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

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,ss,,ty a. fhe court house in the town of
Alexandria 81 the third day Of june, at
iIeonimus's Tavern in the City Of W ash
,nston on the 4th, & at Crawtords Ia
! IN rs Georgetown on the 5ths for the pur-|
nose of receiving any information that
NAV be furnished as TO the changes wh,Gh
: snay have taken place in the assessao'e
property Of individuals. since the las1 as
sessmelt made under the act OF January
9th. 1915, and previous to the lst q
Iune. 1916: which information must oe
Given in writing under the Signature o
NE rerson whose tax may be affected
thereby, These changes extendeu 10,
/. Assessable property omitted 70 De a. =
sessed at the preceding assessments 9
uroperty that has seasad to De exempt
al from, assessment, sucn as property
aa,onring to the United States, or a
states or otherwise exempted, which on
ne transfer becomes assessable. All
s,,ch property is now to be assessed!
.ss. Pat no alteration is to be made IN the
previous valuation OF any real estate IN
virtue Of any Improvement thereon.
9. Trans fers oi Real Estate and Slaves,
according to which an abatement IN
the enumerations and valuations OF the
person transferring them will be made.
ana correspondent increase IN the
,enumeratiens and the valuations al ne
rerson 10 VIXEN the transfer may De
made.
s. Changes Of residents and non resi-
8 dents.
5 These changes will merely require a
transfer from the lists OF reslaents'
son-residents, or vice versa, as the case
) is,nay be. OF the property in the owner
shin or agency Of which such change
has occurred.
4. The burning or destruction OF houses
ar other fixed Improvements OF Real
Estate, FOR which an abateisent equal
to the injury arising from these causes
is to be made.
S. The exemption of property that mas
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-
inc assessment. In these cases changes
in the preceding valuations are only
10 he made. where the tax chargeable
TO any person for Slaves would be d.
m;nished bv the valuation or the LIST
day Of June Of all those IexcePtins
such as have been obtained bytran ter
then owned bv such person, and the
reduction in the valuation in such e.
vent, Is to be equal to the difference
between the valuation of those owned
nm The 1st Of June. 1916, and an abate-
ment equal to such reduction to De
made.
The whole of these changes are to be
relative to the 1st day of June, and IN all
of them the rates of the valuations made
under the act of January 9th, are as near
as NAV be to be maintained, excepting IN!
two cases. one where partial ailena-
tion of real estate shall occur 10 which
case, as the tax, as fixed agreeable tel
the preceding assessment is 20 DC ap'I
nortionesl among the several parts. ac.l
cosdine to their respective values on the
1st of June, the proportional value &C.
cording to the preceding valuations. 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 te 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 DC pursu-
I'd.
Any person becoming the owner OF al
/ Slave By transfer to BIN from collection
y district other than that in which ne re-
sides Is required. under the penalty OF ten
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.
la al cases in which such information
OF a change in the assessable property OF
INV person, according to the preceding
assessment, Shall not be so received,
such person and property will continue
liable to the Whole tax chargeab!e thereon
agreeable to that assessment.
And ,liotiee Is further hereby given,l
That [ win attend, IN person or by deputy
at the court house in the town OF Alex-I
andrIl on the 18th day ofJune. at Hero
nimus's tavern in the City OF Washing
ton 90 the ed July and at Crawford'ss
Tavern In Georgetown on the 9th, for