Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-04-15
CORPORATION PROCEEDINGS.

hundred ana tWentS-mne.
SECTION l. Be IL enacted By the Comnon Council Of
arandriG, That the following taxes be levied on the
people and property of the Town, to meet the current
expenses Of the present year.viz
On all houses and los the rate Of forty cents ON
every hundred dollars of their assessed value;
On every male inhabitant sixteen years Of age,
one dollar and fifty cents;
On every riding carriage kept either for private
or hire. and with either two four Wheels the
ed value of which shall amount to four hundred dol
lars or upwards, ten dollars
On all such as may be assessed at wo hundred and
fifty dollars, and not amounting to four hundred dol
lars, seven dollars
On all such as may be assessed at one hundred dol
lars and not amounting to two hundred and fifty dol
lars. five dollars;
On all other riding carriages the assessed value of
which does not amount to hundred dollars, four
dollars
On every hearse. ten dollars:
On every wagon, the wheels Of which are less than
five inches in the tread, four dollars
On each cart or dray, the wheels Of which are less
than FIVE inches in the tread. two dollars;
On every horse mare, or mule, one dollar
On every COW, twenty-five cents,
On every insurance Office, fifteen dollars;
SEC. 2. find be il further enacted That the following
taxes be levied, in addition to those permanently i'm
posed by law of the Corporation, viz
On every tavern license, twenty-five dollars
On every wholesale merchant, two dollars;
On every retail merchant, one dollar;
On every shop keeper, fifty cents;
On every loaf bread baker, two dollars and fifty
cents;
On every biscuit baker, two dollars
On every sugar rehner, two dollars
On every brewery, two dollars;
On every occupant of lumber yard, two dollars
On every banking Institution, twenty-five dollars.
SEC s. find be IL further enacted That. TO meet the
local expenditures Of the several Wards of the Town,
the following taxes be levied, in addition the fore
going, that is to say -;
Upon all houses and lots within the First and Fourth
War, S, comprising the Southern district at the rate
of ten cents and
Upon all houses and lots within the Second and
Third Wards comprising the Northern District, at the
rate of ten cents upon each hundred dollars OF their
assessed value.
Sea- Ind DC Il further enneted, That the accounts
Of ssses sments and taxes hereby imposed, shall be
made out and prepared ny the Clerk Of Council and
placed in the hands of the Collector Collectors,
or before the 18th day of June next and the Collector
or Collectors shall forthwith give notice. in more
newspapers of the town. that the tax bills in his
their hands for collection and it shall further be the
duty of the Collector Collectors to proceed to co.,
lect all such tax bills and dstran for the same, if
necessary any time after the 18th day of July next
and that the Collector Collectors. in making their
payments into the treasury, and in rendering their
accounts to Council, shall distinguish the payments
made on account of the and assessments hereby
imposed, from those made account OF the arrear.
ages of taxes of any preceding year, and showing Tor
what year such payments were made
SIG s. find be Il further enacted That this act shall
commence and be in force from and after the passing
thereof.
Passed in Council. this first day of April, eighteen
hundred and twenty-nne.
RI TAYLOR,
President Of Council.
Aporoyed THOMSON f. MASON,
Mayor.