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to time, upon oath or solemn affirmation, by
and before such commissioners, and in all things
conform to the provisions of this ad, and also
upon such his or her examination, fully and
truly disclose and discover all his or her effeds
and estate, real and personal, and how and in
what manner, to whom and upon what confid
cration, and at what time or times he or she hath
disposed of, assigned or transferred, any of his or
her goods, wares, or merchandize, monies or
other effects and estate, and of all books, papers
and writings relating thereunto, of which he or
she was possessed, or in or to which he or she
was any ways interested or intitled, or which
any person or persons ihall then have, or shall
have had in trust for him or her, or for his or
her use, at any time before or after the issuing of
the said commission, or whereby such bankrupt,
or his or her family then hath, or may have or
expe& any profit, possibility of profit, benefit
or advantage whatsoever, except only such part
of his or her estate and effects as shall have been
really and Lonafide before fold and disposed of,
in the way of his or her trade and dealings, and
except such sums of money as shall have been
laid out in the ordinary expences of his or her
family, and also upon such examination, execute
in due form of law, such conveyance, assurance,
and assignment of his or her estate, whatsoever
and wheresoever, as shall be devised and direct
ed by the commissioners, to vest the fame in the
assignees, their heirs, executors, adminiflratois,
and assigns forever, in trust for the use of all
and every the creditors of such bankrupt, who
shall come in and prove their debts under the
commission ; and deliver up unto the commis
sioners, all such part of his or her the said bank--
rupt's goods, wares, merchandizes, money, ef
fc&s and estate, and all books, papers, and wri
tings relating thereunto, as at the time of such
examination shall be in his or her possession, cus
tody or power,his or her necessary wearing ap
parel, and the necessary wearing apparel of the
wife and children, and necessary beds and bed
ding, of such bankrupt only excepted, then he or
she the said bankrupt, upon the conviction of
any wilful default, or omission in any of the
matters or things aforefaid, shall be adjudged a
fraudulent bankrupt, and shall fuffer imprison
ment for a term not less than twelve months,
nor exceeding ten years, and shall not, at any
time after, be entitled to the benefits of thisa&:
I Provided always, that in case any bankrupt shall
l be in prison or custody at the time of issuing
1 uch commission, and is willing to surrender
t nd submit to be examined, according to the
€ 'iredicns of thisafl,and can be brought before
t he said commissioners and creditors for that
p urpofe, the expence thereof shall be paid out
0. f the said bankrupt's effc&s, and in case such
& ankrupt is in execution, or cannot be brought
lx fore the commissioners, that then the said
co mmiffioners, or some one of them, shall, from
tit ne to time, attend the said bankrupt in pri
fa aor cuftedy and take his or her difeovery as
io other cases, and the assignees, or one of them,
or some person appointed by them, shall attend
fix h bankrupt in prison or cuflody, and pro
due c his or her books, papers and writings, in
ord rto enable him or her to prepare his or
her difeovery; a copy whereof the said assignees
fhal I apply for, and the faid'baukrupt fliall de
live; -to them or their order, within a reafona
blet ime after the fame shall have been requir
ed.'
Sc C. 19. And be it further enabled, That the
said commissioners shall appoint, within the
said; forty-two days, so limited as aforefaid, for
the b ankrupt to surrender and conform as afore
faid, . net less than three several meetings for the
purpt fe3 aforefaid, the third of which meetings
fliall 1 be on the last of the said forty-two days ;
Provi led always, That the Judge of the diftrid
withh which such commission issues, shall have
, power to enlarge the time so limited as afore
faid, £ >r the purposes aforefaid, as he shall think
fit, not exceeding fifty days,to be computed from
the cn dos the said forty-two days, so as such
orders or enlarging the time be made at least fix
days I efore the expiration of said term.
Sec. 20. And be it further enabled, That it shall
be law ful for the commissioners, or any other
person or officers, by them to be appointed, by
their v arrant, under their hands and seals, to
brealt open in the day time the houses, cham
bers, sh ops, ware-houses, doors, trunks, or chests,
of the l rankrupt, where any of his or her goods
or eftal e, deeds, books of account or writings,
shall be an d to take possession of the goods, mo
ney, ant I other estate, deeds, books of account or
writing 'of such bankrupt.
Sec.: :I. And be it further enabled, That if the
bankrut t shall refufe to be examined, or to an
swer ful y, or to fubferibe his or her examina
tion as a forefaid, it shall be lawful for the com
miffione, sto commit the offender to close ini
prilomnt nt, ur til he or she shall conform him or
herfelf; and if the said bankrupt shall submit
to be era mined, and upon his or her examina
tion, it sh all appear that he or she hath commit-
Laws of the Union.
Published by Authority.
Sixth Congress oj the United States,
At the firft feffion,begun and held at the city of
Philadelphia, in the Rate of Pennsylvania,
on Monday the 2d of December, 1 799.
CHAPTER XIX.
,11 ACT to eftablijh an uniform Jj,pm of
Bankruptcy throughout the United States.
[Continued from our laft.]
Sec 18 A"'be it further enabled, That if
fl any person or persons who shall
become bankrupt within the intent and mean
ing of this ad, and against whom a commission
of bankruptcy (hall be duly issued, upon which
commission such person, or persons, shall be de
clared bankrupt, shall not within forty two days
after notice thereof, in writing, to be left at the
usual place of abode of such person or persons,
or personal notice, in ease such person or persons
be then in prifon,and notice given in some ga
zette, that such commission hath been issued,
and of the time and place of meeting of the
commissioners, surrender him or herfelf to the
said commissioners, and sign or fubferibe such
surrender, and submit to be examined from time
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OFALLTHE DISPOSiTIONS AND HABITS WHiCH LEAD TO POLiTtCAL PROSPERITY, RELIGION AND MORALITY ARE INDIS PEN ST BLE SUPPORTS.
ted wilful or corrupt perjury, he or she may be
indited therefor, and being thereof convided,
shall fuffer impr ifonment for a term not less than
two years, nor exceeding ten years#
Sec. 22. And be it further enabled. That everv
bankrupt, having surrendered, shall, at all fea
fonablc times before the expiration of the said
forty-two days, as aforefaid, or of such further
time as shall be allowed to finifh his or her ex
amination, be at liberty to infped his or her
books and writings, in the presence of some
person to be appointed by the commissioners,
and to bring with him or her, for his or her
affiftar.ee, such persons as he or she shall think
fit, not exceeding two at one time, and to make
extracts and copies, to enable him or her to make
a full difeovery of his or her effe&s ; and the
said bankrupt shall be free from arrests in com
ing to surrender, and after having surrendered
to the said commissioners, for the said forty-two
days, or such farther time as shall be allowed
for the finifhing his or het examination ; and
in case such bankrupt shall be arrested for debt,
or taken on any escape warrant or execution,
coming to surrender, or after his surrender, with
in the time beforcmentioned, then on produc
ing such summons or notice under the hand of
the commissioners, and giving the officer a copy
thereof, he or she shall be difeharged ; and in
case any officer shall afterwards detain such
bankrupt, such officer shall forfeit to such bank
rupt for his or her own use, ten dollars for ev
ery day he shall detain the bankrupt.
Sec. 23. And be it further enabled, That every
person who shall knowingly or wilfully receive
or keep concealed any bankrupt, so as aforefaid
summoned to appear, or who shall assist such
bankrupt in concealing him or herfelf, or in
abfeonding, fliall fuffer such imprisonment, not
exceeding twelve months, or pay such fine to
the United States, not exceeding one thousand
dollars, as upon conviction thereof shall be ad
judged.
Sec. 24, And be it further enabled, That the
said commissioners shall have power to examine,
upon oath or affirmation the wife of any person
lawfully declared a bankrupt, for the difeovery
of such part of his estate as may be concealed or
disposed of by such wife, or by any other person;
and the said wife shall incur such penalties for
not appearing before the said commissioners, or
refufing to be sworn or affirmed, or examined,
an/ to fubferibe her examination, or for not
difelofing the truth, as by this ad is provided
against any other person in like cases.
See. 25. And be it further enabled, That in case
any person fhali be committed by the commis
sioners for refufing to answer, or for not fully
answering any question, or for any other cause,
the commissioners shall, in their warrant, fpeci
fy fucli question or other cause of commitment.
Sec. 26. And be it further enabled, That if after
the bankrupt shall have finifhed his or her final
examination, any other person or persons shall
voluntarily make difeovery of any part of such
bankrupt s estate, before unknown to the com
missioners, such person or persons fliall be en
titled to five per cent out of the effects so difcov
cred, and such further reward as the commis
sioners fliall think proper ; and any trustee
having notice of the bankruptcy, wilfully con
cealing the estate of any bankrupt, for the space
of ten days after the bankrupt fliall have finifli
ed his final examination, as aforefaid, shall for
feit double the value of the estate so concealed,
for the benefit of the creditors.
Sec. 27. And be it further enabled, That if any
person shall become bankrupt, and at such time
by consent of the owner, have in his or her
poss. Ilion and disposition, any goods whereof he
or the shall be reputed owner, and take upon
him or herfelf, the sale, alteration, or difpofi
tiop thereof, as owner, the commissioners shall
have powcr # to assign the fame, for the benefit
of the creditors, as fully as any other part of
the estate of the bankrunt.,
Sec. 28. And be it further enabled, That if any
bankrupt, after the issuing any commission a
gainst him or her, pay to the person who sued
out the fame, or give or deliver to such person,
goods or any other fatisfa&ion or security for
his or her debt, whereby such person shall pri
vately have and receive a greater proportion of
his or her debt than the other creditors, such
preference shall be a new aeft of bankruptcy, and
on good proof thereof, such commission shall and
may be fuperceded, and it shall and may be
lawful for either of the judges, having author
ity to grant the commission as aforefaid, to a
ward any creditor petitioning another commis
sion, and such person, so taking undue fatisfac
tion as aforefaid, shall forfeit aid lose, as well
his or her whole debts, as the whole he or she
shall have taken and received, and shall pay
back, or deliver up the fame, or the full value
thereof, to the assignee or assignees who
shall be appointed or chosen under such
commission in manner aforefaid, in trust for, and
to be # divided amongst the other creditors of
the said bankrupt, in proportion to their respec
tive debts.
Se-. 29. And be it further enabled, That every
person who fliall be chosen afiiguee of the es
tate and effeas of a bankrupt, shall at some
time after the expiration of four months, and
within twelve months from the time of issuing
the commission, cause at least thirty days pub
lic notice to be given, of the time and place
the commissioners and assignees i tend to meet,
to make a dividend or distribution of the bank
rupts estate and effeds; at which time the
creditors who have not before proved their
debts, shall be at liberty to prove the fame ;
and upon every such meeting, the assignee or
assignees shall produce to the commissioners and
creditors then present, fair and just accounts of
all his or their receipts and payments, touching
tlie bankrupt s estate and effects, and of what
shall remain out standing, and the particulars
thereof, and shall, if the creditors then present,
or a major part of them, require the fame, be
examined upon oath or solemn affirmation, be
fore the fame commissioners, touching the
truth of such accounts ; and in such accounts,
the said assignee or assignees fliall be allowed
and retain all such sum and sums of money,
as they shall have paid or expended in firing
out and prosecuting the commission, and all
other just allowances on account of, or by reas
on or means of their being assignee or assignees ;
and the ftid commissioners shall order such part
of the nett produce of the said bankrupt's es-
Sec. 31, And be it further enabled, That in the
distribution of the bankrupt's effeas there shall
be paid to every one of 'he creditors a portion
rate, according to the amount of their refpedt
ive debts, so that every creditor having securi
ty for his debt, by judgment, statute, recogniz
ance, or specialty, or having an attachment un
der any of the laws of the individual Rates, or
of the United States, on the estate of such bank
rupt, (Provided there be no execution executed
upon any of the real or personal estate of such
bankrupt, before the time he or she became
bankrupts) shall not be relieved upon any such
judgment, Ratute, recognizance, specialty, or
attachment, for more than a rateable part of
his debt, witli the other creditors of the bank
rupt.
See. „. And be it further enabled, That the
assignees fliall keep one or more diftind t book,
or books of account, wherein he or they shall
duly ent@r all sums of money or effeds, which
he or they shall have received, or got into his
or their possession, of the said bankrupt's estate,
to which books of account, every creditor who
shall have proved his or her debt, shall, at all
reasonable times, have free resort and infpe&
the fame as often as he or she fliall think fit.
Sec. 30. And be it further enabled, That with
in eighteen months, next after the issuing of
the commission, the assignee or assignees shall
make a second dividend of the bankrupt's es
tate and effects, in case the fame were not whol
ly divided upon the firft dividend, and shall
cause due public notice to be given of the time
and place the said commissioners intend to meet,
to make a second distribution of the bankrupt's
estate and effects, and for the creditors who
shall not before have proved their debts, to
come in and prove the fame ; and at such meet
ing> the said assignees shall produce, on oath or
solemn affirmation as aforefaid, their accounts
of the bankrupt's Estate and effeds, and what,
upon the balance thereof, shall appear to be in
their hands, shall by like order of the commis
sioners, be forthwith divided amongst such of
the bankrupt's creditors as shall have made
due proof of their debts, in proportion to their
several and refpe&ve debts; which second di
vidend shall be final, unless any suit at law, or
equity, be depending, or any part of the estate
standing out, that could not have been disposed
of, or that the major part of the creditors shall
not have agreed to be fold or disposed of, or
unless some other or future estate or effects of
the bankrupt shall afterwards come to, or rest
in the said assignees, in which cases the said
assignees fliall, as soon as may be, convert such
future or other estate and effects into money,
and shall, within two months after the fame be
converted into money, by like order of the com
missioners, divide the fame among such bank
rupt's creditors as shall have made due proof of
their debt under such commission.
Sec, 33. And be it further enabled, That every
bankrupt, not being in prison or custody, shall,
at all times after his surrender, be bound to at
tend the assignees, upon every reasonable notice,
in writing, for that purpose, given or left at the
usual place of his or her abode, in order to assist
in making out the accounts of the said bank
rupt's estate and effects, and to attend any
court of record, to be examined touching the
fame, or such other business, as the said assignees
shall judge necessary, for which he shall receive
three dollars per day.
Sec. 34. And be it further enabled, That all
and every person and persons who shall become
bankrupt as aforefaid, and who shall, within the
time limited by this a&, surrender him or her
felf to the commissioners, and in all things con
form as in and by this a<ft is directed, shall be
allowed five per cent, upon the nett produce of
all the estate that shall be recovered, in and re
ceived, which shall be paid unto him or her by
the assignee or assignees, in case the nett pro
duce of such estate, after such allowance made,
shall be fufficient to pay the creditors of said
bankrupt who shall have proved their debts
under such commission, the amount of fifty per
cent, on their said debts, refpe&ively, and so as
the said five per cent, shall not exceed in the
whole, the sum of five hundred dollars; and in
case the nett produce of the said estate shall,
over and above the allowance hereafter men
tioned, be fufficient to pay the said creditors
seventy five per cent, on the amount of their
said debts, refpeaively, that then the said bank
rupt shall be allowed ten per cent, on the a
mount of such nett produce; to be paid as afore
faid, so as such ten per cent, shall not in the
whole, exceed the sum of eight hundred dollars;
and every such bankrupt shall be difeharged
from all debts by him or her due or owing, at
the time he or she became bankrupt, and all
which were or might have been proved under
the said commission ; and in case any such bank
rupt shall afterwards be arrested, prosecuted or
impleaded, for or on account of any of the said
debts, such bankrupt, may appear without bail,
tate, as by such accounts or otherwise shall ap
pear to he in the hands of the said assignees; as
they shall think fit, to be forthwith divided a
mong such of the bankrupt's creditors as have
duly proved their debts under such commission,
in proportion to their several and refpedtivc
debts; and the commissioners shall make such
their order for a dividend in writing, under
their hands, and shall cause one-part of such
order to be filed amongst the proceedings under
the said commission, and shall deliver unto each
of the assignees under such commission, a dupli
cate of such their order, which order of distri
bution shall contain an account of the time and
place of making such order, and the sum total or
quantum of all the debts proved under the corn
million, and the sum total of the money remain
ing in the hands of the assignee or assignees to
be divided, and how many per cent in particu
lar is there ordered to be paid to every creditor
of his debt ; and the said assignee or assignees,
in pursuance of such order,and without any deed
or deeds of distribution, to be made for the
purpofc, shall forthwith make such dividend and
dish ibution accordingly, and shall take receipts,
in a book to be kept for the purpose, from each
creditor, for the part or share of such dividend
or distribution, which he or they shall make,
and pay to each creditor refpe&ively ; and
such order and receipt shall be a full and effec
tual difeharge to such assignee for so much as
he shall fairly pay, pursuant to such order as a
forefaid.
Sec- 35^ Provided always, and be it further
enabled, That if the nett proceeds of the bank
rupt's estate, so to be discovered, recovered and
received, shall not amount to so much as will
pay all and every of the creditors of the said
bankrupt, who shall have proved their debts
under the said commission, the amount of fifty
per cent on their debts refpe&ively, after all
charges firft deduced, that then, and in such
case, the bankrupt shall not be allowed five per
centum on such estate as shall be recovered in,
but shall have and be paid by the assignees so
much money as the commissioners shall think
fit to allow, not more than three hundred dol
lars, nor exceeding three per centum on the nett
proceeds of the said bankrupt's estate.
Sec. 36. Provided also, and be it further enabled,
That no person becoming a bankrupt accord
ing to the intent and provisions of this a&,
shall be entitled to a certificate of difeharge, or
to any of the benefits of the ad, unless the com
missioners shall certify under their hands, to
the judge of the diftria within which such com
mission issues, that such bankrupt hath made a
full difeovery of his or her estate and effe&s,
and in all things conformed him or herfelf to
the directions of this aft, and that there doth
not appear to them any reason to doubt of the
truth of such difeovery, or that the fame was
not a full difeovery of the said bankrupt's estate
and effects ; or unless the said judge should be
of opinion that the said certificate was unreason
ably denied by the commissioners; and unless
two thirds, in number and in value, of the cre
ditors of the bankrupt, who shall be creditors
for not less than fifty dollars refpeCtively, and
who shall have duly proved their debts under
the said commission, shall sign such certificate to
the judge, and teftify their consent to the al
lowance of a certificate of difeharge, in pursu
ance of this a& ; whicli signing and consent
shall be also certified by the commissioners ;
but the said commifeners shall not certify the
fame till they have proof by affidavit or affirma
tion, in writing, of such creditors, or of the per
sons refpedively authorized for that purpose,
fi^^g the said certificate ; which affidavit or
affirmation, together with the letter or power
of attorney to sign, shall be laid before the judge
of the diftrid within which such commission
issues, in order for the allowing the certificate
of difeharge, and the said certificate shall not
be allowed unless the bankrupt make oath or
affirmation in writing, that the certificate of
the commissioners, and consent of the creditors
thereunto, were obtained fairly and without
fraud ; and any of the creditors of the said bank
rupt are allowed to be heard, if they shall think
fit, before the refpedive persons afore
faid, against th^ making or allowing
of such certificates by the commission
ers or judge. [To be continued]
March 12, 1800.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
r-r'HAT feperate proposals will be received
at the office of the Secretary of the Depart
ment of War, until the expiration of the 25th of
July next ensuing, for the supply of all rations,
which may be required for the use of the United
States, from the ift day O&ober, redo, to the
30th day of September, 1801, both days inclu
sive, at the places and within the two diftri&s
herein after firft mentioned ; and also that se
parate proposals will be received at the said of
fice until the expiration of the 25th day of Jul,
next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which
may be required as aforefaid, from the ift da,
of Jan. in the year 1801, to the 31st day of De
cember in the fame year, both days inclusive, at
the place and within the several Rates herein
after mentioned, viz.
Pird. Proposals to supply all rations, that may
be required, at Ofwego; at Niagara; at Pittf
burg; at Prefqu'ifle ; at Michilimackinac ; at
Fort Franklin ; at Le Boeuf ; at Cincinnati; at
Picque town, and Loramie's stores ; at Fort
Wayne ; at Fort Defiance , at any place below
Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake
Erie ; at Fort Knox, and Ouatanon on the river
Wabafli : at Maffac; at any place or places on
the east fide of the river Mississippi, above the
mouth bf the river Ohio, and upon the Illinois
jiver.
Second. Proposals to supply all rations that
ma, be required, at any place or places, on the
east fide of the Mississippi river,below the mouth
of the river Ohio, to the southern boundary of the
Rate of Kentucky and within the said Rate ; at
Knoxville ; at all other posts and places within
the Rate of Tennessee; at South Weft Point ;at
Tellico Blockhouse: at St. Stevens, Or other fort
or poR on the rivers Mobile or Tombigby, and
any place or places within the Cherokee boun 4
daries ; below the southern boundary of the Rate
of Tennessee, and within the boundary of the
United States.
Third. Proposals to fapply all rations that
may be required, at Point-Petre ; at Coleraine ;
at Savannah, and at any other place or places
where troops are or may be Rationed, marched
or recruited within the state of Georgia ; at all
forts or Rations on the Oconnee and Alatamaha,
and at all other places in the Creek Nation, within
the limits of the United States, where troops
are or may be Rationed.
and may plead the general issue, and give this
afl, and the special matter in evidence: And
the certificate of such bankrupt's conforming, and
the allowance thereof, according to the directions
of this a&, shall be, and ihall be allowed to be
fufficient evidence,,rima facie, of the party's
being a bankrupt within the meaning of this a&,
and of the commission and other proceedings
precedent to the obtaining such certificate, and 3
verdict shall thereupon pass for the defendant,
unless the plaintiff in such action can prove the
said certificate was obtained unfairly, and by
fraud, or unless he can make appear any con
cealment of estate or effects, by such bankrupt
to the value of one hundred dollars: Provided,
That no such difeharge of a bankrupt, shall re
lease or difeharge any person who was a part
ner with such bankrupt, at the time he or
she became bankrupt, or who was then jointly
held or bound with such bankrupt for the fame
debt or debts from which fucli bankrupt was
difeharged as aforefaid-
War Department,
Seventh. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort M'Henry, at Baltimore,
at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard
town, at Hagers town, at Bladenfburg, at George
town, at Eaftown, at the Head of Elle, and at
any other place or places, where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited within
the limits of the Rate of Maryland.
Eighth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Mifflin, at Philadel
phia, at Darby, at Lancaster, at Wilkefbarre, at
Reading, at Bristol, at York town, at Carlifle,
at Lewiftown (Mifflin county) at Bedford, at
Greenfyurg, at Waffiington, at Eaßown, at
Wilmington, at Christiana, at Dover, or at any
other place or places where troops are or may
be Rationed, marched br recruited within the
limits of the Rates of Pennsylvania & Deleware,
except the posts within the date of Pennsylvania,
enumerated in the firft proposals aforefaid.
Ninth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Hackaufac, at Elizabeth
town, at New-Brunswick, at Burlington, at
Woodbury, at Trenton, and at any other place
or places where troops are or may be Rationed,
marched or recruited within the limits of the
Rate of Jersey.
Tenth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at New-York, at Weft Point,
at Flulhing, at Harlem, at Weft Chester, at
Poughkeepsie, at Kenderhook, at Stillwater *-
Newburg, at Albany, at Conajoharie, at Cherry
Valley, and at any other place or places where
troops are or may be Rationed, marched or re
cruited within th^ limits of the Rate of New-
York, except the posts within the said Rate en
umerated in the firft proposals aforefaid.
Eleventh. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Hartford, at Hebron, at
New London, at Brooklynn, at Wyndham, at
Litchfield, at Guilford, at New Haven, at Fair
field, at Danbury, at Middletown, and at any
other place or places where troops are or may
be Rationed, marched or recruited within the
limits of the Rate of Connecticut.
Twelfth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton's
Point, at Newport, at Providence, and at any
place or places, where troops are or may be Ra
tioned, marched or recruited within the limits of
the Race of Rhode Island.
Thirteenth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Portland in the Diftri& of
Maine. Glouceßer, Cape Ann, Salem, Marble
head, Boston, at Springfield, at Uxbridge, and
at any other place or places where troops arc
or may be Rationed, marched or recruited with
in the limits of the Rate of Massachusetts.
Fourteenth. Proposals to supply all rations
that may be required at Portsmouth, at Exeter,
at Windsor, at Bennington, at Rutland, or at
any Fort, place or places, where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited within
the States of New Hampshire and Vermont.
The Ration to be supplied, isto confiß of the
following articles, viz. Eighteen ounces of
bread or flower, or when neither carl be obtain
ed, of one quart of rice,or one andahalf pound of
fifted or boulted Indian meal, one pound and a
quarter of frefh beef, or one pound of salted
beef, or three quarters of a pound of salted
Pork, and when frefh meat is issued, salt, at the
rate of two quarts for every hundred rations;
soap at the rate of four pounds, and candles at
the rate of a pound and a half for every hun
dred rations.
It is expected the proposals will also extend to
the supply of rum, whiskey, or other ardent spir
its at the rate of half a gill per ration, and Vin
egar at the rate of two quarts for every hundred
rations. The proposals will Ipecify the price of
the several component parts of the ration, as well
as those of fubßitutes or alternatives for parts
thereof.
The rations are to be furnifbed in such quan
tities as that there shall at all times, during the
term of the proposed contrasts be fufficient for
the consumption of the troops at Michilimack
inac, Detroit, Niagara and Ofwego, for fix
months in advance, and at each of the other
posts on the weftern waters, for at least three
months in advance, of good and wholesome pro
visions, if the fame shall be required. It is also
to be permitted to all and every of the command
ants of fortified places, or posts, to call for, at
seasons when the fame can be transported, or at
any time in case of urgency, such supplies of
like provisions in advance, as in the diferetion
of the commandant shall be deemed proper.—-
It is to be underßood that the cohtraaor is to
be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies
to the troops, and at all losses, fußained, by the
depredations of an enemy, or by means of the
troops of the United States, shall be paid for at
the price of the article captured or destroyed,
on the depofitionsof two ormore persons of cred
itable charaflers and the certificate of a com
missioned officer, ascertaining the circumftance#
of the loss, and the amount of the articles, for
which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is to be underftbod to be re
ferred to the United States of requiring; that
none of the supplies which ma, be furniffied un
der any of the proposed centrals shall be issued,
until the supplies which have or may be fur
nifhed under contrads now in force have been
confumed,and that a supply in advance may ta
always required at any of the fixed posts on the
Sea-board or Indian frontiers not exceeding
three months.[%f.%/,2<.l
JAMES M'HENRY, &„ of War.
Fourth, Ptoppfais to supply all ration, that
may be required,at Fort Jphnfon,at Fort Pinck
ney, at Charleston, or at any other place or
places where troops are or may be stationed,
marched or recruited in the Rate of S. Carolina.
Fifth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at the Fort at Wilmington,
Cape Fear; at Beacon Iftand, Ocracock ; at
Charlotte; at Fayetteville ; at Salisbury, or at
any other place or places where troops are or
may be Rationed, marched or recruited in the
Rate of North Carolina.
Sixth. Proposals to supply all rations that
may be required at Norfolk, at Portsmouth, at
Rempfville, at Charlotteville, at Winchcfter,at
Staunton, at Richmond, at Alexandria, at Leef
burg, at Frederickfburg, at Carterfville, at Pa
per's Ferry, or at any other place or places
where troops are or ritiy be Rationed, marched
or recruited, in the Rate of Virginia.
- WASHINGTON'S Legacy.