militia fines," and the other entituled "A supplement to the act intituled A supplement to the act intituled An Act to enforce the due collection and payment of taxes within this Commonwealth," were laid before the Board and read; and Council being of opinion that the same ought to be published for the information of the Commissioners and Lieutenants in the several counties, and all other persons concerned; thereupon

Resolved, That one hundred and fifty copies of the acts aforesaid be immediately printed, and that the same be transmitted by the Secretary to the Commissioners and Lieutenants in the several counties, for the information of the people.

The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: Two orders were drawn in favor of A. L. Dallas, for one hundred and seventy-five pounds nineteen shillings and ten pence, and for ninety-six pounds and two pence, payable out of the fund appropriated by act of Assembly dated the third day of October, 1788, the former sum being a ballance due to General John Gibson upon his account of expenditures in the purchase of the Lake Erie tract of land, as settled by the Comptroller and Register Generals; and the latter sum in part of the said Gibson's pay for his services in purchasing the said tract, for which sum he is to ac

count.

In favor of Lewis Nichola, Esquire, for three pounds sixteen shillings and four pence half penny, in full of his account for house rent and fire wood, &ca., due to him as Commandant of the Guard of Invalids until the first instant, according to the Comptroller General and Register General's reports.

Petitions from Elizabeth Mooney, Eleanor Armstrong and Catherine Hayes, severally convicted of larceny, and now confined in the work-house of this city, stating that they have complied with that part of the judgment of the City Court by which they are

sentenced to hard labor, and praying Council to remit the several fines due to the Commonwealth imposed upon them by the said Court, were read, and an order was taken that the several fines adjudged to be paid to the use of the Commonwealth, imposed upon Elizabeth Mooney, Eleanor Armstrong and Catharine Hayes, upon their being convicted as aforesaid, be remitted, according to the prayer of their petitions.

A petition from George Burford, convicted of unlawful gaming and cheating, and now confined in the jail of the city and county of Philadelphia, praying Council to remit the sentence of fine and imprisonment which the last Court of Quarter Sessions has imposed upon him for the said offence, was read; and thereupon it

was

Resolved, To reject the prayer of the petitioner.

Upon the petition of Benjamin Morgan, of the city of Philadelphia, stating that in December last he imported into this State twenty-three barrels of shad, and on the twentieth of the last month re-shipped the saine for Charlestown, in South Carolina, but omitted to make an entry of exportation at the Custom House, and praying Council to grant him permission to make such entry in the Custom House as will enable him to cancel the bond given to the Collector of the Customs upon the importation of the said fish.

Resolved, That the said petition be rejected.

A petition from Enoch Supplee, late of the county of Philadelphia, stating that his name has been inserted in the list of persons attainted of High Treason; that he is desirous of returning to his native country, and praying Council to grant him a pardon, was read; and, on consideration, it was

Resolved, That the said Enoch Supples be pardoned.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Clement Biddle, Esq'r, for eighty-four pounds seven shillings and ten pence, amount of his account for rations supplied the Invalid's Guard from

the first of February untill the eighth of May, 1789, inclusive, according to the Comptroller General and Register General's reports of the thirteenth of this month.

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

Of Thomas Scott, Esquire, Prothonotary of Washington county, for fees upon tavern licences received from July to September, 1788, amounting to nine pounds eighteen shillings.

Of Lawrence Keene, Esquire, Prothonotary of Northumberland county, for tavern licenses fees received from August sessions, 1787, to August sessions, 1788, inclusively, amounting to thirty-nine pounds.

Upon application of Doctor Benjamin Rush, in behalf of the trustees of Dickinson College at Carlisle,

Ordered, That the State Treasurer be authorized and directed to pay to the Trustees of the said College, the amount of six month's interest due the first of last month, upon certain certificates which are the property of the said College, any former order of the Board to the contrary notwithstanding.

A report from Hugh Barclay, William Proctor and Thomas Coulter, Justices of the Peace, appointed to investigate the complaint against the late election of Justices of the Peace in Hopewell township, in the county of Bedford, under an order of Council of the twenty-fourth of March last, was read and considered; and there appearing to Council no sufficient reason to set aside the said election, the same was confirmed, and Thomas Buck was thereupon appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace in and for the county of Bedford, he having a majority of votes.

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Christopher Kucher, for thirty-six pounds five shillings in full of his account for his attendance in Council from the twentysecond of March until the nineteenth day of May, 1789, inclu sively, deducting eleven days absence.

Petitions from Samuel Garrigues and Edward Pole, severally praying to be appointed Clerks of the Court of General Quarter