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ACTS AND LAWS, Made and paffed by the General Court or Affembly of the State of Connecticut, in America, holden at New-Haven, in faid State, on the second Thursday of October, Anno Dom. 1784.

An Act for levying and collecting Duties on the Im-portation of certain Articles, and for appropriating the fame.

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E it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Representatives, in General Court affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the first Day of January next, there shall be paid on the following Articles, imported or brought into this State, by Land or Water, not the Manufacture of any of the United States, viz. On the following Articles, in Addition to the Duties heretofore laid, viz. On all wrought Silk, Gauze, Muflin, Cambrick, Lawn, Chintz, Lace, and Linens, a Duty of two per Cent. ad Valorem, at the Time and Place of Importation, faid Value to be afcertained, and faid Duty to be collected in the fame Manner, and under the fame Regulations, Forfeitures and Disabilities, as are provided in and by a Law of this State, intitled, "An Act for levying and collecting a Duty on certain Articles of Goods, Wares and Merchandize, imported into this State by Land or Water;" on each Beaver and Beaveret Hat, Six Shillings; on each Castor Hat, Three Shillings; on each Felt Hat, One Shilling; on each Pair of Men's or Women's Shoes, One Shilling; on each Pair of Boots, Six Shillings; on each Pound of tanned Leather, Three-pence; on each Saddle, Ten Shillings; on all Cheese, not the Manufacture of any of the United States, Four-pence per Pound; on each Pound of Sugar, other than brown Sugar, whether the Produce or Manufacture of the United States, or not, imported into this State, Three-pence; to be collected in the same Manner, and under

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under the fame Regulations, Forfeitures, Penalties, and Disabilities, as the Duties of two per Cent. on the Articles before enumerated in this Act.

And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That a Duty of Three-pence per Gallon be laid and collected on all Wines, and on all Brandy, Geneva, and other distilled spirituous Liquors, (except Rum) which fhall be imported into this State by Land or Water, and a Duty of Threepence per Gallon on all Beer, not made in the United States, to be collected in the fame Manner, and under the fame Regulations, Forfeitures and Penalties, as the Duty on Rum, by Virtue of a Law of this State, intitled, "An Act for laying and collecting Duties on the Importation of Rum." And be it further Enacted, That the Monies arifing on the Duties aforeDuties how faid, be, and they are hereby appropriated for paying this State's Quota of appropriated the Interest of the Debt of the United States, agreeably to the Requifitions of Congress, and the fame may be paid in Money, or Certificates for faid Interest, to be issued from the Loan-Office in this State, pursuant to a Refolution of Congress, of the 28th of April, 1784.

Additional duty of one penny on

rum.

How paid.

Commencement of this act.

Beef & pork barrels afsize.

Fish how to be pack'd, &c.

Lumber regulated.

And be it further Enacted, That there shall be a further Duty of One Penny per Gallon on all Rum imported into this State, in Addition to the Duty of Two-pence on the Gallon, granted by the aforesaid Act, intitled, "An Act for laying and collecting Duties on the Importation of Rum," and shall be collected in the fame Manner as in faid Act is provided.

And that two-thirds of both the faid Duties on Rum, may be paid in the aforesaid Certificates for Interest, or lawful money, and the other third shall be paid in Money, and is hereby appropriated for the Support of Civil Government in this State.

This Act to commence on the first Day of January next, and be in Force from and after that Time.

An Act in Addition to an Act, intitled, An Act for encouraging and promoting the Commerce of this

State.

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it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Representatives, in General Court afssembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That all Barrels ufed for the packing of Beef or Pork, containing twenty-eight Gallons, and two Hundred Weight, and every Barrel ufed for packing of Fish, and containing twenty-eight Gallons, shall be deemed to be merchantable, and of full Affize, any Law, Ufage, or Custom, to the contrary notwithstanding.

That all barrelled or falted Fish for Sale, (except fuch as are split) shall be packed and put up edgewise; and whosoever shall fell, or ship for Sale, any fuch barrelled or falted Fish otherwise packed (excepting as aforesaid) shall forfeit and pay the Sum of Twelve Shillings for every such Barrel of falted Fish, and so in Proportion, when the fame are falted or packed in greater or lefsfer Casks; to be recovered by any one who shall fue for the fame.

That the Dimensions of the several Sorts and Kinds of Lumber for Exportation, hereafter mentioned, shall be as follows, to wit,---All White-oak Pipe Staves, four Feet eight Inches long, and three Inches and an Half in Width; White-oak Hogshead Staves, three and half Feet long, and three and half Inches in Width; White-oak Barrel Staves, two and half Feet long, and three and half Inches wide; White-oak Hogshead Heading, two and half Feet long, and fix Inches wide, and all free from Sap; all White-oak Barrel Staves to be used within this State, shall be two Feet and four Inches long, and three Inches and an half wide; all Black and Red-oak Hogshead Staves shall be three and half Feet long, and three and half Inches wide; all French Sugar Hogshead Staves shall be four Feet and seven Inches long, and

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* and three and half Inches wide; all Staves and Heading shall be three quarters of an Inch thick in the thinest Part; that all Cedar and Pine Shingies shall be one Foot and fix Inches long, four Inches wide, and half an Inch in thickness at the Butt; that no Pine Boards shall be deemed merchantable, unless the fame are an Inch thick. And if any Person or Per fons whatsoever, shall after the first Day of March next, ship, or take on Board any Veffel within this State, any Quantity or Parcel of the aforementioned Sorts of Lumber for Exportation, which are not of the Dimensions and Description aforesaid, the faid Lumber so shipped or taken on Board, as aforesaid, contrary to this Act, or the Value thereof, shall be forfeited by the Perfon or Persons who ships, or takes the fame on Board, as aforefaid, one Half thereof to the Prosecutor, and the other Half to the Treasury of this State; and the fame may be seized and proceeded with in the fame Way and Manner, as is provided in one Statute of this State, made for levying and collecting a Duty on the Exportation of Timber, &c. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That every Cask of Tobacco, that shall be hereafter packed and offered for Sale, within this State, shall be branded with the Packer's Name, and the Name of the Town where such Tobacco shall be packed; at full length; and whosoever shall fell, or expose to Sale, any Cask or Casks of Tobacco, not branded as aforefaid, small forfeit and pay a Penalty of Forty Shillings for each and every fuch Cask of Tobacco, to be recovered by any one who shall fue for the same:

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That every Barrel or Cafk of Pot or Pearl Asies, offered or expofed for Sale within this State, shall be inspected and branded with the Maker's and Inspector's Names; and the Name of the Town where made, all at full Pot and pearl length, and with a Mark or Figure expreffing the Degree of the Quality of such Pot and Pearl Ashes; and whosoever shall offer, or expose for Sale, any Barrel or Barrels, or other Cask or Casks of Pot or Pearl Ashes, within this State, not inspected and branded as aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay for every such Barrel or Cask, the Sum of Forty Shillings, to be recovered by any one who shall fue for the fame.

That no Barrel, or other Cask, or Quantity of Flour, shall be exported out of this State, in any Vessel whatever, unless the same shall have been first duly inspected, and branded with the Inspector's Name, and the Name of the State, at full Length, and with a Mark expressing the Degree of the Quality of fuch Flour, and a Certificate thereof, obtained from fuch Inspector, and produced to the Naval-Officer of that Port in this State where such Vessel shall be cleared out: And if any Perfon or Persons, whatsoever, shall ship or export any Flour contrary to this Act, shall forfeit the fame, or the Value thereof, the one Half to the Profecutor, and the other Half to the Treasury of this State, and the fame may be seized, and proceeded with in the fame Way and Manner, as is provided in the aforementioned Statute, made for laying and collecting a Duty on the Exportation of Timber, &c.

Flour:

&c. to be chofen & fworn.

That the several Towns in this State, from which Pot or Pearl Athes shall be exported, and all Towns where Flour or Tobacco shall be packed Inspectors, or barrelled, are impowered and directed, at their annual, or any other legal Meeting, to choose Inspectors and Branders for the Purposes mentioned in this Act, who shall be sworn to a faithful Discharge of their several Offices, mutatis mutandis, as is by Law prescribed for Surveyors of Highways, Leather Sealers, &c. And that said Inspectors and Branders fhall be intitled to the following Fee or Reward for their Services, to wit: For infpecting, branding, and heading up every Cafk of Pot and Pearl Afhes, the Sun of One Shilling; for inspecting and branding every Cafk of Flour, and giving a Certificate thereof, the Sum of Three-pence; for inspecting, heading, and branding every Barrel of Fish, the Sum of Six-pence; for infpec- Fees; ting and branding Tobacco, as is already by Law provided.

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Congress enabled to lay duties, provided twelve Itates agree thereto.

Provifo.

Manifest to specify the particulars, &c.

Impost. State Duties.

An Act, in Addition to an Act, intitled, An Act to enable the United States, in Congress afsembled, to levy certain Duties and Imposts, on certain Goods and Merchandizes imported into this State, to be applied in Payment of the Debts of the United States, contracted for the supporting the late War, in Compliance with a Resolution of Congress of the 18th of April, 1783.

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E it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Représentatives, in General Court afssembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the United States in Congress assembled be, and they are hereby fully impowered and authorized, to levy for the Use of the United States aforesaid, the Duties mentioned in faid Act, on all Goods imported into this State from any foreign Port, Island or Plantation, not within the United States, under the Limitations and Provisions of faid Act, when Congress shall have published an Ordinance for collecting faid Duties, in Consequence of twelve of the United States having passed Acts fimilar to faid Act, and the Provisions of this Act.

Provided nevertheless, That the United States in Congress assembled, shall annually require of the State which shall neglect or refuse to pafs Acts fimilar to the aforesaid Act, or to this Act, the Payment of fuch Sums as shall become their just Proportion from Year to Year, of the Principal or Interest of the Debt of the United States, required to be paid within fuch Year; and that the Proportion affigned to fuch State, shall be made upon the Ability of such State, in the Year wherein the Requifition shall be made.

An Act, in Addition to, and in Alteration of a Law of this State, intitled, An Act for levying and collecting a Duty on certain Articles of Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported into this State by Land or

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it Enacted by the Governor, Council, and Representatives, in General Court afsembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That the Master of every Ship, Vessel or Boat, shall in the Manifest by him to be exhibited, according to the Direction of faid former Act, specify every Bale, Package, Cask, Trunk or Cheft, containing any Articles of Goods, Wares and Merchandize, and also the Marks and Numbers of fuch Bale, Package, Cask, Trunk and Chest, shipped or taken on Board his Ship, Veffel or Boat at the Port, Ports or Places from which he came, and also specify the Kind, Quantity and Quality of every particular Article of Goods, Wares and Merchandize, in each and every such Bale, Package, Cask, Trunk and Chest, and also the Kind, Quantity and Quality of every other Article of Goods, Wares and Merchandize, by him taken on Board his Ship, Vessel or Boat, at the Port, Ports or Places from which he came, and shall before the Naval-Officer or Collector to whom such Manifest is exhibited, take the following Oath, instead of the Oath provided by faid Act to be taken by the Master of a Ship, Vessel or Boat, viz.

You swear by the Name of the everliving GOD, that the Manifest you have now exhibited, contains a true and perfect Account of every Bale, Package,

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