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i '/tree dollarsper annum.] 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,