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SATURDAY, Afrit 18, 1789.] ♦ THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE I AND GAZETTE of the STATE. FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Conjtitution of Georgia, AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. S M I T 11, Printer to the State; Ef'ays , Articles of Intelligence , Advertijements , &c. will be gratefully received , and every kina of Printing performed, j An Aft To redeem the Paper Medium o) this State. WHEREAS it is ne cessary and expedi ent, from the injury which has arisen to individuals, and for the redora tion of public credit, that mea sures be taken to redeem and take up the current medium, now in circulation in this date: And whereas five thousand pounds of the said paper medium, appropri ated in the Trealury towards a finking fund, agreeable to a re folut’on of the twenty-second m ilant, has been burnt under the infpeftion of the Committee of Finance, the amount and respec tive denominations of which to be certified by the Treaiurer, and entered on the minutes of tire General Aflembly j Be it therefore enabled by the IReprefentatives of the Freemen of the State of Georgia in General Ajfembly met , and by the autho rity of the fame , That the further sum of five thousand pounds of the tax of the current year, and of four fucce(live years thereaf ter, be appropriated in like man ner as atorefaid, and annually burnt under the regulations here in before pointed out. And be it enabled by the autho rity aforejaid , That from and immediately after the United States in Congreis affcmbled, shall or may pals any aft or afts, for laying impods or laying di rest taxes within this date, then and in that case, luch part or K\ parts of the aft, entitled 44 An aft for emittinlgthe sum of fifty thou sand pounds paper medium, and for other purposes therein men tioned, H that relate to receiving imposts or duties as aforefaid, be, and the fame is hereby repealed. And be it enabled by the autho . rity aJoreJaid % That the time for GEORGIA. *' ‘ * * # . . • taking up the said current 'medi um of this date, be extended un - til the fifeenth day of janua y one thoufmd seven hundred and ninety-four, and (hull continue to be a tender in all cases, ex cept for impods and direct taxes as aforefaid, any law to the con trary notwithdanding. By Order of the l&ufe , JOHN POWELL, Speaker . Augufla , February 3, 17^9. xs&KaßSKae. xaesatgessae An Aft To prevent the clipping and muti lating the cur tent coin of this State . WHEREAS the mod mifehievous conle quences are daily ex , periencal by the good citizens of this date, from the nefarious praftlce of clip ping and mutilating the circulat ing ipecie thereof, to prevent the lame, « Be it enabled by the Rcpref n tatives of the Freemen of the State of Georgia in General Ajfembly mety and by the authority of the fame. That all gold and sliver coin of full weight, (hall pais current by tale within this date. And be it further That if any person or periods, (hall prelume to cut, clip, or mutilate the gold or silver coin current in this date, after -tlbe fird day of ; March next, he, die, or they lo : offending, and fliail be lawfully 1 convtfted thereof, (hall forfeit for the fird offence the sum of one hundred pounds, one half to go to the informer, and the other half to go to the use of the aca demy within the county or coun ties where such offence may be committed j and for the second 4 offence, on conviftion before any , court of judicature having cognf* [Vol. 111. No. CXXXIH.) mwmm I ■» - ghlfc ?ance thereof, he, flie, or they thall, and are hereby declared guilty ot.felony, and shall luffer ueath without benefit of clergy. By Order cj tie Houle, JOHN POWELL, Speaker. ■ Augusta , February 3, 1789. HOU S E of ASSEMBLY, Str.ur* . • da y* 'January 31, 1789 ON reading over the minutes of yerter day, a motion was made by Mr. Tel tuit, fccondcd by Mr. Mathews, to amend tbe Report* of the Committee*on Finance, agreed to in the words following: “ That all ftich persons jvho have paid the penalties imposed by the said afls, dull, upou paying the fpecitics conformably to the regu lations herein pointed out, be entitled to the said penalty as a defaulter, to be returned to him or them ; and the refpetf ive Collectors are hereby directed and required to aft con iormably thereto-, and where the pinnies have been paid into the Treasury J>y any Collector or C olieClors as aforefaid, the Treafurer,upon the certificate of luch Collector or Collectors, lhall refund the money out of theTieafury. the quell ion to agree tc the amendment it palled in the affirmative. /. , Ext raft from the Minuies t JAMES M. SIMMONS, C, C. A. # Publilhed in the State Gazette, No. 12;, ■ —1 .. On thn jit jl ' IVedneJ'day in May next , 1 he Commiflioners of the I own of Augusta, will difpo<e of ft me ' Valuable Lots , adjoining and contiguous to the Lower Ware~Boufe, in the faiji town. - April a, 1789 # * 'r ! **—ll l| m. , „ .■in 1 , Tilt Rb is low in my pof (effion a small negro fcl ; low, named John, about 40 years of age; fays he belongs to a Sa-. ; muel Waynes, at Antigua; that his master left him at C'harlefton about the time ot its being cap tured by the Britifb, and that he has since been inthe pcfltfiion of divers perlons. Any person claim ing laid negro, may have him by applying to me, proving bis or her piopeity, and paying c h> ■ get. JAMES LEWIS, S, B. C. J/rii