Dunlap's Pennsylvania packet , The general advertiser — Philadelphia, Pa., 1777-02-25 00:00:00, page 4

An ACT freeing the mode of coUeCting the Fines im
posed on perJons who did not meet and exercise, in order
to learn the Art Military, according to the revives of
the late dfembly of Pennsylvania. '
WHEREAS, by a relolve of the late Houle or
Assembly, dated the sth day of April, 1776,
imposing a fine on all able bodied, effective male white
persons, capable of bearing arms, not aflociators, be
tween the ages of hxteen and fifty years (Mioifters
of the Gospel, of all denominations, School-Maflers,
in actual employ, and servants, parchafed bona-fide,
and /or a valuable consideration only excepted.) # And
whereas, (to the great difeouragement and diffatisfa&t
on of the Spirited and virtuous associators in this State)
the fines have not yet been collected. 1 herefore, for
making effectual the fajd resolve, Be it enaßed, and it
is hereby enabled, By the Keprefentatives of the Freemen
of the Common-Wealth of Pennsylvania in General
Aifembly met, and by the authority of the fame, 1 hat
the three Commissioners, which, at the time of their
meeting, (hail then have been lad eleded in each county
refpeaively, in this Common- Wealth, or any two of
them, be required ahd enjoined, and they are hereby
required and enjoined to meet together, at the Court*
House in their refpe&ve counties, do the twenty eighth
day of February irritant, and appoint a proper perlon io
each ward, township and diftrift, under their hands and
seals, to make a return to them in writing, of the names
and firnames of every male white person capable of
bearing arms, at the time of palling the laid Resolves
by the said late Assembly, between the ages offixte^h
and fifty years (Ministers of the Gospel, of all deno
minations, School-Makers, in a&ual employ, and fer
van's purchased bona fide, and for valuable considera
tion only excepted) where fucli returns have-not alrea
dy been made.
And he it further enabled by the authority afore,aid,
That if any person, or persons, appointed as aforefaid,
shall negled or refufe to perform the duty aforefaid, the
Commissioners aforefaid of the refpe&ive counties, or
any two of them, are hereby required and enjoined to
fine him or them, in any sum not exceeding twenty
pounds, and such fine shall be levied and recovered in
the fame manner as hath been heretofore diredled by the
laws of Pennsylvania, for levying and recovering fines
imposed on Assessors refufing or riegledling to perform
the duties therein required of them, which fines shall be
paid into the hands of the refpe&ive county Treasurer,
to be by them applied to the fame use as other monies
diredt;d to be levied by this A&. And the Commilu
oners aforefaid, or any two of them, are hereby cajoled
and required to appoint fame proper person to make
out the lifts aforefaid, in the place of the person firft
appointed-,who (hall make out such lids and return
them to the Commissioners on or before the twenty
feventh day of March next enduing.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That every person appointed as aforefaid, shall, before
he enters upon the duty of his office, take an oath or
affirmation, which any Justice, Commissioner, or county
Assessor, is hereby authorized and required to admi
nister, without fee or reward, (if a person of the firft
appointment,) that he will make a faithful and diligent
enquiry, ;nd endeavour, by proper and lawful ways
and means, to procure a true and exa& account and lift
of the nates and firname's of all male white perlons
capable ol bearing a ms, who were between the ages of
sixteen and fifty years before the last Monday in Febru
ary lad past, residing within his townihip, borough,
ward, or difbid, and will make a just and true return
of such account or lift to the Commissioners aforefaid,
on-or before the eleventh day of March next ensuing,.
or (if a person not of the firft appointment,) on or be
fore the twenty-seventh day of March next ensuing,
and every person appointed and a&ing as aforefaid, shall
receive for his trouble in making out and returning such
lifts, the sum of Five Shillings, for every day he (hall
be employed in that service. And if any dispute shall
arise concerning the age of any non auociator, the fame
shall be determined by the Cornrrnffioners aforefaid, who
shall be judges of the evidence produced in favour of
such oon-affociator.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the Captain or Commanding Officer of each com
pany, is hereby required and enjoined, on or before the
twentieth day of March next ensuing, to deliver under
his hand, to the Colonel or Commanding Officer of the
battalion to which he belongs, a lift of all the persons
belonging to his company, who have at any time signed
the articles of association, therein mentioning the time of
their firft signing the said articles, the county and town
drip, borough, ward, or diftrid, in which each of the
said associators resides, which the Colonel or Command
ing Officer, shall carefully keep, and therefrom shall
immediately make out and return, on or before the
twenty seventh day of March, a fair duplicate to the
Commissioners aforefaid, except the fame be already
done.
^nd he it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the Commissioners aforefaid, refpcdively, or any
t vo of them, are hereby required and enjoined to cause
their Clerks to make out fair lifts of the names, and fir
names, of all performs mentioned in the duplicates re-
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turned to them as aforefaid, with the places of abode of
those who appear, by the duplicates returned oy the
Colonels, or Commanding Officers, not to have signed
the articles of association. And thereupon, the laid
Commissioners are required to charge every Ten person
not associating, the sum of Three Pounds 1 en Sellings
on the lifts made out on their order, as aforefaid, and
every person who hath kgned' the articles&f ahuciatijn,
after the last Monday of February last, Three Shil
lings and Six ' Pence for each and every parade day ap
pointed, by the aforefaid Resolves, before hisbgnmg as
aforefaid, ail which lifts as aforefaid, to be made out
on or before the tenth day of April next, on wh ch day
the Aflefors of the city, and the Affefors of the coun
ties refpedtively, or any four of them, and one, or more
of the Commissioners shall meet together, at the county
Court-House, or such convenient place as the laid
Commissioners shall appoint, and appoint a proper per
son in each towrifbip, ward and diftri&, in the lame
manner as directed in the county levy Aft of Pennsylva
nia for collecting the county taxes, to colled the tines
aforefaid, which Cblledors, so appointed, shall have
the fame powers and authorities, as the Collectors, ap
pointed by virtue of the county levy As l as aforefaid,
for collecting county taxes, have had and exercised, or
ought to have and exercise..
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That if any Collector, appointed as aforefaid, shall
refufe or neglect, to do and perform his fCveral and re
fpe&ive duties, as required by this A&, he shall forfeit
and pay the sum of Twenty Pounds, to be recovered in
the fame manner as fines are directed to be recovered
from the Collectors appointed by virtue of the county
levy act aforefaid, upon their neglect or refusal, and be
paid into the fame hands, and applied to the fame uses,
as other money railed by virtue of this a&. And, in
such case, the Commissioners of the counties refpe&ive
ly, or any two of them, shall appoint another Collector
in his stead, who shall have the fame power and autho
rity as the other Collector aforefaid, and be fubjeCt to
the fame fines and forfeitures as aforefaid.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That if any apprentice was willing to anociate, and
life matter or mistress did not permit him so to do, or
detained him from going to the parade on any of the
days of exercise appointed by the Resolve of the late
Alterably; such master or mistress shall be liable to the
payment of three millings and sixpence for each time he
or the did hinder, or so detain, his or her said appren
tice : And if such apprentice shall have neg'efted or
refufed to appear on any of the said days of exercise,
not being detained by his laid master or mistress ; he,
if of effete, shall, by his guardian, pay such fine. And
the father or mother of any minor, or minors, associa
tors, and non associators, being in the service of his
father or mother, shall be accountable to the Collector
for his or their fines charged as aforefaid.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That if any Commiffioher, or city or county Afftffor,
shall neglect or refufe to perform any of the duties re
quired of him by this A&, such Commissioner or Af
leffor shall forfeit and pay the fam of thirty pounds for
every such offence; such fine to be levied and recovered
in the fame manner as the fines are directed to be levied
and recovered in the County Levy ACt aforefaid, and
paid and appropriated in the fame manner, and for the
fame purpoles, as the other monies raised by virtue of
this Aft : And in such case, the Commissioner or Com
missioners, and AfFirors. who shall proceed agreeable to
the directions of this Ad, or a majority of them, are
hereby enjoined to appoint another suitable and proper
person to aft in his dead, so refufing or neglecting as
aforefaid ; which person, so appointed, ffiall have the
fame po^er and authority, and perform the several du
ties hereby required of the said Commissioners and
AiTeffors; and on failure thereof, shall forfeit and pay
the ium of thirty pounds, to be applied as aforefaid.
Provided nevertbelefs, and it is hereby enabled by the
authority aforefaid, That those who have formed them
selves into regular companies, and signed written arti
cles of Association agreeable to the intentions of the
Resolves of the late Assembly, and have attended the
parade, and muft-ered the number of twenty days within
the time limited by the said Assembly, (unless having
marched into the Jeriies on actual service) shall be con
sidered in the fame light, and dealt with in the fame
manner, as those who have signed the articles of Associ
ation framed by the late House of Assembly. And that
such as have not signed any association whatever, nor
attended to any particular muster-days, yet, on the firft
call of the associators last summer, did chearfully turn
out to camp, and serve the time then required of the
associators in defence of the American States, shall be
deemed as associators from the time of their engaging in
the said service.
And be it further enabled by the authority aforefid,
That if any non-associator, or the parent, guardian,
master or mistress, of any non-associator between the
ages of sixteen and twenty-one years, or any other non
affociator, shall think him or her felf aggrieved by the
assessment aforefaid, he or the may appeal to the county
Commissioners where he or she resides, who, or any
two of them, stall meet together on or before the
twelfth day of May next ensuing, and so from day to
day, as long as'may be t;tce^ary, aid at such place or
places as the Cumm.ifiiooeis, or any two of them, shall
appoint; of -which days and places of meeting, they
shall cause the Ccdedors to give due notice to the per
lons so charged, or by this A& made liable t« the fines
as aforefaid : And alio return the names of all persons
emitted or not charged in their duplicates leipe&vely,
who are made fineable by this A& ; and then, and t\^re,
the said ComrAflicners, or any two of them, shall hear
such appeals as may be made to them ; and may dis
charge Inch ^(Tcffinent, or lower the fame, as to Iben ,
on confederation of inability of person or eflate, (only)
shall appear just and equitable.
find be it further enabled by the aifhority aforefaid,
That the said Commissioners of the counties refpe&ively,
or any two of them, wit-bi, ten days afier hearing and
determining the appeal'made to them, shall ledfi'y and
adjust the lifts returned to them as aforefaid, and the
^ffefftnenis thereof; and deliver to the Treasurers of
the counties refpe&ively, a true account of the sum to
tal which every Colic-dor (hall be charged vith in pur
suance of this Ad; and shall caufc their Cleiks to make
cut, and deliver, fair duplicates thereof to the refpedive
Colledois of the townships, boroughs, wards and dil
trids, within the said city and counties refpedively, who
shall colled the said fums,/and shall pay the fame into
the hands of the county Treasurers refpe&ively, who
shall pay the fame into the hands of the State-Treasurer
for the time being, to be applied in such manner as this
or any future House of Assembly shall dired ; and the
Commiflioners and AiTeffofs shall be allowed ieven (hil
lings and sixpence per diem for their service aforefaid.
And all persons shall be liable to the payment of the said
Zuras in the fame manner, and the Collectors shall have
the fame powers, and shall proceed in collecting and
levying the said fam's, and shall be accountable in the
fame manner as is directed by the Act of General As
sembly of the Province of Pennfy!vania, entitled, “ An
Ad for raffing County Rates afid Levies, for collecting
the County Taxes;" and the Collectors shall have for
their care and trouble ih collecting the laid fines, one
[hilling in the pound far all such monies collected aS
aforefaid; and the Treasurer shall have for his care and
trouble in receiving from the Collectors, delivering to
the State-Treasurer, and paying the Commiffioners'
orders, one per cent; and the State-Treasurer (hall
have for his trouble one fourth per cent.
And be it further en idled by the authority aforefaid.
That the Treasurers of the counties respectively, before
they enter on the duties hereby required of them, (lull
give security to the Commissioners, for the faithful dis
charge of their office, in the fam of fifteen hundred
pounds. JOHN JACOBS, Speaker.
Faffed in General Assembly,
on Friday, February 14, 1777.
T. MATLACK, Clerk of the
General Assembly.
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Port of Philadelphia,
n ' ~ - To all whom it may concern,
Fennjylvania, '
I^OTICE is hereby giv^n, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-house, in the city of
Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 36th day of February
inst. at |eh o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day, then
and there to try the truth of the fads ailedged in the bill
of Michael Baftow, commander of the letter of marque
brig called the Industry, (who as well, &c.) againtt the
brigantine or vessel called the Anne, burthen about 120
tons, with all her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo,
lately commanded by Alexander Kennedy, and against
Preston, a Negro dive taken on board the said brigan
tine: To the end and intent that the owner or owners
thereof, or any persons concerned therein, may appear
and shew cauie, if any they have, why the fame should
not be condemned according to the prayer of the said
bill. By order of the Judge,
Feb.it, 1777. § ANDREW ROBESON, Register,
PbdadJfoa,? whom i t may concern.
Feutyivania, ,
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the State-house, in the city of
Philadelphia, on Thursday the 27th day of February in-
Itant, at teh o'clock in the forenoon of the fame day,
then and there to try the truth of the facts alledged in
the bill of Nicholas Biddle, Eiq; (who as well, &c.)
ag^inft the following Negro Haves, to quit, Luke, Baile,
Jack, Phil and Ben, taken on board the brig Betsey,
John Rynoe, matter; Jacob, t^ken on board the brig
Elizabeth, William Ryfon Johnston, matter ; Henry
ad Jacob, taken on board the ship Molly, Bridgen
Goodrich, master; Sol, Moses, Charles and Jacob, ta
ken on board the brig Maria, John Marshall, master ;
and Romeo, Joe and Frank, taken on board the brig
Peggy, commanded by Capt. Cook: To the end and
intent that the owners or masters of the said Negroes, or
of any or either of them, or any person or persons con
cerned therein, may appear and /hew cause, if any they
have, why they should not be condemned as prize ac
cording to'the prayer of the said bill.
Feb, it, 1777. By order of the Judge,
§ ANDREW ROBESON, Register.
T^-CONTINENTAL LOAN-OFFICE
for this State,
IS removed to Dr. Shippen's, Jun. in Fourth-street,
where certificates of the United States, on inteieft,
are given for Continental money, by
THOMAS SMIT H, Loan Officer.