Thomas's Massachusetts spy, or, Worcester gazette. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1811-1821, 1821-03-14
AN ACT to ascertain the Rateable Es.
tale within this Commonwealth.

AN All to ascertain the Rateable ES-
tale within this Commonwealth.
DE it endaed BY the Senate and Hone of
ID RetvejtatafiUrS in General court alien.
bied, and BY the authortr of the ame That the afei-
fora for each town, iftia and plantation, within
this Commonwealth, for the year one thouiand
eight hundred and twenty-one, lhall, on or be-
fore the firt day OF October next, take and lodge
in the Secre.aIy's Office; a true and peIfe& liRi
comfortably to tine liz hereto annexed, of all
male polls, including negroes and mulatoes, of
iixteen wears old. and upwards, whether at home
or abroad, (di&inguifhing thoie Of fifteen years
old ard upwards to twenty-on years; from :hoie
that are .wenly-one years old and upwards, ALTO
distinguishing fuch as are exempted from taxa
ton, and OF all rateabIe eAate, both real and
perfonal, lying within or adjacent to their re-
(peetive towns, dRrGts, or plantations, (rlot ex.
empted BY law from paying State taxes expreG-
ing by whom occupied or pofeHsd, PARTICULAR
ly difinguifhiug tuch adjacent eRatea, aud par
ticularly mentioning dwelling houies and fhops,
under the fame roof or adjoining thereto, fhops
ieparate from them. diaili-houies, lugar.houics,
tan-houtes, laughter hooies. pot and pearl All
works. ware-houies, whsrves, gria-inills, fnling-
mills, iaw-m,lls, iIon-works and Furnaces bake.
houfes, and all other holdings and edi6c,s OF
the value Of twenty dollars and upwards, and
the no mbtr of tons of velIels and lmsl craft
Of every kind, upwards of Ave tons burhen,
computing the fame according to the rules eRab-
lifhed by the laws of the United Sta,es, wheth.
ef at home Or abroad, and the srlouut Of each
perfons whole flock in trade, including all goods,
wares, and merchandise, at home or abroad, paid
for or nee paid for ALTO thofe in their hands BY
fa6orsge, alto government iecurites of all kinds,
ed States, and all other monies at inteIeil, more
than any creditor pays lntereit for ALTO the whole
amount of all monies on hand, including luch
as may he depohted in any Bank or with any
agent, executive of fuch IS may belong to any
Stockholder as iuch. the amount Of ilock held
by the Stockholders in any Bank the number Of
ounces OF plate of all kinds, the number Of
ihares in any toll bridges or turnpikes, horfcs,
neat cattle and fwne of Che REFLECTIVE ages in the
laid Lift mentioned. And the iaid afeifors, in
taxing the laid valuation, lhall diifnguiih the
different improvements of land, and return the
lift IN the following manner, via: the nurIbef of
acres of pafure land, with The number of cows,
and al the after feed of the whole farm the fame
land will keep; the number of barrels OF cider
that has been annually produced on an average,
upcn the whole farm fince the lail valuation the
member OF acres OF tillage land annually improve
ed for that uie (; the number of bull1els Of grain
and coin OF ell forts, the fame will Yearly p,o~
6uce; the number Of acres Of iat maIih, with
the tons OF hay annually produced ,herefrou,
the number Of ACRES of Englf n upland and frslh
meadow moving land, with me toas of hay of
each tort snnuallv produced tbersfTo-n; slIo, all
cowrighn and all woodland Of every tort, and
lands belonging to any town or other pIoprie.a-
~ improved or unitnpfoved allc, the number
OF acres improved for roads. aud covered with
water, according to the beR elimination Of the