The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1786-01-16 00:00:00, page 2

Whereupon,
Resolved, That upon the laid Robert Hoops giv
ing a receipt to the treasurer for the sum of 183,225
dollars, with interest, in discharge of the aforefaid
warrant, the said treasurer give unto the said Robert
Hoops, efq. a certificate, certifying that the state of
New-Jersey is indebted unto Robert Hoops, efq. in
the sum of £. 1305 4 6, which said sum shall be paid
unto the said Robert Hoops, efq. or bearer, in spe
cie, or other current money of this state, with inte
.reft at the rate of fix per centum per annum from
the firft day of May in the year 1780, and that the
auditor do countersign the fame;
Ordered, That mr. Blauvelt do carry the above
report and resolution to council for concurrence.
A petition from sundry inhabitants of Little Egg-
Harbour, praying that a law may pass to appoint in
fpedors of lumber, and that a fine may be imposed
on any person who shall attempt to fell any lumber
contrary to law; was read, and ordered a second
reading.
Mr. Longstreet reported, that he had obeyed the
order of the house.
The petition from Monmouth, read on the 4th
November instant, praying a division of said county,
was read a second time, and referred to the next fit
ting.
The petition of John Schuyler, of the county of
Bergen, read on the 15th instant, was read a second
time;
Ordered, That the petitioner have leave to present
a bill at the next fitting, agreeably to the prayer of
his petition, on advertising the purport of the bill he
means to present, and a copy of this order, in the
news-papers printed in this state, and at least two of
the news-papers printed in New-York.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
The engrossed bill, intitled, 6 an ad to vacate cer
tain notes given for depreciation of pay to persons em
ployed in the general hofpital,' was read and com
pared; on the question, whether the fame do pass?
it was carried in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Blauvelt, Nicoll, Garritfe, A. Clark,
Marlh, Combs, Bonney, Bunn, Blaire, Kelly, Biddle,
Cooper, T. Clark, Baker, Swain, Houghton, Cook,
Starke, Burgin, Bowen, Hankinfon, Beardflec, Long
street.
Nays. Messrs. Schuurman, R. S. Smith, Sinnick
fon, Hall, Sharp, Arnold.
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. A. Clark do carry the said bill
to council for concurrence.
Mr. A. Clark reported, that he had obeyed the or
der of the house.
The bill, intitled, ' an ad to oblige the regimental
agents of the troops of this state to deposit in the
treasury the certificates remaining in their hands, and
for making compensation for their fervices,' was read
a feesnd time, and referred to the next fitting.
she bill, intitled, ' an aft to authorize the United
Stati: in Congress aflfemblcd to regulate foreign trade,'
To Nathaniel Hunt, late paymaster to the militia
tn Hunterdon, the sum of £. I 19 10.
To John Black, late agent for the recruiting ser
vice in Burlington, the sum of £. 56 10 4.
To John Stillwell, late agent for forfeited estates
in Monmouth, the sum of {. 73 12 8.
To Jonathan Stiles, junior, late paymaster to the
militia in the county of Morris, the sum off. 200 711.
Resolved, That the treasurer do discharge the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Longstreet do carry the ac
counts above referred to, and the above resolutions,
to council for their concurrence.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning nine
of the clock.
Wednesday, November 23, 1785.
The house met.
A message from the council by mr. Clark.
6 Council-chamber, Nov. 23, 1785.
< Ordered,
'THAT mr. Clark do carry to the house of af
' fentbly the bill, intitled, ' an a& to amend an aft,
6 intitled, an ad to require Keriffs to give security,
' and for other purposes therein mentioned,' and rc
'queft their concurrence therein.'
Mr. R. S. Smith, from the committee appointed to
examine into the demands of Robert Hoops, esquire,
upon this state, and report their opinion thereon, re
ported as follows:
THAT they find that on the 11th day of April
1780, the United States drew a warrant on the trea
surer of this state in favour of colonel Blaine for
1 >077,333%; dollars; that colonel Blaine endorsed an
order on the above draught in favour of mr. Hoops
for 250,000 dollars, dated April 13, 1780; that mr.
Stevens, then treasurer of this state, by virtue of a
resolution of the legislature for that purpose, appears
to have paid unto mr. Hoops 66,775 dollars; that
for reasons which do not appear to your committee,
the remaining 183,225 dollars have never been paid.
By order of the committee.
R. S. SMITH.
was read a second time, debated, and ordered to be
engrossed.
The petition from the county of Middlesex, read
on the 17th instant, was read a second time, and re
ferred to the next fitting.
The petition from John Adams, read the 16th inst.
was read a second time, and dismissed.
The bill, intitled, 'an ad for altering the time of
holding the annual town-meeting, in the counties of
Essex and Middlesex, was read a second time, and
referred to the next fitting.
The bill, intitled, ' an ad to vest in the heirs of
James Morgan, late of %e county of Middlesex,
deceased, a certain trad of salt-meadow, lituate in
said county,' was read a second time, and ordered
to be engrossed.
The bill, intitled, ' an ad for obliging the pro
prietors of the several ftage-waggons, coaches, fer
ries and taverns, between Hudson's river, and Dela
ware river, to contribute towards the publick expen
ces of government,' was read a second time, and
committed to meffis. Schuurman and A. Clark to re
port the next fitting.
Mr. Schuurman, from the committee to whom
was referred the petitions of Jacob Warren, Tail
man Smith and Jonathan Stiles; also the letter from
the treasurer, read on the 20th instant, brought in a
bill, intitled, ' an ad to authorize county collectors,
and the treasurer of this state, to receive certain cer
tificates in payment of taxes;' which bill was read,
and ordered a second reading.
Mr. Marlh, from the committee appointed for that
purpose. reported the draught of a bill, intitled, ' an
ad for the relief of Samuel Meeker, late commißi
oner of forfeited estates, of the county of Sussex;
which bill was ordered a second reading.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning nine
of the clock.
Thursday, November 24, 1785.
The house met.
Mr. J. Smith, from the committee appointed to
fettle the accounts of the treasurer of this state, re
ported a state of the fame as follows:
[For these accounts ^e inuJl refer our readers
to the pamphlet, qvhicb is nowpublijhed, it being
inconvenient to insert them in a news-paper.]
Which settlement being read and examined,
Resolved, That the house agree to the fame as fet
tled by the committee.
The bill, intitled, ' an ad to confirm to the mem
bers of the church of the United Brethren in this
state, the privileges of being admitted to take an affir
mation instead of an oath,' was read a second time,
and ordered a third reading.
A petition was presented to the house from a num
ber of inhabitants of the townihip of Woodbridge,
and county of Middlesex, in behalf of captain Mat
thew Freeman and company, who were embodied in
the year 1780, for the defence of the frontiers, and
received their pay in state dollars at a discount of
forty for one, which reduced their wages to 2/6 per
month, and praying that the house would make good
to them their pay according to contract, which was
read, and ordered a second reading.
A petition was presented to the house from John
Young, a soldier in the corps of invalids, setting
forth that he is deprived of his pension by reason of
a mistake in his discharge, and praying relief in the
premises, was read, and ordered to lie on the table.
Three messages from the council by mr. Mayhew.
6 Council-chamber, Nov. 24, 1785.
' Ordered,
' THAT mr. Mayhew do carry to the house of af
‘ fembly the bill, intitled, ' an ad to revive the or
' phan's court in the county of Gloucefter,' and re
' quest their concurrence therein.'
6 Ordered,
'THAT mr. Mayhew do wait on the house of af
' fembly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled,
" an aft to raise one hundred and ten men in the state
' of New-Jersey, to serve for three years unless sooner
' difeharged,' is passed by this house without amend
' ment.'
6 Ordered,
6 THAT mr. Mayhew do wait on the house of as
• fembly, and acquaint them that the following bills
6 are passed by this house without amendment:
' The bill, intitled, ' an act for transferring the
' residue of the confifcated personal property late of
' David Ogden, efq.' &c.
' Ihe bill, intitled, 'h supplement to an ad, inti
' tied, an ad to amend and explain an aft, intitled,
6 an ad In afeertaining the value of debts due from
' the forfeited estates of certain fugitives and offend
' ers, and for directing the payment of the fame.'
'The bill, intitled, ' an ad for the relief of per
' sons who have purchased property for the use of the
6 publick.’
6 The bill, intitled, 6 an ad to amend an ad, inti
' tied, an ad to regulate the fiKeries, and to prevent
' the obstructions of the navigation of the river De
' laware.'
Yeas. Messrs. Garritfe, A. Clark, Marlh, Combs,
Schuurman, Bonney, Bunn, Blaire, Kelly, Sharp, Ba
ker, Lambert, Houghton, Cook, Starke, Arnold.
Hankinfon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Blauvelt, Nicoll, R. S. Smith, Bid
dle, J. S^ith, Cooper, T. Clark, Sinnickfon, Hall
Swain, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard.
The engrossed bill, intitled, 6 an ad to authorize
the United States in Congress assembled to regulate
foreign trade,' was read and compared;
Rejalved unanimoufo, That the fame do pass.
The engrossed bill, intitled, 6 an ad to vest in the
heirs of James Morgan, late of the county of Mid
dlesex, deceased, a certain trad of salt-meadow situ
ate in said county,' was read and compared; on the
question, whether the fame do pass? It was carried
in the affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. Messrs. Blauvelt, Nicoll, Garritfe, A. Clark
Marlh, Combs, Schuurman, Bonney, Bunn, Blaire.
Kelly, R. S. Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, Cooper, T
Clark, Baker, Lambert, Houghton, Cook, Starke.
Arnold, Burgin, Bowen, Hankinfon, Beardflee, Lon^
street.
Nays. Messrs. Sinnickfon, Hall, Swain, Sheppard.
Ordered, 1 hat the speaker do sign the said bills.
Ordered, That mr. Nicoll do carry the said bills
to council for concurrence.
A petition from Garret Hopper, of Bergen coun
ty, was laid before the house and read, setting forth,
that he was indicted for a misdemeanor, and fined in
the sum of four hundred pounds, Rate-money, for
which lie is now confined in the gaol of said county,
which fine he is utterly unable to discharge; but that
his friends have offered to advance in his behalf the
sum of one hundred and thirty-three pounds fix Kil
lings and eight-pence, in Rate-certificates, provided
he can be released from said fine and imprisonment:
And whereas it is fully certified from a number of the
magistrates and other inhabitants of said county, that
the above sum is all the petitioner's friends will ad
vance on his behalf, and that he is unable to pay any
part thereof without such assistance;
Whereupon,
Resolved, 1 hat upon condition any person, in be
half of the said Garret Hopper, shall pay into the
treasury of this Rate, in notes given to the officers
and loldiers of the Jersey line for the depreciation of
their pay, or notes given to the militia of this state,
the sum of one hundred and thirty-three pounds fix
Killings and eight-pence, with interest thereon, from
the time the said fine was laid, and also pay unto the
Keriff of said county, in Rate-bills of credit, in cir
culation at the time such fine was laid, at their no
minal value, the costs accrued on such fine and im
prisonment, the said Garret Hopper Kall thereupon,
to all intents and purposes, be difeharged from said
fine and imprisonment, any law, usage or cuftorn, to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Ordered, 1 hat mr. Bonney do carry the said re
solution to council for concurrence.
Mr. Bowen having informed the house, at the re
quest of colonel David Potter, that there are in his
possession a quantity of muflcet-cartridges, in boxes,
the property of the Rate;
Whereupon,
Resolved, That the said David Potter be empow
ered and directed publickly to advertise and make
sale of the fame; and that he Kall receive either gold
and silver, or the notes given to the officers and sol
diers of this state for the depreciation of their pay,
or the notes given to the militia of this state, in pay
ment; and that he tender an account of such sales to
this house at their next fitting, with the expences at
tending the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Bonney do carry the said reso
lution to council for concurrence.
1 he house adjourned till to-morrow morning nine
of the clock.
Friday, November 25, 1785.
The house met.
The house resumed the consideration of the bill,
intitled, 6 an ad to call in all the contractors' and
surplus certificates, to issue Rate notes to the holders,
and to procure a more accurate estimate of the Rate
debt: An amendment in the third feclion moved for by
mr. Sinnickfon, seconded by mr. Sheppard, that the fol
lowing words be inferred, to come in immediately af
ter the Words 6 fraudulently obtained,' 6 or original
certificates, which do not express the quantity of the
articles furniffied according to law,' was carried ia
the negative, as follows;
'The bill, intitled, 'an ad directing the mode by
' which Kates of propriety, and rights to unlocated
' lands in the state of New-Jersey, may be fold for
' the payment of debts.' And,
* The bill, intitled, 'an ad for incorporating fun
' dry persons as trustees of the firft Pielbyteiian cor.
‘ gregation in Hanover, Morris county.'
Mr. Sharp, from the committee appointed for that
purpose brought in a bill, intitled, ' an ad for strik
ing one hundred thousand pounds in bills of credit
and directing the mode for finking the fame,' which
was read; and, on the question, whether it be read a
second time? It was carried in the affirmative, a:
follows: