The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1778-04-23 00:00:00, page 2

goods in Europe, exclusive of all other charges when
fold by the importer or captor, excepting only the
following articles, viz. all forts of woollen and linen
goods and checks suitable for the army, drugs and
medicines, fail duck of all forts, cordage, tin plates,
copperas, files, ahum,' felt hats, nails, uindow-glafs,
salt, Steel, wire, wool and cottoir cards, naval and
military Stores,
2. That all woollen cloth, blankets, linens, Shoes,
stockings, hats, and other articles of clothing, suit
able for the use of the army, heretofore imported,
which have been, or Kall hereafter be seized and
taken by lawful authority for the use of the army,
Kall be estimated at the above rates, with the additi
on of the Rated allowance for land Carriage, if any
there be, to the place where taken.
3. That the prices of the following articles, at, the
firft port of delivery or place of manufadbry with
in this state from and after the aforefaid twentieth
day of April next Kall not exceed the rates affixed
to them refpedively, viz.
-Good Welt-India rum b,fhe hbgfhead,.twenty
two {hillings ' and fix-pence per gallon.
Good merchantable country-made rum b, the
hoglhuad, fifteen shillings per gallon.
The best Mufcovado sugar, twelve pounds ten
Shillings per hundred weight.
All other sugars in proportion according to quality.
Merchantable molasses by the hogiliead,' eleven
Killings and three-pence per gallon.-
Good coffee by the hundred weight or greater
quantity, five {hillings and eight-pence per pound.
Good merchantable Geneva, fifteen fliilliiigs per
gallon..
Good merchantable brandy, fifteen shillings .per.
gallon.
Good whilky by hogshead or barrel, eight shillings
and nine-pence.per gallon.
Any other drilled spirits not herein mentioned,
fifteen {hillings per gallon.
4. .That from and after the laid twentieth day of
April next, no trader, retailer, dr vender of goods,
wares or merchandize, Shall be allowed to alk, de
mand, or receive any higher cr greater price thap at
the rate of twenty-five per cent..advance on the price
or prices such goods, wares and merchandize Shall
andiawfully may be fold at by the importer, captor
or manufacturer agreeably to the regulations,in this
aft mentioned with the addition only of the charges
of land carriage at the rate herein limited, from the
firft port or place of delivery to the place of sale.
5. That from and after the laid twentieth day of
April next, no inn-holder or tavern-keeper be allow
ed more than at the rate of fifty per cent, advance
on the wholesale price ofany liquors, allowing as a
fore Kid for charges of transportation; and for all
other articles of ciueiidluwcui ana xciremment, and
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Usual price of such articles respectively in the fame
place,in the said year one thousand feyen hundred
add Seventy-four ; Which rates and prices for inn
holders ihal! be afeertained and determined by the
respective Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the
Peace at their next, fitting alter the publication of
this ad, and a copy or lift thereof delivered to every
inn-holder or tavern-keeper; and So from time to
time thereafter whenever such court (hall think pro
per to make any alteration in the fame, or as oc
casion Shall require ; and the lifts of races so fettled
and delivered shalt be received and treated by such
inn-holders and tavern-keepers in the fame manner,
and Subject them to the like penalties for non-ob
servance,, as are mentioned and set forth in an aft
entitled, An ad for th, .bc^er % regulating.,Confables,
vendues and tavern— passed in., the year of pur Lord
one thousand Seven hundred 4nd fixty-cight.
6. That from and after the said twentieth day of"
April next, the prices of,the following articles Shall
not exceed the sums to them federally - affixed, viz.
Good clean wheat by the >ulhel, weighing Sixty
pounds, twelve Shillings..
Peafe and white bean's, twelve Shillings per buShch
Good clean buck-wheat, four Shillings per bulhcl.
Good clean oats, four Shillings per buShel.
Good merchantable rye or rye-meal, eight kil
lings per build.
Good merchantable Iridian-corn or meal, fix Shil
lings per buffiel.
Merchantable wheat-flour,, thirty-three Shillings
and Six-pence per hundred weight.
Superfine flour, middlings and cornel, in the usual
proportion, according to quality.
Shorts,- Strict measure, -two Shillings and three
pence per bushel.
Bran, ftrirt measure, one Killing and five-pence
per bulhel.
Rye flour, nineteen Shillings per hundred weight.
Good merchantable pork by the carcase, eight
pence per pound.
Well cured pickled pork, fifteen-pence per pound.
The best grass-fed beef, lix-pence per pound.
The best Stall-fed beef, nine-pence,per pound.,
The best mutton or lamb, eight-pence per pound.
The best veal, Six-pence per pound,
Rendered tallow, fifteen-pence per pound.
Rendered hogs lard, one Shilling per pound. ,
Raw hides, green, five-pence halfpenny per pound,
and in the usual proportion whendried. .
Calf Skins, green, ten-pence per pound.
Good well tanned foal leather, two Killings and
fix-pence per pound.
Good wcH dressed upper leather, four. Shillings and
fix-pence per pound, and well dressed calf Skins in
the usual proportion.
The various kinds of fadler's and harness leather
not to exceed double the usual price of such leather
in the year one thousand Seven hundred and feventy
four.
Men's best neats-leather Shoes, sixteen Shillings
per pair.
Men's best calf Skin Kpes, nineteen flrillings per
pair.
Boots not to exceed double the usual price of fuc.h
boots in the fame place in the said year one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-sour.
Women's neats leather Shoes, of the best quality,
thirteen Shillings per pair.
Women's calf Skin Shoes, of the best quality, fif
teen Shillings and fix-pence per pair.'
Children's shoes in due" proportion, according to
size and quality.
Home-nude cheese of the! best quality, one Kile
ling per pound. ,'
• Good ireSh butter, two fliillings-per pabnd.
Good firkin or potted better, eighteen-pebce'pet
,pound. ‘'
Blopmary bap-iron, at the place of manufacture,
three pounds per hundred weight.
Refined bar-iron, at the place of manufacture,
three pounds ten shillings per hundred Weight.
Pig-iron, at the place of manufacture, twenty-two
pound's ten Shillings per ton.
The best American made Reel for edge tools, two
Killings and fix-pence per pound.
. Common American made Reel, twenty-pence per
pound. \-
lion pots; kettles, and other light callings, eight
pence per pound:-
Large cast-iron kettles and pans' for boiling salt,
forty-five Shillings per hundred weight.
Nail,rods of flit iron, five pounds five Killings per
hundredweight..
Nails of American manufacture, per pound ds fol
lows, viz,•■
Twenty-penny, two listings and fix-pence.
Twelve-penny, two Killings and nine-pence.
Ten-penny, three Shillings.
Eight-penny; fliree Killings and threc-pepce.
Other nails in the usual proportion.
Scythes, tickles; mid all kinds of cutlery of Ame
rican manufacture, Shall not exceed the rate of one'
hundred and fifty per cent, advance on the price such
articles respectively were nfually fold at in the said
year one thoufmH seven hundred and seventy-sour.
Good merchantable,' well varied salt, of home ma
° nufaCturc, three pounds fifteen Shillings per bulhel
at the works or place of manufacture, and four-pence
per bufhei for every mile the fame .Shall be carried by
land from thence to the place of x-W, ^ profit and
carriage., •''
Good merchantable pork by the barrel, twelve
pounds ' ten Killings. z •
Good merchantable beef, by the barrel, ten pounds
ten Killings.'
Gammons .and other bacon well cured, Sixteen
pence per.pound.'
Hay of the firft crop and best quality, seven pounds
ten Shillings per. ton.
Hay of the Second crop and best quality, fix pounds
per ton ; arid other hay in proportion to its quality.'
7. And BE it EXACTED by the author!!, afarefaid,
That every importer or, captor who Shall bring into
any port or place in this State, any of 'the articles
herein before mentioned, Shall, previous to the cx
pofing the fame to sale, repair to some justice of the
Peace of the county where such goods are intended
to be fold, and lay before' him genuine and authen
tic invoices br bills of parcels ot the good's, warys,
and merchandizes so imported or captured arid in
tended for salt, which Justice is hereby required to
infpeß such invoice or bills of parcels, and calling to
his afiillancC Some person or perlons Skilled in trades
if he Shall think it necessary, regulate ' the fame a
greeable to this art, and to deliver te such importer
or captor a certificate in writing under his hand,
mentioning the prices at which the Several articles
contained i, such invoice br bills of parcels may law
fully be 1 a by such importer or captor ; and the
said Justice is hereby required to administer an oath
or affirmation, as 'the case may require, to the owner
of such goods or to any other person he may think
necessary, in order the better to ascertain the prime
cost of foch goods, wares and merchandize. And
if any person or perfuns who Shall have imported or
' captured any goods, wares and merchandize, and
ft brought them into this State, Shall offer them tb sale
not having obtained such certificate as afdrefaid, or
Shall presume to fell any article for a greater price
than is allowed'in such certificate when obtained,
such person Shall for every such offence forfeit and pay
the fun? of fifty pounds, and moreover Kall forfeit
the goods, wares and merchandize so offered to sale
being unfold or the Sum received or agreed on for the
price thereof in case they are fold, to be recovered
and applied as is herein after directed.
8. And be it further Enacted by the authori
ty aforefaid, That each and every retailer and vender
of any of the foreign articles which ihall be certified
as aforefaid, Kall, previous to the exposing the fame
to sale, repair to some Justice of the Peace of the
county in which he proposes to fell such goods and
lay before him authentic invoices, bills of parcels, or
^ccoupts of purchase of (uch articles, the truth and
authenticity of which he Shall prove on oath or at
firmation as the case may require, and the said Juf
tice Kall thereupon deliver to the person so making
oath or affirmation a certificate Specifying the piic<
at which he is entitled by this law to fell the fame
and if any person or perlons Kall offer to make fal<
of any of the said articles without having firft ob
•tained such certificate, he Kall for each offence for
feit and pay the sum of fix pounds, and moreover
Kall forfeit the goods So offered to sale, being un<
fold, or the sum agreed on or received for the price
thereof in case they are fold, to be recovered anc
applied as is herein after directed.
9. And be it further Enacted 1, the authority
aforefaid, That if any person of persons Kall aik,
require, demand or receive a higher or greater price
for any of the articles herein before mentioned that
What is thereto ' affixed or limited, he or Ke so of-
Rending. Kall for each bflence forfeit the Km of fix
pounds, -nd moreover Shall forfeit the goods foi
which such - higher price Shall have been °afked, re
quired, demanded or received, such goods being not
fold, 'or the fom received or agreed or for the price
thereof in case, they are fold, to be recovered
and applied as aforesaid in manner herein after di
rented. . ."
10, .And be it further Exacted tytht authority
aforefaid% That if any person of persons from and
qfter the aforeQid twentieth day of April next Shall
give or pay a higher price for any article herein li
mited than is allowed by this art, arid Shall notwith
in ten days thereafter make complaint thereof to
some Justice of the Peace of the county where such
purchase Kall have been made, such purchaser on
conviction thereof Shall forfeit and pay the sum of
Six pounds, to be recovered and applied as is here
in after directed'.'
11. AND WHEREAS many persons, inhabitants
of this State; have, from time to time, in order to
diftrffs their country and forward the designs of the
enemies thereof, been guilty of,the Kameful practice
of engrossing and with-holding;from those who are
in want sundry mcceffaries of life, and utterly refus
ing to fell the fame, though possessed of more than
their own consumption requires, Be it Enacted
by the authority aftrefaid, That if any person or per
sons having more of any article or articles herein be
fore mentioned than may be neceflary for his or her
family's use, or for carrying cp his or her trade or
bufiDefs, fliall refufe to fell, the" overplus or a rea
fonalile part thereof to any person or persons who is
in want of the fame for his or her family's annual
use or subsistence, or for carrying on his or her trade
or bufmefs, or Shall refute to fell the said overplus
or arequifite part thereof to any person properly
authorised to purchase for the use of the army of the
United States, 'or any detachment thereof, the per
son desirous to purchase Shall apply to any Justice of
the Peace of the county where the person having
such overplus resides, which Justice being fully in
formed and convinced of the necessity and want un
der which the faid' .applicant labours,.he Shall sum
mon the offender to appear before him at such time.
and place.as he, Kall think proper to dirert, to be
mentioned in the fum,mens, and if on lawful service
of the said Summons he or Ke so refufing as afore
faid Kall negiert to appear as therein required, or
if on his or her appearance and examination it Shall;
be evident to the said Justice that he or Ke are pof
felled of A greater quantity of any of the said arti-,
cles than is necessary as afarefaid, the said .Justice is.
hereby required to issue his warrant to any Constable.
of the county, and where there is no Conftabic, to.
any Subaltern militia officer, commanding him to call
to his assistance such and so many persons as may be
necessary, and take such proportion of the overplus
aforefaid in whatever county the goods'may be fcund,
as may be required for the supply of the .person so
complaining, which goods Kall be fold to the com
plainant, and the money, after deducting fix-pence
for the warrant and five Killings for the Countable or
person officiating in his room, with other necessary
and reasonable expences, Kall be lodged in the hands
of the Justice to be by him Delivered to the owner,'
when he Kall apply for the fame; and if the owner
of the said goods Kall neglect to apply for the fairf
money within the Space of one month after the fame
is paid into the hands of the laid justice, it shall be
forfeited, to the use of the State, and paid by the said
Justice to the county collector, to be by him paid
into the publick treasury; and the receipt of the said
Collertor Kall discharge the said Justice from the
money so paid, and for-ever bar the owner so ne--
greeting, from any suit, action, or Claim, for the re
covery thereof:
,12. PROVIDED ALWAYS, That neither this
art, nor any clause, matter or thing therein contain
ed Kali be; taken or construed ,to alter or make void
any contrast, bargain or sale already entered into or
agreed upon.
13. AND WHEREAS divers fines and forfeitures
are herein before mentioned, and no particular mode
is mentioned for the recovery and appropriation there
of, Be it Enacted b, the authority afarefaid, that
the several offences for which the said fines and for
feitures herein before mentioned and unappropriated
are regulated and declared, are and Shall be cogniz
able before any one Justice of the Peace of the county
in which the offence Kall be committed, Provided
always that the party defendant in all cases where
the fine or forfeiture Kall exceed fort%Killings, Kali
be entitled to have a trial by a jury as in other cases