The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-01-27 00:00:00, page 2

le&ed with the greater ease arid facility, and be ap
plied to the use for which the said revenue is appro
priated,
24. Be it enabled by the authority aforefaid, That
bills for paying the interest which is or may become
due to citizens of this state, be immediately printed,
made and prepared, to the amount of the aforefaid
sum of thirty-one f houfand Two Hundred and Fif
ty-nine Pounds Five Shillings ; and that their numbers
and denominations be as follows, to wit,
One thousand two hundred bills of fix pounds each.
Three thousand bills of three pounds each.
Three thousand nine hundred and seventy-six bills
of one pound ten (hillings each.
Three thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven
bills of fifteen (hillings each.
Three thousand nine hundred and feventy-five bills
of twelve (hillings each
Three thousand nine hundred and seventy-six bills
of seven drillings and fix-pence each.
Three thousand nine hundred and seventy-six bills
of five (hillings each.
Three thousand nine hundred and seventy-six bills
of three (hillings and nine-pence each.
Three thousand nine hundred and seventy-six bills
of two.(hillings and fix-pence each.
25. And be it further enacted, That the whole
number of bills aforefaid (hall be printed on good pa
per, and impressed with the arms of this state on the
left fide near the bottom thereof, and the size of the
said bills (hall be similar to those last issued under the
authority of this state; and besides the arms (hall be
imprefTed with such other devices as the treasurer of
this state for the time being (hall dired; and near
the top and bottom thereof the value of each bill (hall
be expressed; and the said bills shall contain the fol
lowing words :
'r HIS bill by law shall be received equal to gold
and silver for in the payment of
all taxes levied pursuant to a law of the state of New-
Jersey for railing a revenue for twenty-five years, pas
sed the day of December, 1783.
26. And be it further enacted, That the aforefaid
bills when printed shall be numbered and signed by
the treasurer and auditor of this state for the time be
ing, who, or either of them, when they receive such
bills from the printer thereof, shall administer to him,
and he is hereby diredied and required to take an oath
or affirmation as follows:
TA Bdo declare, that from the time the letters were
set and fit to be put into the press for printing the
bills by me delivered to you, until the bills were
printed and the letters unset, I went at no time out
of the room in which the said letters were without
locking them up; and therefore, to the best of my
knowledge, no copies were printed off but in my pre
sence ; and that all the bills so printed I have deli
vered to you, except the blotters, which I have
carefully destroyed.
Which said printer, at the time of taking the afore
faid oath or affirmation, shall deliver to the treasurer
the stamps for the indents and arms used in printing
said bills, to be by him kept and preserved.
27. And be it further enabled, That there shall be
paid to the printer for printing the aforefaid bills such
a sum as the said treasurer and auditor (hall agree with
him for, on a warrant signed by the Governor in
Council upon a certificate of such agreement under
the hands of the treasurer and auditor; and that there
shall be allowed to the said signers the sum of ten
pounds each for fignihg and numbering said bills, and
paid on warrants signed by the Governor in Council
as aforefaid.
28. And be it further enabled by the authority
aforefaid, That as soon as the said bills shall be printed
and signed, the treasurer for the time being is hereby
authorized and directed to pay out of the fame one
year's interest due on the certificates for loans and
other liquidated debts for supplies furnifhed the army,
or the transportation thereof, and other contingent
charges due from the United States to the inhabitants
of this state, upon oath or affirmation being made be
fore the treasurer, or by depositions produced to him,
that the certificate for which the interest is applied
for was, on the firft day of May, One Thousand Se
ven Hundred and Eighty-three, the property of an in
habitant of this state; and that such certificate, at no
time since that period, hath been the property of any
person who was an inhabitant of any other state at the
time he or (he was poffefTed of the fame. Provided
notwithstanding, That executors or administrators
shall be entitled to receive interest on certificates, up
on taking an oath or affirmation that they became pos
sessed of the certificate produced, as the property of
the deceased whose estate they administer, and who,
at the time of his or her decease, was an inhabitant
of this state; and was, as they verily believe, posses
sed of such certificate at nr before the firft day of
May,One Thnnfand Seven Hundred and Eighty three.
29. And be it further enacted by the authority
aforefaid, That the treasurer of this state for the time
bein^ is hereby authorized and directed, immediately
upon receipt of the taxes directed to be railed by this
a& in each and every of the said twenty-five years,
(except the last-mentioned tax in the year Eighteen
Hundred and Eight) to pay out of the fame, either
in the bills iffaed by the direction of this aft, or in
any species of money made receivable by the fame,
one year's interest which may then be due on certifi
cates for loans or other liquidated debts due from the
United States to the inhabitants of this state, upon
oath or affirmation being made by the person apply
ing, or by depositions produced where transfers have
been or (hall be made of such certificates, taken be
fore a magistrate in this state by the several perfqns
by whom such transfers have been made, whereby it
shall appear that the certificate for which the interest
is demanded was, on the firft day of May, One Thou
sand Seven Hundred and Eighty-three, the property
of an inhabitant of this state; and that such certificate,
at no time since that period, bath been the property
of any perfun who was an inhabitant of any other
state at the time he or (he was pofleffed of the fame.
Provided always, That executors or adminiferators
shall, during said term, be entitled to receive interest
on all certificates whereon the preceding year's inte
rest may then appear to have been paid, upon taking
an oath or affirmation that they became poffeiTed of
the certificate produced, as the property of the de
ceased whose estate they administer; and who, at the
time of his or her decease, was an inhabitant of this
state ; and that they verily believe the deceased, if
then living, would be entitled to receive such interest
agreeable to the direction of this ad ; and all trans
fers of certificates by executors or administrators, af
ter he or they shall have taken the oath or affirmation
as aforefaid, dial! entitle the possessor to receive inte
rest thereon agreeably to the true intent and meaning
of this aft, upon proof being made to the treasurer
that such certificate hath, at no time after such trans
fer, been the property of any perlon while redding
out of this state ; and the said treasurer shall also, in
each and every of the said years (except the year
Eighteen Hundred and Eight) tut of the production
of laid taxes pay one years interest which may then
be due on all certificates which have been given since
the firft day of May, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty
three, for supplies furnilhed the army, or transporta
tion thereof, or which may be given lor the fame up
on the liquidation of such debts due from the United
States to inhabitants of this state; and also upon all
certificates given to officers, non-commissioned officers
or foldieis of the Jersey line, late in the service of
the United States, for their monthly pay and sub
sistence due for the time they were in service until the
refpeCtive times of their derangement, difeharge or
disbandment.
30. And be it further enaCted by the authority
aforefaid, that it shall and may be lawful for the le
veral collectors and treasurer of tils state, and they
hereby are required to exchange gold and silver which
they may have received by virtue of this act, for any
of the aforefaid bills herein before directed to be il
fued at their nominal value, to any person who may
apply for the fame.
31. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer
of this state for the time being shall annually pay into
the treasury of the United States in specie, out of the
production of said taxes, all such lurplufage thereof
as may remain after paying the interest due to citizens
of this state in manner aforefaid, or exchanging the
fame as herein before directed.
32. And be it further enacted. That the said trea
surer shall keep exaCt and regular accounts of all in
terest paid as aforefaid, particularly dating the dates
and numbers of the certificates on which the fame may
be paid, and the name of the person to whom the fame
was granted, taking receipts for all such payments of
interest, and endorle the, fame on the back of such cer
tificates ; and shall be and hereby is authorized and
empowered to administer all or any of the oaths or
affirmations directed to be taken by-this aft.
33. And be it further enabled, ihat upon the re
ceipt of the last-mentioned tax, the money of whate
ver species received in payment thereof shall, by the
treasurer, be exchanged for rhe bills issued agreeably
to the directions of this aCt, which may then ba out
standing ; which bills, when received by the treasurer,
either in payment of the said lad-mentioned tax or by
exchange as aforefaid, shall Le cancelled and destroyed
in the fame manner as bills of credit heretofore cur
rent in this date while a province were usually can
celled and destroyed.
A. Faffed at Trenton, December 20, 1783.
A true copy from the original,
MASKELL EWING, jun. Clerk
of the General Assembly.
IN consequence of the difference arifea between
the court of Berlin and tie inhabitants of this ci
ty, the latter has been entirely blocked up for three
days pad. All communiation is forbidden ; and
Foreign Intelligence.
DANTZICK, Sept. 27.
Extrafl of a letter from Downpatrick, in Ireland,
August 20
" A most lamentable accident happened here yester
day evening. Some of the prisoners confined in the
county gaol, taking advantage of the tumult and bus
tle of our contested election, set the prdon on fire,
with a view of effecting their elcape. The fire was
oblerved after nine, on which the alarm was given;
the volunteers beat to arms, and in a few minutes
the different corps were affenrbled before the prison
dooi. Ihe gaoler was desired to throw open the pri
son doors, but from a rigid adherence to the letter of
his duty, refufed to do so until he had orders from
the high fheriff, who at length appeared, and ordered
the doors to be opened, when a most (hocking fpeCta
cle was presented ! five wretched male and female pri
soners, and two children, were brought out fuftocated;
several others with very little signs of life, many of
whom it is thought cannot recover. The tire was
then raging with great violence; and it is but justice
to Lord Kilwarlin, in common with many gentlemen
prefect, to remark, that no danger outweighed his
courage and humanity upon the melancholy occasion;
his Lordship rushed through bodies of flames and
smoke to the lowest dungeon, where some poor
wretches were ill of a fever, and brought a miserable
woman in his arms, and afterwards repeated this dan
gerous embassy two or three times. Jhe fire was hap
pily fupprefled without doing considerable damage to
the building, and not a single prifongr escaped, owing
to the unremitting vigilance of the volunteers. About
ten o'clock the fire was got under, but owing to the
want of necessary attention in extinguishing it, the
town was a fecund time alarmed about midnight.—
1 his second danger, however, was soon obviated, and
about one every thing was perfectly secure."
October 14. Ihe last accounts from Peterfburgh
particularly assert, that the Empress will not relin
quish the Crimea upon any consideration, and that of
course war with the Turks must be the inevitable
consequence, as the Divan cannot consent to such a
lots of territory, without endangering the fafety, as
well as the dignity of their empire.
We are informed from good authority, that the
cabinet, instead of waiting for new proportions from
the fitter kingdom, has wifely determined to meet
their requests, and with that view dispatched a mes
senger on ] hurfday last, with some frefh instructions
to the Lord Lieutenant, which he is to lay before
both houses at the ensuing meeting.
Letters from Gibraltar of a late date mention, that
the King of Spain has laid a quarrantine on all vessels
from that place to any port in Spain. The garrilon
were in perfect health, and well supplied with frefh
provisions from 1 etuan and Tangier. The troops at
Gibraltar wish for a relief, Germans as well as Bri
tons. Jwo of the British regiments have been there
about fourteen years. As the barracks in the town
and castle are totally demolished, most of the troops,
are still encamped, but it is hoped before the winter,
proper accommodations will be made to cover them
from the inq/emency of the rainy reaion. No cora
munication as yet between the garrison and Spain.—
Ihe Spanish troops will keep in the advanced works,
and a guard close to the face of the rock a x Gibral
tar, noar the Devil's Tower.
Ihe gentry of Ireland begin to fee the combination
of the volunteers in a very serious light, there being
no power in that country that can in any degree check
their demands, to what extent soever they may go;
for there are no extremities to which popular aflem
blies may not be led, when conducted by artful and
deligning men.
Friday morning some despatches were received at
St. James's from Holland, since which it is generally
reported, with great confidence, an offer is come over
from L Dutch Oriental company (through the me
dium of the supreme council fitting at the Hague) of
a stipulated sum of money to be paid to Great-Bri
tain as a compensation and equivalent for the imme
diate reiteration of Negapatnam, on the coa.lt of Co-
LONDO N, September 26.
Oh Monday last, as some men were employing the
lead mills, at Temple Mills, Hackney, which are now
preparing, they found an urn full of Roman coins,
some of them in high preservation, with the impressi
on of Julius Caesar, and Constantine the Great, toge
ther with several medals ; likewise a stone coffin, with
the skeleton entire, measuring seven feet nine inches
l° n g; the infeription on the coffin is unintelligible.—
In removing the old foundation, a vault was difeo
vered, in which were several urns, but quite imper
fecl: What, is very remarkable, the vaults, for cen
turies pad, are fuppqfed to have been sixteen feet
under water.
nothing is fuffered to go out, except Prussian and Ruf
fian effects, those belonging to foreigners resident here,
and the apparel of travellers. [Dantzick, the capital
of Regal Prullia, in the kingdom of Poland, is a very
large city, and in some refpeCts a sovereign state. It
has a jurifdidion of 40 miles round the city.]