The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-01-27 00:00:00, page 1

[Continued from oar lafl.]
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
An Aft for raising a revenue of Thirty-one Thru
fend Two Hundred and Fifty-nine Pounds Five
Shillings per annum, for the term of twenty-five
years, for the purpose of paying the interyfi and
principal of debts due from the United States,
agreeably to a recommendation of Congress of the
eighteenth day of April, One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Eighty-tiree, and for appropriating
the fame,
£n7.iz. A ND be it enabled by the ou
ithorny aforefaid, That if the
a " e "° r o ' an Y township, pre
, ifi cind or ward, in any county
-A. .■»» of this state, shall neglect to
attend at the times and places before direded for the
meeting of the afl'eflors in the refpedive counties, it
shall and may be lawful for the majority of the asses
sors of the said county met as aforefaid, notwithstand
ing the absence of such assessor, to proceed to fettle
the proportion to be levied on such township, precind
or ward, in the said county; which proportion so fixed
shall be affefTed and golleded by the afleffor and col
ledor of such township, precind or ward.
13. And be it further enaded, That the collectors
of the refpedive townships, precinds or wards of this
state, within twenty days after the receipt of each
duplicate and assessment as aforefaid, shall make de
mand of the fevefal and refpedive sums assessed on
each person within their refpedive townships, precinds
or wards, in person or by notice left at his place of
abode; and shall also give notice of the time and place
of holding the courts of appeals ; and in case of non
payment of the affeifment of the said tax on the fifth
day of September in each year, the said collector
shall make out a lift of the names and surnames of such
delinquents, with the sum due from each, and make
return thereof to any Justice of the Peace of the
county where fitch delinquency shall happen, which
Justice is hereby empowered and required to admini
ster an oath or affirmation to the said colledor, that
the monies in the lift mentioned had been demanded,
or notice thereof given at each delinquent's usual place
of abode, and thereupon immediately make out his
warrant, directed to any constable of the county, re
quiring him to make distress on the goods and chat
tels of each delinquent, and make sale thereof at pub
lick vendue, giving notice of the time and place by
advertisements in three of the most r ublick places in
the towafhip, precind or ward, at least five days be
fore the day of sale, and to pay the tax for which
such distress is made to the said collector within twenty
days from the date of the warrant, and at the time of
making payment to retain Twopence for each name
inferred in the warrant, to be paid to the Justice of
the Peace who shall make out the fame, and Two
ShiHings and Six-pence as his own compensation for
each dittrefs, and to return the overplus, if any there
be, to the owner; and in case the owner shall refufe
to accept thereof, then the said constable shall pay the
fame into the hands of the collector of the township,
precinct or ward, to be credited to the owner in his
next tax, or paid to his successor for that purpose;
and where golds and chattels cannot be found, the
constable is hereby empowered and required to take
the body or bodies of such delinquent or delinquents,
if to be found in said county, and to deliver him or
them to the fheriff of such county, or his gaoler, to
be kept in fife custody until payment shall be made,
and all charges accruing thereby are defrayed; and the
solle&ors of the refpedive townships, precinds or
wards, within this state for the time being, shall de
liver the tax by them collected and received, together
with the duplicates and such forfeitures as they may
have received for the use of the state in pursuance of
this aft, to the collector of the county in which such
township, prccbiQ ^ £ lira rd. is situated, on or before
the twenty-fourth day of September in each year ;
and in case any such collector shall refufe to do any
duty enjoined on him by this ad, he shall forfeit and
pay, for each offence, the sum of Twelve Founds, to
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. VII.]
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
TUESDAY, January 27, 1784.
- like powers and authority, and shall perform the like
jduties within such township, precind or ward, receive
, the like rewards, and be fubjed to the fame penalties
f for ncgled or default with the assessors and collectors
3herein mentioned.
; 1,. And be it cnaded by the authority aforefaid,
- Tnat the colledors of the several counties shall pay
;the sums by them received as aforefaid to the trea
, surer of the state, on or before the firft day of Odo
ber in every year, during the continuance of this ad,
taking receipts for the fame; which receipts, after
having been entered in the auditor's office and endorsed
agreeably to law, shall be fufficient vouchers to dis
charge the said collectors severally from the monies
; or bills so paid; and if any county colledor shall ne
gled or refufe to pay to the treasurer the monies or
bills by him received pursuant to the diredions of
this ad, or any part thereof, within the times herein
:before limited, or shall refufe or negled to perform
, any of the duties enjoined him by this ad, he shall,
for every such offence, forfeit and pay the sum of
: Ten Founds, to be recovered with coils by the trea-
I furer, and applied as aforefaid; and the said county
. .colledors refpedively shall have and retain in their
hands the sum of One Penny per Pound, for all the
;taxes by them received and paid in virtue of the di
] redions of this ad, and likewise Six-pence per mile
for each annual payment, for every mile his place of
abode may be dirtant firm the treasury.
16. And be it enaded, That if any Justice of the
Peace of this state shall negled or refufe to do any
.duty requited of him by this ad, every such Justice,
so negleding or refufing, shall forfeit for each offence
the sum of Six Pounds, to be recovered and applied
as is herein after direded.
17. And be it further enaded, That the colledor
1 of the county, on behalf of and for the use of the
;county, shall prosecute for all fines and forfeitures be
:lore-mentioned, which may become due by virtue of
ithis ad, excepting where it is otherwise direded.
I 18. And be it enaded, That if the collector of any
I townfllip, precind or wrrd, fhJI make default in not
paying the money or bills by him collected, and every
part thereof, to the col edor of the county to which
;he belongs, at the timet herein before fpecified, he
,shall, behdes the forfeitures herein before-mentioned,
r be fubjed to an adion of debt at the suit of the county I
colledor for the recovery of the whole sum, or anyl
part thereof, with intereftand costs of suit ; andif any|
county collector shall nuke default 111 not paying to
I the treasurer the money or bills by him received, and
Iherein before directed to be paid to the said treasurer,
or any pair thereof, at the time in, each year fpecified
for that purpose, he shall, besides the forfeitures be
fore-mentioned, be fubjed to an action of debt at the
suit of the said treafurerfor the recovery of the whole
I fura unpaid, with interest and colls of suit.
14. An l be it further enabled, That in case of the
removal, death, negled or refulal, of any assessor or
coiledor appointed to any of the duties of th:s aft,
and also where in any township, precind or ward in
this state, the inhabitants may have neglected and shall
negled, after the time given in this ad, to choose
town-officers, in every such case it shall and may be
lawful for any two Justices of the Peace of the county
in which such township, precind or'ward may be, to
meet together and appoint such other fit person or
persons within the said county as they shall think pro
per, to aflefs and collect the taxes of such township,
precinct or ward; and the perlons so appointed shall
be, and they are hereby declared to be verted with the
be recovered and applied in manner herein after di
rected; and the refpedive collectors" aforefaid shall
and may retain in their hands the sum of I hree-pence
on the Pound, for all such monies as they may colled
in and pay to the county colledor aforefaid by virtue
of the directions of this act ; and if any constable shall
negled or refufe to do any duty or service enjoined on
him by this ad, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of
Six Pounds, to be recovered by the township, pre
cind or ward collector, before anyJuftice of the Peace
of the county, and applied one half to the use of the
prosecutor, and the other half to the use of the date,
with costs of suit.
THE
19. And be it enaded, That it shall and may be
lawful for the Justices of the Peace of each county in
this state, or any three of them, and a majority of the
freeholders chosen for the said county, to call the
county collector to an account receding the money
or bills he shall receive by virtue of the directions of
this act, at such time and times, and as often as the
said juftrees and freeholders may deem convenient•
and all monies or bills remaining in the hands of the
said county colledors after the quotas of the county
shall be paid in as aforefaid, shall by the said justices
and freeholders be credited to the township, precind
or ward, wherein the said monies or bills were raised,
towards their next year's quota, and applied to that
purpose ; and the county collectors severally are here
by required and commanded to lay copies of the re
fpedive affefTments and accounts of deficiencies, and
of all fines and forfeitures received pursuant to the
directions of this ad, before the justices and free
holders of the refpedive counties annually at their
dated meetings, or oftener if by them required.
20. And be it further enabled, That if any county,
precind, township or ward collector, shall fquahder
or embezzle the money belonging to the state entrusted
in his hands, so that recovery thereof cannot be had
by the state, the said county,precind townfhipor ward,
shall be liable to reimburse the sum so sq uandered or em
bezzled, to be added to the quota of the next year's
tax of such county, precinct, township or ward; and
all deficiencies happening in any county or township
in any one year during the continuance of this act,
shall be added to the quota of such county or towa
fbip the succeeding year, and assessed and collected ac
cordingly.
21. And be it enacted, That the goods and chat
tels of ale tenants 01 peifons reading on, or having the
care of any lands or tenements, shall, on default of
payment of the tax assessed thereon, -be liable to be
djitiained for the fame ; and in case the tenant or per
son having the care of any such lands or tenements
iiiali pay, or his or her goads be diftrained for the tax,
then, and in that case, it shall and may be lawful to
and for the said tenant to dedud the sum so paid out
el the rent so agreed for, or to recover the fame from
the owner by action of debt in any court where the
fimefhall be cognizable, together with costs of suit.
Iloaded always, I hat nothing in this a& contained
,"/ , an, wife extend to alter any contract made and
Lof.ding between any landlord and tenant.
22. \ND, for the direction of the collectors of the
several piecinds, townships or wards, in each respec
tive county in this state, in the mode to be by them
puilued so: the recovery of the tak afTefled on such
unimproved and untenanted trads of land, the owners
thereof do not reside within the county where such
lands are situated, Be it enafted, That the said collec
tors shall, on default of payment of the tax assessed
on such lands as aforefaid, within the times limited in
this ad, return the delinquencies to some Justice of
the i eace of tne county, who is hereby required there
upon foifue his warrant to any constable thereof, to
levy dikrefs on so much of the timber, wood, herbage,
or whatever other faleable property belonging to the
said owner or owners may be found on the premises,
as will pay the tax and colls in like manner as in this
ad is before direded.
23-^AND WHEREAS, by reason of the scarcity
&"7 tine silver in this state, it will be impracticable
to raile the whole, or any considerable proportion of
the aforefaid sum annually, in that kind of money;
and inasmuch as the revenue directed to be raised by
this ad, is designed by the recommendation of Con
gress to be appropriated as a fund for paying the an
nual inrereft of debts contraded on the faith of the
United States ; and as the revenue to be raised by im
ports on imported goods will, in all probability, be
more than Sufficient to difeharge the interest arising
on foreign loans, and other debts due in Europe and
elsewhere out of tho United States, it will be highly
proper and just that thole citizens who contribute their
proportion of said revenue, and at the fame time are
Creditors of the United States, should receive out of
such revenue the advantages expressly intended there
by; in order therefore that the fa,id taxes may be col-
[Numb. 298.]