Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-06-28

QenCe oil some Oh tneSe tfaUsdSloNoS anu Law
Of the Union, speaking in the name OF the A :.
merican People, still re>echoes the sentence OF
unequiyocal reprobation. From this Gazette,
we make liberal quotation. The law 10 which
we refer will be found bellows
Passed in the City Council, on the 18th December,
1921.
Be il enacted by the City Council of St. Au-
gustiae. That the following taxes be laid and
collected within the city.
Twenty Eve cents on each hundred dollars on
landed property.
One dollar for each slave above the age of
seven years.
Two dollars, on each free person OF color,
over The age Of seven years.
Five dollars, yearly on each riding carriage
with two wheels.
Ten dollars on each riding carriage, with four
wheels.
Five dollars on each cart or dray.
Twelve dollars, half yearly, on ach Retailer
OF wines and spirits.
One per cent. on the amount OF stock in trade,
seven and hall per cent. on gross amount OF
sales al auction.
Two dollars on each dog.
Twenty-Five dollars, half yearly, on all Bill
lard Tables.
Ten dollars, half yearly, on every boarding
house or tavern.
Fifteen dollars, half yearly, on every livery
stable.
And be it further enacted, That il shall be
the duty OF the COLLECTOR of city taxes, 10 give
public notice that his Office will be kept open
from the first to the fifteenth November mex
for the payment of the above taxes; aud it shall
be The duty Of the said tax collector, from and
after the said fifteenth November next, to take
immediate legal means for collecting the same,
against each and every defauler.
And be it further enacted, That il shall be
the duty of the tax collector 10 pay over to the
city treasury allmoneys received by virtue ofthis
ordinance.
And he it further enacted, Tha, the follow
ing taxes be laid and collected by the clerk Of
the market.
Fifty cents for each beef sold in market,
Twenty five cents for each sheep or lamb,
Twenty FIVE cents for each goat or kid,
Twenty five cents for each calf.
Twenty FIVE cents on each hog,
| Six and quarter cents on each person SELL
ing fish in or near the market, per day.
And be it further enacted, That the clerk Of
the market ae authorized TO demand and re-
ceive, daily, the above tax: and, III case any
person or persons do nj glect or refuse to pay
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by directed and empowered to call 10 his as
| sstancr any one or more Of the city constah!es.
and seize on, and take into his possession and
sary to pay the said taxes.
Passed in Council this 18th Octob&, 1921.
&c. FORBES, Mayor"
I'M Il vshs h sa.sbihaf Aitnr Act liksshis st
r. alizr, il il can, the emotions of those who
were the objects OF its infection. In every pro-
vision, and in every clause, it bears the Inca
m.nts of consistent deformity, and exhibits the
traces Of master hand. The exorbi,ancy Of
the taxes imposed is equalled by the rigorous
expedi ion with which they were collected;
and The oGiousness Of the means by which they
were enforced. In fourteen DAYS afer he pas
sage of the Ordinance, il went into operation.
Ten days, thereafter, were allowed TO recover
from the terror i, produced, and IT possible,
meet TO its acquisitions Alter his prolract-
ed interval Of palernal indulgence, immediate
me asuIes were ordered TO be taken, to coerce
he payment Of sums thus extor,ed from the
penury Of the widow and the tears Of the Or
phan; and the means of coercion were "seizure
aud SALE" possibly, imprisonment and exile
The cxol bilancy Of the Taxes, though rival.
ling the rapacity Of The public plunderer, whose
quente Of Cicero, must create less surprise than
tile relentless eagerness with which payment
was enforced.
After measures like these, authorized by the
acts, & sanctioned by the acquiescence Of Gov.
Jackson, we'll may bis followers attempt to
allay the apprehensions Of the public by pro-
claiming an expected era Of Moderation and
Reuencbment: while others, Judging more from
practice than profession, would anticipate from
his golden administration, seven * one half per
cent on the gross amount of sales at auction, one
per cent on the amount of stock in trade; TWEEN
~ FIVE cents a hundred on landed properly, Two
dollars head, on every free person of color
over seven years Of age, onr dollar head, on
every slave over seven years Of age, FIVE dol
lars on every cart and dray, 'wrnty dollars on
every boarding house, fifty cents on every beef,
and twenty five on each sheep, lamb goat, kid,
calf, and hog, and six and a quarter cents on
each person, daily, for the privilege of selling
fish in or near market. Nor would they ex-
pect, unless the Constitution should, for once,
present barrier strong enough TO resis, his