The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1777-12-31 00:00:00, page 4

Buck-wheat shall not exceed fix shillings by the
bushel.
Wheat-flour shall not exceed thirty-three shillings
by the hundred weight.
Hay, of the firft crop and belt quality, shall not
exceed seven pounds ten shillings by the ton.
Best hay, of the second crop, shall not exceed fix
pounds by the ton.
Pork shall not exceed nine-pence by the pound.
Beef shall not exceed eight-pence by the pound.
Potatoes shall not exceed four shillings by the bushel.
Wool shall not exceed four shillings by the pound.
Flax shall not exceed two shillings by the pound.
Cyder-spirits shall not exceed twelve shillings by
the gallon.
Spirits distilled from grain shall not exceed ten
shillings by the gallon.
Butter shall not exceed two shillings and fix-pence
by the pound.
Cheese shall not exceed one Shilling and fix-pence
by the pound.
The rates and prices of farming-labour, and 'he
wages of mechanicks, tradesmen and handicraftsmen,
shall not exceed double what they were in the year
one thousand seven hundred and feventy-five.
2. AND WHEREAS, from the present danger and
precariousness of importation, the prices of foreign
commodities brought into this State cannot be ascer
tained, fixed and limited, in like manner as those of
the growth and produce of the State ; but it is never
theless equitable and necessary to restrain those who
purchase from the importers, or others, from de
manding unreasonable and extortionate profits there-
A N' ACT
For regulating and limiting the prices of sundry articles
of produce, manufacture and trade,; and to prevent
forefalling, regrating, and engrofing.
WHEREAS divers persons, influenced by mo
tives unfriendly to the interest and well-being
of their country, or by avarice or the love of unjust
gain, do require, demand and receive unreasonable
'prices for sundry necessaries of life ; and do^aifo buy
up and engross such of the laid necessaries as, by the
particular circumstances of the times, are rendered
scarce and difficult to be obtained, with a view still
farther tl enhance their price, to the grievous op
pression of the poor, distress of the army, and gene
ral detriment of the community. And whereas
the Honourable the Congress of the United States
have recommended to the legislatures of the laid
States, to form a general plan and scheme of prices
throughout the whole union ; and until this can be
accomplished, have recommended that a temporary
regulation be adopted;
Sell. I. Be it enacted by the Council and General
Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted by the
authority of the fame, That from and after the pub
lication of this ad, the rates and prices of the fol
lowing articles of produce, manufacture and trade,
bought, fold, or exchanged in any part of this State,
shall not exceed the sums to them fayrally annexed ;
that is to fay,
Salt of home manufacture by the bushel, reckon
ing fifty-five pounds weight t^thc bushel, shall not
exceed three pounds fifteen Killings at the works or
place of manufacture, and fix-pence by the bushel
for every mile the fame may be carried by land from
the works or place of manufacture to any place of
sale or consumption, for profit and carriage.
Bloomary bar-iron shall not exceed three pounds
by the hundred weight; and
Relined bar-iron shall not exceed three pounds ten
Killings by the hundred weight.
Pig metal shall not exceed twenty drillings by the
hundred weight.
The price of rolling iron shall not exceed thirty
pounds by the ton.
Open callings shall not exceed eight-pence by the
pound.
Raw hides shall not exceed deven-pence by the
pound.
Soal leather shall not exceed three fnillings by the
pound.
Upper leather shall not exceed five drillings by the
pound.
Men's neat-leather shoes, ofthe common fort, shall
not exceed seventeen shillings and fix-pence by the
pair; and other shoes in proportion, according to
their quality^
Women's shoes of the fame kind, shall not exceed
fourteen shillings by the pair; and others in propor
tion, according to their quality.
Wheat shall not exceed twelve fnillings by the
bushel.
Rye shall not exceed nine shillings by the bushel.
Indian corn shall not exceed seven shillings and six
pence by the bushel.
Oats shall not exceed five shillings by the bushel.
BURLINGTON: Printed by Isaac Collins. All Persons may be supplied with this Gazette at Twenty-fix Shillings
per Annum. Advertisements of a moderate Length are inserted for Seven Shillings and Six-pence each the firft Week, and
Two Shillings and Six-pence for every Continuance ; and long Ones in Proportion.
on: Therefore BE it enacted by the authority
aforefaid. That for all sugar imported or brought into
this State, there shall be allowed ten per cent, profit
to the persons who shall purchase from the import
ers, and ten per cent, profit for every hundred miles
the fame may be removed from the firft port of deli
very, and so in proportion for other distances ; and
also at the rate of one shilling by the hundred weight
for every five miles it may be carried by land, from
the firft port of delivery, to any place of sale or con
sumption.
For all molasses imported of brought into this
State, ten per cent, profit to the persons who shall
purchase from the importers, and ten per cent, profit
for every hundred miles the fame may be removed
from the firft port of delivery, and so in proportion
for other distances ; and also at the rate of one penny
by the gallon, for every five miles the fame may be
carried by land, from the firft port of delivery, to
any place of sale or consumption.
For all salt imported or brought into this State,
fifteen per cent, profit to the persons who shall pur
chase from the importers, and fifteen per cent, profit
for every hundred miles the fame may be removed
from the firft port of delivery, and so in proportion
for other distances ; and also at the rate of three-pence
by the bushel for every mile the fame may be carried
by land, from the firft port of delivery, to any place
of sale or consumption.
3. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That each and every vender of any of the articles
herein before mentioned, upon the carriage of which
allowance is made, shall, previous to his exposing
the fame to sale, repair to some Justice of the Peace
of the county in which he proposes to make fucli
sale, and produce to him authentic invoices, bills of
parcels, or accounts of purchase of the said articles,
the truth and authenticity of which he shall prove by
oath or affirmation ; and the said Justice shall there
upon deliver to the person so making oath, a certifi
cate fpecifying the price at which he is entitled by
law to fell the fame: And if any person or persons
shall offer to make sale of any of the said articles,
without having firft obtained such certificate, he shall,
for each offence, be liable to a penalty of fix pounds
and the forfeiture of the said goods, or their value,
to be recovered by any person who will sue for the
fame; one half to the prosecutor, and the other half
to the poor of the township, ward, or precinft where
the offence is committed, with costs of suit.
4. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That if any person or persons shall ask, require, or
demand a higher rate or price for any of the articles
herein before enumerated, than that which is thereto
annexed or limited, he or she shall, for each offence,
forfeit the sum of fix pounds together with the goods,
for which a higher price than that herein fpecified
shall be asked, required, or demanded, to be reco
vered before any Justice of the Peace of the county
where the offender may reside ; one half to the pro
secutor, and the other half to the use of the poor of
the township.
5. AND WHEREAS many inhabitants of this
State, inimical thereto, have from time to time, in
order to distress their country and forward the de
ligns of the enemies thereof, been guilty ofthe fhame
ful practice of engrossing and with-holding from those
who are in want, sundry necessaries of life, and of
utterly refufing to fell the fame, though possessed of
more than their own consumption required; Be it
enacted by the authority aforefaid, That if any per
son having more of any article or articles herein be
fore mentioned, than what may be necessary for his
or her family's annual consumption, or for carrying
on his or her trade and occupation, shall refufe to fell
the overplus or a suitable part thereof, to any per
son who is in want of the fame for his or her family's
Tubfiftence, support and use, or shall refufe to fell
the said overplus or a requisite part thereof to any
person properly authorifed to purchase for the use of
the army of the United States, or any detachment
thereof; the person desirous to purchase shall apply
to any Justice of the Peace of the county wherein
the person refufing resides, which Justice being fully
informed and convinced of the want and necessity
under which the said applicant labours, shall summon
the person, so refufing, to appear before him at a
time fixed; and if, on lawful notice, he or she so
refufing as aforefaid, shall not appear, or if on his or
her appearance and examination it shall be evident
to the said Justice, that he or she is possessed of a
greater quantity of any of the said articles than is
necessary as aforefaid, the said Justice shall issue his
warrant to any constable of the county, and where
there is no constable, to any subaltern military offi
cer, commanding him to call to his assistance such
and so many persons as may be necessary, and take
such proportion of the overplus aforefaid, as may be
required for the supply of the person complaining ;
December 24th, 1777.
TO BE SOLD,
AVERY good scale beam, ropes and scale dishes
all fit for immediate use, together with eight
fifty-fixes, two twenty-eights, and one fourteen
pound weights. Any person inclining to purchase
the above, may view the fame and know the price,
by applying to the printer hereof. aw*
S U G A R,=
SHOEMAKERS TOOLS, HALTERS,
PLOUGH-LINES, BED-LACINGS,
GUN FLINTS and BUCK SHOT,
With a general assortment of
FISHING TACKL E;
ALSO
HEELS and LAST S,
SOLD BY
EDWARD POL E,
Oppofte the Loewer Market, Burlington. 4<w *
A GOOD PRICE AND READY MONEY,
Is given by the Printer hereof, for
CLEAN LINEN RAGS,
AND
HOGS BRISTLE S.
THOMAS BUDD, Jun.
At Julia-Town, in Burlington County, New-Jersey.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Ad
miralty will be held at Mounihollv, at the house
of Zachariah Roffel, on Saturday the' tenth day of
January next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of'b
fame day; then and there to try the truth of the
facts alledged in the bill of Colonel Samuel Dick,
(who as well, &c.) against the sloop or vessel c: ed
PATTY, her tackle, apparel, furniture and cargo,
burthen about fifty tons, lately commanded by Tunis
Mountaine: —To the end and intent that the owner
or owners of the said sloop and her cargo, or any
person concerned therein, may appear and shew cause,
if any they have, why the fame should not be con
demned according to the prayer of the said bill.
B, order of the fudge,
BOWES REED, Pro. Reg.
A L M A N AC K,
For the Year of our Lord, 1778.
which goods fhali be fold to the said complainant,
and the money, after deducting fix-pence for tne
warrant and five shillings for the constable or person
officiating in his room, with other necessary and rea
sonable expenecs, shall be lodged in the? hands of
the said Justice, to be by him delivered to the owner
when he shall apply for the fame: And if the own
er of the said goods shall neglect to apply for the said
money by the space of one month, after the fame is
so lodged in the hands of the Justice, it shall be for
feited to the use of the State, and paid by the said
Justice to the collector of the county to be by him
paid into the publick treasury; and the receipt of
the colleftor shall discharge the said Justice from the
money so paid, and for-ever bar the owner, so neg
lecting, from any action, suit, or claim, for the re
covery thereof.
6. PROVIDED ALWAYS, that neither this aft
nor any clause or thing therein contained, shall be
taken or construed to alter or make void any con
trad, bargain, or sale, already entered into or agreed
upon, or to operate to the prejudice of any vender
whole goods have been delivered, and payment re
mains to be made.
Faffed at Princeton, Dec. 11, 1777.
JOHN HA RT, Speaker.
fr- December 19, 1777.
To all wliom it may concern.
State of New-ferfey, ft
SPERMACETI OI L,
To be fold by
In the Press, and speedily will be Published,
The BURLINGTON
LAMP, TANNER S,
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