Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-04
Notice is hereby given ,

THAT | viii attend in person or byi
4 snntv. AT the courthouse In the town of |
Alexandria on the third day of June, at
Heronimus's Tavern in the City of Wash |
;noton on the 4th, & at Crawiord's la
IN Georgetown on the 5th. for the par-
mise of receiving any information that
may be furnished as othe changes WHICH
NAV have taken place in the assessableI
property individuals since the last as
sessment made under the acto January
9th, 1915, and precious to thesist ,ol
June. 1916; which information must Os
given in writing under the signature 2,
the person whose tax may be auee'eu
thereby. These changes extenaeG to'
i Accessible property omitted toToe as
sessed at the preceding assessment 9 |
uropetty that has seascsl to be exempt
al from assessment. such as property
t,slonoinq 70 the United States, or al
state, or otherwise exempted, which on m ]
Is transfer becomes assessable.s All.
sncb proDertv is now to be assessed
Pint no Alteration is to, be made n'thel
previous Valuation of any real, estate IN.
virtue of any improvement thereon.
. Transfers at Real Estate and Slaves
according to which an. abatement IN
the .erunserations and Valuations OF the
person transferring them will be made.
and a correspondent increase IN the
en,,nerations and the valuations ii the
person TO whsm The transfer may be
made.e
s. Changes of residents and non resi-
dents.
These changes viii merely require a
transfer from. the lists of residents.
non-residents, or vice versa, as the case
may be, of the property in the owner
ship or agency of which such change
has occur.ed. :,
q. The burning or destruction Of houses
or other Fixed improvements OF REAR
Estate. for which an abatement equal
20 the injury arising from these causes
is tobe made.
s. Tie exemption of property that has
ceased 70 be assessable, for which also
an abatement equal to its value IS to
be made.
6. Slaves that have been born, or have
died. or have runaway or have other-
wise become useless since the precec-
inc assessment. In these cases changes
insthe preceding valuations are only
"a be.made. where the tax chargcable
n any person for Slaves would be dl-
minished by the valuation on the Isl
day of June Of all those excepting
suchas have been obtained by transfer
then owned-by such person, and the
reduction in the valuation IN such e.
vents is to be equal to the difference
between the valuation of those owned
on the lst of June, 1916, and an abate.
,aent equal to such reduction to Dc
made. -
The whole of these changes are to hs
relative TO the 1st day of June. and IN al
IF them the rates of the valuations made
under the act of January 9Th, are as near
as may be to be maintained excepting IN
two cases. one where a partial ahena-
ton of real estate shall occur 10 WHICH
case, as the tax, as Fixed agreeable 70
the preceding assessment is 10 be ap.
portioned among the several parts, ac-
cor,ling totheir'respectiye values on the
LIST OF June. the proportional value &C.
cordinc to the preceding valuation. al
that time of the part ahenated, and o
the remainder OF the property should Dc
stated the other respecting Slaves othei
than such as are transferred within the
same collection district, which are to be
valued according to their existing value
and slaves that have been born, or have
died, oretherwise become useless since
the preceding assessment,in which CASE
..,,e course above stated is to De pursu
cd. .6
ANY person becoming the owner OF
Save BY transfer to him froma collection
district other than that in which be re-
sides is required, under the penalty OF ten
dollars, to reader Us aforesaid a state
saent specifying the age and sex OF such
slage, who is to be Waived according TO
his or her existing value.
In all cases in which such information
Of a changein the assessabe property OF
say person, according to the preceding
assessment, shall not be so received,
such person and property will continue
liable to the whole tax chargeabie thereon
agreeable 10 that assessment.
And notice is further hereby given,
That will attend. In person or By deputy
at the court house in the town of Alex
andria On the 18th day Of June, at Hero
nimus's tavern in the City of Washing
ton on the Sd Jaly aud at Crawford's
Tavern In Georgetown on the 9th, tor