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An ORDINANCE for the appointment of
Justices of the Peace for the State of Penn
#SYLVANIA.
WHEREAS it is necessary that proper Officers
of Justice be appointed, under the authority of
the people only, and deriving no power what
ever from the iate conttitution, Be it therefore
C^da^ed and Declared, and it is hereby Ordained and Declared
o^2€ Representatives of the Freemen of the State of Pe^njyl
in General Convention met, That David Rittenhoule,
Jonathan B. Smith, Owen Biddle, James Cannon, Timothy
Matlack, Samuel Morris, the elder, Samuel Howell, Frede
rick Kuhl, Samuel Morris, the younger, Thomas Wharton,
the younger, Henry Keppele, the younger, Joseph Blewer,
Samuel Mifflin, George Gray, John Bull, Henry Wynkoop,
Benjamin Bartholomew, John Hubley, Michael Swoop,
William Lyon, Daniel Hunter, Peter Rhoads, David Espy,
John Weitzel, and John Moore, Esquires, Members of the
Council of Safety, are hereby made, constituted and appoint
ed Justices of the Peace for this State.
And that Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, George
Bryan, James Young, James Biddle, John Morris, the
younger, Joseph Parker, John Bayard, Sharp Delany, John
Cadwallader, Joseph Copgerthwaite, Christopher Marshal,
the elder, Francis Gurney, Robert Knox, Matthew Clarkfon,
William Coats, William Ball, Philip Bcehm, Francis Casper
Hafepclever, Thomas Cuthbert, the elder, Mcfes Bartram,
Jacob Shreiner, Joseph Moulder, Jonathan Paschal, Benja
min Paschal, Benjamin Harbenfon, Jacob Blight, Henry Hill,
Samuel Afhmead, Frederick Antis, Samuel Erwin, Alexan
der Edwards, Seth Quee, Samuel Potts, Rowland Evans,
Charles Benfel, and Peter Evans, of the city and county of
Philadelphia, Esquires, are hereby made, constituted and ap
pointed Justices of the Peace for the city and county of Phi
ladelphia.
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And that Joseph Hart, Richard Walker, Joseph Kirkbride,
John Wilkinson, John Kidd, Robert Patteifon, John Clark,
James Benezet, Samuel Smith, James M'Mullen, Theophilus
Foulke, Joshua Anderton, George Wickart, and Thomas
Long, of the county of Bucks, Enquires, are hereby made,
constituted and appointed Justices of the Peace for the county
° f And"that Alexander Johnston, William Clingen, Evan
Evans, Richard Baker, John Sellers, Nicholas Fairlamb, John
Tones,' John Willon, William Heflet, Jfrael Whalin, William
Dene:, Samuel Bond, and Robert Mendenhall, of the county
of Che'fter, Esquires, are hereby made, constituted and ap
pointed Justices of the Peace for the county of Cheder.,
And that Emanuel Cai penter, Edward Shippen, William
Henry, Michael Hubley, William Laufman, Ludwig Lattman,
lames 'Bird, James Work, Timothy Green, John 'I home,
Moles Irwin, John Ferree, Zaccheus Davis, David Jenkins,
John Whitehill, James Clemson, William Brown, James Mur
ray, Robert Thompson, Robert Barber, Thomas Whitefide,
Michael Bright, and Chiillopher,Wegman, of the county of
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1776.
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Lancaster, Efqrs. are hereby made, constituted and appointed
Justices of the Peace for the county of Lancaster.
And that Rober M'Pherfon, Martin Eichelberger, Samuel
Edie, David M'Conaughy, Richard M'Califter, Henry Slagle,
Matthew Dill, William Rankin, William Lees, William
Bailey, William Scott, William Smith, William M'Cafkey,
Josias Scott, Thomas Latta, William M'Clean, and John
Mickle,., the younger, of the county of York, Esquires,
are hereby made, constituted and appointed Justices of the
Peace for the county of York.
And that John Armstrong, John Byers, John Reynolds,
Jonathan Hoge, Robert Miller, George Robifon, John
Holmes, James Oliver, John Agnew, John Alison, James
Maxwell, Samuel Lyon, William Brown, James Dunlap,
John M'Clay, William Elliot, Matthew Henderson, and
Frederick Watt, of the county cf Cumberland, Esquires, are
hereby made, constituted and appointed Justices of the Peace
for the county of Cumberland.
And that James Read, Peter Spyker, Jacob Morgan,
George Douglass, Mark Bird, Henry Christ, Balzar Gear,
John Patton, Thomas Dundas, Chriftophor Witman, Richard
Tea and Bastian Levan, of the county of Berks, Esquires,
are hereby made, constituted and appointed Judices of the
Peace for the County of Berks.
And that Robert Trail, Jacob Moory, Christopher Wag
oner, Henry Kooken, John Weitzell, Peter Traxler, senior,
Nicholas Dupui, Evan Morgan, Robert Forgeman and Henry
Barnet, of the county of Northampton, Esquires, are hereby
made, constituted and appointed Justices of the Peace for the
county of Northampton.
And that Bernard Dougherty, William Prohor, George
Wood, Abraham Cable, Thomas Smith, Thomas Coulter,
Henry Lloyd, John Piper, Samuel Davidson, William Latta,
John Wilkins, William Tod, Benjamin Elliot, William Par
ker, Evan Shelby, David Jones, Henry Rhoads, William
Johnston, William M'Leavy, Gideon Ritchey, John Mellott,
Edward Coomb, Hugh Davis, Matthew Patton, Robert
Ramsey, Benjamin Bird, John Shaver, Samuel Thompson,
William Phillips, William Holliday, the younger, Charles
Cessna, John Mitchell and Richard Brown, of the county of
Bedford, Esquires, are hereby made, constituted and ap
pointed Justices of the Peace for the county of Bedford.
And that Samuel Hunter, James Potter, William Mac
Clay, Robert Moodie, John Lowden, Benjamin Weifer,
John Fleming, Henry Antis and John Simpson, of the county
of Northumberland, Esquires, are hereby made, constituted
and appointed Justices of the Peace for the county of North
umberland.
And that Robert Hanna, William Lockray, Alexander
M'Lean, Providence Mounts, Andrew M'Farlin, James Pol
lock, James Caval, Samuel Sloane, Thomas Scott, Michael
Hufnagle, James Willfon, David Allen, Benjamin Davis,
Philip Rogers, Joseph Caldwell, James Wilkins, William
Elliott, George Latimore and Samuel Burns, of the county
of Weftmoreland, Esquires, are hereby made, constituted
and appointed juftiees of the Peace for the county of Weft
moreland.
[Num. 254.