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v'''t ' ' " 1 " 11 . i i , . t i . , ' i t - " I 1 I l ' i i i ' ' ' ' - ' ' - "; .- f Voi;:a. frjnz aiUfbJlra3 of Documents tntbt UJuei e k r fa, JXfMtmiHtiof Stater and tftUTnafurj:'; I ill- uas.LuO is an neTeaiiary couu- of twelve, fchofcn originally from the employment pcnfion;1?1 ''kp I "bat it is acquired .by piirchafc.ibl'hey have a nght to repreleht iandeveh to v teflBnfti-ate to, th goveri6rin-T;ePeft yJocvI'Jic police of the dty 1 .under - their contrau! an J tHrettion. In it they iargeons to. praftice.": 'i yrq mevtib&iuT. ths eabirdoferve by. turn monthly; and take ntJorithemfelves the immediate ful nirintsndance of marker, bakerfyttreer - tndKei and the aeneril police or the ci. - xnemoeievtT4-i imporiaiis iutcs iu;.u a& Algnazil JMayor or .lligh' Sheriff, AI-" calde Provincial, Procureur Geneta!, ic; nhvlaItjmentiohed is a very im portant.charpe.- 'l'he p?rfpn who holds H is ofc merely ihe kingV attorney, but an oificsf pevHiaio tlK iyil laHe dQes'?'hrialw3y'pVtf cphviCtiori'hcr ".indicates the. punim'heiit annexed b1ivttd'thc.trimvdyw,h- ' mavbev and is mixwa.ed bv the coart;- -l.kehe-chanceHor-in tlie ' EnglifliJ &f-" tem, kc is tn? curator ana protector or. ?' orphans, &a:!and finally Wis, the ex pounder pfihlavfij the defender pf " he' pxiyllegei Belorigirig to;tbetoWnr;g-' . vince or colony, an itheacculer of eve 1 ry pubJic biBcer thaf infringes them. : J- r lte cabi Wo i: felfo.tefled vjth srfpeti-V ' ts of jddicial authority, Jor 'hich.i:and 'for a farthefilucidation of its conflituti on.- and the .functions, of the officers fpringin froin-i't, :,fec' the , Appen'dfi or. v. . 1 ' " 4r'' - 1 ' '." i The Intfnoant'is chreFbf tjbe'de partment of tTitar atl com'mef exercife$ .the' judiclar 'pd'ers already menridriedilie is Innre'ly ihdepetident of the governor pjblitf-hiohie can he itfued Without his' expref order. T(he l5n4 office $ underfhisi dlriotv " VThe condaror,, '4'reafure'r & Inter vnt Br.aiebfTicers fubordina'te to thelntehd- ' ant. ? hejM JiMiburrks u btm,' and keeps m accounts and d'oitt mentsf tefpeclihst the. receipt and expen diture of ihe revenue, and it theerfore d tucuv uunuic iuiciiuaiu. ji tictiCalui habitant is bound to make, and repair 9ads bridgfes, and embarkments thro . ms own land. tvJ'-'i. V- A duty of fix per cent, is payabl at thefcuftom houfe, ; on the; transfer, of ihipping, It is afcertained upon the fum, the buyer .and feller declar e to be the re, alcohfi deration. 'Ag ho oath is required frpaj. cif her, they feldonv report more than half the .priced-i-ik 'M. i "he following taxes aY alio pajribw' til wo per cent, on leaties arid inheri tances,5 coming from collaterals ;and ex ceeding 2,000 dollars. vx:v :;Jtir- " '.' : Four per cent, oil legacies, ciyen to perfons who arnot telatives of the tef- fc1 A- tax on civil emDlovments. 'the fala- ries of wh kh- exceed too dollars annul ally,. called media onnata. amounting to half of the firftyear's (alary. By certain officer : it is to be paid in two annual inftalmenrs, . and by others in four. i he irtt perfn apppmted to a newly created office pays nothing, Kut the tax : too odo 8o,cc Lumber, ; " Lead, corn, .&rft & v c tic, isnctuiln; AH other aritclci, I , Accofditigjci official returns in the I reafury of theUnited States, there. were imporrei onto our territory from Louifiana art J the Flaridasimtjrchan dizetqthe following alnounts,- in ithe In i 799 to the valusx) 567, 1 3 2 , ; ! , ::. 1 002 .y i " 1.006.9. t . - w Accordmg to the fame authority, "SSSSw'! 4: whi makes the total of the exports .to i6-MCf Ut?Jfrpl11 ihr 'amounf 2,158,000 dollar,, vtlw jtu." ii ciitciia or leaving l,ae, lviniiiuapi erte'properjyl p?HhtSend&all -p'ubllcpurcKaTut.ahdi iwmel'.Tti AUr:u:a.-.i- ihinftrefpeclin'Rlriecuflom h'oufe. . JCve ryerk In thele office receives his tbhi reiffion 'rom'thekin', ; . f i, he AnbfTORiis the kind's .counftl; swbo is to furnifli the governor .with le- Kai advice m all rales of judicial proceed i iiigs, wli(li4rci v If br: military. ; but -th? t(eafury pcovides the boats, and. pays trie Jaiary pt..the pilots.and ailors employed at the Baliie he reiriaind. er of the 20 'dollars ii thus difiributed : l o the, bead pilot 410 th pilot who is ;iri the Vtflel 4,; and.5 to the crew of the rowrboat,i tjjic Roes out to put the pilot oft board, or take" him afhore.- vi v ' V A' tax of 46 dollat s pcr annum foi II cehces' to fell liquors ; -'-yff; '-r',-yi A ttxx on cerrsin places ' when fold, fuch as thofe.of Refiidor. Notary, At torney, Hur rh cenJwem 3.504,092 :rcojt Eprecreed S C i79ii W'-'n foreign articlei FU uaboat 1 ?,d?I!Tr "n r8o 1 a4O,06i in domeflic do. ' "uui au mc uiyti idA.ce tiic idtu juui io yield mere than 5, or .6 thonfand dollars annually.' . .. Expencet find dtltt f The expences of the prefent Rovern jmeiit, comprehenditig the payand fup-: ,poit of the reglmtnt of LouHiana , part cfa battatipn of the regiment of Mexico, a company or dragoons, and one of ar amuuiit-.it 2,150,000 aouar?, tne im ports, inmerchandize, plantation-uten- nis, liaves, &c. amount to two and an half millions, the difference being made up by the money jiuroduced by the go vernment, to pay the expenfes of govtrn-' ing and protecting the colony.: v r According to the reiurns in the Trea furyof ihe UaitcaVSrateV. exports have been; made to Louifiana and thevFiori das;to the following amount in the years prefixed rv' la 17910 Re value of ( ..- 'VV v; i ,056,2 63' iii foreign atticles 'i-r ' '447in domeltic do. f la i8di4t"?0'794infQregn 137,204 m demeflic do. , 3K& the maintenance of a fewVallies to con ey joops &ftoreV throughout 1 he pro- A'ihtt 1 v Indian,'' nrpfents and ( fanes' of dinate to re.(nlehdant;-ndwii anuai J officers- clef gy; and perfons employed ber pf;iaferior"6fHcers manner eveiyl for Wblic purpofes, amount, to about iki.H, r-rvrii: -.t.-rrrr i.-i :.r. . mr: -r-"i": "-r." jti i"ri ;- v i j t: . " l l I 6co,6'co"dollars."A luminlbecie. which ftoes not generally exceed 400,coo dol lars is annually fuit from VeraCr'u& ;' butthis; together with Ihe amount of r' tines cc Taxei-colledJed in the ir-tovbee. leaves ulually a .deficiency ofone li jn Hrcd or one hundred and fifty thoufand -VI fie affeffor furiclions are fihiuaf to Uolla,-'io-iVhich 'cVrtificate8-ire iffUttH fevenry-nine thoufand, four hundred and tribimali, as fcefbre.1nainatedv k A becretnTy or theip,o veniment and another of the ihtendettcy.?; V : A Surveyor General.. i-vf 'f ; ' A Harbour' Maftcr,"v ; J ; . i: "- AStore Keepef,;?who takes charge of; all public moveable Tirorertvi'fvii; ; a talaryQt. ,moreJban thirty; dollar per mponth are niade by. the king,: and molt f thole with a lower falary by the "t vcmor i Intehdantas Jbclongs to their te.rpcclive departmeius. . ' l here ard no officers chofenhy the people. V; 'Iiie falarifis '& perqniStes 6f the prifl ;cipal ptorsrtas follps (-v . per cent. J "Hie latter circumflance Hal taken place not irotiHwant ofconfideiice in' tW eventual payment of: the.ceTtifi catcsj; but irony the ; uncertainty of the time Whan, and the wantiarid general: Yslue of t he fpede 'Ilie, whole of this tlebf is faid to be dile to the inhabitants, ano 10 American reuaents. ? i; wouia Trt i ?A-7 546oo in foreign articles, miao. , - 170,110 in domcftic do.-, . i . tr is to be obfer ved that if the total of the imports' and expoi t into and from thefe provinces (of which the two Flo. ridas are lAit a very unimport-nt : part, with relpeiil to boih ' be as "abov fu'p-i pofed, viz.- :'ir" . Imports - 2,500,60b dollars JLxports, ' - $)t$$lc66 Making together 4,058,006 $r .The duty of fix per cent. , ought alone to produce thgrofs Aim of two hundred iRffippJ two nuridrel arid Cxty-elKht 0: fels of all defcriptions, eighteen pfwhich, t , wre public atmed vtflv'fs,. -and, the re-:; " ? ffiainder merchantmen, all follows, yis.. ; " ': Pdlacresi Schoonefsf-icvr 'Total' ;i7ciN'':;. V 'v v Oft he iBimberci Ahiericari .tenifei!: twenty-three; mipslwenwfite brigs; r ' nineteen fchoonersnd 'ftvci6ps came 4 ' ' 4 in ba!liifti the remainder were wholly ? or in'paitla'derrr - Fivc Spanifh jips and feveij'feFwDeW'tf'-; cane in. ballalf. . i he united tonnacrft of -' all the hipping that entered "the,, nverT.i exel ufiVc; of the , public armed "veffel v; . - Intnc fame year thtir failed from the ; Milliflippi tivd '-hundred'': andfixtv-fiveS'." ;"' 1 Brij' ,JS ;'ii ScVi, , 53 Sl.iop ' S iWc.w.-i.' .; J5S Seh'r; r3 7,J4 : v 82 Ullka 1,911 ' '..;":?;,'. -' 9 1 in fct ' ft0 ' .: .21.383 105 A'vtricw JS3 :l.3M 4 fieteh--'- .:', 1C ' f'r The ronnafte b the Vefiels whicli went 'v - away in. bailaft., and thai of-the Dublfis'" armefhips; are pent viijcluied: irt tb4 ' away raaits, yar Jsi fpars, plfthj'tar, &c'-at.lealf-a,cpo tons. - f; W- -.- r .wif.' . v In the firit Ex months of the prefent- -: yearr there entered the Mifliflippi I7t1 fai!, i of airnations, four of Avhicft wtrd i bubhc rfrmed vnels -vi twoYrehcn 'H3t: ' two opaxiilhi;ivholetonVage Is tfocniia-?, " merared.'-t"-V':r;;:,'Jt'' . '5' ':' ' ' . - ''J ' V '" i ' ; ship.,: :.-,23 ' 5,s ,.H':',i'-58o.-; 'i k, i ? Big. ,4 ' i.lrOi 20 - 2,n 3 :re--." , an,; ' , , :: i'olacreJi' ; ;'" -'; ' ' ' . , a " f.- ,30'.l'?:2 '4'3' : ' ' fc).'iM 23ti,99 ,lr,,iT'-T44iVi:,v: .TJ'W . ,13,CB Vss ' 1087 gl '. ;. 1264! 037 ;' l- . .G.-indTotl,.m;. W4MT-V'' In the fame fix mofitTii 'i.hVr fait:i s' Tom the (Vttffiluppi brie hundred and fixl ! " : yfiic !yeHe!i,;vt2.j; Ship?, Bay., .. v feat to about 40,006 dollar c It bears' is afcertained, but principally from the hd iner7eft,t!An i nowVcJepteciated,to; fmugglinit,; which is openly countenance v AU-ippointraenfs in theprormck with f have been long fince paid off;1 but for a i AiiHitur,--' -f.v fi,2iw. ti.oua:" 4; ;yV..f ' fWv1 ;90O' ' ,. -' ' -jKs'ryfarGonsBiftien-. bOO.vV ,'5 2)00 ? 2.wa- diveffion of the funds,, tfeflincd for that purpoie. ; td different and externil ot. tnforti and 'txfortu " " . ' Tlie proSMs oF Louifiana are fugar,-cotton, indigo f ice furs and'pel .( ryy 1 ii iSber , tar,- pitch , lead jfetir , ' hones and cattle. .:rcuUtipnaiorie is; wanting to muUIplythemlo'a'kfionifli ing degree. The foil i fertile, -the'dit- I mate falubrious." and the means of cotn f mumcation .Jaetweeri molt ' parts otthe provincetertaia; and oy-water. j-J. t: v.-. -. i nc louowmg nas ucca jtjcccivcu as u ed by inoft of the : revenue: 'officers- - C":::. ManufaElih'er. , f , There are but few dome,flic mahUfaq-f . tiire5.ii he;Acadians manutactiire alifcr tie cottoii :bto cjuilts and cottohades : and in .the remote parrs of the. province, jhe poorer planters fpin and weave fome' hegr cloihs of cottoiVand wopVtriixed.v I'heTeis one machine for Tpirining cot toft in tlie parifh of 'Iberville, and another in the Opr.loufas ; but they do little or nothing.. In the cityj befides the trades which are absolutely necefTarylhere ii a cohfideiable mahufaclure of cordage, and fome fmall pries ot' (hot arid hail, powder. There are likewife in;, and witnm a tew leagues or tne townf twelve diitiUeries for making talaa; which are, faidto difti annually a very conftdera ble iuautht t' and one fucrar refinery.' faid to make : aboutaioiScto lbs. of loaf iusar..? Hrr. ' ' '" : ' : .v 1 - S8 ':-'-'-'-'. 'If IS $t l ;,:S4i;vV; .'if. ' There ii a torifidefable rnhvft!riMr! i- TrTjTrTeniatcna tuiu ivivci ijdujnir into, ana 11 ine nmcrn'O. v.-v; v.: bourhood of Lake Ponchartram, : from V.. " . whence New-Orlearij is pfinqrially fup-4 1- j-wwu itujj. muyer, vuarcoai uuie, -pitch and tarj and pafily-;v1thcaule&:i'! '--"1 the places before named are - fdpplieU ' 1 i wnh . articles of foreign growth and pro I i duce in the lame way: from Orleans,-. - i neveueis, employed arefloops fchoca nersfbmef which are" be half '4&&:tnts drcd of which including their repeated;- v voyages, ana I ? ea Ulet and fyan h.vtt-. ; - and tritniiaff : v'i,,vu ic w)('u oi. jean lair year . 4hercjsjikewiieafmall:ctftmg trader vf ucfCI,;i"v.i Ataqapas ,;and upejoulasji :?7 , : ! , and New Orleans, by way of the Jl&zti was any encouragement given by govern' ; mcnt, to clear away a fewr obftrticliojisV Chiefly. aufed befallen timbetj in ihe?W :v fma'd rivers and creeks leading to them; 1 ' Forthe-Teit iSi I Navhf itlian itnblawdia iht trait bf thibrevinct I iacii ioolla:rs-lrOnt tsjnfif 'aUJ jtK Iriihf ysanSw tosre..nUctcdMif-If ':t, -' .1 ' V
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