Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-03-21

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EXTRACT FROM AN ACT LsvYhSS A STATE
| TAX FOR TEE YEAR 1906
| Seaioa 2. Bs It jiasbc, cn1e.ed, That AZ
lands snail be rstsd and olassed in The manner
following: that is to say, hrst, second, & third
| rates and the rule TO be observed is. tina, when
a greater part OF any tract shall be superior IN
qaaiitg 10 second rate iand, il shall DC denon,i
na'es hrst rate ), when a greater part of ,raa
shsii bs inferior in quality TO first rate, and au
| Fsrior 10 third rare, it shall be denominated Sc
cond rate; and when grea,er part of traG
snail s@ interior to eecona rate, it shall be demo.
minated third rate land, taking into view the
Situation and the quality of the soil, First rate
land shall be taxed at tile rate of ninety cents,
second rate sixty-fve cents, and third rate forty
cents, each per hundred acres
Ss6t' Be Hfn;ber enGc,eS, That in all ca.
ses where the owners of any lands have. by
Themselves or agents, entered their lards IN their
proper classes, with The auditor or clerks CT The
court or common pleas, asrseably 20 the laws
heres otore IN force, such lands shall under this
act be placed in the same class for taxation. ana
aillands which shall not be entered by the own
ers, or their agents, with the auditor, before he
makes out his duplicate, he shall class and
charge the same as second rate, and if any own
| or o. proprietor of lands, or Their agent hav.
heretofore, or shall hereafter enter any trsA OF
land III IN interior class that of its real suslity
! SAID land shall! [untii it il changed int It's pro
| per class be charged, over and above the rate
| tor whichitwas entered, wi;h double the amount
OF tax which should have been paid had tbe
! same been entered in It's proper class; which
shall be PAID to the collector If the county, town.
ship, or distrid in which snch lands may he
chaTgeabe, tor the use ct the state, on the infoy
NATION OF any fTeehoider, making due D.oof
| thereof to the autitcr o. commissioners and he
recovered ct the same time and i'll the same way
as ether taxes are recoverable.
seet 4. Re ia jnrf5cr enacted, That for the
cofesiion OF taxes OF non residents lands, the
state snall be and is hereby divided into six col
lection districts: the frs, to include the lands
purchased BY John Cleves Symmes and his asso :.
.iates and the land within the dstriA IF CincIn.
natI land oiiice the second to Include lands in
the Virginia military distriS, the land within the
oisirIA of Chiilicothe land Office and the French
granti the third TO ineuds the land purchase by
the Ohie Company and ali grants included with
an the limits thereof, and the land WITHIN the dis
ttie OF thc Marietta land ofhec the fourth 70 in
ciuae the lands in the United States niHary dis
tris and the refugee lands and all the lands with,
IN the distria OF Zanosyic land oAice; the ffth
10 inclnde the lands within the distria oil the
steubenvile land Office and a.! .lnds south of the
Connecticut reserve, and not lneIaded in the o
t0er distrets and the sixth TO include the lands
in the Connecticut Eeaerve
Sect 5. BE II /aytbe' enacted, That there fhalf
be aPPointedy by joint ballot of both horf.s OF
the general sIembIy, and cor,mifIioned by the
governor, eoliedfos in each diflTia, who "a II
continue in efiec oee year, and until his fuesehor
ia ehoien and qualified, who fall collect all taxes
due and owiag on non relidsnta lands within
their reiPsaive diRrias The collector Of the
FRI dittFia fhall keep his Office at Cincinnati !;
the collector OF the feeond difiria ihall keep his
office at Chillicothe the collector Of the third
dIitriot ihal keep his Office a: Marietta the col
leaoi OF the fourth difriA ihsll keep hi, Office AZ
GAINESVILLE the collector of the ffth d,Rria
mall keep his eaiee at Steuhcnvile, ard the col
leefor OF the ixth diAri9 shall k cp his Office At
the town Of Warren, in the county OF TrunbuIl.
And ihsll each, at the time they receive their
duplicates, take and fubfcribc the following oath
or sffrnationy viz /, a d do solemnly fwear or
sfirm (ssthe cafe may beg that will, according
to the ben of my abilities, faithfully aud imparti
ally perform the duties enjoin.d on me by law,
as collector Of the diari6t, and that
| win no, directly or indirectly purekafe any
land by me fold for taxes"
Notice is hsseby given that all taxes within this
tate arc due and payable after the fra day eli
AuguH neat ensuing, and il not paid by ths fri
Mondsy Of December, the lands will be fold OF
70 much thereof aswill satisfy the amount dae.
1T siari2 collector, A. Ceforth, Cinensati.
I'D do. virgiaia army lands. Thomas Scott, Chill
lieothe.
Sd do. William Skinner. Marietta
ash do. lanes Heron, Zzne(viIle
5th do. Charles Maxwell, Sseubenvie.
6th do Jsmes dilE,an, Warren.
THOMAS GIBSON,
Auditor Of accounts for the Rate Of Ohio 81
lust received from London, and