Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-03-13

hended in Main, New Hampshire, Mas
sachusetts, Rhode.Island, Connecticut,
New-York, Vermont, or In either ofthe
British provinces, and delivered as a.
foresaid. the reward shall be $780,
For better securing such rewards, it shall
be the duty Of the magistrate, before
whom the slave may be brought, to ex>
anime the evidence as to the place of APP
prehension, the distance travelled where
mileage is allowed, to give a certificate
of the sum due; and if the owner does
not pay this sum, and receive the slave,
to commit him to jail, until released by
the owner, and all expeHces paid, &c.
The rewards hereby allowed, or such as
may be advertised by the owner, to o.
perate as lien upon the slave; the jail
or to be liable TO the taker up, for the
payment of the same on the delivery OF
the slave, or out of the proceeds of the
sale, which is to be made if the slave Is
not reclaimed within the time prescrib
ed by law; but if the reward advertised
by the owner exceed the legal fee, the
taker-up is not entitled to receive both
Twenty-Five dollars only, and the mile
age, to be allowed for experimenting a
runaway in any of the aforesaid states
bordering on Virginia, if taken withen
90 miles of his owners plantation.
An act, :" to amend the act, entitled,
an act incorporating company for the
purpose of improving the navigation of
James river. "-E@ This act relates to
the Richmond Dock Company, and
changes the rates of tolls to be received
by them. II allows the company two
years to complete their works.
An act, " to reduce into one act, the
acts now in force, providing for the ap-
pointment of electors, to choose a presi-
dent and vice president of the United
States" divides the state into "a dis
tricts for electing electors, according to
the mode of election by general ticket.
An act concerning Ira Garrett and
others.
An act concerning the inspection of
tobacco.
An actconcerning the marshals OF the
supe rior courts of chancery within this
commonwealth.
An act concerning the inspection of
lumber.
An act imposing taxes for the support
of government. BY this act the general
land tax is reduced from nine to eight
cents on each hundred dollars value;
the tax on houses and lots in towns,
is SO O8 for every hundred dollars year
ly rent or value thereof; on every slave
above the age of twelve years, Except
&C., AZ cents on horses, &c. general
ly, IL cents each; on every riding and
pleasure carriag, &c. one per centum on
the value thereof, to be estimated by the
commissioners of the revenue but not
less than one dollar on each four wheel
ed. and not less than fifty cents on each
two wheeled, riding and pleasure car
riage, and harness; & not less than rs
cents on each stage Wagon, Jersey wag
gon, and carry-all and harness. The
tax on pedlars of dry goods of foreign
growth or manufacture, to be paid in
each county or corporation, is sixteen
dollars for every license; on pedlars
trading in tin or pewter, or dry goods of
domestic manufacture, ten dollars paya-
Bile in like manner /; and not more than
one pedlar is allowed to trade under one
license. A tax of one hundred dollars is
imposed on every license to broker
and tax of twenty dollars ON every
license to sell silver ware, plated ware
or jewelry not of the manufacture of the
vender. In other respects, the taxes re-
main the same as those of last year.
An act extending the terms of the
superior court oflaw for the county
of Fauquier, and for altering the times
of holding superior courts of law for the
county of Jefferson.
An act, to amend an act entitled, an
act for raising by lottery sum of money
for improving the navigation of Quantico
creek.
An act, directing the sale of the Bris-
toe tract ofland in the county of Prince
William.
An act Incorporating a company to
erect a toll-bridge across Cheat river
An act farther to amend the penal
laws Of this commonwealth.
An act appropriating the public re-
venue.
An act to amend an act, entitled, an
act reducing into one, the several acts
concerning wills, the distribution of in
testates estates, and the duty of execu-
tors and administrators, and for other
purposes:
An act to provide more effectually for
the punishment of slaves, free negroes,
and malattoes found guilty of assaulting