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A# ACT for an Tmpoft on Goods, Ware< and Mer
chandize imported into this State.
Seaion i. I^7 HEREASin and by an ad of
assembly of this commonwealth in
titled, “ an aft for the regulation of navigation and
trade in this slate," passed on the tenth day of Sep
tember, which was in the year of our Lord one thou
sand seven hundred and seventy eight, among other
things it was enabled and dire&ed, '' that the master of
any ship or other vessel, except ships or vessels of war,
privateers and their prizes, arriving at any port of
this Bate, shall, within forty-eight hours after such
arrival, repair to the naval office in the city of Phila
delphia, and there exhibit and deliver to the naval offi
cer of this slate, a true manifeft, signed by ,the said
master, of all the goods, wares and merchandize, laden
apd imported in such thio or vessel, fettirg forth the
packages, marks and number thereof, and the # nature
and quantity of their contents, in number, weight and
measure, as they are commonly counted, estimated and
fold ; and also hit own name and firname, the name
arid burthen of his ship or vessel, the names and abode
of the owner or owners thereof, the country, port or
place where the said cargo was shipped, together with
such documents as are usually furnifhed in such place
of lading, to maflers of vessels failing from thence
with goods, wares and merchandize."
SeO. 2. AND WHEREAS it is necessary at
this time for the public service, that further and other
funds besides the taxes on estates real and personal
Should be eftablilhed:
Sed. 3. AND WHEREAS considerable sums
may be levied by a small impost on goods, and mer
chandize imported into this state, without burthening
commerce :
Sed. 4. Be it therefore enacted, and it is hereby
enaded by the representatives of the freemen of the
commonwealth of Pennfy Ivania, in general assembly
met, and by the authority of the fame, that from and
after the firfl day of February next, there shall be
railed, collected and paid, the duties herein after set
forth and particularised, upon al! goods, wares and
merchandize, except as herein after excepted, that is
to fay ; upon every gallon of ram, brandy, and other
spirituous liquors, two pence. Upon every gallon
of Madeira wine, four pence. Upon all other wines,
two pence. Upon all wines in bottles, fix pence per
dozen. Upon every hundred weight of unrefined sugar,
one (hilling. Upon every hundred weight of loaf su
gar, one (hilling and fix pence. Upon every gallon
of molasses one penny. Upon every hundred weight
of coffee, one shilling. Upon every hundred weight
of cocoa, one Filling- Upon every pound of green tea,
fix pence. Upon every pound of bohea and other tea,
©ne penny. Upon all other goods and merchandize,
one per centum upon the value thereof, to be estimat
ed and fixed by the importer or his agent.
Seft. 5. And be it further enaaed by the authori
ty aforefaid, that if the naval officer, in behalf of the
commonwealth, shall tender to the importer the sum
of money at which any fpecific quantity of goods im
ported into this state shall be valued as aforefaid, to
gether with ten per centum over and above such sum,
the property of the said goods, together with the calks
and other packages wherein they shall be contained,
jhall thereupon vest in the commonwealth, and the Im
porter shall be liable for all freight and other charges
which shall have accrued upon the fame, previous to
the landing, and a permit shall be granted for the
landing of such goods for the use of the state ; and
the commonwealth, if necessary, may sue for and re
cover the possession of such goods, for which tender
fell be made as aforefaid, by adion of detinue, tro
ver and conversion, or replevin, as may be thought belt.
SeEt. 6. And be it further enabled by the authori
ty aforefaid, that the said naval officer shall upon due
entry of any goods, wares and merchandize imported
as aforefaid, and upon payment of, or fearing the
duties imposed by this a&, by a fufficient bond, paya
able within one month after the date of such bond, to
the commonwealth, and not otherwise, grant a permit
for the landing thereof.
Sect. 7. Provided always, that if the master of any
ship or other vessel shall not, upon delivering his ma
mifeft to the said naval officer as aforefaid, pay or se
cure, as is herein before directed, the duties by this aft
Imposed upon the goods, wares and merchandize of
which be shall make report, that each particular im
porter may pay or secure in manner aforefaid, the du
ties imposed and payable on his own property, and
such importer shall thereupon be intitled $0 a permit
for the landing of the fame.
Sea. 8. Provided also, that if any goods, wares
and merchandize, imported into this state, and which
shall be liable to any duty by virtue of this ad, shall
remain in any ship or otner vessel after ten days, to be
reckoned from the arrival of such fllip or vessel, with
out the said duty being paid or secured as aforefaid,
it shall and may be lawful for the master of the ship
or vessel in which such goods remain, and who shall
not be willing to pay or secure the duties thereon, to
deliver the fame to the said naval-officer, to be ware
housed or oeherwife secured and kept at thechargeand
rifque of the owner thereof; and such delivery shall ex
onerate the said master. And the said naval-officer
shall keep all goods, wares and merchandize so deli
vered to him, other than perilhable goods, for and dur
ing the term of three months, after which, being firft
appraised, they may be fold at auction by the naval
officer upon the order of the president and council,
and the money thence arising, after the said duty and
all charges shall be deduded, shall be lodged with the
slate t eafurer, for the use of the owner.
Sed. 9. And be it further enaded by the authority
aforefaid, That if the master of any ship or vessel, or o
ther perlon, shall unload or difeharge out of any ship
or vessel, being in the river Delaware, or any branch
thereof, any goods, wares or merchandize, with intent
to land the fame within this state, before entry, and
without having obtained a permit for so doing: or if
any person Shall be aiding and assisting in landing or
in conveying or housing the fame, every such person
so offending, shall forfeit and pay any sum not excee
ding five hundred pounds; and all goods, wares and
merchandized landed, or the value thereof, shall be
forfeited, and the goods shall be seized by the said naval
officer or his deputy.
Sed. io. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforefaid, That the said naval officer or his deputy and
assistants, shall have full power and authority by virtue
of this Aft, to enter any ship or vessel, and into ay
house or other place where he shall have reason to fuf
ped that any goods, wares or merchandize, liable to the
said duty, ffidl be concealed, and therein to search for
the fame, and to do all other things which shall be ne
ceffary to secure the said duties, or to seize and secure
any goods, wares or merchandize which he shall suppose
to be forfeited. And m case of refufat or op pfiticn
having firft obtained from the justices of the supreme
court or any two of them, or in their abfeme from a
ny two justices of the peace of the proper city or coun
ty, a writ of assistance,. shall breakopen doors, and re
move obstacles, and do and perform every and another
things, which by this AH he is authorized to do.
Sell. 11. Provided always, That no search of any dwel
ling shall be made in manner aforefaid, until due cause
of suspicion hath been shewn to the fatisfadiou of a jus
tice of the supreme court, or of a justice of the peace,
as in the case of ftplen goods, nor before fun-rife, nor
after fun fetring.
Sed. 12. And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That all masters of vessels, and other persons
trading and plying in the Delaware, and coming into
any port er place within this state, having on board
any ship, sloop, ihallop or ot er vessel, any of the goods
liable to pay the duties imposed by this ad, shall, and
they are hereby required and enjoined to observe and
comply with the directions of this aft, under like pains,
penalties and forfeitures as in the case of ships and other
vessels arriving from beyond sea. Provided. That no
river vessel shall be hereby obliged to pay any greater
fee than two shilling for exhibiting a manifeft of any
goods liable to said duty.
Sed. 13. AND WHET € \S the penalties imposed
by the ad herein before recited, will be hereafter m
fufficient to enforce the exhibiting of manifefls, by
masters of ships arriving in the ports of this slate:
Se&. 14. Bi it therefore enaded by the authority
aforefaid, That if any master of any ilrp or vessel, ar
riving in any port of this slate, shall negled or refu fe
to exhibit the manifeft of his cargo, by the said recited
ad enjoined, in the manner and within the time therein
prescribed, every such master so offending, shall forfeit
and pay the sum of one thousand pounds.
Sea. 15. And be it further euaHed by the authori
ty aforefaid, That the several fines, penalties and for
feitures which shall be incurred by any offence again ft
this ad, or against the aft aforefaid, may be prose
cuted and recovered, if the fame shall be under the va
lue or sum of fifty pounds, before any two justices of
the proper county, with appeal to theQuarter-feffions,
where ths fame shall be finally determined, as in the
case of fines, penalties and forfeitures inflicted by the
excise laws of this state, and no certiorari shall lie in
such case ; but if the fame shall exceed the value or sum
of fifty pounds, then in the proper county court of
common pleas, or in the supreme court, at the electi
on of the profecutor,and shall be distributed, one moie
ty thereof to the prosecutor, and the other moiety to
the commonwealth ; and in every prosecution against
goods seized, as forfeited by virtue of this ad, the
onus probandi shall lie upon the claimant and not up
on the prosecutor, and no claim for the fame shall be
admitted before security be entered for the costs of suit.
Sed. 16. Provided always, and be it further enabled
by the authority aforefaid, That if the said naval-offi-'
cer or any other person shall be sued or prosecuted for
any thing done in pursuance of this ad, he may plead
the general issue, and give this ad and the special mat
ter in evidence for his juftification ; and if upon trial
thereof a verdid shall be given, or upon demurrer
judgment shall go for the defendant, or if the plan
tiff or prosecutor shall become non-suit, or difeontinue,
or fail of prosecution, the defendant shall recover tre
ble costs of suit.
Sed. 17. Provided also, That no suit for any thing
done in pursuance of this ad, shall be brought, unless
such suit be commenced within one year next after the
injury or pretended injury shall be done or committed.
Sea. 18. And be it further enaded by the authority
aforefaid, That the said naval officer shall keep fair, dif
tindand true accounts of all his doings, relative to
the premises ; and shall once in ever, month pay over
to the treasurer of the state all monies belonging to the
commonwealth, which shall come to his hands, and
mail submit all his books and papers at all times to the
infpedion of the president and council, or of such per
son as they shall authorize for that purpose ; and shall
once in every year, or oftner, if required, fettle his
accounts with the auditors of the public accounts, or
otherwise, as the general assembly for the time being
shall dired. And t; e said naval officer for his reward
in executing this aft, shall be intitled to an half per
cent, on the whole of the monies by him received and
paid, and two (hillings from the party executing any
bond, for each bond he shall take as aforefaid, and to
no other fatisfadion.
SeH. 19. And be it further enaded, That the said
duties shall be payable in gold or silver, as the fame
was taken in payments and passed current in the late
province of Fennfylvania, on the firft day of January
which was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and feventy-five, or other current money equi
valent ; and all fines and penalties and other monies in
this aft mentioned shall be deemed, accounted, levied,
fatisfied and paid accordingly.
SeH. 20. And be it further enaded by the authority
aforefaid, That the said naval < fficer shall give bond to
the commonwealth, with two fufficient sureties, in the
sum of ten thousand pounds, of gold and silver money
aforefaid, or other money equivalent, conditioned for
the due and faithful performance of, as well as the du
ties required of him by this aft, as of those enjoined
upon him by the aft of assembly herein before recited.
And the sureties offered by the said naval officer, shall
be fubjeft to the approbation of the president and
council, and the bond given by him shall be recorded
and filed in the office of the secretary of the supreme
TO BE SOLD,
For Calh or Bills of Exchange upon France,
By C. P. &> N. Raguet,
in Eront-ftreet, five doors below Walnut-Erect,
Best Port zu Prince SUGARS in hogsheads and bar
rels,
COFFEE and COCOA in bags and barrels,
GRENADA RUM in hogfoade,
TAFFIA in tierces,
MOLASSES in hogdtadL
A neat aflorcment of Calicoes,
and a parcel of Coarse Linens,
Just Imported, for Sale, per the Brig Patty, Captaim
Read, from L'Qrient, By
John Woodward,
In Front-street, near Walnut street.
Port #f Philadelphia, Pcnnfylvanis, ff.
To ALL whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, That a Court of Admi
rally will be held at the Admiralty office w Arch-
Or^et, between Third and Feurth-ftreetr, on Saturday
the Thirteenth day o f January, inftan', at 10 o'Cfock
in the Forenoon, for s he Trial of the Schooner or ves
sel called th# SUCCESS, buitben about 8® tons, her
Tackle, Apparel, Furniture and Cargo, lately com
manded by William Ward, taken ?t sea, sent into this
port and libelled *gainft, as prize, b" THOMAS
READ, (qui tarn, &c.) To the end and intent, tha^
the owner thereof, or any perfen concerned therein,
may appear and (hew cai.fi, if any they have, why the
fame (hould not be condemned pursuant to the Prayer
of the Libel, &c.
By Order of the Judge,
Jan. 8. ANDREW ROBESON, Register.
Philadelphia, J nuiry 8, 17S1.
ALL Persons indebted to the estate of
Captain HENRY DOUGHERTY, deceased,
are requeued to call on the iubferibers for fcttlement;
and all those that have any demands against the said
estate are desired to bring in their Accounts properly
attested.
JOHN HAZELWOOD, ]
JOSEPH SNOWDEN, > Administrators.
ANN DOUGHERTY,J
TO BE SO L D,
A Plantation, situate in Robin
foa township, Berks county, 45 miles from this city,
CouCTning 173 and two thirds j cres, 36 acres ire char
arrable Land, 11 well watered Meadow, more may # be
dia"e, and the rest good Woodland : There is on it a
Log-house, an excellent Spring, a spacious Stable, a
go'xl Garden and several Out-buildings unfiuifhed t
Enquire of M. RYAN, in this city. Jan. 8,1784
executive council. And thetfnvrf officer mafappoint
a deputy or deputies, f whom he shall be answerable.
Sed. 21. Provided always, That nothing in this a&
(hall give any authority to demand or collect any im
post or duty on common fait, fad petre, gon powder,
lead or shot, or on prize goods, or on goods, ware#,
and merchandize of the growth, product or manufac
ture of the U ated States of America, or any of them-
Seft^ AND WHEREAS it is just and necessary,
that the re-payment of any loan or loans which have
been or may be uegociate& in consequence of certain
resolutions of the late assembly, passed the twenty
ninth day of May last, mould: be provided for and fl
oured :
Sed. 23. Be it therefore enacted by the authority,
aforefaid, That so much of the said duties as may a,
mount to the loan or loans negotiated' as aforefaid^
shall be reserved a nd set apart in the hands of the state
treasurer, fubjed to the orders of the supreme execu
tive council, for the express purpose of discharging the
full amount of the said loan or loans, together with the
interest which may accrue thereon, according to the
terms upon which the said loan or loans- have been or
ihall be procured.
Signed by order of the house,
FREDERICK A. MUHLENBERG, fpeakec.
Enabled into a law at Philadelphia,
on Saturday, the- twenty, third
day of December, in the year of
our Lord One- thousand fevett
hundred ard eighty.
SAMUEL STERETT,
Clerk , of the general assembly,
X^**** * +< %**♦¥¥ * *44M
Imported Saltpetre,
By the Hundred Weight <r leffrr Quantity,
To be Sold by the Subscriber,
At the Corner of Walnut ard Second ftroets . •Alfo>
Drugs and Medicines, as usual,
Fresh and of the best Quality.
SHARP DELANY.
Imported in the last Vessels from Europe,
And TO BE SO LD, By
'Samuel Inglis and Company,
Q OHEA TEA oi a very fine quality, an affortmm
of fine and coarie Linens, hgavv and light Sail
cloth, Oznahrigs, Superfine C'oths, Chintzes and Ca
licoes, Russia white Sheeting, Madeira Wine of the
vintage 1776, and a few Cafv of Geneva, Bordeaux
Claret; Jin. 8, 1,81.