Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-05-31

Notice Is hereby gwen,
THAT I will attend in person or byI
DEPUTY, at the courthouse in the town of
Alexandria on the third day Of June. att
Heronnnus's Tavern the City of Wash-l
iaaton Oh the 4th. < at Crawtord's Ia
IN Georgetown on the 5th, for the pur-|
pose of receiving any Information that
may be furnished as to the changes whlchj
NAV have taken place in the assessabieI
property ofindividuals since the last as-l
sesslnent made under the act OF January
9th. 1915, and previous to the lst OF
June. 1916 which information must pei
Given in writing under the signature 0,
the person whose fax may be ahecteo
thereby. These changes extended 70,
j. Accessible property omitted to be as
ssssed at the preceding assessment. q
nro,erty that has seased to be exempt
FL from assessment, such as property
belonging to the United States. or a
state, or otherwise exempted, which on
its transfer becomes assessable. All
such property is now to be assessed
But no alteration is to be made in the
previous valuation OF any real estate IN
virtue of any Improvement thereon.
.. Transfers of Real Estate and Slaves,
according to which an abatement IN
the enumerations and Valuations OF the
person transferring them will be made,
and a correspondent increase In the
enumerations and the valuations OF the
person to when the transfer may be
made.
5. Charges Of residents and non resi-
dents.
These changes viii merely require d
transfer from the lists of residents,
noI-residents, or vice versa, as the case
may be, of the property in the owner
ship or agency of which such chahse
has occur ed.
&. The burning or destruction OF houses
or other fixed improvements OF Real
Estate. for which an abatement equal
to the injory arising from these causes
is to be made.
S. TIE exemption of property that has
ceased to be assessable, Tor when also
an abatement equal to its value IS to
be made.
S. Slayes,hat have been born, or have
died, or have runaway oT hsye other
wise become useless since the preced-
ing assessment. In these csSes changes
IN the preceding yaiasieas are only
20 be made. where the tax charseabte
to any person for Slaves would be dl-
minishetl by the valuation on the LIST
dav of June of all those excePting
suchas have been obtained by transfer
then owned bv such person. and the
reduction in Che valuation in such e.
vents is to be equal to the difference
between the valuation OF these owned
on the 1st of June, 1915, and an abate-
ment equal to such reduction to be
made.
The whole of these changes are to be
relative to the LIST day of June, and in all
of them the rates of the valuations made
under the act OF January 9th. are as near
as may be to be maintained, excepting IN
two cases, one where partial ahena-
ton of real estate shall occur in which
case, as the tax, as fixed agreeable to
the preceding assessment is % be APP
portiened among the several parts, ac-
cord;ng to their respective values on the
1st OF June, the proportional value ac-
coraing to the preceding valuation, at
that tine OF the part aiienated, and OF
t!le remainder Of the property should be
ststed; the other respecting Slaves other
than such as are transferred within the
same ccllection district which are to be
valued according to their existing value,
and slaves that have been born, or have
died, orotherwise become useless since
Che preceding assessment,in which case
the course above stated is to be pursu-
ed,
ANY person becoming the owner of a
Slave by transfer TO sim from collection
district other than that in which he re-
sides is required. under the penalty of ten
dollars, to reader as aforesaid state
meat specifying the eye and sex of such
slave. who is TO be Waived according to
his or her existing value.
all cases in which such information
of a changein tie sssessable property OF
any person, according to the preceding
. assessment, shall not be so received,
such person and property will continue
liable to the whole FAX cnargeakse thereon
agreeable to that assessment.
And notice is further hereby given,
That | will attend, in person or ny deputy
at the court house in The tawn OF Alex
andria on the 29th day ofJune, at Hero