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Home My WebLink About1754 Lexington Tax Warrant - �% �3,�:�� ' :�� 3`e�V-it��:e �f t��e " e1 -!.��`��. ��'�� -% . �� _1��,�_ �� °��fe��_ �:��> a��;;� _ .� �:� ,, � �� . :__ - �� - e Jj��„ `\ ..�-...�. '� . . �vs \�. .� �.�� .t q . � � ��'�•�{ ��ya a \ � .�� -:1�.�"'��fi�{P ' � i`' �'f•+�. 1• �� ` � ,�� r � � � . %. � ✓ +�`� ,:' `� ��-` ��%z'�' ,�„"_ .,j (�,��6��il:�i� f p, . (� ,h' �.k`+�t' a� _ �� ' s �� 'C1� ,��- > �. ��..;� � ` �f . . . ��t�� - q' 2're,�f'�re� anc� Recei�er-G�ne�°al of �Ias 1��a'�y's uzd 1��°ovinc�, ; - �'o t�e Sele�-Meri or Af�'efi'ors of the I'own or Da,/tri�t of�,�G�1 �j�_.-� Greeting; �i°: �N �bferv�tnce of c�si!1� of the Grecit and Gener�l Court ar embly of the faad P�°ovisae29 be�un c�nd held at�of�on on I�ednefc�ay the Twent}'-ninth Day of May, i�54, in t1�eT wenty- feventh ?''ec�r of flis 1Vlajefty s Reign, Intadled, An A� for the Supply of the Treafury with ghe Sum of Nine I"houjr�nd four Hundred fifty-fix Pounds jeven Shillings and eight Pence9 and for drawing the fame into che Tre�fury again. flljo, for .Apportioning and Af�'efi'ing a Tax o� Ei�hteen 1'houfand Pounds : �'nd �lfo, for Apportioning and Aii'efi'ing a further Ta� of 1'avr� I'houfand f oasr Hundred �nd twenty•three Pounds one Shilling pai�i the Reprefentatives for theip Service and Attendance in the General Court andTravel, and for Fines laid on feveral Tc�wns for not fendin; a Reprefentative ; both �vhich Sums amount in the whole to �wenty I'houfand four Hundred twenty-three Pounds one Shilling. H,,E S E are in His Mc�je,/ty's .1�TR�ne to,T�all c�nd Requirt you f brthze�sth to a�efs the Sui�i of ; , , �� , %� ,� � � �/�U��i� ��'f z�� Il�2�j '��r� u fy2 � ---� `� � � ; fet upon you Tov�t►..,pr Diftric`t in Manner following, �h�tt is ta fciy, '$'o af�°efs all ratea4�l� Male �c�l!s above the Age of Sixteen Year�, within your Town'or Diftrit�, or next adjoinin� thereto� belonging to no other 'I'own, I'hYee Shillirags per Yoll ; and proportianably in afi'ef�'in; the Fines mentione�i in the A�, and the additional St�m received out of tl�e Treafi�r� for the Paymer.t of the Reprefentatives. And all Ef�ates both Real and Perfonal, lvrng withiii th� Limits uf your Town or Dit�ri�, or next unto the fame, not paying elfewhere; in whof� Hands, Tenure,Occupation or Pof�efiioh foever the fame is or ff�all be found ; and alfo ehe In� eomes or Profits which any Perfon or Perfons � e�cept as in and by the iaid Ac`� is excepted ) da or fl�all recei�e from any Tradeg Faculty, Bufinefs or Employment wliatfoever ; and all Profit� which fhall or may arife by Money or other Ef�ate, not particularly otherw'tfe af3"ef�ed, or Com� mi1I'ions of Yroi�t in their Improvement, accordinb to their Underftanding or Cunntng9 at On� Penny on the Yound ; and to abate or multiply the fame, if need be, fo as to ci�ake up the Sum fet and ordered hereby for yonrTown or Dif�rift to pay: And in cnaking the faid,�f�efsment� �ou are to ef�imate I-�oufes and Lands at fix Years Incorrie of the yearly Rents, whereat the fam� tnay be reafonably fet or let fo�'in the Place where they lye; favin�;all Contrafts between Landlord and Tenant, and where no ContracR is,the Landlord to reiEnburfe one half of the Tax Fet upora fuch Houfes and Lands ; and to ef�imate Negro, Indian and Molatto Servanes proportionably as other Yerfor�al Eftate, according to yoar found Judgment and Difcretion ; as alfo to ef�imate every Ox of Four Years old and upwards at Forty Shillings, every Cow of three Years old and i�pwards at 2'hsrty Shsllings, every Horfe and Mare of threP Y�ars old and upwards at Forty Shillings; every Swine of one Year old and upwa�ds at Eight Sl�allings, Goats and Sheep of one Year old !'hree Shillings each. And qou are likewife required to make a fair L't{� of t�e faid Ai�'efsmene, fetting €orth in dif�in� Co�umns, againf� each particalar Perfon's I�Ta�e; how ��uch he �r fhe is af�ef�ed a� for Polls, and how mueh for Houfes and Lands, and how mticl�for perfonal �ftate and Incame by Trade or Faculty : And if as Guardian; ar for any E{�ate in his or her Improvemene in Truf�, co b� diftin�ly exprefi'eci. And the Li{� or Lifts fo perfec'�ecf and figned by youg or the major Part of you, to eommit to the Colle�tors; Conftabte or Cora� �ables of your Town or Di�ri�, and to returr� a Certificate of the 1\Tame or Names of�uch CoI� le�ors, Conf�able or Conl�ables, with the Sum-Total to each of them commiteed; unto n�yfelf, fomeeime before the laft Day of O�tober next. Hereof you tnay not fail, as you will anfwer youa° �V�blet� at the Peril of the Law. �iven under my H�nd �nd Se�l at Bofton, the I'hird Day of July, i 75�.. in tl�e I'��enl.y-eibl.�P�* �'`es;r of the Reigya of our So�ereign �ord G�01'c��'tl�e Secoa��l, of C�reat-�ritaxn �� . �I?`?G, i�% � .�Z ��L ' ,, � � �� ; �' ..u�. ,s�nC�v��._.. �. �a �'�!�. ... . .- v.r.�u�...*�+`_:. .. ... ..��wi3(;w.i�.:P.sr .,�E_':�F�_e. V�`.��ia�n�-f�. . :.��k _. �%5,-.� C�w�;'..'tJ k�>i�"si� i.a58s4��.w,.�,,,�^i�aYc.'.;-,_ � j... � ... �a C � a . . . i, �� ._ ,' . _ . . ._ . ._ . . � �l 1 �" ��'Y� � . � � � ' -`! � 2�_ _-� 4� �� t�Q- , � � �-�., �`� --�-=-- --- � � r� � �i � �� . � G'�' � ,�� . E � � _._�.�_�.Y:..,��.- �.� � �� "� � i •� ,S L � �� l 1� , - � �� ,� �,/�.� --_�.- . . � �� r ��-� �,.�� / �� 9 g � ;.�,�,�r , �, r , . ; �. � . �� - . ., . . . . , �', , .. '^ � � . :[ . . .. . . � . . .. -�i,�. r�.. . . � � � - .. 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