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SATURDAY, July 21, 1787,
GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
OR
INDEPENDENT REGISTER.
FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JUR Y, to remain inviolate forever. Confutation of Georgia.
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Bj the UNITED STATES in Congreft
Ajjembled, May 7, 1787,
An ORDINANCE for fettling the Accounts be
tween the United States and Individual States ,
BE it ordained by the United States in Congress
afiembled, that five Comm iHi oners be appointed
by the Board of Treasury, whose duty it shall be
to go to the several Hates in the (Jifirifts hereafter
mentioned, for which they may be refpeftively
appointed, for the purpose of Hating the accounts
of the Hates within those diflrifts, against the
United States.
That the Hates of New-Hampshire, MafTachu
fetts, Connefticut and Rhode-IHand, form one
diflrid—that the Hates of New-York and New
jerfey, form one diflrid—that the Hates of Penn
fylvannia, Delaware and Maryland, form one
diflrid—that the Hates of Virginia and North-
Carolina, form one diflrid—and that the Hates of
South-Carolina aud Georgia form one diflrid.
That it lliall be the du'y of the said Cornmif
fioners refpedively to receive of the Hates for
which they are appointed, all their accounts and
vouchers, for payments made on account of boun
ties., pay, and depreciation of pay, to the late
army of the United States ; and for advances to
the militia, -called out under the authority of the
United States, and adually in their service, and
tu give acicrtjJiSi"* jpment* thereof to
the Hates from which they may be received, which
accounts and vouchers lliall be immediately for
warded to ■ the Commissioner of army accounts,
whose duty it Hiall be to examine and pass such as
are authorifed by the resolves of Congress, and
Supported by proper vouchers ; and to Hate such as
may not fall under the above defeription, together
with such remarks as may tend to elucidate the na
ture of these claims.
That it lliall further be the duty of the said
Commiflioners, to receive in like manner, the ac
counts and vouchers for monies paid, and supplies
furnilhed on the requilitions of Congress, made
previously to Odober 1781, and to forward the
fame to the .offUe qf the Comptroller of the Trea
sury.
That it shall also be the duty of the said Com- .
miflioners to receive and examine all the claims
of the Hates to which they are appointed, againfl
the United States, for advances or difburfe
meiits by them made for the ufeof the late Com
miflary, Qurier-mafler, cloathing, marine and
hospital departments, or under any other deferip
tion whatsoever, to pass upon all such as are au
thorifed by the resolves of Congress, and support
ed by proper vouchers, so far as it refpeds the
Evidence offered in fuppnrt of the said claims, and
to Hate such as arc not thus warranted or supported,
together with such remarks as may explain the
nature of these accounts, and the reafpns offered
for til? deficiency of vouchers.
And be it further ordained by the authority
aforefaid, that on all the accounts aforefaid,
interefl shall be allowed at the rate of 6 per
cent, per annum, agreeably to the resolves of
Congress.
And whereas it is efiential to the wellfare of
the confederacy, that the accounts of the several
Hates Hiould be speedily adju.fled—that this ad
iuflment fliould be effeded op uniform principles,
and that, prpvifi.o,l fl,quld be made for allowing
such advances or difburfemesits as may have teen
made by the refpeftive Hates for the use of the
Union, although the fame be uot fandioned by
the resolves of Congtefs, or fuppoited by regular
Vouchees.
Lt u therefore ordained, That the several Hates
be, and they are hereby limited to the space of fix
months tor exhibiting to the proper Comraiffionera
their claims agaiuft the United States of, whatever
nature the fame may be: And that such dates as
neglett to exhibit the fame within that period of
time, after the Conuniffiouer has notified to the
Supreme Exceptive thereof. Jut he is ready to
proceed on the business of his comipiffion, (hall
be precluded from any future allowance ; but (hall
nevertheless Hand chargeable vyith all advances of
money or other articles which may have been made
to them refpettively by the United States, and
with whatever balances may be yet due on their
several quotas of (he general requisition.
And be it further ordained, that the said Com*
raiffioucrs of didritfs lhall within twelve months
after they enter on the duty of their several ap
pointments, repair to the place yvhcre the United
States in Congress may hold their sessions, with
such accounts and vouchers as they may have in
possession, and deliver the fame to the Comptroller
of the Treasury, on which thcif commission (hall
terminate.
Be it further ordained, that a Board, .confiding
of three Commiflioners, be appointed by the'
United States in Congress aflfmbled, whofc duty
it (hall be to receive from tbe Comptroller of the
Treasury, and from the Commissioner of army
accounts, all the accounts and claims of the se
veral Hates deposited in they refpedive offices,
and to examine such of the said accounts as (hall
have been paded by the Commissioner of the feve-,
ral dist riels, in order that the fame may be finally,
adjuded on uniform and .equitable principles, hav
ing reference to the settlement of accounts here
tofore made by the Commissioners of the different
dates : Provided that such revision of accounts
above-mentioned, (hall not in any wife assets the
validity of the vouchers admitted by the Comwif
fioners of the refpeftive diftritfs.
And be it further ordained, that wherever it
fliall appear to the said Board of Commissioners,
that advances or disbursements, payments or sup
plies, of the defeription afotefaid, have been
made by any of the dates, subsequent to the 18th
of April, 1775, for articles or Cervices for tbe
use of the United States, that -the said .Commis
sioners be, and they are hereby veded with full
power and .authority to make such allowance for
the fame a6 they (hall think confident with the
principles of general equity* although such ad
vances or disbursements may not be fanftioned by
the resolves of Congress, or supported by regular
vouchers, so as to enable the said Commissioners
to make a final adjudment of all the accounts sub
siding between the United States and the several
members thereof, agreeably to such quota as
Congress fliall hereafter determine.
And be it further ordained, that the determina
tion of a majority of the aforefirid Board of Com
missioners in the claims fubmittgd to them fliall be
final and conclufivc, and that their commission
(hall continue in force for one year and a half,
from the time of their entering ou the duties pf
tljeir office, unlcfs sooner revoked by Congress.
And he it further ordained, that the pay of the
Commissioners of diftridts, fliall be at the rate of
twelve hundred and fifty dollars per annum \ and
that of their Clerks at the rate not exceeding four
huudred and fifty dollars per annum, each.
And be it further ordained, that every person
employed, or to be employed in purfuauce of this
ordinance, lhall previous to entering on the duties
of his office, take and fubferibe an oath faithlul.y
and impartially to perform the duties of the office
to which he is appointed, certificates of which
lhall be depofned with the Secretary of Congress.
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And be it further ordained, that the ordinance
of the 13th of October, 178 c, entitled, «• An
ordinance for edablilhing a board to liquidate aud
fettle all accounts between the United States and
individual dates,” be, and it is hereby repealed.
LONDON, April <5.
On Saturday Samuel Hoare, Esq. Chairman pf
the committee for relieving and protiding a fet
dement for the black poor, had an interview with
Mr. Pit t, when he laid before him the proceedings
pf the committee in this humane undertaking,
from their eflablifliment; at which the minifler
exprefied his fatisfafiion. The tyvo (hips haviug
on board a/many of thofp people as could be col-.
lefled, failed from Gravefeod on Thursday lad,
with a fair wind, for Sierra Leona, on the coast
of Africa, where they are to be ianded, in ocdec
to form the intended new settlement. We cannot
difmis this article, without repeating our warmed:
approbation of the condud of government and
the committee, jointly in thus providing for these
miserable vagrants, whpfc appeatance, in such
numbers, about the fireets of this metropolis,
for many months back, have done no credit tp
our national character, as a humane and generpuq
people.
The Sieur Leorier de LTfie, at Paris, has brought
to great perfection, the invention of making 3
flrong, solid, and white paper from different ve-*
getables, cheaper tbau any paper made from rags,
and better for drawiugs, hangings, &c. The
Roy»l Academy of Sciences have examined an 4
apploved.
The profits of the Eaft-Jndia trade this
time superior to.wbat they ever were before ; la(t
year they Cold near seventeen million pounds of
tea, which at a profit of only nine-pence in the
pound, i.iufi net ,630,c001.
The Ead-India company have at this time, neaß
four millions of tea at market.
All the goals in the metropolis, particularly
Newgate and the Marfliglfea, are crowded witji
naval officers, who from their habits of life being
incapable .of turning their hands to any thing by
which they might earn a penny, are driven to the
mod excruciating diflrefs, and mud of cowrie feel
an abhorrence to that country by whose laws they
may remain in their wretched captivity for life,
on account, very piobabt- «f debts contracted
in their absence on service, for the fupp.urt of theic
wives and families.
The Court of France, (ince the Commercial
Treaty has .been jur la tapis, have been careful to
remove the idea of re pious differences, and
would have us to underi an,d that there is no di
(Unit ion now between tl < Protedant and Roman
tenets —thgt we lhould lock upon one another as
brothers. Some ci/ up tli s recantation of doq
trine, as the ble.fe. t fleet o ililofophy, while
others fcuiple not to c l 1 ti e fly manoeuvres of
policy ; but “ Jub judice lis est ”
There is now in London an Iriffi gentleman
who returned in one of the lad vessels from Jamai
ca. jHe left Cork for that island a few months
(ipce, and intending to fettle there, took with him
some very firong recoir.nitncations. On bis laud*
ing at Port Royal, he was nttt on one of the quays
by a negro, who, from his n limacywitk the Irish,
•had acquired a perfect knowledge of their lan
guage, in which he accordingly addrefied the
dranger. The latter, dang at the sooty visage
pf the fellow, made no reply; but on a repetition
pf the address, he took to bis heels, aua returned
tp the veliel with all expedition; and on his ar
rival there, declared hie intention “ not to day
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