The Pennsylvania packet, or, The general advertiser — Lancaster, Pa.;Philadelphia, Pa., 1782-11-21 00:00:00, page 4

Art ACT to fey and prevent faits being brought agamji
fendry Offers [and Agents, heretofore employed in the Jer
vae of this State, and of the United States.,
WHE K E A S sundry inhabitants of this State, duly
anthorifd and a, inted, agreeable to the resolu
tions of Congress, have a&ed as Agents for the United
States, in the fever'd rhara&ers of Commifla ies, Quarter -
Matters, Forage-Melters, and in the Clothier and Medi
cal Departments:
AND WHEREAS other perfens, under the proper au
thority and ppainrment of this State, have also abred in
the fame characters, and through their laudable zeal for
the good of the service. have not only tiled their belt en
deavours as public Officers, but have also engaged their
private credit, in many instances, for the payment of pub
lic debts:
AND WHEREAS the Honorable Congress, by their
aft of the twentieth of February last, pointed n u! a mode
for the foeedy settlement and liquidation of public ac
counts, and by their lefolve of the nineteenth of Ma r cb
Jaft have recommended to the several 1 egifLtures of tue
United States, to day and prevent suits of individuals
against public Officers, their Deputies and Agents: And
it appearing to this Legifl'tore highly unjust that any ner
fon or persons, having a&ed as "public Officers, or Depu
ties and Agents aforesaid, fbould be involved in diGrefs
and ruin, in consequence of their ho efl and virtuous ex
ertions for the common interest and fafety of 'he" public :
Be it therefore enabled by the Reprefintati-ves of the Free
men of the Commonwealth 0, Pennsylvania, in General AC
ferkbly nut by the authority of the fame, That in every
case where any action hath been, or hereafter shall be
brought, against any person or persons who have a&ed in
any of the public deputments aforefaid, either as Prin
cipals, Deputies or Agents, upon any contrast, bargain
or agreement, expeffed or implied, and which was en
tered into before the firft day of January last, the Court
before whom fitch action hath or mav be prosecuted shall,
upon application, proceed inh summary manner into the
examination of the circumstances of such suit ; and if it
shall appear to the fatisfaffion of the Court, that the
debt or sum sued for was contrasted by the said Officer,
his Agent or Deputy, for the public service, and that the
said Officer, Agent or Deputy, hath not had a settle
ment and payment of his accounts, nor hath fufficient
of the public money in his hands so as to enable him to
difeharge the debt or demand in question therewith, to
all and every which queries the said Officer, Deputv or
Agent shall answer on oath, if thereto required by the
plaintiff, then and in such case the said Court are hereby
impowered and required to order a stay of all proceedings
on such action or a&ions.
Provide d always, That where any plaintiff or plaintiffs
in any suit heretofore brought, or which may hereafter
be brought againit any public Officer, Agent or Deputy
as aforefaid, shall, by authenticated official papers, or
other fufficient evidence (for which pnrpofe it shall be
lawful for any such plaintiff or plaintiffs to call for and
require, and the Courts are hereby enjoined to order to
be produced on oath, all the books and papers kept by
such Officer, his Deputy or Agent, of his or their agency)
make it appear to the fatisfa&ion of the Court, that the
defendant in such suit hath fettled his accounts, and re
ceived payment for the ballance due to him as an Officer,
Agent or Deputy as aforefaid, from the public, or that he
hath fufficient public money in his hands to pay the debt
or demand for which such suit hath or may be brought,
thebi, and in such case, it shall be lawful for such plaintiff
or plaintiffs to prosecute their suit or suits, in the usual
course of law, to judgment and execution, any thing
herein before contained notwithstanding. And if public
money fufficient to difeharge the whole of such debt or
demand, for which such suit hath or may be brought,
shall not be in his or their hands or possession, that then,
and in such case, judgment and execution, with costs of
suit in the usual course of law, shall proceed against the
said public Officer, Agent or Deputy as aforefaid, for
such sum or sums of public money as shall be found, on
the evidence aforefaid, to be in his or their hands or pos
session.
Provided always, That nothing in this a& contained
shall be construed or taken to render any of the said Offi
cers, Agents or Deputies, liable for the payment of such
debts or demands, further or otherwise than they were or
might have been liable for the payment of the fame by
law before he p fling of this aft.
Provided also. That if the plaintiff in any such suit shall
recover only p rt of his debt or demand as aforefaid from
such public officer, such recovery shall not prevent, hinder
or be a bar to his prosecuting any other fait hereafter a
gainst such officer, for the residue of his debt or demand,
in case the Did Officer (hall hereafter receive more public
money to nv and difeharge the debt, or demands so con
tracted by him as aforefaid.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid, That,
to enable the plaintiff or plaintiffs the better to support
such suit or suits, all Offic „ or other persons within this
State, who 3re in poffeffiol 6f books, official papers, or
other authentic documents, shall, and they -re hereby re
quired, on application to him or them made for that pur
pefe, to make out and certify copies from such books,
official papers, and other authentic documents, or such
pas thereof as such plaintiff or plaintiffs shall think
necessary; which copies so made out and certified on
oath, shall be evidence to he Court, so far as they may
relet to the staying or prosecuting such suit or suits, and
i no other case whatsoever; excepting in such cases
therein they may be considered by the Court as legal
evidsoce.
^^ /VE ^fPE NNSrLFA NX A.
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Thursday, November 14, 1782.
The bill, entitled “ An Ad to Ga, and prevent suits
Being brought against sundry Officers and Agents, heie
toforcemployed in th^-jvice of this State, and cif the
United States," Kas read the second time, and debates by
paragraphs:„ . .
Ordered to be transcribed for a third reading, and in
the niean time printed for public consideration.
Extr^fd from the Midutes,
PETER Z. LLOYD, Clerk of the General Assembly.
Philadelphia> Printed and Sold b;DA 7°I 1) C. CLAYPOOLE, in Market-Street.
Southwark Au&ion.
THIS
M O R N I N G,
Will be Sold by Public Auftion,
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
MERCHANDIZE,
As USUAL: ALSO,
Houfhold Furniture & Wearing
A P PAR E L, &c. &c.
WILLIAM BROWN, Auctioneer.
N B Hand-Bills will be difeontinued for the fu
ture, except on particular Occasions.
Thirty Pounds Reward.
XTOLEN v^erday Morning, from the fubferiber's
I / (hop m Wafer- Greet, just b%low the Draw-bridge,
the o M - ARTICLES, viz.
to Broun: jackets with whrie fergebning; 4 Blue
Coattec# with white serge lining; 1 light coloured
Coattee; 4 Silk Coat^eQonc lin=d and the others not;
15 Striped J.ck'ta with ffeevrs, some Bengal and some
dul stripe; 1 Great Coat without sleeve; 1 Pair of
brick velvet Breechesand W iOcoat ; 2 Sune-fine fear
let Waiffcoat, wi h yellow buttons; 2 Biff caffimer
Waiftroats , I White dimity Breech sand Waftcoat;
I White Nankeen B eeche, and Waiftro-t ; 1 Yellow
Nankeen B -cedes and two Waftecats ; 2 calico Waift
coatt, Irudch ; 1 Hairbine black Wriftcoat; 4 li
n n Watftepats with Ramped edges ; 1 Bengal Waift
caat; $ Red flriped calico W^ftcoais; 1 Fujian
W-iftco; t with a linen back; 2 Striped silk Breeches
and two Waifleoats ; 1 Pair of fik Breeches, clouded -
8 S„pfki;i fcckets with Ilceves, (potted on both sides•
I Red silk packet with linen back; 1 Pair of blue
Tro* fer^ , About 40 yards white Serge ; 1 Black Bar
celona H^ndkerch e! with red edges; 1 Brown cloud
ed silk Jacket *ith linen back ; 1 Cloth Waist oat, Lon
don brown Mtn yellow buttons ; 1 Pair of linen Stock
ings ; 2 Knives with white handles; 2 Pocket H^nd
kerchi*/, with red and blue < ro^s ; 6 Pair of fi|y,r
sleeve Buttons; 1 Round caftor Hat', bound with rel
vet. Whoever can difeever the: whole, or give any in
formation of them, shall have the ^bove Reward, by
me GABRIEL KARN.
Philadelphia, November 18, 1782
Philip Boehm,
Has for SALE, at his Store in Second street, between
Arch and Race streets, next door to the late dwel
ling house of Leonard Melcher deceased,
WIN E, SUGAR,
SPIRITS, T E A,
Weft-ludia RU M, C OFFE E, &c &c.
Philadelphia ditto,
He flatters him'elf his former c^nduf t in bufinc's has
been such, that h s trends will again favour him with
their custom ; which he shall endeavour to merit fry a
careful attention to supply them wih Goods of a good
quality, and on the most ipafonable terms the times
will admit. Se„. 6.
Imported in the last Vessels from France, and to be
SOLD by
Nixon & Foster,
At their STORE in Pine-street, near Water street, a
compleat and large Affortmeut of the following
GOODS, viz.
WOOLLEN S Such as
COARSE Broadcloths, Shalloons, Serges, Coatings,
Flannels, Blankets, mens, boys and childrens
fine rubbed and plain worsted Stockings.
LINENS—LavaI, Pontivy Nonbatta, Flanders and
Irish; Sheetings"of different kinds, light Canvas and
Oznabrigs.
With a Variety of SILKS. Sept. 4.
L^ncafter, Odober 28, 1782.
PURSUANT to lie lattw:L and trftament 0
ILODWICK STONE, deceased, late of the bo
rough of Lancaster, will be Sold, by way of Pub
lic Vendue, on Saturday, the 23d dayof N vembzr
n^x\ a valuable two ftorv brick Dwelling House, situ
ate on the weft Tie of Quern -Greet, in said borough,
and adjoining the hcufe of Charles Hall and the hou'e
0 the deceased : the function for keeping a store or
(hop, is not inferior to an % ii said borough: it is al
so provided with a good Kitchen and 0 led, Cellars,
and free of dl ground-rent forever. Possession will bi
given to the purrhafer on the sth day of February
next, and an indisputable title Mil be given. The
vendee will begin at Tea o'clock in the Forenooh,
when the terms of f al will be mad^ known, by
CATHERINE STONE, executrix,
^n< -
JMOBKRUG, )
CONRAD SWARTZ, ) exec utors.
Just Imported and io be Sold, By
Thomas Randall & Co.
In Font-street, a few Doers above Market-ftrest,
WESF-India Rum by the hogshead,
Window G'afs by (be box,
Tin in calks and boxes.
Pig Lead.
Also, Sugar, Coffee and Tea.
Also, A Variety of DRY GOODS by the bale.
At BELL's Book-Store, near St. Paul's Church, in
Third-street, Philadelphia,
On Wednesday the 20th of Nov. 1782.
precisely at Half after Six o'Clock in the Evening,
Will commence by Au&ion,
The SALE of a Large and Valuable
Collection of B O OK S;
At the City Au&ion,
On MONDA r Next,
The 25th of November 1782,
At NINE o'Clock in the MORNIN G,
Will begin the SALE,
Of a Large and very General ASSORTMENT of
MERCHANDIZE,
Suitable for the approaching Season,
(Particulars of which will be published by the Bell on
the Morning of the D„ of Sale)
With a QUANTIT Y of
Houfhold Goods, Kitchen Furniture,
WEARING APPAREL, &c.
JOHN BAYARD, Auctioneer.
N. B. The City Auction will be conft:ntly held
every MONDAY; and as the Store is always open
for the Reception of Goods, it is desired (when not in
convergent) that the Goods may be sent before the
Day of Sale.
Just OPENED VARIETY of
Superfine CLOT HS,
Of the firfl QUALITY and moss fafhionable CO
LOURS A L S O,
SA TTINS, P.doog &
Sarfnetts,
Plain and coloured
mens and womens silk cot
ton and worsted Hole,
Yard wide Barcelon^Hand
kerchiefs,
Neat bordered linen and
check ditto,
Sewing Silk,
Sik waistcoat Patterns,
With many other ARTICLES too tedious to
enumerate, which will he S OLD on reasonable
Terms, for Cash, Bills of Exchange, or Country Pro
duce, By
Consisting of the most ufeful, elegant and vivifying
ancient and modern Authors in ^ll He Arts and Sci
en es many of which are un-come-at-able every
where elf* on this Continent.
The north fide of M rket Greet, between Fourth and
Erfth-ftreets, Sept. 24.
The Sale by Author w I be Continued for several
Evenings successively (Sunday and Thanksgiving Eve
nings excepted) at whch periods cf time, viz. from
Half after S x till Nine o'Clock, Rationalift^ and £en
timentalifts ma- improve these grand Opportunities s
because excellent Borks a r e uo^riot to any pecuniary
Value. JOHN BAYARD, Auß^nrer.
N. B. A Catalogue of tie Bsoks is now ready at
said BELL's Book-Store, for ail Gentlemen who are
pTeafed to call of fend w it.
Peter Lohra,
BEGS leave to inform the Public in general, and his
Friends in particular, that he hat opened a COM
MISSION-STORE and BaOKER's-OFFICE, at the
northwest corner of Arch and Water-Greets, where he
receives to fell on CemMflmr, all kinds of Merchan
dize : — - Also buys and fells Bills of Exchange on
France, Spain, Holland, and other parts of Europe ;
the Weft-indirsand Inland Bibs, Loan-office, Quarter
maker Generals and other Certificate!, buys and fells
Honfes and L^nds, gets Notes and Bills difeounted,
and procure Money on loan for a week, month or
year, and rruifaas every other kind of hufinefs as a
Broker. Those who may priori to favour him with
their cuftem, msy depend on having their business done
with the greatest fecrec-, c re, nnd dispatch.
N. B He hxs for fal A Pair of Six-pound Can
non, two fii ng Boats, an Anchor, Wh te and Brown
Havahna Sugars, Madeira Sheriy and Port Wines,
Ticklenburgh, Buckram, &c. Octo. 12. 1782.
KUHN & RISBERG,
A Miniature Pi&ure
Of a G-nleman, with green Drapery ard set in Gold
was LOST on Friday Morning last, between Walnut
ftreet, near Second-ftr^t, ard Vine Greet, near Third
firfet. ONE GUINEA wII be given to any person
who will return it to M 3. PREDEAUL in Second
ftreet, tear Walnut-Greet. Nov. 13.
~T O B r's^'D7'
A very fine Saddle HORSE,
fti'l sized *nd elegandy f rm^d, five years old next
June Enquire xt Mr HODGDON's Livery-stable,
behind the City-tavern. Nov. 13.
Books by Au&ion.
Kdd Gloves, fine L ; nens,
Brown, crimson, fl sh and
cinnamon colour'd Cam
blets,
Callimincoes,
A r.sat Assortment of
Chintzes and Calicoes,
Checks,
Bedticks,
Three-quarter and yard
wide Britannias.