high treason for having joined the British army in the year 1777, praying Council to take his case into consideration and grant him a pardon, Resolved That the said Robert Cunnard be and he is hereby pardoned. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 2nd, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President. William Hepburn, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the county of Northumberland, upon a return made according to law from the district of the township of Loyalsock, in the said county. Upon consideration of a memorial from a committee of public creditors, stating the great hardships they labour under in consequence of the delay in payment of the interest which is due to them from the Treasury of this State, Ordered, That the Secretary write a circular letter to the Commissioners of the several counties, directing them to take the most effectual measures for collecting all arrearages of public taxes in their respective counties. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, July 3rd, 1789. PRESENT: His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. Samuel Miles, James Read, Amos Gregg, Richard Willing, } Christopher Kucher, and Esquires. Upon application of Miers Fisher, Esquire, attorney of Christiana Gulielma Gaskill, that Council would be pleased to appoint a time for hearing (before them,) the objections of the Attorney General, to granting the prayer of the petition of the said Gulielma Gaskill, to wit: that he, the Attorney General, be directed to receive a declaration in ejectment on her demise, to try her title to three equal fourths parts of divers lots of ground, containing in breadth north and south, one hundred and two feet, and extending across the intervading streets of the city from the west side of Delaware Fourth street to the river Schuylkill, Resolved, That Tuesday next at ten o'clock in the forenoon, be appointed for the said hearing, if convenient to the Attorney General. Zebulun Potts, Abraham Smith, Samuel Miles, Richard Willing, Esquires. Council being informed that it is not convenient for the Attorney General to attend the hearing appointed for this day, upon the |