The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-01-31 00:00:00, page 1

A supplement to an aft, intitled, An aft for establish
ing a fund for finking and redeeming the proporti
on of the bills of credit of the United States, as
signed as the quota of this state.
WHEREAS the mode of prosecution di
rected in the fourteenth fedion of the
ad, intitled, "An ad for eftablilh
" ing a fund for linking and redeeming
" the proportion of the bills of credit of the United
" States, assigned as the quota of this state," passed
the ninth day of June, one thousand seven hundred
and eighty, proves troublesome to those who prose
cute offenders against the said ad, by subjecting them
to the necessity of attending as witnesses before some
court of justice where the offender must be tried on
indictment, and thereby oceafions many offenders to
go unpunished ;
Be it therefore enaded by the Council and Gene
ral Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enaded by
the authority of the fam% That in all cases of offence
against said ad, where the amount of the contrad or
the article or thing fold, or the sum of money in ques
tion between the parties buying and felling doth not
exceed the sum of Six Pounds lawful money, it shall
and may be lawful for any person to make complaint
on oath or affirmation to any Justice of the Peace for
the county in which the offence may be committed ;
on which complaint the said Justice Ihall issue his war
rant or summons for the person against whom such
complaint is made, in the fame manner, and in ail
things, proceed to trial agreeably to the ad, intitled,
'' An ad to ereft and establish courts in the several
'' counties in this colony for the trial of small causes,
" and to repeal the former ad forthat purpose," made
and passed the eleventh day of February, one thousand
seven hundred and feventy-five, and give judgment
after hearing the evidence in the case, in any sum not
exceeding Six Pounds, together with costs; which
sums when recovered shall be paid by the said Justice,
the one half to the prosecutor and the other half to
the overieer of the poor of the township, precintt or
ward where such offence may be committed, to and
for the use of the poor.
Passed at Trenton, January 4, 1781.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An ACT to raise a fund by loan for discharging the
bounty to be paid to the troops required by Con
gress as the quota of this state.
WHEREAS it is necessary that the troops to be
railed by this state to fill up the quota of troops
in the service of the United States, assigned by Con
gress, ffiould immediately upon enlistment have their
bounty-money paid them:
Sect. i. Be it enaded by the Council and General
Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enaded by the
authority of the fame, That the Treasurer of this
Rate shall, as soon as convenient after Qie palling of
this ad, procure one hundred and fifty certificates of
the sum of One Hundred Dollars each, one hundred
and fifty certificates of One Hundred and Fifty Dol
lars each, and one hundred and fifty of Two Hun
dred Dollars each ; which said certificates shall be
printed agreeably to the following form :
[ Dollars. Number ]
THE state of New-Jersey acknowledges the re
ceipt of the value of Spanilh milled dollars
from which the said Rate promises
to pay unto the said or bearer, in
specie or other current money equivalent, on the
day of with interest annually at the rate
of seven per centum per annum, agreeably to an att
of Assembly, passed the day of January, one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-one. Witness
my hand the day of Anno Domini one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-one.
)Treafurer of the state
J of New-Jersey.
Countersigned, }
Which certificates the Treasurer shall sign and trans
mit to the several agents herein after appointed in
each county, such a number as shall appear to him
proportionate to the fame, charging each agent for
the number of certificates he shall so transmit, with
their amount in dollars; and each and every agent
shall immediately upon receiving the said certificates
from the Treasurer, fend or deliver a receipt there
for, fpecifying the number and amount of the certi
ficates so received; and the said several agents are
hereby directed immediately upon receiving the said
certificates to open fubferiptions for taking in upon
loan any sum or sums of money not less than One
[Vol. IV.] T H E'^ [NUMA: i^j
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
WEDNESDAY, January 31, 1781.
Hundred Dollars either in specie or in the bills of
credit emitted upon the faith of this state, with the
following allowance in favour of the fubferiber, vide
licet : That when any person subscribes to lend a cer
tain sum and pays one half thereof at the time of sub
scribing, he ihall be entitled to receive a certificate
for the full sum fubferibed of equal date with the
fubfeription, provided he pays the other half in three
months from the date ; which said certificate shall ex
press the number of dollars received, the name of the
person from whom the fame was received and the
time when, and be countersigned by the agent who
ihall at the fame time take a receipt from the person
to whom the certificate is delivered, expieffing the
date and number of dollars for which it was de |: vered.
2, And be it further enabled, That the era] a
gents herein after appointed ihall be authorized and
required to advance any sum or fams of money that
they may have in their hands, in consequence of the
loan piopofed by this ad, to any of the Paymasters
appointed to pay the bounty as Specified in an act,
intitled, " An ad for completing and keeping up the
" quota of troops belonging to this state, in the fer
'' vice of the United States," passed the twenty-sixth
day of December, one thousand seven hundred and
eighty : And where it may so happen that any or ei
ther of the Paymasters before mentioned are appoint
ed agents in and by this aft, then and in such case the
said agents arc to aCt as Paymasters aifo, and appro
priate so much of the money by them borrowed as
may be necessary for the purpose of paying the boun
ty as aforefaid, and the said agents where it may be
necessary shall take receipts and keep fair and re
gular accounts of all the money that shall be by them
delivered to the said Paymasters, or paid on account
of bounty, agreeably to the directions of the before
recited aft, and also at the end of every three months
to transmit to the Treasurer a particular state of their
accounts, fpecifying the number and amount of the
certificates given, the perlons to whom given, and
the time when delivered, as well as the several dif
burfments made, agreeably to this aft, signed by the
agent; a duplicate of which shall be returned by the
I realurer to the laid agent signed by the Treasurer,
and at the fame time, shall pay into the treasury all
money that may remain in their hands at the time of
said fcttlement arising from the loan by this aft direct
ed ; and at all times shall be fubjeCt to and answer the
draughts of the Treasurer upon them, so far as they
may have money in their hands borrowed as aforefaid.
3. And, that the fulled assurance may be given to
fucn perlons as shall be disposed to lend their money
that they cannot be liable to fuffer any loss thereby,
Beit further enaCted, That the Treasurer for the time
being Ihall be, and he is hereby authorized and re
quired to pay both interest and principal when they
become due, on application to him made for that pur
pole agreeably to this aCt, either in specie or with so
much of the publick current money at the time in his
hands as Ihall be really equal to id much specie as the
demand may be for, in consequence of any money
that shall be borrowed by virtue of this act, and the
faith of this state is hereby pledged to make provision
from time to time by taxes, or otherwise, to enable
the Treasurer to difeharge the debts which may be
contracted as aforefaid by virtue of this act, and the
said certificates with the endorsements of the holders
thereon shall be a fufficient difeharge to the Treasurer
for fo^nuch of the publick money in his settlement
with the state.
4. And be it enabled, That the following persons
shall be, and they hereby are appointed agents in the
several counties in this state, for the purposes afore
faid, videlicet :
In the county of Bergen, Abraham Brower.
In the county of Essex, Robert Johnston.
In the county of Middlesex, Thomson Stelle.
In the county of Monmouth, David Forman, late
General Forman.
In the county of Somerset, Peter Schenck, Esq.
In the county of Burlington, John Black ofSpring
field.
In the county of Gloucester, Bodo Otto, jun. Esq.
In the county of Salem, the Rev. William Schenck.
In the county of Cape-May, Henry-Young Town
send, Esq.
In the county of Hunterdon, Nathaniel Hunt, Esq.
In the county of Morris, Colonel Ellis Cook.
In the county of Cumberland, Joel Fithian, Esq.
In the county of Sussex, Edward Dunlap.
And the said agents shall keep their offices open un
til the firft day of December next ensuing, and no
longer; and in case any of the persons afoiefaid shall
neglect or refufe to accept the appointment, or re
move out of the county after the acceptance thereof,
or by death or by disability should be rendered incapa
ble of exercising the office aforefaid, it shall and may
be lawful for the Representatives of the county, or a
majority of them, wherein such vacancy shall happen
as soon as convenient after their knowledge thereof
to supply the vacancy, and report their appointment
to the Treasurer as soon as potfible, and the person
so appointed Ihall be vested with the fame powers,
perform the like duties, and be entitled to equal re
wards with those appointed to that service in this ad,
as though he had been named therein.
5. And be it further enacted, That the certificates
for money borrowed on the faith of this state, as
pledged in and by virtue ot this ad, shall be given
payable in three years from their date, bearing an
interest of seven per centum per annum, and that the
said certificates shall not be fubjeried to the impoliti
on of any tax or taxes. And each and every of tie
agents acting by virtue of this aft fhali be entitled to
retain in their hands one per centum for then trouble
on all money they may borrow and pay, agrecabifto
the directions of this ad.
Passed at Trenton, January 8, 1781.
SUBSTANCE of Mr. LAURENS's Examination.)'
Extracted from a late Enghin Paper.'
" PREVIOUS to Mr. Laurens's appearance before
1 the Secretaries and Justice Addington, it fa
fettled in the interior cabinet what questions were'to
be put to him, and they were committed to writing.
Mr. Laurens was asked, if he acknowledged himfelf
a fubjed of the Britilh crown ? To which he answer,
ed in the negative. He was then asked, 111 what ca
pacity he considered himfelf, and to what kindom he
was tubjeCt ? He replied, he considered himfelf as an
American Plenipotentiary ; that he was fubjett to no
King whatever ; and owned no other superior than -
the United States of America, collectively repretent
ed by Congress. Being interrogated, if ever he
thought himfelf a fubjeCt of the Britilh empire:' He -
replied in the affirmative ; but that as it was the un
doubted privilege of every society of men that were
under the dominion of any one or more, whatever
when they found themselves aggrieved, and had no
profpea of redref;, to withdraw'their allegiance ;
and either to throw themselves under the protection
of another, or establish a government among thttn
felvcs on a basis of a more generous nature, that of
public and general liberty, which might check the
tyranny of the few, for the security of the whole,
body. He was asked, where his pretended embaliv
was for ? He answered, he was no pretended amtyl
fador, but a legal one, and his credentials were pro -
perly authenticated for an European Court.
" Several more questions were asked, relative to the
seized papers, the state of America, &c. of all which
he refufed to give any answer, faying, that as an Am
bassador from an independent power, they had no
right to interrogate him in that manner.
" When he was told that he was to be committed
to the Tower, he told them, it was violating the law
of nations to detain an Ambaflador; and that he
hoped every court in Europe would mew their de
tqftation of such conduct.
" Mr. Laurens asked, if he was to con sider hto
felf as a captive Ambassador; or, as they tern^d
him, a rebellious fubjedt of Great-Britain ? To pei
ther of which questions it was thought proper to an
swer."
Translation of the QUEEN of PORTUGAL'S
DECREE.
lEXPERIENCEI EXPERIENCE having shewn, that many privr
-a teers belonging to the nations actually at.wrfs
have made bad use of their commissions, or letters of
marque, which were granted them, and what is of
more importance, the good reception with which tiff *
were received in the ports of these kingdoms, for tl_
purpose of the exaCt neutrality which I had refold]
to observe on the present occasion, and it being right
to use caution, that for the future there may not con
tinue the disturbances which sometimes have happen
ed in consequence of a want of refped tto my I^ws
thereto relating, and the sovereign immunity cf my
territory —ft is my pleasure to ordain, that into the
ports of my states and dominions no further admit
tance shall be allowed privateers of any kind belong
ing to any power whatsoever; nor the prizes wh%h
by them, or by ships, or frigates of war, which time
been, or may be made, without any other exception
than those cases, wherein the claims of mankind els ri
a right to hofpitalit,; under condition, horror,
that in the said ports they shall not be permittfro
fell or unload their said prizes, if to them th^ & .1
bring them in the said cases; nor shall they remain