The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1778-01-14 00:00:00, page 4

f L A N C A S T E II
An AC I ' for the regulation of Waggons,
Carriages and Pack Horses for the Public
Service.
WH EREAS the mode which the
Deputies of the Quarter- Mader
General have pursued in procuring of Wag
gons for the use of the army, has been
attended with g r eat inconveniences, and
has thrown the burden of lupplying them
very unequally on the people, and, if con
tinued, may not only be oppreftive to in
dividuals, but injurious to the common
cause, by rendering it difficult if not im
practicable to procure them.
Be it therefore enabled, 'and it is hereby
enabled by the Representatives of the Freemen
of the Common-Weahh of Pennsylvania, in
G.neral Afembiy met, and by the authority
of the Jame, That the President or Vice
hefident and Council shall appoint and
commission one Waggon-Master General
for this State, and one Deputy Waggon-
Matter General for each County afpedivc
ly, and the said County Waggon 3 after
shall and may appoint as many auhtants in
their Counties as they may find nrceffary,
not exceeding one in each battalion Dif
trid. And if shall be the duty of the said
County Waggon-M^fters, with the assist
ants of their deputies, immediately to make
out lifts of all the Waggons and learns,
and the names of the owners thereof in
their refpe&be Counties, and register the
fame in a book, and transmit a true copy
th reof to the Waggon-Mafter General,
who foal! transmit a true and exaft copy ot
the returns to him made as atorefaid to the
President and Council as loon as conveni
ently may be. And the laid County Wag
fon-Mader (ball keep an exaCt account of
the service which from time to time shall
be reformed by the laid Waggons and
Teams, fpecifying the time they were so
in fereice, and transmitting copies thereof
to the said Waggon-Maker General once
in every four months at leak.
And be it fumFr enabled by the authority
aforefaid, hat it any County Waggon-
Matter (ball refufe or negled to obey the
orders of the Waggon-Ma er General, or
any other lawful 'order which hr may re
ceive in pursuance of this Aft, the laid
Wa ^m-Mafter x general may suspend inch
Coon, Waggon-Master, and appoint ano
th< r in his head, until a hearing can be had
before the Supreme Executive Council ;
and in case any Afiikant Waggon-Mafter
shall refufe or neglect to obey the orders
of the County V^g^-Maderr, or any
oiher lawful orders which he may receive
in pursuance of this Act, the laid County
Wa^on-Mafter may lulpend such Affik
^ Waggon-Mafter, andkippoint , another
in hiskead.
And be it further enabled by the authority
aforesaid. That upon application to the
Wafeon-Mafter General of the State, by
the Quarter Matter General, he kali issue
his orders to the County Waggon-Maker
to furnifh the number of Waggons and
Teams that may be wanted, taking caie
that as far as circumstances will admit,
they perform the said service in rotation,
paving due regard to those whole Wag
eons and Horses have already been in the
service. And that in Ridden emergencies
the Waggon-Mafter of the Stare, and the
Waggon-Mafters of the refpe&ive Coun
ties do pay immediate attention to the de-
LANCNSVER: Printed by J 0 H N DUNLA P, in Queen-street.
trends of the Honorable Congress, of the
Supreme Executive Council, of the officers
who may have the charge ot public records
or papers, of the Quarter-Matter General,
and of the Lieutenant or Sub-Lieutenant
of the County.
And be it further enabled ly the authority
aforefaid, That whensoever and as often as
the aforefaid Waggon-Makers or their as
sistants, or either 'of them, (hall have oc
caken to call cut any of the Waggons or :
Teams within their relpedive Counties or
Diftrids, in pursuance of the regulations
contained in this Ad, and the owner there
of shall refufe to perform the duty when
called upon, the laid Waggon-Maker shall
make application to any Justice of the
Peace ot the County, who shall issue his
warrant to any Constable of the County in
which the owner or owners of the fanje
Waggons shall retide, ryquirirg him to im
press the said Waggons wuh tour er more
fufficient horses torach, and the necessary
geers and tacklings thereto belonging, and
to procure one able driver or carter to each
and e r ery Waggon or I earn, which Con
stable is hereby required to obey the laid
warrant, and to call to his affikance the
Militia where it may be needed ; and the
form of the said warrant may be as follows,
to wit.
County ff. Fo the Constable of
W HEREAS application has been
made by A. B. Waggon-Maker, to me
the fubferiber, one ot the Justices of the
Peace in and for the County aforefaid, fa
ting forth that it is necessary to impress
Carriages and Kortes tor the public service,
and that the Waggons and Harles annex
ed to the names hereunder written are re
quired and allotted by him to be employed
in the public service. 1 hek are therefore
to authorize and require you with, proper
abidance to impress toe laid Waggons and
Horses, with the gears and tacklings
thereto belonging finable for the public
service, and deliver them to the laid
at such time and place as ne shall direct,
and allo that you do your bed endea
vours to procure, and hire an able driver
to each Waggon on as reaforub~ terms as #
may be ; hereof tad not, as ,ou ihail an
swer the contrary at your peril. Given
under my hand and icai at in the
bid County, the day of
Anno Domini 177
I he lift interred to in the above warrant
may be as follows:
C. P. of Township Waggon
and Horses with geefs and tackling.
E. F, of Township A aggon
and Horses with geers and tackling.
G. H. ot Townßip
Hoiks with geers and tackling.
And the said Justice shall have for each
of the laid warrants the sum of Eighteen
Pence, and the laid Constable (hall have
the sum of Twenty Shillings for each day
he shall be employed in executing the said
warrants, to be paid by the Waggbn-Maf
ter out of the hire of the laid Waggons.
And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That if any perlon or persons
from and after the twentieth day of Febru
ary next, under pretence of being Quarter-
Makers or otherwise, shall seize or impress
any Waggon orV\ aggons, 1 earn or Teams,
otherwise than according to the directions
contained in this A6t, excepting only in
case of sudden or unexpected emergencies,
by exprtfs warrant from the Commander
in Chief of the Continental army, or of
the forces in this State, he or they so of
fending shall for each of the laid offences
forfeit and pay the sum of Fifty Pounds,
to be recovered by the party grieved, with
costs, in any action of debt.
And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That in such part or parts of
this State, in which from time to time
Pack Horses may be required, in lieu of
Waggons for the public service, the leve
ral officers aforefaid shall, as far as may
be, proceed in all things according to the
directions of this Ad; and that the Wag
gon-Maker of the State shall be allowed
and paid for the services enjoined by this
Ad, the pay and rations of a Lieutenant-
Colonel, and each of the County Waggon-
Mailers the pay and rations of a Major,
and each of their Assistants the pay and
rations of Captain while in actual service.
And the p^y of each Waggon with four
florfes and driver shall be Thirty Shillings
per day when they receive forage and ra
tion , and Forty-five frillings per day
when they find their own forage.
And be it farther enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That before the laid Waggons,
Hories, Harness, Gears, and other fur
niture be sent out of the Diftricf, the fame
shall be duly appraised by two reputable
Freeholders of the neighbourhood; one of
them to be chosen by the said Waggon-
Maker, the other by the owner of the
Waggon ; and if the said owner shall neg
lect or refufe to choose one of the said
Freeholders, then the other Freeholder is
to choose two others, and thole three are
duly and confcionably to appraile and va
lue the said Waggon and Horses, Harnels
and other furniture : one copy whereof,
signed by them, shall be given to the laid
owner, and another copy to the said Wag
cron-Mafter, who shall enter the fame in a
book to be kept for that purpose.
And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That the several Waggon Mat
ters whch shall be appointed in pursuance
of this ACt, and also the drivers of the said
Waggons, shall, and they are hereby ex
empted from all Militia duties, duringthe
time and as long, as they shall be in actual
service.
And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, 1 hat this ACT shall continue and
be in force until the end of the firlt hting
of the next General Affcmbly, and no
longer.
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FIVE POUNDS REWARD.
WAS LOST on Thursday the 13th of No
vember last, between Bristol and Newtown,
in the county of Bucks, a double cased Giver Watch,
maker's name Benjamin Lamb, London, the num
ber forgotten, marked I I in a double cypher on the
back of the ouTde case, the cypher somewhat worn,
has a ribband string, a brass key much worn, and a
small red Cornelian seal let in silver, with the com
pa's and Iquare in the silver work. Whoever finds
the fame, and will leave it with Mr. Robert Ramie,
in Newtown, Mr. Beffonet in Bristol, Mr. Isaac
Wood in Mount Holly, or with the Printer hereof,
shall have the above Reward.
N. B. it the person into whose possession it ma,
come fhoujd be so ungenerous as not to return it to
either of the above gentlemen, every Watch-maker
and others are requeued to endeavour to expose the
villainy.
WAS F OU N D,
The day after Christmas, on the Horse-shoe road,
zbout seven or eight miles from Lancaster,
a NEW BOOT. The owner by applying to
,% the Printer, proving his property and paying
charges, may have it again. §