Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-07-19

The COUNTY LEVINE have heretofore
noticed that at the last term Of the County
Court of this county, the subject Of the county
levy was considered, the expenditures of the
past year summed up, land levy made Of So. so
on each tythable and fourteen cents on the
hundred dollars of real estate. It appeared
upon that occasion that considerable amount
Of delinquent levies jury costs, &c., remained
over from the past five years. to be now settled.
Some difficulty, too, occurred as to the manner
in which The levy was TO be made and upon
whom and under all the circumstances the
court concluded to rescind the order making
the levy, and to postpone the further consider
alton of the subject until the August term.
The sections in which the code provides for
levy are as follows:
!. So much of every county as is without the
limits Of a town that provides for its poor and
by the court of such county to raise the money
with which the county is chargable
z. The male persons above the age OF sixteen
years, and the female slaves above that age,
that may be in any county without such limits,
shall be subject to the levies for such county,
court may eXempttrom taxes and levies because
of age infrmity or charitable reason.
S. After an order shall have been made by the
court Of any county at one term, for the Justices
to meet at the next term and consider the ex
pedlency of levying upon lands and other prop
erty, at such next term maj ority of the acting
justices be actually present and concur therein,
the court may order the levy on free male per-
sons over the age of sixteen years, and on all
slaves, land, and other property assessed with
limits of a town that provides for its poor and
keeps its streets in order, and on the interest
and profits mentioned in the forty. ninth, the
yearly income in the fifty-frst, and the fees in
the 57th section of the thirty-ffth chapter, on
which taxes are assessed against persons residing
in the said county and without the limits OF such
town. The order of levy, under this section
shall be for certain sum on each free male
person over the age of sixteen years. and on
other subjects, including slaves, for certain
per centum upon the amount of taxes thereon.
For the past twenty years, ever since the re-
PROCESSION Of the county of Alexandria to Vir-
GINA, the levy has been made alike on city and
county. 1t is proposed by some to issue in
payment of county debts, bonds Of the county,
under the following act Of the general assembly,
passed at its last session:
l. Be it enacted by the general assembly,
That it shall be lawful for any of the counties of
this commonwealth, whenever it shall be nee
essary to build court-houses, jails and other
public buildings, or for other county purposes,
for the court of any such county, after all the
acting justices shall have been summoned for
that purpose, and majority being present and
concurring to borrow such sums of money as
may be necessary for any Of the said purposes,
not to exceed the sum Of fifteen thousand dol
lars to issue it's bond or bonds therefor: pro-
vided, however, that no bonds issued in pursu-
ancc of this act, shall run for a longer period
than ten years.