The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-10-19 00:00:00, page 2

And le it further enaded. That all
personal efface, and all buildings and
real estate, shall be taxed to the person
claiming the fame, who is in the pof.
session and actual occupancy thereof ;
and when the owner of any lands and
personal efface shall be deceased, the
fame may be taxed to the widow, any
of the children, heirs, or .any other
person who will consent to be confix
dered as in possession thereof ; but if
„o person will consent to be taxed
Mlere for, the fame shall be taxed gen
irally to the heirs of such deceased ;
and when any person shall be living
in any hoofe, or on any farm on the
firft day of April, and shall not be the
owner thereof, and shall refufe to give
the fame unto the feleftmen as his
estate, the fame shall be particularly
described in the tax bill as under the
occupant, naming him on the firft day
April, and the number of acres as
,ear as may be estimated, the number
of the lots, or such other description
Shall be given as the said land, farm
or buildings are commonly known by;
and in case no person shall be in adual
poffeflibn of any house, which is in the
judgment of the feleftmen tenantable,
or any real efface improved as paffure,
And be it further enaaed, That if the
feledmen of any town in this state,
having received the Rate treasurer's
warrant, requiring them to assess any
fam or fams of meney on the polls and
eltates within their refpCtive towns,
shall neglect to assess the fame within
the time,in the manner and according
to the directions given in such warrants,
the fame being agreeable to law, the
persons and eltates of such feledmen
shall be liable,and hereby are (object
ed to be taken in execution for the
fame, to be issued, served and executed
in all refpefts as the law prescribes in
the case of neglect of collectors in pay
ing the fams contained in their lifts ;
and the said treasurers are hereby
authorized and empowered to issue
their executions against such feledmen
accordingly, and such feledmen shall
have no remedy against the inhabit,
ants of such town for any thing,except
the sum mentioned in the treasurer's
warrant, when they shall have paid
the fame, and in any suit to be brought
for the recovery of the fame, the said
fele&men shall recover no costs, nor
any damages by reason of such execu
tion ; and in case the feledmen shall
negleC tto return the name or names
of the collector or collectors to whom
they shall commit any lift of state,
county, or town taxes, to the treafor
er of the state, county or town agree
ably to the directions given them by
the state treasurer, county- treasurer or
towns refpe&ively, they shall be liable
to executions from the treasurers te
fpedively, in the fame manner as in
cases where they neglect to make any
assessment, and shall have no remedy
against the inhabitants of their respec
tive towns for any thing, but the fams
by them actually paid to the said trea
furere,and shall recover no costs in any
iuit brought for the recovery of the fame
And in all cases where an execution
is iffaed against feledmen for negled
of assessing taxes, or neglect of return
ing the name of the collector, the fame
shall be issued against the feleCtmen,
whose duty it was to assess such tax,
and to return the name of such col.
leCtor ; and in case no estate of such
feledmen can be found whereon to
levy th# fame, and their bodies cannot
be found to be imprisoned, and the
fame shall be so returned by the (heriff,
to whom the fame execution may be
directed to be returned, an execution
for the fame sums may then be issued
against the inhabitants of such town
in the fame manner, as in the case
where such inhabitants had neglected
to chafe any feledmen or assessors.
And provided airways, That the court
of general Jeffions of the peace shall
not have power to abate any taxes,
except as to such articles and matters
as the feledmen having the power of
valuing, (hall in the judgment of said
court have over valued.
And be it further enaaed, That the
feleCimen shall be,and hereby are em
powered to assess all buildings, other
than such as are beforementioned, and
unimproved lands owned by nonresi
dent porprietors, in their refpe&ive
towns and places,their just proportion
ofthe state and county taxes, estimat
ing their value as the law directs, and
in such lifts a particular description of
the number, division, quantity and Si
tuation of the lands so taxed shall be
expressed, and the name of the prelent
owner, if known, otherwise the name
ofthe original owner or perfen to
whom the fame was drawn, and the!
proportion of each lot or division to
each tax shall be set down and expreff
td in such lift.
And be it farther enaaed, That all
rates and taxes (hall be made and as
sessed in proportion to the amount of,
each perlon's poll and rateable eftate,|
which (hall be estimated as follows,
namely, all male polls, from eighteen
to seventy years of age, ten Shillings
each ; horses and oxen which have
been wintered five winters (reckoning j
the winter to begin on the firft day
of December & to end the last day of
March) at three Shillings each ; cows
which have been wintered five win
ters, two Shillings each ; cattle and
horses which have been wintered four
winters, one (hilling and fix pence
each ; cattle and horses which have
been 0 wintered three winders, one
Billing each ; cattle and horses which
have baen wintered two winters, fix
pence each ; improved lands to be
estimated as follows, viz orchard land
one (hilling and fix pence per acre,ac
counting so much for an acre as will
produce ten barrels of cyder or perry
one year with another ; arable land
one (hilling per acre, accounting so
much an acre as will produce one year
with another, tweny five bushels of
indian corn, or other grain equiva
lent ; mowing land one (hilling per
acre, accounting so much land as will
produce one year with another, one
ton of Englif hhay, or other ha,
equivalent to be one acre ; pasture
land at five pence per acre, account
ing so much as will summer a cow to
be four acres ; all mills, wharves and
ferries to be estimated at one twelfth
part of their neat yearly income ; and
all other buildings, and the unimprov
ed lands owned by the inhabitants
and non-residents to be estimated at
the rate of half of one per cent of the
real value thereof ; all flack, or pro
perty, whether of a tanner, currier,
black smith or other tradesman em
ployed in the bufioefs of their trade,
and all flock whether money or goods,
improved in trade or merchandize,
shall be estimated at three quarters of
one per cent of the value thereof more
than the owner gives interest for, ex
cepting what ^s due on public securi
ties of this state ; money on hand, or
at interest shall be estimated at three
quarters of one per cen fr .
And be it further enaßed, That when
any alteration shall be made in the
mode of estimating polls and estate, the
fame (hall be expressed in the warrant
ofthe state treasurer for railing the
next state tax thereafterward.
mowing, arable or otherwise, and the
fame shall rot be omed by any inha
bitantcr retident in such town or par
ish, the said boufe and land shall be
particularly described as aforefaid and
shall be taxed in such lifts without
mentioning the owner, unless the
owner thereof be known to the feleCL
men, in which case his name shall be
mentioned.
A SPECULATOR in a
neighboring city hav
ing some spare money by
him observed to a friend of
his, (a jolly Irishman) that
he had concluded to pur
chase a coach byway of re
ANECDOTE.
Some soldiers of the army of M. la
Fayette being admitted to the bar,in
formed the Assembly, that they were
obliged to make their escape through a
wood to avoid being seduced by their
chiefs, and that they had come to Paris
to learn the truth refpeding the events
of the loth. They said, that M.
Veneur had written to the battalions,
in the name of M. la Fayette, to the
following purport:
" Soldiers ! your conftitotion has
been annihilated ! Seditious men have
filled the measures of their crimes.
They have caused the Swiss soldiers,
and the commandant of the National
Guards to be assassinated. With swords
in their hands they have compelled the
Legislative Body, to decree the suspen
sion of the King. Soldiers choose be-'
tween the King and Petion.''.
They added that M. la Fayette
wished to make 'them sign a paper
written in the fame strain, and request
ed that the Assembly would prevent
the perfidious design of this general.
M. Merlin presented fifty different
pieces to fopport this accusation.
Two private letters,and in particu
lar one from the Commiflioners sent to
the army, being adduced to corrobor
ate these charges, the Assembly im
mediately passed the following.
M CABOT read a letter from
• Maubeuge, from which it ap
peared that the Soldiers approved of the
proceedings of the Afferobly, and that
they had refilled the attempts made by
Dillon, Lameth, and La Noue, 0 ex
cite them to oppose the Assembly. To
the insinuations of those Generals,they
replied, " that their true point of ral
lying was, and always would be, the
National Affembly,arid that they con
fideredLouis XV. as apefured wretch
and a traitor ! ° —'' M. Lameth in
alizing the cash, as it was
an old faying, that money
had wings and might fly a
way,and therefore he would
make sure of it in time.—
Arrah, my dear, said Tea
gue, Remember if money has
wings, a coach also has wheels!
PARIS.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY,
vain attempted," said the writer of the
letter," to gain over a few regiments.
In vain did he tell them that 15,000
Austrians were ready to fall upon them.
The troops flew toarms, and ordered
their music to play Ca ira ! !"
Important Intelligence.
Sunday, August 19.
The Assembly were occupied for al
most two hours in reading letters and
addresses, all approving of the decree
for suspending the King.
The Department of Gard informed
the Affembly,that they had caused the
refractory Priefis to be export'd, and
that they considered this measure as
tending very much to preserve public
tranquility.
TheAffembly then ordered the Co
mmittee of Legislation to prepare rhe
plan of a decree for transporting all the
refradory priests out of the kingdom.
Some private letters from Marshal
Luckner were read, which announced
that he had again taken the oath of fi
delity,and profeffed his attachment to
the public cause. In a paragraph of
one of these letters the Marshal expres
ses himfelf thus
" Though the Excutive Power be
suspended, 1 hope I (hall not be order
ed to retire. Had I not been ordered
to withdraw from Courtray, I would,
In a little time, have rellored liberty
to the Belgians."
La FAYETTE ACCUSED.'
august 18.
Decree cf accusation against M. 12 Fay-f
I. It appears to this Assembly that
there is joli ground for accusation a
gaintt M. La ~ Fayette, heretofore
Commander of the Army of the
North.
11. The Executive Power shall in
the most expeditious manner pofiible,
put the prelent decreeinto execution ;
and all constituent authorities, all ci
tizens, and all soldiers, are hereby en
joined, by every means in their pow
er, to secure his perlon.
HI. TheAffembly forbids the arm,
of the North any longer to acknow
ledge him as General, or to obey his
orders ; and Hridiy enjoin that no
p rfon whatsoever shall furnith any
thirg for the troops, or pay any mo
ney for their tfe, but by the orders of
M. Damourier.
We fhali be informed before-hand
of the part that the Assembly will take
on the question ofthe forfeiture ; for
in the intermediate time, they are by
deputations to coiled the opinions for
the yes or no.
august 15.
M. Merlin announced to the As
sembly, tha the Prussian and Austrian
armies had entered the department
of Mofeilie, and that they had made
themselves masters ol the advanced
polls of Sierk and Rbdemack.
This ebeurft nee he added ought
no: io intim'date the French nation,
but it ought to arouse them so as to
adopt a very important measure: He
therefore moved, " That the relations,
the wives,and the children ofthe Em
igrants should, with Louis XVI, be
reserved as gaurantees for the events
of the war."
The fifteen Southern departments of
France have opened a fubfeription if
threemillions of livres, to be dilbibuted
in rewards for taking the lives of the
principal persons concerned in the 4
league against the French, which ate
offered in these sums
livres.
Francis If. Emperor 400,000
Frederic Wm. King of Prussia 40,0,000
The Duke of Brorfwick 400,000
Stanislas-Xavier Monsieur 400.000
Charles Philip D'Artois 3(0,000
Louis- Joseph Conde 2CO 000
Louis-Henri Joseph Bourbon 200,000
Bouille,that infamus fcouudrel 200.000
Lambefe 100,000
Broglio 100 000
Mirabeau Tonneau 100 coo
Calone 30 000
What remains, to employed in re.
ward, to these who may afill in de
flroying any other principal partizan
in the league.
The people at Havre-deGrace, and
from thence to Rouen, appear to be
pretty equally divided between the
King and the enemies of monarchy—
but every where the rabble are in one
scale, and men of property in the oth
er— though property will soon change
mailers, if feme alteration does net
shortly take place in that unhappy
country.
Great preparations are said to be
going forward at Dunkirk, to sustain a
liege, which is expected to take place
in the course of a few weeks— advice
having been received there, that or
ders have been issued by the Duke of
Brunswick for detaching several regi
ments, to ccfcfift o£ to coo men, in
order to march to that place with all
possible speed.
The KING is treated with infinite
ly less refpedt and attention than our
Charles was in Caiifbrook cattle —not
a letter is handed to him without hav
ing been previously read by Santerre,
or Petion, the Mayor of Paris —nor is
he permitted to make use cf pen and
ink, but is in every sense a State pris
oner, treated wi.h uncommon rigour-
Above 5000 men arc digging the foffe
round his Tower.
LONDON, August 20.
ette.