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SATURDAY, February 14, 1789.' GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE . v .l , •; • '1- • t {-.r’-Tvl •. U•- *.n r ‘ * t>- - OR INDEPENDENT REGISTER. jf . ( • > * i „ 1. ' >I * r ? * ► * ■•* . . . « • * * /'' ' 7 * .’ , 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 T H E n r; o I . . ; , , : - v-l i 1 , 1 . - •** 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 \ % t • l 4 * 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. , > j 5 v . fs y f V, £Vol. 111. No. cxxivr.] "—■T '.TIT-..* ' ■! . .ft .■* , ■ ' ‘•* • ■ ■ On all other goods, wares and merchandize not before en timer •Hi ‘ . ;>* * ‘ 1 * * * X 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. i> f ( 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 * , , i < •* . § 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.