quested this State to furnish fifty Waggons, with Harness compleat, with four Horses to each Waggon, also three Hundred draft Horses, for the Use of the Army,

Be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the said Receivers are hereby respectively impowered and directed to hire and employ the above Number of Waggons, Horses, and a Driver to each Team, to continue in Service three Months from the Time of such Hiring, unless sooner discharged by the Quarter-Master General of the Army, or some Person properly authorized for that Purpose; for which Service the said Receivers are directed to contract with the Owners of such Teams, to be paid in Silver or Gold, or Paper Currency at the Rate of Exchange when paid, with an Interest of Six per Centum per Annum till paid: And the said Receivers are hereby also impowered and directed to purchase or hire Three Hundred Horses for the Purpose aforesaid, giving Receipts for the same to the Sellers, to be paid in Silver or Gold, or Paper Currency at the Rate of Exchange when paid, with an Interest till paid at the Rate of Six per Centum per Annum. any Thing in any Law of this State to the Contrary notwithstanding; and the said Receivers are hereby impowered and directed, in case the said Teams and Horses cannot be procured by Hire and Purchase as aforesaid, to impress the same, if the President or Commander in Chief approve thereof, leaving a sufficient Number of Horses in the Possession of every Person for the Purpose of carrying on his or her necessary Business, the Number sufficient for that Purpose to be determined by the Party and Receiver; and if they cannot agree, by the two Freeholders as aforesiad; for which Teams and Horses so impressed and taken, the Receivers respectively are directed to give Receipts as aforesaid, which are to be paid and discharged in Manner aforesaid.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the President or Commander in Chief is hereby requested and impowered, so often as he shall think necessary, by a special Authority under his Hand and Seal, to impower the Receivers to take to their Assistance any sufficient Number of Persons to seize upon, impress and take, for the special Purpose aforesaid, any Number of Horses, Mares or Geldings, within their respective Counties, that shall or may be in keeping for racing, or at a Race Ground for the Purpose of running, so as not to exceed the Number by this Act required.

And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the President and Commander in Chief of the State hereby is impowered and required to call on the said Receivers Monthly, or oftener, for Returns of the Supplies received, and to transmit the same to Congress or the Committee thereof, and to issue his Orders to the said Receivers to impress Teams and Vessels necessary to transport the said Supplies to such Place or Places within the State as he may think necessary and convenient, and for the further Purpose of transporting the same to and for the Use of the Army; and the said Receivers are hereby directed to give Receipts to the Owners of the said Vessels and Teams, or the Commanders or Drivers thereof, for the Use of the Owners of the same, to be paid with Interest by the Treasurers of the respective Counties of this State out of the Public Tax in their Hands, as herein before is directed in case of Receipts given for Supplies purchased or taken as aforesaid.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Receivers aforesaid are respectively impowered and directed, upon any Purchase or Seizure made of any of the Articles of Provisions herein before enumerated, to give the Owners thereof Receipts for the Amount of the Articles such Owners are liable to deliver by Virtue of the Act of Assembly, intitled, "An Act for furnishing Supplies within this State for the Army of the United States for the ensuing Campaign," if the Article so purchased or seized according to their respective Prices, ascertained by the said Act, amounts to the Value of such Tax; and if the same amounts to more, in that Case the said Receivers are likewise directed to give the Owners Receipts for the Ballance, to be paid with Interest as herein before directed.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Constable or Freeholder shall refuse or neglect to do and perform the Duties by this Act enjoined him, every such Constable and Freeholder so refusing or neglecting, and being thereof convicted before any two Justices of the Peace for the County in which he resides, shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Fifty Pounds, to be recovered by Warrant under the Hands and Seals of the said Justices, and paid into the Hands of the Treasurer of the County for the Use of the same; and if any Person or Persons shall forcibly oppose any of the said Receivers,

Constable and Freeholders, in the Execution of this Act, and shall be legally convicted thereof in any Court of Quarter-Sessions in any of the Counties of this State, he, she or they, so offending, shall forfeit and pay any Sum not exceeding One Thousand Pounds nor less than Fifty Pounds for every such Offence, One Third Part to the Informer, and the other Two Thirds to and for the Use of the State.

And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Vessels, Teams and Horses, hired or impressed under Authority of this Act, shall, before they enter into the Service, be appraised in Specie by two Freeholders, upon their Oaths, to be chosen, one by the Owner of such Vessels, Teams or Horses, and the other by the Receiver who impressed or hired the same, and if they cannot agree, they are to choose a third Person; and if the Owner refuse to make such Choice, then to be chosen by the Receiver only; which Appraisement shall be lodged with the Auditor-General of Accounts; and if any such Teams or Horses shall be lost in the Service, the Appraised Value thereof shall be paid to the Owners thereof by this State, and charged to the United States. Signed by Order of the House of Assembly,

SIMON KOLLOCK, Speaker.

Signed by Order of the Council,

JOHN CLOWES, Speaker.

Passed at Dover, June 21, 1780.

1780.

Preamble.

PASSED AT SESSION HELD OCTOBER 20, 1779-JUNE 8, 1780.

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An ACT to prohibit the Exportation of Provisions from this State beyond the Seas for a limited Time.

WHEREAS it is expedient, when a Scarcity of Provisions is likely to prevail, for the Legislature to take early and effectual Steps to preserve within their State such Quantity of Provisions as may be adequate to the Necessities of the Inhabitants within the same, and those of the Neighbouring States. AND WHEREAS the Law made by the late General Assembly of Delaware for the Purpose aforesaid is expired, and it still appears necessary to prohibit such Exportation from this State; Exportation of 1. Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of Delaware, and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the Twentieth Day of

Provisions prohibited &c.

June, instant, it shall not be lawful for any Inhabitant or Inhabitants of this State, or any Person or Persons coming within the same, to export, or cause to be exported, or otherwise remove therefrom to any Port or Place without the State, any Wheat, Flour, Bread, Beef, Pork, Bacon or live Stock, until the present Requisition of Congress be complied with; neither shall any Rye, Indian-Corn or Rice, be exported as aforesaid, except to the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Jersey, before the Twentieth Day of October next, ensuing, unless this Act be suspended or revoked as herein after is directed.

Provided, That this Embargo shall not be construed to prevent the taking on board such Provisions as shall be necessary for the Stores only of any Ships or Vessels of War, or others, trading to and from this State.

2. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That if any Inhabitant or Inhabitants of this State, or any Person or Persons coming within the same, shall before the said Twentieth Day of October next, ensuing, presume to lade or cause to be laden on board any Ship or Vessel, or remove any Wheat, Flour, Rye, Indian-Corn, Rice, Bread, Beef, Pork, Bacon, live Stock, or other Provisions, from the same, with Intent to export or remove any such Articles to any Port or Place without the State, (except as before excepted) he, or they, for every such Offence, shall forfeit the Articles of Provisions so at- Penalty. tempted to be exported, together with the Ship or Vessel wherein the same shall be so laden, her Tackle, Apparel and Furniture, the one Moiety or half Part thereof to the Person who shall sue for the same, and the other Moiety to and for the Use of the State, to be recovered on Condemnation in the Court of Admiralty for this State.

3. And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the President, with the Advice of the Privy-Council, by Proclamation, under his Hand and the Great-Seal of the State, at any Time during the Continuance of this Act, to suspend the Operation thereof, either in Part or in the Whole, or revoke the same, as to them may seem expedient. Signed by Order of the House of Assembly;

SIMON KOLLOCK, Speaker.

Signed by Order of the Council,

JOHN CLOWES, Speaker.

May be suc voked by the

pended or re

President, &c.

Passed at Dover, June, 1780.

ACTS OF GEORGIA

[Printed from "The Colonial Records of the State of Georgia," Vol. XIX, Part II, compiled and published under authority of the Legislature by Allen D. Candler, A. M. LL. D. (Chas. P. Byrd, State Printer) 1911.)

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(State Archives)

AN ACT

To regulate and extend the Trade and Commerce of this State and to estabish an Insurance Office for the encouragement thereof and also to restrain the Selling of Merchandize by Public Auction within the Same.

WHEREAS the Trade and Commerce of this State is at present very unsettled and many persons taking advantage of the small importations of Merchandize have monopolized and raised the prices thereof to so exorbitant a rate that even the necessaries of life cannot be obtained without great difficulty AND WHEREAS nothing will tend more to discourage such monopolies and to promote Trade than the establishing an Insurance Office on account of this State for the benefit of the inhabitants thereof and them only BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Representatives of the Freemen of the State of Georgia in Assembly met and by the Authority of the same that from and immediately after passing of this Act an Insurance Office shall be opened and established on account of this State for the benefit of the Inhabitants thereof only and shall be known and called by the name of the State of Georgia Insurance Office and that the following Persons shall be Directors of the same (to wit) Joseph Clay, James Habersham, Richard Wylly, Edward Davies, William Belcher, and Peter Bard and they are hereby appointed Authorised and directed to open and establish the said office for the purpose of Insuring the Vessels and Cargoes belonging to the Inhabitants of this State and no other and to agree on such rules and regulations as may be necessary for regulating the same and carrying it into effect according to the True intent and meaning of this Act and the usual custom of merchants and the Laws relative thereto.

AND BE IT ENACTED by the Authority aforesaid that the said Directors be and they are hereby empowered Authorized and directed to assure the property of the Inhabitants of this State who choose to become Adventures at Sea as aforesaid to the Amount of Thirty