Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-30
Notice is hereby given,

THAT I will attend in person OF BY
lenutv. at the courthouse in the town o.
/ lexanlria on the third day OF June, al
Tavernin the City OF Wash
notion IN the 4th, & at Crawtord's Ia
: Georgetown on the 9Th. for the puf.
mise Of receiving any information that
nav be furnished as to the changes which
nav have taken place in the assessabie
oroperty of individuals since the last rs /
ssessment made under the act OF January
9th. 1915, and previous to the lst oN
june, 1916; which information must De
giyen in writing under the signature Or
he person whose tax may be affected
thereby. These changes extended TO-
/. Accessible property omitted to De as
sessed at the preceding assessment 9
property that has sease.l to be exempt
Cd from assessment, such as property
BELONGING to the United States, or a
state. or otherwise exempted, which on
;ts transfer becomes assessable. All
such property is now to be assessed,
Rnt M alteration is to be made in the
preyious valuation of any real estate IN
virtue of any Improvement thereon.
5, Transfers OF Real Estate and Slaves,
according TO which an abatement 10
the enumerations and valuations OF the
person transferring them WILDE made,
and correspondent increase IN the
|cnumerations and the valuations OF the
|person 10 when the transfer may be
made.
). 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
NAV be. ct the property in the owner
ship or agency Of which such change
has occurred.
IA. The burning or destruction OF houses
or other fixed improvements OF kea
Estate, for which an abatement equa
| to the injury arising frem these causes
is to be made.
IS. The exemption Of property that has
ceased to be assessable, for which als'
| an abatement equal to its value is T.
be made.
IS. Slaves that have been born, OF have
died, or have runaway or have other
wise become useless since the proceed
inr assessment. In these cases change
in the preceding valuations are ONLY
to be made, where the tax chargeatli
to any person for Slaves would be di-
minished by the valuation on the Is
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 TIE ist Of June, 1916, and an abate'
ment equal to such reduction TO DC
made.
The whole of these changes are to be
|relatiyc to the LIST day of June, and in all
|of them the rates of the valuations made
lauder the act of January 9th, are as near
las maybe to be maintained, excepting In
two cases, ono where partial aliena-
ton Of real estate shall occur in which
lease, as the tax, as fixed agreeable to
|the preceding assessment IS to be ap-
|portioned among the several parts, ac-
cording to their respective values on the
list of June. the proportional value ac-
cording 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 colIection 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 transfcrto him from a collection
district other than that in which he 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 orher existing value.
In all cases in which such information
of a change in the assessable property OF
any 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 given,
That Twill attend in person or by deputy
at the court house in the town OF Alex
andria ON the 29th day ofJane, at Hero
n;n,ns,, tavern IN the City OF Washing