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And Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Cask of Tobacco that shall be hereafter Packed and offered for Sale within this State shall be branded with the Packers Name, and the Name of the Town where such Tobacco shall be packed at full length, and who- soever shall sell or expose to Sale any Cask or Casks of Tobacco not branded as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay a Penalty of forty shillings for each and every such Cask of Tobacco to be recovered by any one who shall sue for the same. That every Barrell or Cask of Pot or Pearl Ashes offered or exposed for Sale within this State, shall be Inspected and Branded with the Makers and Inspectors Names, and the Name of the Town where made all at full length and with a Mark or Figure expressing the Degree of the Quality of such Pot or Pearl Ashes, and whosoever shall offer or expose for Sale any Barrell or Barrells or other Cask or Casks of Pot or Pearl Ashes within this State not Inspected and branded as aforesaid shall forfeit and Pay for every such Barrell or Cask the Sum of forty shillings to be recovered by any one who shall Sue for the Same, That no Barrell or other Cask or Quantity of flour shall be exported out of this State in any Vessell whatever, unless the same shall have been first duely Inspected, and Branded with the Inspec- tors Name, and the Name of the State at full length, and with a Mark expressing the Degree of the Quality of such Flour and a Certificate thereof obtained from such Inspector and produced to the Naval Officer of that port in this State when such Vessell shall be Cleared out, And if any Person or Persons whatsoever shall Ship or export any Flour con- trary to this Act shall forfeit the Same, or the value thereof the one half to the Prosecutor and the other half to the Treasury of this State, and the same may be seized and proceeded with in the Same way and manner as is provided in the aforementioned Statute made for laying and Col- lecting a Duty on the exportation of Timber &c. That the several Towns in this State from which Pot or Pearl Ashes shall be exported and all Towns where Flour or Tobacco shall be Packed or Barrelled, are Impowered and directed at their Annual or any other Legal Meeting to Choose Inspectors and Branders for the Purposes mentioned in this Act who shall be sworn to a faithfull Discharge of their several Offices mutatis mutandis as is by Law prescribed for Surveyors of Highways Leather Sealers &c. And that said Inspectors and Branders shall be entitled to the following fee or reward for their Services viz, For
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Inspecting Branding and Heading up every Cask of Pot and Pearl Ashes the Sum of one shilling, for inspecting and Branding every Cask of Flour and giving a Certificate thereof the Sum of three Pence, for Inspecting Heading and Branding every Barrell of Fish the Sum of six pence for Inspecting and branding Tobacco as is already by Law provided.
An Act in addition to an Act intitled an Act to enable the United States in Congress Assembled to Levy certain Duties and Imposts on certain Goods and Merchandizes imported into this State to be applied in pay- ment of the Debts of the United States contracted for the supporting the late War in compliance with a resolution of Congress of the 18th of April 1783 .*
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled and by the Authority of the same, That the United States in Congress Assembled be and they are hereby fully Impowered and Authorized to Levy for the Use of the United States aforesaid the Duties mentioned in said Act on all Goods Imported into this State from any foreign Port Island or Plantation not within the United States under the Limitations and Provisions of said Act when Congress shall have published an Ordinance for Collecting said Duties, in Consequence of twelve of the United States having passed Acts Simular to said Act and the Provisions of this Act.
Provided nevertheless that the United States in Congress Assembled shall annually require of the State which shall neglect or refuse to pass Acts similar to the aforesaid Act or to this Act the payment of such Sums as shall become their Just proportion from Year to Year of the principal or Interest of the Debt of the United States required to be paid within such Years, and that the Proportion assigned to such State shall be made upon the Ability of such State in the Year wherein the requisi- tion shall be made.
An Act in Addition to and in alteration of a Law of this State intitled an Act for levying and Collecting a Duty on certain Articles of Goods Wares and Merchandize Imported into this State by Land or Water.t
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled and by the Authority of the same, That the Master of every Ship Vessell or Boat shall in the Manifest by him to be exhibited according to the direction of said former Act, specify every Bail Package Cask Trunk or Chest containing any Articles of Goods Wares and Merchandize, and also the Marks and numbers of such Bale Package Cask Trunk and Chest shipped or taken on Board his Ship Vessell or Boat at the Port Ports or Places from which he came, and also specify the kind Quantity and Quality of every Particular Article of Goods Wares and Merchandize in each and every such Bale Package Cask Trunk and Chest and also the kind Quantity and Quality of every other Article of Goods Wares and Merchandize by him taken on Board
* See above, p. 326.
t See above, p. 328.
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his Ship Vessell or Boat at the Port Ports or Places from which he came, and shall before the Naval Officer or Collector to whom such Manifest is exhibited take the following Oath instead of the Oath Pro- vided by said Act to be taken by the Master of a Ship Vessell or Boat viz ["] You swear by the Name of the everliving God that the Manifest You have now exhibited contains a true and perfect Account of every Bale Package Cask Chest and Trunk by You taken on Board Your Ship or Vessell at the Port Ports or Places from which You came and also a true and perfect Account of each Particular Article of Goods Wares and Merchandize by You taken on Board Your Ship or Vessell at the Port Ports or Places from which You came, and of which Bales Packages Casks Trunks Chests or Goods You are by Law directed to make a Manifest, And that the Bales Packages Casks Chests and Trunks specified in said Manifest, did not at the Time they were Shipped or taken on Board Your Ship or Vessell nor do they now con- tain any other Goods Wares and Merchandize than what You have specified in Your Manifest, And that no Article whatever hath been unladed from Your Vessell. So help You God. ["]
Provided nevertheless that if at the Time of exhibiting such Manifest the Owner of such Bale Package Cask Chest or Trunk or any other credible Person in behalf of such owner shall appear and exhibit an Invoice expressing the Kind Quantity and Quality of each and every Article of Goods Wares and Merchandize contained in any such Bale Package Cask Chest or Trunk and shall before the Proper Naval Officer or Collector make Oath that the Invoice by him exhibited is a true and perfect Inventory of every Article of Goods Wares and Mer- chandize that was packed or contained therein at the Time such Bale Package Cask Chest or Trunk was shipped on Board the Ship Vessell or Boat in which Imported, and at the Time of exhibiting said Invoice the Master shall not be obliged to Insert an Account of such Bale Pack- age Cask Chest or Trunk in the Manifest by him exhibited. And it shall be lawfull for the Master of every Vessell Ship or Boat within twenty four Hours after ariving at his Port of Delivery in this State to open for the Purpose of making a Manifest according to the Order of this Act every Bale Package Cask Chest and Trunk of which he is by Law to make a Manifest unless the Owner thereof or some other Person in his behalf shall appear and exhibit an Invoice thereof, accord- ing to the Terms of this Proviso, and pay and secure to be paid the Duties accordingly.
And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid that if in any Case the Provisions of this Act with respect to exhibiting a Manifest and making Oath thereto shall not be complied with, all the Forfeitures and Penalties of said former Act shall by such neglect be incurred, which Forfeitures and Penalties may be prosecuted for and recovered and disposed in the Same manner and to the same Uses and Persons as the forfeitures and Penalties in simular Cases, are by said former Act to be prosecuted for and disposed of.
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And be it further Enacted that in all Cases where a Duty of five per Cent ad valorem by the said former Act is to be paid, the Rule for ascer- taining the Value of the Goods at the Time and Place of Importation shall be the Same as is Provided in said former Act, in case of Goods Imported in a Ship Vessell or Boat of the burthen of thirty five Tons or more, And the Person who exhibits an Invoice according to the Provi- sions of the said former Act shall instead of the Oath therein Provided make Oath before the Naval Officer or Collector to whom the Invoice is exhibited that the Invoice or Invoices by him exhibited are the true Invoice or Invoices of the Articles therein enumerated and specified and that the Prices therein Stated are the Prices at which those respec- tive Articles were bonafide bought by him And that the Invoice or Invoices by him exhibited do contain a full and perfect Account of every Article of Goods Wares and Merchandize by him shipped on Board of or Imported directly or indirectly in the Ship Vessell or Boat in which the Articles specified in the Invoice by him exhibited were imported.
And be it further Enacted that if any Person whatever having taken either of the Oaths Provided by this Act to be taken shall falsify the Truth in any of the Matters to which the Oath he has taken relates, he shall on conviction thereof suffer the Pains Penalties and Disabilities of wilfull Perjury.
And be it further Enacted that all Vessells and Boats under the Burthen of thirty five Tons and their Tackle Apparel Furniture or Cargo seized by Virtue of said former Act shall and may be Libelled before the same Court and be proceeded with in the Same manner as by said former Act is provided in Case of Vessells under the Burthen of twenty five Tons.
An Act in addition to an Act entitled, An Act for the regulation of Navigation .*
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled, and by the Authority of the Same, That in future every Vessell of the Burthen of fifteen Tons and upwards that shall be or has been Built in this State, or whose Owners or any part of them shall belong to or reside within this State, whose Owner or Master shall neglect or refuse to take out a Register from this State, as is directed by said Act said Vessell shall be liable to be seized and for- feited to Use of this State, And it shall be the Duty of the Naval Officer to Seize and prosecute the same as aforesaid.
An Act in addition to an Act entitled, an Act for the Regulation of Navigation.
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled and by the Authority of the Same that there shall be kept at the Port of Norwich one Naval Officer who shall
* See above, pp. 254-6.
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be nominated and deputed in the Same Way and manner and be subject to the same Rules and Regulations that other Naval Officers in this State by Law are, That for the future the several Naval Officers in this State that are or may hereafter be appointed, shall once in six Months render their several particular Accounts to the Treasurer of this State of all the Monies and Certificates for Inter- est which they may or shall receive for any Duties or Imposts for the Use and Benefit of this State, and pay and deliver the Same to the said Treasurer taking his Receipt therefor, and on failure thereof, he or they shall upon Complaint and Proof made to his Excellency the Governor be ex officio dismissed from his or their Office and another appointed in his or their room and stead, And it shall be the Duty of said Treasurer to make Complaint to his Excellency the Governor of all such Failures and Neglects.
An Act in further addition to and alteration of an Act intitled an Act for the better establishing and confirmation of the Titles of Land &c made and passed on October 1723 .*
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled and by the Authority of the same, That where any Warrant shall be obtained from an Assistant or Justice of the Peace pursuant to the directions of said Act for calling a Meeting of the Proprietors of such common or undivided Lands the same instead of the mode directed by said Act shall be published by inserting in some public Newspapers in or nearest the Town where such Lands are situate four Weeks successively and also by posting on the Public Sign Post in such Town at least twenty Days before the Day appointed for such Meeting; which shall be a sufficient warning and Notice for holding the same
And be it further Enacted that the Method provided by this and the aforesaid Act may be had and taken for the obtaining and calling such Proprietors Meeting any difficulty or Impediment which may have taken Place by means or in consequence of any such Proprietors having adopted agreeable to the Liberty of said Act any other or different Mode of calling such Meetings notwithstanding.
An Act in alteration of an Act intitled an Act for the direction of Listers in their Office and Duty.t
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled and by the Authority of the Same, That all Swine shall hereafter be exempted out of the List of Rateable Estate.
An Act in addition to a Law Entitled, An Act for stating Limiting and naming the Counties in this State.
Whereas in the late Revision of the Laws of this State the Town of Washington was omitted to be entered in the Lists of Towns for
* See Conn. Col. Rers., 1717-1725. D. 424.
+ Passed in May, 1779. Conn. State Recs., 11, 256-263.
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the County of Litchfield, when it ought to have been inserted in said List next after the Town of Norfolk .*
Be it Enacted by the Governor Council and Representatives in Gen- eral Court Assembled and by the Authority of the same That the Town of Washington be included in and be a part of the County of Litchfield.
Whereas the Right Honble the Marquis De La Fayette Mareschal De Camp of the Armies of the King of France and Major General in the late Army of the United States of America in their late War with the King of Great Britain has exhibited his disinterested Attachment to the Liberties of Mankind in a very illustrious and disinterested manner-
Therefore Resolved by this Assembly that the Marquis De La Fay- ette, and his Son George Washington Esqr be and they are hereby declared free Citizens of this State to all Intents constructions and pur- poses whatsoever. And the Secretary of the State is hereby Ordered to present a Copy of this Resolve under the Seal of this State to the Marquis De La Fayette and request his acceptance thereof.
This Assembly do appoint Richard Wait Jun" Esq" Lieutenant Colonel of the 3ª Regiment of Militia in this State.
This Assembly do appoint Richard Deshon Esq" Major of the third Regiment of Militia in this State.
This Assembly do appoint Maj" Miles Beach to be Lieutenant Colonel of the 17th Regiment in the sixth Brigade of Militia in this State in the room of Lieut Colo John Strong resigned.
This Assembly do appoint Capt Abner Willson to be Major of the 17th Regiment of Militia in this State in the room of Majr Miles Beach promoted.
This Assembly do appoint Elihu Marvin Major of the 20th Regiment.
This Assembly do establish Azariah Hyde to be Captain of the seventh Company or Trainband in the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Amos Armstrong to be Lieutenant of the seventh Company or Trainband in the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Crawford to be Lieutenant of a Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abel Johnson to be Captain of the third Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elisha Johnson to be Lieutenant of the third Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Fenton to be Ensign of the third Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in this State.
* Acts and Laws of Connecticut (1784), p. 27.
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This Assembly do establish Jonathan Bullolph to be Captain of the 11tb Company or Trainband in the 18th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benajah Holcomb to be Lieutenant of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 18th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Noah Cooley to be Ensign of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 18th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Hickcox to be Captain of the sixth Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Noyes Wadsworth Jun" to be Lieutenant of the sixth Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Simeon Coe to be Ensign of the sixth Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Seth Miller to be Ensign of the eighth Company or Trainband in the 23d Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Nathaniel Cogswell to be Captain of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Delano Pierce to be Lieutenant of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Ward Woodward to be Ensign of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish James Armstrong to be Ensign of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 20th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Enoch Pierson to be Captain of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Isaiah Everit to be Lieutenant of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Sluman Abel to be Ensign of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 14th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Samuel Johnson to be Lieutenant of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jabez Parson to be Captain of the eighth Company or Trainband in the 19th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Baldwin to be Ensign of the fourth Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Zephaniah Pratt to be Ensign of the fourth Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Peleg Williams to be Lieutenant of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish William Avery Morgan to be Ensign of the 12th Company or Trainband in the 8th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joshua Perkins to be Capt of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 20th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Henry Farnham Jun to be Lieutent of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Levi Perkins to be Ensign of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 20th Regiment in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Simeon Goodell to be Lieut of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 11th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Ira Green to be Ensign of the 11th Company or Trainband in the 11th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Daniel Parmely to be Captain of the seventh Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abraham Pierson to be Lieutenant of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joseph Griswold to be Ensign of the 7th Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Lewiss Kilborn to be Ensign of the 1st Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Joel Dunbar to be Lieutenant of the third Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Asa Darrow to be Ensign of the third Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Jonah Root to be Ensign of the sixth Company or Trainband in the 12th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Hobart MeCall to be Ensign of the 10th Company or Trainband in the 12th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Seth Doolittle to be Lieutenant of the fifth Company or Trainband in the 23ª Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Clement Bishop to be Captain of the 9th Company or Trainband in the third Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Bishop to be Lieutenant of the ninth Company or Trainband in the third Regiment in sd State.
This Assembly do establish Joshua Douglas to be Ensign of the 9th Company or Trainband in the third Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Lucius Tuttle to be Captain of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Andrew Hull to be Lieutenant of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Benham to be Ensign of the 4th Company or Trainband in the 10th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Thomas Langsell Thomas to be Lieut Fire Worker of a Matross Company in the 20th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Hall Jun" to be Quarter Master of the 4th Troop of Horse in the 4th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Theodore Parmely Captain of the 4th Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Levy Stone to be Lieutenant of the fourth Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Benjamin Hanks to be Cornet of the fourth Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
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This Assembly do establish Josiah Butler to be Quarter Master of the fourth Troop of Horse in the 5th Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Zachariah Lewis to be Captain of the first Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Judson to be Lieutenant of the first Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Isaac Wells to be Cornet of the first Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Curtiss Tomlinson to be Quarter Mas- ter of the first Troop of Horse in the third Regiment of Light Horse in this State.
This Assembly do establish Mason Hobart to be Captain of the second Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Russell 2ª to be Lieutenant of the second Company or Trainband in the 27th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Penuel Child to be Ensign of a Company or Trainband in the 22ª Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Timothy Pratt to be Lieutenant of the first Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Giles Blague to be Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 7th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Abraham Gridley to be Lieutenant of the third Company or Trainband in the 15th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Cole to be Ensign of the third Company or Trainband in the 15th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish, Isaac Miles to be Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 17th Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Stephen Clark to be Captain of the first Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Asa Phillips to be Lieutenant of the first Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Seers Harriss to be Ensign of the first Company or Trainband in the 21st Regiment in said State.
This Assembly do establish Solomon Dunham to be Captain of the 8th Company or Trainband in the sixth Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish David Beckley to be Lieutenant of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 6th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish John Kelcey to be Ensign of the 8th Company or Trainband in the 6th Regiment in this State.
This Assembly do establish Elnathan Gregory to be Captain of the first Company or Trainband in the 16th Regiment in said State.
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