The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable George Bryan, Esquire, for one hundred and fifty pounds, in full for one quarter's salary as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, ending the twenty-fifth day of June last. In favor of John Armstrong, Jun'r, Esquire, for one hundred pounds, in part of his pay as a Delegate from this State to Congress, for which sum he is to be accountable. In favor of Timothy Pickering, Daniel Hiester, Jun'r, and Stephen Balliett, Esquires, (Commissioners appointed to execute the act of Assembly for ascertaining and confirming to certain persons called Connecticut claimants, the lands by them claimed in the county of Luzerne,) or order, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, in part of their pay and for purchasing stationary, &ca., for which they are to account. A certificate from Edward Burd, Esquire, Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, that John Black, Caleb Newbold, Samuel Newbold and Sarah Newbold, exccutors of the testament and last will of Caleb Newbold, late of Burlington, in the State of New Jersey, deceased, have entered sufficient security to prosecute with effect an appeal from the settlement of the account of said deceased by the Comptroller General, was read, and the said appeal allowed. Upon the petition of divers officers of the seventh battalion of Philadelphia militia, complaining of some abuses at a late election of officers, Ordered, That Colonel Henry be directed to hear the testimony that may be adduced touching the said abuses, and report the same to Council as soon as may be. A draft of an advertisement of the sale of sundry tracts of land, late the estate of Andrew Allen, an attainted traitor, situate in Luzerne county, proposed to be held on the second day of August next, was laid before Council, and the sale allowed. Ordered, That Matthias Hollenback be appointed an Agent to superintend the sale thereof. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, July 5th, 1787. PRESENT: His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire, President. The Hon'ble Henry Hill, Samuel Dean, Peter Muhlenberg, Andrew Billmeyer, & Esquires. An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Sidney Paul, for the sum of thirty-six pounds nine shillings and one pence, it being the amount of her account of expences for the Cherokee Chief and Captain Dromgoole, Indian Interpreter, while in this State on public business with the United States, from the twelfth of June until the first of July last, according to the Comptroller General's report. A letter from John White, Esquire, of the first instant, informing Council of his being appointed by the Honorable Treasury Board of the United States a Commissioner to settle the accounts of the States of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, with the United States, agreeably to an ordinance of Congress passed on the seventh day of May last, that he has taken the oath required, and is ready to enter on the business of his commissions, was read. The Comptroller General's report on the account of William Alexander, late Paymaster of the militia of the county of York, was read, together with several papers accompanying the same; and on consideration, Ordered, That the Comptroller General be directed to furnish Council with every information on the subject which the papers in his hands may enable him to give. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, July 7th, 1787.; PRESENT: As yesterday, An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of James McLene, Esquire, commanding the Invalid corps, for the sum of sixteen pounds four shillings and nine pence, in full for his subsistance for the months of April, May and June, 1787, and for his house rent, commencing the twenty-second of March and ending the twenty-second of June, ulto., according to the Comptroller General's report. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Henry Hill, Esquire, for sixteen pounds ten shillings, in full for his attendance in Council from the first to the thirtieth of June last, inclusively.. In favor of John Nicholson, Esquire, for thirty-eight pounds eleven shillings, to reimburse him for the like sum he advanced in the purchase of presents made to the Choctaw, Checkisaw and Cherokee nations of Indians, by this Commonwealth, and for a suit of cloathes presented to Mr. John Woods, Indian Interpreter, the same having been ordered by this Board. In favor John Nicholson, Esquire, for fifty pounds, being one quarter's salary, due to his Clerk, according to the Comptroller General's report and act of Assembly. In favor of Robert Smith, for the sum of three fifteen shillings, for the amount of his account for newspapers furnished Council, from February the sixth to August the sixth, according to the Comptroller General's report. In favor of Joseph B. M'Kean, for the sum of ten pounds and two pence, being the expences of the Judges, Attorney General and Prothonotary, and their servants, chargeable to the State on their circuit to the counties of Berks, Northampton and Bucks, ending the twenty-sixth day of May. The fines imposed on James Lovely, upon being convicted of larceny in the city of Philadelphia, was remitted. The Council met. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, July 9th, 1787. PRESENT: His Excellency BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Esquire, President. The Honorable Mr. John Smilie, Andrew Billmeyer, Peter Muhlenberg, Robert Trail, and Esquires. The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of Israel Israel, for the sum of forty-two pounds four shillings and four pence, being the amount of his account for expences for the Choctaw King and his Queen, and the Cherokee Chief, together with their interpretor while in town, from the eighteenth of June till the fifth of July, they being on a journey to Congress upon business of the United States. In favor of Samuel Hodgeton and company of Military Stores, for the sum of seventy five pounds five shillings, the same to include one hundred dollars, by order of this Board of the twenty. seventh ulto., directed to be advanced for bearing the expences of the Indians on their return home, and also to enable him to discharge sundry expences for cloathing, waggons, hire, &ca., the same to be charged to the United States. In favor of General Henry Knox, for the sum of eighteen pounds fifteen shillings, to enable him to purchase a horse for the Cherokee Chief, now in this city, to be charged to the United States. The fine imposed upon William Rickett, a mulattoe man, upon conviction of fornication and bastardy in the county of Chester, was remitted. The fine imposed upon Elizabeth Wilhelm, upon conviction of adultery and bastardy in the county of Northampton, was remitted upon her petition and recommendation from the Court. Upon the petition of Benjamin Davis, and a recommendation from divers citizens, Ordered, That he be appointed and commissioned a Notary and Tabellion Public, in for this Commonwealth. A letter from Colonel William Henry, containing his report of the evidence taken concerning a disputed election of a Major of the seventh battalion of militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, was read, by which it appears that the same was held contrary to law; therefore, Ordered, That the said election, so far as it respects the Major, be and hereby is set aside and made void. Ordered, That Colo. William Henry be directed to hold a new election for a Major in the seventh battalion of militia, in the city and liberties of Philadelphia. The Council having taken into consideration the memorial of Benjamin Davis of the fourteenth of December, 1781, stating his right to a city lot in right of William Cecil or Scissel, an original purchaser under William Penn, the first proprietor of Pennsylva nia, situate on the south side of Walnut street, in the square between third and fourth streets from Schuylkill, containing in breadth on Walnut street, ninety-nine feet, and in length or depth on Schuylkill Third street aforesaid, two hundred and sixty feet, bounded northward by Walnut street aforesaid; eastward by ground vacant at the time of his purchase; southward by vacant ground in like manner; and westward by Third street aforesaid, which lot is distinguished in a plan of the city of Philadelphia, by the name of William Cecil, No. 60, and representing that the same hath been laid off and sold by the State, in the year 1781, and having also considered the report of the Surveyor General, by which it appears that the said lot hath been sold by the State as set fourth by the said claimant, together with the report of the Attorney General on the title of the said Davis, to the lot aforesaid. 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