Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-05-29
NOTICE

is HEREBY GIVEN, that will attend in per-
son or by deputy at the Court House in The City
of Richmond, on the 10th day of June 1916, at
the same place on the 11th June, 1916, at Gooch.
land Courthouse on the 18th day of June, 1916,
at GoodalPs tavern i'll Hanover County, on the
18th day of June 1916, at Hanover Court House
on the 18th day of June, 1916, and at Charles
City Court House on the Goth of June, 1876 for
the purpose of receiving any information that
may be furnished as TO the changes which may
have taken place in the assessable property of in
diylduals since the last assessment made under
the act OF January 9th, 1915, and previous to the
1st of June, 1916, which information must be
given in writing, under the signature of the
person whose tax may be effected thereby. 7 hose
changes extended to : LIST, assessable property
omitted to be assessed at the preceding assess
ments, and property that has ceased to be ex-
empted from assessment, such as property be-
longing to the United States, or State or other
wise exempted, which on its transfer becomes
assessable.-Ail such property is now to be as.
sessed. Blu no alteration is to be made in the
previous valuation of real estate in virtue of any
improvement thereon.
3D. Transfers Of real Estate and Slaves accor
ding to which an abatement in the enumerations
and valuations of the person transferring them
will be made, and correspondent increase i'm the
enuneratons and valuations of the person to
whom the transfer may be made Sd. Changes
changes
will merely require transfer from the lists of
residents to that of non residents or 1fce 7ersa.
as the case may be, of the property in the ow.
nership sgency of which such a change has
| occurred. 4tb. The burning or destruction of
houses or other fixed improvements of real es.
tate, for which an abatement equal TO the injury
arising from these causes is TO be made 5th
| the exemption ofproperty that has ceased to be
| assessable, for which also an abatement equal TO
its value is to be made. 9th. Slaves that have
been born, or have died, or have ran away, or
have Otherwise become useless since the prece.
ding assessment. In these cases, changes in the
preceding valuations are only TO be made where
the tax chargeable to any person for Slaves would
be diminished by the valuation on the LIST day of
June OF all those Excepting such as have been
obtained by transfer) then owned by such per.
son, and the reduction ia the valuation in such
event is to be equal to the difference between
the valuation OF those owned at the preceding
assessment and the existing value of those owned
on the LIST OF June, 1916, and an abatement equal
TO such reduction to be made. The whole of
these changes are 10 be relative TO 1st of June
and IN all ofthem, the rates OF the valuations
made under the act Of January 9th, 1915, are as
near as may be, TO be maintained; excepting in
two cases, one where partial alienation of real
estate shall occur, ia which case as the tax as
fixed agreeably TO the preceding assessments ia
TO be apportoned among the several parts, accor-
ding to their several values on the 1st June, the
proportional value according to the preceding
valuation, at that time Of the part alienaed, and
OF the remainder of the property should be sta
ted the other respecting Slaves (other than
such as are transferred within the same colIec
ton district) which are to be valued according
to their existing value, and Slaves that have been
born, or have died, or have ran away or have o.