The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1780-11-29 00:00:00, page 1

STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
jn ACT to amend an Act, intitled, An Aft for efla
bUJhihg a fund for finding and redeeming the propor
tion of the bills of credit of the United States, aligned
as the quota of this fate.
WHEREAS the ad, intitled, " An Ad for
" establishing a fund for linking and rc
'' deeming the proportion of the bills
'f of credit of the United States, allign
'' ed as the quota of this fate," paired the ninth day
of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty, fix
es a certain comparative value between the continen
tal currency and the bills of credit directed to be if
iued by the said ad, which, if continued, will tend
to reduce the said bills of credit below their real value;
Seft. I. Be it therefore Enacted by the Council and
General Assembly of this fate, and it is hereby Enabled
by the authority of the fame, That every part of the said
recited ad, so far forth as the fame refpeds the fixing
of such comparative value between the said continen
tal currency and the said bills of credit, or the au
thorizing and requiring the Treasurer to give in ex
change, or the authorizing the said Treasurer and the
county, township, precind and ward Collectors to re
ceive one dollar in, the said bills of credit for forty of
the continental currency, or the paying the fees, re
wards, fines and forfeitures of the several officers and
others in the said ad mentioned and expressed, in the
said bills of credit at the rate aforefaid, Ihall be, and
the fame is hereby repealed.
2. AND WHEREAS it may be convenient and be
neficial to the inhabitants of this date that the said
bills of credit should be received in payment of the
second tax direded to be raised by the laid ad; Beit
Enacted by the authority aforefaid, That it Ihall and
may be lawful for the Treasurer of the Rate for the
time being, and for the several county, township, pre
cind and ward Colledors to receive the said bills of
credit in payment of the second tax, direded to be
raised by the said recited ad, from any perlon or pcr
fons who shall tender the fame, in lieu of the conti
nental currency, estimating the value of the said con
tinental currency agreeably to the current rate of ex
change between the fame and specie; which rate of
exchange shall be fixed in manner herein after directed.
3. And be it further Enabled by the authority afore
faid, That it shall and may be lawful for the Treasu
rer of the state for the time being, and he is hereby au
thorized and required to give in exchange for the said
continental currency any sum in the said bills of cre
dit which may be in his possession, agreeably to the
current rate of exchange, to be fixed as herein after
direded. Provided always, That none of the said
bills of credit shall be by him given in exchange as a
forefaid, after the sum of twelve millions of dollars in
the said continental currency shall have come into the
Ueafury by taxes or otherwise.
4. And be it Enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
it shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Privy
Council, on or before the twentieth day of Decem
ber next, to afeertain and declare the then general
current rate of exchange between continental curren
cy and specie ; which rate of exchange, so afeertain
ed and declared, shall be confidcred and taken as the
lawful rate of exchange between the said continental
currency and the bills of credit issued upon the faith
of this state, as far as refpeds the second payment of
the tax directed to be raised by the said recited ad,
and shall be certified under the hand and seal of the
said Governor in Privy Council to the Collectors of the
several counties in this state, on or before the firit day
-jf January next; who are hereby required and di
rected to deliver or transmit a copy of the said certifi
cate to the Collectors of the several townships, pre
cinCts or wards within their refpeCtive counties, for
their direction in the collection of the second payment
of the said tax, and to return the said certificate to
the Treasurer, together with the monies collected
and by them paid into the treasury in difeharge of the
said tax ; and it ihall and may be lawful for the said
Governor and Privy Council, immediately after the
passing of this ad, and hereafter from time to time,
and as often as the fame may be thought necessary,
to afeertain and declare the said rate of exchange as
aforefaid, and to certify the fame under his hand and
seal to the Treasurer of the state for the time being ;
which shall be taken and considered by the said Trea
surer as the lawful rate for exchanging the said bills
of credit for continental currency, and for receiving
and paying monies which may become due to or from
the state after the passing of this ad, (the monies
which shall become due in difeharge of the second
payment of the said tax only excepted) until the said
rate of exchange shall be again ascertained and de
clared, and a certificate given by the Governor in
Privy Council, as before directed.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. lII.]
WEDNESDAY, November 29, 1780.
5. And be it further Enabled by the authority afore
faid, That nothing in this aft contained shall extend
to authorize the Treasurer to receive or pay the said
bills of credit in difeharge of any debts which were
due to or from the state before the passing of this ass,
or to authorize the said Treasurer, or the county,
township, precinct or ward Collectors to receive the
fame in payment of any tax directed to be raised be
fore the palling hereof as aforefaid, at the rate to be
fixed and afeertained as before direfled, but the fame
shall be paid at the rate of one dollar in the said bills
of credit in lieu of forty of the continental currency,
any thing herein before contained to the contrary
notwithstanding.
6. And be it Enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
the clause in the second fedion of the said recited aft
which authorizes the several county, precinct or ward
Collectors, and Treasurer of the state for the time be
ing, to receive the bills of credit issued upon the faith
of any other of the United States, agreeably to the
resolutions of Congress of the eighteenth day of March
lalt, in payment of the taxes to be raised for finking
and redeeming the bills of credit issued upon the fai h
of this state, ihall be, and the fame is hereby repeal
ed. Palled at Trenton, November 17, 1780.
A true copy from the original,
M. EWING, jun. Clerk of the
General Affeinbly.
ITIS Excellency the Governor and the Honourable
Privy Council have this day, pursuant to the di
redions of the above law, declared the exchange of
the bills of credit issued on the faith of this state, to
be at the rate of feventy-five for one.
Nov. 22, 1780. BOWES REED, Sec'y.
One Thousand Dollars Reward.
STOLEN out of the stable of the subscriber, in
Mansfield township, Burlington county, state of
New-Jersey, in the night of the 13th instant Nov.
a black STALLION, known by the name of Gro
ver's Black, about 14 and a half hands high, a natu
ral trotter, canters well, 14 years old, very gay, 7-Bths
blooded. Also a half blooded bright bay MARE,
15 hands high, five years old last spring, with a star
and some collar marks near her withers, a remarka
ble white spot on her near fide betwen her buttock
and thigh about a span from the root of her tail, a
natural trotter, canters well and very gay. Any
person taking up the said horse and mare, and deli
vering them to the subscriber, shall be entitled to the
above reward, or Five Hundred Dollars for either,
and all reasonable charges, paid by
4 J JOSHUA FOSTER.
To all whom it may concern,
New-Jersey, Monmouth county, ff.
BY virtue of an order from the Ilonourable the Jus
tices of the Supreme Court of this state, I am
direded to certify the publick, that Courts of Oyer
and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery will be
held at Freehold courthouse, in and for the county
of Monmouth, on Tuesday the 12th of December
next: All Justices of the Peace, Coroners, Consta
bles, and other officers and ministers of Jufrice of the
said county, are hereby delired that they be then
and there in their own persons, with their rolls, re
cords, indictments, and other remembrances ; and
all persons who will prosecute, or can bear testimony
in behalf of the state against any offenders in the said
county, are delired likewise to give their attendance
on the day, and at the place aforefaid.
DAVID FORMAN, Sheriff.
Nov. 20, 1780.
Three hard Dollars Reward.
STRAYED from the plantation of James Emans,
in Kingwood, on the 13th day of September last,
a black Mare, about 14 hands high, 11 years old
part, has a white saddle-mark a little back of the near
Ihoulder, no shoes, had a yoke on, trots and can
ters, supposed to incline towards Monmouth court
house, where the was bred. Whoever will take up
said mare, and deliver her at said Emans's, or to the
subscriber, near said courthouse, or fend word to ei
ther place where she may be had again, shall have
Three hard Dollars reward, and reasonable charges,
paid by - JOHN EMANS.
Nov. 11, 1780. 2§
fB E~S OL D,
LAMPBLAC K,
Wholesale and Retail,
At the Printing-Office, Trenton.
THE
State of New-Jersey, Hunterdon county,
November 13, 1780.
WHEREAS there has been delivered into my cus
tody a certain Negro, who calls himfelf Tho
mas Stevens, fays he belongs to one John Warren,
in Maryland, twenty miles this fide Snow-Hill; he
is about fix feet high, stout and strong. Also a cer
tain John Talbert, who fays he is a freeman, came
from Chailcftown, South-Carolina; he is about five
feet nine or ten inches high, and a slim fellow. Their
matters are desired to come and prove their property,
pay charges and take them away, or they will be fold
for the fame in three weeks.
- PETER HULICK, Gaoler.
BY lIIS EXCELLENCY
William Livingston, Esquire,
Governor, Captain-General, and Commander in Chief
in and over the State of Neiu-Jerfey and Territories
thereunto belonging, Chancellor and Ordinary in the
fame;
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the Honourable the Congress by their
Proclamation, bearing date the eighteenth day
of October last, therein reciting, That ' whereas it
hath plcafed Almighty God, the Father of all mer
cies, amidst the vicissitudes and calamities of war, to
bestow blessings upon the people ofthefe Rates, which
call for their devout and thankful acknowledgments,
more especially in the late remarkable interposition
of his watchful providence in refeuing the person of
our Commander in Chief and the Army from im
minent dangers, at the moment when treason was
ripened for execution ; in prospering the labours of
the husbandmen, and canfing the earth to yield its in
create in plentiful harvests; and above all, in conti
nuing to us the enjqyment of the gospel of peace :"
Did by the said Proclamation " recommend to the
several states to fct apart Thursday the seventh day of
December,next, to be obferved"as a day of public
thanksgiving and prayer; that all the people may as
semble on .that day to celebrate the praises of our Di
vine Benefador; to confefs our unworthiness of the
lead of his favours, and to offer our fervent Appli
cations to the God of all grace; that it may please
him to pardon our heinous transgressions, and incline
our hearts for the future to keep all his laws ; to com
fort and relieve our brethren who are in any wife af
flicted or distressed ; to smile upon our husbandry and
trade ; to direCt our public councils and lead our for
ces by land and sea to victory ; to take our illustrious
ally under his special protection, and to favour our
joint councils and exertions for the establishment of
fpeody and permanent peace ; to cherifli all schools
and seminaries of education, and to cause the know
ledge of Christianity to spread over all the earth."
I have therefore thought fit, by and with the advice
of the Honourable Privy Council of this state, to ap
point Thursday the seventh day of December next to
be observed as a day of public thanksgiving and pray
er in this state, in pursuance of the said Proclamati
on of Congress, and for the purposes therein menti
oned : And it is hereby recommended to the ministers
of the gospel of every denomination in this state to
perform divine service, and to the people committed
to their charge to attend on public worship on that
day; and to all the inhabitants of the state to abstain
thereon from servile labour and all recreations incon
sistent with the solemnity of the feftival.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Arms, in Trenton,
the seventh day of November, one thousand seven
hundred and eighty, and in the fifth year of the In
dependence of the United States of America.
WIL. LIVINGSTON.
By His Excellency's command,
Bowes Reed, Sec'ry.
GOD SAVE THE PEOPLE.
TO BE SOLD,
A good Milch C O W.
Enquire of the Printer.
^ The Price of this Gazette is 2/b,
paid in Produce at the following rate,
wheat 7/6, rye 46, buckwheat 2/6, In
dian corn 3/6 per bushel, flax \f. wool
if butter if. and cheese 6d. per lb. or 3/9
Specie, or the exchange thereof in Con
tinental Money, at the time of payment,
per Quarter.
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