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Then come thou fyfnjiathiling power, Dear Serihbility dclcend I And flilj, with youth’s delicious hour, I hy magic and thy fwcetncfs blend. AN ORDINANCE, Tu raif.- a fund fur tl e fuppurt of a Watch in the city of Savannah. 1") Eit Or.]linedby the Mayor and Al ) do men of tie aty of Savannah, <J it is hereby ordained in the outhotitj of the f. me, in conformity with the att of the f.tj-iArture tti that case made and pi iivi led, that for supporting a public watch in the city of Savannah, a tax fliall be levied oil property and petfous within the limits and jurifditlion of the fahJ 1 ity, as follows, to wit; On all Houfea, Buildings, Lots, and Wharves within the laid city, as well unimproved as improvid, and including all lots held by Icafe from the Corpoiation, twenty, five tents on every hundred dollars value thereof, to he alLlTed and valued by the .A fl (Tor appointed by virtue of this Or diiiauce, and to be paid by the owner thereof. On all Houses, Buildiugs, Lots and Wharves, owned by persons reliding out of the limits of this State,! as well unimproved a, improved, fifty , cents for every hundred dollars value | thereof, to be pniJ by the owtu r thereof, | his agent or attorney On all encroach-I ir,;i upon the river Savant ah, which wvn. cetttfi and by tile City Surveyor, and reported to the City Council by Com mi'li liters under the authority of au act o! t c Legillature in that case made and provide.!, and confirmed by a resolution ol Council palled on the- 14th day of J.m tir.iy in the year one thousand eight hundred and five, ten dollars for each foot which the said encroachments may citefid btyond the line ellablilhed and afcetiaincd by said certificate and report, to be paid by the proprietor* of the wharves to which the i <id encroachments are attached. On all encroachments Upon the laid riv. 1 .Savannah be) ond the lint ellabhihcd by the laid certificate auJ report, which have acctucd or been made fr ee the (aid report was made, twenty dollars for each foot biyonJ the line e ltabluhed and afeertained as aforefaid to be paid hy the owners of the wharves to which the fame are attached. Provided, that nothing herein contniti cd Hull be coltllrued to operate as arc-1 lease of lucti encroachments, or as giving ! Colot ot title to the lame in tavor ot the perton or persons by whom they were made, or of any others claiming under them. rlnJ It it further cKkuneii, that every p.rton trailing in this city, who rtftdts therein, (hall pay twenty five ceuti on every bundled dollars value of his Hock In itade. And that every person trad in,; tn this city, who hath not paid, or btcome lubjeff to the payment of a tax to the Hate for the yc. r etgiiteen hun dred and tive, Ih ill pay fifty cents on e very hundred dollars value of Ins iloek in tiadc—That tvery male white tnha bitant above the age of twenty one year,, who may not otherwiU be tub jett to payment ot a tax etjual to five dollars by virtue of this Oruluance, (hail pay a tax of one- do.'lar. That each and tvery tree i eg'i or pe-rton of color tuha bi.ing the city *ud txertiUug any trade or handicraft, or the butiucls ot a carter. Urayman or hu<klt.r, (full pay a las ot ten dollars over and above their taxable property. And that each and every o I'ii r negro or perfou of color, males ton the age of ei iueeo to forty tive yeai*, and fcuu c trcuu the age ot four t. mi te. tony five years, (hall pay a tax ct tour do.lars, over and above their tax aaicpiop’ rty That every inhabitant wiuiiu this city (lull pay atas of twenty tue cents on cacti flive within thccity, tiv.m tiic agent lourtceti, to the age of toil) live > ars, of whom he or llie is (fie owi.cr, rfut whom he or Uie may i <ve tit taie or management ; —Like ’ e t e undo mentioned turns oa Car. c- ot the to- owing detci'ptioos, u eilipiov O wi-fui, the en >, lo ft • vy Cbanor, Po.f cuati'c, . ■< 1x.., „> oth r Carnage ni k tv OT WUccl., leXeCpl tkhd i other carria;;-* used for draft,) and t very Curru.Se, two dollar*. On every l.uir, Su lcy, and other two wheel Carnages, (carts and > rays excepted) with top* one dollar, without tops titty cents- *\nd that each and every prac t tinner of low and phyfk, faAur, bro ker, and eomunffion merchant, fhj.ll pay a tax of two dollars. Aid hr it further ordained hy the autho rity afore/aid, Chat an kfLifor (hail be appointed, who (hall be, and hereby is author/..d at.d required, to make a jult and accurate Ifatement and return ot all perfoni and property fubjeft to the taxes above fp>- died, and to ufTcis and edimate the valur ’hereof, by the belt information which can be procuied, AmJ le it jut tier ordained, That the afTtifor i.i to be appointed, before he (half e; ter upon the duties cf office, Iha.l take and lubfcitbe the following oath,to be aunJtiiAcred by the Mayor.— jto wit; M I. A. B. do folemniy promise and jfwtar, that I will, to the heft of rr.y ! j knowledge, (kill and judgment, afeertaui | ) date and return all persons and property ‘ within the limit* and jurifdittion of the city of Savannah, fubjetft to taxation by virtue of “ An ordinance to raise a fund for the fuppurt of a Watch in the city of Savannah” That I will not for any fee or reward, favor, partiality, felf-in tertd, malice, or hatred, in favor of or againlt ptrfon or persons whatsoever, afl.ii and return any person or property not fubjedt, or omit or oeglcdt to affffi ar-d return any perfou or property lub je£t to taxation under the fame. That 1 will not eitimate or aflVfs any property at any fuoi or rate different from the true and j ilt value thereof, and that i will impartially aflefs atid return all pro peity, per fans and profefiior.s by tlie said ordinance diredied to be afTefT and and returned, to the bed ®f my judgment, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, so help me God 1” And that within thirty days after hit qualification as aforefaid lie (hull make laud icturn into the clerk’3 office of the C irporattor, a digest of the affdrmeuts made hy him ; and that any person or persons who shall conlider him, In r, or theuifelvcs aggrieved by the afTelfmcnt of hi ■•, tier, or their property by virtue of th.s Ordinance, fitch person or persons may appeal to the City Council within twenty days alter a notification lhall have hein given in two of the public Gazettes of the city, that the digetf has been made and returned as atorefaid ; and the City Council lhall be, and here j by ate authorized and required to decide > upon ail appeals which may be entered, I cither by confirming the affefTtntuls, lot making such reductions thereof as tu jthun may appear to be jult and right. Aiul he it further ordained, That it I lhall be the duty of the laid aff.ff.ir, to j call upon each inhabitant of the ciiy, and to require from him or her, informa tion of his or her taxable pr. petty, and of the true bona fide value thereof ; and that in case any ptifon shall refufe or r.cglcit to give information of their property ftibjeiff to taxation as aforefaid, or if the fa id alii. li-/r shall not be inilv fatistied, cither as to the enumeration or ffatemeut of property, or the value there of, it shall Le hi* duty by all other lsw tul means, to obtain the moll accurate information of fucli property, and the value thereof; and it shall also he his I duty in like manner, to obtain informa, tion, and make returns of the property and value thereof belonging to absent potions and non refideuts ; aud that the laid assessor tor his lirvicea by virtue of I this ordinance, fiiail receive five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the city trea sury. xnd he it further ordained, That with in thirty days aftt r such notification lhall have been publilhed by the clerk as a. iorciaid, the persons fubjedt to taxation j as above fpecibcd (hail pay the amount J of their alidimaits rdpc.dt.vcly to the ci- j I ty treaftirer, who lhall be allowed for! lav services in receiving and paying the money to be railed by this Ordinance, one and an half centum out of the monies lo received ; and it any owner jot any house, building, lot, wharf, or other real property within the city, ! lhail rclufe to pay the alfiffincnt made ! aiorclaid either upon iuy.ii house, bail- i | ding, lot, wharf, or other real property,: I or any encroachment attached thereto,! a warrant of tittircL ituil forthwith be, iilucd by thetitaiureragainft any goods’ or chattlca that may be found on the l pi'cault*. and the fame lh.tll be feizai anti fold at public auction, and so much j Hull be deducted from the amount of I fitch file, aswilt bcfufiicicut to pay the tffelFuent aforefaid, and to defray the coils ai.J charges of Inch seizure and lale; and the ovcrp’ui, if any, ihall be paid to the perlon whole goods or chat - tics shall have been leized as afoietaid. Aod it no goods or chatties can be found on the premtfes, 01 if the fame be lnluthcient to dil'charge the whole a mount due as xforclaiu, then the said houi., building, whan, lot, or oti cr real property, Ihall be fold at public auction by the Trcalurer, in Inch mantlet and under i'ueii regulation*’ and rtllric-I tioas as arc directed by the tax law of Hie : date. And It it futfer Ordained, That if any pertonfubjed to the payment of a ny tax or aiTel.mcnt by virtue of this Ordinance ihall neglect or remit to pay to the Trcalurcr within the time limited as a ton. laid, the amtaint of ins or her tax or atf.-istnent, a warrant ot diltrefs fhaii be tfiued a..d pta'ceeded on ta the manner above painted out, againtl the JjOOyiiOltd w.Utllttl Ot iUy.fi uCdUvjUCC'.i : and ths: in case any free negro, or ftee person of color shall neglect or refufe to pay the city Treaiurer, his or her tax as aforcfaio, within the time auove limited, a warrant of diltrefs lhall lffue agairtft the good* a.J chatties of futh free negro or person of color, and shall be proccedtd on in the manner above pointed out ; But if no goods or chatties can be fouud be longing to any free negro or perlou of color who may be delinquent a3 aforefaid, | the Treasurer is aitthorifcd to blue an {execution again ft the body of futh free negro or person of color, and to commit him or her to the cuitody of the goaler, who i3 hereby required to receive the body of futh free negro or person of color until his or her tax, with cofla and charges be paid : aud eveiy free r.egio and person of co lor shall, in conformity with a public no | tiiication to be givea by the afltii'or, I make a return of his or her name and age, and of tLe names and ages of his or I her childien, and of bis, ter, and their j refpedlive places of abode and occupali | orv, to the alfeffor, who (hall enter the j fame in a book to be kept for that pur pose, and if any free negro, or person of j color (hall rieghct or refufe to make , fuc'i return w.thiu the fame time, aud in the fame manner preferibad, or shall give in a wrong name with intention to ’ j deceive the aflVffjr, he or (he lhall in ei j ther case be doubly taxed, and proceeded j againit in the fame manner, as above di ! retted with regard to free negroes or ■ persons of color. 1 And be it further Ordained, That all ■ real aud p’ rlonil property within the ci |ty of Savannahfubject to taxation as a , tjreiaid, and ddtovered by the afTeffor, ! (hall be liable to alTeffment, at the fame rate and ii the i*me proportion, and ’ 1 lul jcit to the fame process and difpofi : lions, as any like pmperty in the city, ,of which an HLfTtner.t is made, and the a.Tcffor an J Treasurer are hereby with j the fame power*, and charged with the j fame duties to inforce payment of ta£es on property dtfeorered as aforefaid, which they are charged and veftec with, m recovering any other taxes due to the city. Iu COUNCIL, Savannah, nth April, 1806. -M.++o-M-*- ftp'"’ ft USSED, t L . S-ft JOHN Y. NOEL, t-5.4 Major. ATTEST, ["] J. M. WILLSON, c. c. G E’.JinGla. By his Excellency John Mil ledge, Governor and com mander in chief of the army and navy of this state , ana of the milit’a thereof, A Proclamation. V’V JPL RKAS, I have rece'- % V official information of a molt wilful'and crutl mur der having been committed 01 the night of the 25th of hit month, rear the plantation of Mr. J ohn M Call, in the county of Effingham, in this (tare, o:. the body of JOHN LONDON, Esq. lenator for that county. And whereas, it has been re p'denied to me, that from Lv cial auidav ts which have been taken, there can remain but lit tle doubt that the aforefaid mur der was perpet-ated by one Lew is M‘Gahagan, who has ab sconded, and who is of middle Ua ture, has light eyes, and hair in lining to be red, is fume what freckled in his face and on his hands, and has a i.nail piece out of or.e of his ears. Li oider therefore, that the Lid Lewis M'Gabagan may be brought to exemplary juitice, I have thought fit to mue this my Proclamation, offering a reward Os ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY dollars to any person or per sons who will apprehend and lodge him in the jail of either ol the counties of Chatham, Rich mond or vYilkes * and I do charge and require the jailors of the rclpedive jails above men tinned, that in the event of his being placed under the care ot citnir ot them, he will be par ticularly v gilant and attentive to his l.tfe keeping. And I do hereby also charge and require ail officers, civil and m.iuary, belonging to this state, 10 Dc a.aing and alLfting in ap prehending the laid Lewis M‘- Gahagan, lo that he may be bro’c oy due courle ot law, to answer to the charge aliedged against ban. Given under my hand and the great seal of the state, at the j State Houle in Louiiville, this ijdoay of April, in the year of our Lord, 1806, and of the In dependence of the United States of America the thirtieth. By the Gorzxsot. JOHN MILLEDGE. dfos. MjUjt&r, Secretary f f Stottf SL PER I Oil COURT, Chatham County, ) 1m EQUITY. ON the petition of John Mead fitting that being poflefied of Icvcra) notes cf hand and eviden ctsof debt, belonging to the fate Ambrose Gordon decealcd, as lpecified in the Schedule hereto annexed, and that the fame have loft •, aud that copies of the lairte as near as the pentioner can re collect are r.oiv lodged in Je clerk's office, together with an affidavit that the farr.e have been been loll: by accident; & praying the benefit intended by the fixih feclion of the judicial aft of 1799, ancl circumflantial proof alfo laid before the court, It ij that the said notes and evidences of debt, be eftablilhed as directed by the said lixth feftion of the judicial aft, on the said John Mead pub lishing a notice for the /pace cf fix months in one of the public gazettes of this city, unitis cauie lhall be shewn to the court with in the laid fix months, or other matter lhall appear Cos the court againit the fame. SCHEDULE. ONE drawn by Alexander “jchr.jion, dated -jtb May 1 804, payable ut June rßcq, for 44 h do-iars and 47 cents. One drawn by Green R. Duke dated 13th June, x3c2, payable 30 days af ter date, for ii dollars 53 i- 4 cents. One drawn hy Lemuel Kol lock, dated 6tb Augujt , 1 800, pay able 10 days after date, for 187 dollars 50 cents, . One dt awn by Hugh Magee, dated 3d May , 12 04, payable Go days after date, for <sl dollars 97 cents. One drawn by Charles Lindtrgretn , dated 3d May, 1805, payable 30 days after date, for 100 dollars , One drawn by Nathan Beal for 100 dollars, but to whom payable ldo not recoiled, left by Charles Goodrnn, esq, for collettlon. A receipt signed by sir Ec omas Bon salt of England for too pounds sterling, to Miss Ann Davies, wish several receipts an the back for tie interest. True extradl from the records. J. BULLOCH, Clk. Tin. 31. nw. 6m. 41; OioaciA, 1 BY Joiin G. Effingham County. > Ncidlinger, Clerk /• CJ. Neidienget jot the Court of Ordtuary for the county aforefaid. WHEREAS Mrs. Elizabeth London, the widow of John London la e of the county of Effingham, in laid slate dec j. and John Williams, Esquire both of the city of Savann?h, and slate aforefaid, have applied for etters of adniiniftration on the estate and effedts of the said J-hn London deed, as nearest of kindred to the laid deed. These are therefore to rite and admoniih all and firgular the kindred and creditors of the said deed, to flc their oljedlions in my office on or before the third day of Alay next, to fliew cause (if any rhey have) why letters of adinmiftration fhou and not be granted. Given under my hand and seal at my office in the county and slate aforefaid, this thirty firlf day of March, in the year of our Loid one tnoufund eight hun dred and fix, and of American independence the thirtieth. April 11. 64. iS’heritf’s 6ales. On the firjl Tuejday in May next. WILL I>E SOLD, At ike Ciurt House in the City of Savannah, between the hours cf ten ana three o'clock, ALL that tratff ol iand, with the improvements thereon, lituate on the Thunderbolt road about two or three miles from the City of Savannah, containing 57 acres —leized as the proper ty of Smith, Sons and Anderson, co latisry E. JLevenlworth and Cos Continued from April fairs. Conditions—one half payable at yo days, a dilcountable note with a good Indorler—the other half on the firft day of January, ißc7> Wi£ h a bond and mortgage on the property. I\ ROBERTSON, s. c. c. -April 4. 62. ALMANAC’S^ FOR Sals at tbit ojfite. A pr:h s 4 6 SheriiT's Sales. At the Court-koufe in the city of Savannah, on theJirJl TUES DAY in May next, between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock , WILL BE SOLD, ALL thole buildings fituata on North half part of lot No. iheefiateof Philip Mines, the property of Maurice Lehifij now of Joseph Arnold. Three lots being part of a five acre lot for merly the property of John Cur rie. ALSO , 5 The following negroes to wit; Rose, about 35 years of age, Sain, by occupation a pa/nter; Pom pey, his w ife-Iflabella, Cato and Ctsfar, and a fifty acre lot known by the No. 8, Also, the ho life in An Ton's Ward, at present oc cupied by the defendant, feizecl nnder execution as the property of Joleph Arnold, surviving Cos. at the suits of Benjamin BufTey surviving copartner, and Benja min dulfey junior. Continued from March sales. Conditions Cejh. T. ROBERTSON, see. April I 61 Sheriff s Aales. On the firft Tuesday in May next , at the Court-boufe, in this Cry between tie hours of ten and ihue o'clock, will be sold, ALL that traft of land ori Hutchir.fon’s Ifiand, com monly called Bailie’s Point, con taining two hundred acres, more or less. Seized as the property of James Moffman, under sun dry executions. Continued from April Tales. Also, A lot on Bay-street in Sayan-* nah, joining the estate cf Doors, containing 60 feet front, and 90 feet dejth; with all the bricks on the j remifes, a confiderabie part of which, was imported from Liverpool a few” years a"o ; ALSO, A part of a lor, j 6 feet front, by 90 depth, with the improve ments thereon, joining the fame. Seized as the property of James Moir.nan, under iunilry execu tions. Conditions made known at the day of sale, lold at the rifqueof the former purchaser, he noc having complied wuh the terms of sale. T. ROBERTSON, s c. c. April 4- 61. Sheriff's .Sales, On the fir ft Tuesday in May next, will be JqIJ a g fjyg Court t-ouje in this city , between the bruts of so and 3 o'clock, iHE following negroes (to wit) ISSABELLA, RACHEL, LAWRENCE, JIM, BEES and POLLY, taken under ex ecution to fatisfy JatriES Alger, the property pointed out by the defendant. T. ROBERTSON, s c c. April 4 63 SHERIFF'S SALEff * ON the firfi Tuesday in May next, will be fold at the Court llouje in this city, between the hours of ten and three o'clock. ALL that trade of LAND, in the partition of Cuny beriand Island, being rhe South ernmost half part of Lot No. 9, bounding on the weft by lands so John FI. M’lntolh, north by lands of the estate of Lynch, east by the ocean and south by lands of the estate of gen. Green, luppofed to contain 400 acres, be the fame more or Id's. Seized by virtue of an executi on, the slate, vs. estate of jus tice H. Scheuber, dec, pointed out by the Ex'or. T. Robertson, s. c. c. March ir THE SUBSCRIBER, OFFERS for faic fer cash, or carter for Negrces, hre- houses and Ims in the village of St. Gaul, one which was formerly occupied by Sfe piicn B ount, larscf this city, dec. the mher two adjoining. For particuitr* a??iy :o Mr. Jonathan Cline, in vanr,ah, or in Waynefborough ro Stephen Blount. Jan. 24.. 20t, 46;