tice, controlled as it was believed to be, by the influence, and for the promotion of secret associations, was one of the strongest exciting causes of the election of Governor RITNER. "When the public sentiment at length declared itself, on this subject and burst open the doors of honor and confidenc," it became his duty, as far as could be legally and properly done, to "correct the procedure." The power of removal was elsewhere, placed by the Constitution. The only corrective, therefore, was to neutralize the evil, by appointing, sparingly, in different parts of the State, men, whose character, for intelligence and honesty, was equal to any, and whose entire freedom, from oaths and promises, unknown to the law, made them clear of suspicion as its ministers. It is also proper to state, that none were appointed, except upon the urgent solicitation of citizens of the vicinity, as will appear by the petitions on file in this office. It was suggested to the undersigned, that it would be desirable to exhibit, in this report, the cost of audits, in the different courts of Philadelphia city, and county. A circular was accordingly addressed to the Prothonotaries and Clerks, requesting the necessary information. A reply has only been received, from the Prothonotory of the court of Common Pleas, who states that the number of auditors, annually appointed by the court, may be set down at twenty-four, with the cost to the parties of $2,000 per annum. Statement D, prepared by the Auditor General, exhibits, so far as that officer can furnish it, the amount of fees, received by the several county officers of the Commonwealth. From which it appears, that the gross income of the officers in question, for one year, is about $117,632 97, in forty-eight counties, including the incomes of the Prothonotaries of two of the Supreme court districts. If to this be added, the like proportion of emoluments, in the counties not embraced in the statement, the total for one year, will be about $128,000. Statement E, exhibits the information required by the Convention in the resolution requesting "the number of officers, (exclusive of judicial officers, Prothonotaries, Registers, Recorders, and Clerks of the several county courts,) appointed by the Governor, setting forth their several titles, terms of office, compensation, and the places, wherein they exercise their offices," so far as the records of this department contain it. No means are possessed of ascertaining the emoluments of notaries public, commissioners of deeds in other states, and of many other officers embraced in the list. All which is respectfully submitted. THO. H. BURROWES, Secretary of the Commonwealth. Hon. JOHN SERGEANT, A. List of all the Justices of the Peace and Aldermen, in the several counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with the dates of their respective appointments, as the same stand entered on the Commission Books, in the office of the Secreta ry of the Commonwealth, from December 20th, 1808, to the 23d day of May, David Willls John Garvin Samuel Sloan Jacob Keller ADAMS COUNTY. March 11, 1817 | James Robinette Feb. 22, 1819 May 17, 1820 March 5, 1823 Dec. 2, 1823 June 28, 1827 Oct 17, 1827 March 26, 1829 Feb 21, 1831 Oct'r 8, 1832 Dec'r 24, 1833 do. 4, 1835 do. 18, 1833 do. 4, 1835 March 31, 1824 Dec'r 14, 1829 June 10, 1833 April 17, 1835 July 10, 1834 April 3, 1809 March 18, 1817 March 27, 1818 Feb, 26, 1825 May 19, 1826 June 28 1827 Nov'r. 2, 1831 June 3, 1833 Michael D. G. Pfeiffer James Clark Jacob Melhorn Joseph R. Henry April 10, 1834 Joseph Kepner Samuel Lilly Henry Brinkerhoff Abraham King Samuel S. Caldwell Thomas M'Creary James Young John Wilson William Arthurs Sept'r. 3, 1835 Nov'r. 19, 1823 Dec'r. 2, 1823 do. 13, 1823 Oct'r. 4, 1827 June 12, 1834 Anderson Ewing James Robinette Thompson T. Bonner James McElwee Samuel Blake John Myers Levi Miller Jr. William McGrew Charles F. Keener William B. McGrew James Bell Jr. Jacob Fidler Simon Becker James Will James Wilson James Cunningham Isaac Robinson Thomas Reed James McKesson James McDevit | Zephaniah Herbert James Russel William P. Paxton James McAllister Robert W. Middleton Frederick Diehl Joseph Fink David Shriver ALLEGHENY March 22, 1813 June 4, 1829 Arthur F. Gow David Gilleland Jr. Thomas Johnston Jan. 3, 1825 Alba Fisk James C Cummings Jan. 13, 1830 William H. Hays Feb. 15, 1831 James Blakely March 30, 1831 Feb, 12, 1893 Frederick W. Hoehler Feb'y. 18, 1829 May 27, 1835 Feb. 18, 1822 March 2, 1822 April 1, 1822 Oct. 31, 1825 Jan. 28, 1826 March 8, 1833 June 28, 1814 March 29, 1821 Oct. 30, 1821 June 12, 1822 Jan. 5, 1832 Oct. 25, 1833 Oct. 26, 1835 Jan. 3, 1811 Dec. 12, 1822 March 24, 1828 Oct. 3, 1828 March 26, 1829 May 31, 1835 March 23, 1833 May 19, 1836 do do June 11, 1836 Feb. 14, 1837 March 19, 1836 May 5, 1837 August 5, 1836 May 21, 1836 June 11, 1836 Jan. 15, 1836 Sept. 19, 1836 Jan. 7, 1820 Dec. 12, 1823 May 5, 1824 Dec. 12, 1827 August 19, 1828 Dec. 15, 1829 Feb. 21, 1831 March 18, 1831 Dec. 20, 1834 Jan. 29, 1810 Feb. 15, 1812 May 25, 1815 Dec, 28, 1825 David Boggs John Calhoun John Gamble Harvey H. Peterson Samuel Hare Massey Peebles Robert A. Campbell Thomas Barlow William Robinson Horatio Weighley James H. Sewell John Brown James Stevenson Andrew Watts Robert Porter William Duncan Henry H. Parry Geo. Washington John Graham Nathaniel Miller Peter Allen Beham Oct. 19, 1815 Dec. 13, 1815 April 30, 1819 Nov. 21. 1831 Dec. 9, 1831 Dec. 14, 1835 March 3, 1809 March 30 1821 Nov. 14, 1835 do April 17, 1816 January 12, 1835 March 18, 1835 Dec. 24, 1813 July 7, 1818 March 31,1823 December 8, 1823 Martin March 16, 1824 Dec. 28, 1825 January 5, 1831 Feb. 3, 1837 Thomas Philips William Woodburn Alexander Otterson David Bowman Erastus Percival John Oliver ARMSTRONG COUNTY. John McGarraugh William Curll Matthew McKillip William Smullen Nov. 14, 1835 Feb. 26, 1825 March 11, 1825 March 11, 1825 April 3, 1828 Feb. 13, 1832 August 28, 1834 Dec, 20, 1834 Philip Bohlen William W. Gibson John McCluny David Scott Robert Creswell John Beatty Joseph Shields James Adams James Goe Samuel Marshall Elisha H. Bailey Enos McBride do Oct. 4, 1821 Feb. 26, 1824 March 16, 1824 Jan. 24 1825 August 19, 1828 Oct. 28, 1835 Nov. 10, 1829 Dec. 8, 1830 Dec. 14 1830 August 9, 1831 Feb. 13, 1833 Nov. 20, 1834 Feb. 23, 1835 March 15, 1836 March 21, 1837 Feb. 19, 1836 Dec. 19, 1836 April 25, 1820 Jan. 21, 1828 7 April 14, 1817 John Calhoun March 18, 1818 BEAVER March 21, 1809 January 26, 1816 Dec. 17, 1819 March 30, 1822 John Thom Dec. 12, 1822 Dec. 8, 1823 Alexander Foster Sen. July 2, 1824 Dec. 27, 1832 Thomas Wilson Wm. T. Smith Thomas Hickenlooper Richard D. Hudson Joseph T. Deshane Solomon Bennett Elihu T. Pugh Jan. 2, 1833 Jan, 2, 1833 William Conn John Slants Andrew Welsh Alexander McConahy BEDFORD COUNTY. Angust 23, 1810 Henry Snider do. do. Dec. 16, 1834 Feb. 25, 1835 April 7, 1835 do. do. May 17, 1837 Feb. 17, 1820 June 9, 1832 Jan. 22, 1835 Jan. 22, 1835 Anthony Shoemaker Peter Aurand John Miller. Henry Betz Peter Nagle, jur. Dec. 12, 1823 do do Dec. 15, 1823 April 4, 1827 June 5, 1827 August 1, 1828 March 5, 1830 July 25, 1831 Adam Shoener John Potteiger Myles Green John Manderfield David Diffenbach John Beitenman Henry Lewars John Miller George Reagan, Dec. 9, 1835 Dec. 12, 1823 |