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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsva0607 and id is 1 raw text is: ACTS
IC AND GENERAL NATURIK.
PART I.
CjiAp. I-An ACT imposing taxes fbr tile support of' governimit.
[Passed ,March 17, 1817.]
1. Be it enacted by the ,gcneral ssembh/, That the public taxes for 'i , ,r :1:.
the year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, shall be as follows: Oin oil,,,J .
lands, (except such as are exempted by law from taxation,) for every
hundred dollars thereof, agreeably to the assessment of lands, made
pursuant to the act, entitled an act providing for the reassessment
of lands in this commonwealth, passed MIarch the twenty-fourth,
eighteen hundred and thirty-eight, and the act, entitled ' an act to
amend the act, entitled ' an act providing for the reassessment of
lands in this conunonwealth,' passed March the first, eighteen hun-
dred and thirty-nine, ten cents ; for all houses and lots in any city, ifiu, ,, 1,I
borough or town, (except such as are exempted by law from taxation,) ill town..
two dollars and forty cents for every hundred dollars yearly rent or
annual value thereof; for all houses and lots in any city, borough or
town, (except such as are exempted by law from taxation,) improved
and not rented or occupied, and for all unimproved lots as aforesaid,
ten cents for every hundred dollars value thereof, agreeably to the
above cited acts providing for tie reassessment of lands in this coin-
monwealth; for every slave above the age of twelve years, except sim.,..
such as have been or may be exempted in consequence of age or in-
firmity by the respective county and corporation courts of this com-
mnonwealth, thirty-two cents; for every stallion or jackass, twice the iorfm.
price at which such stallion or jackass covers a mare by the season ;
and where the service of such stallion or jackass is charged for not
in money, but in provisions or other commnodities of value, then twice
the alternative value of such property in money, such value to be
fixed by the commissioner of the revenue: Provided, That if such
stallion or jackass shall not stand by the season, there shall be charged
twice the amount paid or to be paid for insurance : Jrovided also,
'Phat not less than six dollars shall be paid on every stallion or jack-
ass let to mares; for all other horses, mares, mules, asses and colts,
ten cents each ; for every riding or pleasure carriage, stage coach, carria, .
jersey wagon or carryall and gig, and harness belonging thereto, and
for every piano forte, to be paid by the owner thereof, one and one t'iano'.
half per centum on the value thereof, to be ascertained by the com-
missioner of the revenue in the manner prescribed by law.](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsva0607&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)