The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-07-29

trict, within fifteen days from the OK
pm alton Of The ten days aforesaid, for at
! ,cast one day at each court house, for
| ne purpose of receiving any appeals
hat may be made in writing as to the
| changes aforesaid, which changes shall
pc oper to the inspection of any per
son who may apply to inspect the
4 sames
Sec. s And be 10 further enacted,
That the changes aforesaid shall be
,ade in the following mannci, and &C
ordipg to the following principles, In
,duition to those hereinbeiore stated,
hat is to say,
In all cases that relate to real estate,
| and 10 the transfer of slaves, other than
is herein specially provided for, the
! rate at which the same were or would
| have been valued under the act afore
l said. passed the ninth Of January. one
| thousand eigh, hundred and fifteen,
| shall, as near as may be, he maintain
| ed excepting where partial alicna-
uon of real estate shall occur, in which
case the original tax shall be appor.
TONED among the several parts accord
ing to their existing value.
In all other cases relative to slaves
the valuation shall be made according
to their existing value.
In cases in which real property shall
have been once sold for taxes, and pur.
chased on behalf of the United States
such property shall, notwithstanding,
continue to be entered on the genera
lists, and the tax lists, in the name OF
tn. original proprietor, until the peri
Cd allowed for the redemptions the col
shall have expir, d., after hich, unless
redeemed i, shall be stricken ,herc
from; but after being so purchased il
shall not, whileit remains unredcemed
be agsiN sold for any other direct ta>
s., during such period, the redemption
shall only be effected on the payment
of all the taxes. additions, and charges
due thereon, the same as il II still con
,inued the property Of TIE original own
er, and as if II had been sold Tor each
accruing tax and the collectors shall,
on rendering the proper accounts, b.
credited for the amount of taxes on
pr operty thus continuing unredcem-
ed,
Any person becoming the owner @!
a slave by transfer TO him from a dis
trict other than that which he sides,
shall at tie time and place prescribed
by the third section of this act, furnish
the principal assessor with statement,
specifying the ace and sex of such
slave, who shall be valued according
20 his or ter existing value and any
such person who shall neglect so TO
furnish statement shall forfeit aud pay
sum not exceeding ten dollars one
half thereof Tor the use of the United
States, and the other half for the in
former And where a transfer OF
slave shall be made by person resid.
ing within ole district TO a person re-
siding in another, which shall become
known to the principal assessor Of the
former district, he shall forthwith adj
wise, through the mail the principal as.
SCISSOR of the latter district thereof. who
shall, in case the statement aforesaid
snail not have been rendered as afore-
said, institute prosecution against the
person to whom the transfer has been
made for the said penalty.
In all cases the individual statements
of changes shall be made out in such
i manner as may be dire cIed by the
principal assessor, end shall, iu their
form. be as similar as practicable to
the lists taken at the preceding assess
ment.
Sec. T. Ind be il .fnrthcr enacted
That for The purpose Of insuriDg cor
rect execution Of the objects aforesaid,
the principal assessors shall take and
pui sue all other lawful measures, by
Il he examination OF records, the emmy
on the premises, or by any other sais-
factory proof, which they shall consider
necessary.
Sec And be IL further enacted.
That within thirty days after the expi-
ration of the time allotted as aIoresa iu
to the hearing Of appeals, it shall be
The duty Of the principal assessor In
eac h district to revise, agreeably TO his
decision and the information he may
possess, the enumerations and valua.
ions aforesaid, correcting the same a
greeably to tue changes aforesaid aud
to make out n complete corrected list
of al the enumerations and valuations
in his district, agreeabl; to The form
prescribed by the act aforesaid, passed
the ninth of January, one thousand
eight hundred and fifteen, which the