The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-01-10 00:00:00, page 3

And the said Collector shall Carefully separate the
certificates, filing those given under the directions of
each department diftinCtly by themselves, endorsing
each file accordingly; which certificates, together
with a copy of the book in which the dates and other
principal contents of the fame are registered as afore
faid, he shall deliver to the Collector of the county
to which he belongs, and the county Collector shall
deliver to the Contractor or Contractors of his county
the certificates given under his or their authority or
direction, taking his or their receipt for the fame,
in which receipt shall be particularized the date and
the amount of each certificate, and the name of the
person to whom the fame was given ; which receipt,
together with the other certificates received in pay
ment of taxes, and a tranfeript of the book aforefaid,
he shall deliver to the Treasurer of the state, taking
his receipt for the fame.
4. And be it further Enabled, That the Treasurer
of the state for the time being, shall transmit a copy
'of the several county Contractors receipts to the
Superintendant of purchases, that he may be enabled
to check the accounts of the several county Con
tractors on a future settlement, charging him with
the amount of the fame ; and those certificates here
tofore given by the several township, precinC tand
ward Collectors, as mentioned above, and paid into
the Treasury as aforefaid, he shall keep, to be dis
posed of hereafter as the Legislature may direct ; and
TRENTON, January 10.
Yesterday the Honourable the Legislature of this
state adjourned to Tuesday the 15th day of May
next, then to meet at Princeton. During the fit
ting eighteen A&s were passed, the titles of which
will be inserted in our next.
Saturday last the brig Patty, Capt. Reed, and
the brig Polly, Capt. Frazer, arrived at Philadel
phia from France, with dry goods. The former
brought in a prize schooner bound from Penobfcot
to Charleftown, South Carolina, on board of which
was the infamous Major Rogers.
Also arrived the schooner Governor Livingston,
Captain Clunn, from Grenada.
ALL persons indebted to the estate of William
Cahaill, deceased, are desired to make im
mediate payment to prevent further trouble; and
all persons having any demands against said estate,
are desired to bring in their accounts properly proved.
Jos. Lawrence,
t } Executors.
Jonathan Rvlon,)
January 1, 1781. 2w*
Sorit, of the fame, That the township, precind and
ward Collectors within this state, shall and they here
by are severally required and directed to receive in
payment of state taxes all such certificates as may have
been given to the inhabitants of this state by any per
son properly authorized by, and acting under the di
rection of, the Quartermaster-General or the Com
mifiary-General of Purchases, or by the County Con
tractors for articles of supply furnished, or services
performed for the use of the army of the United States,
or for the militia of this state in actual service, or such
certificates as may have been given by the Collectors
for any surplus remaining on a certificate from which
former taxes may have been taken ; and the laid Col
lectors in receiving any certificates as aforefaid, shall
have particular refped to the time the fame became
.due, and allo to the time when the tax or taxes for
which it may be tendered in payment ought to have
been paid, according to law, and Ihall adjult and de
termine the depreciation both on the certificate and
on the tax or taxes to be paid thereby, agreeably to a
scale of depreciation herein after established ; and if
the amount of the certificate exceeds the amount of
the tax or taxes for which the fame may be tendered
in payment, the Collector is hereby required to give
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fd. I. J. d. I. f. d. l fd.
John Dobbs, To tax due ? „,, n < o , , R J° hn Dobbs. Peter Day. 20 March, 1779. 400 1333— 12 10 0^
Sept. !779,S 5 1 3 1 9o
John Cash, To do. due)l
t\nl 100 < 0100 c o 210 0
April,l7Bo,)l
Tobal.cert.)
Jan. 1780, ) I
12 10 0
Job James, To tax due) c 0 100 c 0 210 c J °° jam ™ Peter Day. 22 June, 1780.— 300 300= 710 0
June, 1779,) 160 1 xc 0
John True, To do. due),
:20 C Cl6O 0 0 4 00
May, 1778,5.
Wiley Wood, To do. due )
' c ° , 100 0 OXOO c 0 210 0
Sept. 1780,)
9 0 ° I 9| 0 0
all those certificates given under the authority and
direction of the Quartermaster- General and Com
missary-General of purchases, or either of their
agents, which he may receive as aforefaid, he shall
deliver or transmit to the heads or principals of the
refpeCtive departments, or their agents in the city of
Philadelphia, or elsewhere, taking their receipts for
the fame, in such a manner as to make the said prin
cipals accountable for the amount of the said certifi
cates paid in, which receipts the said Treasurer shall
deliver to the Board of Treasury of the United States,
and if the amount thereof shall exceed the quota of
taxes assigned to be railed in this state by the firft
day of March last, the Treasurer is hereby required
to receive the payment for such surplus.
5. And be it further Enabled, That every township,
precintl and ward Collector, shall be entitled to re
ceive as a compensation for paper and the extraordi
nary services required of him by this aCt, the sum of
two-pence in the pound, on the amount of the taxes
received in certificates by virtue of this aft, over and
above the rewards allowed him heretofore for col
lecting taxes.
6. And be it further Enacted, That the aCt, intitled,
An ACt to empower the Collectors to receive certain
certificates in payment of taxes, passed the thirteenth
day of June, one thousand seven hundred and eighty,
shall be and the fame is hereby repealed.
TOBE SOL D,
A Valuable GRIST-MILL and TRACT
of LAND thereunto belonging,
SI FUATE in Allentown, eight miles from Bor
dentown, on the main stage road to New-York.
It is a commodious well built mill, in good order
for carrying on merchant work, about four miles to
a landing; there is two good dwelling houses, 36
acres of land, about one-third meadow exclusive of
the mill-pond; all of which is pleasantly situated
within view of the mill and houses. It is in a good
wheat country and an excellent stand for country
bufmefs. Also about seven and a half acres of wood
land, at a small distance, handy for fuel or timber
for repairs when necessary. Two-thirds or more of
the purchase money may lay on interest by giving
security. For further particulars ^pply on the pre
mises to Arthur Donaldson. 3*
THE Members of the Trenton
LIBRARY COMPANY are desired to meet
at the house of R. Williams, Esq. in Tren
ton, on Monday the 15th of this instant, at two o'
clock in the afternoon. Jan. 3, 1781.
a new certificate for the fiirplus, payable in the bills
of credit issued on the faith of this state, with an
interest at fix per centum per annum, until paid, and
to be receivable in payment of any future taxes, as
follows :
County of township of
This certifies that the sum of remains
due to on a certificate for after
deducing for tax (or for certain
taxes ;) which remaining sum shall be paid in the bills
of credit issued on the faith of this state, with an in
terest of fix per centum per annum, until paid.
Witness my hand this day of one
thousand seven hundred and A. B. Collector.
2. And be it further Enacted,^ That the Collectors
aforefaid, shall, and they hereby are severally re
quired and directed to receive any certificate as afore
faid in payment of the tax or taxes, not only of the
original holder, or of any person to whom the fame
may have been legally transferred, but also in pay
ment of the tax or taxes of any other person or per
sons in behalf of whom he or the may tender the
fame, to the full amount thereof, or for such part or
parts as the sum of the taxes may require: Provided
always, That nothing in this act contained shall ex-
7. And be it further Enabled, That the following
table shall be, and the fame hereby is declared to be
the rate of the depreciation of the continental cur
rency within this state, through the several periods
therein set forth, videlicet ;
1777. July s
January 1 August 5
February 2 September 5
March ~ a O&ober 5
April 2 November 6
May a December 6
June 3 1779.
July , January
August 3 February
September 3 March 1.
October 3 April 16
November 4 May 20
December 4 June 20
1778. July 20
January 4 August 24
February 4 September .x
March 5 October „'
April 5 November 36
May 5 December 40
June 5
Passed at Trenton, January 9, t,Bt.
JOSIAH HORNBLOWER,
Speaker of the House of AffemU .
Philadelphia, December 25, 1780.
Two Thousand Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY this evening from the fubferiber,
a Negro wench named Maria alias Amoritta,
die is about thirty-four years of age, tall and well
made, her face long, and features more regular than
are common with her colour: She had on, or took
with her, a pale blue and white fine short linfey
gown and petticoat almost new, a petticoat of tow
linen, a pair of men's (hoes, good fhifts of brown
homespun linen, and aprons of the fame. It is sup
posed (he will endeavour to get into the Jerseys, as
die came from thence, and once lived with Mr.
Thomas Lowrey, of Flemington, but it is fufpe&ed
she is now lurking in this city, or concealed by some
free negroes. She also took with her, her female
child named Jane, about four years old, well made,
fat, round faced, and lively; had on or took with
her, a blue and white linfey frock.
Whoever will deliver the said wench and child to
the fubferiber in Philadelphia, shall have the above
reward. JOHN DUFFIELD.
N. B. All persons are forbid to harbour her at
their peril. gw*
tend to autl orize the said Collectors to receive an,
transferred certificate as afoteL.G, Ui l.fs the trans
fer was made before the passing of this aft, by pro
per alignments endpi fed thereon by the origin. I
holder, and every other person by whom the fame
may have been transferred.
3. And be it farther Enabled, That the Collector
of each townflrip, precinC tand ward, on leceipt of
any certificate for the payment of t. xe as aforefaid,
ihall regifterthe fame in a book to be kept by him
for that purpose, setting forth the name. -of the per
sons from whom the said tax or taxes are received,
the time when each became due, the amount when
due, and the depreciation thereon until paid, the
total amount of the taxes in specie, and the amount
of the certificate given for the balarce, if any there
be, on one fide of the said book, and directly oppolite
on the other fide, he ihall set forth the name of the
person from whom the certificate was received, the
name of the signer, the number, date and nominal
amount thereof, with the amount as depreciated, and
the value in specie, and the amount of cash paid, if
the certificate ihould not be fufficient to discharge
the tax, agreeably to the draught following :