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Year one thoufandjwei hundre4andnetjd4%i.
t t t t a cti Scti of rtttbthf a! the tott of Otorg,
: trnai'l fltruib! usr, w aro. .t :acnr tr(of, 'That a tax of thirty.five
cents, for.cycry.hundred dollars Value of illands within thisiflatel
gianted to. or lurv yed for, 'any perfon or prfons; thall be paid
and kvied thereon, the value or eftlinationof 4chlands, toberate(
agrccably to the efliniation or value of lands in and by an'a&, en-
tiled, AnAtt to raife a Tax, for the fupport ofGovernment, for
the year one thou.fand feven hundred atid ninety-ficven.
jj!ite tc tunti cr.uja '1 hat the fum of thirty one and a quarter cents
fiall be leviln aill f al Ie ina le w hItCperfoins, rcidert within this fitae,
of he age of twenty-one ycars or upwards; and the rum of thirty,
one and a quarter ccnts on all negroes and other flaves, underthe
ae ot fixty Years, within the limits'of the fame; and the funof
thirty one and i cuarter cents for cycry hundred dollars.value of
every lot, wharf, or other lAd not patticularly cliniatcd in the aft
bufore ri cited, Ind on all biuildings within the limits of ary town,
village, bcorough or city,, within the fam-; .the fumn of fifty'cnts
on all awlc ie negroes. mulattoes and nintrizoes, of the age of
twrnty-one yeats or upwards. over and above the taxable propeity
they may be pollfeId of; the furn of twenty cents for cycry hundred
dollars value (fI all p:*rfuns flock in trade, mcrchauws, (hop keepers
and othets, to be computed at prime coll, and thef return to be
radc on oath that the lock in trade la rturned, is the highellelli.
mation of ti flock in lich pcricn'spofillion at-any timehrot cxceed-
in~tg three nonths precceding the tune appointed by law for tfuch
flock in trade to be cmlinatd :ind returned. ' he fum of four <0Ul.
lars cn all profellbts of liv and ph fic;. th e[ilm o fi fly dollars ad
all billard tab(.lcs.; and the - fmln of three hundred dollars on every
1.. 0. table, or ot !er iliniument (f fimilar conf Lrudi 'on ul fed or in
tended ,0 for g.u111Jinr. The luni of four dollars oni all fa~lors and'
brokers, and the flim of cighteen and thrcc-quarter ccnts on every
hiuidred dollais valuc of all foreign wares, liq uors and mnrchandizc]
fold, huaiganed and traflicked for by all fuch faHors and brokers;
and the lun of fift cents on cvery hundred dollars of the funded
(lock of the United tates, to be given in by the holders thereof iri
like rn.inner as flock in tiade. Protbth tmbriIlrdit. That in all Cafesof
c'tr me indigence or infirmity, .the Inferior Court of each county
fh All,. aid they are lu reby authorifed to remit the poll tax, onfuch
indig'entor.infirm perfon claiming the fiame.. - .
aeib bt it %urhr trarib, Ilat the lum of fit(een dollars hill be levied.
.n'all negracs brought into this flate by fea, for fettlement or fale as
ltng as lu- importati on is by law permitted, except FUch as inaj bd
brought'in by emigrants irom any other part of the Unittd -Statest
for the purpoftof allual fettlcment; which fum (haill be paid a g ..
ably to thC rquifitions contained in the before recitedtat' Tor
the year one thoufand leven hundred and'ninetyfevenwitThid
.1urthcr provifion, that nothing thall be received In payingh* fa
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