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jf ORDIX A N c E
a fund for tie farther inl
and keeping in complete repair
< ■auclis in the city ofrAugvJla,
tg such others 'as may be uecrf
d so parpejes y and a If)
wtug and keeping in repair me
oads leading thereto, and the
■jit bin the limits rs the fame.
REAS for the convenience
f the citizens, promotion of
iproteftion of property, it ii
\ rhe firft imprettion and of the
nortance, to provide a compe
ar- improving and keeping in
•jblic wells in the city cf
mking such others as may be
cflary, ana tor other purposes;
moving and keeping in repair
ronds leading thereto, and the
•tin the limits of the fame.
' -darned by the city council of
n council ajfembled , and by the
f the fame , That for improv
eping in good order and repair
wells in the city, finking wells,
'ier purposes, there (hall be a
,ed of twelve and a half cents on
mdred dollars value ot all houses
, and flock in trade at the time
,g this ordinance; and the sum
•/-feven and a half cents on
ry slave within the limits of the
owned by persons resident therein,
aid off into lots, including the addi
.in to the said city, weftwardly as far
is the Eeavcrdam or Campbell's Gully, to
the paid by the owners thereof, their a-
a gents or truftccs; and the sum ot one
dollar on each and every free negro, mu
latto or mullizo within the limits afore
faid.
i And be it further ordained by the au
thority aforefaid, That there shall be a
tax of one dollar imposed on all four wheel,
and the Ann of fifty cents on all two
wheel pleasurable carriages, owned by
persons refiling within the limits of the — ,
city at the time of puffing this ordinance.
And be it further ordained, '1 hat for
the further improving and keeping in
repair the fcveral public roads leading to
the city, within three miles of the fame,
and for the further improving the flrcets
within the city aforefaid, there shall be
levied on and colle»ftcd from each and e
very free male person, from the age ot
sixteen to fifty years, residing in the said
city of Augufla, and within three miles
■thereof, an afleihnent of one dollar ; and
on every male Have from the age ot six
teen to fifty, within the city and limits
"aforefaid, an afTcfftnent of fifty cents; and
on every hundred dollars value of all_
lands, houses and lots, and Hock in trade
at the time of palling this ordinance,
within the limits aforefaid, an afleiTmcnt
or* fix and a quarter cents; and on each
Mr.d every negro or slave (not before for
this purpose taxed) the sum ot twelve and
a half cents.
* And be it further ordained , That in as
much as the public roads leading from ,
(>.w-mills to the city arc very much cut
:ird injured bv waggons freighted with
lumber, there shall be a tax of twelve and
a half cents imposed on every thousand
fleet of all lumber which may be brought
:o, and r ifted from the bluff of the river
Savannah, within the limits aforefaid.
And whereas the numerous incrcafe
of dog< has become a cause cf general and
just complaint in this city, the number of
which already very much infefl ourAfreets,
to the great annoyance of the citizens ox
Augufla, for remedy whereof,
lie it ordained by the authority afore-
That there shall be a tax ot five
dollars imposed on every dog, over and
above the number of one, that belong to
:: v lot or tenement, whether claimed by
o lie. of the white family or by any pet fan
of colour belonging to the lot or tenement
•>y hire or othervvife, (except regular at
tendant butchers at market, who shall be
entitled to the priviiedgeof keeping three -
dogs to each slaughter-pen, free from tax)
and the head or matter of the family, or
head of the tenement shall b« answerable
for the amount of tax due on every dog so
taxed as aforefaid.
And be it further ordained, That there
shall be an a fie fib r cf the said taxes ap
pointed, whole duty it shall be to make
a just and accurate flatcment and digetl of
the persons and property liable to the laid
taxes, at the time of patting this ordi
nance, to be ellimated from the bell in
formation to bt* procured. He shall pro
ceed to make the said assessment on or im
mediately after the firft day "of June next,
and shall make two alphabetical digefls
or returns thereof to the clerk of the city
council, within twenty days after the
ft id Aril day of June next, one for the
infpcTiunof all persons intereilcd therein,
atvl 'he erheb for the ufc of the collector
of said taxes; taking care to make sepa
rate columns in digefl for the purpose
of distinguishing the road tax from that
of the other, hor making which said di- ,
geft, the affeflbr fnall be allowed three
percent, bn the amount collected. r ihat
the allelfor previous to entering on the du
ties of his office, shall take and fubfer’ibe
an oath or affirmation before the Intend
ant or any member of the city council, to
m ike the said assessment fairly and im
partially, to the bell of his power and a
bilities : And where any person or per
sons liable to taxation, shall be absent, or
if pr?fent shall refufe to make known on
oath (to be adminiltered by the affeflbr)
*- the amount of his, her or tluir property,
liable as aforefaid, the alfeffor shall be
governed by the bell information he can
procure from other persons ; and when a
ny person or persons may conceive him,
herfelf or themfdves aggrieved by said
aifellmenr, such person or persons on ap
plication to the council, and making the
fame appear on oath, (hall be redressed
therein.
And bt it further ordained ', That some
fit and proper person shall be appointed
collector of the said raxes, and lhall be
allowed for his trouble the sum of four
and a half per cent, on the amount he
may colled and pay into the city treafu
"Ty ; and before entering on the duties of
his said appointment, lhall give bond,
with two or more approved securities, in
the sum of four thousand dollars, condi
tioned for the faithful and impartial dis
charge of the duties ol his office, and
shall from time to time, when reasonably
required, pay into the hands of the city
treasurer, or to the order of the coqnci!, all
fi.ch monies as shall by him be collected.
That it shall be the duty of said colieclor,
hefides giving notice in one or both of the
gazettes of this city, to call at the house
or dwelling (if within the limits of said
assessment) of each person named in such
assessment or digest, and unless such taxes
“Tnfpaid on or before the firft day of Au
gust next, it (hall be the duty of said col
leflor to make a return of all such defaul
ters to the city council, and thereupon a
general execution (hall issue, signed by
the Intcndant or any two of the members
of the city council, againtt such defaul
ters refpeftively, for the amount of his,
her or their taxes, with the addition of
ten per centum for such default; com
manding and authorifing the said collec
tor to make and levy the said rates or as
sessments, with colts, out of such defaul
ter’s jroods and chattels, lands and tene
ments, or to take the hotly of such de
faulter. That if the said collector shall
■“Ry on the goods and chattels, lands and
tenements of any such defaulter, he shall
fell the fame at the usual place of public
sales within the said city, giving such no
tice as is required of flieriifs and ccnita
bles, in the sale of real and personal pro
perty, (as the case may be.) Buc in
cases where he may an est the body of the
defaulter, he shall carry such defaulter
before the IntenJant or any member of the
council, who shall thereupon commit such
person to the common jail ot this county
by a mittimus, which shall Hate the a
mount of tax and coils due by such defaul
ter, and there to remain until paid, or
from thence delivered by a due courle cf
law.
And be it further ordained, That ma
tters of apprentices lhall be liable to have
such apprentices included in his, her or
their returns, and shall be answerable tor
their rates or assessments refpe*tively, so
far as they are chargeable with poll tax
cnly.
And be it further ordained , That fiaves
hired by persons living within the limits
aforefaid, (ball be included in the returns
made by the person or persons hiring the
fame, and who fhail be answerable and
liable to pay the rates or affeff.nents afore
faid.
And be it farther ordained, That the
‘“furn of fifty dollars shall be imposed on
all billiard tables which may be in use af
ter the expiration of ten days from the
publication of this ordinance ; the sum
of one hundred dollars on all E. O. A. B.
C. dice, or other tables conflruifted for
the purpose of gambling, which may be
used after the expiration aforefaid ; the
sum of two hundred dollars on each and
every company of players; the sum of
fifty dollars on every (how.man, or jug
gler, and tire sum of one hundred dollars
on all animals, whether Elephants, Lyons,
Tygers, Leopards, Camels, Dromedaries,
Hogs, Digs or Monkeys, which may
be exhibited for (how within the limits of
- "'tTuscity : And the collector of the city
tax is hereby authorifed and required to
levy the fame by distress on the goods
and chattels of such persons as shall exhi
bit such or any qf the above mentioned
animals or any other for money ; or keep !
i any of the above mentioned or any other
gaming tables; theatrical exhioition or
ihow ; and in case no goods are to be
found, to take the body oi iuch perions,
wlio (hall Hand committed until fuchTSx
is paid.
And he \t further ordained, That the
collector ihail be allowed to charge the
■ lame fees or rates of tees for iervices per
formed by him under this , ordinance, as
are allowed bv the laws ot this Itate to
(heritfs for limilar lerviccs.
Faffed in Conned the zaih May, 1802.
WALTER LEIGH, Chairman. .
Attrf,
J. Huvchijtson, Clerk.
Mr. Smith,
1 remarked witluinuoh concern in lath
Saturday’s Chronicle a fictitious scribbler
under the lignature of a Lounger, who
from wandering vagabond puriuits was
very pointed in his bate aifertions, parti
cularly towards the youth of Augusta act
ing in the capacity of merchants clerks,
whom he {tabs with the ignominious
charge of “ squandering that which is
not their own but mailer’s property,” a
great proportion of whom, 1 trutt are
too far in the confidence of their employ
ers to feel the fling ejected by this anon
ymous lounging vagabond, who appears
from a life or doth and dilfipation to have
loth fight ot all laudable pursuits and whose
idle object is by cowardly assertions, (for
his real name he took care not to give)
to reduce other characters to a level with
the wretchedness of his own.
A MERCHANT'S CLERK.
Mr. Smith,
In your lad Paper some person under
the alfumed, tho’ very exprefiive name
ot a Lounger, makes very tree with the
characters ot a great proportion of the
young men of this City, viz. the “ mer
chants clerks, &c.” he fays, and by the
by without any exception, that they are
ail, neither more nor less than Robbers of
their matters property, and that for the
vile purpoie of ‘ coaxing’ the Ebon Lass
to their embracer. Ho-.v a man who fab
feribes himfelf an idle lazy vagabond,
(for that is the true interpretation of a
Lounger, and no doubt in this particular
case a very just one) can accnfe upw aids
ot fifty refpeftable young men of Seeing
guilty offuch crimes is really aftor,idling.
1 do not know who this Lounger is, (I
wifit much I did) but I will venture to
fay that at least three fourths Gs those li
belled, are daily entrusted with more pro
perty by and belonging to their mailers,
without any fear ot their squandering it,
than their “ fhameful” calumniator ever
was, or ever vviil be pofleffed of, and
how a man ot his acknowledged character
can polfibly know whether the property
applied as alledged (allowing tho’ by no
means admitting, that such improprieties
are committed) is stolen from the matter,
or not, I leave the w orld to judge.
Mr. Lounger taiks much of theft, his
very name implies something within a
lew tteps ot it. Idleness and lloth, with
their ulual attendants w ill (as the wife
man fays ] clothe a man with rags, and if
like other ‘‘profligates” he does not soon
quit such “ abominable practices” he w ill
not only be neccllitated to commence theft
in form for fubfiftancc, but will ultimate
ly meet a thief’s reward. This slander
ing aifaflin may rest allured that this has
nothing cf “ Levity in it,” but on the
contrary, un'efs, he immediatcdly comes
forward and makes the needfary and pro
per palinode or difciimination, and that
in as public a manner as the charge, such
tteps (hall be taken as will ensure a difeo
very of the real autlior of such a diabolical,
falie, and malicious production, when,
be it whom it may, he ihail receive
such “ gratification” as he little dreamed
oft* when he penned his piece.—
A CLERK OR STOREKEEPER.
Vrsjb GOODS for Sale.
Best green silk Umbrellas, with and
without canes,
Ginghams ditto,
Cambric and lappet Mi flins,
Dimities of the best kind,
Gentlemens, ladies, boys and mittes Cot
ton Hose,
Ditto, ditto Hats,
Grey Linens, Calicoes and Chintzes.
SAMUEL M. SMYTH.
Ten Dollars Reward.
ABSCONDED, about two
months ago, TOM, a likely mulatto
boy, 14 years of age. He is fupnofed
to be in Burke county, where his mother
resides. Any person who will bring him
to Dudlor Hull in Augafta, fhaSl have
the above reward, and proper cxpcaces
paid. 2.
i May 14. f' ' r U'XL ?*X
AN>Y Gentleman xfM
can come well recommended, ar,d
understands the Engiiib So H
get a School in the neighborhood
late- Robert Walton, Esq.
count] • H
T O B tTs'cTlT'l
SEVEN hundred acres of hnj, i;! H
oppofitc'the city of Augusta, c n Sa H
vannah Riv in the date of South.c a * W
roliua, a great proportion cf which ■' H
Paine low Ground, and Find q ua '- ■
High Lind, well timbered, —R, r '{J E
ther particulars, apply to Col. Robert B
Watkins at Augnfta, who is antlioiifej fl
to dispose of the fame. K
April 2 3. I
N. C. If the above is not very (hort. fl
ly fold, it wiU be leafed, for a ; Ci " B
not exceeding seven years. H
Ten Dollars Reward. I
RUN- AWAY from the fubferiber E
living at Booth’s mount, neat the I
Oconee river, Hancock county, 0 n th* fl
Bth of this month, a negro man named B
J E M, about thirty years of age, fi, { fl
feet ten inches high, speaks good En», B
lith; had on a blue homespun double |
wove coat, fhiped waidcoat and breech- B
es, ihos- boots and plated spars. He- is B
well acquainted in Auguita ar,d Sa. B
vanniah, .and will probably aim for cat of B
those places. ■
Any per fen apprehending said negro, I
and fending him to me, or lodging him |
in any jail of this state so that I can get I
him, (hall receive the above Reward fl
JAMES THOMAS. J
: May is. *jl
BROUGHT to the jriTtfl
Lincolnton, on the r ith ituf. mrec tie.
groes; a fellow, wench and child, lie
fellow is low and well made, a iittJc in.
dined to be yellow; the wench is sail
and very likely ; the child appears tubs
about fix months old ; the fellow calli
his name ADAM, the wench FANNY,
fays they belong to William Cox, r.ey
Washington. The owner is requ deJ
to come and prove the property, juy
charges and take them away.
CHARLES KENNON, Jailor.
May 13.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RUN- A WAY from the fubfciner,
the iftinft. from the Sister Feu*
ry; a fellow named JACOB, 19 01
20 years old, well grow n, his beam jest
beginning to grow, large full eyes, ?■ ie*
markable fear on his right elbow, ic:a*
fioned by a burn when a child, sensible
and fpcaks good English, came from the
state of Maryland, and purchased from
Mr. John I. Gray in Savannah. He tas
altered his name to Jack. Fie went eff
with two boat hands belonging to M/.
Hightower’s flat in Augusta, The above
Reward will be paid to any person ca
delivering him to me, or lodging him ia
any jail in this state. All pe/fons tie
cautioned against harbouring or carrying
film out of the state, as they will be
dealt with as the law direds.
WILLIAM KENNEDY. ,4
Feb. 26. 'iT *■'
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GEORGIA, Greene County.
By Thomas Carleton, dork cj lit
court or ordinary for jail /canty.
WHER’EAS Samuel lyz?. J ia ' 1
Allenfolir. vc atp/ed to r ne Jet
letters of admirSfiration/on the tftati and
ejfcds of John HSgg,/att oj this cour.:),
deceafid. y
THESE are therefore to die and adr.o
nijh all and jin.'/nr foe kindred and cn*
dilor: of the jnwL deceafod, to be arid a?*
pear before in/it my ojjiceion or before iV
IO'A day of June next, tp jheto cauje,
any they j/vc, cahy Jaid letters jh.suld nit
be grwjvd.
Cl HEN under my hand at office, th:i
loth day of May x 802.
THJi. CARLE TON, c c. »•
GEORGIA, Greene County.
By Thomas Carleton, cltrii of t' x
court of Ordinary for said count?*
WHEREAS Alexander H
has to Ant for biters
dfmiffon on theßdye and (ff. lt v
Brazier C. And:rfoS\date oj this ccusV/t
dezcifed. \ , ,
THESE are UiereJore\o cite ana ao.no
nijh all and f malar the kipditd afiA< rt ‘
j ditors of fiyl deceased , tr be and appt#
at myopic/ on or before the ’jthdayp,
July rest, to Jhtza caufc, if any i*t
have, uhy fmd Utters Jkoiuu not he £ r -"*
ed. *
GirEV under my hand at f
this ls s h day 0/ Man 1 So?*
TiiOs. CAKLSTON, c. c *