Received of Henry Seymour, Canal Commissioner, three thousand five hundred forty-three dollars and ninety-two cents, which with the payments noted in the margin, is in full of the above ac count. ABRAHAM BEAUMONT, By their Attorney, OGDEN MALLORY, It does not appear from the proceedings of the Canal Board, that any allowance was made to the petitioner, for the excavation of the lock pits, or the embankment around the locks, or that any testimony was taken in relation to that part of the petitioners claim presented to that Board. The principal question, is in the opinion of the Commissioners, upon which the petitioners claim to a further allowance must rest, are whether by the contract the locks were to be constructed for the sum mentioned for each foot rise, including the excavation for the lock pits and embankments around the locks, or whether the contractors were to be paid for that work over and above the contract price for each foot rise of the locks? Upon these questions the Commissioners can give no further information, except what will be found in testimony taken by the Canal Board in the case of Allen and Knox under a similar contract, which was communicat ed to the Legislature on the first of March, 1831, and is to be found in the Senate Documents of that year, and numbered 42. JONAS EARLL, JR. WM. C. BOUCK. Since the above report was drawn, it is has been discovered, that the Canal Commissioners made a report to the Honorable the Assembly, upon the petition of Ogden Mallory on the 2d day of April, 1829, which will be found in the Assembly Journals of that year at page 930. A report upon the same subject from the committee on canals, will also be found in the same Journal, at page 932. JONAS EARLL, JR. WM. C. BOUCK, IN SENATE, January 25, 1833. REPORT Of the Surveyor-General on the petition of Jacob Shew. The Surveyor-General, on the petition of Jacob Shew, referred to him by the honorable the Senate, RESPECTFULLY REPORTS: That the petitioner states, that in March or April 1782, he was enlisted by a class of the militia, (the head of which was Garret Van Brockler,) as a soldier in Captain French's company, in Col. Willet's regiment, and that he served as such for the full term of nine months. By virtue of the 3d and 4th sections of the act, (Chapler 22,) passed March 23, 1782, a class furnishing a recruit, in the manner set forth by the petitioner, was entitled to a bounty of 200 acres of land, and the assignee or assigns of such class became entitled to make a location to that amount, on delivering the assignment, with the certificate of the muster-master, that the class, which was distinguished by the name of the person who was at the head of it, had delivered an able bodied man to serve as required by the act, but the name of the recruit in many instances was not given. The account of the class rights in the office, are therefore kept by the names of the heads of the classes. After a careful search, the name of Garret Van Brockler, as the head of a class, is not found. It is therefore concluded that, if such a class became entitled to the bounty, it has not been located. Respectfully submitted. January 25, 1833. SIMEON DE WITT, [Senate, No. 26.] 1 |