you may chuse; so that at length no man of common prudence or ability will accept of any office subject to such capricious changes. It is also worthy of your consideration that such proceedings have a direct tendency to kindle animosities, to inflame the spirits of men, and keep up divisions in the State. We, therefore, wish to have it known to the good people of this Commonwealth, that as we utterly disapprove of such measures, so we have not been wanting against them, and as far as in our power, prevent the pernicious consequences which must result from such a line of conduct. WILLIAM MOORE, President.

Council Chamber, Phil'a, 12th April, 1782.

Ordered, That the same be presented to the House of Assem

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Colonel Jacob Morgan, late Superintendant of the Commissioners of Purchase in the several counties of the State, for the sum of one thousand and seventy-nine pounds five shillings and two pence three farthings, specie, for paying for supplies for the use of the army, for which he is to account.

A letter from Colonel Abel Morgan, Sub-Lieutenant of the county of Philadelphia, of this day, was read, praying leave to resign his office of Sub-Lieutenant, and thereupon, the same was accepted; and Jacob Auld, Esquire, being recommended to this Board as a proper person to succeed the said Abel Morgan in the said office; thereupon,

Resolved, That the said Jacob Auld, Esquire, be appointed SubLieutenant of the county of Philadelphia, in the room and stead of the said Abel Morgan, and that he be commissioned accordingly.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Frederick Sneider, for the sum of fifteen pounds specie, in part for his services in apprehending Steelman, Blake, and Shaw, on the twenty-fifth of November, 1780.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. Daniel Rees, for the sum of two pounds twelve shillings and six pence

specie, for paying for transportation of ammunition to Harris's Ferry, for the use of the troops stationed in the county of Northumberland.

A petition from Benjamin Robinson, convicted of larceny at a Court of Oyer and Terminer, held the second day of April, 1782, and sentenced by the said court to be publicly whipped, &c., was read, and the same was dismissed.

On consideration,

Ordered, That Captain Joseph Stiles, Commissary of Military Stores, be directed to deliver to Messrs. Guerney, Allibone, and Patton, six thousand cartridges for muskets, taking a receipt to return the like or the value thereof.

A petition from Doctor Samuel Edmiston, praying a settlement of the depreciation of his pay as a Physician and Surgeon in the general hospital of the United States, agreeably to the act of General Assembly passed the first day of October last, was read; and thereupon,

Ordered, That the prayer of the said petition be granted, and that the Auditors be directed to settle the same accordingly.

In Council.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, April 15, 1782.

PRESENT:

His Excellency the President.

• Honorable the Vice President.

Mr. Gardner,
Mr. Cunningham,

Mr. Levan, and
Mr. Pentecost.

Charles Cessna, Esquire, late Commissioner of Purchases in the county of Bedford, having represented that there is remaining in his hands a quantity of flour and forage purchased agreeably to act of Assembly passed the twenty-third day of March, 1780, entitled "An Act for procuring a supply of provisions and other necessaries for the use of the army, which articles are in danger of great waste. On consideration,

Ordered, That the said Charles Cessna be directed to sell the aforesaid articles as soon as may be, and pay the money arising therefrom into the hands of the Treasurer of this State.

A return of Justices for Robinson township in the county of Washington, was received and read, by which it appears that Alexander Wright and James Ervins were duly elected Justices for the said township. Thereupon,

Resolved, That Alexander Wright be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the county of Washington, and commissioned accord

WHEREAS, It hath been represented to this Board that the freeholders of the townships of Cumberland and Morgan in the county of Washington, have each of them neglected to chuse two fit persons on the fifteenth day of July, 1781, agreeably to act of Assembly passed the twenty-eighth day of March, 1781, entitled "An Act for erecting part of the county of Westmoreland into a separate county," to serve as Justices of the Peace:

And whereas, By a clause in an act of Assembly entitled "A further supplement to the act entitled An Act directing the mode and time of electing Justices of the Peace for the city and the several counties in this Commonwealth, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the thirty-first day of August, 1778, it is enacted. That when the freeholders of any district, county, town, "township, or ward, within this Commonwealth, have refused or "neglected, or shall hereafter refuse or negleet, to elect Justices "of the Peace, agreeably to the directions of the before recited acts, "or of the further provisions herein made, that then it shall and " may be lawful to and for the President or Vice President, in "Council, to commissionate a suitable number of Justices of the "Peace to fill up such vacancies, agreeably to the number settled in "the afore recited acts;" therefore,

Ordered, That John Minor be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the township of Cumberland, and Levi Karrod be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the township of Morgan, in the county of Washington, and that commissions be issued accordingly.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Colonel Jacob Morgan, Jun'r, for the sum of five hundred and sixty-six pounds three shillings and six pence one farthing, for the purpose of paying for supplies purchased for the use of the army, for which he is

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Colonel John Hannum, for the sum of twenty-one pounds, State money of the seventh of April, 1781, for his services as one of the Auditors for settling the depreciation of the pay of the Pennsylvania line.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John M'Farren, Jun'r, Esquire, or his order, for the sum of one thousand pounds, State money of the seventh of April, 1781, for paying the seven months' men raised agreeably to act of Assembly passed the twenty-sixth day of May, 1780, for which he is to account.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Bernard Dougherty, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, in part of the contract for supplying the troops stationed in the county of Bedford with provisions, for which he is to account.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of John Cannon, Esquire, for the sum of one hundred pounds specie, in part of the contract for supplying the troops stationed in the county of Washington with provisions, for which he is to account.

The Honorable Dorsey Pentecost, Esquire, presented to the Board the following account for his attendance in Council, vizt: From the 9th till the 17th of April, 1782, 8 days @

17s. 6

And thereupon,

£700

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of the Honorable Dorsey Pentecost, Esquire, for the sum of seven pounds specie, amount of the said account.

An order was drawn on the Treasurer in favor of Mr. John Nicholson, for the sum of two thousand pounds, State money of

the seventh of April, 1781, for paying to officers and soldiers of the Pennsylvania line one third of depreciation certificates, for which he is to account.

A return of Justices for the township of Antrim, in the county of Cumberland, was received and read, by which it appears that Humphrey Fullerton, Thomas Johnston, James Poe and Hugh Barkley, were duly elected Justices for the said township. Thereupon,

Ordered, That Humphrey Fullerton and Thomas Johnston be appointed Justices of the Peace for the county of Cumberland; and that they be commissioned accordingly.

A letter from Joseph Reed, James Wilson, William Bradford, Jun'r, and Jonathan Dickinson, Sergeant, of the fifteenth instant, recommending to the Board to appoint a Solicitor or Agent to collect the evidence, search records, and do various other things essential to the management of the dispute between this State and Connecticut, was read; and on consideration,

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Osborne be appointed Solicitor for the purpose aforesaid; and that an order be drawn in his favor for the sum of twenty pounds specie, for the purpose of searching records and taking copies of such as relate to the said cause, which he is hereby authorised and empowered to do, for which he is to

account.

Ordered, That General Wilkinson and Doctor Tate, of Bucks county, be requested to view the confiscated estate late of Joseph Paxon, in the said county, estimate the yearly value thereof, and make return to this Board.

The Council taking into consideration the case of Benjamin Freeman,

Ordered, That the sum of seven pounds ten shillings specie, be allowed the said Benjamin Freeman, in consideration of his being wounded by a cannon ball at Amboy in the year 1776. An order was drawn on the Treasurer accordingly.

The Council taking into consideration the resolution of the Honorable the Continental Congress of the nineteenth of March last,