Resolved, That Mr. Miles, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Woods, be a committee to confer with a committee of the General Assembly, upon the subject of the said resolution.

A letter from Sharp Delany, Esquire, inclosing an account against the State for the rent of an office for the Collector of Tonnage and Wardens of the Port, agreeably to the nineteenth section of an act of Assembly passed the second of April, 1785, was read and referred to the Comptroller General, to report thereon to Council.

On motion,

Resolved, That the letter from Colonel Isaac Melcher, together with a map of the northern parts of this State, through which the new roads to Tioga is laid out, accompanying the said letter, be referred to Mr. Edie, Mr. Redick, and Mr. Dennisou.

Upon the second reading of the representation of the Board of Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, relative to the expiration of certificates granted to pilots, and which have not been renewed within one month after the passing of the act of Assembly to estab lish a Board of Wardens for the Port of Philadelphia, and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed the fourth of October last. Ordered, That the said representation be transmitted to the General Assembly.

Agreeably to the Comptroller General's reports, the following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt:

In favor of William Coxe, Esquire, of Bristol, for the sum of forty-four pounds seventeen shillings, in full for principal and interest due upon his certificate for a horse furnished by him in the year 1780, to this State, for the use of the United States.

In favor of Joseph Dolby, for six pounds, for ringing the bells upon the election and proclamation of a President and Vice Presi dent of Council.

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In favor of Robert Smith, for six pounds three shillings and two pence; of William Lane, for eighteen shillings, and of John Claypoole, for two pounds seven shillings and eleven pence, in full of their several accounts for covering with green cloth a large ovel table belonging to Council, and for repairing and hanging a Venetian blind, including all materials.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, November 15th, 1788.

PRESENT:

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

Proposals in writing, from Richard Butler, William Butler, James Robinson, and Daniel Elliott, for the purchase of several lots in the reserved tract of land opposite to Pittsburgh, were read, and the further consideration thereof postponed until after the other lots in said tract are exposed to sale on the nineteenth of this month, according to publication, and it was

Resolved, That the lots applied for by the above-named persons, be reserved.

On motion,

Resolved, That the island in the river Alleghany called Wilson's Island, containing thirty-three acres and three quarters and thirtyseven perches, occupied by William Wilson, be valued at ten sbillings per acre, in gold or silver money, and Shirties or Hamilton's Island, in the river Ohio, occupied by John Hamilton, containing one hundred and thirty-six acres and twenty-one perches, at twenty shillings per acre, in like money, and that the right of pre-emption be given to the said William Wilson and. John Hamilton for the islands they respectively occupy: Provided, application and compliance with the above terms be made by the said William Wilson and John Ilamilton, within six months from and after this date.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 18th, 1788.

PRESENT:

His Excellency THOMAS MIFFLIN, Esquire, President.

The Honorable GEORGE ROSS, Esquire, Vice President.

A letter from Lazarus Brown McLene, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Huntington, in auswer to the charges exhibited against him for misconduct in his office, was received and read, and Ordered, To lie on the table.

On motion,

Resolved, That the further consideration of the complaint against the said Lazarus Brown McLene, Esquire, and of the report of Alexander Graydon and Joseph Hubley, Esquires, made pursuant to order of Council of the twenty-second of September last on that subject, be postponed.

Mr. Piper, Mr. Marshall and Mr. Irvin, a committee of the General Assembly on part of the message from Council, relative to a review of that part of the western road from Bedford to Fort Pitt, attended and requested a conference concerning the said review, and the expence that will attend it; whereupon it was

Resolved, That Mr. Edie, Mr Woods and Mr. Redick be a committee of this Board to confer with the said committee of Assembly, upon the said business.

On motion,

Resolved, That the committee appointed to make the inquiries required by the resolution of Council of the fourteenth of November, 1787, be authorized to call upon the Comptroller General for returns of the names of those public officer's, whose appointments are in the power of Council, and who have not complyed with the directions of the law relative to the settlement of their accounts. Colonel Miles and Richard Willing were appointed to fill up the committee, upon the business respecting the Gunpowder magazine, in the room of Mr. Maclay and Colonel Hill.

At the request of the chairman of the committee of Assembly upon claims,

Ordered, That Mr. Gregg, Mr. Read and Mr. Smith be a committee of Council to meet the said committee of Assembly in conference.

It was moved by Colonel Miles, seconded by the Vice President "to postpone the sale of the lots in the reserved tract of land opposite Pittsburgh, if it shall appear that the same will not sell at or near their value." On consideration, the same was referred to the Vice President, Mr. Woods and Mr. Redick, who were requested to report in the afternoon, specially on the subject.

The Council met at 3 o'clock, P. M.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, November 18th, 1788.

PRESENT:

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

An order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable George Ross, Esquire, for one hundred and twenty-five pounds, being one quarter's salary as Vice President of the State, for which sum he is to account.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Wednesday, November 19th, 1788.

PRESENT:

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

The return of the General election of Sheriffs and Coroners held in the county of Bedford, was read and Arthur McGaughey, Esquire, thereupon appointed and commissionated Sheriff and Thomas MeGaughey, Coroner of the said county, Samuel Davidson and George

Funk were offered and accepted as sureties for the said Sheriff's faithful performance of the duties of his office, according to law.

On motion,

Resolved, That agreeably to a supplement to the act of Assembly, intituled an act to alter and amend an act intituled an act to remedy the defects of the several acts of Assembly heretofore made for regulating the elections of Justices of the Peace throughout this State, &ca., passed the twenty-seventh day of February last, the inhabitants of the district of Pittsburgh in the county of Allegany," are entitled to and shall be allowed a third Justice of the Peace upon an election of such Justice within the said district, by the freeholders thereof, being held and return made to Council according to law.

On motion,

Resolved, That to-morrow be assigned for the consideration of the complaint against Lazarus Brown McLene, Esquire, and his memorial in answer thereto.

The Board resumed the consideration of the clause intended to be inserted in the last message from Council to the General Assembly, relative to the Comptroller General's powers; and on motion

it was

Resolved, That the Vice President, Mr. Woods and Mr. Read be a committee to enquire and to report if any and what powers are invested in the Comptroller General, which in their opinion are incompatible with the principles of the constitution.

The committee to whom was referred the motion of Colonel Miles relative to the sale of lots in the reserved tract of land opposite Pittsburgh, reported a valuation of parts of the said tract; whereupon it was

Resolved, That a letter of instructions containing the said valuation be written to Colonel Francis Johnston, Receiver General of the Land office in the following words, vizt:

In Council, Philadelphia, November 19th, 1788. SIR-Council are of opinion that the River lots opposite Pitts burgh and contained in the reserved tract are worth, generally thirty shillings, specie (or an equivalent in certificates,) per acre.

That the Town lots on an average are worth forty shillings, specie or an equivalent in certificates.

That the second, third, fourth and fifth farms are worth seven shillings and six pence per acre in certificates.

That the first farm beginning at No. 210, is worth twenty shillings specie per acre, or an equivalent in certificates.

That farm number 6, is worth fifteen shillings specie or an equiv alent in certificates per acre.

That the lots number 242 to 271 inclusive, and contained in a square, are worth twenty shillings specie or an equivalent in certifi cates per acre..