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An Act to alter and amend the several acts heretofore passed for the incorporation and government of the town of Marietta, in the county of Cobb. 1845 113 (1845)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsga0339 and id is 1 raw text is: INCORPORATIONS. the informer, the other half to be paid into the county treasury for county purposes. St-c. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- said, That all laws and parts of laws to the contrary not- withstanding, are hereby repealed. Approved, December 26th, 1845. AN ACT to alter and amend the several acts heretofore pass- ed for the incorporation and government of the town of Ma- rietta, in the county of Cobb. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and 1ouse of Rep- resentativcs of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, Thait from and after the passage of this act, all white persons residing in said town on the first day of February, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and the same day in each succeeding year, who are subject by the laws of this State to the payment of' a poll tax, shall pay a poll tax to said incorporation, to such an amount as shall or may be ordained by the Commissioners thereof. Provided, That in no case the said poll tax shall exceed one dollar every year; and all owners of slaves held or employed in said town, and all owners of other taxable property of every description, in said town, shall pay a tax on the same to the said incorporation, to such an amount as may be ordained by the Commissioners. Provided, said tax in no case shall ex- ceed, in rate,one half of the State's tax on the same; and all free persons of color residing, or who may hereafter reside in said corporation, over the age of twenty-one years, shall in like manner pay a tovn tax of three dollars. Sac. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners of said town shall provide, by by-law, for the collection and payment over of all taxes imposed or authorized to be imposed bV the foregoing section, and shall, moreover, require a bond for the faithfil perfornance of his duty, of the person whose business it shall be to collect the same. Sc. 3. And he it further enacted by the authority afore- said, That public notice shall be given, by advertisement at the court-house door and three other public places in town, of the time andl place for the persons liable to tax to make return, on oath, of their taxable property and their polls, and that all persons failing to make returns of the same, shall be returned as defaulters and subject to a double tax, and the value of the property of such defaulters shall be assessed, under oath, by three freeholders of the town, to be appointEd by the Commis- sioners. 15 113

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