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-A '5' -"H--- THE ST A GAZETTE D E N Z O N; Printed by H tions for this paper are taken in at 25s per annum, and advertifements of no more length than breadth inferted for 8s r. Ythe nrft week and 4s. for every time afterwards ; larger ones in proportion. :TE. ' OF iVbL. V. S A T U R D A; Y, March 6K 1790, 8 217. STATE op NORTH-CAROLINA.1 In the House of Commons, Dc. 17, 17S9. rT" H E Sub Committee of Finance on '.pub -lie revenue,' No. 4, appointed to examine "tmo the ftate of. the lieaiurf monies eollcftcdrM in 1789, with the application, report : That having; examined into the ftate of the treafury, there appears to hare been in the hands of the (Treafurer, on the, fi l it day of November, 1789 agreeably to his accounts then rendered, the fum of .8,307 3 6 That he has collected and rtceiy- x . d from iU'Nov. 178S, to til Nov. 1789, for account of ar- : rearages up to 1 ft-Jaivi 7 Soahe- , lum or - 12,681 15 5 That he hat collected and receiv ..... ed from faid lit Nov. 17SS, to ill . JiJov. 1789, for account of taxes : for theyear 1788, including iun - i-fay balarttesdwrfrrinr S Clerks and Rtgiikrs (or the year 1787, the fu in of - 56,71 17 .4 -Amounting in the whole to .77j7y2-i6rj And that he has paid out of the y fum received fur airearges, in- eluding his commil..of I.14 13 j allowed him for collecting the """""" fum of I.146 12" 10 due before " . the i ft Jan. 1784, . "-376 1 o And out of the collection of taxes for the year 1788, including his and Clerk.7! (alary, r 5,622r 5 o Amounting in the whole to, '.19,388 6 0 And wtfich being deducted from the foregoing"! turn ot money on hand, amijtcx.e&MQjih 1 it of the faid month of Noveniber lalt, leaves a balance in his hand sdue and owing-to the , ftate, ofrl.48,314 16 yifrirhbivey. That he has collecletl and received in certi J-.rateafQradCount of arrearages,, viz. of certi ficates payable previous to 1 ft Jan. 17881 omi ft Nov. 17. 8 to ift Nov. 1789, .15,909 5 1 " That he has collected and receiv- '. ed of the taxes of 1783,1'ncluding v " the returns from Entry-takers, ! ' and includin g-fund ry bal ancei due; from S heriffs and E niry-' v : : takers for the year 1787,10 certi- " ficates, counting ftate and conti- ; nental dollars and the balance in A--l'u ct mfimes on hand; thftlff Jl, th&lunvof Amounting in the whole to .1 14,610 14 -2 ill That lie has taid out to fundnes. who on fjnaliettlementp jsc appeared to have balances in their favour, and which is included iri tBe foregoing debit certificates, to amount of " : 5 2 To the Comptroller, punched a- : gjeeably to ret'olve otAiTembly, ; " ; : . the lum ot 112,827 That the Com borough, in the mofith of ApiilT " : laft, burned ftatr doll ar b i 1 1 s , to " amount of '," . '. '. , !, y 2tf Ahd that his commihs foTcbl - r ! ; lecVmg of arrearages, I to aft of Aflembly pfed in Dc. '-: : 7, which allows him io per ' ' cent, amounts in ccrtifieates to 242 i o 8 'owing to the ftatej'of I.1112 i.-j.ii in certifi cates, 'hi which it is to be obfetyed is included a number of ftate and cntinental dollar bills. The coitunittee ha ve Calculated' tfie ci vil lift HfH-he:foUowing efttmate, viai " Governor s falary Treafurcr'js, do. Coniptrori'i'Fs do. Secretary of ftate Private Secretary v Council, Clerk and Door-Keepei', Clerk to the Treafurer Members, of Alfeinbly, Clerks, Door-Keepers, &cX- Judge5o the Su perior Courts Attorney General .750 500 5C0 100 TOO 150 IOiPOO . 2,500 640 Agents for fettling with the United Mates f,6oo. v. " ' . . v; ' ... 'JLl&xyjp . "The ' ihdentarcharca oT-'tT'e'-Comprroler and Treafury office are not Itated in" the above eftimate, nor any particular fum for the ufiial contingencies .of governmentbut making an HllowanceforaHes ftfapar tic ulrralleWon of arrearages, your committee are of opinion that a tax of one. (hilling per hundred acres upon lands, and three , (hillings on- each poll, 'with the eftabliflied taxes in aid of the public reve nue, will be adequate to the expenccs of the year 1790. , . ' ' , ' Your committee beg leave to add, that" it is .with particular fatisfaction, they obferved the J judicious plan adopted by the Treafurer for the conduct of the bufinefs, of (his office, and the' accurate and elegant manner in 1 which the books aha 'accounts of tj treafury are kept. All which is fubmitted, MAX CHAMBERS, Chairman. e,Th-Houle raking this reporrnta corifide ration concurred thei ewithj - ' ; S. CABARRUS, S. H.C. By order, J Hunt, C. H. C. In Senate, December 17, 1789. .ead and cone uf red-wit " " - w t : r.tT c: Johnson, s. s. By order, S. Haywood, C. S. v iA' J ; A Copy Jrom the journal of the Hoiife of Commons. ; " 1. Hunt.J): h: r to fund the debt the prefent fefiion,- wast! e firft qutltien to be taken into conlideration. In order to bi ing before the committee a juft and adequate idea of the debt, he recurred to the -joti rrta Is-of-i he-lattrCongf efrJHe:troniiTVenc?ii his refearcbes with the year 1779 ; and reao! the refolves, declarations, addreiies and engage ments of Congrels,'v from period to period, re lative to the loans, fcrvices, fupplies, &c . He then laid, he conceived thtic was not a pe; fon within the found of his voice, polTefllng the ftelings of honour' and humanity, who wpuldhaibour an idea again ft funding the debt of.:iHt United' Stales" He touched oh the pb lic l'enun.tnt the prefent (itua'ion of ourcou n - -try j and after repeating fome of the obferva-. tions contained in the riport of the Secretary, laid, he doubted not that tint : que ft ion for fund -ing would meet the ideas of a deeded "majority of this Hcufe : The m:inncr how thii flallbe. wfirHttan after CGnfideration : He con cluded by oblerving that he f el t full "etihfidt "itce" .thai before the preient Icffion fh )uld be clord, th ardu nts and impoitaiit bufinefs would bo compiea'edi'--' -t Ht ceedjngs ef Corigfefs: Ho USE of R E PRES EN TAT.i VES of the which he deemed eligible in takin? up the fub- jcils contained iri the repcrt, read cei tainTtecK lunons wnicn;ne propoied to lay qn the table ; Thefe refol u tfon he fu ppiifedj w blild bri n g the Teral objecls of dhcuilion to a point, To that the committee might proceed with mor cy in the bufinefs. Thefe.refolutions referred to; the principal objects in the report laid on the table.;7- ;;'.f V7 '7r Mr. J?4t entered into a-confideratiari of. the fubject of the debt r He adverted to the re- tuTuiion & jncjft .lcftiori, and to the anfwei; of the Houfe to the Prefident's fpeechTby which -Whicli beigedueTifmmei f debits, learcV a balance in fiii hands due and he Conceived the United States J a vet pledged eiyesmjoqlfc :!uportTQpfo: mode pointed out by the gentleman from South Carolina , would bring the bufinefs before the committee inTa proper. point of view ; He con ceived tht fttbjecl of hta 'firft refolution. vii Mr- Fitzf.mons read in.his place fevcral refo lutions atiirmttVK of the great obje :s cpiuain ed in the report of the Secretary, which he laid on the table i They are as follow. . Refol-viJt That adequate provilion ought to be made jor fulfilling the eugagements of the U.uted States in refpect tbthtir foreign debt. Refolded That permanent funds ought ro b appiopnated for the payment .of interelt onp and gradual; difcharge of the domcltic debt of the United States. : . : " ; Rufolvsdi That the arrears of intereft, in cluding indents iffued in payment thereof ought to be provided for, oh the fame terms with the the principal'of the i faid debt. " -. ' , f V Refolved, That the debts' of the ; refpeiiv ftates ought, with the conferit of the creditors, to be 'alTumed and provided for .by the United States.'" : ' ' ' ? ?,Thairit"Tiad to effeft a new modification of the domellic dehr, including that of the( particular ftates, with the voluntary confent of the creditors, by a oan; upon terms mutually beneficial to them aim to theiUnited States. . ; : a : -V -RijbWed; ThatlbrjtHe ' ptffpoft exprefled in the iaft preceding refolution,- fubferiptions to ward s a loan ou g h t to be opened , to t he amou n t of th faid domettic debt j including that of the reipsi5tie Lftatcsiupoft-the terms- foiiowiijgto wit, k. , That for every hu ndred . dollars ubfcribed, Lpayablenin ;thefaid at principal) thelfubfc.Hber be entitled, at hi t opw no n , jiuu ciu,,a IV- iicpmrnTtteejo the Secretary of the Treafury relative to a proyifion for the fuppoi t of the public credit o4iuin in me tuair. :r w, 10 nave two-tniras tunded at an arn uitv. . iMpiJfteremi(i tTl? pdeaijiyr pLtjhe gevernment, by payment f principal j and to receive the other thirdC iq lands in the weftem territory, at the rate of 2a cents per.acre. .Or,"' ' . . ." " "V.' t I . : To have the whole fum funded at an annuity , ; ' , or yearly interelt pt 4 per cent, irredeemable by ? fi any payment exceeding 5 dollars per annum oit : 7 account both of pfincipaland Jtitereft sJand.tp . receive as a compentation tor the reduction ot viritereft, ic-dollars and o-centSi-payahleJiiit - .1. To have. 56 dollars and two-thirds of a do! Jarfundedimntediately at ahannuityjtityearljir 'kitereft of 6 uerlcentJrrtdeemab 3oIIar per annttmV-brfccoanr.Whoforincibat and intereft : and to JhaVe. at the end of.Vrt lyears5';a6 dollars aad;88;,centsf funded at tht l4ke wtereft and rati b . . . .V , . i-j- 'I .. ...1-. ....... y-.'-jj'.
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