Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-04-04

Cbilhcotbe, STATE Of Ohio, January 31sf, 1906.
EXTRACT FROM AN ACT LBvYINo A STATE
TAX FOR THE YEAR 1906
Section 2. BE it frtbeS eaactcd. That al,
lands snail be rated and classed IN the manner
following: that is to say, frs,, second & third
rates; and the rule to be observed is. tina, when
greater part OF any tract shalt be superior IN
quality to second raie land. it shall be denon,i-
mated first rate when greater part of ,ra9
shall be inferior i'll quality TO First rate, and su
perior 10 third rae, 1t shall DE deuomina,ed Sc
cond rate; and when a greaer part of a traa
shall be inferior to nd rate, it shall be demo
minated third rate land taking into view. the
situation and the quality OF rhe soil First rate
land shall be taxed At the rate of ninety cents,
second rate sixty.iive cents, and third rate forty
Gents, each per hundred acres
Seet Be ittartber enacted That in all ca
SEES where the owners OK any lands have, BY
themselves or agents, entered their lands in their
proper classes, with the auditor or clerks of The
court OF common pleas, agreeabiy to the laws
here otcre IN force, such lands shall under this
act be placed IN the same class Tor taxation and
ali lands which shall not be entered by the own
eis, or their agents, with tie auditor, before he
makes out has duplicate he shall class and
charge the same as second rate, and # any own
er OF proprietor of lands. or their agent, have
heretofore, or shall hereafter enter any trsa of
land III IN interior class to that OF its real quality
SAID land shall luntil it is changed into It's pro
per class be charged, over and above the rate
tor which it was entered. with double the amount
Of tax which should have been paid had the
same been entered in lis proper class which
shall be paid to the collector ct the county, town
ship, or distria in which such lands may he
chargeable, tor the use OF the siae on the infor-
nation or any ffeeholder, making due procf
thereof to the auditor o. commissioners, and be
recovered al the same time and in the same way
rs other taxes are recoverable
Sea. q. Be il Jpfber esacfed, That for ,he
co'ieetion oil taxes of non. residents lands, the
state all be and is hereby divided into six col .
see'ion districts: the first TO include the lands
purchased by john CIeves Synmes and his asso
.iates and the land within the district If Cincin.
natI land Office; the second 10 inc ude lands in
the Virginia niiiitaiy diSiri9, the land within the
diS'rd OF Chillieoihe land Office and the French
grant; the third 10 include the land purchased by
the OHIO Company and all grants included wuh
In the limits thereof and the land within the dis
tret OF the Marietta land Office the fourth to in
ciude the lands in the United States military dis
triet and the refugee lands and all the lands with
IN the district oil GAINESVILLE land Office the fifth
to include the lands within the district of the
steubenvilIe land Off e and all lands south of the
Connecticut reserve. and not included in the o
ther districts; and the sixth to include the lands
in the Connecticut Reserye
Sect S. BE itJmsLe, enacted, That there Tb,,l
be appointed, by joint ballot Of both houles OF
the general ailemblyy and CONDITIONED by the
gove'nod, collector IN each diflri9, who N al
continue in ctiice one year and until mis- fucceGor
10 ehoien and qualified, who fhall eollec all taxes
due and owing on non refdents' lands within
their RESPECTIVE difrias The collector Of the
Era diaria ihaIl keep his Office at Cineinna,; !.
the collector of the fceond difri6 fhall keen hi,
| Office at ChiIlicothei the collector OF the third
diitriG ihal keep his Office az Marietta the col
eoloi OF the iougth dltri2 Gisi keep hi, ofiec at
GAINESVILLE the collector of the fifth diGria
NAL keep his office ct steubenylle, and the col
iector OF the hxth ditrid shall keep his Office at
the town OF Warren in the County OF Jrumbull.
And fhall each, at the time they receive their
duplicates, take and fubferibc the foliowp, o,,b
o. afrmstionJ viz !, A b. do soiennly iwear or
| affirm (as,h cafe may be) ,hat will according
TO the beft Of my abiitie5 faithfully and npar,i.
ally perform the duties eDjoined on me By law,
sseoileetor OF the diara and that
! will not directly or indirectly purehsfe anv
land by me fold for taxes"
Notice is hereby given that all take. within this
fate arc due and payable after the ERR day Of
AuguR neat ensuing, and if not Paid BY the FRI
Monday OF December the land, will be fold OF
70 much thereof as will satisfy the amount due.
IN diaria collector, a Coforth Cincinnati
I'D do Virgiria army lands. Thomas Scott, Chi.
lieothc.
sd do. William Skinner, Marietta.
4,h 90. James Heron, Zanelvie
9Th do. Charles Maxwell. Steubenville.
9th do James Hilman, Warren.
THOMAS GIBSON,
Auditor Of accounts for the Aste Of Ohio CIV