The Pennsylvania evening post — Philadelphia, Pa., 1776-05-04 00:00:00, page 4

13. If any Non-Associator, or the parent, guardian, mas
ter or mistress of any Non-Associator, between the ages of
Sixteen and twenty-one years, or any other Non-Associator,
. shall think him or herfelf aggrieved by the assessment afore
faid, he or (he may appeal to the Commissioners of the county
wherein he or she reiides, who, or any two of them, shall
meet together on the tenth day of October next ensuing, and
so from day to day as long as may be necessary, and at such
place or place^as the .Commissioners, or any two of them,
shall appoint ; of which days and places of meeting they
shall cause the collectors to give due notice to the inhabitants,
and. then and there the said Commissioners, or any two of
them, shall hear such appeals as may be made to them, and
may discharge such assessment, or lower the fame, as to them,
on consideration of inability of perlon or estate only, shall
appear just and equitable.
14. The said Commissioners of the refpeaive counties, or
any two Ofthera, T^ hin ten days after hearing and determi
ning the appeals made to them, Ih&ii,-'"'/ an j adjust the lilts
returned to them as aforefaid, and the afienmCPts thereon,
and deliver to the Treasurers of the refpeaive counties a true
account of the sums total, which every Collector shall be
charged with, in pursuance of these resolves, and shall cause
their clerks to make out and deliver fair duplicates thereof
to the refpe&ive Collectors of the townships, boroughs, warns,
and diftrifts within their refpedive counties, who shall collect
the said sums, keeping exaft and separate accounts of the
sums so charged on Non-Associators, and shall pay the fame
into the hands of the refpedive county Treasurers, who shall
pay the fame into the hands of Michael Hillegas, Esq ; to
be applied to the fame purposes as the fines and penalties col
lected from the Association are limited and directed. And all
persons shall be liable to the payment of the said sums, in the
fame manner, and the Collectors shall have the fame powers,
and shall proceed in collecting and levying the said sums, and
shall be accountable, in the fame manner, as is directed by
the act entitled “ An aft for raising county rates and
levies."
Extract from the VOTES. Friday, April 5,
1776, A. M. I Continued from page 214.]
RESOLUTIONS directing the. mode of levying TAXES
on NON-ASSOCIATORS.
12. V F any person, charged by the Commissioners as a Non
1 Associator, ihall die before the day of appeal, or, if
before that day, an accommodation dhall be made between
Great-Britain and the Colonies on this continent, and, in
consequence thereof, the military Association, in this pro
vince, shall be dissolved ; in either of those cases, the Com
missioners, or any two of them, shall make an abatement, in
the assessment charged as aforefaid, of three Killings and
sixpence, for each of the days of exercise aforefaid, after the
death of such Non-Associator, or the dissolution of the Asso
ciation.
15. The allowances to the Collectors of such affeffmen ts,
and to the Treasurers refpeCtively, shall be the fame with
those appointed and directed in the collection of fines from
Afleciators for non-attendance.
16. The Treasurers of the refpe&ive counties, before they
enter on the duties hereby required of them, shall give the
like security, for the faithful discharge of their office, to the
Commissioners of their several counties, that they are now
obliged, by the laws of this province, to give for the due
payment of provincial taxes.
17. All and every person and persons, who are required
er enjoined by these resolutions, or any of them, to discharge
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PLEASE to flop any suspicious person offering to pass a
QUARTER MOIDORE three Killings and sixpence
too light, which was picked out of the pocket of the sub.
scriber, together with SEVEN POUNDS TEN SHIL
LINGS paper money in a Pocket-book. Whoever appre
hends the thief shall be very handsomely rewarded.
Philad. May 4 . EDWARD MIDDLETON.
STOLEN out of an entry this morning, between the hours
of seven and eight o'clock, a pair of SHOES and carved
SILVER BUCKLES marked W. F.—Whoever will bring
them to the printer, shall receive TEN SHILLINGS, or a
DOLLAR for the buckles only, and no questions asked.
A Quantity of the best FLORENCE OIL, fold by the
chest or flaik, by SAMUEL YOUNG, near the Draw
bridge.
JASPER CARPENTER, who has the CARE of the
J STRANGER'S BURIAL-GROUND, has removed into
Pine-street, near St. Peter's church, where may be had all
forts of MAHOGONY, WALNUT, and PINE COFFINS,
at the most reasonable rates.
THREEPENCE per pound given,
BY WILLIAM TRICKETT, stationer, at his house in
Front-street, facing Blackhorfe-alley, and in Water
ftreet, in the lower part of said house, Philadelphia, for the
best fort of CLEAN WHITE LINEN RAGS; and so in
proportion for those of an inferior fort. The best price given
for OLD SAILS and ROPES.
or perform any of the offices or duties herein before-mentioned,
are hereby further earnestly and solemnly required and enjoin
ed, with all diligence and fidelity, strenuously to exert them
selves in discharging and performing such offices and duties,
and every part thereof, as they regard the freedom, security
and happiness of their country.
Whereas a number of spirited Germans and other foreign
ers, not entitled to the privileges of freemen of this province,
have cheerfully associated in its defence, and shewn a readi-,
nefs to expose their lives therefor, if abecedary,—Refolved
therefore, That every such person producing a certificate,
under the hand and seal of the commanding officer of any
battalion, in the Military Association of this province, lig
nifying that such person has signed the articles of the Associa
tion, and served pursuant thereto, and, in case of an invasion
or alarm, has, upon his own account, gone forth into actual
service—such person gall be and is hereby recommended to
the special notice and encouragement of this and any future As
sembly in order to his being put in the fame condition, and enti
tled to the fame rights and priviliges, as natural born fubjefts
within this province now are.
TO be SOLD, by Thomas Maybery, in Mount Holly,
Weft New-Jersey, SHEET and ROD IRON of dif
ferent sizes—And in Philadelphia, by Attmore and Hellings,
at their fore on the wharf a little below Chefnut-ftreet.
Also BAR IRON, blister, spring, and square STEEL,
BAKE PLATES, iron TEA-KETTLES, DUTCH OVENS,
lamp and tanners OIL, &c. &c. &c.
PHILADELPHIA: Printed by BENJAMIN
TOWNE, in Front-street, near the London
Coffee-Houle.