Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-27
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IN the cases persons not resluingin TINS
Collection District.
In the statements furnished by indivl-)
duals it will be necessary to specify wit
the property of an Individual a.
il existed at the time of the proceed
ING assessment, the assessable property
omitted then to be assessed. and its va
Iue. the transfers of real estate and slaves,
fstating the names and residence Of tn
persons to wi ON transferred and theil
value. the changes ofresidents and non
residents with their names and-residencf
and the value of the property, the burn
ing or destruction of houses or other nix
ofreal estate, with their
value, prosperity that has become exempt
ed IRON taxation and its value, stating
the grounds on which the exemption Isl
claimed and the state laws by which 1t =
permanently or especially exempted. anf'
where an abatement is claimed Tor slaves
that have died or runaway or nave
otherwise become useless since the pre-
ceding assessment, the statement mus
give list of all the slaves with their sex
and ages excepting those obtained ~
transfer) owned by the individual valued
according to their value on the hrss o.
June 1916, which value must be less than
that of the valuation Of his slaves at the
preceding assessment to entitle hIn TO
an abatement. In all these cases
there must be such a specification and
absorption of the property as it stands
on the 1st day of June 1916; and as It
stood at the preceding assessment as Will
enable the principal assessor to make
proper deductions in cases where they
may be right fully claimed, aud proper
charges where they are incurred.
TO aid 10 attaining this precision the
following form is annexed, being that
required in the original assessment, aad
which as near as may be, may serve as r
model IN drawing out the statements now
required from individuals.
JAMES INQUIRE,
Principal Assessor for the
DIstrict eff COLUMBIA.
Alexandra, May "a, 1916.
Last Of lands, lots of ground, with their
improvements. dwelling houses. and.
slaves, owned by A. B. on the first OF
June, 1916, lying and being within TN
district Of Columbia, within the coun-
ty of ---, one farm, there insert its
description, specifying the water course
or mountain, or high road, on which
it is situated, noting the adjoining pro-
prietors, or otherwise stating partlcu-
lars by which it may be known and
and Distinguished containing (here
insert in words at length the number
of acres, having thereon. one dwelling
house OF wood, of two stories, 40 feet
in length aud so feet in depth. one
barn of wood, one corn house. one grist
mill, describing the same and any other
improvements the farm may contain.
Va,ued at DIS.
One dwelling house In the town
of there insert the town,
the street, etc. the materi-
ais of which built, the num-
Der Of stories, the length and
depth, the buildings or Offices
attached, and particuiarizing
the extent Of the let on which
it stands.) Valued at Dollars.
Ten Slaves of the following descrip-
ton
Malss-l above SO years Of age
between lS and hity
years
under IL years
Fem between IL and fifty
Valued at Dollars.
years under - years.
Total Dollars
Max e5 sw
The editors of the National Intelligen-
Ger and Georgetown Messenger are re-