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<br /> �I�eTT o��di�nce �o a I..�aw of the �oi-�.manv�ealt� aforefaid, pa�'�d th� �6�h c�ay
<br /> of February, i8o3, entitled, "An A�t to apportion and ati�efs a Tax of o�ae I�undred and thirty-three tl�otfa��d three hundred a�ia?'
<br /> �l�irty-one clolllrrs and eighty_five cent.c ; and p:oviding for the reimburfement of twenty feve�z tl>oufand three bztndred c�nd ninety-t2G�c�
<br /> dollars, paid out of tHe Public Treafury to the Members of the Houfe of Reprerentatives,for their atrendance the two laft Sefiions ��
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<br /> c����C� czre �n t�ie �me �t�e Cmryzo�ruea��� � e.�a.�-oac�i�t�e� To �vill and r�`;�-
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<br /> �uire you forthwith to ati'efs, in dollc�r.c and sents, the fum of �,�,�``.�= ,f• �� >-•-f�%�` ���"� � ��,�"'�� c`�`"```'��`"`'``"`��
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<br /> `�D��� being the 1`um by faid A�t fet upori faad ��`��A-' ; the m�e tcs be afi"efi'ed iii manner f�lEo� �+ :�, •
<br /> �hat is to fay—To aii'efs all the male polls above the age of fixteen years, witEiiil faid ",����..� �� '��-
<br /> otr.er places adjoini�g, belonging to no other to��n or place, provided, fuch places w�re returned in the laf� valuation ; �il tl�� ���ii�
<br /> aforefaid, being minors,apprentices or fervants, utider the immediate government of a parent, maf�er or mif�i-efs, to be ta�e�. tc� :��=.c.:i.
<br /> `-'" paren�, ma{�er o� ani�refs refpe�i�veiy, ot�ierwaie to Ue p�rfonally taxed at twenty feven centr each ;and the reinain�er of i`ucia 'Y��s, :;A
<br /> fet to fa}d `:.r�'�i� �-- as aforefaid, after derl"n�ing the fums ai�eli�ed on t1Ze polls as �f�refaid,,to af�efs on the inhabit��ts cf�ai;�
<br /> a��:-�>_<--' according to the juf� value of the real e{�ate of each inhabitant of faid �,✓����>� of other �lacv ���
<br /> �oinFng as aforefaid, by him, her, or thenA pof�ef�ed on the firft day of 1VIay n�xt, in his, her, or their own ri�ht or righc ��f ot�el:s,
<br /> lying wichin the faid town or place,improved or not improved ; and on the non-refide�ts poi�'effors of real ef�ate lying tivithr�3 the �aAc:�,
<br /> xown or pla�e,zn their ov�n ribht ar the right of others, impro�-ed or unimproved,or upon the owners of�eal e{�ate in fiich tow�?. dif't:�i��:,
<br /> or plantation, or other place, ��hether fuch owners refide within the fame or not upon the faad firft day of Mc�y, accordino t� ti�e ji�l��
<br /> value of fiich real eftate, faving ail agreement�between landlords and teii�tnts, and wf�ere no agreement is the landl�rd to reinibur(_�e r��
<br /> �'uch tenant one half the ta� ; and alfo on the inhabitants of faid tot�n or pla�e, an�i other perfons poi3ei�in� eftates within tae iar.;��,
<br /> ' �ccording ta th� proportion of the �nlount of the juf� value of their refpe�ti���; perfonal e�:ate, including monies at intereft m.�re tc:r.
<br /> �hey pay intere�t for, although tiae famebe fecured by an abfolute conveyance of real e(�ate, if a bond of defeazance or promife of-c��,�..,
<br /> veyance has been�iven ; and all other debts due, more than they are indel�ted for ; monies of all l�ind� on hand, public fecurities of aiy
<br /> �inds, and Uaa�l� ftoel�; held in any banl�, and fhares or propertp helcl in any incorporate bridr es or turnp:kes, according to the ju"
<br /> value thereoF ; ancl alfo the juf� anaonnt of the valae of all goods, wares and merchandize, (�ocli in trade,vef�els of aIl forts at home or
<br /> �broad, with all their f�ores and appurt�nances ; mules, horfes, and neat cattle, each of one �ear olcf and upwards, and f�vir�e of fi,:
<br /> months old a�d ZipwaE•c�s, and all oti�er pro�erty of the feveral 1=inds returned iii the laft valuatic�n, (exceptin� {hee�, houf�hold fi�rni-
<br /> jure,wearin� apparel, farmin� utenfils;and tools of inechai�ics) on the faicl firf� day of 1VIay : Prouidec�, hozvever, ti:at mules, hories;
<br /> �nd neat cattle b�longin� to inhabitancs of any town, and fent out of faid town for paf�urage only, previous to, or on the firf� day of
<br /> Ra�y, to be in z;l cafes t2xed in the ro�vn vuhEre the o��ner lives; And you are to ef�imare all the b�fore enumerated articles at fix
<br /> � per centum, upon the rzal�aluP of the fame, in the pl�ces where the�� are, (exeepting uninaprove� lai�ds, which fl�all be ef�imate� at
<br /> � f :wo per ceiltum)and on the ai��ount of the incomes of the inhabitants within y��ur refpe�tive �recinc�s, as aEorefaid, from any pro;ei=
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<br /> , �on, hanciicraft, trlde, or employm�nt, ,�r gain ed b�� tradinb on fea ar land.—An� you are alfo reqv.ired to ai�efs on the polls anc�
<br /> y -�-- -- - ef�a;.es,as aforefaid, v�iEhin the fuid tov�il of .,� �s,�-r a��p'°��u-' the additional funi of �"�;.,,r ;�`Q.r< ��: f �` --:� rt °>
<br /> � ;s� ` �j �,,�a��.�� ��,.� ,c-1,��''!'�:�.r � heia�� the fum charged to the faia totivn, by the A�t aforefaid, for the pay of I�ep-
<br /> f 1� a�efentatlfTes 9 an� to appoi-�ion faid additao�al fum in the proportion wn'rch fuch polls and e[�ates fiYall be ref�e�ivelv fet for raifinn the
<br /> �ui�i of oyze hurzdrect �end tl�irty-t%ree thou��.nd tl.�ree hundred and tbirty-o��e dollars and ea�hty-five ccnts. You are likewife required to
<br /> � xnake a fair lif� ef fucli af?e�mer�ts, fettin� torth, in dif�in�`� columr�s, againf� each perfon's name, hoiv m«ch he nr fhe is aii�ef�ed at fo?-
<br /> polls, how much for real ef�ate, and how r,Zucl� for perfunal ef�ate an�i income, as aforeiaid ; agre�ably to the form Prefcr:bed at t6�
<br /> toot of the faid "1'a_; h�'c, �nd if as gti1ardiail, or for any eftate in his ar her pofie�ion, in truff, to Ue di{�int`�ly e�rpreffed ; and atfo
<br /> ir�fert in t�ie rate bilLs, �l�e number o£ acres of unimproved land �vhich you may tax to each of the noli�refident prop�•ietors of lands
<br /> ��vithin faici �''fr..s e-�-•-- or other place adjoining as aforefaid ; and alfo the real value at whicli yot� may efiimate the fame;
<br /> �nd the lif� or Ii£�s fo c;ompleted, and f gned by you, in manner as aforefaic�, or by the majox part of you, to comiiiit to the eol!e�or
<br /> or colle�ars,conf��?ble or con;�ables of faid a;,�'�.�� ,.,�. with a warrant or �varrants, in due form of la�v, fo-r colle�`ting and payin�
<br /> the fame to th� treafurer af this �omnaon��7ealth, on or before the firlt day of tlpril, i8o:�, arzd to return a czrtificate of the name or
<br /> nacnes of fucll colle�or or collec'�ors, conf�able or eoi�{tabl�s, �vith the furu total to each a�them corhmitted, to the treafury-o�ce, fome
<br /> time before the firft day of Dc-ccnaber•ne�t ; and nial�e and fubfcribe a certi��cate of the fam� it� ci�te form oi la�v ; He�eof;�ou are no*
<br /> �o fail, as you ���iil a��iwer yo�zr negle�t at the peril of the law.
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<br /> 2''ear o,j cz�r T�I?ZJ� cr� tLa�s�s=nd ei�ht l�unclred aaacl tbr�e.
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