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PHILADELPHIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
February 21, 1780.
The Bill intitled, " An Aft to render the Revenues
arising from the Excise on wine and spirits, and on Licen
ces to be granted to Public Houses effective, and equal to
the public necessities," was read a second time, and being
debated by paragraphs, was ordered to be transcribed for
the third reading, and in the mean time printed for consi
deration.
Extract from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
An ACT to render the Revenues arising from the Excise
on wine and spirits, and on Licences to be granted to
Public Houses effeaive, and equal to the public necessi
ties.
WHEREAS in and by an Ad of Assembly of
the late Province of Pennsylvania, pafftd in the
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred fifty and
fix, it was direded, that an excise should be levied, col
lected and paid throughout the said Province, for the pur
poses therein mentioned, for all rum, brandy and other
spirits, fold; drawn, shared or bartered by any person or
persons whatsoever, in any quantity under seventy gallons;
and for all wine fold, drawn, shared or bartered by any
person or persons whatsoever, under the quantity of one
hogshead; such quantities to be delivered at onetime andto
one person, at any time from and after the firft day of Octo
ber, which was in the year of onr Lord One thoufandfeven
hundred and fifty-fix, for and during the space of ten
years, then next following, and for so long after as should
be necessary to answer the purposes for which the said ex
cise was appropriated, at the rate of four pence per gallon,
and so proportionably for a greater or less quantity, and
divers regulations were made, powers given and officers
appointed, in order to bring the revenue, thereby t® arise,
into the Treasury.
AND WHEREAS the excise aforefaid, was afterwards
continued, additional regulations concerning the fame made
and further powers given for the more effectual collecting
thereof, for and during ten years, from the tenth day of
April, which was in the year of our Lord One thousand
seven hundred seventy and two; by an Ad intituled,
“ An Aft for the support of the government of this Pro
vince, and making the excise on wine, rum, brandy, and
other spirits more equal, and preventing frauds in the
collecting and paying of the excise, passed in the said
late Province on the twenty firft day cf March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred seventy
and two, for the purpose of finking and discharging cer
tain bills of credit of the value of twenty-five thousand
pounds, emitted by virtue of the said Aft.,
AND WHEREAS the residues of the said bills of cre
dit, which were ftil current on the day of in
the year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and
seventy-eight, were called in and provided for, in and by
an AR of tnis Commonwealth, intituled, " An Ad for
the calling in of the bills of credit, issued by the legisla
tive authority of Pennsylvania, under the fan&ion and
authority of the Crown of Great Britain, and for other
purposes therein mentioned," whereby the said revenue of
excise is now difeogaged.
AND WHEREAS the ordinary support of govern
ment, the contingent expences thereof, and divers ot er
calls at this time of war, require considerable funis of mo
ney, and it would be very distressing to the people &f this
State, now labouring under heavy taxes on their eflates,
real and personal, to increase their burdens of that kind :
Be it therefore enaßed, and it is hereby enaded, by
the Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania,
in General Adembly met, and by the authority of
the fame, That the said revenue of excise, shall be levi
ed, collected and paid, into the Treasury of this State,
during the remainder of the last mentioned term of ten
years, for the purposes aforefaid.
And in order to render the said revenue of excise, ef
feaive; in some measure proportioned to the great rife
in the prices of wine and spirits ; and the necessities of the
State ;
Be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, That
from and after the day of next, the said
excise of Four Pence per gallon; and the sum of Three
Pounds per annum, being the lowest rate at which any
retailer of wine or spirits is allowed by the said Ads of As
sembly to compound for the fame, shall be deemed to be
money of the value of ten Killings for a bushel of wheat,
and estimated, collected, fatisfied, and paid, in the man
ner after which the fees of certain officers are directed to
be estimated, fatisfied and paid, in and by an Act of As
sembly, intitled, “ An AR f% the better support of cer
tain officers of this State, and for afeertaining the fpecific
fines and penalties which they may incur by neglect of du
ty."
AND WHEREAS^ the great profits and advantages of
late gained by the keepers of Inns, Taverns, Alfrhoufes,
and retailers of wine, rum, and other spirits, will easily
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GENERAL
THURSDAY,
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In C OUNCI L,
Philadelphia, Thursday, February 17th, I?8o.
WHEREAS the public necessities require a speedy
payment of all monies collected on account of the
State, and also, that all officers who have a&cd therein,
should prepare their accounts for settlement, and the A
gents for confifcated estates, having aded under the im
mediate appointment of this Board.
Resolved, That the said Agents, for the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia, do lay before this Board, on or before
the tenth day of March next, a particular account of their
proceedings in their several trusts, fpecifying the several
estates by them seized, or leafed, for the public use, the
time of sale, the times of paymentof the purchase money,
their payments to the Treasurer, the purchase money un.
paid, and the balances in their hands; and also fpecifying
what estates remain unfold. That the Agents for Chester
and Bucks county, make a like return on or before the
twentieth day of March next. That the Agents for Lan
ctffter, York, Cumberland, Berks and Northampton, do
admit, that the public income arising from licences to be
granted to such persons, may be augmented to a rate, in
some degree proportioned to the increased prices of goods,
merchandizes and tavern charges, in order to answer the
salaries necessary to be given to public officers 1
Be it therefore enaßed by theauthority aforefaid, That
from and after the firft day of August next, the money
directed to be paid for such licences by the AD of As
sembly ©f the late Province of Pennsylvania, intitled,
" An Ad, that no public house or inn, within this Pro
vince shall be kept without licence," and the security di
reded to be given by Tavern-keepers and others in £ 100
before such licenses be issued, and shall be taken in an
equivalent to the augmented price of such licence,
and shall be deemed to be money of the value of ten shil
lings for a bushel of wheat, estimated, collected, fatisfied
and paid, in like manner as the fees of certain officers, as
aforefaid.
And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid,
That an Ad of Assembly of this Commonwealth, inti
tled, “ An Ad to increase the fines on Tavern licenses,
the fines on Tippling houses, and the rates of excise," pas
sed on the fifteenth day of March, which was in the year
of our Lord, One thousand seven hundred and seventy-nine,
and every thing therein contained, (saving the treble rates
thereby laid upon Tavern licenses, which shall continue
till the said firft day of Augufi next), shall, from and af
ter the said day of next, be repealed and
made void.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
February 21, 1780.
The Bill intitled, " An Ad, to increase the punish
ments of horse- dealing ;" was read a second time, and be
ing debated by paragraphs, was ordered to be tranferibed
fora third reading, and in the mean time printed for con
sideration.
Extrad from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
An Ad to increase the punilhments of horfe-fiealing.
W r H EREAS the punifliments heretofore provided
against the crime of horse- dealing, have not proved
fufficient to deter evil minded persons from the coinmiffion
thereof; for remedy whereof,
Be if euaded by the Representatives of the Freemen
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assem
bly met, and by the authority of the fame, That if any
person or persons, from and after the passing of this Ad,
shall felonioufly take and carry away, any horse, mare or
gelding, of the property of any other person or persons,
or of the United States of America, and shall be thereof
eonvided, every such person or persons so offending; shall
stand on the pillory for one hour, and shall be publicly
whipped on his, her on their bare backs with
lashes well laid on; and at the fame time shall have his,
her and their ears cut off and nailed to the pillory ; and be
branded on the forehead, 1 n a plain and visible manner,
with the letters M. T.
AN D WHERE AS persons who have heretofore
committed the offence of horse-dealing, have often esca
ped from Justice, by reason of the infufficiency of the bail
taken for their appearance to answer for the fame ;
Be it therefore enaded by the authority aforefaid, That
from and after the publication of this Ad, no person or
persons, who shall be charged with the dealing es any
horse, mare or gelding, on the direct teflimony of one
witness, or who shall be taken with the mainour, shall be
admitted to bail, otherwise than by 0116 or more Justices
of the Supreme Court.
And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid,
That so much of an A& of Assembly of the late province
of Pennsylvania, intitied," An Ad, for the advancement
of justice, and more certain adminifUation thereof," and
of the foppkment thereto, as are contradictory to this
AR, and no more thereof, are repealed and made void.
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ADVERTISER
ALL persons hazing any demands against
the fubferiber, arc desired to bring in their ac
counts that they may be fettled ; and all persons who
are indebted to him either by bond, note or book debt,
are requeued to make immediate payment.
To be SOLD, half a (hare of the Miffifippi Lands,
to the amount of 800,000 or 2000,000 acres, of an ex
traordinary foil, laying on the river ; either by quarter
or half snares. or by a company. Apply to the fub
feriber, in Grey's Alley, between Chelhut and Walnut
ftreets, or at his (tore between the Old and New Ferry
houfes, in Water-street, Philadelphia.
LEVI MARKS.
XT O TICE is hereby given, That the fubferiber
is about leaving Philadelphia, and desires all persons
to whom (he may be indebted to bring in their accounts;
and those who are indebted to her are also desired to
make immediate payment.
MARY DESILVIER.
TO BE SOLD BY
JOHN D U N L A P,
( Bound or unbound )
ANY' QUANTITY OF
DILWORTH's SPELLING BOOK,
Printed on fine strong paper and 3 new type.
N. B. Those who buy by the thousand shall have a
large allowance.
The HIGHEST PRICE
IS GIVEN FOR
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
BY
JOHN DUNL A P.
Philadelphia, February 28, 1780.
To be SOLD by Public Aublion,
At the Ceffee-Houfe, on Saturday, the 4th day of
March next, at fix o'clock in the evening,
A TRACT or piece of patented L AND, fit©-
" ated on the waters of Tunkhannock, in the coun
ty of Northumberland, containing three hundred and
twenty-four acres and a quarter.
Also a certain piece or parcel of L A N D, lituate in
Lower Providence township, in the county of Chester,
containing forty two acres and th r<y perches.
TO BE, SOLD BY
HUMPHREYS and ROBERTS.
At their Steel Store in Market ftre&t, between Fourth
and Fifth streets, Phil delphia,
A large QUANTITY of
STEEL SAW-MILL SAWS,
Neatly finifhed, and equal in quality to any ever import
ed from Europe.
make the like return on or before the firfl day of April
next. And the Agents of the other counties by the firft
day of May next. And that the said Agents in the farther
prosecution of this bufiaefs, do pay a due regard to the re
solutions of the third day of December last. And that this
resolution be published in the several news papers.
Extract from the Minutes,
TIMOTHY MATLACK, Secretary.
Philadelphia, February 28 <7BO.
To be SOLD by Public Vendue,
On Wednesday the fifteenth of March, at Twelve
o'clock, at the Coffee house,
ALE ASE for eleven years, from th fi ft of April
next, of twenty acres of good LAND, for the
meft part but few years cleared, with a stone house
about eight years built, about thi ty-three feet front.by
seventeen feet deep. There is a fine fprirg near the
door, with a hou^ over it. A stream of water runs
through part of said place, with the privilege of railing
and taking out the water, if needful. When the wood
is cleared off, the low part may make a considerable
meadow. Tne whole is fubj c & to a rent of only 6L
currency per annum. Situate in Radnor townihip, a
few perches from the fourteen hde (tone on the Lin
cafter road, joining the Widow Thomas's and Adam
Mitel's land, and the street adjoining Radnor Meetirg
hou'e. Attendance will be given at the time of sale.
Wanted, a quantity of cedar RAILS, and cedar,
white oak or chefaut POSTS.
Several lots on Tinicum Ifl.md to be let; ar^ a place
below Bristol, on the river Delaware, banked in, force
part of which is improved. For terms apply to
JAMES HUNTER.
MARCH 2, 1780.
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