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State-Clothier Sect. 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Council and General liver Clothing. Assembly of this State, and it is hereby Enacted by the Authority of the same, That the Clothier of this State be, and he is hereby directed to deliver to the ClothierGeneral or his Order, all such Clothing as he may have on Hand belonging to this State, taking his Receipt therefor, and that he transmit a Duplicate of the said Receipt to the Treasury-Office of the United States. Several Acts re- 2. And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the several *Acts heretofore made and enacted to provide for the Clothing of the Troops of this State in the Service of the United States, shall be and they and Repealed by each of them are hereby declared to be severally repealed.

pealed.

Chap. CCCXVII.

See Appendix CHAP. CCLXXXIII. An Act to repeal Part of a certain

No. X.

+Act therein mentioned.

Preamble.

Passed Oct. 6, 1781.

LAWS OF NEW YORK.

[Printed from "Laws of the state of New York passed at the Sessions of the Legislature held in the years 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 and 1784, inclusive, being the first seven sessions," republished by the Secretary of State, pursuant to chapter 341 of the Laws of 1885, Vol. I, Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany, Printers, 1886).

PASSED AT FIRST SESSION, SEPTEMBER 10, 1777-JUNE 30, 1778.

\1778, p. 18]
CHAP. 10.

AN ACT to prevent the exportation of flour meal and grain out of this

State.

PASSED the 14th of March, 1778.

WHEREAS the council of safety did on the eleventh day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven by a certain resolution then made and published lay an embargo against the exportation of all flour, meal and grain whatsoever out of this State and did thereby strictly forbid all persons whatsoever as well inhabitants of this State as others, from and after the sixteenth day of the said month of November under any colour or pretence whatsoever either directly or indirectly to export or attempt to export or cause or procure to be exported or attempted to be ex

*The Acts hereby repealed are Chap. LXI, LXXXVI, CXLVI, and CCIX. See also Chap. CCLXX. † Chap. CLXXXIV. Appendix No. VII.

ported out of this State any flour meal or grain of any kind or quality whatsoever either by land or by water without the special License of the said council of safety or the convention or legislature of this State first had and obtained for the purpose.

And whereas it is still expedient to continue the said Ibid. embargo as well for the better supplying the inhabitants of this State and the troops that shall from time to time be in the service of the United States of America with bread as for preventing supplies of the said necessary articles of provision to the enemy subject nevertheless to certain alterations and regulations which are now become necessary.

firmed.

Be it therefore enacted by the People of the State of New Resolution conYork represented in Senate and Assembly and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same That the said resolution of the said council of safety and the embargo thereby laid except such parts thereof as are herein after repealed shall stand and be and hereby are confirmed and continued from the time of the making and publishing of the said resolution until the same shall hereafter be repealed annulled and made void by some future act of the legislature of this State.

pealed.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That Clauses reall and singular the lauses and provisions in the said ordinance or resolution contained except such part or parts of the same as is or are herein above recited shall be, and the same hereby is and are absolutely repealed annulled and made void any thing in the same or any or either of them contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That a certain resolution made and published by the said council of safety on the twenty-first day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven for licensing the exportation of flour meal and grain out of this State under certain regulations and restrictions therein mentioned shall be and the same is hereby repealed and declared null and void.

Resolution for

licensing exporta

tion of our re

pealed.

On

And whereas notwithstanding the said embargo it may on special ocbe necessary in special cases to license the exportation tion may be liof flour meal and grain out of this State.

Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawful for the governor, lieutenantgovernor or the president of the senate administering the

censed.

Penalty or violation of ordi

government of this State for the time being by and with the advice and consent of any two members of the legislature upon special occasions according to his and their discretion from time to time until further provision be made herein by the legislature of this State to license the exportation of flour, meal and grain out of the same, under such limitations restrictions and regulations as to them shall seem proper.

And in order the better to enforce the observance of the said Embargo;

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That whonance against ex-ever shall offend against the tenor true intent and meanporting flour, etc. ing of the said ordinance or Resolution of the said council first above mentioned or of this act either by exporting or causing or procuring to be exported out of this State, the same being actually exported out of the same any flour meal or grain without such special license as the governor, lieutenant-governor or president of the senate of this State for the time being administering the government thereof shall and may by and with such advice and consent as aforesaid grant by virtue hereof, shall forfeit and pay for every offence treble the value of the flour meal or grain so exported to be recovered in an action of debt with full cost of suit either by bill plaint or information in the supreme court of judicature of this State or in the county court of the county wherein the offence shall have been committed: wherein the defendant shall be held to bail as in actions of debt upon specialty and wherein also no essoin protection or wager of law nor any more than one imparlance shall be allowed.

When officers named may seize

ed to be exported.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid whenflour, etc., intend-ever any member of any county committee or of any precinct or district committee or any justice, sherif or other peace officer within this State shall suspect that any flour meal or grain passing through any part of this State is intended or will be attempted to be exported without such special license as aforesaid he shall and he is hereby authorized and required to seize and detain the same and also the vessels, slaves; cattle and carriages by whom and where with or whereby the same shall be so attempted to be exported until he shall have caused Enquiry by inquiry to be made, by the oaths of twelve good and lawful men of the neighbourhood wherein such seizures shall have been made whether the flour meal or grain so seized was attempted to be so exported as aforesaid

jury in

seizure.

case of

without such special licence as aforesaid giving to the person or persons who possessed the same when the same was seized if free or if a slave or slaves then to the owner or owners of such flour meal or grain if he or they be known eight days previous notice in writing of such inquiry before the same shall be made and in case the jury so to enquire shall find that the said flour meal or grain was attempted to be exported as aforesaid without such special license as aforesaid the same and the vessels, Slaves, cattle and carriages by whom and wherewith or whereby the said flour meal or grain shall have been attempted to be exported shall be and hereby are declared forfeited and shall be sold at public vendue by the Person who shall have seized the same one full and equal third part of the monies arising from which sale after deducting thereout the necessary costs and charges shall be paid to the informer and the other two equal third parts thereof into the treasury of this State.

Persons not to

be questioned for to the passage of

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, and it is hereby provided That no person shall be questioned any act previous judicially for any act matter or thing contrary to the this law. tenor or true intent and meaning of the said embargo, that shall have been done, acted or transacted by him or her before the passing of this act any thing in the said embargo or in any act or resolution of the said council of safety or in this act to the contrary hereof notwithstanding.

[1778, p. 24.]
CHAP. 13.

AN ACT to procure a supply of shoes and stockings for the troops raised under the direction of this State.

PASSED the 19th of March, 1778.

WHEREAS a number of shoes and stockings are wanted for the use of the troops already raised and to be raised under the direction of this State.

procure supply of

Be it enacted by the People of the State of New-York Supervisors to represented in Senate and Assembly and it is hereby enacted shoes. by the authority of the same That the supervisors of each respective county within this State, hereinafter mentioned shall cause to be procured within their said county the number of good strong shoes made of neats leather and good strong woollen stockings annexed to each respective county viz. The county of Westchester one hundred and Counties, and twenty-five pair of stockings and one hundred and four

number required.

assessors an ac

apportioned and

point collectors of shes, etc.

pair of shoes. The county of Dutchess four hundred and fifty pair of stockings and three hundred and seventy five pair of shoes. The county of Orange two hundred and fifty pair of stockings and two hundred and eight pair of shoes. The county of Ulster three hundred and seventy five pair of stockings and three hundred and thirteen pair of shoes. The county of Albany eight hundred and fifty pair of stockings and seven hundred and eight pair of shoes, and the county of Tryon three hundred and fifty pair of stockings, and two hundred and ninety two pair of shoes, amounting in the whole to two thousand four hundred pair of stockings and two thousand pair of shoes to be collected in manner following viz. That the supervisors of the several cities towns manors, districts and precincts shall meet on the second Tuesday in April next at the usual places of supervisors meeting in the respective counties (except in the counties of Westchester and Ulster in the former of which the supervisors shall meet at the house of John Furman in Bedford, and in the latter at the house of Ann DuBois at the New-Paltz) and there apportion the quota of shoes and stockings which the several cities towns boroughs, manors precincts and districts within their respective counties shall furnish; and for the more equal and convenient collecting the same.

To deliver to It is hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid That the count of number said several supervisors in their respective wards towns assessors to ap districts and precincts shall within convenient time after the several quotas shall have been apportioned as aforesaid, deliver to the assessors of the respective wards, towns manors districts or precincts an account of the number of pair of shoes and stockings at which the quota of the said ward town manor district or precinct shall have been so apportioned; and the assessors thereupon shall determine the number of pair of shoes and stockings which the inhabitants of the said ward, town manor district or precinct ought respectively to furnish and who in their judgment can best spare or procure the same and shall nominate and appoint in each respective city town borough manor precinct and district. a number of persons not less than three as collectors of shoes and stockings who are hereby authorized and required to collect from the several inhabitants the number of shoes and stockings which by the assessors shall have been so determined on as aforesaid and the said inhabitants shall be

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