The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1779-10-12 00:00:00, page 3

feffion^ to be held for the proper city or county, or tor
default of such security may commit the offender t©
jail there to remain till delivered by a due course of
law- and if the commissioners aforefaid, or any of them,
ftiall nave reason to believe that any person or persons
can give information of any offence being committed
against this a&, they shall immediately cause such per
son or persons to come before them, who shall be exa
mined on oath or affirmation, and if need be shall com
pel such person or persons to enter into recognizance for
Xis, her or their appearance, to teftify against such of
fenders. 1
AND WHEREAS millers by being allowed to
buy wheat, and to manufacture the fame into flour,
may under colour thereof, hoard the fame up contrary
to ti>e true meaning and intent of this aft ; for preventi
on Whereof ''
Be it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That every
miller who shall purchase wheat, shall manufacture the
fame into flour, and expose such flour to sale as soon as
may be ; and if any miller shall purchase or get into his
possession any quantity of wheat (besides what shall be
deemed n,ceffary for the support of himfelf and family
for one year,) and shall not manufacture the said wheat
into Hour within fix weeks after the fame came into his
possession, except he is prevented by some unavoidable
cause, or having manufactured the fame into flour shall
refufe to expose such flour to sale at the current price,
every such person shall be adjudged an engrosser, and
shall be punished as engroffers are directed to be punished
by this a&.
AND WHEREAS merchants and others may, un
der pretence of purchasing flour or grain for exportati
on, engross large quantities thereof and elude this act:
for prevention whereof
Be it further enaCted, That if any merchant, export
er, or any person on his or their behalf, shall purchase
any flour or grain, except what may be necessary for
the support and consumption of himfelf and family for
fix months, every such perfonor persons shall, bona fide,
export the fame according to the true intent and mean
ing of this aft, within fix week after the fame shall be
purchased by him or them as aforef id, unless prevent
ed by force unavoidable cause or accident : And if any
merchant, importer, or other person, shall buy or get
into his possession any quantity of flour or grain, except
as aforefaid, under pretence that the fame was bought
for exportation, and shall not export the fame as afore
faid, except prevented as aforefaid, every such person
shall be adjudged an engrosser and liable to the like pu
nishment. .
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That the naval officer shall, and he is hereby required to
publish in one of the Engiuh and German news-papers,
monthly andevery month, a lift of all vessels which shall
arrive in the port of Philadelphia, with a lift of their car
go. and to whom they belong or to whom consigned.
And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid,
That the importers of goods, wares, or merchandize,
shall expose the fame to file within the space of two
weeks after the fame shall arrive at the port of Phila
delphia; and if any importer or his agent shall negle^
or refufe to expose to sale any goods or merchandize,
except what may be necessary for the use of himfelf and
family for fix mouths, on being tendered the current
price therefor in ready money; every person so offen
ding shall be adjudged an engrosser, and punished as by
this aft is directed.
JOHN BAYARD, Speaker.
Enacted into a L aw a' Philadelphia, on Friday the
eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand Jeuen bundled and seventy-nine.
JOHN MORRIS, junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
& ACT/br procuring an immediate Supply of Proroifions
for the purposes herein mentioned.
WHEREAS His Most Christian Majeßy, the il
luflrious friend and ally of 'nefe United States,
hath sent a great and powerful fleet to co-operate with
the arms of these States for the annoyance and deftruftion
of the common enemy, which will require a very consi
derable and immediate supply of provisions, and more e
specially of flour, which it is both our duty and interest to
furnifh without delay, so as to give vigour and effeQ to
the united arms, and realize the happy protects of ter
minating the war :
Be it therefore, enabled, and it is hereby enabled, by the
Representatives of the Freemen of the Common Wealth
of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the
authority of the fame, That the county of Philadelphia shall
furnifh one thousand barrels of good merchantable flour;
the county of Chester, two thousand five hundred barrels ;
the county of Bucks, one thousand five hundred barrels;
the county of Lancaster, three thousand (even hundred
and fifty barrens; the county of Berks, two thousand
two„hundred and fifty barrels ;,the county of Northamp
ton, one thousand barrels ; to be paid for at the market
price.
Provided always, That any flour delivered by the in
habitants of either of the above counties, pursuant to a
resolve of the Supreme Executive Council, bearing date
the thirtieth day of September ultimo, shall be deemed and
considered as a part of the quota of each county, to which
such inhabitants belong.
Be it a/o enacted by the authority aforefaid, That for
the more certain collection of the above supply without
delay, the Commissioners herein after mentioned, or a
majority of them, shall meet together on the fifteenth day
of this inflant October, at the following places, viz. the
Commissioners of Philadelphia county at the house of A
braham Wentz; the Commissioners of Bucks county,
at the house of William Bennett, tavern-keeper § the
Commissioners of Cnetler county, at the house of Elijah
Weed; the Commissioners of Lancaster-county, at the
court-house in the borough; the Commissioners of Berks
county, at the court-house in Reading town; and the
Commissioners of Northampton county, at the honfe of
Jonas Hertzel, Esq; and being so met, the said Com
missioners refpeHivelyffhall proceed to determine the mode
in which the said supply can be furnished with the greatest
expedition; and in order to make such determination
effectual for the purpose herein mentioned, the said Com
missioners are hereby vested with full power and authori
ty to divide the said counties into diftrifts refpeftively if
they deem it expedient; and to enjoin and require the
possessors and holders of wheat, within the county or
dißrißs refpe&ively, so thresh out a proportion of their
several crops of wheat, (firft reserving what may be
fufficient for the use of their families for one year) not
exceeding one-eighth part thereof, t® be delivered at such
time and place as the said Commissioners, or either of
them, when acting in a Separate diftrid, shall direH, not
exceeding fifteen miles from the dwelling-hou'e of such
possessor or holder of wheat, and not exceeding fifteen
days from the time of giving public notice of such requisi
tion in the county and diftrid refpe&ively. And the said
Commissioners refpeHively, shall cause the said wheat so
delivered to be ground into good merchantable flour, pack
ed in good barrels, and forwarded to such person as shall
be appointed toy the Supreme Executive Council to re
ceive the fame.
And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid, That if any
of the inhabitants aforefaid, shall neglect or refufe to com
ply with the requisition of the said Commissioners or Com
missioner, they or he refpeßively shall complain thereof
to some one Justice of the county or difiriß where such
refufal or neglect may happen, who ftiall forthwith sum
mon the delinquents or delinquent to appear before him,
and proceed therein as by this Aft is directed in the case
of engroffers, so far as the seizing flour and grain in the
possession of such delinquent, beyond what is heceffary,
in the opinion of such Commissioner, for the use of his fa
mily, and delivering it as above dire&ed.
And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That the said
Commissioners shall be intitled to receive Twelve Dollars
by the day for each day they shall be actually employed
in the rffpeHive duties required of them by this AH. and
Four Dollars per barrel for every barrel they shall procure.
And if the said Commissioners, or any of them, hereby
appointed, shall refufe or neglect to perform the said office,
he or they shall refpedively forfeit the sum of Five Hun
dred Pounds, to be applied to the use of the poor where
such refufer or negleHer shall reside, unless, upon appeal
to the Court of Quarter Sessions, he shall make such ex
cuse as to the said Court shall appear fufficient and Satisfac
tory And in case of the refufal, death or difibility of
the said Commissioners, or any of them, it shall and may
be lawful for any two Justices of the Peace, where the
party delinquent resides, to supply such deficiency by a new
appointment ; and such person appointed shall be liable to
the fame penalties, exercise the fame powers, and be en
titled to the fame rewards as those herein appointed.
Be it also enacted by the authority aforefaid, That all and
singular the powers and authorities given and granted
hereby for the procuring the several quantities of flour a
bove-mentioned, shall cease and determine on theFirft day
of December next, or sooner, if the said demand shall be
fatisfied; and in that case the Supreme Executive Council
are hereby authorized and empowered; by proclamation
under the seal of the State, to revoke and determine the
fame.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That
the supreme Executive Council shall, and is hereby autho
rized arid impowered, to draw orders on the State-Trea
surer, in favour of the Commissioners, for such sums, and
in such times, as they shall think proper, for the purpose
of carrying this Ad into execution.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the following persons shall be, and they are hereby ap
pointed Commissioners, in and for the several counties
herein after mentioned; to wit, for the county of Phila
delphia, Jacob Reed, Nathan Levering, Thomas Dungan,
Jenkin Evans, Robert M'Dowell Andrew Reed and Pe
ter Holfton; for the county of Bucks, John Thompson,
Joshua AnJerfoß, Andrew Long, senior, Robert Robinson,
Robert Stewart and Nathaniel Vanfant; for the county of
Chester, Andrew Boyd, senior, Thomas Cheney, John
Beiton, Edward Parker and Thomas Heflip ; for the
county o' Lancaster, Richard Foree, David Watson, Tho
mas Edwards, James Anderson, junior, Hugh Pedon,
William Swan, Jacob Fouts, Martin Holman, James Jack,
Esq; and William Clark ; for the county of Berks, Joseph
Heefter, Michael Lindempth, Jacob Weaver, Henry Spy
cker, Jacob Boyer, Jacob Bishop and Jacob Morgan, fen.
and for the county of Northampton, Anthony Learch,
David Defhler, Thomas Moore and Thomas Wilson.
JOHN BAYAR D, Speaker.
Enafted into a I.aw at Philadelphia, the ninth
day of Oflober, in the year of our Lord,
One thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine.
JOHN MORRIS, Junior,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
Extrad from the Minutes of the General Assembly of
Pennsylvania. October 10, 1779.
On motion, Resolved unanimously,
That, leaving to the judicial authority of the State
to determine who were to blame in the late dangerous tu
mult at and in the house of James Wilson, Esq; in Wal
nut fireet, this House are fully fatisfied of the necessity of
the exertions of His Excellency the President of the State
for suppressing the said tumult That the thanks of this
House be given to His Excellency for his spirited and pru
dent conduct on that unhappy occasion: And, that
His Excellency be assured that this House will at all
times support him and the Executive Authority in suppres
sing all such dangerous and diforder'y proceedings, and in
restoring peace, good order, and a due obedience to go
vernment, on which the liberty, happiness and fafety of
the citizens of the State so greatly depend.
The third General Assembly of this Common-Wealth
concluded their session in this city the 10th in ftant, having
previously passed the following Laws, to wit.
An Aft to appoint a representation for the city of Phi
ladelphia and the several counties in this Common-Wealth,
in proportion to the number of taxable inhabitants in each.
An A& for the better ascertaining the boundary line be
tween the counties of Cumberland, Bedford and North
umberland.
A Supplement to an Aft intituled, " An Act for regu
lating, pitching, paving and cleansing the highways,
streets, lanes and alleys; and for regulating, making and
amending the water-courses and common-fevers within
the inhabited and fettled parts of the city of Philadelphia;
for raising of money to defrayghe expences thereof, and
for other purposes therein mentioned."
An Aft to continue an Aft intitled, " An Aft for open
ing and better amending and keeping in repair the public
roads and highways within this province."
A Supplement to the Aft for raising of county rates and
levies.
A further Supplement to the Test Laws of this State.
A Supplement to an AN intitled, " An Aft for the re
peal of so much of the Aft of Assembly intitled, an Aft
for the attainder of divers traitors if they render not them
telves by a certain day, and for vesting their estates in this
Common-Wealth, and for more effeftually discovering the
fame, rfd for ascertaining and fatisfying the lawful debts
and claims thereupon," as relates to Reynold Keen in the
said aft named.
An Aft to vest the eflate of Nathaniel Vernon, late of
Chester county, Esquire, in his four sons.
A Supplement to the Aft intided, “ An Aft to pre
vent the exportation ofbread and flour not merchantable,''
and to the Aft which is an amendment thereof.
An Aft to permit the making of whilkey, or other
spirits, from rye, barley, or the malt made thereof, under
certain reftriftions therein mentioned; and to prohibit
the distilling any whiskey or other spirits from any other
grain, meal, malt or flour.
An Aft to establish and confirm the estate of Thomas
Beans in several lands and tenements in this State.
An Aft to establish and confirm the estate of John Sora
ners in several lands and tenements in this State.
An Aft for more effectually preventing engrossing and
foreftalling, for the encouragement of commerce and the
fair trader, and for other purposes therein mentioned.
An Aft to enable the Sheriff of the city and county of
Philadelphia, for the time being, to confine prisoners in
the Old Goal in the said city.
An Aft for dissolving the marriage of James Martin
with Elizabeth his wife.
A Supplement to an Aft for the more easy and speedy
recovery of small debts.
An Aft for continuing an Aft, intitled, " An Aft
for the more easy recovery of legacies"
An Aft for procuring an immdiate supply of provi
sions for the purpofss herein mentioned.
An Aft to empower the Supreme Executive Council,
and Justices of the Supreme Court to apprehend fufpefted
persons; and to increase the fines to which persons are
liable for neglefting to perform their tour of Militia duty.
An Aft for raising the additional sum of Five Millions
Seven HundredThoufand Dollars for the current year 1779.
(All the abeve Laws will be published and fold by the
Printer hereof on Thursday the 21st inflant.)
A City Court will be held at the Court-hotife on Mon
day the twenty fifth inst. at Ten o’clock in the morning.
APLAN for the Relief and Support of the poor and dif
trefled FAM ILIES of the several Wards and Dis
tricts of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia.
TW O or more persons in each ward and diflrift to
go round their refpeftive wards and diftrifts, and
take a particular and circumstantial account of every poor
and distressed family thet ein.
The accounts so taken to be left with Colonel William
Bradford, at the Coffee-Houfe, who will have them en
tered in a book for the infpefton of all charitable and well
difpofed persons, who may be induced to fubferibe gene
rously to the comfortable subsistence of their poor and dis
tressed fellow-citizens.
When a fufficient sum for this purpose is subscribed,
proper persons to be nominated by the fubferibers to col
led and lay out the money in such manner as may best
answer this charitable design.
Philadelphia, October 8, 17,9.
W HEREAS many generous and well-disposed citi
zens have subscribed considerable funis for the good pur
pose intended by the above plan ;
Notice is therefore hereby given to the said subscribers,
to meet on Thursday evening next, at fix o’clock, at the
Coffee-Houfe, to choose Managers and a Treasurer, and
appoint Colle&ors, in order to carry the said charitable
design into effect.— And all those who have not been call
ed upon, and are willing to forward this pious undertak
ing, are requested to fend in their names, or contributions,
to
Oftober nth. FRANCIS HOPKINSON.
§§+ s+s+4§+§gdi,tt+44ftQ
Philadelphia, Oflober 7.
DESERTE D,
Last night, from the Continental Shoe Manufactory in
the Barracks of this city,
nr l WO British prisoners of the Royal Artillery, viz.
= John Keninburgk, abdut five feet eleven inches
high, forty years of age, dark complexion, brown hair,
thin visaged ; he wore a brown coatee, linen overalls,
and a cocked hat. John Brown, about five feet eight
inches high, thirty-tour years of age, ruddy complexi
on, black hair ; wore a blue coat, linen overalls, and a
British Artillery regimental cap. Whoever takes up
and secures in any gaol on the Continent either of the
above men, shall receive a reward of T HIRTT
DOLLARS for each, and if brought to this city
all reasonable charges paid by
ALEXANDER RUTHERFORD.
N. B. They are both Shoemakers by trade, and carri
ed off their leather aprons and some of their tools.
Port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ff.
TO ALL whom it may concern.
XT OTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
" ralry will be held at the State-house in the city of
Philadelphia, on the fifth day of November next, then
and there to try the truth of the fa&s alledged in the bill
Yelverton Taylor, (qui tam, &c.) against the Negro
men Slaves James and Jack, and the Negro boy Slaves
James and Tom, lately taken as prize in the Ship Molly,
&c. To the intent and purpose that the owners thereof,
or any person concerned therein, may appear and Shew
cause, if any they have, why the fame Should not be con
demned according to the prayer of the said bill.
By order of the Judge,
October 10. ANDREW ROBESON, Reg.
Philadelphia, October 11.
RAN AWAY yesterday from the fubferiber, a
Negro Boy about twelve years of age, a chunky
well made lad ; he had on a Quaker brown coat with a
yellow collar, tow Shirt and trowfers, neither hat, Shoes
nor stockings ; he Speaks pretty good English, but is
apt to flutter, and is supposed to be harboured at some
free Negro house. Whoever takes him up and brings
him home to the fubferiber Shall be handsomely reward
ed, and all charges paid.
BENJAMIN G. EYRE.
N. B. All mafteis of vessels and others are forbid to
harbour or carry him off at their peril.