Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-03-14
WORCESTER, Wednesday, March Il, 1891.


the original donor or donors. that The fame NAV
be confdeied 10 the valuation which NAV be e.
.apiiined 10 pariuance of this aa; excepting.
however, the polls of III: Pie66ent, ProfefT,t,.
tutors, LIbfarians, and other officer. of Harvard
ana Williams Colleges. actually nliding at Cam.
Otloge or Wiiliamllown, AID Rud-nis at either
OF lard Colleges, of fettled MiniRess. OF gram.
msr iehool-msRefs. and PIrcep,ors OF the leVersl
incorporated Academies with their eRate. under
their own actual occupation and Improvement.
and alio all the eRaes belonging to ,hs faid Har-
vard and Williams College, and to the ard Acsd.
emles PyoUdfd, h0veOer, that wien the efla,e.
real snd Psfonst, Of any perfoa hereby exemp,-
60, Hall exceed the ium Of eight tboufsnd dol.
lars the iurpios fhail then be included IN the val.
uation hereby diFeeaed to be taken Pyevided. al.
nays, that the ieveEal articles Of the produce Of
the lands herein before enumerated, fnall no, Be
taken into confederation in forming va,u,,ion
for any other Purpois than for alcertaining the
relative value of lands in the various p.rs Of ,hi,
Commonwealth. And The faid sIIeGors f,all
cauie all the columns Of the feveral anlcles con-
tanned IN the isvera lils, to be carefully caf Up
and too,edi and the liifs of the polls and rateable
estases to be taken as aforeaid IhaIl be taken Al
OF the FRA day Of May next.
Sac. 3. Be it further enaa.d, Tha, the iaia
aneiiors, before they enter this work, mall take
the following oath or affirmation, viz: You.
A. b being chcien an aIeifor for the year eighteen
hundred and tweni y-one, do iwear Tor affirm,
thar you will faithfully and rnpar,ially. accord.
ing to your beff kill and Judgment, do and per.
form the whole duty Of an aE,fTcr as dire6ted
and enjoined BY an att of this Common wealth,
made In the preient year, entitled " an at TO aG-
certain the ra.esble eitate wi,hin this Common
'wealth," without favour or prejudice. So help
you God. Which oath or affirmation NAV be
ADMINISTERED BY iuch Officers as are now authoriz.
I'd by law to adininifer the uiusl oaths 10 town
officers And each and every aGIeGot Iha! be
allowed BY the town, diana, or plantation.
to which he belongs, the FUN OF one dollar and
twenty live cents for every day which he mall
neceiafily be employed in doing the duties en-
Joined by this at.
Sac. 3. Belt farfhc, taated, That If sny az
ieiior of any town, difrie, or plantation. with.
IN this Commonwealth for the year aforelaid. fhaIl
retuie to take tuch oath or affirmation, or having
taken the lame, hall negle9 or refue to do and
perform the duties required BY this a9, or ihall
act in any way fIaudulently or deceifully there.
in. he fhall for each of thele offences forfeit and
/ Pay-S fine or HuI irls tnan one hundred dollars,
nor more than two thouiand dollars. ct the dit.
erection Of the Court before whom trieR (hall be
had. And every perlon liable to be liked and
not out OF this Commonwealth, on and from
the firh day of May next, to the 6rR day of
AuguR next, who fhall refuie or wilfully negleef
to give the aiIeiIors in writing and on oath or
afh lion, if required, (which oath or afiuma.
ton the fad aiTeIors are hereby reipeafully eup-
powered to adminiaer| true account of sil his
or her taiesbls eaate according to the true neot
and meaning of this at, lhaI be doomed by the
iaid aleaors, according to their beR lill and
judgment, to the full amount of his OF her Iatea.
bic eitate. And the oath lat mentioned ihal
De OF the following forms viz You C. D. do
iwear Tor athtm) that all youI rateable eft,te con-
formable to this lit here hewn by you, doth not
exceed this account by you now cxhibiteas &C.
coIdine to your beit knowledge and Judgment,
So help you God: PROVIDED, heve7tkeieG. that
every Perlon eonfcientiouny icrupulous Of TAX
ing an oath in the form required BY law. who
ihall be required to take either of the oaths aore-
iaid, mali be executed thereIrom, upon foemuly
and hncereiy affirming the truth Of he declara.
tons therein contained under the pains and PEN
slsies Of perjury.
Sic. 4. Be il farihir tsafel, That the Treat.
tiTer of this Commonwealth fhal forthwith trant.
NIT to the SheriHs of the feveral couuties, num-
Der of copies of this at. and of blank liRs OF
the form preicribed herein, foficieut for til. ufe
OF the aieiors of the feveral towos, diilrids and
plantations id their feveal counties who arc here
by enjoined aud required Immediately ON receipt
thereof, to cauie the fame to be delivered to the
Clerks Of the ieveral towns, diRIi4s and planta.
tions aforeiaid.
Sac. S. Bel further Snaaed, That the aiisfs
fors in each town, diftrif and plantation ia this
Commonwealth, for the year eighteen hundred
and twentv-one, ihalls on or before the iaid ;rR
day of Oaober next, trsnflnit to the Secietary's
Office . true and aneRed copy of the valuation
by which the aifriiou of the isid towns, diAriets
and plantations made the State tax in their refpec.
tive towns, diRrids, aud plantations for the yesf
| eighteen hundred and twenty. And ell fines and
forfetures ariiing BY this sa, may be recovered
! In the Supreme Judicial Court Of this Common-
| wealth; by ACTON Of debt; one noicty to him
or them who ihall iue for lhe fame, sad the 9th.
! Ct rnciety to the ufe of the Comnonwealth or
| by Information filed in the fame Court by lie
Attorney or Solicitor. General, in which CAT. the
forfeiture ihsll wholly accrue to the Commons
! wealth. And the Secretary Is hereby required to
furnlh the Attorney and Solicitor General with
liR of thofe towns, diRrefs and plantitions.
the slreiTors Of which fhall deglea to lodge 10
his Office lit of the polls and Crates agrseaBly
TO the Proviiions of the lection of this sa, to the
J end that they may be proiecuted at the dfcretion
of fsd officers.
Size s. Be farthe, tsaRel. That tire fol-
lowing hall be the form for the ill., for the vale
ustion OF the year eighteen hundred and twenty4
one.
liz Of the polls and etistes, real and perion.
d OF the ieveraI prop,ietors and inhabitants Of
the town, diitrid or plantation OF -A--. in the