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SUPPLEMENT to the AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, No. 816.
AN ORDINANCE
Jt'-.r railing a fund ftr the further im
pro'virtg and keeping in complete repair
4 he public ax 4 elli ir the city of Align fa,
for Jinking Jttch ethers rs may l>t necej .
t'ary t and Jr other prrrpofes ; and at jo
for impro ving and keeping in repair the
‘<ull c reads l ading thereto, and the
jlreeff 'within the limits of the fame.
THERE AS for the convenience
V V of the citizens, promotion ol
Lcrlth, and protection of property, it is
t n objeft ts the firft imprcCicn and of the
•-rented importance, to provide a compe
tent tinul for improving and keeping in
repair the public wells in the city of Au
gusta, for finking such others as may be
Alccmed neceflary, and for other purposes;
and for improving and keeping in repair
the public roads leading thereto, and the
llrccts within the limits of the fame.
HE it ordained by the city council of
Ai/gijhiy in council ajfe tabled, and by the
authority of the fame, That for improv
ing and keeping in good order and repair
she public wells in the city, finking wells,
and for other purposes, there (hail be a
t x imposed of twelve and a half cents on
e ery hundred dollars value of all houses
vtid lots, and (lock in trade at the tin«
• f palling this ordinance; and the sum
of thirty-seven and a half cents on each
and every Have within the limits of the
*:»ry, owned by persons resident therein,
rs laid off into lots, including the addi
non to the fa id city, weftwardly as far
ns the Beavcrdam or Campbell’s Gully, to
lx* paid by the owners thereof, their
ger.ta or' trullees ; and the sum of one
dollar on each and every free negro, mu
• itro or muflizo within limits alorc
iaid.
And b* it further ordained by the an~
deori/y aforefaid, That there fnall be a
i ax of one dollar imposed on all four wheel,
and the sum of fifty cents on all two
wheel pleasurable carriages, owned by
persons residing within the limits of the
city at the time of palling this ordinance.
And be it further ordained, That for
the further improving and keeping in
r*pair the several public roads leading to
the city, within three miles of the fame,
■ o.i for the further improving the firxets
* [thin ike city aforefaid, there shall he
i'vicd on and collected from each and e
v~ry free male person, from the age of
Txtcen to fifty years, residing in the fa id
city of Aurufta, and within three mi.es
i hereof, an nffcfiVnent of one dollar ; and
i:i every male Have from the.age of fix
tven to filly, within the city and limits
atoreUiJ, an afiefTment of fifty cen f s ; arui
oil every hundred dollars value of all
Lnds, houses and lots, and flock in tr..Je
'•i tiie time of palling this ordinance,
within the limits aforefaid, an afiiil-ncrr
•as fix and a quarter cents; and on each
:.n;i every negro -or fiwo (not before !o:
tisis purpose taxed) the sum ol twelve anu
u halt rents.
* And he it further ordained y 1 hat in a
. r li as the public reads 'trading f-or
fc.vUtils *o the city arc very much cut
and injured by waggons freighted with
lumber, there shall be a tax of twelve and
a half cents imposed on every thousand
feet of all lumber which may be brought
ro, and rafted from the bluff of the r ver
Savannah, within the limits aforefaid.
/•no whereas the numerous increase
of dogs has become a cause of general and
just complaint in thischy, the number of
which already very much infeft our streets,
to the great annoyance of the citizens of
Augusta, for remedy whereof,
- Be it ordained by the authority afore
t'aidy That there shall be a tax of five
dollars imposed cp. every dog, over and
above the number of one, that belong to
any lot or tenement, whether claimed by
ore of the white family or by any perlon
of colour belonging to the lot or tenement
by hire or others ife, (except regular at.
fendant butchers at marker, who fhali be
entitled ro the privilege of keeping three
■logs to each fianghter-pen, free from tax)
and the head or mailer of the family, or
head of the tenement (hall be answerable
for the amount of tax due on every dog so
taxed as aforefaid.
And be it further ordained. That there
shall be an afleifor of the said taxes ap
pointed, whose duty it fiiall be so make
a just and accurate ftafement and digest of
the persons and property liable to the said
taxes, at the time of palling this ordi
nance, to be eftimafed from the best in
if rnation to be procured. He shall pro
!co-d so make thfc said afieAment on or im
j mediately after the firft day of June next.
1 1 and f.iail make two alphabetical digests
! or returns thereof to the clerk of the city
■ • council, within twenty days aft?r the
said firft day of June next, one for the
infpeTion of all persons interested therein,
and the other for the use cf the collector
of said taxes; taking cate to make fepa
-1 rate columns in said digest for the purpose
, icf distinguishing tlie road tax from that
1 .of the other. For making which said di
gest, the aficflbr fnall ba allowed three
: percent, cn the amount collated. That
. the afleiTor previous to entering on the du
■ ties of his office, fnall take and fubferibe
1 an oath or affirmation before the Intend
-1 ant or any member of the city council, to
, make tlie said aftefirnent fairly and i;n
--■ partially, so the best cf his power and a
• hiliues : And where any person or per
for.s liable to taxation, shall be absent, ci
1 if present {ball refufe to make known or.
1 oath (to lie ad uiniftcrcd by the afteffor)
the amount of his, her or their property ,
i liable as aforefaid, the ailed, r 'bail lx.
• governed l*v the heft information he car j
> procure from other persons; and when a-f
i r.y jvrfon or persons m.-y conceive him j
i herfelf or thcmfilvcs aggrieved by fan !
• nfleftmenr, fucli person or perfiotu an ap
, plication to the cour. il, and making the
• fame appear on oath,’fhaii be reUrcflld ;
. " i
; therein. 1
And be it f nr-her ordained. That fame J
! fi: and proper pc:fon iba'.l be appointed
’diid'or of the said taxes, and foal) be
...lb-,ved for his trouble t’..c fern t f four
a: l a 1 if per xert. on t.ie ;.;»o;;;.t be
: miv collc'l wd nay hr: :V qft *trr:tf..
ry ; and before entering on the duties of
his said appointment, shall give bend,
with two or more approved securities, in
the sum of four thousand dollars, condi
tioned For the faithful and impartial dif
eharge cf the duties of his office, and
thall from time to time, when reasonably
required, pay into tie hands of the city
rrer.furer, or to 'he order of the council, alf
finch monies as shall by him be collcdcd.
That it fiiall be the duty of said colleflor,
be ikies giving notice in one or both of the
gazettes of this city, to call at the lioufc
or dwelling (if within the limits of said
afleffment) of each person named in such
afieflinent or digest, and unltfs such taxes
he paid on or before the firft day of Au
gust next, it fiir.ll be the duty of said col
lator to make a return of all such defaul
ters to the city council, and thereupon a
general execution fiiall iftue, signed by
the Intendant or any two of the members
of the city council, against 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 nuthorifing the laid collec
tor to make and levy the fatd rates or as
sessments, with costs, out of such defaul
ter’s goods and chattels, lands and tene
ments, or to take the body of such de
faulter. That if the said colleflor fiiall
levy on the goods and chattels, lands and
tenements of any such defaulter, he fiiall
fell the fame at the usual place cf public
Lies within the said city, giving such no
tice as is required of fiierilfs and consta
bles, in the sale of real and perfcnal pro
perty, (as the case may be.) But in
cases where he may aneft the body of the
defaulter, he Ik.-ril carry such defaulter
before the Intendant or any member of the
council, who fnall thereupon commit such
person to the common jail of this county
by a mittimus, which shall fiatc the n
mount cf tax and costs due by such defaul
ter, and there to remain unril paid, or j
from thence delivered by a due course of ;
law. '
And be it further ordained. That ma
ilers of apprentices fiiall be liable to have
such apprentices included in his, her or
their r#turns, and fiiall be answerable for
their tates or nfiefiinents refpeftivcly, so
far ?.s they are chargeable with poll tax
only.
And be it further ordained. That Haves
hired by persons living within the limits
■ fore find, fhali be included in tie returns
made by the person or persons hiring ti e .
fame, and who ftia.il he answerable ar.d
j -hole to pay the rates or afteftiuents a fore
! said.
I And he it further crJai. *d, That the
( urn of fifty dollars fiiafl be imposed on
al! biliiard rabl_f* which m-y be in ufo el- :
ter *he expiration cf fen da vs from the!
ipublication ct this ordinance; the sum
|cf one hundred dollars on ail E. O. A. Ik
jC. d'ce, or other tables conftruCted ft r
| :hc purpose of gambling, w hich nay be
j’jf.J after the expiration aforefaid ; th<
f.rn r.f two hundred dollars on each ar<‘
• *ry company players; the sum 0
■ jd-y fallen e cry (how. CRn, nr jug
gler, and the sum of one hundred dollars
on all animals, whether Elephants, Lyons,
Tygers, Leopards, Camels, Dromedaries,
Hogs, Dogs or Monkeys, which may
he exhibited for {how within the limits of j
this city : Ar.d the collrftor of the city
tax is hereby authorifed and required to !
levy the. fame by diftrtfs on the goods
ar.d chattels of such perfens as shall exhi
bit such or any of the above mentioned
animals or any other for money ; cr keep |
any of the above mentioned cr any other t
gaming tables ; or
!how ; and in case t*o goods are to be |
found, to take the body of such persons, ■,
who shall stand committed until such tax- l
is paid. * \
And be if further ordained, That the
colle&or (hall he allowed to charge the
{.-.me fees or nut. of fees for services per-'
formed by him under this ordinance, a$
are allowed by the laws of this state to
iherifFs for fnnilar fervjces.
raffed in Council the loth May , i8oi«
V ALT ER LEIGH, Chairman .
AttrJ}, 1
J. HurcsitNsoy, Clerk .
SHERIFF’S SALES.
On ihtfirji Tuejday in June next, at the
market-honfe in the city of Augvfia, be - "
tween theufual hours ,
IVILL BE SOLD ,
ioco acres of land originally
granted to Samuel Becham ; alb. icco a
cres originally granted to Allen Bechamy
and at the time cf fumy in WafhiOgfcn ~ ,
county, but nowin Montgomery, on the
wafers of the Ohoopie, each furtey join-
ing on all other fideg by vacant land ; the
above lands are levied on as the property
of John Garrett, by virtoe of an cxecu* .
tion obtained again# r l homas Jamiefon
and John Garrett.
Also, one negro boy; levied on as the i
property of Dentignac, to fatii fy '
an execution in favor of A. and J. M* %
Clare.
Also, fix lots in the town of Harris.
burg, on Jackson ft*eet, known by No*.
64, 66, 68, 103, 104, and 105, each/’ <
10t75-feetSn front and ipo feet back.-— 4
Also, ten loss in the fame town of Har- *
riflburg, on Wafhington-ftreef, known by
theNcs. 19, 20, 2i, 22, 23, 24, 1 j 6, f
tSli 147 ai»d r 44; each lor containing
75 feet in frent and 160 feet back ; tak- _
en as the property of Ezekiel Harris, to
fatiafy sundry executions.
Also, two good work horses ; taken aa ?
the property of A. M'Milian, to fat: Ay j
sundry executions.
H. M‘TYIERE, Sheriff,
April 30. b
VV AN T E I), ‘ ]
A SMART, a chive LA.D, from four- j
teen to lixtecn years of age, ns an
Apf reulice lo the Printing Bujincfu j
An industrious youth, of a good dilpofi- 1 1
tion, will find an eligible and adv;.nta-« 1
»eous fitttation in the above line, by ap- J
plying at thin OiT.ce.