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STATE or PENNSYLVANIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Monday, April i, 1783. A. M.
On Motion;
The Bill, intituled " An Aft for guarding and defending the
" Navigation in the Bay and River Delaware, and for other Pur
" poses therein mentioned," was read the second time, and de
bated by paragraphs:
Ordered, That the fame be tranferibed for a third reading, and
in the mean time printed for public consideration.
Extras from the Minutes,
PETER Z. LLOYD, Clerk of the General Assembly.
An ACT for guarding and defending the Navigation in the Bay x
and River Delaware, and for other Purposes therein mentioned.
WHEREAS the trade of the port of Philadelphia hath of
late been much annoyed, by the privateers and boats of
the enemy cruizing in Delaware Bay, and the neighbourhood
thereof, whereby many veffeis have been captured, as well of
those going out and returning from sea, as of the bay and river
craft, plying between the city of Philadelphia and the States of
New-Jersey and Delaware, to the great loss of many individuals,
and the manifeft injury of the trade and revenue of this State:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient and necefl'ary that an armed
force should be provided and supported, to protest and facilitate
commerce, by guarding and defending the navigation in the said
bay and river, and the neighbourhood thereof, and that suitable
funds should be appropriated for the expence thereof:
Be it enabled by the Representatives of the Freemen of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the autho
rity °f ^e fame, That be appointed
Commissioners to purchase, or otherwise procure, equip, man,
and to arm, furniih, support and manage such suitable vessel or
vessels, as to them /hall seem proper and fitting for the protection
and defence of the navigation in and near the said bay and river;
which armament, or such part thereof as they shall think neteffa
ry, shall be continued and kept in service for so long a time, dur
ing the present war, as they shall thinlc necessary, or till otherwise
directed by the General Assembly,
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That the said
Commissioners shall report to the Supreme Executive Council,
every such vessel or vessels as they shall have so purchased, or pro
cured and equipped for the service aforefaid; and the Supreme
Executive Council are hereby authorifed and directed to appoint
the proper officers for such vessel or vessels.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That each and
every of the said Commissioners shall, before he enters upon the
duties of his appointment, take the following oath or affirmation
of office, viz.
I, A, R. do swear or affirm, that I will well and truly execute
and perform the several duties enjoined and prescribed by the Aft,
intituled " An Aft for guarding and defending the Navigation in
" the Bay and River Delaware', and for other purposes therein
'' mentioned."
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That the said
Commissioners shall, as often as they shall be ordered and directed
by the Supreme Executive Council, lay before the said Executive
Council a state of their proceedings in the execution of their of
fice; and also an account of their receipts and expenditures, ac
companied with suitable documents and vouchers.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That the
monies arising from the tonnage on vessels, by virtue of an Aft,
intituled " An Aft appointing Wardens for the port of Pbiladel
" pbia, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the
_ twenty-sixth day of February, in the year one thousand seven hun
dred and seventy-three, except so much thereof as shall. be neces
sary for the purposes mentioned in the said aft, to be ascertained
from time to time by the Supreme Executive Council, and the
monies which have arisen since the day of
and which shall hereafter arise from the duties collected and to be
collected by virtue of an Aft, intituled “ An Aft for an Impost
“ on Goods, Wares and Merchandize, imported into this State,"
passed the twenty, third day of December, one thousand seven hun
dred and eighty, be, and they are hereby declared to be appropri
ated for and towards a fund for defraying the expence of procuring
and maintaining fucli armament aforefaid, and shall continue to
be applied to that purpose, and to no other, any former appropria
tion thereof notwithstanding, for so long a time as the said Com
missioners shall think proper to continue such armament, or till
otherwise directed by the General Assembly, and until,the expence
thereof, and the debts which shall have been contracted therefor,
shall be fully paid and fatisfied out of the fame, together with
such other funds as are or shall be appropriated to that purpose.
AND WHEREAS the funds herein, before mentioned may be
infufficient to enable the said Commiffionerslo raise the sum ne
cessary to provide the said armament so speedily as may be requi
site, and the merchants and traders have fignified their willinghefs
to submit to a further impost on the importation of goods for
this salutary purpose, Be it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
from and after the there shall be raised,
collected and paid, upon all goods, wares and merchandize im
ported into this State (except on common salt, falt-petre, gun
powder, lead, Shot, prize goods brought in for condemnation, and
goods, wares and merchandize of the growth, produce and manu
fafture of any of the United States of America) in addition to and
bolides the duties or imposts made payable by the aforefaid Alt,
intituled " An AT for an impost on goods, wares and merchandize
" imported into this State," passed the twenty-third day of De
cember, One thousand seven hundred and eighty, a farther impost
or duty, equal to the impost or duty in the said aft mentioned and
directed to be received; that is to fay, upon every gallon of rum,
brandy, and other spirituous liquors, Two-pence; upon every gallon
of Madeira wine, Four-pence ; upon every gallon of other wine,
Two-pence-, upon all wines in bottles, Sixpence per dozen bot-
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^ ties; upon every hundred weight of unrefined sugar, One Shilling;
. upon every hundred weight of loaf sugar, One Shilling and Six
pence ; upon every gallon of molafles, One Penny; upon every
hundred weight of coffee, One Shilling; upon every pound of green
tea, Six-pence; upon every pound of bohea and other tea, One
Penny ; upon all other goods and merchandize (except as before
excepted) Oneper Centum upon the value thereof, to be aftertain
ed as in and by the said a& is mentioned and directed.
And to the end that the additional duties hereby imposed may
be duly collected and paid, Be it further enabled and declared, That
all the powers and authorities, and the penalties, regulations and
directions, given and expressed in and by the said aft, intituled
'' An AT for an impost on goods, warts a?d merchandize, im
" ported into this State," shall be and they are hereby extended
and made applicable to the colleCtion if the further duties hereby
imposed, as fully and amply, to all intents and purposes, as if
the fame was herein repeated and enumerated.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That it shall
and may be lawful for the said Commissioners to procure on loan
such sum and funis of mopey as they fliali fi?d necessary and can
procure (not exceeding in the whole Twentv-fue Thousand Pounds )
to be repaid, with interest, out < f the poduce of the said funds ;
and the Commissioners are hereby authorifed to draw, from time
to time, as they fliall find occafiun, out of the hahds of the Cl
lectors, the monies arising from the duties herein appropriated,
and apply the fame to the re-payment ot the monies so burrowed,
or to such other purposes, within the meaning of this atf, as
they shall think expedient. And the Collector of the said duties
is hereby directed to make payment as aforefaid to the said Com
missioners the directions contained in any former act or a&s to
the contrary notwith ftaeding.
And in order to enable the said Commissioners to borrow or
procure upon loan such sum or sums of money, as may be neces
sary for carrying into execution the service herein directed, Be it
further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That all and every con
tract, which they shall find it necefl'ary to make in that refpeCt,
shall be and is declared to be hereby fully ratified and confirmed,
and that the funds herein before assigned shall be mortgaged and
pledged for the re-payment of all such monies so to be borrowed
and expended, until the whole shall be fully paid.
Provided nevertheless, That no premium or interest shall be al
lowed for any such raonies, which shall amount to above Six per
Cent, per Annum.
Provided also, and be it further erased by the authority aforefrid,
That the additional duties hereby imposed and laid shall continue
no longer than, in conjunction with the other duties hereby ap
propriated, they ffiall produce a fufficient sum to discharge the
loan herein before mentioned and fpecified.
AND WHEREAS it is proper to afeertain what proportion of
the prize money, which may arise from captures which may be
made by the said armament, o' any p ;t thereof, shall be given
to the officers, mariners and marines employed therein.
Be it enabled by the. authority aforefaid, That there shall be re
served to the use of the State, one half the nett proceeds of the
prize money which shall arise from captures made by the said ar
mament, or any part thereof, of all vessels, goods and condemna
ble articles, except the body, tackle, apparel, furniture and ap
purtenances of cruising vessels; not being merchant vessels; and
that the residue of the prize money arising from such captures, as
are not included in the said exceptions, together with the whole
of the nett proceeds of such prizes as come within the said excep
tion, shall be paid to the officers, mariners, marines, and others
employed in actual service in the said armament, in such propor
tions as shall from time to time be agreed upon,_by the articles of
agreement made between the Agents, or Commissioners foicon
ducing and managing the said armament, and the said officers,
mariners and marines.
The Bill, intituled " A Supplement to the Act, intituled
" An Aft for regulating Navigation and Trade in this btate,"
was read the second time, and debated by paragraphs:
Ordered, That the fame be tranferibed for a third reading, and
in the mean time printed for public consideration.
Extrabl f om the Minutes,
PETER Z. LLOYD, Clerk of the Genera! Assembly.
^SUPPLEMENT to the Abl, intituled " An Abi for regu
lating Navigation and Trade in this Stxte."
WHEREAS it is aieceffary, in time of war, to avoid flrength
ening the hands of our enemies by consuming their ma-,
nufadures, and encouraging and increasing their commerce, at
the fame time that it is expedient to promote and enecuragera
commercial intercourse with our allies, and other nations in ami
ty with us: And whereas the laws now existing have been found
infufficient for these salutary purposes, and in some instances in
convenient :
Be it enabled by the Representatives of the Freemen of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the
authority of the fame, That, during the continuance of the present
war between the United States of America and Great -Britain, no
goods, wares or merchandize, of the growth, produce or manu
facture of Great-Britain, or any of her dominions, except as here
in after is excepted, shall be imported by land or water into this
State; nor shall any goods, wares or merchandize, of any kind
whatsoever, be imported into this State from Great Britain, or
any of her dominions, on pain of confiscation of all such goods,
wares and merchandize; one half thereof to the use of the infor
mer or prosecutor, and the other half to the use of this Common
wealth, to be recovered either by seizure of such goods in nature
of an attachment and prosecution in rem, or by an action of debt
against the importer for the value of such goods, wares and mer
^handize, in any Court of Record in this State; provided, that
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Monday, April 1, 1,82. A. M.
On Motion,
O R, THE
THE
# AND U HEREAS it is expedient, as well to guard against the
importation of goods of the growth, manufacture or produce of
doeat-hritain, or the dominions thereof, from neutral ports, and
from luchof thy United States as have not provided fufficiently
y law against the importation of Britifo goods, as to encourage
and protect the importation of such goods as may be lawfully im
ported from such ports, that the rules recefiary to be observed in
ruch importations should be clearly ascertained and described.
Be it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That from and after the
day ofnext, every Captain, Matter or
mmander of any ship or, vessel coming into any 'port in this
State, to enter and difeharge, from any neutral port or place, shall
" " er t ° "' e Naval Officer, together with the manifeft of the
cargo o such ship or vessel, a certificate or certificates refpeCtipg
every Shipment or parcel of the goods, wares or merchandize im
''a" ' uch ve ° el; which certificates refpeCtively shall contain
lubftance the following requisites; to wit, A lift or account of
'. ca , s ? bales °f packages of such shipment or parcel of goods,
with their refpedtive marks and numbers, and a general account <,f
' f i1 uant i J an d quality of rhe articles contained in each
''' Pa'^a^es an d a declaration, on oath or affirmation,
' e • ipper or exporter of such goods, wares and merchandize,
that neither the fame, nor any part or parcel thereof, are of the
growth, produce or manufaaure of Great-Britain, or of any do
minion or territory thereunto belonging or appertaining; which
° r afhrmatlnn shall be administered by th^ principal ( Bicer of
te uhoms, or by a Notary Public, or by such other officer in
port or , ace of shipment as shall be authorized by the govern
ment of the courtly to administer oaths and affirmations, and
authenticate teflimony of the like nature; which oath or affirma
tion ffiall be certified under the hand and official seal of such officer.
And that, from and after the said ' day of
next, every Captain, Mafler or Com^and^r of any ship or vessel,
coming into any port in this State as aforefaid. from any other
p< rt in the United States, ffiall deliver to the Naval Officer, in
1 ce manner, such certificate on certificates as are above required
for goods coming, from neutral ports; s ave only, that in case any
part of the cargo of s uc h ship or vessel shall be of the growth,
produce or manufadure of G,^-Britain, or of any of her domi
nions it shall be certified under the hand and seal of the princi
pal officer ot the Customs, or of the Judge, Retifter or MarffiT
0! the Court of Admiralty, either on ihe knowledge of such offi
cer, „r on the oath or affirmation of the person foiling the goods,
r r 4° f £° me c'"/ pe "° n ° f g^d reputation who may have i:now,
ledge theieof, that such go< ds, wares and merchandize were taken
"J"": ',?' e been legally condemned as such, or fold by
order of the Court of Admiralty.
• And that all goods, wares and merchandize, imported into this
State from and after the afiyebid day of
next, other than such as are herein before excepted, not bein<
I?^.r^^ in such certificate o , certificates
aforefaid, shall be liable to leizure and confifcati.in as aforefaid
, res °r CThandize of the growth, produce or manu
facture of Great- Britain, or the dominions thereof.
Provided ne^ertbekfc, That if, on proof of the claimant of such
goods that such certificate or certificates have been obtained a#d
are loft or deftreyed by accident, or from other good cause it' shall
appear to the Court reasonable and proper to grant farther time
for the recovery of such certificates, or for obtaining others in
their head, it shall and may be lawful for such Court having
cognizance thereof; to grant such farther reasonable time 'as to the
Court shall seem proper.
And be it farther enabled by the authority aforefaid. That so much
, the A, !,ituled « Ao A& for remitting Navigation and
ic Frane tn th ls State," parted the tenth of September, one thou
find seven hundred and feventy-ei^ht, as is hereby altered aid
amended, be, and the fame is hereby repealed.
such action or prosecution be brought and commenced within fiC
months from the time the cause shall have arisen.
Provided always, That goods, wares and merchandizes taken
as prize, and coming into any port in this Commonwealth for
trial and condemnation, or bona fide purchased as such in any,
port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States, and'
duly certified as herein after is directed, and goods, wares and
merchandize, imported from any port or place in the dominions
of France, Spain or the United Provinces, or other powers at open
war with Great-Britain, shall not be liable to confiscation, seizure
or molestation, by virtue of this aft.
W^^X^MMWW^
To be Sold by Public Vendue,
At the hou^ of JOIN FAWKES, in Nero,vn,Chef
ter county innkeeper, on the 6th day of April next,
One hundred acres of good
LAND,^;^ on the Dirby ^d, about twelve miles
from Philadelphia, lituate tn Newtown township, Ches
ter count): tnere is on the place a final! orchard, the
land is well timbered and watered, bsibg above' hi If
woodland, ana 4 ®A conveniences to m ke a fine
watered meadow, and fom ak £a dy made. At the feme
time will he Soln, one breeding Marr, fuppoled to be
with colt, one riding Hoile, fit for saddle or carfare
trots and canters. she tide or the land is good. If
any gentleman hAh a mind t view Kid land before the
day of fair, by applying to John Fa kts, innholder
near the the picmifcr, he will be (hewn it.
March 9. RICHARD FAWKES.
APRIL 6, 1782.
[NUMB 868.