The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-01-20 00:00:00, page 2

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Which abdra& fall be ligned by each of the said
assessors, and delivered to the collector of the county
immediately; and the assessors refpeftively shall deli
ver to the collector of each (ownfhip, precind or ward,
of the several counties within this state, true and ex
aft duplicates of the said affeflments, on or before the
sec% 1 ! uefday in August annually, containing as well
a full account of the certainties and rates aforefaid,
as of the ratable estate given in by each person, and
the affefTments made thereon; which duplicates shall
be made in the fame manner and form with the ab
ftrad before mentioned, excepting that the names of
the several persons shall be inserted in the place there
in allotted for the names of the several townships ;
and the said afTeffors shall add together the sums con
tained in each column of said duplicate, and shall
place the aggregate sum at the foot of their refpe&ive
columns through every page of said duplicate ; copies
of which duplicate the said affeflors shall also deliver
equitably and effectually assessed and levied, Be it en
adel by the authority aforefaid, That all and every
the ^habitants of the several townships, precincts or
Wa^cs, in die several counties of this state, on appli
cation to them made by the assessors of the refpe&ive
townships, precinds and wards, shall forthwith give
a full and true account of their names and surnames,
and of their estates, red and petfonal, made ratable
by this ad, which the afTefTors shall take down in
writing, as well those of householders as others, to
gether with all the certainties, in order to be enabled
thereby to make just and true affefTments, and that
the legislature may be enabled thereby to make a just
settlement of the quotas of the several counties ; and
in case any of the said inhabitants shall negled or re
fufe to give in such account, or any part thereof, such
p^fon or ^perfons so neglecting or refufing, shall be
rated double the sum at which the assessors respec
tively may, in their diferetion, suppose the said per
son or persons, so neglecting or refuting, might other
wise, in proportion to their estates, have been rated
and afleffed.
8. And be it ena&ed by the authority aforefaid,
That the afleffors aforefaid refpe&ively dial] take a
true account, and make an exact lift of the persons
and articles made ratable by this act as aforefaid, on
this ad, within the times herein before prefixed,
every such afleffor '0 offending shall forfeit and pay,
for each offence, the sum of twelve pounds; and in
case any assessor sh, 11 negled or refufe to do any du
ty required of him by this ad, he shall forfeit and pay,
for each offence, the sum of forty shillings, to be re
covered as is herein after direded; and the afTeffors
shall refpedively have and receive, of and from the
county colledor, the sum of three-pence on the
pound, for their trouble in assessing and rendering du
plicates as aforefaid; and if any person or persons
shall think him, her or themselves aggrieved, by any
afTefTment made in pursuance of this ad, it shall and
may be lawful for such person or persons to appeal to
the commiflioners of appeal for the township, precind
or ward to which he, she or they, may belong, which
said commissioners are hereby required to attend for
that purpose at the usual place for holding the annual
town-meetings, to hear appeals from the affeffinent
or before the last Tuesday in July yearly, during the
continuance of this a&; and shall meet together for
fettling the quotas on the said last Tuesday in July
annually, at ten o'clock in the morning of each day,
at the place of holding the courts in the several coun
ties, except in the county of Hunterdon, for which
they shall meet at the prudent dwclling-houfe of John
Snyder, in Amwell; and at the said refpeftive times
and places, shall compute what the sum total of all
the certainties laid by this a& on the said county will
amount unto ; and shall likewise then and there com
pute the value of all the estates, real and personal,
taken by the said assessors within each of the said
townships, precincts or wards, in each and every coun
ty of this state, at such value as they, or a majority
of them then present, in their diferetion shall think
reasonable to fix, according to the teftridions herein
before limited and prefcrib'ed; and shall thereby de
termine and adjust the quotas to be levied and col
lected within each refpeftive township, precind or
ward; and sh ill make out a true abttrad of the amount
of all the articles made ratable by this aft, in each of
the respective townships in the several c.unties to
which they belong, in manner and form following,
that is to fay,
to the colledors of the several coun
ties, who are hereby required, at
the times before directed for the
payment of the monies raised by this
ad, to deliver or transmit the said
duplicates, together with the said
abitrads, to the treasurer, and to
pay the monies or bills issued for
I payment of interest collected there
on by the times before-mentioned.
9. And be it euaded, That the
several and reipedive aflefTors, after
having taken a lift of the ratables,
and fettled the quotas of the seve
ral townships, precincts or wards as
aforefaid, shall estimate, adjust and
idetermine, the value or rate to be
affixed to each perlon and article
made ratable by this ad, taking in
to confederation the losses and da
mages, as well as the acquirements
of each person since the beginning
of the late war, together with their
situation, opportunities, and whate
ver else may tend towards the more
equitable assessment of the said tax,
and lh;:ll levy the fame accordingly
within the limitations and lettridu.
ons of this ad.
jo. And be it enaded, That the
said affefTors refpedively, after hav
ing fettled the several rates and va
luations aforefaid, shall dedud the
certainties from the quotas of the
respective townships to as before ad
jured, and having added their own,
and the colledois fees to the re
mainder, shall assess such remainder
and addition of fees equally on the
pound value of all the real and per
ioaal estates, within each of their
several townships, piecinds or wards,
so as to make up at least their re
spective quotas with the additional
charges of valuing, afleffing and col
leding, receiving and paying the
fame into the treasury.
11. And be it enacted, That in
Icafe any of the affeflois in either of
I faid years shall negled or refufe to
' make the said assessments, or to de
;liver unto the said collectors true
; and exaft duplicates of such assess
-1 ments, or shall neglect or refufe to
' deliver true and exadt copies of said
:duplicates to the county collector,
lin manner and form as is directed by
If the merit of a publication is to be judged of by
the rapid and general sale it has with the publick, and
by the number of editions, with corrections and im
provements, a News-paper may be ranked amongst
the very firft productions of the age, for it is read
with avidity by men of all descriptions, from Majesty
itfelf down to the ale-house politician. The matter
of which a News-paper is composed is so various,
that a man of the most uncommon taste will find a
something that will tickle his fancy, and this fom^-
thing encourages him to proceed, hoping that he will
find a something more. There is neons here from alt
quarters of the globe ; from the East, from the Weft,
from the South, from the North, and sometimes even
from Terra incognita ; and a man that is fond of
fighting may fee an accurate plan of battles and lieges,
and a faithful relation of every circumstance. Those
that are fond of poetry, of squibs, of anecdotes, of
scandal, of bon ton intelligence, of stage tricks, ma
nagerical manoeuvres, of debates, of logical intelli
gence, &c. will all find their different tastes gratified
The low state of our funds is a matter that fur
pjifes all parties. Peace is arrived, and yet the Rocks
are as low as at the most distressing period of the war.
This very extraordinary circumstance is however less
alarming as those of Holland are equally fallen; and
the French actions at Paris bear no price at all.
Fashion has long been looked upon as a harpy of
the mold delusive kind; a recent melancholy inftanpe,
we hope, will have a just weight with our fair rea
ders not to follow it beyond the line of reason, as
they may depend on it as a fad, that a most amiable
young lady, whose name we conceal, out of refped
to her family, and who was lately married, from the
constant use of a preparation to change the colour of
her hair, loft the use of her senses, and died raving
mad, in the course of last week.
annually on the firft Monday in September, at which
time and place the affefTor of such township is required
to attend and offer such reasons as he may judge ne-
Geffary to support the assessment ; and the faid° com
missioners of appeal, upon due examination of fads,
shall and may give such relief as may be agreeable to
justice, whose judgment shall be final, ta all intents
and purposes ; and the said commiflioners are hereby
directed and required to decide upon all appeals made
to them within three days, after the days refpedively
on which they are above directed to meet, and not
afterwards ; and each of the said commissioners shall
receive fom the township collector, at the rate of seven
Killings and fix-pence per dey, for each day he shall
be so employed.
(The remainder in our next.)
A letter from Leghorn fays, that most of the Ita
lian Rates have come to a resolution of joining the
Spaniards in driving the Barbary cotfairs entirely out
of the Mediterranean as they have caused almost a
total stop to trade in those parts.
A letter from Madrid, by way of Holland, favs,
that the Ministry arc determined to pursue their for
mer intention of again bombarding Algiers and if
possible, lay the whole place in allies, and destroy
their carfairs, which swarm in the Mediterranean,
and stop their trading ships from failing from port to
port, many of which have fallen into the hands of
the Barbarians, and the crews been made slaves.
The opinion of the most intelligent men, on the
Stocks, is, that they will fill as low as fifty before
the meeting of Parliament, and rife to about fifty
three after that period; at which price it is presumed
they will finally subside.
Several bills drawn on the French Bank which
lately failed, have been received in town from Ameri
ca, of the payment of which the merchants do not
despair at the time prescribed by the French King's
edid. Several of these r.h have been transmitted
in difeharge of old debts MJ that chiefly from the
Quakers, who are almost the only people who have
recollected the propriety of liquidating old arrears.
1 he principal banks in many par ts of France, par
ticularly at Bourdeaux, Brcft, Port L'Orient, and
Marseilles, have flopped, in consequence of the great
blew given to the publick credit at Paris.
Extras of a letter from Versailles, Oftober §
" As to the sentiments of the Court of Russia, we
are persuaded, by the answer lately given in writing
by the Empress, that her Majesty wilhes nothing
more now, than to prefer ve peace w"ith the Ottomans,
in order to gain time to fettle her dominions in the
countries she has appropriated to herfelf, in a durable
manner, by fortifying the polls and avenues of Cri
mea."
COPENHAGEN, September 1,.
The Reverend Lewis Harboe, Bishop of Seeland,
and General Church Infpe^or, lately died hcie in the
seventy fourth year of his age.,
LONDO N, October 26.
Foreign Intelligence.