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An Act imposing taxes for the support of government. 1828 3 (1828)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0386 and id is 1 raw text is: PART 1, 0ONTAINING ACTS O! A IUJLIC AND GENERAL NATURE. UIIAPTI'11 1.-An act imposing tLxes for the support of government. (Passed February 27th, 1829.) 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, That the public (axes Taxes for t829. for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-nine, shall be as follows, viz: On lands, for every hund red dollars value thereof, (agreeably On lands. to the act for arranging the counties into districts, fur the elec- tion of Senators, and (or equalizing the land-tax, passed February the eighteenth, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen; and the act further to amend and explain the act, entitled, 'an act for arranging the counties into districts, for the election of Sena- tors, anti for equalizing the land.tax, passed March the first, one thousand eight hundred anti nineteen,) eiht cents; For' all houmes nfousesand lots ill and lots in town, two dollars and three cents for every hundred towns. dollars of yearly rent, or annual value thereof; for all houses anti lots improved, and not rented or occupied, and all unimproved lots in any city, town or borough, eight cents for every hundred dollars value tliereo', agreeably to the above recited acts for ar- ranging the counties into districts, for the election of Senators, anti for equalizing the land-tax; For every slave above the age of laves. twelve years, (except such as have been, or may be exempt, in con- sequence ol' age or infirmity, by the respective county and corpo- ration courts,) forty cents ; for every stallion or jackass, twice the lloes, allic, hc price at which such stallion or jackass covers a imare by the season; lor all other horses, mares, asses, mules and colts, ten cents; for Ordinaries and every ordinary license, or license to keep a house of private enter. homes of private tainment, seven dollars fur every hundred dollars of yearly rent entertainment. or value thereof, such rent or value to bu ascertained by the commissioner of the revenue, in the manner prescribed by law : Provided, That for no such ordinary license, a1ess sum than eigh. teen dollars shall be paid . nd ,pro:,ided also, That w-hen tie actual value of any building used as a house of private entertain. ment, shall b less than live hundred dollars, but one fourth of the said ,suin of eighteen dollars shall be charged foi- such license: Ind provided moreover, Ihat if any house tif private entertain- ment, as such, shall be of less amntal value than fir.y dollars, not more than two dollars shall be charged for such license : .11dpro- vided furl her, That no tax Ahall be levied on any house or private entertainment, unless the same shall be situated within some city, town or borough, or within eight hundred yards actual distance of some public road or highway; for every riding or pleasure carriage, Carriages. stage waggon, jersey waggotn, and carryall antd harness belonging thereto, one per cent. on the value thereof', the value thereof to he ascertained hy the commissioner of the revenue, in the mmanner

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