Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-04-28
HENRY SEYMOUR, elk.
Extract Of a law passed.

1904.
Sec. |. BET enacted 5y The General rs
SeD'6iyofthe STATE Of ONO, That all lands the
property of individuals within this state,
shall be chargeable for the state expenses
to be levied and collected in such manner
and proportion as herein after direGted.
Sec. Q. ind be Ii further enacted, That
land shall be rated and classed in the man
ner following, thar is to say; first, second
and third rates, and the rule to be observ-
ed in chasing of land shall be as follows
when greater part Of tract shall be SUI
perIor IN quality to second rate land it
shall be denominated FIRST, when a great
CIR part of tract shall be inferior to first
rate and superior 10 third rate it shall be
denom;na,edsecond rate, and when a great
er part OF tract shall be inferior to Sc
cond it shall be denominated third rate
land, taking into view the situation and
surface of the earth as vel, as the quality
otthe soil. First rate land shall be taxed
at seventy cents, second rate at fifty cents
and thrd rate al twenty six cents, and it
is hereby made the duty of every resident
proprietor owning land chargeabIe - a.
y
nuaiy, when thereto required by ih,
ers oil the respective townships To 3.
an accurate list of such land in with
and such resident proprietor or proprie-
tors shall list all and every tract of land
he, she or they claim within this state,
specifying the quality, quantity, range,
township, section and county, if known
and whether holden either by patent, deed,
entry or other evidence of claim.
Sec. S. ind be ii further enacted, That
all persons not residing within this state
and holding lands within the same except
lands lying between the Scioto and little
Miami rivers called the Virginia military
lands shall have the same entered for tax.
alton either by themselves or their agents
IN the form aforesaid with the clerks of
the court OF common pleas i'm and for the
county within which the same shall be ST.
tuate, on or before the first Monday of
June next, and it shall be the duty Of each
clerk OF the court of COMMON pleas 10
make out two alphabetical lists of al lands
so entered with him, one whereof lac shall
retain in his own possession, together
with the original entry, the other shall be
by HIM delivered with general alpha
beticai list of all returns to him made by
the several township listers within the
county TO the commissioners Of the coun.
ty by the second Monday in June annu.
ally.
Sec. 9. ind be IL further enacted, That
1t shall be the duty of each collector, by
the third Tuesday Of December annually
to pay into the treasury of this state III,
full amount of all taxes contained in nj,
duplicate and not transmitted to the audi
tor in their schedules, Of which payment
or such part thereof as may be made the
treasurer shall give his receipt, which re
celpt the collectors shall deliver to Tn,
auditor, upon the delivery thereof he shall
give his receipt for the same to the col
lector and which shall he a voucher O
the payment so made, and if any COLLECTOR
shall not have paid or shall have not deli
vered the treasurer's receipt as aforesaid
the auditor IS hereby required within
hlleen days to make out an account q
the sum due from each delinquent col
lector and transmit said account to tn,
clerk OF the court Of common pleas ofth
proper county, whose duty it shall be- &
issue a summons to the coroner, com
handing him to notify the collector AM