Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-03
Notice. is hereby given,

Alexandra on the third day of June, att
Heroni,nns's Tavern in the City of Wash |
;noton on the 4th. 4 at Crawiord's Ia
IN Georgetown on the 5th, for the pur
pose Of receiving any Information that
may be furnished as tothe changes which,
may have taken place in the assessabieI
property of individuals since the last as-l
sessment ~fade under the act OF january
9th, 1915. and previous to the ,st OF
June, 1876: which information must DC
given In writing under the signature Q,
the person whose tax may be aaecteu
thereby. These changes extended 10:
1. Assessable property omitted to be as
sessed at the preceding assessment, &
pronerty that has seased to be exempt
ed from assessment, such as property
beloneing to the United States, or a
state. or otherwise exempted, which on
s ;ts transfer becomes assessable. All
Snch propertv is now to be assessed.
Rut no alteration is to be made in the
nreyious valuation OF any real estate IN
virtue of any Improvement thereon.
g Transfers of Real Estate and Slaves,
according to whieh an abatement IN
the enumerations and Valuations of the
person transferring them will be made,
and a correspondent increase in the
enumerations aud the valuations at the
person TO whom the transfer may be
made.
8. Changes of residents and non resi-.
dents.
These changes will 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 occurred.
A. The burning or destruction OF houses
or other fixed improvements OF Keai
Estate. for which an abatement equal
to the injury arising from these causes
is to be made.
8. The exemption of property that has
ceased to 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 preced-
ING assess nent. In these cases changes
in the preceding valuations are only
To be made. where the tax chargea6ie
to any person for Slaves would be d.
minished by the valuation on the 1st
day of June of all those excePtins
such as 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
Z on the LIST of June, 1916, and an abate-
neat equal to such reduction to be
made.
The whole of these changes are to be
relative TO the Ist day of June. and IN all
of them the rates of the valuations made
Under the act of January 9th. are as near
as ma /, be to be maintaine,, excepting IN
two cases, one where partial aliena-
zion of real estate shall occur in which
case, as the tax, as Fixed agreeable to
the preceding assessment is 20 be app.
portioned among the several parts, ac-
corling to their respective values on the
lst OF June, the proportional value &C.
cording to the preceding valuation, at
that time of the part aiienated, 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 value,
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-
ed.
Any person becoming the owner of a
Slave by transfer to him from a collection
district other than that in which he re-
sides is required. under the penalty OF len
dollars, to render as aforesaid state
ment specifying the age and sex OF such
slave, who is to be Waived according to
his or her existing value.
mall cases in which such Information
Of a changein the assessable property OF
aay person. according to the preceding
assessment. shall not be so received,
such person and property will continue
liable to the whole tax chargeable thereon
agreeable to that assessment.
And notice is further hereby gwen,
That will attend, in person or by deputy
ct the court house in the town OF Alex
andria on the 29th'day ofJune. at Hero!
nimus's tavern in the City OF Washing
ton on the 2d July aud at Crawford's
Tavern in Georgetown on the 9th, tori
the purpose Of receiving any appeals that