Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-06-12
Notice is hereby given,

Notice IS hefeDy gwen,
THAT I will attend inlperson or byi
anutv. AT the courthouse in the town OF
.leyanaria on the third day Of June, att
Iempimus's Tavern in the City of Wash
,Dten on the 4th, & at Crawford's la
, Georgetown on the 5th, for the pur-l
ose of receiving any information thatl
,ay be furnished as tothe changes which,
,ay have taken place in the assessabiel
roperty of indiyiduals since the last as-I
essment made under the act Of !anuaryl
III, 1915, and previous to the lst OF
une, 1916; which information must pei
wen in writing under the signature Q,
he person whose tax may be affected
hereby. These changes extended to,
!. Accessible property omitted to be as
sessed at the preceding assessment, q
property that has seasc,l to be exempt.
ed 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.
2. Transfers Of Real Estate and Slaves,
according to which an abatement IN
tbe enumerations and Valuations Of the
person transferring them will be made,
and correspondent increase IN the
eaumerations and the valuations ai the
person 10 whom the transfer may be
made. :.
5. Changes of residents and non resi-
hts.
These changes will merely require a
transfer from the lists of residents,
non-residents, or vice versa, as the case
may be, of the property in the owner
ship or agency Of which such change
has occurred.
4. The burning or destruction OF houses
or other fixed improvements OF Real
Estate, for which an abatement equal
to the injury arising from these causes
is to be made.
5. The exemption Of property that has
ceased to be assessable, for which also
an abatement equal to its value is to
be made.
5. Slayesthat have been born, or have
died, or have runaway or have other
wise become useless since the preced-
ING assessment. In these cases changes
in the preceding valuations are only
to be made, where the tax chargeahle
to any person for Slaves would be d.
minished by the valuation on the lst'
day of June of all those excepting
such as have been obtained by tran fer
then owned by such person, and the
reduction in the valuation in such Ell
vents is to be equal to the dilfercncel
between the valuation Of those owned
on the lst of June, 1916, and an abate-
ment equal to such reduction to be
made.
The whole of these changes are to De
elative to the 1st day OF jane, and IN all
f them the rates of the valuations made
nder the act of January 9th, are as near
5 may be to be maintained, excepting In
wo cases, one where a partial allena'l
ion of real estate shall occur in which
ase, as the tax, as fixed agreeable to
he preceding assessment is TO be ap-
ortioned among the several parts, ac-
ording to their respective values on the
st Of June, the proportional value ac-
ording to the preceding valuation, at
hat time Of the part alienated, and OF
he remainder Of the property should be
tated; the other respecting Slaves other
han such as are transferred within the
anne collection district, which are to be
a,ued according to their existing value,
nd slaves that have been born, or have
led. or otherwise become useless slnce|
he preceding assessment, in which case
he course above stated is to be pursu-I
d.
ANY person becoming the owner of al
Nave BY transfer to aim from collection
district other than that in which he re-
ides is required, under the penalty OF ten
lollars, to render as Aforesaid a state
nent specifying the age and sex Of such
lave, who is to be Waived according toE
lis or her existing value.
In all cases in which such information
# change in the assessable property OF
my person, according to the preceding
assessment, shall not be so recelyed,I
such person and property will continue
liable to the whole tax chargeable thereon
to that assessment.
And notice is further hereby givep,|
That will attend, in person or by deputy
IT the court house in the town OF Alex
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