wealth, the mansion and lots adjoining on Market street, containing in breadth on the south side of said street sixty feet, and in length or depth on Sixth street one hundred and eighty feet, late the property of Joseph Galloway, as aforesaid, will be exposed to public sale at the Old Coffee House in this city, on Wednesday the third day of May next, and between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon, and two o'clock of the afternoon of that day. Con- ! ditions of sale: gold or silver money, bills of credit of this State of the last emission, depreciation certificates, or other certificates of debts due by this State on which interest is receivable at the Treasury of this Commonwealth, will be received in payment. Onethird part of the consideration money to be paid within three days after the day of sale, another third part in one month thereafter, and the remaining third part within two months from the day of sale; possession of the premises to be given on a certificate from the Receiver General of the Land Office that payment has been made of one-third part of the consideration money, and good and sufficient security given for the payment of the remainder, agreeably to the preceding terms. The fine imposed upon Thomas Wigley, upon conviction of larceny in the city of Philadelphia, was remitted. The Council met.. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 17th, 1786. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Stephen Balliet, General Neville, Peter Muhlenberg, William Brown, and John Whitehill, Jonathan Hoge, John Boyd, Present also, his Excellency Balliet. >Esquires. The petition of Frederick Wilt, stating his claim to the arrearages of a pension, was read, and referred to Edward Shippen, Es A reconsideration of the petition of Mrs. Bond, in favor of her son Phineas Bond, was had, and an order taken that the operation of the attainder to which he is now liable, be suspended until the end of the next session of the General Assembly. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Captain William McCurdy, of the first American regiment, for fifty-one dollars, being the bounty paid to seventeen recruits inlisted by him and discharged by Major William North, on the fourteenth day of November, 1785. A dispute having arisen between William Maclay, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor of district number eighteen, and Samuel Edmiston, Deputy Surveyor of district number seventeen, touching the partition line between these districts, and the same being submitted to Council, the following order was taken thereon, vizt: that a straight line be run from the tree on the bank of Lycoming creek, marked by William McClay, two miles up the creek aforesaid, the termination of which shall be taken as the point of beginning of a line of partition to be run by the parties severally, or by either of them. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, April 19th, 1786. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Henry Hill, Jonathan Hoge, Stephen Balliet, Peter Muhlenberg, John Whitehill, William Brown, John Neville, and The Comptroller General's reports upon the following accounts were read and approved: Of Hugh Sprouls, of the county of Washington, for a horse lost on the Sandusky expedition. Of Joseph Brown, of said county, for rations furnished to the militia employed on the said expedition. Of Thomas Brown, of said county, for rations furnished as aforesaid. Of William McGlaughlin, of the said county, for pork furnished for the use of the militia, when in service on the frontiers of Washington county, in 1782. Enoch Edwards, Esquire, was appointed and commissionated a Justice of the Peace for the county of Philadelphia, upon a return made according to law for the district of the townships of Oxford, Lower Dublin, and Biberry. On a letter from Samuel Hodgson, Esquire, Commissary of Military Stores, stating that on the twenty-third day of September, 1782, he delivered, on the order of William Maclay, Esquire, for the use of this State, forty rifle musquets, which were deposited, and still remain, on the banks of the Susquehannah river; that these arms are now wanted by the United States; and that he has it in command from the Secretary at War, to request that an order may issue for the same; therefore, Resolved, That Mr. John Harris, or such other person as may have the arms aforesaid in keeping for the State, do deliver them to Mr. Samuel Hodgson, or order, taking only an acknowledgment of their delivery. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Bernard Merkle, an Invalid, for the sum of thirty pounds, in part of his pension, according to act of Assembly dated the twenty-second day of September, 1785, for which sum he is to account. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, April 20th, 1786. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable John Neville, for the sum of twenty-five pounds ten shillings, in full for his attendance in Council untill this day, inclusively. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Captain James Duncan, for eleven pounds ten shillings, in full of his account for his services while superintending the marking of paper for public use, according to the Comptroller General's report. On application of Jane Armstrong, widow of William Armstrong, late of Chester county, stating that by the last will and testament of said William, the estate devised to Francis and William Armstrong, and since forfeited to the use of the Commonwealth, by their attainder of high treason, is subject to the annual payment of five pounds to her, and also to the keeping of a cow for her use during her life, and praying that the sale of the said estate may be postponed, it was Ordered, That the Agents for the sale of Confiscated Estates in the said county, be directed to postpone the sale of the said estate for and during the natural life of the said Jane Armstrong. The accounts of Mr. James Pearson, for repairs done to the State House, and of cash expended in improving the State House lot, were referred to Messieurs Thomas Neville and William Colladay, for their consideration and opinion thereon, and they were desired to report to Council as early as possible. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Friday, April 21st, 1786. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Henry Hill, Samuel Dean, Stephen Balliet, John Whitehill, and An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Elizabeth Baxter, for eighty-four pounds seven shillings and six pence, being the half of her late husband's pay, Colonel William Baxter, late of the Flying Camp, of this State, from the thirteenth of September, 1785, until the thirteenth day of March last, according to the Comptroller General's report. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, April 22nd, 1786. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Henry Hill, Samuel Dean, Stephen Balliet, John Whitehill, and Peter Muhlenberg An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Samuel Dean, Esquire, for twelve pounds specie, in full for his attendance in Council until this day, inclusively, and his mileage. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Mark Wilcox, for one hundred and twenty pounds, in full of his account for the paper furnished for the new loan certificates, according to the Comptroller's report. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 24th, 1786. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President. Henry Hill, Peter Muhlenberg, Two orders were drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Colonel Walentine Eckhart and Joseph Barnett, the former for sixteen pounds and ten pence, and the latter for twenty pounds one shilling and six pence, State money, in full for principal and interest due upon their certificates for horses furnished by them respectively, for public service, according to the Comptroller General's report, and a resolution of Assembly of the 8th of April, 1782. Upon the petition of Sarah Brice, convicted of adultery at the present Sessions of the Supreme Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, it was Ordered, That the fine adjudged to be paid by the said Sarah. Brice, to the use of the Commonwealth, be remitted. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, April 25th, 1786. PRESENT: The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esq'r, Vice President. Henry Hill, Samuel Deau, John Whitehill, William Brown, and Esquires. An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of Whitehead Humphreys, for three hundred pounds, according to an aet of Assembly dated the eighth instant, to be applied to the uses mentioned in the said act. The fine imposed upon Archibald McCowan, convicted of larceny at the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Phladelphia county, held the fifth of September, 1785, was remitted. Cornelius Barnes and Jonathan Smith, junior, attended in Council, and were sworn and affirmed to the faithful execution of their several duties as Clerks to Thomas Smith, Esquire, Loan office. |