Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1814-03-24
Virginia Legislature.
IN ACT
IMPOSING TAXES FOR TnE SUPPORT OF
GOVERNMENT. s.tsetH
IPaSepd Esbcaosg, IN .ISIlI

- /, - a at enacted or the General dsss1t-
bfy, That the public taxes for the year 1914,
shall be as follow, to wit : on lands for eve
ry one hundred dollars value, agreeably to
the equalising law, eighty Eve cents; for
every slave above the age of twelve wears,
except such as have been or may be ex.
empted in consequence of age or infirmi-
ty. by the respective county OF corporation
courts, seventy nine cents for every stall
lion and jack-ass, four times the price at
which such stallion or jsok-asl covers a
mare by the season, for all other horses,
asses, mules, mares, and colts, twenty
one. cents each for every ordinary license
eight dollars and eighty eight cents ON e.
very hundred dollars yearly rent or value
thereof, TO be ascertained in the manner
prescribed by law; provided, that for no
such license less than twenty-five dollars
and thirty,three cents shall be paid for
every two wheeled riding carrisge not ex-
| ceeding together with the harness belong.
| ing thereto, one hundred dollars value,
| sixty cents and for every like car
riage and harness, above the value Of one
hundred dollars, one half of one per cen
tum on the value thereof, in addition there
to; for every phaton and stage wagon,
not exceeding, together with the harness
belonging thereto, two hundred dollars
value, three dollars and thirty three cents !;
and for every like carriage and harnes,
above the value of two hundred dollars,
one half of one per centum on the value
thereof, in addition thereto; for every O.
| Their riding carriage, not exceeding toge-
Their with the harness belonging thereto
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and thirty three cents and for such other
carriages, together with their harness as
exceed three hundred dollars value, one
half OF one per centum ON the value Of
each carriage, in addition thereto; for
! all houses and lets in towns, two dollars
and seventy seven cents for every hundred
dollars yearly rent or value Thereof, to
be ascertained in the manner prescribed
| by law; provided, that no tax shall be
| paid on lands, lots, houses, or other pro
! perty belonging to the commonwealth, or
to any county, town, college, or semina-
ry of learning, or attached to any house or
houses for divine worship; for each writ
| or declaration in ejectment instituting a
suit in the superio courts of law, and
for each subpoena in the superior courts cf
! chancery, two dollars for each writ of
error, supersedeas ard habeas corpus cum
capsa filing any record of appeal or APP
peas to superior court of law or chan
| Gerry, and for each writ of certiorari issu-
ing from the general court, or the supe-
rior courts of law or chancery, two dol
dars for each appeal from the superior
courts Of law or chancery to the court of
appeals, and for each supersedeas or writ
of error issuing from the court of appeals,
three dollars for each writ, declaration
in ejectment or subpoena, institutng a suit
in county or corporation court, one dol
lar, provided the said taxes on law pro
cess shall, by the respective clerks, be
taxed in the bill of costs; for each certi.
ficate under the seal of any court, two
dollars and sixty-six cents for every trans
fer of surveyors certificate FOR land in
the Registers office, ore dollar and
thirty three cents for every attestation,
protestation, and all other Instruments of
publication by notary public, under his
seal of office, two dollars; for each cert.
ticate under the seal of the common,
wealth, two dollars for every merchant
or manufacturing mill, grist mill, (other
than hand or horse millsJ and for every
saw mill, where the yearly rent or value
thereof, to be ascertained in the manner
prescribed by law, exceeds one hundred
dollars, two and three quarters per cen
tum upon such yearly rent or value
and for every such mill whereof the
yearly rent or value, is less than one
hundred dollars, one dollar and thirty
three cents for every toll bridge or fer
ry, where the yearly rent or value there
of, to be ascertained in the manner pre-
scribed by law. exceeds one hundred
dollars, one and one third per centum
upon such yearly rent or value for eve.
ry coalpit which is actually worked two
and three quarters per centlm upon the
yearly rent OF value thereof, ito be as,
certained in The manner prescribed by
law) where such yearlyrent or value ex-
ceeds one hundred dollars for every tan
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