The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-02-10 00:00:00, page 1

STATE or NEW.JERSEY.
An rid to raise the fam of Ten Thousand Pounds
in the fate of New-Jerfy, for the fapport of go
vernment and the contingent expences for the year
One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-four.
WHEREAS it is nectary that pro
vision be made for raising a sum °f
money for the support of govern
ment and the contingent expences
thereof;
Seft. I. Be it enabled by the Council and Genera!
Assembly of this state, and it is hereby enabled by the
authority of the fame, That there (hall be assessed,
levied and raised, on the several inhabitants of this
state, their goods and chattels, and on the lands and
tenements within the fame, the sum of Ten Thousand
Pounds, to be assessed, collected and paid into the trea
sury, on or before the firft day of October next ; which
payment (hall be made in gold and silver, and notes is
sued by the prafident, directors and company, of the
bank of North-America, into the treasury of this state,
in the manner and proportion as is herein after di
rected.
2. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That in assessing the said sum of Ten Thousand
Pounds, the several persons and articles made taxable
by this ad flhall be valued and rated at the discretion
of the afleffors, as follows :
All householders (under which defetiption (hall be
included all married men living with their parents, and
not supporting a separate table) the estimated value of
whose ratable estate does not amount to twenty-five
pounds, any sum in proportion to their abilities, not
exceeding twenty-five (hillings over and above their
certainties and other estate made ratable by this aft.
All merchants, (hepkeepers and traders, any sum
pot exceeding five pounds.
All accustomed fifheries, the property of private per
sons, where filh are caught for sale, any sum not ex
ceeding two pounds.
All fawmiils, that saw timber for sale or hire, any
sum not exceeding two pounds.
All gristmills, for each pair of stones, any sum not
exceeding twenty-five (hillings.
All fullingmills, any sum not exceeding twenty-five
Killings.
All furnaces, any sum not exceeding three pounds
five (hillings.
All forges that work pig iron, and all forges and
Moomaries that work bar-iron immediately from the
ore, any sum not exceeding twenty (hillings for each
fre.
All tolling and flittingmills, any sum not exceeding
fix pounds five (hillings.
All stills, that diltil spirituous liquors for file or
hire, any sum not exceeding thirty-five (hillings.
All breweries, that brew for (ale or hire, any sum
not exceeding ten (hillings.
All tavernkeepers or retailers of spirituous liquors,
any sum not exceeding thirty-five (hillings.
All tanyards, that tan leather for sale or hire, any
Turn not exceeding thirty-five (hillings.
Every ferry and toll-bridge, any sum not exceeding
three pounds ten (hillings.
Every coasting (loop, schooner, (hallop, flat, pas
sage-boat, pilot-boat, wood-boat and pettyauger, that
carries freight for sale or hire, in proportion to their
burden and business, any sum not exceeding thirty
(hillings.
Every single man, whether he lives with his parents
or otherwise, who keeps a horse, mare or gelding, any
sum not exceeding ten (hillings.
Every single man, whether he lives with his parents
or otherwise, who does not keep a horse, mare or geld
ing. any sum not exceeding five (hillings.
Every male (lave, between the ages of sixteen and
fifty-five years, any sum not exceeding five (hillings.
Provided always, That no (lave (hall be taxed who is
unable to work, or that may appear to the assessor to
be no profit to his master or mistress.
Every coach, chariot, four-wheeled chaise or pho
ton, any sum not exceeding ten (hillings.
Every two horse chaise or curricle, any sum not
weeding four (hillings.
NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
[Vol. VII.]
TRENTON: Printed by ISAAC COLLIN S, Printer to the State.
TUESDAY, February io, 1784.
Every riding chair, kittereen or sulky, any sum not
exceeding one (hilling.
Every light travelling waggon with a top or cover
ing, hanging on springs, any sum not exceeding four
(hillings.
All covering horses, of three years old and up
wards, that cover for hire, any sum not exceeding
twenty-five killings.
All other horses, mares and geldings, of two years
old and upwards, (hail be valued at twenty-five (hil
lings each head.
All horned cattle, of two years old and upwards,
(hall be valued at twenty (hillings each head.
All tracts of land held or owned by deed, patent,
occupancy, survey or otherwise, whether improved or
unimproved, (hall be valued at the discretion of the
assessors in each refpeftive county of this state, at any
fun) not exceeding eighty pounds by the hundred
acres. Provided always, I hat all lands whereon any
improvement is made, the whole trad (hall be consi
dered as improved land. And provided also, That
houles and lots of land lituate, lying and being in ary
county of this state, of ten acres of land and under,
(hall not be included in the above valuation, but such
(hall be valued by the reipeCtive assessors at their dis
cretion, having regard to their yearly rent and value,
proportioning the lame as nearly as may be to the va
lue of land aforefaid.
3. And be it enaCted by the authority aforefaid,
That the said sum of fen Thousand Pounds (hall be
assessed, levied and railed, in the several counties in
this state, in the proportion following:
By the county of Bergen, the sum of five hundred
and ninety pounds thirteen (hillings and eight-pence
half-penny.
By the county of Essex, the sum of seven hundred
and thirty-four pounds sixteen (hillings and three
farthings.
By the county of Middlesex, the sum of eight hun
dred and fifteen pounds nineteen killings.
By the county of Monmouth, the sum of one thou
sand and twenty-three pounds one (hilling and four
pence half-penny.
By the county of Somerset, the sum of eight hun
dred and eighty-three pounds one (hilling
By the county of Burlington, the sum of one thou
sand and forty-nine pounds five (hillings and five-pence
farthing.
By the county of Gloucester, the sum of seven hun
dred and eighty-seven pounds nineteen (hillings and
seven-pence farthing.
' by the county of Salem, the sum of fix hundred
and seventy-nine pounds ten (hillings and elevenpence
half-penny.
By the county of Cape-May, the sum of one hun
dred and eighty-seven pounds nine (hillings.
By the county of Hunterdon, the sum of one thou
sand three hundred and fifty-nine pounds one (hilling
and eight-pence.
By the county of Moriis, the sum of seven hun
dred and seventy-sour pounds sixteen (hillings and two
pence three farthings.
By the county of Cumberland, the sum of four
hundred and (eventeen pounds thirteen (hillings and
four-pence.
By the county of Suffer, the sum of fix hundred
and ninety-fix pounds twelve (hillings and eight
pence.
4. And be it further enabled, That the aforefaid
quotas (hall be assessed in manner before directed, and
be collected and paid into the treasury at or before the
firft day of October next; and the several assessors
(hall assess the fame by the time the firft assessment is
directed to be made in and by an aft, intitled, “ An
“ aft for raising a revenue of Thirty-one 1 houfand
“ Two Hundred and Fifty-nine Pounds Five Shil
" lings per annum, for the :erm of twenty-five years,
" for the purpole of paying the interest 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-three, and for appropriating the fame," and
in all other refpeCts do and perform the like duties,
and at the lefpeCtive times mentioned and enjoined
them by the said recited ad, and be entitled to the
THE
WHEREAS by the act, intitled, " An aft to
" raise the sum of Ninety Thousand Nine
" Hundred and Thirty Pounds, in the state of New
" Jersey, for the exigencies of the year One Thou
" find Seven Hundred and Eighty-three, and for other
" purposes therein mentioned," it is ordered, that out
of the second quota of the tax directed to be raised
by said ad, and paid into the treasury of this state on
the firft day of January, one thousand seven hundred,
and eighty-four, the sum of twenty-one thousand
pounds (hall be paid unto Joseph Borden, Esquire,
continental loan-officer in this state, to be by him ap
plied to the payment of one year's interest due on all
loan-office certificates and other liquidated debts, &c.
and further ordered, that the holders of loan-office
certificates issued in any of the neighbouring states,
and entitled to interest by said ad, Ihould produce en
dorfement^ from the refpedive loao-officers who tf uc d
like rewards for services, and be fubjeCt to the fame
fines and forfeitures for negleCt of duty in each parti
cular as therein mentioned. And the townlhip and
county collectors refpe&ively, in collecting the money
directed to be raised by this aft, (hall be and hereby
are required to do and perform the like duties seve
rally enjoined them by the before recited ad, at the
time and times therein particularly mentioned for col
lecting the firft payment, and be entitled to the like
rewards for services, and be fubjeCtto the fame tines
and forfeitures for negleCt of duty, as in the said re
cited ad are particularly annexed to the several duties
enjoined on the refpeCtive collectors: And that all
other officers or persons who may be named or con
cerned in collecting or paying the taxes directed by
the before recited law (hall, in raising or collecting
the taxes herein directed, perform the like duties, be
entitled to like privileges, receive like rewards, and
be fubjeC tto the fame penalties for negleCt of duties
as mentioned and contained in the before recited aft.
AND, in order that the duplicates and abftrads of
the estates and articles made ratable by this and the
before recited admay be brought into the treasury by
the firft day of October next, as directed by the be
fore recited aCt, in order to enable the legislature to
fettle the quotas of the several counties upon just and
equitable principles, Be it enacted by the authority
aforefaid, That each and every assessor, who (hall ne
gleC tto deliver duplicates and abftrads as aforefaid to
the collectors of the counties to which they respec
tively belong, at or before the second Tuesday in
August next ; and each and every county collector
who (hall neglect to deliver to the treasurer the du
plicates and abftra&s they may refpeCtively receive
from the assessors as aforefaid, at or before the firft
day of October next, each and every assessor and
county collector so neglecting, (hall forfeit and pay for
every such negledof duty over and above the for
feiture mentioned in the before recited aft the sum of
twelve pounds, to be recovered in an action of debt
by any person who (hall sue for the fame, with costs
of suit; and each and every assessor and collector who
mail neglect his duty as aforefaid, (hall be and hereby
is and are declared incapable of holding or exercising
any office of trust or profit thereafter in this state
6. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That the treasurer (hall apply the said sum of Ten
Thousand Pounds to the payment of the several offi
cers of government, the half-pay certificates of
wounded soldiers, and the widows of those who have
been killed in the service of their country, and the
incidental expences of government.
A. Puffed at Trenton, December 21, 1783.
A true copy from the original,
MASKELL EWING, jun. Clerk
of the General Assembly.
An Afi to amend an Afl, intitled, An Afi to raise
the sum of Ninet, Thousand Nine Hundred and
Thirty Pounds, in the state of Ne^w-Jerfey, for
the exigencies of the ,ear One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Eight,-three, and for other purposes
therein mentioned.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
[Numb. 300.]