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SATURDAY, February 14, 1789.'
GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE
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INDEPENDENT REGISTER.
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FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL bj JURY, to remain inviolate forever. Conjiuutton of Georgia •
AUGUSTA: Printed JOHN E. SMITH, Printer to the State •, EJays, Articles of Intelli
gence, Advertisements, &c. will le gratefully received, and every kind of Printing performed. , ' •
An Aft
To amend and repeal certain clauses
of 11 An Aft for regulating the
trade , laying duties on all goods,
wares, liquors, merchandize and
Negroes imported into this jlate ,
and also an impofl on the tonnage
of flipping, andfor other pur
poses therein mentioned
WHEREAS it is found
from experience that
the duties laid on
goods,wares, liquors,
merchandize, and negroes, and
alio the import on the tonnage of
shipping arriving within this rtate,
is- iniufficient and inadequate to
the purpoies intended by the said
Aft. For remedy whrreof
Be it enafted by the Reprpfen
tatives of the Freemen of the State
of Georgia , in General Ajftmbly
mst, and by the authority of the
fame , That from and after the
parting of this Aft, the following
duties shall be paid and levied for
the life of this rtate upon all
goods, wares, liquors, merchan
dize, and negroes imported into
any part of this rtate; and the
following import on the tonnage
of all vessels arriving within the
fame, that is to fay,
On every gallon of Jamaica
and Windward Island rum, six
pence.
On every gallon of Taflia rum,
four-pence.
On every gallon of brandy,
gin, arrack, cordials and liqueirs,
fix-pence.
\jn every gallon of molafles
from any part of the Britifti do
minions, two-pence.
On every gallon of molafles
from any other part ot the world,
one penny half penny.
On every gallon of beer, porter,
ale, cyder, or perry imported in
calks, three pence 5 unleis such
article be the produce of any of
the United States.
On every hundred pounds
weight of brown or clayed lugar
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from any British port, /four (hil
lings. ’ t - - * • •*>
On every hundred pounds
weight of brown or claytd iugar
from any other part of the world,
three (hillings. *
On every pound of refined su
gar from any part of the British
dominions, two-pence.
in every pound of refined su
gar from any other part of the
world, one penny halfpenny.
On every hundred pounds
weight of cocoa or pimento, nine
(hillings.*
On every hundred pounds''
weight of coffee, fix (hillings.
On every dozen of bpttkd por-/
ter, ale, cyder or perry, (not the
produce of the United States as
aforefaid) one (hilling.
On every dozen of bottled
wine, three (hillings.
. On every gallon of German or
Dutch wine, fix-pence.
On every gallon of wine the
growth of Spain or Poi tugal, eight
pence.
On every gallon of ti/ine the ,
growth and produce of France,
fix-pence.
On every pound of Bohea tea,
eight-pence. <
On every pound of tea of any
other kind, two (hillings.
On every pack of playing cards
(not the manufacture of the Unit
ed Stages) one (hilling and six
pence; and those of American
manufacture, nine-pence.
. On every back-gammon table,
ten (hillings.
On every pound of tobacco,
not manufactured in the United v
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States, ten (hilfingso , , ,n
rOn gold,” silver or tir.feljace,
gauzes, thread or silk laces and
edgings, plate and jewellery,Chi
na either East-India or Euro
pean, and all European or Eaft
lndia silks, twenty percent, on
the firft cost if imported in Ame
rican bottoms, and thirty-three
and one-third per cent, if in any
other. ,
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On all other goods, wares and
merchandize not before en timer
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ated, (except the produce or ma^
! mifaCture of the Ufijfte,cl States)
imported into any pattol this dale
im Ameiican bottoms, five per
Cent, on" the value of such im
ports; and eight per cent, if in
ary other. '
t n all Negroes imported itn*v
mediately fiom the Coast of Afii
ca, (except fucking children) and
I on all Negroes that may be im
ported from the Weft-Indies, pro-/,
vided they have not been there
longer than fix months, three
pounds per head., . >
On all Negroes imported from
any of the United States, (unlels
where the importer lhall import
them with an intention to (ettlc
within this (late) fix pounds per
head.
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On all vessels an import of two
ill il l ings per ton according* to ear-*
penters mealqre. t,* *•, “
Forthe ere Cling, eftabliihing,
and the support of a Seaman’s
Hospital in Savannah, and for the
clearing of Savannah River of its
wrecks, Sec. as also for the erect
ing light-houses, and ertablifhing
pilots within this (late, Be it
a3cdfb\\2X the further sum ofone
(liilling per ton, on all (hipping
entering any of the ports within *
this (fate, (hall be paid and ap
plied as by the afore-recited Aft
is directed.
And be it further enabled, That
the afore recited ACt, so far only
afrit concerns the enumeration of
the duties and imports by this .
ACt laid and imposed, is and the
ifame is hereby repealed.
And be it turther enabled, That
this ACt (halfhe in foice and vir
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tue immediately from the jading
of the fame, until the United
States in Cengrefsaffembled (hall
by their ACt order other wife, and
no longer.
By Order of the House,
i JOHN POWFLI , speaker.
Augujta, lebruary 3, 1789.