Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1827-06-19
ALExANDnIA ooaponATIoy.

IN .aCT for raising Revenue for the year Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty sepen.
Sec. !. Be it enacted by the Common Council
of Alexandria, That the following taxes be le.
We'd on the people and property Of the town, TO
meet the current expenses Of the present year,
viz:
On all houses and lots at the rate of twenty.
FIVE cents on every hnnded dollars Of their
assessed value.
On every male ti,hable, one dollar and hfty
cents.
On every horse, one dollar
On every hearse, six dollars
On every four wheeled riding carriage, six
dollars, excepting carrioIes costing not
more than 500, which shall pay three dol
lars
On every tavern licence, twenty-five dollars,
in addition to eight dollars permanently
imposed by law.
On every chair, sulkey, or twowheeled riding
carriage, four dollars.
On every cart and dray, the wheels of which
are less than five inches in the tread, :wo
dollars.
On every COW, twenty-five cents.
On every wagon the wheels Of which are less
Than five inches in The tread, four dollars.
On every licence 10 sell horses or cattle, TWEEN
ty-hve dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for
the purpose of def:aying the expense of lighting
the lamps Of the town, there be levied upon and
collected, for the present year, from the occu-
piers of every house situated on streets where
lamps are erected, sixty cent. for each Story
ihereof, or If such house be unoocupied, the
hall hp wh oh said
lax Of KY cents shall be IN lieu of the tax here
tofore imposed by The 26,h section Of an act
passed the Goth DAY of January, 1921, entitled
An Act reducing into one and amending the
several acts respecting streets, alleys, and The
Superintendent Of Police.
Sec. s. And be it further enacted, That to
meet the local expenditures of the several wards
of the town, the following taxes be levied in adj
dition to the foregoing, that is 10 say: Upon all
houses and lots within the First and Fourth
Wards, comprising the Southern District, al
the rate of ten cents; and upon all houses and
lots within the Second and Third Wards, COM
prisng the Northern District, at The rate Of ten
cents upon each hundred dollars Of their assess
ed value.
Sec, A. And be il further enacted, That the
accounts Of taxes and assessments hereby i'm
posed, shall be made out and prepared by the
Clerk Of the Council, and placed in the hands
Of the Collectors on or before the 10th day of
July next, and that the Collectors shall forth
with proceed 10 collect the same agreeably to
such accounts, and may destrain for the same
at any time after the 10Th dav Of August next;
and that the Collectors in making their pay
menis into the treasury shall distinguish the
payments made on acco INT OF the taxes and as
sessmenls hereby imposed, from those made Oh
account of the arrears Of taxes Of any preceding
year, showing for what year such payments
shall be made.
Sec. s. And be il further enacted, That the
Collectors, before entering upon the duties OF
their Offices, shall each give bond and good Sc
curity, payable 10 the Common Council OF Al
eXandrla, in double the amount of the sum al
which the taxes shall be estimated, for the faith
full performance of their respective duties,
which said bonds shall be received and approx
ed Of by the Mayor, and by him lodged with
the Clerk Of the Council for safe keeping.
Sec s And be it further enacted, That this
act shall commence and be in force from and
after the passage thereof
Passed in Council this twelfth day Of June,
Eighteen Hundred & Twenty Seven.
JNO. e. VOWEL,
Pres't. Council.
Approved,