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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1741 Lexington Tax Warrant ��a������ 0� ��� .-..$ � �������j������� ���� .�� - �� ��' � '-- , . ���, t�°. ��_. �. � '�`' - , ��� �� �� ��, �,,� ���� ; - - __ � ��. �`� N-���ti +.„� � �a � � � _ � y � , �r. ���`� ;����.� -- . �,,,� ,s, �� �.��+' '� � `�'� �,a :�`�' .e.�° . �:. ��� : �� � �O �'���< � / �; �����\��,_ �J;`� , t. � ' { ` ` k � �'` � { 1yl,1 � � ' . .. ` � � fit � ` � �-� ` �`��� a �� : ���f = . .. \\ � � �� ���..��� _ &Zi$�r9i�3i���� �� ' /!.?i :�1i113 '� '�il��� �P�; iii�ioii�i� ,�`�`'� �b ��� � � -� .,- . ,� `�,�, �.�� ,, � � � a ���� 7 � � . � _ . ��"ill���2 .�'oye, �� ; # � �� � `�ri�-�. Xi _� �'r�afu�e� and R��eivex�General of Hi� �laje����s faid P���rynce� �"'a cl�e Sel��-1VIen or Afiefiors of the T'ozvnor D�ftri�i of�.,�.�,�Z�fy�. __ �a�eeting, �=�s�> �1�� Obfer�ance of an Acrt of the Gr��t and Ge�aeral Caurt er A�m�ly'of the faacl 1'rovince ; Begun and I�eld at �oi�on, ahe Twenty-fixth Day af Ivilay i 7 � 6. l�n� cortancred by feveral 1 ro- rogations ua�so �'edn�fday t�e �'dves�ty-fourth Day of Alovembe: following, �aaar� then 1Vfet� �ntitled, l�n A� fQ.� fupp�y�ng che Treafary wich the Sum of,�ighteen �'hou,�'�nd Pcun�s ir� �ills of Credit of the prefent Form and Tenor ; and Nzne �'houfaned P�unds i:� �alls of Credit of a new Form, for difcharging the publick Debts, �c. 1�„nd for e�ablidhir,� the Wages �f fundry Perfons, �c: zn the Service of the Province, and for the more ealy �,,�„� �nd e$e�tual drativ�n� in the faid �Yghteen 7'boufand Pound� into the Tr�aCur�r �gain, and�for ,; ,";: �� �pportioning the faid Nirse T"houf'and Poundr on the feveral and refpe�iiive ��wns in the '� � �> �'�- � Province. � � � �' ,� �H .�' S � are ��s I�as M'ajefl�y's 1�'ot�e to i�ill and'IZe�uire yo�a fr,rtr�:vzth �o a/J�fs tde Surn o�`' • G�r�� / L,� �j�',�''"`"/ ���C?��✓�i c��i�x ., �Il�LP�-���-'r`.elL--'""_^�._� � � Ne2� T'enc�r�' , , Set and I�roporti�ned upor� your,'T"awn and Dift.ri�ir� tnanner follo�van�' �hat ir to fay,T�.Y �> > �S�efs �l: rateable Il�Tale Polls above the Age of fixteen Years at �wa Sh.dlir�gs Rn� tl�ree Pea�:� }�er poll. And all E{�ates both Real and Perfonal, lyin� withi�i the I,imics and Pounds of. your °�oR,vn or Dif$ric.�, or next unto the fame, not paying ellewh�re, in wEacfe I-��rads, Te� �ure, C)ccupation or Po1Tef�ion foever the faene is or 1ha11 he f�unc3; ��:c3 �'t� rtie Incom� by Tradb or Faculty,which at�y Perfon or Perfans ( except as in and by faid L��is excep-; ted ) do or fhall exercife in gaining hy A�Ioney or other Eftate, not parriciilarly otherwife afiefIed, or Commif�ions of Profit in their Isnprovetnent, accordin� to r��eir �.Inderi�andin�; and Cunning, at one Penny on the Pound; and to abate or multiply tc�e fam�., iE rFed be, fca as to �ake up the Sum hereoy fet and ordered far your Town or Dif�ri� to pay. �nd i3a making faid A�efsment to eftimate Houfes &Lands at fix Years Income of rhe � �arly Renr� in Money, whereat the fame may be reafonably Set or Let for in the Place where they ly� ( faving all Contra�.}s between Landlord and Tenant, and where no fuch �oncrac`t is, th�p Landlord to reimbuc•fe one half of the Tax fet upon fucli �-Ioufes � Lands ) and co ef�i�at� indian, 1l�Tegro and Mr�latto Servants praportionably as other perional E�iate, accocdirag tc� - your faund Jud�n�enr and Difcretion ; as alfo to eftimate every �x of four �ear� eld anc� npwards at rorry ��l��ll�,sg�, every Gow oE� three Years old and up��ards at 7h�rt�y� Shillingr, every Horfe and Mare of three Years old and upwards at Forty �shillin�s, evecy S�;i�e of on� Year old and upwards at Ezght Shillingr, every Goat of one Year oid and upwards At �"lr�ee Sl�illings, and 5!�ee� �vichin the County o£Duke'sCounty and N�zr�t�s�het ac tf�e A>ge afore��i��� - �t �'hree-Shalling�s. And yau are like�nrife required to tnake a fair I,if} of tl�e�i�eisment. t�t� tin�forth in dii�in��olutr�ns,againt� each particular Perfon's Tolume,ho;�� rnuch he or fhe i� a�e�Ced at for Polls, and how much for I�oufes 8�L,and, and how much fer perfonal Ef�at� and Income by 'Trade or Faculty: �nd the Lii} or Lifts fo perfe�$ed and fibne� by you, o�- �E �he major Part of yau, to commit to the Colle�tors, Conftable or C:onCtable� �f your 'I'own ��' oc Lifrri�, and to return a Certificate of tf�e Natne or �Tames of i�u�h ��Il��ors, Conftabl� �r Co�ftables, together with the Surn Total co each of them refpe�fvely can�mirted, ur.t� r��y felf, fosYaetime before the laCt �ay of O�tober next. Hereof y�u may r�� f�,i1, as you mvill anii�c�er yaur I�legle� ac the Peri1 of t�e Law, �iven carder n�y Hand at Seal Rt Boft�n, the Thit'tie�h D�ty of Jure g�q.r. I� the Fifteentl�' ;i'e�r of tl�c �eivn of aa�r ScveYe1�'�a �.or;� ��C?�,,�iF�ti�z Secon�, of�g`P�t ?':•,��t�:;�,�.�. 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