Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-11

Notice is hereby given,
THAT I will attend in person or byi'
,e,,sty, at the court house In the town OF
Alexandria on the third day Of june. att
ravernin the City Of Wash
atom on the 4th, & at Crawtord's Ia
: Georgetown on the 5th, for the pur-l
bose Of receiving eny Information that
nav be furnished as to the changes which,
may have taken place in the assessaoleI
Of individuals since the lastas-
sessment made under the act OF january
9Th, 1915, and previous to the Ist OF
June. 1916; which information must pei
given in writing under the signature 2,
the person whose tax may be anec'eu
thereby. These changes extended to'
Accessible property omitted TO pc as 5
sessed al the preceding assessment, 9
snronerty that has seased to be exempt
"a from assessment, such as property
ss,oro;nc 10 the United States, or q
state. 81 otherwise exempted, which on
;fs Transfer becomes assessable. All
snchT nropertv is now to be assessed.
!: HIT no alteration is to be made IN the
nrcyious valuation of any real estate In
virtue &c any Improvement thereon.
q. Transfers Of Real Estate and slaves,
according to which an abatement IN
tbe enua,erations and valuations OF the
nerson transferring them willbe made,
and 4 correspondent increase IN the
= umerations and the valuations OF tee
mrson % when the transfer may De
e-ade.
- Charges of residents and non resi-
nts.s /.
These changes will merely require a
transfer from the lists of residents,
non.residents, or vice versa, as the case
NAV be, Of the property in the owner Hr
shin or agency Of which such change
has occursc cd.
y The burning or destruction oil houses
or other hxed Improvements OF Reai
oEstate. for which an abatement equal
to the injury arising from these causes
rs to be made.
The exemption of property that has
ceased to be assessable. for which also
an abatement equal to its value is to
be made.
Slaves that have been born, or have
died. or have runaway or have other
wise become useless since the preced-
s mo assessment. In these cases changes
n the precedine valuations are only
70 be made, where the tax chargeable
20 anv person for Slaves would be -di-
m;n;shesi bv the valuation on the LIST
elay of June of all those excestlns
suchas have been obtained by ran fer
then owned by such person. aad the
reduction in the valuation In such e.
vents Is to be equal to the difference
between the valuation Of those owned
nm the fst of June, 1916, and an aeate-
ment equal to such reduction to be,
made.
Thewhole of these changes are to bs
relative TO the 1st day OF June, and 10 all
Of them the rates of the valuations made
under the act of January 9th, are as near
s NAV be to be maintained, excepting IN
wo cases. one where partial ahena-
ton DC real estate shall occur in which
case. az the tax, as fixed agreeable toI
the preceding assessment is 10 De APP
portioned amang the several parts, ac-
cording to their respective values on the
lat OF June, the proportional value ac-|
corling to the preceding valuation at
that time of the part alienated, and OF
the remainder OF the property should be
stated; the other respecting Slaves other
than such as are transferred within the
same collection district, which are to be
valued according to their existing values
and slaves that have been born, or have
died, or otherwise become useless since
the preceding assessment, in which case
The course above stated is to be pursu-I
cd.
Any person becoming the owner OF a
Save by transfer to aim from collection
district other than that in which he re-
ides IS required, under the penalty OF ten
dollars. to render as aforesaid a state
ment specifying the age and sex OF such
slave, who is to be Waived according to-
his or her existing value.
In all cases in which such information
Of change in the assessable property OF
any person, according to the preceding
assessment, shall cot be SO received,
such person and property will Continue
liable 10 the whole tax chargeabie thereon
agreeable to that assessment.