Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-10-26
RICHMOND. October %.
Direct Tar Of the q. States

A statement from Mr.. Smith, Com
missioner of the Revenue. has lately
|cume under our eve, showing the vaiua,
|tion Of lands, lots with their improve
|ments, dwelling honses ard slages. with
lin the several counties in this state, as
revised and settled by the board Of prin-
|cipal Assessors, and the amount of the
|quota Of each fer the year 1915.
AS this table has never yet heen pub
llished. We have determined to eondense
lit for the use of our readers-takins It by
districts, instead of couniies-xthe state
being divided into 26 districts This
statement will serve to sbew the great
Inequality of taxation on the land, as
settled by the eqaaIizing Land Lao Of
the State. There is no such assessment
tot the present value of our land, TO be
found in the archives of our state, be-
|cause none such has been made tor near
forty years-the only difference between
1.-THE u. S. tax on land and the. State tax
lon land is, that the U. S. embrace houses
land the State does not. With this eau
|tiop, the subjoined table is submitted ii
1.-The consideration of the eader:
lst District, composed of the Counties
Iof Wythe, Washington, Scott, Lee, Ras-
sell and G son; value Of land 4,004.
ISIS IS do 5, of slaves 9S6.O82 d.
amount of quota Of tax, 1875 II
dollars.
End Dist composed OF Botetnur',
Montgomery .'azeweIl, Giles 4 Mon
roe value lands S962.74O 54--nf
slaves liz, 20 10 amount OF quota Of
tax, 1882 46.
Sd district. composed of Kenawka.
Greenbriar. Cabell and Mason, value Of
land, S.S72,459, rs; of slaves, 556,oI5,-
I02; amount of quota of tax, l2,707 II.
4th district, composed of Harrison.
Randolph, and Wood; salne of lands
|2.7Sl.G04, &c, of slaves 293.69l 2l--
amount of qpeta of tax 1860 IA.
5th district, composed of Monongaia.I
Brooke. Ohio and Tyler; value OF lands
i,7S4,939 60, of slaves 98,G5S-quota
of tax IA 069 So.
9Th district, composed Of Bath, Pen
dleton, Hardy. and Hampshire value
of lands, 5,s64,29l So; Of slaves, 1885,
546-2s quota Of ta&, 1856 81.
9Th district, composed OF Rockbridge
and Augusta value OF lands 1854, l22,
of slaves, 1,S12,l4O OS-Guota of tax,
20,S45 SO dollars.
/ 9Th district, composed OF Shenandoah
and Rockingham; value Of the lands.
8,lS6, al 05: of the slaves 698 ga 00 !:
amount of the quota of tax "A 881 o.
9th district, composed of Frederick ).
Jefferson and Berkeley value of land,
IS 02o S44 90: of slaves Q S46 $780,
amount of the quota Of tax so 0aS IS.
10th district, composed OF Bedford,
Franklin, Patrick and Henry: value oil
lands, 5 ,7S9 9l8 10: slaves 1921, $40
s7--amount Of quota OF tax 1882 4s.
18th district, composed of Charlotte.
Pittsylvania, Halifax and Campbell: va
lue OF lands, 1904, 1853 76: of slaves
7 ,547,ss6 39--amount of quota of tax,
54,94O SO. i
18th district, composed Of Mecklen-
5urg, Lunenburg, Brunswick and Not
toway: value of lands s,456,465 IS of
slayes 7,894,152 81 amount OF quota
il tax S7,1s5 "a.
18th district, composed of Prince Ed
ward, Buckingham, Cumberland and A.
nelia: value of lands 7,029,l9S 05, off
llayes, 6,6SS.975 Al: amount OF quota
If tax sS,410 81.
18th district. composed Of Powhatan,f
Chesterfield, Dinwiadie 4 Prince Geo:I