The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-03-27 00:00:00, page 1

States.
Refilled, That in the said fettle
/ merit, the States refpeaivel, be charg
ed with the advances to them severally
made by the U. States liquidated to
specie value, with ir tereft thereon at
fix per cent, per annum /}>nd that
they be also changed with the amount
oftheir refpeChve debts (which with
the canfent of the creditors ihall have
been assumed by the V. S.) with the
intersft thereon on the time from
which interest /hall be payable by the
SU. States.
Revived, That in the said fettle,
A meats the said States refpeftively be
credited with all monies paid & sup-
Dlies furnilhed to or for, and ebts
incurred on account of the U. States,
and in general with all expenditures
, whatsoever towards general or par
titular defence during the late war
between the U.States, & Greatbritain,
with iitereft thereon at the rate of fix
per cent. per. annum.
Resolved, That the said settlement
be made under the direction of Com.
missioners, whose authority Ihall con
tinue until the said settlement be ef
fected—and whose decisions Ihall be
final and conclusive upon the U. S.
and upon the several States.
Resolved, That in case a ratio for
adjusting tpe contributions of the re
fpe&ive States shall not be prescribed
by Congress during the present session,
the said Commitfioners, shall have
full power to determine in all other
lefpcas the principles of the said set
tlement in conformity to these refolu
• lions. . ! <
Re/ofad, That the several states
may exhibit their claims against the
V. States until the day of
Bext, but not afterwards ; and that
the said Com^j/lioners shall, as soon
13 may be after the said day, proceed^
'to a final adjustment of the said ac
counts.
MONDAY, MARCH I.
A MESSAGE was received from
the President of the Us States,
by ine Secretary for the Department
of War, with sundry communications
relating to the present Situation and
profpeds of the Weftero Frontiers, in
refped to the Indian Tribes.
Mr. Scot presented a petition from
fandry inhabitants of Pennsylvania,
holders of old paper money This
petition was lengthy, and entered in
to a particular difeuffion of the fubjed,
—Rated the pretentions of those who
are creditors of the U. States, in con-
Sequence of holding this money, es
pecially such as had been compelled
to receive it by virtue of tender laws
and laying great stress on the ftcific
promise impressed on the face of the
bills. \
In Committee of the nubile on the Re
port of Secretary of the Treafury^
The proportion for assuming the
State debts, and the amendments pro
posed thereto, tinker consideration.
Mr. Ames offered 'he following
Resolutions, which he desired might
be laid on the table, to be taken up
after the propositions under considera
tion had been decided on.
Refolded, That effectual provision
be made for the settlement of ac.
gouts between the U. S & individual
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE
LEGISLATURE of the UNION.
(Continued from cur 1a,.)
HOUSE cfREPRESENrrtTirES.
Ft
hTVUAr^MucQ,, tel
Congrejfanal Matters.
It was then moved, that a commit
tee of the wayfrand means fhoulS be
appointed, and that this report should
be referr xi to that committee.
This motion occasioned a confide
table debate: In the course of which
Mr. White moved the following, in
substance.—That the Secretary of the
Treasury ffiouid be directed to ascer
tain the resources that may be applied
to the payment of the State debts,
Ihould they be affirmed by the U. S.
On this question theHoufe was equal
ly divided, ^d the Speaker gave the
calling vote in favor of the motion.
The report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, relative to appropriations,
was referred to the committee on ap
propriations.
Mr. Stone introduced the follow
ing refolation, which was ado/ed,-,
viz.
That the Secretary of the Trea
fnry be derived to lay before the
House the amount of the iropoft and
tonnage received in the feveraiStates
from the commencement of the col
lection to the gift. Dec. lal.
In 'committee of the whole Hoof,
on the report of th# Secretary of the
Treasury —the State debts under con
sideration —Mr, Madison's amend
ment to theoriginal proportion being
read, the debate was renewed—His
last proposition, viz,
That the amount of the debts aft fi/
ally paid by the State to its creditors
since the day of ihall be
credited and paid to such State on the
fame terms as (hall be provided in the
case of individuals —Mr.Smith(S.C.)
moved if should be amended by inferr
ing the words principal and interest —
which after some debate war carried
in the affirmative.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. _
upported by Messrs. Seney, White
and Maddifon—the latter gentleman
proposed an amendment, so that the
committee should be difeharged till
the Secretary of the Treasury should
communicate the information expect
ed from him on the fubjeCt rtefpeding
the refo^rces to be appropriated for
the purpose of paying the debts to be
assumed. Thia motion was consider
ed as an indirect method of getting
rid of this particular part of the re
port altogether —and those who con
sidered this part as inseparably con
nected with all the rest, observed if
this was passed over they should be
totally at a loss how to a& with re
fpeCt to the other objects of the re
port.
It was farther said, that if this note
was adopted, it would place the State
debts in a less eligible situation than
those of the continental.
THURSDAY, MARCH, 4.
/ The bill providing a uniform rule
of naturalization, was brought in en
groffed—rea'd the third time and paff
edto be enaried.
^TUESDAY, MARCH Z.
A report from the Secretary of the
Treasury, containing an ertimaie of
appropriations necessary for the year
1790,was read and ordered to be prints
ed.• :
Mr. Carrol, after a few introdu&o
ry observations, ihewing that federal
members wished further time to digest
the fotjed of the Assumption of the
State debts, proposed that the com
mittee of the whole be difeharged
from a further attention to that part
of the Secretary's report for the pre
sent, and made a motion to that effect
which was seconded ; This motion
was objected to by Messrs. Smith,
(S.C,)Lawranc S and Sedgwick—and
TH B
THAT, in bis opinkn, the funds
in the firft inflate rdquihte towards
the paymentof interest on the debts
of the individual states according to
the modificaions proposed by him in
his report of the 9th of Jan. past,
may be obtained from the following
objects :
An increase of the general product
of the duties on goods imported, by
abolishing the difcovnt of ten per
cent, allowed by the „h fedion of the
Ad for laying & duty on goods,wares,
and merchandize, / imported into the
United States, in re feed to goods im
ported in American bottoms, and ad.
ding ten per cent, to the rates fpeci
fied,in refped to goods imported in
foreign bottoms, with certain excep
tions and qualifications ; This change
without impairing the commercial
policy of the regulation, or making
an inconvenient addition to the ge
neral rates of the duties, will occafi.
an an augmentation of the revenue
little short of two hundred thousand
dollars.
An additional duty on imported
sugars. Sugars are an object of ge
neral confumprion, and yet constitute
a small proportion of the expence of
families. A moderate addition to
the prefect rates would not be felt,—
From the bulkiness of the article,too,
such an addition may be made with
due regard to the fatety of collection.
The quantity of brown and other in
ferior kinds of sugar imported, ap
pears to exceed twenty.two millions
of pounds, which at a half cent per
pound would produce one hundred
and ten thousand dollars. Proporti
onal impositions on foreign refined fa
gar, and proper drawbacks on expor
tation, ought of course to indemnify
the manufaaures of this article among
ourselves.
Molasses, being in some of the states
a fabftitute for sugar, a small additi
on to the duty on that article fought
to accompany an increase of the duty
on sugar. This however ought to
be regulated with proper attention to
the circumstance, that the fame ar
ticle will contribute largely in the
shape of distilled spirits.
Haifa cent per gallon on molasses
would yield an annual sum of 39,000
dollars.
Our distillers of spirits from this
material may be compensated by a
proportional ex tension of the duty on
imported spirits,
SNUFF,
and other manufactured tobacco,
made nothin the U. States : 10 cents
per pound on the fnuff, and fix cents
on other kinds of manufactured to-
M^S. be ^ 1, ^ r
In obedience ta the Order of the House of
Rfprefentmtivef, of ibe 2d inst. the Se
eretgry of the Treasury reports —
A message from the Senate inform
ing that they have puffed an aft to
accept of the cession of certain lands
in rhe Weftern Territory, made by
the State of N, Carolina—Also, that
they have passed a resolve for giving
further inftrnaions to the collcdors 6f
import in the U. States, in which they
request the concurrence of the House.
rhe fobject of the Souih-wellern
frontiers being moved for, the galle
ries were shut. -
• FRIDAY, MARCH 5,
Mr. Gerty presented a petition
from Catharine Greene relief of the
late Major-General Greene which
was read..
" Treasury-Department, MarcE 4.
>79°~
duty would require an increase of the
jdcy on importation, and a draw back
on exportation, in favor of the manu.-
fadure. This being an absolute fu
perfluity, in the faireft objtd of reve„
nue that can be imagined and may be
so regulated as in no degree to injure
the growth or manufacture of the
commodity.
GROCERIES '.
,SALT. .
An additional duty of fix cents per
bushel may, in the Judgment of the
Secretary, with propriety be laid on
this article. ' It is one of those ob
jeds which being consumed by all;
will be most productive ; and yet from
the fmall^efs of the quantity in which
it is consumed by an , and of the price 1
will be leak burthenfeme, it confined
within reasonable limits. If a go
vernment does not avail itfelf, to a
proper extent, of refoarces like these;
it must of necessity overcharge others,
and particularly, give greater scope
to direct taxation. The quantity of
this article annually imported, being
at least a million and a half of b'dlh
els, the annual product of an addition,
al duty of fix cents may be computed
at 90,^00 dollars.
CARRIAGES,
, Such as Coaches,Chariots, Sec,- *
These articles may certainly be the
fubjed of a considerable duty. How
productive it would be is not easy to
be eftimafed ; but it is imagined
that it would yield not less thanso,ooo
dollars per annum.
- LICENCES
To praaifers of the LAW,— —-
Certain law proceedings, and various
kinds of writings—The extent of
this resource can only be determined
. upon trial ; but the Secretary feels a
strong aflurance, that they may be
drawn from it, yearly, not left than
200,000 dollars. the fyflem for
collecting a duty of this kind wduld
embrace playing cards, and some other
obj ects of luxury, which do not fall
under, the above defcriptiohs, but
which are eftimaud in the fappofed
product. . .'
Sale at auction (exclusive of houses
or lands, or those made in consequence -
of legal process, or of acknowledged
insolvency). One per cent, on such
sales would probably produce a yearly
fam of forty or fify thoufana dol
hru:&: #
Wines and spirits fold at retal.t
These articles are in the opinion of the
Secretary, capable of being rendered
far more productive than has been
generally contemplated, and they are
certainly among the most unexcepti
onable object of revenues. It is pre
sumed that 200,000 dollars perann.
may with facility be collected from the
retail vent oOhmidtu^ t
Pepter, pimento, fplces in general,
and various other kinds of groceries;
These articles will bear such addition
al rates as may be estimated to yield
a fam of not less than thirty thouland
dollars. Computing according to the
entries in the State of Newyorx,in
1788, the yearly quantity .of peper &
pimento brought into the U. States,
is not less than 800,000 pounds—of
which about third is pepper. Six'
cents on pepper and four cents on pi.
mento (with drawbacks on expor ati
on) may without inconvenience be
laid.
computed to exceed a million and a
half pounds.. The impetition of chia
admit, the quantity of these articles
manufactured iff the U. S. may be
vidence as the nature of the case will
annually from ninety to one hund ed
thousand dollars. From as good e~ •
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