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Punu6 notice w hereby given, in pursuance of the
aft of Congress inflod on the 6th day of July 1797,
-entitled, ♦* An Ad laying Duties on Stamped Vellum,
Parchment, and Paper,” and the ad puffed on tlie 15 th day
of Dcceimer 1797, entitled* An Ad to postpone for a
limited Time the Commencement of the Duties imposed by
the Ad, entitled, An Ad laying Duties on Stamped Vel
lum, Parchment, and Paper,” That, from and after the
ail day of July eitfuing, the fevtral Stamped Duties here
after enumerated will be levied and collected througlioUt
tlie United States.
1. For every flein or piece of vellum or parchment, or
flieet or piece of paper, upon which fliall be written or
printed any or either of the instruments or writings follow
ing, to Wt: * .
Any certificate of naturalization, 5 dollars.
Any lice ate to praCtife, or certificate of tlie adtfuffion,
enrolment, or regdtry, of any couufellor, solicitor, attor
ney, advocate, or proftor, in any court of the United
States, 10 dollars, Proyid and, that a certificate in any
one of the courts of the United States for one of the fa id
oilices Ihall, so far as relates to the payment of the duty
■ aforel'aid, be a fufticient admilfion in all the courts of the
United States for each and every of the laid offices.
Any grant or letters patent under tlie seal or authority
of the United States, (except fo;lands granted for military
icrvices) 4 dollars.
Any exemplification or certifid copy of any such grant
or letters patent, (except for lauds’ granted lor military
ferviecs) 2 dollars .
Any charter party, bottomry, Or fefpondentia bond, 1
dollar.
Ari j receipt or other difeharge for or on account of any
legacy left by any will or other testamentary inllrument, or
for any lliare or part of a personal estate divided by force
of any llatute of distributions, other than to the wife, chil
dren, or grandchildren, of the perlbn decealed, the amount
whereof’ Hull be aiiove the value of 50 dollars, and Hull
not exceed the value of too dollars, 25 cents.
Wnen the amount thereof Ihall exceed the value of too
dollars, and Ihall not exceed 500 dollars, 50 cents.
And for every further lum of 500 dollars the additional
Turn of 1 dollar.
Any policy of inlhrance, or inftnlment in nature there
of, on any ship, veil’d, or goods, iiiliued from one diftrift
to another in the United States, 25 cents.
From the Ucited States to any foreign port or place,
when the lum for which inluranct* is made Ihall not exceed
500 dollars, 25 Cents.
When tlie lum ihfured Ihall exceed 506 dollars, 1 dol
lar.
Any exemplification, of what nature soever, that Ihall
pals tilt leai of jtny court, other than luch as it may be the
duty ot the clerk of luch court to furnilh for the use of die
United States, or fome particular state, 50 cents.
Any b6nd, bill lingle or penal, foreign or inland bill of
exchange, pronnlfory note or other note, other than any
recognizance, 1 bill, bond, or other obligation or contract
nude to or with the United States, or any state, or for
their u!e reipectivd v:
If ao dollais, and not exceeding 106 dollars, ro
cents.’
If above 100 dollars, and not exceeding 500 dollars,
05 cents.
.If aoove 500 and not exceeding xooo dollars, 50 cents.
And if above 1000 dollars, 75 cents * ,
Provided , that if any bonds or notes fliall be payable at
or within 60 days, such bonds or notes Ihall be fubjeCt to
only two fifth parts of tlie duty aforelaid, viz.
If above 20 dollars, and not exceeding 100 dollars, 4
cents.
If above 100 dollars, and not exceeding 500 dollars,
io cents.
If above 506 dollars, and not exceeding 1000 dollars,
20 cents. T
If above 1000 dollars, 30 cents.
iHny notes iflued by the Banks now efbblifhed, or that
may hereafter be tftabliflied, within the United States, o
ther than the notes of luch of the said Banks as shall agree
to an annual compofitioh of one per centum on the annual
dividends made by such Banks to their 1 lock holders respec
tively, according to the following scale:
On all notes not exceeding 50 dollars, for each dollar,
Daniils.
On all notes above 50 dollars, and not exceeding 100
dollars, 50 cents.
On all notes above ohe hundred dollars, and not exceed*
ing joo dollars, 1 dollar.
On all notes above 500 dollars, 2 dollars *
Any protest or other notarial aft, 25 cents.
Any letter of attorney, except for an invalid pension,
or to ol tain or {ell warrants for land granted by the United
States as. bounty for military- icrvices performed in the late
war, 25 cents.
Any certificate or debenture for drawback of customs or
duties for less than 500 dollars, 1 dollar.
For 500 dollars, and not exceeding 2000 dollars, 2
dollars. *- t
For more than 2600 dollars, 3 dollars.
Any note or bill of lading for goods or merchandise to
be exported:
It from one diftrift to another diftrift of tlie United
States, not being in the fame state, 10 cents.
It from the United States to any foreign port or place,
25 cents.
Any inventory or catalogue of any furniture, goods, or
effects, made in any case required by law, (except in cases
of goods and chattels diftrained for rent or taxes, and goods
taken in virtue ot any legal proods by any officer) 50 cents.
An v certificate of a fliare in any Insurance Company, of a
fliare in the Bank of tlie United States, or of ahy State or
other Bank:
If above 20 dollars, and not exceeding 100 dollars, 10
cents.
IF above too dollars, 25 cents.
It under 20 dollars, at the rate of 10 cents, for too
dollars.
11. The duties aforelaid will be collected and received
by the fuTervifors, infpeftors, and other officers of infpec
<ion, tbe feverai diArifts, fur eys, and divifiens, of the
United States, and by such other perlbns as lhal! from time
to time be fpeciall v appointed and employed by tlie super
visors of diftrifts for that purport:.
111. The fupervifora of the ftveral diftrifts will, prior
to the ift day of July ensuing, and as soon as may be prac
ticable, mark or damp, without fee or Reward, any quan
tities or parcels of vellum, parchment, or paper, with any
of the rates of duties before enumerated, on payment of the
said duties; or stamped vellum, parchment, and paper,
may, at the option of the citizens of the United States, be
obtained at the rates prescribed by law, by application to
any fupervifcr, infpeftor, officer of infpecYion, or other
person appointed for the distribution of stamps by the luper
vifors of diftrifts. • • w ** • ■ ■
Oliv. Wolcott, Secretary of the Treifury.
PUBLIC notice is hereby given, That, by an aft of
Congress, passed on the 19th day of March 1798,
the following alterations and amendments have been made
to the aft, pafTed on the 6th day of July 1797, entitled,
“ An Aft laying Duties on Stamped Vellum, Parchment,
and Paper.”
I. The (lamp duties oft debentures or Certificates fi r
the drawback of customs or duties on imports arc repealed.
11. A difeount at the rate of seven and one half per
centum will be allowed by tlie fupe.'vifors or infpeftors
refpeftively to any persons, other than officers of the re
venue, who may purchase at one time, or procure to be
stamped, any quantities of vellum, parchment', or paper,
ujion which the duties fhJl amount to ten doihrs or up
wards.
HI. Stamped paper will be provided, and fold at the
rates preferibed by law, without any additional charge or
expence on account of the price of paper; but for stamped
parchment or vellum an addition tl price will be demanded
at the rate cf 50 cents for each skin of parchment, or 200
cehts for each Ikin of vellum, of medium lize, which may
be furnifhed at the expence of the United States* and pvo
portionally for anv lesser quantity.
Oliv. Wolcott, Secretary of ti e Treafur *.
In C.OLJN IL. S 1 .■ a nan la, .8 17^8
RESOLVED, That an extraft from the Ordinance
“ for laying off into lots certain parts of the Com
mon appurtenant to this City, and for difpoling of the
fame,” refpefting the payment of ground rent, be published
without delay; and that the City Marlhal do proceed to
carry the fame into cfFtft immediately against all those in
arrears*
Extraft from the Minutes,
THOMAS PITt, C. C.
AND the said conditional tftates (hall amount to this,
that the use and occupation of the premises are for ever se
cured to the purchaser, and others claiming under him or
her, on payment of the ground rent; but, on failure herein
for the (pace of fifteen da_> s after the fame fliall become due,
the fiid premises are to rev tit to chc Corporation, who fliall
immediately thereafter pofltls the power of reentry, and
having, by mean's of their proper officer, exercised filch
power, and given a notice thereof in writing, ported on
the premises, the lot or dots so entered upon, with all im
provements thereon, are to be considered, at the expiration
of ten days thereafter, as absolutely reverted in the Cor
poration, and the said conditional estate therein determined,
to all intents and purposes, as fully as if the fame had not
been bargained for or purchased, any sale or incumbrance,
or other aft, made or fullered by the purchaser or purchas
ers, or others under him, her, or them, to the contrary
thereof, in any wife, notwithftunding.”
Quantity of GUNPOWDER
For f 1c on eafv terms, by
G AIRD NERS &'MITCHEL.
May 29.. .
Sluyter & Baker
Have received by tie latest arrivals, and foV sale, at their
Grocery and Liquor Store, in St. Julian street, ii* Mr.
Hogg’s buildings,
HYSON tea sugar Coffee Chocolate
Ratlins London particular Madeira wine
Bourdeaux brandy Holland geneva
Black eyed peafe Smoked and pickled herring^
Mould candles Tar and turpentine.
JUST ARRIVED) the febooner Roebuck , Dennis
lTifmont, Majler ,
Having on board A CARGO ox
t 33 P R l M E SLAV ES,
From the Coast of Africa, sales of which will commence
011 Thursday the 14th June next* Conditions cafli.
Savannah, May 30. R. WAYNE.
To R S /! L b,
A House and Half Lot, situate in
Ewenfburgh, at present occupied by the fiibfcriber, to
whom appl). Mary Saunders.
May 28.
KT On the 26th of June next WILL BE LEASED ,
r "PWO LOTS in the eaftem part of this city, lving
X between the lots of William Stephens, Esq. and the
Estate of Robert Montfort, the ground rent to be paid
annually. Any improvements etefted thereon may be re
tained at the expiration of the term, at the optidU of the
Trustees, at a valuation.
W. STEPHENS, *'l
JOHN BRICKELL, of the Trustees.
RICHd. wylly, j
Savannah, May 28.
NOTICE is hereby given, That the City Council
will, on Monday the nth day of June next, pro
ceed to eleft a City Marlhal and a City Sheriff, in the
room of Mr. Peter $. Laffitte, religned. ‘lTiofe who are
candidates for the offices, which are now become separate
and diftinft, will fignify tlie fame in writing.
By order of Council,
THOMAS PITT, C. C.
Savannah, May 28, 1798,
%* All persons indebted to the
Printers hereof ere refuelled to make payment.
FRESH GOODS.
A CHOICE AfTortmcnt of SPRING GOODS, V
ported per the ship Carolina, Capt. Malcolm, dirtft
from London, for sale on a credit, if applied for
atelv. JOHNSTON, ROBERTSON, and CO.
June r, 1798*
t 1798. ——
THE Price of Superfine Flour being 10 dollars per
barrel, and of Fine 9 dollars per barrel, of 196 lb s .
wt. nett, tlie Loaves must weigh as follows: lbs. o z. *
Os the bell fuperfine quality, a 111-2 cent loaf, 2 2
a 6 1-4 cent ditto, 1 1
Os the second quality, a 12 1-2 cent loaf, 2 5
a 6 1-4 cent ditto,’ 1 2 j.j
June r, 1798. W. H. Lange, c. t.
SHERIFF’S SA
On the firjl Tuesday , being the 3d day rs ‘J u iy ntxf
•drill be fold, at the Court house in the city rs Savan
nah,
ALL that Traft of Land, containing acres, in
Brvan county, formerly the property of Sir James
Wright, (known by the name of the Orange Grove Plan
tation) now seized and to be fold as the property of Joseph
Day, Esq. deceofed. ■>
At the fame time and place will be fold,
15 Negroes, seized as the property of Edward Davies,
Esq. dec<*aft*hp* -,i ‘
Also, Two Negroes, <ei ed and to be fold as belonging
to the Estate of Mr. Jofeoh Cuthbert.
Savannah, May 31, 1798. R. Wall, s. c. c.
June't.
M A R INK LIS T.
Entered Inward*
Sloop Robert, Briggs, Philadelphia
Brig Retrieve, Phil pot, ~ • Bermuij
George Washington, Weblier, St; Martin’s
Schooner Savannah Packet, Todd, Charldlon
Cleared Out.
Brig Dean, Akerly, New York
Ship Shepberdefs, Rogers, Ditto
Neutrality, Dowfori, Liverpool
Schooner Huntress, Fitch, New York
NafTau, Fox, Nalfau
Ship Amphion, Carlbom, Hamburgh
Brig Harriet, Taylor, ‘ Havana
Schooner Industry, Ross, Charlcfton
Brig Margarets, Currie, Greenock
Ship Niagara, Paulding, Jamaica
Bald Eagle, Gooding, Ditto
Brig Eliza, Lewis, Boftoa
Bloflom, Moore, New Hampshire
Schooner Rachel, Baltimore
Concord, Darnell, - Ditto
Ship Franklin, Tucktrman, New York
Sciiooncr Two Friends, Bowman, Philadelphia
Capt. Wllliam lu *-p -r *l. g-Jwf
Triton, from this port, bound Vo Martinico, who beat of
one French privateer, and was afterwards captured bj
another after an -obftiriate resistance, (as mentioned in our
paper of the 18th nit.) has died of his wounds at St. Mar
tin’s;
The brig Parley, Mackenzie, and sloop Dependence,
Carson, from this port for Jamaica, lately captured by a
Spanifli privateer and carried to St. Augustine, have been
cleared by the Spanifli Government. The Patfey failed
for Jamaica on the Bth ult;
The lhip E:ge, Capt. Flo ward, arrived at Tybee on
Tuesday last in 59 days from Africa. About the 10th ult.
Hie was boarded by a French privateer schooner, of 10
guns, commanded by one Schau, who plundered her of a
bout 601. worth of ivoiyq threatened the Supercargo with
the guillotine, gave him much abusive language, and put
on board the Eagle 11 seamen who belonged to two brigs
from Antigua, bound to New Haven, which they had
captured. A few days after was boarded by another
French privateer, and treated with rather more polltenefs.
The lhip Carolina, Capt. Malcolm, from London, (one
of the fleet convoyed by the St. Alban’s) arrived in this
river on Tuesday last. -
A letter from St; Mary’s, dated tlte 27th ult. mentions
the arrival there of fome Indian Chiefs who assert that the
British are in poHellion of Pensacola.
By Nathaniel Bacon, Register of Pro*
(l.s. ) N bats for the comity of Liberty, in the
N. Bacon. J state aferefaid.
WHEREAS John Mallard, John Robarts, and
Thomas Mallard, have made application to me
for letters of adminifti ation on the estate and efiefts of
William Norman, late of the county cf Liberty, decealed,
These are therefore to cite and admonilh all and Angular
the kindred and creditors of the said deceased to be and ap
pear before me, at my office, on or before the 9th day ot
June next, to shew cause, if any they have, why letters
of administration fliould not be granted them.
Given under my hand and seal, the 17th day <;
May, 1798, and in the 22d year of American
Independence. _
—N O 1 1 Cn.
ALL persons having any demands against the Bflate
of Mary Low, late of Liberty County, deceafta,
are requested to fend them in, properly attested, to the
fubferiber, within 12 months and a day from the W
hereof, after which time the affairs of the said
be closed, and all accounts not rendered will be excli
John Jones, Admr.
Rural Felicity, Liberty County, March 28, FZ2§l——r
STRAYED from the brick yard, near the tan vard.
Savannah, A BAY MARE, and her COLI ataJj
6 weeks old, brands (if any) not recollefted; it is j u PP°*
they have gone up the Augnfta road. A reward
Dollars will be given to anv person delivering them to
RADIGUEY ; at bis brick {
B*4wk Brils ot Excnangc may be had
Pr nters hereof.