The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-12-11
DOMESTIC NEWS.


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50 shah pay poll tax OF $40 each and al persons
Of the above description residing al ST. Augustine are
% pay poll tax Of g. each.
petition Is in circulation at Pensacola for tie g.
Enlistment Of a branch Of the bank Of the United
States al that placc.-Fraak. Gas
ILLINOIS
Illinois Bounty LaJds--are exempted from taxa
ton for years, from the date Of tie patent But if
the patenoe GiSposes Of Lis land The TAX commences
Immediately after the sale. Patents bearing date on OF
before the lst August 1913, viii he taxed for the whole
Of the year 1921 those bearing date after tie first
August 1919 subject 10 he taxed until 1922 at
which time aU lands viii lie subject 70 taxation A
bout four fhs Of these lands taxable this year The
tax imposed Is $500 per quarter section, on land Of
the inst class $40 OF tic second class and 81 30 Of
the thru class Those lands winch have been sold for
taxes, the owner can redeem by pas ing the amount
taxed 10y tic FIRST Of JGnuory pert. We should rot
think II strange if in a few years. the whole of the
soldiers bounty lands, should be sold and thereby BE-
come the property fthe state
TENNESSEE.
4 bill against UgStartS and pretended ccnfcnen"
has passed 10 second reading III the Legislature IL
tennessee 4 lays tax on dirks sworI-cancs,
IetiOes French knives, &c.
DUoRcES.
About hundred petitions for divorces have been
presented TO the legislature Of Tennessee during its
present session.
Tie legislature have resolved TO prefer articles of inn
Or General Of the state, for cXtouon and other Official
nisdemeanors.
ONO.
An attempt is making in Ohi6 to have a Convention
called 10 amend the Constitution Of that State
writer in the Cincinnati Gazette states that not less
than eighty buildings will be erected during the pres
clit year, within the bounds Of that corporation. or
these forty forty five Of brick and and about one
fourth that number three stories high The writer fur
ther observes that while making the enumeration he DID
tu Or tom hpt1c
gold medal Of the value Of fifty dollars viii be a.
wared by the Phiomotjc Sccif1 N Cincnati College
Tor the best POEM which shall he written for the oc-
caslon, by citizen Of the Western Country and trans
April. 1922.
The performance consist of not less than four
hundred lines
KENTUCKY.
Constitutional .4mendmem--The followingrc-
solution has been proposed 10 the Legislature of
Kentucky.
Rcsoyrrd by the general assembly ofNe COM
mon~eGHh Of kentucky, That the senators be in
structCd and the members Of the house of repro
sentatives Of this state III congress, be requested
to use their best efforts TO procure the passage Of
2 resolution by the congress ofthc United States,
submitting 70 the states respectively the follow
ing amendments to the constitution Of the United
States, viz,
The judicial power of the courts of the u
nitcd States shall not be construed, either Ill
rcctly or indirectly, TO extend to any case crow
ing out Of the laws passed by any state: nor
shall they sit in Judgement upon any state con
stitutiOn."
Billiard TdJlcs.--Thc Legislature has passed
bill 70 tax billiard tables, in that State. flee
hundred dollars each!
GEORGIA.
Among the important propositions before the
Legislature Of Georgia is alter the Constitu-
ton 80 as TO have the Governor elected BY the people
Hianc'S o. Ge0r2sG.-RCvcnue of the state from
Nov LIST 1920 70 Nov. lst 1921 $3.50 1872 70 - Ex-
penditures n time 1921 1876 81 r. Balance
IN Treasury, Nov. ith 1921, eli5Jl6 60 II.
PENNSYLVANIA
NHIRIWTND.
The ork PENN Gazette Of the 18th inst gives an
account Of terrible nhiyuind, accompanied with rain
ana lightning which on the SATURDAY previous had in
the neighbourhood Of that place Hclam Windsor and
hopcWc townships, moved entire roofs from several
stone buildings, shook their solid foundations prosat-
cd fences, and uprootcd trees.
MARYLAND
C'trcrsity u .HGrylaHi- Robert GilInor Jr ESQ |
has presented 10 the University Of MARYLAND very
valuable collection OF minerals duplicates If bis superb
meteorological cabinet. The collection consists of more
than 500 specimens, chiefly foreign minerals Il con
tanS every species and many Of the varieties Of the
mineral kingdoms, and is embelshed by an exraordi-
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the rest ofthe gems.
NEW JERSEY.
NEw-JERSEY LEGISLATIVE, Nov 90
Mr.. Woodruff, from COM reported OH the resolu- \
tions Of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois relative 10 A.
mendmcnts TO the United Constitution that II was III
eNpedIent % make the amendments proposed by those
prohibiting Congress charterinC banks exccpt
WITHIN the District Of Colombia which was agreed to
by the house.
RATE OF INTEREST.
Inc Legislature of New Jersey have rassed an act \
reducing the legal rate ofntercst in that State from
10 per CT,
NETWORK
.Nelo- York, Dec. 1.-ProSpect ofn City Or |
serrotory.--At the last meeting Of the Common
Council, a memorial was presented BIZ his Honor
the Recorder, recommending the establishment !
of an Astronomical Observatory at the CITY |
Hail. and the employment Of suitable person To |
superintend il. Amongst other objects, il was |
recommended TO have an Astronomical Clock. |
regulated by celestial observations. TO give time
10 the public clocks Of the CITY Variation !
Compass, which would always show the true
magnetic variation, aud from which. by contin- !
ual observation, the change Of the variation
would DC discoveries instruments, such as the
Thermometer, Barometer &C. for keeping a
register OF The temperature and pressure Of the