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Volume XIII,]
AN ACT
Lay :r\Z Julies on carriages far the
conveyance of persons.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
lb: re of Ri presentatives. of the Uni
ted St ates of America in Cony ress as
sembled. fha* from and after the
It'll day of December next, there
‘hall he levied, collected an 1 paid
the following yearly rate* and duties
upon all carriages lor the convey
ance of pcrf>>ns which (hall be hep*
by or for any perfnn, for iiib r.r her
own use, or to be lc; out for hire,
or for the conveyance of pafmrv ..rs,
tov:it : for an 1 up :i every coach
‘he yearly sum of twenty dollars;
br and upon every chariot and
port chutfc. the y. arly sum of feven
tten dollars; for and upon every
phaeton and on every coachee hav
kny pan:tel work in the ut>[xr divi
f.eii thereof, the year’y sum of ten
dollars ; for and upon every other
four wheel car-iage hanging c:t steel
or iron springs, the yearly sum of
(even dollars; for and upon every
i ur wheel carnage hanging upon
wooden springs and on every two
wheel carriage h inging on Uc-cl or
iron springs, the yearly lum of four
dollars; and for and upon every
other four or two wheel carriage
the yearly futn of two dollars: Pro
vided ulu;ays. 1 hat nothing therein
retained, (hall be conftrueJ to
charge with a duty, any carriage
ulualiy and ehiefly employee in hul
bandry, or for the tronfportathn or
carrying o! goods, wares, merchan
dize, product-, or commodities
Sec. ‘J. Ar.d be it further enacted.
That the duties afoivtaid sh bl be
levied and collected upon ail carria
ges usually ar. 1 chiefly .mpl y- and
for the conveyance ol ptrions oy
whatever name or dt-lcription the
tame have been < r fhali hertaftcr
be known and called. And in
cases < 4 doubt, any carriage sh ill
be deemed to belong to that class
winch the lame fhali bear the
great est refcrnblance, and (hall be
iubjeck to duty accordingly.
Sec. 3. And In il further enacted ,
That every pe: lon having or keep
ing a carriage or carriages upon
which a duty or unties (hall be pay
able, according to this ad. fhali
yearly and in the month of January
make and fubferibe a true and ex
ad entry of each and every filch
carriage, therein ipecitying dittind
ly each carriage owned or kept by
him or her, for his or her u r e, or
for hire, with the ddcripthn and
denomination thereof, and the rate
of duty to which each anil every
such carriage is llblc; which en
rrv fhali be lodged with the collec
tor appointed by virtue of tire ait
untitled “an act lor the aUefiiiteur
and collection of direct taxes and
internal duties” lur the diltritt in
which tucii owner or perl'ot; liable
for the payment of fucli duties fhali
ref:tic. And that it fhali be the
duty of the collectors afore fa id, to
attend within the month of January
i:i each year, at one or more of the
mo ft public and convenient places
m each county within their reJpcc
live cliltriiU, and to give public o- |
MONITOR.
PUMUS'IIiD (weekly) IIY DAVID P. IIILLHOUSE.
WASHINGTON, (Geo.) —SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1813.
j tice at leaf! ten days previous to
such a day, of the time and place of
I such attendance, and to receive such
entry made in the manner before
. directed, at such place or at any
! other where he may happ n to be,
within the laid mouth of January,
and on t rnler and payment being
made of thi diry ot cut: , therein
mentioned t<> r..:,t a ccitiiicate for
c.n-h ar:d evt rv .mi ge mentioned
in lij. h eirtv. tl * .hi fpecilying
tl*< rj;nc<4 th owner, thi enfeno
tion rid iitn> in uion of the car
ttage, and th !u a paid, with the
time vi h. n, rmi the period lor
whit (I tUi h dui\ fhali he !o paid ;
Aiid thi fi nils < I ht ccrtifi ates to
be so granted, fli dl be prdcribtd
by the in timy !> partuient; and
such cerfifiiates >r the a<'ktio\vl
<: ‘gci cut of t'u i ’ Tector ah relaid
I>V a credit in ! •- pubdc accounts,
lhail be thi oi’. v v v.,ier.ee to be cx
limited and admitted, td it any iiu
ty impel-bv this ad lias been dis
charged: Provide and nevcrthtltss,
That no c- mticate sh. t be deemed
of va ya; v long i than while
the carriage lor whit he said cer.
tificu e was granted is owned by
the perlfti mention'J in inch cer
tificate, ucli ccrtifi. u e fliall
be produc-d t . the coil dor by
whtii: i r w.- itcd, r.r )an entry
fliaii fie thereon made, fpecifying
the name of g, t ! •• owner ot lueli
carriage, a * t'cie when lu or
flic be. am. p T ‘.i cf the f.nu.
Sec 4 An ‘ ■ it further enacted,
i itat any i . |nloi:s who fliaii
comtntnc*. ir.mug or k • ping
cf any’ > t.ri u jeet to duties at
ter the 1.. ‘,, t 1 iccenibei, (hall
and ‘ir., ..t a \ time during the
month .i w*■ • thev fhali so coin
ounce tin o !i,g or kitping of
such carri.is,. make hke entry in
niannet b- 1 p-dcribed; and on
payment of i ii proportion of the
duties laid by this act, on luch car
riage, as flic time at which he fliall
commence the keeping of luch car
riage to the rid of the month of
December rii xt enluing, fhali bear
to the \vh .1 • year, fn.tll be ctititkd
to, and may demand like certifi
catis, fubjrcT neverth-Ms to the
conditions before and hereinafter
provided.
Sec 5. And be it further enacted ,
1 hat any perlon having or keeping
any carriage fubjett to duty, who
fnall make an untrue or defective
entry, to evade th: whole or any
! part of the duty justly and truly
payable accon ir.g to this act (hall
loie the sum p in pursuant o uch
, untrue or detedive tmrv; and
’ where such untrue or dekd ve tn-
I try hath been made, or uhie no en
try fliall be made, or where there ‘
• (hall be a neglect of payment after ,
entry, such perion fliai! moreover !
in addition thereto, at any time !
thereafter, on personal applicauon
and demand, at the lioule. dwelung, i
or uiual place of abode ot such per j
son, by the proper collector, he I
liable, and fhal! pay the duties by j
this adk impeded, with a further fuin I
for the benefit of such officer, of
* ‘weiuv-fivc per ccntttuc - f v/hi'.h
duties, with the Hid addition fliall
be collected by distress and fule of
tile goods and chatties of the per
ion by whom the fame fliall be due
and payable: Provided always.
I hat luch application and denmid,
Ilia!I not lx made until fixtv days
after the day on which any uty
(hail commence; and if entry and
payment (hall tje made witJrti tiie
laid sixty days, the owner of the
carnage (ln ! l be exempted from
the payment of the laid sum of
twvifv five p.r centum.
b ‘c. (J V nd i\ it further enacted,
1h .t in ah cil . where any duty
fliai! be collected .'U’luatit to thi*
act, whether by Itllrefs or otner
ivile, cvitifica’es (hall be granted
for ea ii cars i.i * • in manner as be
lore prdciibed
•S c 7 And he it further enacted.
I • - it this act lii ill continue in force
untii the ter nination ->! the war in
v-'hicn the United S ates are now
engaged with the uiijttd kingdom
of Great liriiain and belaud and
the dependence s th* r ut, and for
one year thereafter, and no ! m er.
H ( LAY, °
Speaker rs the H. of R t>pj rfives.
E. GERRY,
Vice President of the lh:i\d State: ,
and P/ eudtut of the Senate.
Approved
JAMES MADISON.
i
GOVF RNO R’s M ESS AGE.
TO THI-. GkoUGI \ I.LCISLATURF-.
('n Thurfdav. the 4 h instant,
his excellency th* (J-v n> r made
the so! nvi g CO M M UNICA-
I 11) Nto b- ‘tii l i ‘life-,:
Fell, a dozens of thi Sc sate, and
ts the t L.m ts R.prest n.attves.
1 HE period at v. hieh you arc
now afL I'blcd, is in my opinion,
tile hi At impoitant ol which
has occurred liti'T the i ftaoiilhment
of oar Indept- .dence, engaged as
we are in Indltlities wtth a nation,
the maritime t-sources at>J naval
power of wflicli, has no parallel in
tne history ol the world ; and wtn.le
government is as bale an J corrupt
as it is pow rful. ArcuftomeJ to
tyrannize i ver the* oe’ean, arul by
her wealth and intrigue, to keep
one half of Europe cutting tne
throats of the other half, flic flatter
ed herfelf, that tire United States
would not dare to refllt her un
founded claims to maritime supre
macy. In this flic no doubt deriv
ed encouragement, as well from the
forbearance manifofted by cur re
publican adtniniltration, and their
known and ucktiov.! 1 avcrfion
, to war and bloodfuee, w hich lhe
; mid ink h r timidity, as from a con
. vittion of having :: party iuiGcicntly
; p >werful in the United States, to
I coutr. ul the government if it dared
| ti> rv-fifl. ’] iUo is known to every
j an who has attended to fuck and
pafllng events.
This haughty nation has howev
cr been iniftttken, as w. !l hi t’.c
firmn-Ts, (lability and energy cf i
! our guvert.tr.icr, a. i,i the power
*■ ae party f: relied upon i:i thk
[Payable half yearly.
[ Number 6G4.
| country to promote her views, and
oppole thole of their own gcvtrn-
UKiit. And here permit mt-to re
mark, the tonrraff between the mi
nority in the British Rarliametit, and
the minority in Gongrefs. In the
former they no foouer found that
war was declared, than they unired
with iniuiltcrs, a.tvl by an uaani
nious vote, declared they would
support the wai with a view to ob
tain an honorable peace; in the lat
ter our minority thought ot nothing
so much as, how they were to tri
bunals the government, and by
what means they could defat their
rnealures. Unaccountable as the
fact is, it is neveithelefs true; it is
no fiction but eltablifhed by the
public proceedings of the B/ tifh
Parliament, and the Congrcfs if the
United States. How flianieful lor
• freemen to act thuswhat ? op
pole the it own government lor re.
fillins’ by force of arms those tyirin
nic acts 4 a corrupt and venal r>in
iilry, which had for their object,
and il iubmitted to, n.uft hrve re
luitcd, in plucin * the L r r:itcd States,
in a worse condition th.m they could
Ec as Colonies of the Bniifii (h iwa,
It is nor to be inferred that I ad
n<:*, that bicaufe the miaorit*. ir. the
Bn* fli Parliament pledged rhem
ftlves to !i!:.;.i.rt th j war u* til an
honorable p, nee could be obtained,
that til* Btiriih miniH'v roij ht not
procure Inch a peace with our gov
ernment; tfiat is an object which
Las bctti. i venture to fay. at all
tun s within their reach. Our go
vernment hu.. n.anih Itc.l an anxious
li.f.itoi terminating hoffilitits !va
p ai e hct:Oi; 1 |,. to bo'h p.ntits;
and if the Priufh Cal intt had been
as fincereiy cif poled lor peace, the
v.h would tit\er have commenced,
neither would it li.ivi* confinued to
this <iay. licit ir is evident to tho
whole w. rld, that peace ir not the
object of the enemy, unless r.rc- irt
pm.ied by fumndet ot these rights
cil our part, which would er.tail in
famy and oifgrace upon us and . ur
country forever The pledge of
the minority in the B-itifh I'arlta
ment is thctvroie* tile more re:- a'k
ah-'e, and nukes the contrail be
tween thc*r conduit and the it ‘in • r
ify in Coi.giils ‘he rnore Itriking,
flr.ee our obj.cl has been ur.ifc.rmfy
before t!ie war to prefervt peace,
And since to obtain it; whilfl tlx*
enemy has had no ot! er obj; c! but
to find pretexts for evading a com
pliance with >ur jufl demands and
provoking us by new aggtt (lions,
w laid proh fling a disposition to do
iultice. It the just principles upon
vi-T.idi the v.ar was commerced
were inluflicunt to produce equal
unanimity an.ongft us totiiat which
appears to have prevailed in the
British Parliament, can the minori
ty not find in tile conduct of the en
emy at Hampton ar*u elf'ewhere,
motives lurtuietitly p werful to fti
niulatt them to unite with the ma
j ‘rity, arid by a bold and manly ef
n rr it iliel n v.rted chaffiiement up
on tl'.c authors or luch barbarous
:.Uvi brutal v. ; >ngs? 1 venture to
p-ctoLTca. thi.; he who caanor,