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On motion of Mrs. McLene, James Maxwell, Esquire, was ap pointed and commissioned President of the Court of Common Pleas, General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and Jail Delivery, and Orphans' Court, of the county of Franklin.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Philip Albright, for forty pounds thirty shillings and two pence, ballance due upon his account as late Captain in Colonel Miles' Rifle regi ment, according to the Comptroller General's report, to be paid out of the fund appropriated to the recruiting service.

A deed was examined and signed by the Vice President, to Edward Bartholemew, Esquire, for a tract of land situate in Newtown township, in the county of Chester, containing one hundred and seventy-two late the estate of Matthew Apsden: Sold on the 29th of April last, to said Edward Bartholemew, for the sum of one thousand and ninety pounds. Deed dated this day.

The Attorney General having been consulted on the case of William Barton, Esq'r, agreeably to the minutes of the 18th inst., an order was taken that execution against him for a debt due to the Commonwealth, on a judgment obtained at the suit of the Collector of the Customs, be suspended for the term of two years from the date of this proceeding.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, August 28th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

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The fine imposed upon James Kelly, on conviction of horse

stealing, in the county of Philadelphia, was remitted.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, August 29th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

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The fine imposed upon John Hall upon conviction of fornication and bastardy, in the county of

was remitted.

An 'order was drawn upon the Treasurer in favor of the Wardens of the Port of Philadelphia, for eight hundred and twenty pounds, to be applied in support of the Light House, &ca., in the bay and river Delaware, and in improving the navigation in the said bay and river, for which sum they are to account.

A petition being presented to the Board from James Robinson, representing the great injury which he must sustain from the operation of a resolution of Council of the twenty-third of June last, in favor of Colonel William Butler, and the said petition being accompanied by a certificate from a number of respectable inhabitants of Pittsburg in favor of the character of the said James Robinson; therefore,

Resolved, That the said resolution, as far as it respects the improved land upon which the said Robinson resides, be hereby rescinded, and that the said Robinson be permitted to enjoy the said improvement, with the priviledges he has hitherto had, until otherwise directed by this Board.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday, August the 31st, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

Samuel Dean,

Stephen Balliet,

William Brown,

John Woods,

Jonathan Hoge,

James McLene,
John Boyd,

John Neville, and Esquires.
John Whitehill,

The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Lieuten ant Peter Conrad, for pay and subsistence, while a prisoner, from 1778 to 1781, was read and approved.

Agreeably to the sixteenth section of an act of the General Assembly intituled "An Act for directing the mode of distributing the donation lands promised to the troops of this Commonwealth,"

The Surveyor General made return to Council of the draught of lots laid down within the limits of the said lands; upon which it

was

Ordered, That the drawing of the lottery for, and the patenting of the said lots, shall commence on the first day of October next, to be continued for one year from the 29th instant.

The consideration of the petition of David Lennox, stating "that in April, 1781, he imported into this State a cargo of rum, sugar, and coffee; that he afterwards entered part of the said cargo for exportation, and praying to be allowed a drawback upon such part of the cargo as was exported in due time," read on the first of July, 1785, was resumed, and an order taken that the resolution of Council of that day be rescinded, and the prayer of the said petition granted.

The petition of Edward Kenan and others, praying for a settlement of their accounts, was read, and referred to the Comptroller General.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for fifteen pounds ten shillings, in full for his wages as door-keeper until this day, included.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Friday, September 1st, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

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The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer, vizt: In favor of the Honorable Stephen Balliot, Esquire, for seventeen pounds five shillings, in full for his attendance in Council until the thirty-first day of August, 1786, inclusively.

In favor of William Mitchell, Esquire, for fifty pounds seven shillings and two pence, in part of the ballance due upon his account as Agent for the sale of Confiscated Estates in York county, according to the Comptroller General's report.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, September 2nd, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

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Ordered, That the natives of China and India, now in this city, who have been for some months past supported at the expence of this State, be now removed to the State of Maryland, in which they were originally brought by John O'Donnel, Esquire, Captain of the Pallas Indiaman, and that Mr. Levi Hollingsworth be requested to take measures for executing this order.

Colonel Francis Johnston was directed to advertise a further sale of city lots numbered from 1921 to 1982, inclusively, situate on both sides of Market or High street, and between Fourth and Fifth streets from Schuylkill; also eleven lots on the north side of ChesBut street between Seventh and Eighth streets from Delaware, to be held on Wednesday the 20th of this month, at the old Coffee

House.

The Comptroller General's report upon the account of Cooke, jeweler, for seventeen ounces ten penny weights of gold, forfeited to the Commonwealth by the non-appearance of A. Beyer before the Supreme Court, upon a prosecution for passing base metal as gold, was read and approved.

A certificate of the division of the township of Smith, in the county of Washington, by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace held at Washington, for the county aforesaid, on the 5th of January last, was read, and order taken that the division be confirmed, agreeably to the decree of the said Court.

The Council met.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, September 4th, 1786.

PRESENT:

The Honorable CHARLES BIDDLE, Esquire, Vice President.

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The following orders were drawn upon the Treasurer :

In favor of Colonel William Henry, for one hundred and fiftyfive pounds, for defraying the contingent expences of exercising the militia of the city and liberties of Philadelphia, for which sum he is to account.

In favor of William Rees, for fifteen pounds and seven pence, in full for his account for improving the State House lot until the second instant, and for bricklayer's work done by John Parker, to be paid according to two acts of Assembly dated the twentieth of February, 1735-6, and 14th of May, 1762, and resolution of As sembly dated 23d of September, 1783.

Mr. McLene attended the Vice President as a member of the Board of Property.

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