On motion,

Resolved, That Mr. Miles, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Smith, Mr. Finley, and Mr. Wilson, be appointed a committee to request a conference with the Committee of Ways and Means, on the subject of suspending the levying of taxes for the ensuing year.

Upon the second reading of a petition from John McCoy, who was convicted in the county of Dauphine of an "assault with an attempt to rescue," praying that Council would be pleased to remit the fine of twenty shillings which was imposed upon him for the said offence,

Resolved, That the said fine be and the same is hereby remitted.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, December 5th, 1789.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

Petitions from Thomas Robeson, John Faulkner, and John Hamilton, who were convicted at the last Court of Oyer and Terminer held in the county of Northumberland of a riot, and are now confined in the jail of that county, praying that Council would be pleased to remit the several fines which have been imposed upon them for the said offence, was read, together with a transcript of the record of their conviction, and a recommendation from several Justices of the Peace, and many respectable inhabitants of the said county in their favor; whereupon it was

Resolved, That the said fines be remitted.

A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor Geaeral, dated November the twenty-third last, nominating, agreeably to act of Assembly of the eighth of April, 1785, Messieurs Presley Neville and Matthew Richey, as " Deputy Surveyors of a district late part of Washington county, part whereof has since been erected into a separate county called Allegany, bounded by the great road leading from Fort Bird to the town of Washington, late Cat Fish Camp, from thence to the nearest head waters of Buffaloe creek, thence down the said creek to the line of the State, thence along the same

to the river Ohio, thence up the same to the mouth of Monongahela river, and thence up the same to the beginning," was received and read; and thereupon,

Resolved, That this Board concur with the said nomination.

Upon application of Archibald McCall, of this city, merchant, a sea letter under the great seal was issued to James Josiah, master of the ship Brothers, bound on a voyage to Canton, in China.

Agreeably to the Comptroller and Register General's reports, an order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Joseph Dolby for six pounds, amount of his account for ringing the bells upon the proclamation of the President and Vice President of Council, on the eleventh of last month.

A motion was made by Colonel Miles, seconded by Doctor Wilkins, as follows, vizt: That the sense of Council be taken on the propriety of the bill now before the General Assembly, for suspending the levying of taxes the ensuing year; whereupon, it was

Resolved unanimously, That the said suspension is contrary to the sence of this Board..

The fine and punishment at hard labour to which John Smith wa sentenced at the last Mayor's Court, upon being convicted of keeping a disorderly house, was remitted, agreeably to the prayer of his petition.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, December the 7th, 1789.

The Comptroller General made a return to Council of three hundred and four persons entitled to pensions by the laws of this State, amounting to eighteen thousand six hundred and twenty six pounds fourteen shillings and six pence, and the same was transmitted by the President to Henry Knox, Esquire, Secretary at War, agreeably to the request contained in his letter of the nineteenth of October last.

On motion, Resolved, That the several fines of five pounds each, imposed upon James Wilson, John Wilson and Robert Campbell, who were convicted of a riot at the last Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery, held in the county of Northumberland, be and the same are hereby remitted.

A letter from Daniel Brodhead, Esquire, Surveyor General, of this day, nominating agreeably to act of Assembly of the eighth of April, 1785, John Canan, Esquire, to be Deputy Surveyor of Huntingdon county, Alexander McDowell, Deputy Surveyor of district No. 8, and Andrew Henderson, Deputy Surveyor of district num. ber 4, of the Donation Lands, and William Maclay, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor of district No. 18, in the new purchase, was read, and thereupon,

Resolved, That Council concur with the said nomination, and that the following Gentlemen be accepted as sureties, vizt: David Stewart and Andrew Henderson, for John Canan, Esquire, Charles Smith and David Stewart, for Andrew Henderson, and John McDowell & John Wilkins, for Alexander McDowell.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, December 8th, 1789.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.
The Honorable, GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice Presid't.

Samuel Miles,

James Read,

Nathaniel Breading,

Frederick Watt,

Amos Gregg,

Abraham Smith,.
Jonas Hartzell,

Henry Taylor,

Christopher Kucher,

Samuel Edie,

Richard Willing,

James Martin,

Esq'rs.

William Wilson,

John Wilkins,

On motion,

William Findley, and
Zebulun Potts,

Resolved, That the further consideration of the report of the Commissioners who were appointed to regulate the district of Southwark, be postponed untill Thursday next.

General John Gibson and John Neville, Esquire, were offered. and excepted as sureties for Messieurs Presly, Neville and Matthew Richie, Deputy Surveyors, of part of Washington and Allegany counties.

A petition from Margaret Jefferies, now confined in the workhouse of this city, for larceny, praying remission of the fine, payaVOL. XVI.-15.

ble to the use of the State, and the punishment at hard labour to which she was sentenced for the said offence, was read, and Mr. Taylor member of Council, having informed the Board that the petitioner has agreed to enter into an indenture of service to him, and that he will send her to the county of Washington if Council are pleased to pardon her, thereupon,

Resolved, That the said Margaret Jefferies be and she is hereby pardoned.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, December 9th, 1789.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE Ross, Esquire, Vice President.

William Lochrey, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace and of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the county of Westmoreland, upon a return made according to law from the district of the township of Unity.

Upon consideration of the report of the committee to whom was referred to consider of and report what fee might be proper for Council to allow Mr. Bradford and Mr Ingersol, attornies for the State in an action for depreciation, brought by the Chief Justice against the Commonwealth,

Resolved, That the sum of twenty-five pounds be allowed to Jared Ingersol, Esquire, and the sum of thirty pounds to William Bradford, Jun'r, in full for their services on behalf of the Commonwealth in the above action, and including every expence attending the trial which is chargeable to the State.

A certificate of the division of the township of Cecil, in the county of Washington, by the Court of Quarter Sessions, for the more convenient election of Justices of the Peace, which was read on the first day of September last, was this day read the second time, and an order taken that the said division, for the purpose aforesaid, be and the same is hereby confirmed, according to the bounds and limits following, that is to say: beginning at Chartier's

creek, at the junction or mouth of Brush run, and continuing up the same as high as to Matthew Johnston's, to include his farm in the upper division; thence, leaving James Read farm to the lower division, directly to include General Washington's and Henry Guy's land in the upper division, and immediately to intersect the outside line of the township.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, December 10th, 1789.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

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

Of Demus Lindley, for seven thousand and fifty-four weight of flour issued by him from June the fourteenth untill the twentyfirst of November, 1788, to the Washington county militia in actual service on the frontiers, by order of the Lieutenant of said county, amounting to forty-four pounds one shilling and nine pence, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer for this sum, payable out of the militia fines of Washington county.

Of Adam Miller, for one month's service as a spy, watching the motions of the Indians on the frontiers, in the year 1788, amounting to two pounds fifteen shillings, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer, as aforesaid.

Of Ensign Isaac Lindsley, for the pay of his company of Wash. ington county militia for nine days' militia service on the frontiers in October, 1787, amounting to four pounds nine shillings, for which sum an order was drawn upon the Treasurer, payable as aforesaid.

Of George Tompoh, for his provisions while employed as a militia man ou the frontiers of Washington county, and for a blanket, a pack saddle, and two bags, lost on the said expedition, under Colonel Crawford, in 1782, amounting to two pounds seven shillings and six pence.

Öf John Hill, for a saddle, blanket, two bags, and a wallet, or knapsack, lost on the said expedition, amounting to four pounds two shillings and six pence.