The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-04-11 00:00:00, page 4

An AC 1 to ^croefethe Lumber; cf' : Representatives in Assembly
for ire Cityf Philadelphia, and -in the Jeveral Counties
therein named.
,$/ HE REAS it is essential to the good Government pf
V every tree State, that all its component Parts ffiould
have a just and adequate Share in the Legislature. AND
VHEREAS the City of Philadelphia, and the several Coun
ties herein after particularly named, have not at this Time
Inch Share in the Legislature of this Province : For Remedy
whereof, BE IT EXACTED by the Honorable JOHN
PEAN, Esq; Governor and Commander in Chief of the Pro
vince of Pennfivania, by and witlvthe Consent and Advice
of the Representatives of the Freemen of the Hid Province,
in General Assembly met, and by the Authority of the fame,
That the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the rafpeTive
V/ard c , Townflrips and Dahids, in t'^ said City and Coun
ties refprflively, qualified by the Laws of this Province to
deed Members of Assembly, shall meet at Tome convenient
Place within their repeCive Tcwnfhip„ Wards and DidriTs,
on the Twenty-fifth Day cf April next, and proceed to
choolc Infpedors, as is directed by the Laws of this Province
in such Cases, having had due and legal Notjce of such Meet
ing by the Person or Persons appointed by Law for that Pur
pole, which they are hereby enjoined and required to give,
under the fame Pains and Penalties as are inflicted for Negleft
ot Duty in the like Cases by Law. And that the Freeholders
and Inhabitants cf the said City cf Philadefhia, and the
Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Counties of Lancaster,
'^'k, Cumberland, Berls, Northampton, Bedford, Northumber
land and INeftmoreland, refpeTive'iy, qualified by the Charter
and Laws of this Province to vote at the General Elections
for said City and Counties respectively, shall, on the First
Day of May next, meet in the said City and Counties respec
tively, at the usual Places for holding General Elections in
the said City and Counties refpeTively, and eleft an additi
onal Number cf Burgefl'es, Representatives or Delegates, to
serve them in General Assembly ; for the City of Philadel
phia Four, for the County of Lancafer Two, for the County
cf York Two, for the County of Cumberland Two, for the
County of Berks Two, for the County of Northam,t n Two,
for the County of Bedford One, for the County of Northum
berland One, and for the County of Weftmoreland One, in
the fame Manner as by the Charter and Laws of this Pro
vince is directed in refped to the Choice of other Members
for the said City and Counties relpedively ; which said Bur
gesses, Representatives or Delegates, so chosen, and returned
as the Laws of this Province in such Cases direst, shall be
Members of the General Assembly of this Province of Penn
sylvania, and fit and aft as such, as fully and freely as any of
the Burgesses or Representatives for the said City and Coun
ties refpe&ively, or the other Counties within this Province,
do, may, can, or ought to do.
bind be it further enabled, That on the Day following the
holding the General Election for the County of Philadelphia
yearly, for ever hereafter, unless it happen on Sunday, and
then the Day after, the Freeholder's and Inhabitants of the
laid City, qualified as aforefaid, shall meet at the State-House
in the laid City, and cleft for the said City Six Burgesses,
Representatives or Delegates, to serve them in Assembly :
And that the Freeholders and Inhabitants of the said Coun
ties of Lancafer, 1 ork, Cumberland, Berks, Northampton,
Bedford, Northumberland and Weftmorcland, fnall meet on the
First Day of Oflober next, and yearly fcr ever hereafter, un
less it happen on a Sunday, and then the Day following, at
the Court-Houses in the said refpe&ive Counties, where
Court Houses are already eroded, and in such Counties as
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have nor erected Court-Houses, then, until Court Houses
shall be built, at the Places where General Elections for such
Counties have been usually held, and eled for the County of
Lancafler Six, for the County of York Four, for the County
of Cumberland Four, for the County of Berks Four, for the
County of Northampton lour, for the County of Bedford^
Two, for the County of Northumberland Two, and for the
County of kPefmoreland Two Representatives cr Delegates',
to fcrve them in Assembly, in the fame Manner as by the
Charter and Laws of this Province is directed in rUpeft to the
Representatives or Delegates of.the other Counties cf this
Province ; which said Representatives, when so chosen in the
said City and refpedive Counties aforefaid, fliall be Members
of the General Assembly of this Province of Pennsylvania,
and shall fit and aft as such, as fully and freely as any of the
Representatives for the other Counties within this province do,
may, can, or ought to do.
And be.it further enabled, That Notice shall be given in Writ
ing, and shall be proclaimed in the mod public Places of the
faid,City, and.of the capital Town or Place where such Elec
tion is to be, of the Time and Place of such Election, by
the Sheriff of the Counties refoedively ; and the said Sheriffs
shall cause Copies of such Notice or Advertisement to be
polled upon some Floufe, in the Way leading from every
Towofbip or Precinct to the Town or Place where the said
Election is to be, as also upon the Court-Houses and most
public Places in every Townfnip in the said refpe&ive Coun
ties, at least Fifteen Days before the Time of such Election.
And be it further enabled by the Authority*aforefaid, That so
much of the several Ads of General Assembly of this Pro
vince, as relates to the allowing the said City, and the seve
ral and refpe&ive Counties aforefaid, a less Number of Re
piefentatives or Delegates, to serve in General Assembly for
the said City and Counties refpe&ively, than is hereby di-,
reded, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, repealed.
Provided nevertheless, That the Members of Assembly . al
ready chosen under the fame, shall be and continue to aft un
til the First Day of October next, as fully and freely as,rif this
AT had never been made.
Paged March 23, 1776.
^ The STAGE COACH sets out from the Irzdian Queen
in Fourth street, every TUESDAY and FRIDAY mornings,
at Six o'clock, for New-York.
STOLEN out of the ffiop of the fubferiber, in the night
of the 16th or 17th instant, almost a complete set of
COMBMAKING TOOLS, with a parcel of small tooth
COMBS in the rough. Also was loft by rhe fubferiber, three
weeks ago, in Chefnut-ftreet, between Second and Fourth
streets, or in Fourth-street between Chefnut and Market
streets, a parcel of MONEY, n/ar sixteen pounds, confid
ing of Pennsylvania, Continental and Maryland bills. Who
ever will give information of the money that it may be had
again, shall have FIVE POUNDS reward, and for the
thief or thieves, on conviction, shall have FIVE POUNDS
reward, and reasonable charges.
'WILLIAM HASLEWOOD,
Combmaker, in Fourth-street.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed by BENJAMIN
10WNE, in Front-street, near the London
Coffee-Houfe.
Philadelphia, March 20, 1776.
TE N POUNDS Reward.'