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PHILADELPHIA.
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
Thursday, March 2.
The Bill intitled, “ An Aft for procuring a supply of
Provisions, &c. for the use of the army," was read the
second time, and being debated by paragraphs, was or
dered to be transcribed for a third reading, and in the mean
time printed for consideration.
Extraft from the Minutes.
THOMAS PAINE,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
An ACT for procuring a supply of Provisions, &c. for
the use of the Army.
WHEREAS the Honorable the Continental Congress,
have Resolved, That this State be called on t®
procure within the prefeot year, the following articles for
the use of the army, viz. forty thousand barrels of flour, two
hundred thousand bushels of Indian corn or other short fo
rage equivalent, one thousand feveo hundred tons of hay,
fourteen thousand one hundred and eighty nine bushels of
fait, and twenty-four thousand four hundred and twenty
throe gallons of rum. In order therefore to comply as far
as possible with this requisition.
Be it enabled, and it is hereby enaHed, by the Repre.
fentatives ©f the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Penn,
fylvauia, in General Assembly met, and by the authori
ty of the fame, That for the purpose of carrying this Aft
into effsa, there be appointed one Commissioner of Pur
chase, in the city of Philadelphia, and one in each coun
ty of this State, and that the following persons be and
they are hereby appointed to be the said Commissioners
of Purchase, to wit.
For the city of Philadelphia,
For the county of Philadelphia,
For the county of Chester,
For the county of Bucks,
For the county of Lancaster,
F r the county of York,
For the county of Cumberland,
For the county of Berks,
For the county of N;r hampton,
For the cou + ty of Bedford,
For the county of Northumberland,
For the county of Weftmoreland,
And be it further evaded by the authority aforefaid,
That each and every of the said Commissioners, beforethey
enter upon the execution of their trust shall take the fol
lowing oath or affirmation^ (which may be adminiftred
by any Judice of the Peace in the city and county for
which the said Commissioners shall be refpe&ively appoin
ted,) to wit. I. A. B. do (wear (or affirm), that I will
dili~en.lv and faithfully without favour, affedion or par
tiality, execute the duty and trust reposed in me, byan
Aft of tht G^eral Assembly of this Commonwealth, in
titled, " An Al for procuring a supply of Provisions for
the use of the army"
And be it further ena^ed by the authority aforefaid,
That the said Commissioners shall severally in the city and
each of the counties for which they are respectively ap
pointed, be authorized and required, and they and every
of them are hereby authorized and required, to purchase
all the wheat and wheat flour and other articles above e
numerated which can be procured within the said city and
several counties refpeftiVely for which they are chosen, at
such price or prices, as shall be ascertained and fixed
in the manner which is herein after direded and appoin
ted, and in case (efficient cannot be procured by purchase,
that then and in that case, the fameCommiffioners be autho
rized and required to Lize and take into their care and pos
session all wheat and wheat flour and other articles as above
in the hands of mil rs, merchmts, traders, farmers or
others, leaving to the farmers as much as may be (efficient
to fapport their families until the firft day of Au^uft next,
after such seizure, and one third of what shall be found
in their possession over and above the fame quantity
and to all others fufficient only for the support of their
families during the time aforefaid : Provided always,
That no person or persons, be allowed to retain the said
one third part over and above what is necessary for the
support of his or their family, unless the fime be of his
own railing or growth. And in case any debate shall arrfe
as to what ought to be retained, it shall be fettled as the
price is herein after directed to be fixed.
And be it further enafled by the authority aforefaid,
That the said Commissioners and each of them, within the
city or county for which they are respectively appointed,
be authorised and required to hire, or if nee be to seize any
mill or mills, for grinding the fail wheat, and to hire or
seize as aforefaid, any ftore-hosfes for the fafe keeping the
said wheat and flour, and to hire, or if need be. to im
press any horses and carriages, boats or other vessels, for
transporting the fame, to hire persons and procure mate
rials for making sacks,. barrels, or other proper calks or
boxes, for containing and transporting the fame, to hire
fit persons for threshing out the wheat or other grain above
mentioned, if it may be necessary, and in general to do
all and every thing which may be needful for the procu
ring, collecting and transporting the said wheat and flour,
and other above enumerated articles, to such place or pla
ces as are herein after directed.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That the price of such articles shall be ascertained and fixed
by the said Commissioner and party, or in case they can
not agree by and with the assistance of such reputable third
person not interested immediately in the price as may be
called upon by the said Commissioner. And such price
so fixed, shall be paid in ready money, or lawfully ten
dered before such wheat or flour or other articles as above
so bought or seized, shall be removed, and the said Com
missioners refpe&ively, shall takereceipts in a proper book
for that pupofe, for all monies so paid, mentioning the
quantity us such article or articles so bought or seized, and
the price of the fame, In words at length, and shall depo
sit the said book of receipt in the hand of the county Trea
surer, within one year next after the palling of this Aft.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the said wheat and flour, and the shorts and bran,
and other enumerated, when collected by the said Com
missioners, or a^y of them, shall be transported and de
livered by them in such quantities sand proportions, and at
such times and places, as by the Supreme Executive Coun
cil of this Commonwealth, shall from time to time be or
dered and required, in order that the fame may be con
veyed and deposited in such place or places within this
State, as the Commander in Chief shall appoint and di
red.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That each and every of the said Commissioners, shall
cease and desist from purchasing and collecting wheat and
flour, and other articles by virtue of this Act, whenever
at any time, they shall be ordered so todo by theSupreme
Executive Council ; and that the said Commissioners, and
every of them, be enjoined and required to make monthly
returns to the said Council, of their proceedings, and of
the quantities of wheat and flour and other articles pro
cured by them, in pursuance of this Aft, and shall finally
fettle their accounts annually with the Committee of this
House.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the said Commissioners for their trouble and expence,
shall be allowed for every barrel of flour,
and for every hundred bushels of short forage,
for every ton of hay, for every hundred bushels
of salt, for every hundred gallons of rum,
by them procured, by virtue of this A&, and so
in proportion for any greater or left quantity.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That all Justices, Sheriffs and other civil officers, be and
they are hereby enjoined and required to aid and assist
the said Commissioners and every of them to carry
this Law and the intention thereof into full and speedy
And be it further enaded by the authority aforefaid,
That during the continuance of this Aft, no Quarter-mat
ter, Forage-raafter, Commissary, °r ^y of their Depu
ties or Affiftants,or other officer on the Staffot Congrefs,be
fuffered or allowed to purchase any wheat or wheat flour or
other of theabove articles,except for their own private con
sumption, within this State, upon pain of forfeiting the va
lue of the wheat,or wheat flour, or other article so byhim or
them purchased ; and that any or either of them offending
herein, shall and may be indited in any Court of Quar
ter Seftons of the Peace in the said city, or any county of
this State, and being conviAed thereof, shall beadjudged
to forfeit any pay to the amount of the value of the said
article or articles so by him or them purchased, one half
to the use of the informer, and the other half to the use
ofthis Commonwealth : On the trial of which indiff
rn^nt, the said informer shall be received and admitted as
a witness.&
In GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
The Bill intitled, " An A& of Free and General Par
don and Indemnity, for the offences therein mentioned,"
was read the second time,and being debated by paragraphs,
was ordered to be tranferibed for the third reading, and in
the mean time published for consideration.
Extras from the Minutes,
THOMAS PAIN E,
Clerk of the General Assembly.
An ACT of Free and General Pardon and Indemnity,
for the offences therein mentioned.
WHEREAS divers unhappy disputes have here
" tofore subsisted, between some of tie fubjeds of
this Stare, within the city of Philadelphia, which by mu
tual mifunderflandings did, on the fourth day of ORober
last, occasion a tumult and breach of the public peace,
within .the said city, wherein sundry persons were unhap
pily killed in and near the House of James Wilson, Esq ;
in Walnut- flreet, within the said city ; for which the se
veral parties concerned therein, stand bound by recogni
zance to aufwer in due course of Law:
AND WHEREAS since the said tumult a cordial
quietude has taken place; and feveralof the persons con
cerned therein, have manifefted the good affeftions by
entering into liberal fubferiptiops for the relief of the fa
milies of those who unfortunately fuffered, and others;
and as the rigorous prosecution of justice in all cases is not
expedient, in as much as it may tend to perpetuate enmi
ty and difeord, between the citizens of the fame State,
when union and harmony are so necessary against the com
mon enemy ; and it being also recommended by the Su
preme Executive Council of the State, as a measure of
public benefit, to pass an A& of indemnity and general
pardon for the said offences 1
Beit enaded, and it is hereby ena&ed, by the Repre
sentatives of the Freemen of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in General Assembly met, and by the authority
of the fame, That all and every the person and persons,
party and parties engaged in the said tumult and breach
of the peace, or who stand charged therewith, or with any
offence arising therefrom, which is punishable by the laws
of this Commonwealth, by whatsoever name or names
they are called or known, be and shall, and they are here
by pardoned, released, indemnified and difeharged, to
all intents and purposes whatsoever-
Provided always, That this AH or any thing therein
contained, fliall not extend to any person or persons, other
than those who entered into recognizance to- appear and
answer at the next Court of Oyer and Terminer and Ge
neral Goal Delivery, according to the usual time and
course of the law in such cases
Be it also enacted by the authority aforefaid, That this
free pardon, indemnity and oblivion, by thegeneral words,
clauses and sentences before recited, shall be reputed,
deemed, adjudged and expounded in all Courts and e!fe
where, most beneficial and available to all and singular
the (objects, persons and parties before mentioned, and to
every of them, without any ambiguity, queftioa or delay,
to be made, pleaded or objected by this Commonwealth,
the Attorney-General thereof, or any person or persons
aaingfouder the authority thereof in their behalf. And
also that >his Ad shall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to
be a public Aft, and fliall be judicially taken notice of as
such by all Judges, Juftiees and other persons whortifoe
ver, without Specially pleading the fame.
ttt The CONSTITUTIONAL SOCIETY meet at
fix o'clock this evening, at the Dutch Lutheran School
house in Cherry-Alley.
March 4. EDWARD POLE Secretary.
fl, JUSTUS will be in our next.
GENTEEL LODGINGS and
BOARDING for Gentlemen,
may be had in Market-street, near the Mar
ket. Enquiie of the Printer.
Various Equilibriums on the
SLACK WI R E,
With the FLYING ROPE,
In Representation es MERCURY,
Such as never were performed on the Continent but by
the celebrated
Mr. T EMPLEM A N,
(A native of Virginia) late from Europe,
Will be exhibited on MONDAY (the 6th instant)
at the New Pay-House in Southwark.
HE balances, turns and firings on the wire to ad
miration.
He beats the drum on the wire in full feing.
He plays with several balls on the wire with great dex
terity.
He balances a fwprd on the brim of a wine-glass,
walks backward and forward, kneels down, and reco
vers with great agility.
He balances a pyramid of wine glasses, full of liquor,
on the wire!
He fits in a chair on the wire, balances a straw, with a
furnished table before him, when in full swing.
He balances a plate on the hilt of a fwotd, with the
point of the sword on the edge of a milled dollar, and
the opposite edg< rof the dollar on the brim of a wine
glass, and m*kes all spin like a top.
Ado a great variety of oth r exhibitions with pipes)
hoops, hats, boards, &c &c. &:. too tedious to men
tion.
Mr. Templeman will balance three boys on his
feet and hands, which he will form into a variety of de
lightful postures, one of whom he will fallance upon a
ladder ; arid afterwards will dance the ladder
The fpc&ators will be amtofed with a cot pie of good
songs during the intervals of the performances.
The performance will be concluded with a hornpipe,
by a little boy in the c±ya&rr of a sailor, which will be
performed with agility and humour.
The doors to be opened at Five o'clock in the even
ing, and to begin at Six.
Tickets may be had at the Coffee-Houfe, City Ta
vern, Indian Q^en, at the sign of the Ship Hancock in
Fourth-street, the Bird-in-Hand Tavern, and at rhe place
of performance.
Children from five years old to twelve will he admit
ted for Fifteen Dollars. Box Forty Dollars-Pit
Thirty Dollars—Gallery Twenty D.lidrs.
The house wiil be well illuminated, and the company
entertained with good Mufie. It will likewise be guard
ed inside and outride.
TO BE SOL D,
A NEAT SUL KE Y,
Enquire of the Printer.
A N T E D~ -
AW O MA N to few and take care of children,
that can be well recommended. Enquire of the
Printer,
LOTTERY-OFFICE, March %, 17'0.'
FYIHE Managers of the Lottery of the United States
& acquaint the Public, That the drawing of the
Third Ctufs be^an yerterday, agreeable to resolve of
Congress, and will continue from day to day until
finished.
Tickets may be had, for a few days, at the Lottery-
Office only, from Nine o'clock till Twelve in the morn
ing, and from Three to Five in the rf^rroon.
STATE of the L 7 TERY.
PRIZES DxAWN.
3 or .coo dollars.
5 of 500
) 14% of 4.0
PRIZES in the WHEELS.
I of 70,c00 dollars.
1 of 20,000
3 of 15 occ
2 of 10,090
10 of 5000
3,7 of 1000
959 of s°°
17,858 of 40
PAULFOOKS, Check Clerk.
N. B. The Adventurers may be informed of the ffate
of their Tickets by applying to the Check Clerk, morn
ing and evening at the Lottery-Office.
o^*3^ ^ rt¥.W^^^^^^^M
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS th: Honorable Thomas M'Kean,
Esq; Chief Justice, Wil'iam Augustus Atlee,
Esq; second Justice, and John Evans, E:q: third Jul
ttce es the Supreme Court, and of the Courts of Oyer
and Terminer and G< neral Goal Delivery, for the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania; have iffiied their Precept
bearing date the 26 h day of February last past, to me
dircCTed, for holding a Court of O; er and Terminer and
General Goal Delivery, at the State^Houfe in the city
of Philadelphia, for the city and county of Philadel
phia, on Monday the 27th day of this instant, (March)
Notice is hereby given to all Justices of the Peace, the
Coroner, Efcheator and Constables within the said city,
that they be then and three in their own proper perlons,
with their rolls, records, indiaments, aid other re
membrances, to do those things which to theiy offices
in that behalf appertain to he done ; also al! they that
will prosecute agErft the prisoners, that are or then shall
b# in the Goal of the said city and county, are to he
then and there to pro:,cute against them ar sh 11 be just ;
and all others whom it m?y concern, are desired to take
notice hereof, and govern themselves accordingly.
D ted at Philadelphia, the firft:day of March, in the
Year of Our Lord One Thousand Szven Hundred
and Eighty, and in the Fourth Year of American
Independence,
JAMES CLAYPOOLE Sheriff.
GOD SAVE THE COMMONWEALTH.