m rs *■ TS CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES AT THE THIRD SESSION, Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, on Monday the sixth of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety. AN ACT to continue in force for a limited time, an A<sintituled, " An A*f\ for the temporary establishment of the Poft-Ofßce. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress aflembled, That the a&pafled the firft feflion of Congress, intituled, " An ast for the temporary eilablifhment of the poft-office," be, and the fame is hereby continued in full force until the end of the next fcflion of Congress, and no longer. And be it further enabled, That al! letters to and from the trea surer, comptroller and auditor of the treasury, and the afliftant to the secretary of the treasury, on public service, (hall be received and conveyed by the port, free of postage. And be it further enacted, That the postmaster-general {hall be, and he is hereby authorized to extrnd the carrying of the mail from Albany, in the state of New-York, to Bennington, in the state of Vermont. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker of the Houfcof Representatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-President of the United States, and Prefdent of the Senate. Approved, March third, 1-91 GEORGE WASHINGTON, Prejident of the United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the Secretary of State. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary of State. AN ACT making farther Provision for the Col lection of the Duties by law imposed on Teas, and to prolong the Term for the Payment of the Duties on Wines. WHEREAS it is conceived that the following regulations concerning leas may be conducive both to the accommo dation of the importers thereof, and to the security of thereventie : Be it enacted bv the Senate and Houfeof Representatives of the United States of America in Congress afiembled, That in addi tion to the provisions contained in the fourth and forty-iirft sec tions of the ast, entitled, " An ast to provide more effcdtually for the collection of duties imposed by law on goods, wares and merchandize imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or veflels," as they regard the payment, or securing the payment of the duties on teas, it shall be lawful for every im porter of teas, if he or she shall elect so to do, to givehisorher bond to the colleGor of the diftrift in which any of the said teas shall be landed, in double the amount of the duties thereupon, •with condition for the payment of the said duties in two yeats from the date of such bond ; which bond (hall be accepted by such collector, without surety, upon the terms following : that is to fay : The teas, for the duties whereof the said bond (hall be accepted, shall be deposited at the expence and risk ot the said importer, in one or more storehouse or ftorchoufcs, as the cafe may require, to be agreed upon between the said importer and the infpeftor. or other officer of infpeftio.i of the revenue, for the port where the said teas (hall be landed ; and upon every such storehouse, the said infptfftOr or officer of infpeftion shall cause to be affixed two locks, the key of one of which locks shall be kept bv such importer, his or her agent, and the key of the other of which locks (hall be kept by the said infpeftor, or by such other peifon as he (hall depute and appoint in that behalf ; whose dutv it (hall be to attend at all reasonable times for the purpose of delivering the said teas out of the said storehouse or itorehoufes. But no delivery (hall be m-ade of any of the said teas without a permit in writing, under the hand of the said in fpeftor or officer of infpeftion. And in order to the obtaining of such permit, it shall be neceflarv that the duties upon the teas, for which the fame shall be required, be firft paid, or, at the op tion of the party or parties applying for the fame, secured to be paid in manner following ; that is to fay : The said party or par ties (hall give bond with one or more surety or (ureties to the fa tisfaftion of the said infpeftor, in double the amount of the du ties upon the quantity of teas in each cafe to be delivered, with condition for the payment of the said duties, if the fame (hall not exceed one hundred dollars in four months ; or, if the fame shall exceed one hundred dollars, and fnall not exceed five hun dred dollars, in eight months ; or, if the fame shall exceed five hundred dollars, in twelve months : Provided always, That the time be allowed for the payment of the payment of the duties upon any parcel of teas to be delivered, (ball not be such as to extend the credit for such duties beyond the term of two years oiiginally allowed upon the depofitingof the said teas. And be it further enacted,. That if the duties on any parcel of teas, which (hall have been deposited asaforefaid, shall not have been paid or secured to be paid in manner last fpecified, within the term of two years, according to the condition of the obliga tion to be given to the collector of the diftrift, within which the fame (hall have been landed, it (hall be the duty of the fatd col lector to cause so much of the said teas, as may be necefTary, to be fold at public auction, and retaining the film which shall not have been so paid or fccured of the said duties, together with the ex penses of fafe keeping and sale of the said teas, (hall return the Overplus, if any, to the owner or owners thereof, his her or their agent or lawful representatives. And be it further ena&ed, That the bonds, which have been or shall be diretted to be given, by this or any other a£l, for mo nies or duties to be paid or performed to the United States, (ball be taken in the name of the United States of America ; nnlefs spe cial direction shall have been given to take them in feme other name. And the bonds to be taken as aforefaid, by any infpe&or of the revenue, shall be delivered by him forthwith to the collec tor of the difirift within which the teas, to which they may relate shall have been landed, in order to the collection of the monies therein fpecificd. And the permits which fhallhave been granted by such rafpeftor, for the delivery of anv teas, out of any store house wherein they shall have been deposited, (ball be received by such 'collector towards fatisfying any bond, which shall have been in the firft infiance, taken by the said colle&or, touching the laid teas ; which permits shall therefore fpecify the amount of the du ties which shall have been paid or secured upon the teas to be de livered in virtue thereof ; and the name of the ship or veflel in which they shall have been imported, and of the importer or im porters thereof. And be it further ena&ed. That all teas, which after the firft day of April next, shall be imported into the United States from anv foreign port or place, fhail be landed under the care of the infpc&ors of the revenue for the ports where the fame shall be ref pe&ivcly landed : and for that purpose every permit which shall ®e granted by any colk&or, for landing the fame, shall, prior to such landing, be produced to the said infp?£lor, who by an en dorsement thereupon under his hand, (ball fignity the production thereof to him, and the time when; after which, and not other wise, it shall be lawful to land the teas mentioned in such permit. And the said infpe&or shall make an entry of all such permits, and of the contents thereof : and each chest, box or package con taining any teas, shall be marked by the officer under whole im mediate infpe£hpn the fame lhall be landed, in legible and dura ble characters, with progreflive numbers, and with thj name o the vessel in which the fame (ball have been imported. And the said officer (hall grant a certificate for each fuchcheft, box or pack age, fpecifying therein the name or names ot the importer or im porters, the- ship or veflfel in which the fame shall have been im ported, and the number thereof to accompany the fame whereso ever it shall be sent. And whereas, for the payment of the duties accruing on Ma deira wines, and whieh may be fecuved by bond, the term ot twelve months is allowed ; and it is proper to extend, in like manner, the payment of the duties accruing on other wine?; Therefore. Be it ena&cd, Thfet for the payment of the duties on other than Madeira wines, and which shall be secured by bond, such bond shall be taken with condition for the payment ot the duties in twelve months, in like manner as by law is dire£ted lor the payment of the duties on Madeira wines. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS MUHLENBERG, Speaker ojthe lioufe ojßeprejcntatives. JOHN ADAMS, Vice-Prejidentofthe United States and Prcjident of the Senate. Approved, March third, 1791. GEORGE WASHINGTON, Piejident t>Jthe United States. Deposited among the Rolls in the Office of the Secretary of State. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Secretary oj State. Matthew M'Connell, In Chesnut-Street, No. 66. BUYS and SELLS all kinds of THE PUBLIC DEBT OF THE UNION ; has frequently occasion to NEGOCIATE INLAND BILLS OF EXCHANGE—and will receive Orders for making SUBSCRIPTIONS to the BANK of the UNITED STATES. Philadelphia, March 30, 1791 Jufl published, and to be fold by the Editor, A TOUR in HOLLAND. By an AMERICAN. SEVERAL Gentlemen of literary taler.ts have perilled the ma nuscript of this work—among others, the justly celebrated author of M'Fi ngal ; who, after reading it, made the following obser vations, in a letter to the author, viz. " I cannot return your Jour nal, without exprefling my obligations to yon for the pleasure I have received in its perusal, nor without hinting my wishes that you would consent to its publication. We have in gnglilh, no good account of the customs, manners, &c, of the United Provin ces. Travellers have exhausted themselves in descriptions of France and Italy ; but the tour to those countries only has been falhion able. Notwithstanding onr Connexion with Holland, the people of this country know little more of it than of Ouheite. Thiscii cumftance will rendei your Journal both novel and ufeful. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS, Partly original, and partly already publifhcd y Written by Mathew Carey. CONDITIONS. I. r I ''HE Work (hall contain 200 pages ; be printed on the X fined writing paper ; and be elegantly bound, edge rolled and lettered. 11. Price to subscribers tzco thirds of a dollar, to be paid on the delivery of the book. 111. The wotU shall be put to the press as soon as 250 copies are subscribed for. IV. The subscribers names shall be prefixed gdTSUBSCRIPTIONS are received by Carey, Stewart, and Co. and all the other Booksellers in Philadelphia ; also, by the different gentlemen throughout the United States, who supply sub scribers with the AmericanMufeum. Philadelphia, Feb. 23, 1791. A CO-PARTNERSHIP having commenced between Joseph Anthony, and his Son, Thomas P. Anthony, under the firm of Joseph Anthony and Son, They have for Sale, at tkeir Stores, (lately improved by Hewes and Anthony,) North fide Chefnut-Street Wharf, NEW-ENGLAND Rum, Molafles, Muscovado Sugars, Jamaica 8c Martinique Coffee, Pimento, Gaflia, Old Batavia Arrack, Spermaceti & Wax Candles, Spermaceti, Right Whale, and Tannei's Oil, Best pick'd Mackarel, FOR SALE, In the City of New-Brunfwick, A Commodious TWO STORY HOUSE, almost •*- new, pleasantly fituflted on the banks of the Rantan, to gether with a large Lot in the rear, and a very good Wharf im mediately in front of the House. Said Houfc is thirty-four feet square has tour rooms on each floor, with entries between the fame, and a good stone cellar under the whole. Any person inclining to purchase may have pofleffion the firfl day of May next, and know the price and terms ot payment which will be made easy by applying to Lewis For man, in said city, or the fubferiber in Borden Town, ]. VAN EMBURGH. N. B. If not lold, to be rented from ill day of May next. ADVERTISEMENT APAM PHLET,containing some remarks on the firfl volume of the " Defenceof the AmericanConftitutions," written by the Vice-President of the United States, has been circulated in France, as a produ&ion of the late Governor Livingston. Any per son who will furnifh the Editoi hereof with a copy of said pam phlet, (hall be paid a double price for the fame. Manuel Noah, BROKER, No.gi, Race-Strcet, between Second and Third-Streets, BUYS and SELLS Continental & State Certificates, Pennsylvania and Jersey Paper Money, And all kinds of SECURITIES of the United Slates, or of any particular State, 804 In 1784, l TE^< & Bohea ) < J uallt >'' Boston Sail Duck, N°r 2> 3» 4, and 7, 6 by 8 Window Glass, Boston Prime Beef, A quantity of choice Carrot Tobacco. N. England Tow Linen. Philadel. March 18. fe.o. , ? w.] This machinery, with the original mechanism on which it i$ grafted,being of the utmost value to the United States, the fubfcn bcr hereby offers to make and ere£t a complete mill or mills, in cluding both the original works, and his above improvements thereon, for any individual or company, on terms to be by them agreed on ; and to conduct the Manufactory cither for a fhaieof the profits, or stipulated wages. GEORciE PARKINSON, Philad. No. 65, Chejnut-Street, March 17, 1791. [93 6f.] Treasury Department. NOTICE is hereby given, that Propolals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Treasury, until the firft Monday in September next inclusive, for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use ot the United States, from the firft day of January to the thirty-firft day of December, 1792, both days in clusive, at the places, and within the diftri&s herein after menti oned, viz. At any place or places, betwixt Yorktown in the (late of Pcnn fylvania and Foi t Pitt, and at Fort Pitt. At anv place or places, betwixt Foft Pitt and Fort M'lntofli,. on the River Ohio, and at Fort M'lntofh. At any place or places, betwixt Fort M lntofh and the mouth of the River Mufkingum, and at the mouth of the River Mufkinguoi. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and up the said River to the Tufcarowas, and at the Tuf carowas, and thence over to the Cayoga River, and down the said River to its mouth. At any place or places, betwixt the mouth of the River Muf kingum, and the mouth of the Sciota River, and at the mouth of the said River Scioto. (96 tf) At anv place or places, betwixt the mouth of Scioto R'ver, and the mouih of the great Miami, at the mouth of the great Miami, and from thence to the Rapids, on the Falls of the Ohio, and at the said Rapids. At any place or place*, betwixt the m#uth of the great Miami, up the said Miami, to and at Piquetown, and thence over to the Miami Village, on the river ot the fame name which empties into Lake Erie. At any pJace or places from the rapids of the Ohio, to the mouth oh the Wabafh, thence up the said Wabafh to Poll St. Vincennes, at Port St. Vincennes, and thence up th« laid river Wabafh, to the Miami village, before described. At anv place or places, from the mouth of the Wabafh rivexto the mouth of the river Ohio. At any place or places, on the east fide of the river Miflifippi, from the mouth of theOh-io river,to the mouth of thelllinois river. At any palace or places, from the mouth of the Miami river to the Miami Village, At any place or places, from the Miami Village to Sandufltyp and at Sandufky, and from Sandufky to the month of Cayoga river. At any place or places,betwixt Fort Pitt and Venango, andat Venango. At any place or places T betwixt Venango and Le Beuf, and at' Le Beuf, betwixt Le Beuf and Prefq'lfle, at Prefq'lfle, and be twixt Prefq'lfle and the mouth of Cayoga river At the mouth of Cavoga river, and at any place or places, on the route from Fort Pitt, to the mouth of Cayoga river, by the way of Big Beaver creek. At any placeor places, on the east fide of the MilTifippi, between the mouth of the Ohio and the river Margot inclusively. At any place or places, from the said l iver Margot, to the ri"er Yazous inclusively. At any place or places, from- the mouth «f the river Tenefee, to Ocochappo or Bear creek, on the said river inclusively. Should any rations be requited at any places, or within other diftridts, not fpecified in these proposals, the price of the fame t<* be hereafter agreed on, betwixt the public and the contra&or. The rations to be supplied are to consist of the following articles, viz. One pound of bread or flour, One pound of beef, or f of a pound of perk, Half a jill of rum, brancy or whisky, One quart of fait, } Two quarts of vinegar, { rp 1 , r ,■■ 0 > per. 100 rations. Iwo pounds or loap, ( r One pound of candles, ; ALSO, That Proposals will be received at the said office until the fir ft Monday in September next, inclusive, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, fiom the fiift day of january to Uie thirty-firft dav of December, 179 a, both davs inclusive. at Springfield, in the flare of Maflac.hu fetts, and the Weft-Point, in the state of New-York, The rations to be supplied, are to consist of the fame articles as are above mentioned. ALSO, That proposals will be received at the said office, until the lft Monday in September next inclusive, for the fapplv of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the Ift day of January to the 31ft day of December, 1792, both days inclusive, at the places, and within the diftri£ls herein after mentioned. At the post on the river Saint Mary, at prefcnt commanded by Capt. Henry Burbeck. At the post on the river Altamaha, at present commanded by Capt. John Smith. At t he post on the river Oconee, at present commanded by Cap!* Joseph Savage. At the post on the river Apalachee, at present commanded by Capt. Michael Rudolph. At any other place or places within the state ot Georgia which may hereafter be occupied as permanent posts by any troops ot tlw> United States. And for rations deliverable on the march to such future port?. The rations are to be furnilhed in such quantities as that there (hall at all times, during the said terra, be fufficient for the con sumption of the troops at each of the said potts, for the fpaceofat least two months in advance, in good and wholesome provisions. The rations to befupplied are to consist of the lame articles, as are abovementioned. It is to be understood in each cafe, that all lofts sustained bv the depredations of the enem), or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid for at the prices of the articles captured or del troyed, on the depositions of two or more creditable charaders, and the certificate of a commiflioned officer, ascertaining the cir cumflances of the loss, and the amount of the articles tor whicH compensation is claimed The ptopofals may be made for the whole of the above ports to gether, or icparately for Springfield, for Weft-Point, for Yorktown t and the fcventcen places following it, and for the posts in Georgia ; and they mud fpecify the lowest price per ration, lor prompt pay ment. IQ" f evj copies of the CONSTITU TION oj th United States, printed with Notes, may bs had of tht Edittr, / March 2?., 1791
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