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yotes and proceedings of the tenth general
assembly of the fate of New-Jersey.
Being the third sitting.
( Concluded from our last.)
rn HE engrossed bill, intitled, 'an aft for
a making the bills emitted by the aft, inti
tied, an aft for raising a revenue of thirty
¥ one thousand two hundred and fifty-nine
pounds five Shillings per annum, for the
term of twenty-five years, for the pur
pose of paying the interest and principal of debts due
from the United States, agreeably to a recommendati
on of Congress of the eighteenth day of April one
thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, and for ap
propriating the fame, a legal tender in this ftate,' was
read and compared; on the question, whether the
fame do pass ? It was carried in the affirmative, as
follows :
Yeas. Messrs. Garritfe, A. Clark, Marsh, Combs,
Schuurman, Bonney, Walton, Schenck, Stillwell,
Bunn, Blair, Kelley, Houghton, Baker, Cook, Starke,
Arnold, Hankinfon, Beardflee, Longstreet.
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, R. S. Smith,
Biddle, J. Smith, T. Clark, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall,
Holme, Whildcn, Lambert, Burgin, Bowen, Shep
pard.
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Stillwell do carry the laid bill to
the council for concurrence.
Mr. Schuurman, with leave, presented the draught
of a bill, intitled, ' an aft to raise the sum of ten
thousand four hundred and nineteen pounds fifteen
/hillings, and to appropriate the fame; to alter the
time of assessing and collecting the third payment of
the tax to be raised for the purpose of paying the in
terest and principal of debts due from the United
States; and to alter the time of assessing and collecting
the tax of the current year for the support of govern
ment ;' which bill was read, and ordered a second
reading.
The bill, intitled, ' an act to repeal an act, intitled,
an act to direct the mode and proceedings on writs of
fieri facias, and for transferring of lands and chattels
for the payment of debts,' was read a second time;
on the question, whether the house agree to the title
of the said bill ? It was carried in the negative, as follows:
Nays. Messrs. Garritfe, A. Clark, Marsh, Combs,
Bonney, Walton, Schenck, Bunn, Blair, Kelley, Ba
ker, Lambert, Houghton, Cook, Starke, Arnold,
Hankinfon, Beardflee
Yeas. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Schuurman, R.
S. Smith, Biddle, J. Smith, T. Clark, Davis, Sinnick
fon, Hall, Holme, Burgin, Bowen, Sheppard.
Ordered, That the said bill do lie on the table.
Mr. Sinnickfon, with leave, presented the draught
of a bill, intitled, 'an alt for fixing and rendering p r
manent the salaries of the judges of the supreme court
during the term of their commissions ;' which was
read, and ordered a second reading.
A petition from John Halfted, of the city of Perth-
Amboy, accompanied with a letter from John De-
Hart, esquire, a letter from David Olden, and an af
fidavit of Ebenezer Ford, praying, for reasons therein
contained, that the legislature would revile the ele
venth feltion of the aft for forfeiting to, and veiling
in the state of New-Jersey, the real estate of certain
fugitives and offenders, &c. passed December 11, 1778,
the better to secure bona fide purchasers, was read,
and referred to the next session.
A message from the council by mr. Martin.
' Council-chamber, May 31, 1786.
' Ordered,
' THAT mr. Martin do carry to the house of af
' fembly the bill, intitled, ' an aft for the eftablifli
'ment of a coinage of copper in this ftate,' with the
' amendments made thereto by this house, and request
6 their concurrence in the said amendments.'
Which bill, with the amendments, was read, and
agreed to;
Ordered, That the said bill with the amendments be
re-engrossed.
A petition from colonel Frederick Frclinghuyfen,
and the other field officers of his regiment, praying
Xhat a law may be passed, authorizing : his excellency
fyne governor to commission companies of grenadiers
and infantry, was read, and committed to meffrs.
Blair and Walton, to bring in a bill agreeably to the
prayer therein contained.
The bill, intitled, 'a supplement to the act, inti
tled, an alt to direct the mode of proceedings on writs
of fieri facias, and tor transferring of lands and chat
tels for the payment of debts,' was read a second time,
and committed to meffrs. Sinnickfon, Schuurman and
Walton.
The house adjourned till to-morrow morning nine of
the clock.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. IX.]
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
MO ND AY, July 17, 1786.
' THAT mr. Clark do wait on the house of assembly, ;
' and acquaint them that the bill, intitled, 'an alt to ena-I
' ble Ann Pemberton, widow and administratrix of aland ;
' lingular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, ofj
' Joleph Pemberton, late of Welt river, in the date of|
' Maryland, deceased, &c. to fulfil certain contracts 1
' made by Israel Pemberob and Joseph Pemberton, I
' for the sale of certain I.nds,' &c.
' Ihe bill, intitled,,' an aft for the relief of Adaml
' Green and John Hull, of Hardwick, in the countyl
'of Suffex.' And
'The bill, intitled, ' an aft for making the bills 1
' emitted by the alt, intitled, an alt for railing a re- I
' venue of thirty-one thousand two hundred and fifty-I
nine pounds five fhiilings, for the purpose of payingl
' the interest and principal of debts due from the|
' United States, agreeably to a recommendation of
' Congrels of the 18th day of April one thousand fe
' ven hundred and eighty-three, and for appropriating |
' the fame, a legal tender in this ftate,' are passed by
' this house without amendment. And,
' That the bill, intitled, ' an alt to difeourage the
' keeping of dogs,' is rejected by this houfe.';
Mr. Stillwell reported, that he had obeyed the order I
of the hcufe.
Mr. Schuurman, from the committee appointed to
bring in a bill to raise a revenue by an impolt and ex
cise, brought in a bill, intitled, ' an aft to raise a re
venue from certain profeffions, offices and occupations
within the state of New-Jersey ;' which was read, and
ordered a second reading.
The bill, intitled, 'an alt for enabling Nicholas
Lezier to crcft and maintain a mill and the necessary
waterworks tor improving the fame, on and near
Hackinfack river, in the county of Bergen, and state
of New-Jerfey,' was read, and referred to be read a
second time on the second Wednesday of the next fit
ting, at which time the parties for and against the
bill may be heard rtfpelting the propriety or impro
priety of passing the fame.
The speaker laid before the house a letter from his
honour the chief-juftice, informing that the original
constitution of the state is in the possession of mr. Isaac
Collins, and suggesting the propriety of having the fame
recorded and filed in the secretary's office among the
archives of the state, was read ; whereupon,
Ordered, That Isaac Collins do deliver the said origi
nal constitution to the secretary of this state, to be by
him filed among the archives of the state.
Mr. Sinnickfon, from the committee to whom was
committed the bill, intitled, 'an alt to explain and
amend an alt, intitled, an act to direlt the mode and
proceedings 011 writs of fieri facias, and for transfer
ring of lands and chattels for the payment of debts,'
reported the fame with sundry amendments, and the
following title: 'a supplement to an alt, intitled,
an alt to direltthe mode of proceedings on writs of
fieri facias, and for transferring lands and chattels for
the payment of debts ;' which was read, and icferrcd
to the next fitting.
rhe bill, intitled, ‘ an alt for fixing and rendering
permanent the salaries of the justices "of the supreme
court during the term of their commiffions,' was read
Thursday, June I, 1786.
The house met.
There-engrossed bill, intitled, ' an aft for the esta
blishment of a coinage of copper in this state, was read
and compared,
Ordered, That the speaker do sign the fame.
Ordered, That mr. Kelley do carry the said bill to I
the council, and acquaint them that the fame is paffedj
by this house with their amendments.
Mr. Blair, from the committee appointed for that
purpose, reported the draught of a bill, intitled, ' an
aft to authorize the governor of this state to grant
commissions to the officers of certain volunteer com
panies of militia ;' which was read, and ordered a se
cond reading.
A petition from David Edgar, praying that the trea
surer may be directed to difeharge the interest due him
on certificates in his possession, which was given him
for his services, as a captain in colonel Sheldon's regi
ment, was read, and referred to the next fitting.
A message from the council by mr. Newbold.
' Council-chamber, May 1786.
' Ordered,
'THAT mr. Newbold do wait on the house of af
' fembly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled,
'' a supplement to an ad, intitled, an alt for ngula
' ting the election of members of the legiflative-coun
' cil and assembly, flieriffs and coroners of the state
'of New-Jersey, and of delegates to represent the laid j
'ftate in the Congress of the United States,' is re-I
6 jelled by this houfe.'
A message from the council by mr. Clark.
'Council-chamber, June 1786.1
'Ordered, j
THE
a second time; on the question, whether the house
agree to the title of the said bill? It was carried in the
affirmative, as follows:
Yeas. Mellrs. Schuurman, Walton, Schenck, Still
well, Bunn, Davis, Sinnickfon, Hall, Holme, Whil
den, Lambert, Houghton, Arnold, Burgin, Bowen,
Sheppard.
Nays. Messrs. Terhune, Blauvelt, Garritfe, Marsh,
Bonney, Biair, Kelley, Biddle, Baker, Cook, Starke,
Hankinfon, Beardflee.
Ordered, fnat the said bill be referred to the next
fitting.
The petition of Peter Dumont, of the county of
Somerset, was read a second time, and ordered to lie
on the table.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
A certificate of half-pay, adjudged by the court of
quarter-sessions of the peace of the county of Mon
mouth, in favour of Rebecca Dennis, widow of capt.
John Dennis, who died of the wounds he received while
in the service of the United States, was read and approved,
Ordered, That a warrant do issue in favour of the
said Rebecca Dennis, tor the sum of twenty dollars
per month, from the 15th day of January 1778, for
and during her widowhood.
A petition from the widow, children and devifees
of Lucas Nefius, fating forth, that the laid Lucus
Nefius, deceased, made his testament and last will in
the presence of two witnesses only, which they are
since advised is not fufficient, as to the difpolition of the
real estate of the testator, the law requiring the at
testation of three, and praying leave to present a bill
to confirm the said testament and last will notwith
standing the omission referred to;
Ordered, That the said petitioners have leave to pre
sent a bill agreeably to the prayer of their petition at
the next fitting, on advertising the purport of the bill
they mean to prelent and a copy of this order at Icait four
weeks previous thereto, in three of the most pubiick
places in the county of Somerset.
Mr. Bunn, from the committee appointed to exa
mine and report Inch publick accounts as might be re
ferred to them during this session, reported as follows:
THA F there are due tododor Jacobus Hub
bard, for sundry medicines and attendance to the
soldiers at Middleton, county of Monmouth,
under the command of captain Moses Shep
pard, as per his account, dated 1781, g. 3 o o
To John Burrowes, late flieriff of Mon
mouth, for removing and guarding state pri
soners, - - - 13 9
To Henry Denny, for nursing, board, and
loss of time, while confined with a wound re
ceived in the service of the United States, 19 2 6
By order of the committee,
ELIJAH CLARK,
EDWARD BUNN.
The house having taken the said report into consi
deration.
Refolded, That the treasurer pay to the persons there
in named the sums annexed to their rcfpeltive names.
Ordered, That mr. Biddle do carry the said account
and relolution to the council ior their concurrence.
1 he bill, intitled, ‘ an alt to authorize the gover
nor of this state to grant commissions to .he officers of
certain volunteer companies of militia,' was read a se
cond time, and referred to the next fitting.
Mr. Sinnickfon, according to leave given at the last
fitting, presented the draught of a bill, intitled, - an
alt to enable the owners and possessors of certain mea
dows and tide marsh, lying on Salem creek, in the
townihip of Mannington, in the county of Salem, to
make and maintain a bank, dams and other waterworks,
in order to drain and pievent the tide from flowing
the fame;' which was read; whereupon the speaker
laid before the house a petition from Abraham Hewlings
of the county of Burlington, praying, for reasons there-'
in contained, that the laid bill may not be passed-
Ordered, That the said bill be referred to the next
fitting, and that on the second Thursday after the
next meeting of the legislature, the parties for and
against the said bill be beard refpelting the propriety
or impropriety of passing the fame.
The house adjourned to three o'clock, P. M.
The house met.
The members withdrew to attend a joint-meeting
and, being returned, the speaker resumed the chair. °'
A message from the council by mr. Kitchel. °
6 Council-chamber, June 1, 1,86.
' Ordered,
' THAT mr. Kitchel do wait on the house of affem
'bly, and acquaint them that the bill, intitled,' an
' alt lor filling the proprieties, (hares of propriety,
' and rights to unlocated lands of persons whose estates
6 have became forfeited to, and veiled in this ftate.'
' rhe bill, intitled, ' an all for draining and making
' partition of a certain trait of bog or meadow, situ-
[Numb. 427.]