Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-03-02

The said commissioners shall enter each
tract OF iaad and Gown lot separately i'm their
said books; and, according To the best IN
formation which; they can obtain, shall par
ticnlarsy describe the same in the manner
following ST.
In the first column they shall enter the
name If the person, who, by himself, or h,s
tenant, has the freehold in possession
In the secand, the place of his residence;
In the third, his estate, that is. whether for
life. or in fee;
In the fourth, the number of lots in any
town:
In the fifth, the name Of the town in W HIGH
they are situated;
In the sixth, the yearly rent Of the lots
In the scveath, the amount of tax upon
the lots at the ra,c of taxation ascertained
by law: q
In the eighth, the number ofacres OF land
In the ninth, the description of the land as
10 the water courses, mountains. or other no.
torious places, on which or near to which it
lies, other lands which it adjoins, and the
number of the tract, il anv
In the tenth, its distance and general bear
ing from the court house Of the county ~;
In the eleventh, the rate of the land per
acre ~
In the twelfth the total.ralue of the land
In the thirteenth, the amount of the tax on
the whole tract at the rate Of taxation pres
scrlued tsy isSs; q
In the fourteenth, the total amount of tax.
es on lots ana land
In the iifteeeth, all alterations n,ade since
the preceding year shall be particularly
noted and explained, showing distinctly for
what reason and upon what authority each
alteration has been made.
2. lhe said commissioners annually wher
they take their lists of taxable personal pro
perty, shall carry with them their land books
otthe preceding year and shew toeach per .
son resident within their respective districts,
and to thesagent, if any, of each nonsresid
emf, the quantity and description of lots and
tracts of land charged TO him, and shall re
quiTe of such resident person and such agent
OF each non resident person, to state upon
oath or affirmation, whether the lands ard
lots SO charged. be correctly entered and de
scrIoed whether any part thereof ought to
be transferred to any other person and il
so, to whom, aud for what cause; and whe-
Their any other tract of land or lot within
their respective districts ought TO be chare-
ed to such resident or non president. And
they shall further require Of such resident
and such agent. on oath or affirmation, such
description OF the lands and lots so charged
and OF such other lands or lots which ought
to be charged. as win enable the ssid CON.
missioners<so comply with the acquisitions of
this act.
3. Ii any person being so called on by any
commissioners, shall fail or refuse, without
sufficient cause therefor, to give such state
ment or description on oath or affirmation.
such person shall forfeit and pay to the com,
moDwealth, for the.use of the literary fund.
the sum OF fifty d3lars, to be recovered, by
action of debt, information and indictment.
IN the inferior or superior court of law for
the county within which the offence was
Committed. And. in order that such offence
may be prosecuted, it shalt be the duty of
the commissioner forthwith to give info,
nation thereof to the attorney for the colhs
NOW ealth and to the court Of the county.
a. Every commissioner shall annually. in
making out his new land book, correct such
errors IN the entries or descriptions Of the
preceding year as shall be made appear to
him by satisfactory evidetce. But no trans
Ter of lands or lots heretofore correctly
charged, shall be made from one person to
another, and no entry OF lands or lots, not
charged before, shall be hereafter made but
upon evidence of.record that such transfer
or entry is proper.
5.Ihe lands Of any persjn after his de-
cease shall be charged to his estate, until it
shall appear of record in the court of the
county where the land lies, to whom such
sANd ought to be transferred; aud, in the
lean time, the personal property belonging
% the estate of such deceased person, shall
be liable to distress for the pay ment of the
taxes due on such land.
8. Whenever any commissioner shall here
after enter, or shall heretofore have entered,
to one person any tract of land or lot or a
ny part of a tract Of land or lot, which had
before been entered TO another person, such
other person shall be forthwilH discharged
of .uch tract OF land or lot, oR.bart Of a tract
OF land or lot, and the commissioner, shall
correct his books accordingly. For every
transfer so made, by entry to ono person aud
discharge OF another, the commissioner, in
lieu of the compensation heretofore allowed
by law, shall be entitled To fee Of seventy
FIVE cents, to be charged 20 the person to
whon the transfer is made.