The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1781-07-11 00:00:00, page 1

NEW-JERSEY GAZETTE.
STATE of NEW-JERSEY.
da ACT 10 raise, by voluntary enlistment, four hun
dred and fifty men, for completing the quota of troops
belonging to this State, in the service of the United
States.
WHEREAS it is necessary that effectual
means be adopted for immediately
completing the quota of troops requir
ed of this state by the Congress of the
United States ; therefore,
SeU. I. Be it enabled by the Council and General As
sembly of this fate, and it is hereby enabled by the au
thority of the fame, That the following persons be,
and they hereby are appointed to recruit or enlist men
in the several counties tor the purpose of completing
the quota of troops belonging to this state, in the ser
vice of the United States ; that is to fay,
In the county of Bergen, Capt. Peter Ward.
In the county of Essex, Ephraim Marsh, Jun.
In the county of Middlesex, Capt. Robert Refs.
In the county of Monmouth, Gilbert Longstreet.
In the county of Somerset, Capt. Nathaniel Porter.
In the county of Burlington, Capt. Marmaduke
Curtis.
In the county of Gloucester, Capt. John Davis.
In the county of Salem, Capt. John Kelly.
In the county of Cape-May, Lieut. Amos Creffc.
In the county of Hunterdon, Capt. John Mott.
In the county of Morris, Capt. Jacob Arnold.
In the county of Cumberland, Capt. Amos Wood
ruff.
In the county of Sussex, Capt. George Reynolds.
Provided always, That it shall and may be lawful for
any officer of the Jersey brigade, properly authoriz
ed, to enlist men in any county of this state on the
terms in this aft expressed ; and every such officer
who fliall enlist men in any county on the terms afore
faid, shall be, and hereby is authorized to draw mo
ney from the agent for such county herein after men
tioned, and shall give bond with security for the mo
ney so drawn, and Ihall account for the Line in like
manner, with the recruiting officer by this aft ap
pointed.
2. And be it farther enabled, That the agent ap
pointed in each county in virtue ofthe aft, intitlcd, An
Adt to raise a fund by loan for difebarging the bounty to
be paid to the troops required by Congress as the quota
of this fate, passed January the eighth, one thousand
feyen hundred and eighty-one, (hall be, and he is
hereby empowered to borrow any sum or sums in
specie, not exceeding the sum affigaed to be raised in
such county by this aft, and to give notes for the
payment of the fame out of the monies to be raised
by tax in virtue of this aft, with interest until paid,
at the rate of Seven Pounds per centum per annum ;
and the collector of such county is hereby authoriz
ed and required to pay the monies so raised as faft as.
they come into his hands, or so much thereof as may
be fufficient for difebarging the principal and interest
of the said notes to the said agent accordingly, up
on his application, or to his order, taking his receipt,
or that of the person in whose favour the order is giv
en, endorsed thereon, for the sum so paid, which
shall be a fufficient voucher to the said collector in the
fettleriient of his accounts.
3. And be it enacted. That it fliall and may be law
ful for the said agents, and they are hereby severally
authorized and required to deliver to the persons here
in before appointed to enlilt men in their refpe&ive
counties, futh sums of money, borrowed as afore said,
as the said recruiting officer may judge necessary from
time to time for the recruiting service in such county,
who shall at the time of receiving the money borrow
ed as aforefaid, give bond with fufficient security to
the said agent on behalf of the state, for the faithful
disposal of the money so by him received, and for
rendering an exa& account of the expenditure of the
fame, agreeably to the directions of this art, to the
said agent on or before the firft day of October next ;
and in case the' recruiting officer appointed in any
county in virtue of the directions of this ad, shall ne
gle& or refufe to render such account within the lime
herein before limited, or fliall waste or not fufficient
ly account for the disposal of the monies by him re
ceived as aforefaid, the said agent fliall be, and he is
hereby authorized and required to prosecute the said
bond, and, by due course of law, to oblige the said re
cruiting officer to render an account of the monies by
him received for the purpose aforefaid, and to refund
the fame, with interest and costs of suit ; and the said
recruiting officers appointed in virtue of the directi
ons of this aft, are hereby made accountable to the
said agents for the disposal of the monies so by them
received as before mentioned.
4. AND, for the encouragement of able bodied men
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WEDNESDAY, July 11, 1781.
7. And be it enabled, That the said recruits shall be
mustered by the eideft field-officer in each county, and
rendezvous at a place to be by him appointed, and if
found able-bodied and healthy shall be forwarded
without delay together with duplicate returns oftheir
names and places of abode, to the Jersey brigade,
under the conduct of a subaltern who shall deliver or
cause them to be delivered to the officer commanding
the laid brigade, taking his receipt for the fame, endor f
ed on one ofthe returns aforefaid, which endorsed
return shall by the said subaltern officer be delivered
to the aforefaid eldest field-officer of the county, to
be by him transmitted to the Legislature at their next
subsequent fitting ; and in case of the neglect, refufal
or other difabiliy, of the officer herein before direct
ed to muster recruits, the officer next in command
shall be, and he is hereby required to muster the
said recruits, and shall be entitled to the rewards al
lowed for that purpose.
8. And be it further enabled, That if any of the
persons herein before appointed to recrilit in the fc
veral counties, fliall refufe to accept of his appoint
ment, or shall by death, removal out of the county,
or other disability, be rendered incapable of the fcr
vice-s herein enjoined on him, the vacancy shall be
supplied by the representatives of the county, or a
majority of them.
9. And be it enabled, That the subaltern officers
who Shall Conduct the recruits to the brigade of this
state, shall produce their accounts for the ferrices by
them performed to the Legislature at their next fit
t:ng thereafter, certified by the officers herein before
appointed to muster die recruits in their refpe&ive
counties, for allowance and payment; and the
officer who shall muster recruits fliall in like manner
produce his account to the Legislature, authenti
cated on oath or affirmation for the purpose afore
faid.
10. And be it further enabled, That the said agents
appointed as aforefaid, fliall each of them have and
receive one per cent on all monies by them borrowed
or drawn from the collectors of their refpeCtive coun
ties, or from the treasurer of the state as hereafter
mentioned, and paid out for the purposes of this a&,
to be allowed the/ ire the fettlcment of their ac
counts, and fliall transmit their accounts regularly
made out, together with the copies of the enlistments
with them deposited, to the Legislature, at their next
subsequent fitting.
11. AND whereas in fothe of the counties of this
state, the agent before mentioned may not be able to
procure gold or silver on loan for the purpose of re
cruiting ; therefore, Be it enabled, That where in any
county a fufficient sum of money cannot be procured
by loan as aforefaid, for answering the immediate pur
poses of this aft, the agent appointed in such county
shall draw the money for that end from the collector
of the county as soon as the fame fliall come into his
hands belonging to the state ; and shall pay the boun
ty allowed to the recruiting officer, and also the boun
ty and subsistence in this aft allowed to the recruits
enlisted as aforefaid, on certificates to him produced,
signed by the person appointed to muster the men
enlisted in such county; descriptive of the age and sta
ture ofthe said recrtiits, and fpecifying that they were
by him muttered and approved, and the number of
days for which fubfiftcuce is allowed, and the receipts
to enter into the service of their country during the
war ; Be it enabled, That it shall and may be lawful for
the said recruiting officers appointed as aforefaid, and
they are hereby refpedively authorized and empower
ed to offer and pay to any able-bodied man who is wil
ling to enlist himfelf into either of the regiments of this
ftate,in the service of the United States, for the term in
this ad expressed, as a bounty, any sum not exceeding
Twelve Pounds in gold or silver.
5. AND that tue said recruiting officers may be ex
cited to a faithful difeharge of the duties herein en
joined on them ; Be it enabled. That each recruiting
officer shall have and receive for every able -bodied re
cruit by him enlisted, and Who fliall pass muster as
herein after directed, the sum of Thirty Shillings, mo
ney aforefaid, to be allowed him in the fettlcment of
his accounts with the agent aforefaid.
6. And be it further enabled, That the men so to be
cnlitted shall be engaged to serve during the war, and
for no other term whatsoever, and the said recruiting
officer shall cause them to sign an enlistment accor
dingly, and shall lodge a copy of the fame, signed
and certified by the officer hereafter in this att ap
pointed to muster the said recruits with the agent a
forefaid, in the fettkment of his accounts, which the
said agent shall transmit to the Legislature at their
next subsequent fitting, together with an account of
the monies by him borrowed, and of the expenditure
of the fame.
THE
of the said recruiting officer, and recruits endorfid
on the said Certificates fliall be fufficient vouchers to
the said agetit for the monies so paid ; and in case the
monies belonging to the state in the hands of the said
county collector shall be infufficient to difeharge the
said bounties and subsistence, the agent for such coun
ty fliall be, and he is hereby authorized and required
to drhw from the treasurer of the state such sum as
may be adequate to the purpose, whose receipt shall
be a fufficient difeharge to the said treasurer for the
money so drawn in his settlement with the state.
12. And be it further enabled, Thit each and every
recruit enlisted as aforefaid, fliall be entitled to the
pay and emoluments allowed to the troops of this
state, in the service of the United States, from the
day of his enlistment inclusively, and shall at his elec
tion be admitted to enter into any company in any or
either of the regiments of this state, provided such
company be not already full, and shall be allowed
One Shilling and Three-pence in gold, silver or copper
coin, per day, in lieu of subsistence, until he is mus
tered and marched to join his regiment, to be paid
by the agent appointed for the county to which he
may belong, provided that no allowance be made to
any recruit in lieu of subsistence as aforefaid, for any
longer time than fifteen days.
13. And it is hereby further provided and enabled,
That no Have, nor any person under the age of six
teen, nor above the age of fifty years, nor any de
serter from the army or navy of the King of Great-
Britain, being a native of any part of the British do
minions, and not heretofore an inhabitant of some
one of the United States, fliall be enlisted, muftcred
or entiled to any bounty under or bv virtue of this
ad, and every recruiting officer who Ihall enlist a de
serter as aforefaid, knowing him to be such, shall
forfeit and pay the sum of twenty Pounds in gold or
silver, or other current money equivalent, to be re
covered with costs in ahy court where the action may
be cognizable, and applied one half to the use < f the
prosecutor, and the other half to be paid to the col
leapt of the county, where recovered for the use of
the state.
14. And be it further enabled, That the sum of Se
ven Thousand Five Hundred Pounds shall be levied
and collected in the several counties in this state, fir
the payment of the bounty and subsistence allowed to
recruits in this aft, and to difeharge the allowance
granted to recruiting officers in the proportion fol
lowing, viz.
By the county of Bergen, (exclyfive ofthe townfllip
of Bergen) the sum of Three Hundred and Eight,-fe
ven Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Six-pence Half
penny.
By the county of Fffex, the sum of Five Hundred
and Fort, 'five Pounds and Eight-pi nee.
By the county of Middlesex, the sum of Five Hun
dred and Sixty-nine Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Six
pence Half-permy.
By the county of Monmouth, the sum of Seven Hun-,
deed and Thirty-two Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Ten
pence Half-penny.
By the county of Somerset; the sum of Six Hundred'
and Forty-fix Pounds Ten Shillings.
By the county of Burlington, the sum of Seven Hun
dred and Seventy Pounds Two Shillings and ' Eight-pence.
By the county of Gloucester, the sum of Six Hun
dred and Nine Pounds Twelve Shillings.
By'the county of Sateni, the sum of Five Hundred
and Nine Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Five-pence.
By the county of Cape-May, the sum of One' Hte
dredand Fifty-fa Pounds and One Penny Half-penny.
By the county of Hunterdon, the sum of One Thou
sand and Fifteen Pounds Fourteen Shillings and Eleven*
pence Halfpenny;
By the county of Morris, the sum of Six Hundred
and Nineteen Pounds Thirteen Shillings and Two-pence
Half-penny.
By the county of Cumberland, the film of Thfc
Hundred and Tbirtj-feven Pounds Ten Shillings.
By the county of Suffix', the sum of Six Hundred
Pounds.
15. And be it further enabled, That the tax directed
to be raised by this aft Ihall be assessed, levied and
cohered at the times and in the manner directed for
the assessment and collection of the firft payment of
the tax laid by the a<ft, intitled. An A& for raifag
the value of Ore Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds
in money and other Jupp lies in the state of New-Jeip v
and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed, the
twenty-firft day of June, One Thousand Se%n Hun
dred and Eighty-one, and all proceedings there
on had, as in the said recited a& is directed; Provid
ed always, That no certificates nor articles of fapply
nor any species of money whatsoever, other than
gold, silver or copper chin, Ihall be receivable id difi
[Numb, 185.]