Complaint of Daniel McCormick against the High Sheriff of the County of Hunterdon and the Governours order thereupon that his Excellency will be pleased to send Directions to the Justices of Hunterdon County or any three of them of which Thomas Leonard Esq' to be one to Enquire into the Matters Set forth in the said Petition and to take all such Affidavits and Examinations as shall be offered them, as well on part of the Petitioner as on the part of the said Sheriff and all such Affidavits & Examinations as shall be so taken before them to forthwith transmitt to his Excellency which his Excellency ordered Accordingly Then the Governour in Council signed the following Warrants N° (74) To his Excellency for two months .... N° (75) To Thomas Farmer Esq' for a Quarters Sallary as Chief Justice comencing the 23 day of March 1727 & ending yo 23d day of June then next following.... N° (76) To his Excellency for a Quarters Sal- N° (77) To Thomas Farmer for a Quarters y 23d of June 1728 to ye 23 Sep- N° (78) To Peter Bard Esq' for a halfe Years y 23 day of March 1727 to y° 234 26 £ s d 83,, 6, 8 N° (79) To Laurence Smyth Esq' for halfe a N° (80) To Michael Kearny Esq' for a halfe N° (81) To John Allen Esq for a halfe Years N° (82) To his Excellency for a quarters Sal- ber 1728 to y° 23d of December N° (83) To Thomas Farmer Esq' for a quar- 25,9 25,, 25,9 125,, y° 23d of December following....... 50,, N° (84) To Peter Bard Esq for a quarters the 23 September 1728 to the 23d N° (85) To Lawrence Smyth Esq' for a Quar- N° (86) To Michael Kearny Esq' for a Quarters Sallary as Treasurer of the Eastern Division comencing y° 23d day of September 1728 to y° 23a of December following..... 12,, 10,, 12,, 10,, 12,, 10,, N° (87) To John Allen Esq for a Quarters Sallary as Treasurer of the Western Division commencing the 23 day of N° (88) To James Smith Esq' for three Quar- commencing the 23d day of March 12,, 10,, 1727 to the 23d of December 1728.. 22,, 10,, N° (89) To James Smith Esq' for three Quarters Sallary as Clerk of the Circuits commencing the 23d day of March 1727 to the 23d day of December 1728 N° (90) To Ditto for three Quarters Sallary as Vote of the 19th of January last comencing yo 10th of February 1727 22,, 10 to y° 10th of November 1728........ 18,, 15,, N° (91) To John Haskle for three Quarters cil commencing the 23d of March 1727 7,,10,, N° (92) To WillTM Bradford for printing of the At a Council held at Burlington January yo 20th 1728 Mr John Allen Treasurer of the Western Division of New Jersey delivered to this Board the sum of four hundred & fifty eight pounds nine shillings and six pence proclamation Money in y following bills being in full of the Monies directed to be raised out of the Western Division of this Province for the Year one thousand seven hundred and twenty seven by Virtue of an Act Intituled an Act for an Additional Support of this Government and making Current forty Thousand pounds in Bills of Credit for that and other purposes therein mentioned Bills cancelled according to the Act of the Assembly £. s. d. Forty bills at Six pounds each... 240,,—— One hundred bills at thirty Shil lings each......... ... 150 All which bills were cancelled before this Board according to the Directions of the said Act of Assembly and of one other Act of Assembly entituled an Act concerning the Appointment of Commissioners of the Loan Offices and concerning the sinking of four thousand pounds in Bills of Credit Att a Council held at Elizabeth Town Point the first day of September in the third year of his Majestys Reign Annoq Dom. 1729. His Excellency John Montgomerie Esq' Captain Generall & Governor &c. Writts of Electing Representatives ordered His Excellency with the Advice of the Council Ordered Writts of Electing Representatives for the Gen" Assembly of this Province bearing teste this day, Returnable the Second Tuesday in October next to meet at Perth Amboy. His Excellency in Council Signed the following Warrants, Vizt No 93 Warrt for the No 94 Warrt for ye No 95 Warrt for Another Quarr Salary to the Governour No 96 Another for the Chief Justice 23d of December 1728 to the Justice for a quarters Sallary To his Excellency for a Quarter 23 March 1728 to the 23d 50,, 0,, 0 day of June 1729...............125,, .125,, 0,0 To Thomas Farmar as Chief Justice for a Quarters Sallary as Supra..... 50,, 0, 0 |