The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-01-13 00:00:00, page 1

WHEREAS there are considerable
sums of money due to the militia
and troops who have served on the
frontiers of this state for the de
fence thereof ; and as it is not only
necessary to afeertain the fame, but just and reasona
ble, that the persons who have served the publick as
aforefaid, should be put on as good a footing as the
other creditors of the state are ; therefore,
Se&. I- Be it enacted by the Council and General
Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enabled by the
authority of the fame, That the paymasters to the mi
litia in the several counties in this state shall be, and
they and each of them hereby are, directed and re
quired, finally to fettle their accounts as paymasters,
for all monies by them received and paid, with the
auditor of accounts of this state for the time being,
on or before the firft day of May next ensuing, under
the penalty of One Hundred Pounds, to be sued for
and recovered by the treasurer of the state for the time
being, with costs of suit, in any court of record where
the fame may be cognizable, and applied to and for
the use of the state.
2. AND, in order that the treasurer of the state
for the time being, may be properly informed and bet
ter enabled to do his duty in this refpe&. Be it en
aded, That the auditor of accounts for the time be
ing shall, on the second day of May next ensuing,
make out an account of the names of such paymasters
as may be delinquent as aforefaid, if any such there
should La, and also an account of what monies may
remain in the hands of such delinquent or delinquents,
which sum or funis so remaining unaccounted for by
the said delinquent or delinquents, the said treasurer
{hall also prosecute for and recover in manner afore
faid.
3. And be it further enaded, That, from and after
the said firft day of May next ensuing, the office of
paymaster to the militia shall cease and be abolished,
excepting so far as may relate to the fettletpent of the
accounts of such of the said paymasters as may be de
linquent, if any such there should be, and allo with
regard to the delivering up such payrolls as may have
been put into their hands.
4. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That the following persons be, and they hereby are,
appointed commissioners in the several counties of this
state, for the purpose of fettling and adjusting the pay
rolls of the militia and the troops of this date as afore
faid, and also for signing and delivering out to each
and every person a note for the payment of what may
be justly due.
For the county of Bergen, Peter Wilson, Esquire.
For the county of Essex, Captain Thomas Clatk.
For the county of Middlesex, Thompson Stelle,
Esquire.
For the county of Monmouth, Thomas Henderson,
Esquire.
For the county of Somerset, Wilhelmus Verbrjke,
Esquire.
For the county of Burlington, Joseph Kirkbride,
Esquire.
For the county of Gloucester, Thomas Carpenter.
For the county of Salem, John Smith, Esquire.
For the county of Cape-May, Eli Eldredge, El
quire.
For the county of Hunterdon, Charles Axford, ju
nior. ^
For the county of Morris, Silas Condi&, Esquire.
For the county of Cumberland, Eli Elmer, Es-
An Aft to procure an efomate of the jams due the
militia and troops <who have been raised for the
defence of the frontiers of the state, and to pro
vide for the settlement of the fame.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
quire.
For the county of Sussex, Mr. Joseph Gallon.
5. And be it further enadted, That the notes to be
given as aforefaid, shall be printed on good paper, and
indented in the fame manner as the notes that were
given to the officers and soldiers of this state for de
preciation of pay, and shall be signed by the comrnif
fioner of the county in which the fame may be issued,
STATE of NEW-JERSE Y.
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TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
TUESDAY, January 13, 1784.
paymasters to the militia, for all the payrolls and other
documents they may have in their hands, that may be
ufeful in the adjuftment' of the said business; and the
said persons are hereby required to deliver to the said
commissioners, on application to them for that pur
pose, all such documents as aforefaid ; and the said
commissioners shall also give publick notice, by adver
tisements in the counties refpedively, of the business
to which they are appointed, and shall require all per
sons, having any demands for militia services, or for
services rendered under temporary enlifhments, to ex
hibit the fame to the said commissioners, at such time
and place as they the said commissioners shall appoint;
and it shall and may be lawful for the said commissi
oners to adjourn from time to time, as they may think
proper, provided that the time to which they may ad
journ shall not exceed the time herein after limited for
all the said demands to be exhibited.
9. And be it further ena&ed, 1 hat the said respec
tive commissioners shall, in their settlement and ad
justment of the said business, proceed therein agreea
bly to such inftrudions as they may receive from the
auditor of accounts, which he is hereby required to
give, consonant to the resolutions of Congress and laws
of this state, in which the pay and fubliftence of the
troops are particularly defined.
payment as aforefaid, the said agents shall not be al
lowed or have any interest that may arise thereon, af
ter the day or time the said estates may be fold.
7. And be it further enabled, 1 hat the treasurer
of the state shall, as soon as convenient, after the pas
sing of this a&, procure to be printed, at the expence
of the state, ten thousand notes, agreeably to the
aforefaid form, and shall deliver them out to the com
miflioners appointed as aforefaid, in proportion to the
number of men who have rendered service in each
county refpedively; which number shall be deter
mined by the payrolls returned, charging the commis
sioners of each and every county with the number that
may be so delivered ; which said notes shall also be
printed with a margin on the left fide of each note, in
which margin shall be entered^he number, the per
son's name, and the sum fpecified in the said notes,
and which shall be by the said commissioners separated
from the said notes in such manner as to serve as a
check against counterfeits; and which said margins
shall be carefully kept together by the refpedive com
missioners in order as they may be numbered.
8. And be it further enaded, That the said com
missioners shall, as soon as convenient, after the said
firft day of May next, proceed to the business of their
appointment, by applying to the persons who now are
and delivered to the person to whom the said sums are
refpedively allowed, or to their order; which notes
shall be in the following form:
No. ]
4 HE state of New-Jersey is indebted unto
of the county of in the
sum of being for militia services ;
which said sum shall be paid unto the said
or his lawful representative, in specie, with
interest at the rate of Six per Centum per Annum un
til paid. W itnefs my hand this day of
one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
Commissioner.
6. And be it further enaded, That the notes so
given as aforefaid, shall be negotiable or transferable,
and shall be at any time hereafter receivable in pay
ment of all debts due to the state, and in payment for
any forfeited estates that may be fold in this state; and
the agents in the refpedtive counties are required to
receive the fame accordingly. Provided always, That
in case any of the said notes should be tendered in
10. And be it further enabled, That the said com
missioners shall enter fairly and regularly, in a book
to be by them procured for that purpose, the name
of every person to whom any note may be given as
aforefaid, the rank of each and every person, the sum
contained in the said note, and the number thereof;
and shall, at the expiration of the time herein after
limited for such demands to be exhibited, carefully
compute the whole amount of the said notes so issued
and recorded; which said books, together with the
margin of the said notes as aforefaid, and also such
blank notes as may remain at that time in the hands
THE
11. And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That if either or any of the said commissioners, ap
pointed by virtue of this ad, should refufe to accept
of their appointment, or should neglect to perform
the duties thereof for one month after the said firft
day of_May, or by death or other disability, cease to
perform the duties of them required by this ad, the
vacancy so happening shall be supplied by the repre
sentatives of the county where such vacancy may hap
pen, or a majority of them; and the person or per
sons so appointed, shall be vested with the fame pow
ers, perform the like duties, and receive the fame re
wards, as the commissioners appointed in and by
this ad.
12. And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, 'lhat each and every person, having demands
against the state for services rendered as aforefaid,
and who shall not exhibit the fame to the said com
missioners on or before the firft day of November next
ensuing, after which time the said commissioners shall
receive no further demands as aforefaid, each and
every person so neglecting shall be, and are hereby
declared to be forever debarred from recovering, in
and by virtue of said demand or otherwise, of which
the said commissioners shall give notice in their firft
advertisements to the publick.
13. And be it further ena&ed, That the said com
missioners shall be allowed one half per Centum for
the amount of such payrolls they may adjust as
aforefaid, and for which they shall have issued notes;
and shall also be allowed for their trouble of convey
ing the books and documents as aforefaid to the trea
surer Six-pence per mile, for each mile the commif
fioners' place of abode may be who may carry or con
vey the fame to the treasury, to be paid by the county
colleger where such commissioners rcfpetlively be
long; and the receipt of the said commissioners to the
said county colledors shall be fufficient vouchers in
their settlement with the treasurer; and the receipts
of the said county collectors shall be fufficient vouch
ers to the treasurer in the settlement of his accounts.
A. Faffed at Trenton, December 20, 1783.
A true copy from the original,
MASKELL EWING, junior, Clerk
of the General Assembly.
of the said commissioners, shall, within one month after
the expiration of the time aforefaid, be deposited in
the treasury of the state; and the treasurer is hereby
required to give the said commissioners receipts for the
said books, margins of the said notes, fpecifying the
number thereof, and blank notes, if any there be; and
shall at the fame time deliver to the treasurer all such
payrolls as may be received and fettled by virtue of
this ad.
Foreign Intelligence.
F E R R A R A, Aug. 29.
Among the fiugular effects of lightning may be men
tioned the following, of which an account was lately
received from Ravenado. A storm happened at that
place on the 13th instant, and the lightning fell upon
the parish church of St. Mark, which it traversed in
every part, opening all the cabinets, doors and win
dows; it threw down the chalice upon the altar,
which a priest then at mass was tiling, and so terrified
him, that he fell to the ground. When he was raised
up again, it was perceived that his socks were burnt -
his feet, however, were not the least hurt, neither
did his shoes or flockings receive any damage ; the
girdle of his drawers, and part of his skirt were also
burnt; notwithstanding which he himfelf did not sus
tain the smallest injury, excepting a small contusion
of the head occasioned by the fall. What renders this
affair most extraordinary is, that this ecclesiastic, who
is 84 years of age, when he recovered from his fright,
was not only perfectly well in health, but since this
accident has not had any occasion to make use of spec
tacles, which he did for some time before, and he also
walks more firmly than he did for many years previ
ous to this event.
LONDO N, September 26.
In the present situation of affairs between Ruflia
[Numb. 296.]