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intfe the number, they shall be nonrrrted and ap
rewind in Ike manner. The members of the legislative
a, 4 Privy-Councils Shall be Just ces of the Peace for the
v^b Stat % during Their coma: u .nee in trust ; and the
Judices cf the Courts o' Common Pleas Shall be confet
vaton of the peace in their rehear e counties.
13. The juries of the Con is of 1 Gomroon Pleas end
Orphans Co rts ffi 11 . av e the power of holding inferior
Courts of C 1 ^r^ as heretofore, unkfs the legislature
fnali otherwh- dirrih
14.. Th 1 C: tkr of the Supreme Court fhallbe appoint-,
fd bythe Chief Juttice thereof, and the Recorders of
Deeds by the Justices of the Coutts of Common Pleas for
each county Several'y, and commiflioned by the President
under the Great Seal, and continue in office five years,
if they behave tbemfelvee well.
, 15. The Sheriffs and Coroners of the refpe&ive coun
ties ihall be chosen annually as heretofore ; and any per-
Ln having served three years as Sheriff Shill be ineligi
ble for three years ester; and the President and Privy-
Council fliabhave the appointment of rich of the tiro?
candidate returned Am said offices of the iff and Coroner
as they Shall think best qualified, in the fame manner
that the Governor heretofore enjoyed this power;
16. The General Assembly by joint ballot drill appoint
the Generals and Field Officers and all other officers in
the array or navy of this State. And the Prudent may
appoint during pleasure, until otherwise dir€& d by the
legislature, all neceffaty civil officers not herein before
mentioned.
(7. There shall be an appeal from the Supreme Court
o':Delaware in matters of law and equity to a Court of
seven persons, to consist of the Prefi lent for the time be
ing, who shall preside therein, and fix others, to be ap
pointed, three by the Legislative Council and three by
toe House of Assembly, who shall continue in office du
ring good behaviour, and be cemmiffi med by the Pre
fi lent under the Great Seal ; which Court shall be stiled
The Court of Appeals, and have all the authority and pow
ers heretofore given by law in the left resort to the King
in Council under the old government. The Secretary
shall be the Clerk of this Court, and vacancies therein
occasioned by death or incapacity shall be supplied by new
elections in manner aforefaid.
13. The Justices of the Supreme Court and Courts of
Common Pleas, the members of the Privy Council, the
Secretary, the Trustees of the Loan-Office and Cleiks of
the Courts of Common Pleas, during their continuance
in office, and all persons concerned in any army or navy
contrasts, shall be ineligible to either House of Assembly;
and any member of either House accepting of any other
of the offices herein before mentioned (excepting the of
fice of a Justice of the Peace) shall have his feat thereby
vacated, and a new ele^ion shall be ordered.
1,. The Leg. Active Council and Assembly shall have
the power of making the Great,eal of this Strte, which
shall be kept by the President, or in his absence by the
Vice-Prefi^ent, to be used by them as occasion may re
quire. It shall be called The Great Seal of tbe Delaware
State, and shall be affixed to all laws and commissions.
20. Cemmiffions shall run in the name of The D E
LAWARE STATE, and bear test by the Pre
fdert. Writs shall runin the fame mariner, and bear
test in the name of the Chief-Juftice or Justice firft named
in the commiflions for the fever?.! Courts, and be sealed
with the public seals of such Courts. lodgments shall
conclude, against the peace and dignity of the State.
21. In case of vacancy of the offices above directed to
be filled by the President and General Assembly, the
President and Privy-Council may appoint others in their
Head until there shall be a new election.
22. Every person, who shall be chosen a member of ei
ther House, or appointed to any office or place of trust,
before taking his feat, or entering upon the execution
of his office, shall take the following oa h, or affirma
tion if conicientioufly scrupulous of taking an oath, to
wit.
" I, A B. will bear true allegiance to the Delaware
" State, submit to its constitution and laws, and do no
" a& wittingly whereby the freedom thereof may be pre
" judiced."
And also make and fubferibe the following declara
tion, to wit.
" I, A. B. do profefs faith in God the Fatl eq and in
" Jeus Christ his only Son, and in the Holy Ghost, one
" Ged blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the
" Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Trilament to be
“ given by divine Inspiration.”
And all offi ers shall also take an oath of office.
23. The President when he is cut of office and within
eighteen months after, and all others, offending against
the State either by mal-adminiftration, corruption or
other means, by which the fafety of the Common-Wealth
may be endangered, within eighteen months after the
offence committed, shall be impeachable by the House of
Assembly before the legislative Council: Such impeach
ment to be prosecuted by the Attorney-G neral or such
other person 0 persons as the House of Assembly may
appoint, according to the laws of the land. If found
guilty, he or they shall be either forever disabled to hold
any offi e under government, or removed from office
pro tempore, or fubje&cd to such pains and penalties as
the laws shall dire&, And all officers shall be removed
on emviaion of misbehaviour at common law or on
impeachment, or upon the address of the General
Assembly.
^4. All acts of Assembly in force n this State on the
f. teenth day of May last (and not hereby altered, or
contrary to the resolutions of Congress, or of the late
House of Assembly of this State) shall so continue until
altered or repealed by ihe legifluure of this State, unless
where they are temporary, in which case they shall expire
?A the times refpedtively limited for their duration.
25. The conmon law of England as well as so much
of the statute law as have b;en heretofore adopted in prac
tC in this ftrte, fnall remain in force, unless they fei|
be altered by afut re law of the Le.gifl.dure; filch parts
only executed as are repugnant to the rights and privi
b^e? contrived in this Constitution anl the Declaration
o' Rights, &c. agreed to by this Convention.
26. No person hereafter imported into this state from
Africa ou-ht to-be held in slavery on any presence what
t er, and no Negro, Indian or Mulatto Live ought to
be brought into this Rate for sale from any part of the
I 27. The 6fr eleven fe-the General Affrrnhlyof this
state shall be held on the twenty firfc day of October next,
at the Court- Houles in thefv r ! counties, in themn
ner heretofore used in tiv election of the A ffem^y, ex
',"' to the choice of ri? ecrius and Assessors, where
Afleffo $ h : V: no: be .n chosen on the fifteenth day of Sep
emcer indent, which shall be matin cn the morning of
the day of el 6b . -th. electors, inhabitants or the
\ e ''^™~ hundreds in each count, :—At which time the
Sheriffs and Corineis fir the said counties ?efpeaively
ere to be e;e& d: And the , resent Sheriffs of the coun
ties of New-Caftte and Ken my be re chosen to that
ofc e until the fir i day )f O&obe r in the year of our Lord
one thousand riven hundred and fevrn(nine; and the
,resent Sheriff for the county of Suff?x may be re-chosen
to that office until trie firif day of O&ober in the year of
our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy-eight, pro
vided the freemen think proper to re-elc& thm at every
general ele& on; and the present Sheriff's and Coroners
rrf Lively shall continue to exercise their offi -es as Lere
ofore until the Sheriffs and Coronets to be elected on the
'rid tiventy-firft dai of October shall be commulioned and
sworn i,to office. The members of the Legislative Coun
cil irtf Assembly shall meet for tra nfa&ing th : business of
the fate on thetwenty-eighth day of O&ob r next, and
continue in office until the firft day of October which
will be in the year one thousand seven hundred and
seventy-seven; on.which day, and on the firft day of
OHober in each year forever after the LegiflativeCoun
cil, Assembly, Sheriffs and Coroners, shall bechofen by
ballot in manner directed by the several laws of this state
f ^. re g"!^ in g elections of members of Assembly and She
riffs and Coroners, and the General Assembly shall meet
on the twentieth day of the fame month for the trans
anting the business of the state; and if any of the said firft
and twentieth days of October should be Sunday, then
and in such c^fe the elections shall be held and the Gene
ral Assembly meet the next day following.
28. To prevent any violence or force being used at the
said elections no persons shall come armed to any of them;
and no mutter of the militia shall be made on that day,
nor shall any battalion or company give in their votes
immediately fucceecing each other, if any other voter
who offers to vote obj& thereto; nor shall any batta
lion or company in the pay of the Continent, or of this
or any other state be fufrived to remain at the time and
place of holding the said eltdions, nor within cne mile of
the said places r. o fpe&ively for twenty four hours before
the opening said e<eaic-ns, nor within twenty-four hours
after the fame are closed, so as in any manner to impede
the freely and conveniently carrying on the said election :
Provided always, that every elector may in a peaceable
and orderly manner give in his vote on the said day of
election. '
29. There shall be no establishment of any one reli
gious fe&in thrsS+ate in preference to another : and no
clergyman or preacher of the gospel of any denomination
shall b 6 capable of holding any civil office in this State,
or of being a member of ei her of the branches of the
leg:fl:ture while they continue in the exercise of the
pastoral function.
30. No article of the declaration of rights and funda
mental rules of this State, agreed to by this Convention,
nor the. firft, second, fifth (except t. at part thereof that
relates to the right of fuffrag ) twenty sixth and twenty
ninth articles of this constitution, ought ever to be viola
ted on any pretence whatever. No other part of this
constitution shall be altered, changed or diminished,
without the conTnt of five parts in seven of the Affem-'
bl, and seven members of the leriflative Council,
GEORGE KBAD, P efident.
Extrasjrom the Journals, Attest. James Booth, Clerk.
s<¥ / :.;, »..$ $.4,. ,
WI LLIAMS BU RG, (Virginia) Sept. 27.
SINCE our last two veffe s have arrived at Hamp
ton,' one with 80® bushels of salt, the other with
300 ; and one is just come up to Jamestown with 2500
bushels, and feme fruit.
A small Baltimore privateer carried into Chinco
teague, upon the Eastern Shore, the beginning of last
week, a brig from Jamaica, laden with 400 hogsheads
of lugar, and 140 hogsheads of rum.
BOSTO N, September 26.
The privateer General Greene, of East Greenwich,
and the privateer Harlequin, of Baltimore, hive taken
a Jamaica ship of 3 10 tons, and sent her into a fafe port:
Her cargo consists of 3 12 hogsheads of sugar, 82 pun
cheons of rum, 36 pipes and 4 hogfoeads of Madeira
wine, 1800 pounds weight of copper, &c. This ship
we hear failed in company with a large fleet, convoyed
by two men of war, one of which was loon to leave them,
the other, said to be a dull sailor, was to proceed with
them to Europe.
Last Sunday was sent into Providence by Capt. Mun
ro, the prize ship Blaze Castle, from Barbados, bound
for London, having on board 100 pipes Madeira wine,
120 hogsheads sugar, 1800 weight' whalebone, 120
barrels oil, &c.
Last Monday was sent into this harbour by the Eagle'
Capt. Paine, a ship of 160 tons, from Grenada bound
to London, having cn board 150 puncheons of rum,
109 hogsheads offugar, some cotton, &c.
Yesterday morning a sloop, laden with dry fifh, was
carried into Salem, by Capt. Waters, in the schooner
Dolphin, mounting only 6 swivels.
NEWBURY-PORT, Sept. 27.
Last Tuesday was brought in here by the Washing
ton Privateer, a Bark bound to the Weft Indies, to
fetch loldiers for the enemy; she bad on board a
quantity of provisions, and a few pieces of cannon.
Yesterday was carried into Portsmouth, a ship
of between 2 and 300 tons, laden with about 250
hogsheads of sugar, 50 of rum, ahd some wine. We
also hear that a schooner pf about 90 tons, laden with
salt, linen, and houfhold furniture, was carried into
Ipswich, about two days ago.
PHILADELPHIA, Cfo&
IT 0 N GRES S, fy fr.
1 he Congress resumed the corfidi ration of the ie
port of the Committee, to whom was referred Brj a.
dier General Woofer's letter, requefiing an ei qu^y
into his conduct, while he had the honour c/ cor round
ing the Continental forces in Canada, vh : ch was read
as follows: “ That Brigadier General Wt^f^r pro
duced copies cf a number of let ers which paffd be
tween him and General Schuyler, and of Lis letters to
Congress, from which it appears, that he, from time
to timf, gave seasonable notice of the State of the ar
my under his command, and what supplies ware, in h^
opinion, necessary to render the e te'rprife fuccefsfu^
I hat a number of officers, and other gentlemen, fr m
Canada, who were acquainted with his conduct 'there,
and who happened occasionally to be in this city, were'
examined before the Committee, to which letters, and
the minutes of the examination of the witnesses, here
with exhibited, the Committee beg leave to refer the
Congress for further information; and report as the
opinion of the Committee upon the whole of the evi
dence that was before them, that nothing ce iArable
° rb! ,e worthy appears against Brigadier General
VS oofter. The repoffbeing again read was agreed to.
Extras from the Minutes,
CHARLES THOMSON', Secretary.
By a letter from Newark in New-Jersey we learn,
that besides the damage done by the £ e in New-Yorii'
mentioned in our last, Peail-Preet was all defroyed•
and that several persons were in jail on that account
Fne letter adds, that a number of transports with troops,-
among which were Burgoyne's light horse, had arrived
at New-York.
Yesterday morning arrived here His Excellency Ge
neral LEE, and we hear he this day sets out for the
American Army near New-York.
In COMMITriTE of A. freftion and Observation for the
City and Liberties of Phim'e/%, Sept. 17, I^6.
On motion it was m animoufly retired That ti e
Committee of Infpe&icn and Observation for the Otv
Liberties of Philadelphia, rrd the Te wnfrip. of
Moyamenfing and Pafl}unk, be Tfl'olvM, and tto are
d , ved - The Committee of Accounts, and for
the ributton of Salt, to he coi t need until the bufi
nels for which they were appointed he finally fettled.
Extract from the Minutes,
.SAMUEL C. MORRIS, Secretary.
All persons who have any accounts against the Ja e
Committee of Infpe&ion for this City and Liberties, are
,' '° bi !^ them in immediately to any one of tle
subscribers, in order for settlement. It is expected that
every demand will be furnished by the 15th day <-f O&o
---ber, at which time they intend completing this business
John Bayard, Jonathan B Smith, Joseph Dean'
William Davis, Sharp Delany, Francis Gur'
ney, Christopher Marshall, William Ball
aid Samuel C. Morris, Committee of Accounts.
Hamilton Toumfoip, Cumberland Corny, Sept. 14, CT 6.
IN, t , an Hilands have feme time past in 'words
mimic d to American Liberty expreffid rayfeT, which
110 by these presents acknowledge to be lorry for and
profile for the fu ure to aft agreeable tn the di^ &i ons
ci t^e C ngrefs, Convention or Committees, and to hold
the fame in that due esteem and refpeft as b p conrs a
lover of American Liberty ; and ,do Lkewife alow this
my recantation to be put in the rubric par^
By order of Committee, JAMES MOORE, Clerk,
•r -^* -l-g-if + •&+ ^,.,±.4. sz.-f <h
Just published and to be fold by JOHN DUNLAP
in Marko-ftreet, P^adelphia'
T^F CONSTITUTION of the Common
& Wealth of PENNSYLVANIA, as efta
bliflied by the General Convention elected for th t
purpose, and he!d at Philadelphia, July i,h, T , 7 6 ;nd
continued by adj nirnments to Sep^mher 23, I'^)6
AN APFREN I ICE is wanted toThe
p .Sfy erfmiths bufi efe. For particulars apply to
, OrFIC E for the Sale of Real Estates'
S U ^ D r R ,Y/^ atle Lots in and a bout the ciiy i e
to be fold for Cash : They are moSlv in the best
htuauons for improvement, either in a mercantile wav
or for the residence of genTm^i or tradesmen Am^z
to MATTHEW CLARKSON, or
X EDWARD BONSALL.
JOHN WAL I' ERS, Inen-Sta mpf f"
Is removed to Spring-Gardens, in.o tie hem e late ^^
Shipleyb, where he has for S A LE
BLACK breeches pieces, silk knee-garters', werfb d
grain colours, feeing silk grain colours, f u a - r s
lead, cap wires, canvas, and some very fire Fourth
prints, framed and glazed, and in fheets.{
F IFtE E N~inTtTNiyrin^^
„' HE REASI the fubferiber ^ent on the
gufi lafi to the house of Isaac Alien, in }
Tovsnjhip, CheJier County, to demand a sum
Elk horge Co. My horse vcas tied to the fence r /
Allen mas coming from an o abate that leads to H< &
he, without any ceremony, too Erny horse andfat him ' f
fable, and told me to keep cn the ither fide o) the dor,. 7
•was no law, and he wou'd keep m, horfe.' As I / )
any dea ings with said Alen, nor do not owe Cr%n,
1 do here annex a particular description f said .'
lonioufy taken and with impunity concealed: Thefi/f ,
is a dappled grey, seven fears old, near fourteenths hf
pretty long bodied, his mane lays to the offfde, his tail b^Js
as low as bis upperjoint on bis bind legs, bnm c k f
t, much like afa'lmCs, is pretty fout made, every'^
well proportioned, and remarkable handteme. %
who secures the above dfcribed horse ana al livers Li }
fubicriber at Elk Forge, in (Aril County, Mary.^Xh.!
have a reward of 7 en Founds jer the horse, ana ^vi
PouNDs for the conviction oj the pernor or persons wfj, all
conceal him after this tiduertifment. paid by
f Old N FORRESTER.