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An Act laying Taxes for the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Seven. 1797 3 (1797)

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'ETION        E  ievcn7loth GehhiArhiby, Thit th'epubl~ic taxesfor'the yeC16i tho- ac nIrl
l' ad leven lhundred-and inery.feven, Ihall be as follows to.wit On lands,:-i.w,,bn  -:
'for every hiundd dollars, alue, igreeal to the equalzing, law, thirtygeight Jents.Jpr ey -
-1 flaye Above ;theaige of twelv' *irj,- (except futeh as havebecpoYi p albe exemptdby:
reafn of ag I o in6rmityI, by th*e refpe kive. county or c rpoa tion '6urts) tiI yhv veentst,
for every Inud'hrfe 'nd iack-af,, he .price at ,lic.fuch'-hdr.  af- covers amare, the6: ea.:
•~n ; for 0a orb  rfhorfes,• mule , mares, and -cqhs  nine cents each ] for:every ordinary i
cetnc,. ten-dol.ar ;- lor••all lots and houfes ini town, four dollars and feventeeen:  ents , o3n •ever;y :•••:
-tire hund. - and thirty-three dollars and •thirty-four etstf the6et ,tdeof to be: afkerf :
'aiA.1 by tie rent paid -by the tenat; and wh'fuch honI'ort i.'s int4e ocupatio6n of the .
prolprietori the yeaily rent or-.valu ihall.be a6ert ined.beo i nsf trlevenue-or
ehher o4 them,, by a comparifon of its value with other io0fes orlots:actually rened:Pro
• ,ed, Thatwthe .pwner or -propietor.of'fany fich.houfe-or1lt,.if h  t thins' hmfelf:ggri  ..ed FJrWi
byfc-auatioll, may appeal, to the corb  hmtectmiilioners ware appitd     hf
jiiiient'astIothe yearly r.cit 6,rvalue,. -tliall:  efinil. .
,. b .i. 'THE. fid commnifiicners or edher ofthem, to afce-tamn the rent paiod onhoufes O  Mo&e.of, se i
u tI edi, may-.all ou the tenma, or proprito to deelare,. up6nOOath, or f'lpmn  .unrng r-nt, i*
aflirmati.r, What ii 'the amount of riet piid tthe far -e and'eery perfon. fo called:upinoS.etS r.a,
and reflufing-t:rdeciar. I ball forfeit and pay the fumEofthre huI Ired dolars,to.be recovered -
by•r•m-otin( :-,, n totce, to'be -ade by the c6nirmnhoners otie revepue, or
eithr. f them  For every four wheel riding carriage, ccpt 4phaon, and flage ! ggo;S one:
:dllar I er WhCel  for all phmtons and flage lwggonsixty- even Centspr rwheel -foreery
otheti.ng carriage. with two wheelsthirty-f ur cent5 per hee  P.nded, C  ThtIat no tax. all
cL Dlcoi6le 0In ands, 1-ts, lpofes, -r oer tproperty belongingto this cor nar lth o r tt
'any..uny   , oile~c, homes ±or ivine wqr h,p, or mint aryo l earning.-.       .
SF. I1    FIND be t fai er diafled, That the folowing tax on law procefs fhall be paid  T ,
:   ach writ or decliratiun in ejedinent. in liruiga-fuinthe diflrir Courtt j DrfubpwLna cefr. i a p,.
' in ti. J;~ icou~rt of chancery, the Iu  of-one dollar; o each:appeal to the high court Of.a.dhocla
-:,•harcery, Lw0dollats;, on each writ oferror, l perf~eeas, and habeas corpus cumu  aufa,,•i-
g -   ny ecord 'of appeal on ap!peals to ra ,dilit coUrt,' oro thehrirgh courtof chancery, and
-tt ..ih wiir  of certiorari iffhiccd fromntthe generalcourt, adifiridcowi, and hhrt:of
-chancery, one dollar i the failiaxes lball, by the refpeaivecleiks, be taxed in-the bdofcot
'andif an} .cyierk fhall fail to pay the amopnt of any judgmeht obtaied agaiil hifr the Ufe P..O, n
'   die ritnronweald  within JixtY days aiier, he Iha-har e ra eived notr  e   rthere'f,theauito'r c:..
'ih'all tranlfnit to the court, of which the pel fbivrfe failingis clerk,,the fad nn-e,.anuhisice-
£ t~i'C of :f-r li.failure, which fhall. W. by the faid court admittedto eod, from which ti• .
u. ig iti, t- a.ear by a certificat of the auditor, to be allo ecorded, that fuch aidgenris
•d uc aie J, •ilhil nut  be  lawfUl for the . n-,d  clerk  to  charge,  collc -,  or-rce e   an:hry  feesw hia~t. •.•  • ••  , •
it',fr. On ead t acr, urnder ih iea  f any couniy or .opotoncourt, therei hall be. ,
paid : tax of one. dolar- No•wr•f• fubpbii•r or any writ of erior,  fedeas, certiorari .
. or liu  a   -- irus cum-caui,  fhallbe ilued  or. daatin .in  ejIereot, tfiled  by  -any clerk t  o:, .. At
'. imlds tlie taxes hieit.y ihpofed tlhercotibb ril  paid down .. Iln all apa~ls, no tr ian|iipt.of::-..:: .:.:
the 'ccord hall bi doircr~d(t0': ha ajipellatir by th 1 cler of the: court .or forward- by him
S:.a ifuperr coUrt, bL .the t aXes;thereon:hbe paid,.nor ihal! any certificatesu-der ie: fea-  .
. f  attyii   cou~ty   ori  corp oratio0n c~oiiit,-  be  g ranted,,  until the: ta.'.:here on   I ll .[ha   ebe e.n-,firil pa ! id  - .-   :Y.  :-
.:to• thle  c herk: k ee ing  •fcid   feal, ••T her i h ll :be:.•paid[• fo0 ty   •two  ce  nts-'for  eveiry•tra n~sler of: 3i~ l i\as oS
,-.ftrveyor' i crtifseate .for laind -.to be. eolle ,ted by the regIier of the .iand ofllce ..before te.till1-- ar ortCOOt.
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