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appointinf;; John Jerm;in Constable for Radnor, and John Lewis 

 for Ilartfort, [llaverfordj l)Ut these gentU'iiien did not come 

 forward to be qualified into office. At the following,' Court, it 

 was " ordered that warrants of Contempt be directed to the 

 Sheriff to apprehend the bodys of John Lewis and John Jerman 

 for their contempt in not entering into their respective offices of 

 Constable (viz) John Lewis for Hartfort, and John Jerman for 

 Radnor, when thereunto required by this Court." 



David Lawrence had been returned as a Grand Juror from 

 Haverford, but refusing to attend, was presented by that body 

 and fined 10s. They also " do present the want of the inhabi- 

 tants of the toAvnships of Ratlnor and Hartfort and the in- 

 habitants adjacent, they not being brought in to Join with us in 

 the Levies and other public services of this county." 



At the June Court of this year, the commission of William 

 Howell, of Haverford, as a Justice, was read and published, and 

 "he did afterwards subscribe to the solemn declaration, pre- 

 pared by the oT"* Chapter of the great law of this province ;" 

 at the same Court William Jenkins, of Haverford, served as a 

 Juror, and at the December Court, John Jerman was attested 

 Constable for Radnor. This is the first official recognition by 

 any of the inhabitants of these townships, that they were sub- 

 ject to the jurisdiction of Chester County. They seem to have 

 given up the idea of a Barony, and with as good a grace as pos- 

 sible, submitted to the authority they were unable any longer to 

 resist. By the close of the year, these townships were supplied 

 with a full set of township officers, being the first appointed 

 within their limits. 



The King's road between Namaan's Creek and Chichester 

 Creek, '■'not being cleared of logs," became a subject of present- 

 ment by the Grand Jury; also "the want of afoot bridge over 

 the mill creek between this County and Philadelphia, it being 

 the King's road." 



In their watchfulness over the interests of the County the 

 want of a proper accountability on the part of disbursing officers, 

 did not escape the notice of the G^-and Jury. In a presentment 

 they ask for an account in detail — showing payments on account 

 of the Court-house and prison, the poor, Wolve's heads, Council- 

 men's fees, &c. 



The Clerk is presented for extortion, and they likewise present, 

 " as a general grievance of this County the want of a standard 

 to try both dry measure and liquid measure," for they say "some 

 are too big and others are something too little." They recom- 

 mend the "Winchester measure. ' 



New modes of punishment for crime are constantly introduced : 

 T L , a servant, for counterfeiting pieces of eight, is 



