The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1782-07-10 00:00:00, page 2

Which abftrad fliall be signed by each of the said
assessors, and delivered to the collector of the coun
ty immediately; and the assessors refpeCtivdy fliall
deliver to the collector of each township, precinCt
of ward of the several counties within this Rate,
true and exaCt duplicates of the firft payment of the
said sum on or before the tenth day of August next,
and true copies thereof for the second payment on
or before the firft day of November next, contain
ing as well a full account of the certainties and rates
aforefaid, as of the ratable estates given in by each
perlon and the assessments made thereon, which
duplicates fliall be made in the fame manner and
form with the abftraCt above-mentioned, excepting
that the names of the several perlons shall be inlert
ed in the place therein allotted for the names of the
townships, copies of which duplicates the said as
sessors shall also deliver to the collectors of the se
veral counties, who are hereby required at the times
before directed for the payment of the monies rail
ed by this aft, to deliver or transmit the said dupli
cates together with the laid abftraCts, to the Trea
surer, and to pay the monies collected thereon as
herein after directed.
7. And be it enabled by tin! authority aforefaid,
That the collector of every county of this state
fliall attend at the meeting of "he alßffors within his
refpeftVe county, at the time before limited and
fixed in this ad, and shall lay before the said assessors
a state of the deficiencies in each of the townships,
precinCts or wards thereof, it tuch there be, and
also an account of the monies in his hands belong
ing to the said county, ariling from former assess
ments.♦
8. And, for the more equitable assessment of the
faid'tax, Be it enaded, Thitthe freeholders which
Live been chosen or appointed pursuant to the di-
I I Acres of improved Land# ^"
Value of Ditto per hun- —^^
dred Acres. ^^^'
£;, % " %
I , Icres of unimploved Land. • »
#Value of Ditto per hun- ^
I dred Acres.
II Houses and Lots not exceed
ai ing ten Acres. o
I Value of Houles and Lots.
H I Horses at 25/: each. __ c^
I Horned Cattle at 20/. each. J ?'^
llTotal whereon to levy#
I I Householders. „
1 Merchants, Shopkeepers & Traders.
Fisheries.
ISawmills.
| Griftmills.
I Fullingmills.
| Furnaces.
/ Forges.
j ßo n in ^ and slittingmills.
j Oilmills.
11 Snuffmills.
I I Sul
II IBrewhoufes.
j [Taverns.
1 Tanyards.
1 Ferries.
I; Vessels and Boats.
I ~ Single Men end Horse.
I Single Men.
jSlaves.
p Coaches, &c.
I§ Two Horse Chaise.
j' Riding Chairs, &c.
;I Covered Waggons.
I Covering Horses.
j ^ Amount of the Certainties in
<^ each Townfllip.
I>, Amount of Tax.
4I" Number of white Inhabitants.
I Amount of State Certificates, &c.
U. B.
L__ !
E. F.
D. C.
up the cast Here
each Total of
Column.
Townships
Names.
precincts or wards, as aforefaid, shall call to their
assistance the freeholders w h o have been chosen, or
shall be appointed as mentioned and directed in this
ad, and shall, in conjunction with them, estimate,
adjust and determine the value or rate to be affixed
to each person, article, or thing made ratable by
this aft, taking into consideration the losses and
damages, as well as the acquirements of each per
son since the beginning of the present war, together
with their situation, opportunities, and whatever
else may tend towards the more equitable assess
ment of the said tax, and fliall levy the fame ac
cordingly within the limitations and reftridions of
this act. Provided always, That where a difference
in judgment may happen, the opinion of the ma
jority fliall determine.
io. And be it enaded, That the said assessors re
fcedively, after having fettled the several rates and
valuations, in conjunction with the chosen freehold
ers in the several precinds, townships or wards,
as before directed in this ad, fliall deduct the cer
tainties from the quotas of their refpedive town
ships, so as before adjusted, a'rM having added their
own, the colledors and chosen freeholders fees to
the remainder, shall assess such remainder and addi
tion of fees equally on the Pound value of all
the red! and personal estates within each of their
several townships, precinds or wards, so as to make
up at lead their refpedive quotas, with the additi
onal charges of valuing, assessing and colleding, re
ceiving and paying the fame into the treasury.
11. And be it enacted, That in case any of the
assessors shall negled or refufe to make the said as
sessment, or to deliver unto the collectors aforefaid,
true and exad duplicates of such affefl'ments, within
thetimes before prefixed, or shall otherwise negled or
refufe to do any other duty, matter or thing, required
County Townfllips A'ew-Jerfa, Ratables of the the several A Lift of in the of in the State of taken
^B2, in the Month the of with Affeffments'made thereon.
regions of the before recit
ed ad, shall, previous to
their engaging in the duties
required of them by this
ad, severally take the fol
lowing qualification before
a Justice of the Peace of the
county, to wit:
do solemnly swear
'(or affirm) that I will
faithfully assist the assessor
of the precinct, townlhip
or ward of in
the county of
to value, rate and assess
the several persons, arti
cles and things, in the said
townlhip, preempt or ward,
and that I will impartially
do and perform the several
duties required of me by
an ad, intitled, ' An Ad
to raise the sum of Ninety
Thousand Pounds in the
state of New-Jerfey,' ac
cording to the best of my
(kill and understanding.
And in case the said free
holders, or any of them,
shall negled or refute to
do any duty on them en
joined in this ad, they and
each of them shall, for e
very such negled or refu
fal, forfeit and pay the sum
of Three Pounds, to be
recovered and applied as
herein after is direded ;
and any two Justices of the
Peace of the county, on
application to them made
by the assessor of such
townlhip, precind or ward,
or of their own knowledge,
shall fill up any vacancy so
happening by neglect or re
fufal from time to time, by
a new appointment, and
the persons so appointed
shall be held and deemed
as chosen freeholders, to
all intents and purposes;
and the said chosen free
holders shall each of them
have and receive Seven
Shillings and Six-pence by
the day, for every whole
day they are actually em
ployed in discharging the
duties required of them
by this ad, to be paid by
the collector of the county
in which they reside, on a
certificate from the assessor
of such townlhip, precind
or ward, expressing the
number of days they re
fpedively attend in such
service.
9. And be .it enacted,
That the several and re
fpeCtive assessors, after hav
ing taken a lift of the rat
ables, and fettled the quo
tas of the several townships,
and enjoined on them by this ad, evewy such afieffo/
so offending ihall forfeit and pay for each offence
the sum of Twelve Pounds, to be recovered as"
is herein after directed; and the assessors ihall re
fpedively have and receive, of and from the county
collectors, the sum of Three-pence on the Pound
for their trouble in afleffing and rendering duplicates
as aforefaid: and if any person or persons Ihall think
him, her or thcmfelves aggrieved by any assessment
made in pursuance of this ad, it ihall and may be
lawful for such person or persons to appeal to the
commissioners of appeal for the townlhip, precinct
or ward, to which he, ihe or they may belong
which said commissioners are hereby required to at
tend for that purpose at the usual place for holding
the town-meetings, or at such other place, and at
such time, as they in their advertisements Ihall ap
point, at which time and place the assessor of fueb
townlhip is hereby required also to attend with his
duplicate; and the laid commissioners of appeal,
upon due examination of facts, shall and may give
such relief aS may be agreeable to justice, whore
judgment shall be final to all intents and purposes ;
and each of the said commflioners shall receive from
the townfliip collector, at the rate of Seven Shillings
and Six-pence per day, for each day he shall be so em
ployed. Provided always, '1 hat 110 person shall have
the privilege of an a/ peal, until he has paid his tax.
12. And be it enacted by the authority aforefaid,
That if the assessor of any townlhip, •precindt or
ward, in any county of this state, shall neglect to
attend at the times and places before diieded for the
meeting of the assessors in t) refpe&ivc counties,
it shall and may be lawful for a majority of the
assessors of the said county met as aforefaid, not
withstanding the absence of such assessor, to pro
ceed to fettle the proportion to be levied on such
townlhip, precinct or ward, in the laid county ;
which proportion so fixed fl^all be atieffed and col
lected by the assessor and collector of such town
ship, precin& or ward.
13. And be it ena&ed by the authority aforefaid,
That the colle&ors of the refpedtive tov, nfhips, pre
ciuHs or wards of this state, within twenty days
after the receipt of each duplicate and assessment as
aforefaid, shall make demand of the several and re
fpedtive furns assessed on each person within their
refpeaive townfh'ips, precincts or wards, in per
son, or by notice left at his place of abode, and in
case of non-payment within ten days after the ex
piration of the said term, the said collector shall
make out a lift of the names and firnames of such
delinquents, with the sum due from each, and make
return thereof to any Justice of the Peace of the
county where such delinquency shall happen, which
Justice is hereby empowered and required to admi
nister an oath or affirmation to the said collector,
that the monies in the lift mentioned had been de
manded, or notice thereof given at each delin
quent's usual place of abode, and thereupon imme
diately make out his warrant, directed to any con
stable of the county, requiring him to levy distress
on the goods and chattels of each delinquent, and
make file thereof at publick vendue, giving notice
of the time arid place by advertisement in three of
the most publick places in the townlhip, precinct or
ward, at lead five days before the day of sale, and
to pay the tax for which such distress is made to the
said collector within fifteen days from the date of
the warrant, and at the time of making payment
to retain Three-pence for each name inserted in the
warrant, to be paid to the Justice of the Peace who
shall make out the fame, and Two Shillings and
Six-pence as his own compensation for each distress,
and to return the overplus, if any there be, to the
owner; and in case the owner shall refufe to accept
thereof then the said couflable shall pay the fame
into the hands of the colleger of the townlhip, pre
cindt or ward, to be credited to the owner in his
next tax, or paid to his successor for that purpose:
and where goods and chattels cannot be found, the
constable is hereby empowered and required to take
the body or bodies of such delinquent or delinquents,
if to be found in said county, and to deliver him or
them to the fheriff of such county, or his gaoler,
to be kept in fafe custody until payment shall be
made, and all charges accruing thereby are defrayed ;
and the collectors of the refpeaive townships, pre
cincts or wards within this state, shall deliver the
tax by them collected and received for the fuft pay
ment, together with the duplicates and such forfei
tures as they may have received for the use of the
ftate, in purfwance of this ad, to the colleger of
the county in which such townlhip, precindtor ward is
situated, on or before the twenty-fifth day of Sep
tember next ; and the tax, duplicates and forfeitures
for the second payment, on or before the twenty
fifth day of December next : and in case any such col
lector shall refufe to do any matter, duty or thing,
enjoined on him by this a&, he ihall forfeit and pay,
for each offence, the sum of Twelve Pounds, to Be
recovered and applied in manner herein after dirt df\
ed; and the refpeaive collectors aforefaid shall arid
may retain in their hands the sum of Three-pence
in the Pound for all such monies as they may collect
in, and pay to, the county collectors aforefaid, by
virtue of the directions of this aft; and if any ccn
ftable Ihall negle& or refufe to do any dut^or service
enjoined on him by this aft, he shall forfeit and pay
the sum of Six Pounds, to be recovered by the town
fliip, precind or ward collector, before any Justice
of the Peace of the county, and applied one half tc