Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-02-27

der The .-i;~gin;a Ian, have to pay d. rs
for eaf,i, nun ired ddIalsof the annual rent
az tb. state tax. wAch stA.. UNITS TO D27 90
to which add The tx ior the tavern licence
al 81 per hunirefso The rent, naSmg
D84, in all Diii|oo. on this house anu
lot. 10 which aretosb added the corpo-,
ration and county tax $. Having gwen
table of the taxss as hey now exist IN
Virginia. ! will proceed 10 shew w ma
will be the aggrbgat amount, wh.cn. iue
people ofthe town and county OF alexan'
dria will have bpa 10 the stale OF VII
GINA, II areceded 10 that stale.
According 10 the return Of the assessors
of the corporation for the year lox. tnv
amount Of the assessed value OF the houses
and lots within The limits of the corpora,
ton is two millions seven hundred and
thirty-fve thousand and ninety dollars,
(2735, o9o) the average annual value o,
this sum estimated at six per cent, woulo
Yield one hundred and sixty tour thousand
one hundred and tour dollars. l64 .io4) a
tax of D2,25 for each hundred dollars on
this annual value. would make the annual
tax to be paid to the treasury OF the STATE,
on houses and lots within The corporation,
10 be three thousand six hundred and nine-
ty two dollars and AGENTS, IS 69z,z4j
The tax on the land IN the country part
of the county is 10 be sdded; it is mode,
rate estimate to state the quantity OF land
in the county without the limits OF inc cor
poraton to be 10000 acres, which win
ttbe improvements on The land may be lar
lv valued at ten dollars an acre, max
iny the whole valuation to be 200 thou
sand dollars; a tax of nice cents on each
hundred dollars of this 2oo,oo dollars,
would amount 10 eighteen hundred dol
lars. {i8nol Thus the whole OF the TAX :
on real estate in the town and county o.
Alexandra, payable 10 the state OF sirgr
mia, in the event of the recession. wou'u oe
FIVE thousand tour hundred & eighty nsc
dollars, seventy iour cents. (5,4oo, -
According 10 the census made by The
Marshall of this District, and returned liz
January. 1921. there are in the town Ut
Alexandria. njre hundred and one, and lD
The country part Of the county, 2o9 slaves
over the age of twelve years, IN all eleven
hundred and sixty, on each OF which the
owner must according to the Virginia law,
pay tax Of. fifty three cents, which would
amount TO six hundred and fourteen dol
lars, and eighty three cents. i6i4 03)
By the assessors books OF the CORPORA
ton, there are in the town sixty three (63)
wholesale stores, which al tax ot sixty
dollars for each, would be three thousand
seven hundred and eighty dollars (378ol
One hundred and ninety retail stores,
which at tax OF twenty dollars (2o) each
" amount TO three thousand eight hun
dred dollars. IS 8oo)
Thirty SIX tavern licenses at 10 dollars
(l8) each, which is the least sum that can
be paid, though it may be more, perhaps
double that ,um, would be SIX hundred and
forty eight dollars, TO which add the tax
on Clagett's Tavern and the Washington
Tavern, amounting to I25 5osdolls. makes
the whole of the tavern licenses TO be
773 so dollars.
There may be thirty houses of private
entertainment, or which we call boarding
houses. the tax OF I8 dollars each, would
be $40 dollars year.
There are in the town two hundred and
thirty eish, horses, and in the country part
of the county, about double that number,
which makes the whole number OF horses
mules and colts in the town and county.
seven hundred and fifty two, which al thir-
teen and an hall cents on each, would be
81 dollars rs cts.
Forty seven riding carriages and harness
ses in town, and ten IN the country, estl-
mated at two hundred dollars each and the
lax of fifty cents for the first hundred, aud
one per cent Of the ether hundred dollars
would be 85 dollars 80 cents.
Five stage Wagons and Two phstons,
valued each 81 POO dollars, the tax on
which is one dollar and fifty cents, would
be II dollars SO cents, twenty five riding
carriages s-of the value Of 800 dollars
each, the tax on them al dollars each
would be 233 dollars; the tax on one bro
ker go dollars, one vendue master, 90
dollars, both, l2o dollars.
RECAPiTULATION,
Taxes on houses and lots and
land in the town d county. D54S5 IA
Taxes on the sla, es IN the town
and country, Ola %
Tax on wholesale stores IN the
town and country, $40 90
Tax on retail stores, 5000 90
Tax on tavern licenses, 773 SO
Tax on houses OF private enter
ta;nment. $40 90
Tax on horses, mules, &C. - 20
Tax on carriages. 233 OF
Tax on broker and vendue master i2o 90
Tax on law process and appeals, 7o5 90
The total amount Of taxes to be
, paid by Alexandra county:o 80
the state OF Virginia, in the e.
vent of recession, would be i6, 2G9 80
To which is to be added taxes which