of the eighteenth March one thousand seven hundred and eighty and the faith of this State is hereby pledged to the said John Pierce for an indemnification in case he should be questioned by reason of his assigning the said draft or receiving any moneys thereon in manner aforesaid, -And in case the said John Pierce at the time of such assignment If whole should not receive the whole amount of the said draft from the treasurer amount is not paid it shall be lawful for the treasurer to give to the said John Pierce a cer- certificate tificate for the ballance which may remain unpaid of the sum mentioned of balance in the said draft and at any time thereafter to discharge such ballance given. when he shall be in cash sufficient for the purpose, in bills issued upon the credit of this State pursuant to the said act of congress of the eighteenth of March seventeen hundred and eighty. to furnish with pro And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That it Commisshall and may be lawful to and for the commissioners of sequestration stoners to for the county of Westchester to furnish Mary Williams, Daniel Requa families and John Drake of Westchester county and their respective families visions. with such provisions and in like quantities as the commissioners of sequestration for the county of Tryon are directed to furnish provisions to certain distressed families in the said county of Tryon with provision * by the act entitled "A supplementary act to the act entitled, "An act for the relief of certain distressed families therein mentioned" passed the twenty sixth day of March last. to dele And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from the Allowance time of the last settlement of their respective accounts by the auditor gates in general, thirty four shillings in specie be allowed to each of the delegates congress. per day from the time of their arrival at congress to the day on which they left the same together with an addition of six days for going from the State to Congress and of the like time for returning to the State in lieu of all charges and expences whatsoever. charged, And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the au- Advances ditor general in setling accounts with such delegates, charge them with tog all advances made to them or either of them by this State, or the Con- etc. tinental treasury agreeable to such accounts as they shall deliver thereof, and computing the paper money advanced at the current exchange between such paper money and specie at the time and place of its expenditure—And if it shall appear on settlement of the said accounts that any ballance is due to all or either of the said delegates the auditor general shall certify such ballance to the treasurer who shall credit the delegates respectively for the same-And he is hereby further directed and empowered to pay to the said delegates respectively for the same out of such money as may be hereafter in the treasury unappropriated by the laws of this State and consisting in bills issued on the credit of this State such sum as they shall respectively require not exceeding in the whole to each delegate double the nominal amount of his draft. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That with Further respect to all monies which may come into the treasury consisting in payments specie arising from the sales of forfeited lands (except lands mortgaged made. for the redemption of the bills of credit) or from loans by the commissioners appointed to procure monies on loan for the use of this State, or from the tax to be raised in pursuance of the act passed at this present meeting for raising a sum in specie and a tax in paper currency he pay and allot the same as follows. That is to say— on bills. That he shall retain a sum sufficient to discharge the interest on such Interest bills issued on the credit of this State pursuant to the act of congress of the eighteenth of March seventeen hundred and eighty, that when he shall have set apart a sum sufficient for that purpose he shall then Delegates pay to each of the delegates from this State who shall attend congress, (not exceeding two) the sum of one hundred and twenty pounds, to defray the expence of their attendance at congress—after the passing of this act until the twelfth day of September next in congress. James Duane. State And to the honorable James Duane the farther sum of one hundred and twenty pounds on account to defray expences heretofore incurred by him That the treasurer shall then pay to the State agent three thousand agent. pounds to be expended in purchasing beef or beef-cattle. Paymaster general. Governor. Chancellor, etc. Treasurer. Delegates in congress. Interest on bills. Proviso as That he shall then pay to the paymaster general of the army of the United States such sum as the person administering the government shall certify is requisite for the pay of one month exclusive of subsistence to Major General McDougal and Brigadier General Clinton and their respective suits to John Gano chaplin to the brigade under the command of the said brigadier general and to the officers and privates of the regiment of artillery commanded by Colonel John Lamb and the two regiments of infantry of this State commanded by Colonels Van Schaick and Cortlandt That he shall then pay to his excellency the governor on account of his salary four hundred pounds— That he shall pay to the chancellor and judges of the supreme court on account of their respective salaries each one hundred pounds. That he shall retain in his hands for his own use one hundred pounds on account of his salary. That he shall then pay to such persons who are or have been delegates from this State in congress and who shall have had their respective accounts audited in manner aforesaid the ballance due to them respectively. That after he shall have paid off and satisfied the several appropriations aforesaid, he shall pay off and discharge the interest for one year, in such bills emitted on the credit of this State pursuant to the said act passed the twenty seventh day of March last, as may remain in circulation and not marked in manner as by law directed and upon the payment of such interest, to mark such bills, and return the same to the several persons to whom such interest shall be paid in like manner as is directed with respect to the bills issued on the credit of this State pursuant to the act of congress of the eighteenth of March seventeen hundred and eighty. Whereas the commissioners for procuring monies on loan and clothto clothing ing for this State have procured a quantity of clothing on the account procured on account of this State and it is requisite that special provision should be made with respect to the said clothing and also that further provision should be made with respect to such other clothing as the said commissioners shall procure of State. Temporary employ ment to receive clothing. Prices, ascer tained. Be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be lawful for the said commissioners occasionally to employ a person to receive such clothing as they have procured or shall procure and to deliver such clothing to the sub-clothier of this State- - That whenever how to be any clothing shall be delivered to the said sub-clothier, the said commissioners or any two of them shall ascertain the prices computed in specie at which such goods at the place of the delivery thereof to the said sub-clothier shall have cost the State and the person delivering the said clothing shall at the same time deliver to the said sub-clothier a list of the prices aforesaid—And that it shall be lawfull for the said commissioners to make such allowance to the said person so to be employed by them for his occasional services as they shall deem reasonable to be allowed as incidental charges in the execution of their commission served out etc. And that the said clothing so to be procured by the said commissioners To be and delivered to the said sub-clothier shall be served out by him to to General Brigadier General James Clinton, and the two battalions of infantry, and Clinton, the regiment of artillery of this State in the service of the United States at the said respective prices and he shall make returns to the pay master general of the army of the United States of such clothing as he shall so issue, specifying the quantity and amount of what shall be issued to each person respectively to the end that the same may be stopped out of their pay. to State And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be Payment lawful for the treasurer to pay to the State clothier of this State the sum clothier. of two hundred pounds in such bills of credit as above mentioned on account-And the like sum to Samuel Loudon on account to grant to and to. sioners to Whereas the legislature did by act passed the first day of July seven- Proviso as teen hundred and eighty, grant to Moses Cantine the sum of seven Moses thousand one hundred and thirteen pounds twelve shillings and six- Cantine pence and to Daniel Graham the sum of eight thousand two hundred Daniel and eighty four pounds eight shillings payable in the former Continental Graham. currency, and the said several sums still remain unpaid in the whole Advances Be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be to be made lawful for the treasurer to advance to the said Moses Cantine and Daniel Graham each the sum of four hundred pounds in the said bills of the last emission of this State on account of the said respective grants and the legislature will provide at a future day for liquidating the same. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall Commisbe lawful for Gilbert Livingston and Augustine Lawrence commissioners pay acappointed in pursuance of the law for emitting monies on the credit of counts of this State to pay off and discharge the accounts of the members of the of the senate and assembly for attendance at any meeting since the first day of assembly, May seventeen hundred and eighty, and the accounts of the clerks and etc. doorkeepers of the senate and assembly, out of such bills emitted in pursuance of the said law as they may now have in hand; to take receipts on such accounts in the name of the treasurer, to transmit such accounts to the treasurer, and to compute the interest for one year only on the bills they may pay out for the purpose aforesaid; any law requiring the said bills to be marked previous to their being paid out, or any other law notwithstanding; so as the said Gilbert Livingston and Augustine Lawrence shall not be authorized to pay any account unless payment for the same shall be demanded within three days from the passing of this act. members senate and LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PASSED IN THE FIFTH SESSION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF THE SAID CHAP. 1. AN ACT further to amend the laws relative to night watch and to repeal an act therein mentioned. PASSED the 6th of November, 1781. WHEREAS doubts have arisen concerning the fines imposed for refusal Preamble. neglect or delay of night watch duty, and whether all the male inhabitants above sixty years of age residing within the district of the regiment commanded by Colonel Abraham Cuyler and those in the town of Schenectady are exempted from watching: in order therefore to remove such doubts. liable to Be it enacted by the People of the State of New York represented in Persons Senate and Assembly and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same duty as That no male inhabitant or resident above sixty years of age (ministers watchmen of the Gospel and such male inhabitants or residents in the said district as shall by a majority of the members of the corporation of the mayor aldermen and commonalty of the city of Albany in common council convened, be deemed personally incapable of watching and in such indigent situations as not to be able to procure a substitute to serve in their stead, and such male inhabitants or residents in the said town as shall by a majority of the justices, residing in the said town, be deemed incapable and unable as aforesaid excepted) shall be exempted from watching in the district and town aforesaid; but every such male inhabitant or resident shall be and hereby is subjected, in point of watching, to the same duties fines and forfeitures with the militia. That the mem- Commandbers of the said corporation and the said justices shall respectively no- ing officer tify the colonel or commanding officer of the regiment of the district fled of per and town respectively by a notice in writing of the persons whom they empted. shall deem proper to exempt as aforesaid, and that in lieu of pecuniary to be noti sons ex |