Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1861-10-30
CoNFEDERATE TAXES.
TINE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEl APl

TIME UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN APPOINTED
lying south of the following line to-wt:
Beginning at the county line in the road near Earps6o-
rough leading Hepsabah Meeting House th.nee with
the Marlborough road BY the Of Eagle Rock and John
ORourke's the Newberu Street in Raeigh thence up
and the Chapel Hill road TO Mrs Nancy Jones 10 miles
of Raleigh thence BY the Psboro road b. the way
of Green Level to the Chatham line which said Southern
district of Wake is divided into four subdivisions The
first subdivision consists of all that portion Of Raleigh DIS
trct Nos and lying South of the above described div
District subdivision Sd consists Of St. Aarys Panther
Brunch, and Swift Greek subdivision 4h consists of Mid
die Greek, Buck Horn, and White Oak.
Notice is hereby given that Assessor appointed 10
lists of all taxable property and to property
under the act Of the Confederate Congress- v attend at
the following times and places for said purposes towt
At the Court House in the City of Raleigh in subdivision
4th day Of November next Al Hoods subiivsisn I'd,
on the llth and 18th Nov AT Bushels the Iiih and
18th Nov Banks lSth and 18th Noy each IN subdivision
Sd. For subdivision 4th, at Barney Jones, the 18th
and 18th Nov, William Hoemans the 18th and I4th
Now and Green Level the lAth and 10th November.
The h section Of the Tax Law Of the Confederate Gov.
erument provides us follows:
1bat for the special purpose of paying the principal aud
interest Of the public debt and of supporting the Govern
men War Tax shall be assessed and levied of fifty cents
upon each one hundred dollars in vaiue of the following
property the Confederate States namely: Real Of
all kinds slaves, merchandise bank stock, railroad and
other corporation stocks money at interest onvested BY
individuals in the purchase Of bills notes and other
foI money Except the bonds of the Confederate States
of Amerea and cash hand, deposit in bank
elsewhere; cattle, boees and mules; glld watches gold
and silver plae pianos and pleasure carriages; ProUnsd
hoOsve that when the taxable properly herein above emu
meraed Of any bead of family is VI less value than FIVE
hundred dollars such taxable property shall be exempt
from taxation under this act And provided further that
the property Of colleges and schoo add of charitable
religious corporations associations actually used for the
purpose for which such colleges schools corporations
associations created shall be exempt from taxation
under this act Ind provided further that allpubic LANDS
and all property owned by state for public Purposes b
exempt frrin TAXATION" -s.lssS
ALI persons liable for taxes required by Law 10 hand
IN written ss 10 the Assessors on sns days ABOVE men
failure attend will subject the individual to double
and the Assessors may have il 10 their power extend
auUher oppuituny Particular attention on the part of
all persons liable for axes is invited to The act ITSELF ent
tied An Act to authorize the issue of Treasury Notes.
and to provide a war tax for their redemption"
GEORGE W. NORWOOD.
Oct. g. 1851, 9J-w&swtd.