The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-07-10 00:00:00, page 1

L O ND O N, March 6.
Extract of a letter from Harwich, March 22.
" ^" 5 THERE are nowridingin Helvoet roads,
1 ready to come out next spring tide, 3
Dutch men of war, of 64 guns each, 1
frigate, 2 stout cutters, and 2 armed
drips, bound to rhe Texel, to join the grand fleet :
We hear another encampment will be formed at
this place the middle of next month, consisting cf
5000 men, 1 regiment of horse, and a large park
of artillery, the ground for that purpose being al
ready furtefred."
April 12. The fame day an express arrived from
Holland at the office of the honourable Mr. Fox,
Secretary of state. The contents have not transpir
ed, but we learn that a council was held on this
occasion at the house of the marquis of Rockingham.
The agents who have been employed in Germany
to enlist men, are all recalled, 'and this measure
will be no longer pursued.
ST ATE of N TrwCTE-RSTY°.
An Ad to raise the sum of Ninety Thousand Pounds
4 in the State of New-Jersey.
^ffHEREiS it is necessary that provision be
V 7 made for railing a sum of money, to be ap
plied towards anfwermg the requilitions of the Con
gress of the United States, and for Supplying the
exigencies of tos date:
Se& i. Be it enacted by the Council and Gene
ral Akembly of this Tate, fynd it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the fame, That there shall be as
sessed, levied and raised, on the feyeral inhabitants
of this state, their goods and chattels, and on the
lands and tenements within the fame, the sum of
Ninety Thousand Founds, at two several payments,
that is to fay, the sum of Forty-five Thousand
Pounds shall be afleffed, levied, railed and paid,on
or before the firft day of October next; and the
sum of Forty-five Thousand Pounds, on or before
the fi'rft day of January next; and that the laid
payments be made in g Id, hirer or copper coin,
and in the bills of credit issued on the faith cf this
state, in the manner and proportion herein after
'mentioned; and that the said bills of credit receiv
ed in dffcharge of the said tax be paid into the trea
sury of the date, and the specie received as afore
faid into the hands of the receiver of continental
taxes, and into the tteafury of the state, in the
ratio hereafter exprclTed.
2. And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That in assessing each payment of the said sum of
Ninety Thousand Pounds, the several perlons, ar
ticles and things made taxable by this Aft, fnall be
valued and rated at the diferetion of the aHefTors
and freeholders chosen and appointed agreeably to
the directions of an nd, intitled, ' An aft to raise
6 the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand
' Pounds, in money and certificates, in the hate of
New-Jerfey,' palled December the twenty-sixth,
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-one, viz.
Ah householders (under which description fhail
be included all married men living with their parents
arid not supporting a separate table) the climated
value of whole ratable estate does not amount to
Twenty-five Pounds, any sum in proportion to their
abilities, not exceeding Seven Pounds over aid
above their certainties and other chute made ratable
by this ad.
All merchants, {hopkeepers and traders, any sum
not exceeding Seventeen Pounds.
All accustomed fisheries, the property of private
perlons, where fifti are caught for sale, any sum not
exceeding Five Pounds.
All sawmills, that saw timber for fide or hire, any
sum not exceeding Seven Pounds.
All gristmills, for each pair of litres, any sum
not exceeding Five Pounds.
All fullmgmdlo, any fun not exceeding Five Pounds.
All furnaces, any sum not exceeding Thirteen
Pounds.
All forges that work pig-iron, and all forges and
bloomaries that work bar- iron immediately from the
ore, any sum not exceeding Three Pounds Ten
Shillings for each fire.
Ail rolling and fiittirgmihs, any sum not exceed
ing Twenty-live Pounds.
All oilmills, where lintfeed oil is made for sale,
any sum not exceeding Two Pounds.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[VOL. V.]
WEDNESDAY, Julyio, 1782.
All fnuffmills, where fnuffis made for sale, any
sum not exceeding Two Pounds.
Ail hills, that diflil fpirituoqs liquors for sale or
hire, any sum not exceeding Seven Pounds.
All breweries, that brew for sale or hire, any sum
not exceeding Two Pounth.
All tavernkeepers and retailers of spirituous li
quors, any sum not exceeding Seven Pounds.
All tanyards, that tan leather for sale or hire, any
sum not exceeding Seven Pounds.
Every ferry, any sum not exceeding Fourteen
Pounds.
Every coaling sloop, fchcorer, Gallop, flat, pas
sage-boat, pilot-boat, wood-boat and pettiauger, that
carries Freight for sale or hire, in proportion to
their burden and business, any sum not exceeding
Four Pounds Ten Shillings.
Every tingle man, whether he lives with his pa
rents or otherwift, who k^ps a horse, mare or geld
ing, any sum not exceeding One Pound Two Shil
lings and Six-pence.
Every bugle man, whether he lives with his pa
rents or otherwise, who does not keep a horse, mare
or gelding, any sum not exceeding Fifteen Shillings.
Provided always, That every tingle man poffefled
of a ratable estate, the tax; whereof amounts to the
highest sum he is above direbied to be rated at, fnall
be assessed for such estate only, and not as a tingle
man.
Every male Gave between the ages of fifteen and
sixty years, any sum not exceeding Fifteen Shillings.
Provided always, That no have fltail be taxed who
is unable to work, or that may appear to the asses
sor and chosen freeholders to be no prolit to his
matter or mistress.
Every coach, chariot, four-wheeled chaise or
phaeton, any sum not exceeding Two Pounds.
Every two horse chaife' or curricle, any sum not
exceeding Fifteen Shillings.
Every riding chair, kitereen or sulky, any sum not
exceeding Five Shillings.
Every light travelling waggon with a top or co
vering, ihail be latcd any sum not exceeding fifteen
Shillings.
Provided always, That covered waggons which
are chilly employed in going to mill or market and
in the common business of a farm, shall not be lia
ble to any tax by virtue of this act.
All covering horses of four years old and upwards,
that cover for hire, ihail be rated at any sum not
exceeding Five Founds.
All other hoi fes, marcs and geldings, of two
years old and upwards, shall be valued at Twenty
five Shillings each head.
All horned cattle of two years old and upwards,
shall be valued at Twenty Shillings each head.
All truths of land held or owned by deed, patent,
occupancy, survey or otherwise, whether improved
or unimproved, shall be valued at the diferetion of
the affedurs and chosen freeholders in each respec
tive county of this Rate, at any sum not exceeding
Eighty Pounds by tile hundred acres. Provided al
ways, That all lands whereon any improvement is
made, the whole trad shall be confidcred as im
proved land. And provided also, That houses and
lots of laud, lituate, lying and bring in any county
of thio Rate, of ten acres of land and under, ihail
not he included in the above valuation, but such
shall be valued by the refpettive affelidrs and cho
sen freeholders at their diferetion, having regard to
their yearly rent and value, proportioning the fame
as nearly as may be to the valuation of land afore
faid.
3. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the laid sum of Ninety Thousand Pounds shall
be affefled, levied and railed in the several counties in
this state, in ths proportion following at each pay
ment, to wit,
By the county of Bergen (exclusive cf the town
drip of Bergen) the sum of Two Thousand Three
Hundred and Twenty-fix Pounds Seven Shillings
and Six-pence.
• By the county cf Eflex, the sum of Three Thou
find T'wo Hundred and Seventy Pounds Three
Shillings and Six-pence.
By the county of Middlesex, the sum of Three
thousand Four Hundred and Eighteen Pounds
One Shilling.
By the county of Monmouth, the sum of Four
Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety-fix Pounds
Ten Shillings.
By the county of Somerset, the sum of Three
1 houfand Eight Hundred and Seventy-nine Pounds.
THE
By the county of Burlington, the sum cf Four
Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty Pounds Nine
teen Shillings.
( By the county of Gloucester, the sum of Three
1 houfand Six Hundred and Fifty-feven Pounds
Fourteen Shillings and Six-pence.
By the county of Salem, tire sum of Three
Thousand and Fifty-feven Founds Fourteen-Shil
lings and Six-pence.
By the county of Cape-May, the sum of Nine
Hundred and 1 hirty-fix Pounds.
By the county of Hunterdon, the sum of Six
Thousand and Ninety-four Pounds Ten Shillings.
By the county of Morris, the sum of Three
Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighteen Pounds.
By the county of Cumberland, the sum of Two
Thousand and Twenty-five Pounds.
By the county of Suflex, the sum cf Three
Thousand Six Hundred Pounds.
4. And be it enabled by the authority aforefaid,
That the assessors of the several townflrips, pre
cinfts or wards, in each refpe&ive county of this
state, Ihail, before they proceed in the duties re
quired of them by this adt, severally take the fol
lowing oath or affirmation before a Justice of the
Peace in their refpedive counties, to wit,
THAT you will truly and impartially value and
aflefs the ratable (Rate of the inhabitants of
the townfllip, precind or ward of , pur
fuant to the diredions of the ad, intitled, 'An Ari
' to rede the sum of Ninety Thousand Pounds m
' the state of New-Jerfey,' and also assist the other
aflefiors in fettling the quotas, according to the best
of your skill and undeihanding.
5. AND, to the end the said tax may be equitably
and effectually alEffed and levied, Be it enaded by
the aullbority aforefaid, That all and every the in
habitants of the several townships, precinfts and
wards, in the several counties cf this state, on ap
plication to them roach by ''^ MU CTrrq o f the°rc
ipeftive townihips, precinds and wards, frail forth
with give a full and true account of their names
and firnames, and of their estates, real and personal,
made ratable by this aft, which the afleffors shall
take down in writing, in order to be enabled there
by to make jult and true afkffments; and in case
any of the said inhabitants shall neglect or refute
to give in such account, or any part thereof, such
perlon or perlons so neglecting or refuting, ihail be
rated arc aUeffed double the sum at which the as
sessors refpe&ively may, in their did ration, fuppote
the laid person or persons so neglecting or refilling,
might otherwise, in proportion to their estates, have
been rated and affched; and the faid.affeffors shall
also at the fame time take an exaft lift of the num
ber of white inhabitants within their refpedive
townihips, precinds or wards, and likcwtfe the
amount of all the certificates given by any of the
late county contractors of this state, and of the sur
plus certificates given by the towrihip, precinct or
ward collectors, to each of the inhabitants thereof,
to be inserted in their abftra&s;
6. And be it enacted, That the assessors aforefaid
respectively shall take a true account, and make an
exact life or the persons and things made ratable by
this ad, for both payments of the sum directed to
be raised as aforefaid, on or before the firft day of
August next, and shall meat together for fettling the
quotas on the laid firfl day of August at ten o'clock
in the morning, at the place of holding the courts
in the several counties, except in the county of
Hunterdon, for which they shall meet at the house
where the widow Ringo now dwells, in Amwell;
and in the county of Bergen, at the dwelling-house
of Cornelius Vanhorn, at Paramus; and at the said
time and p'ace fnall compute what the sum total of
all the certainties laid by this a& on the said county
will amount unto ; and shall likeuife then and theie
compute the value of all the estates, real and per
sonal, taken by the said assessors within each of the
said townihips, precirafts or wards in each and eve
ry county of this state, at such value as they, er a
majority of them then present, in their diferetion,
shall think reasonable to fix, according to the restric
tions and directions herein before limited and pre
scribed, and shall thereby determine and >djuft the
qu >tas to be levied and collected within each re-
Ipedive township, precinct or ward ; and shall also
make out a true abftraft of the amount of all the
articles and things made ratable by this aft in each
of the refpeftive townihips in the several counties
to which they belong, in manner and form follow
ing, viz.
(Numb. 237.]