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SATURDAY, January 30, 1790.]
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THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE
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GAZETTE of the STATE.
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FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JU K If, (hail remaiu inviolate. Cpnftttution oj Ctorgia .
AUGUSTA: Printed by JOHN E. M 1 rl, Prin izrto t * State; i Jays, a tides f
Intelligence , ddoertije.ment r, &£, will be gratefully received, ana every kind $t Printing former me a
An A<3:
For impojing a Tax for the Yea*
One Thailand Seven Hundred
andNt net v*
7)E it enabled by the Senate an 1
House of Repre/entativa of
the 'tate of Georgia in General
srjjembly met , Tha- a lax o+ ten
fhiilngs for every hundred pounds
Value of ali lands within tms itate,
granted to or liirveyed for any
pe son, as such lands (hall be
cftim.ted at, (hall be levied on
the fame in the following mode,
viz .
All tide swamps (including
cultivated or uncultivat
ed, of the firll quality at ninety
feven (hillings per acre, of the
fecund quality iixty (hidings per
acre * of the third quality at thir
ty-seven (hillings per acre.
, All pine ba ren lands adjurn
ing inch lands, or contiguous
thereto, and within three mites
of water carriage, at fifteen (hil
lings per acre.
Ail prime inland swamps ( ul~
tivated or uncultivated) at an a
yarage of sixty- Icven (hillings per
and oi the lecond quality
at thirty-icven lhiUingsper ac e $
and oi the thir l quality at fif
teen (hillings per ac«e.
Ail pine barren lands adjoining
or contiguous thereto* at lour
(billings per acre.
Salt marih, at four {hillings
per acre.
AH high river swamp or low
grounds (including i(l*nds) cul
tivated or uncultivated including
such as are commonly cahed le
cond low grounds) lying above
Abercorn and as high as the
mouth of M Bean’s creek, on
Savannah river, of th fi'iiqu
lity at fifty*two (billings per acre*
of the iecond quality at thirty
(hillings per acres and of the
third quality at fifteen (billings •
per ac e.
All high r iver (wamps as a
faeludi lying *twve
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creek, and as high as the mouth
of Rae’s <*reek, of the fi 11 quality
at leventy five (billing** pc* acre;
of the ccond quality hit two
(hillings per .<cre ; and ot the
t’ ird quality at twenty-two (hil
lingsper acre.
11 high nvt-r fwampas afore
aid. from t'ie mouth of Rac’s
creek to the mouth of Bioad ri
ver on tne river Savannah,
of the fir ft quali y at forty-one
(hillings pe acr .• ; ot the lecond
quality at twenty-two (hillings
per acre; of the thud quality at
(even (hilungs per tcre.
/ II oak and hickory lands (in
cluding illands ) cultivated or un
cultivated, Iron* the mouth of
kae’s creek to the mouth ot Broad
river, within one mile ot •savan
nah-river, of the fiift quality at
fifteen 'hillings peracic* of the
second quality at leven ihiliing
par acre ; and tor the third q an
ty at four -(hillings per acre.
All oak and hiv kory rands (in
cluding islands) cultivated o un
cultivated) horn the m uth oi
Broad river, up the savannah ri
ver, within one mde ot the lame,
and up T ugalo rivur to the mail
ed line on laid ft < cam, ot ihefiot
quality at eleven Ihiliing* pc
acre; of the fecona quality at lix
(hillings pre acre; aod of-the
third quality at three lhillingsper
acre.
All oak and hickory land* (in
cluding illands) cultivated or un
cultivated, from the mouth of
Broad river to the marked line,
on the head thereof, ot the firft
quality at eleven (hillings per
acre ; or the second quality at fix
(hilling! per acre; and of the
third quality at three (billings pci
acre.
All high river swamp or low
grounds (including tfands as
aiorelaid) from fort 4rpyle to
the mouth of Buckhead creek
on the river Qgcchee, of the firft
quality at nineteen (hilling* per
of the jiwttd fiuiu/ »i
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eleven (hillings per acre ; nd /
ihc thud quautyai i u« (hihinga
per acre
All oak and hick land
aforefaid fiom the mou h <>f
Buck-head creek to t <e head of
Og c. ee river, of (he firftquality
t sis ecn (hillings per acre; of
the second quality at leven Ihii*
hugs per acre ; ai d of the third
quality at tour (hillings per acre.
Ail Tivcr iwamp or 1 >vr
grounds as aforefaid, from tho
mouth of Buckhead crei k to the
head of Ogechee river, of the fi*ft
quality at fifteen (hillings per ac e*j
of the fe.ond quality gt.lev a
(hillings per gest; and ofc th*
third quality at f ur ihillings per
acre.
All high river swamp (induck
ing iflandb) cultivated o uncul
iivated, from Cat he<d on the ri.
ver Alatam h : to the month of
co «ee river, or t firft quality
at twenty-two (hillings per acre|
of the fecund qu iity at eleven
thiliings per acre; ai d ot th®
tui d quality at four fhibings pef
acre
r.il high river (watnpo low
grounds as afo efaid, from fh#
mouth ot c nee 'iver al v.g tho
northern lb cam, and on tho
noithfidf of the lnd an bound* y
line, o the co fluence & the * -
concc aiid .paiachc or fuutli
fork, or til- firu qua'ity at thirty
(hillings per icre; of the second
quality at fiite n (hillings per
acre ; and of tne thud quajitv a(
four (hillings per acre.
all rive, iwamp as aforclaid,
from the confluence of the Geo*
pec river and Apabche river up
wards, on the north fide of tfi®
Indian boundary line, of the firft
quality at twenty (hillings per
acre; ot the second quality at
twelve (hillings and fix-pence per
acre ; and of the third quality at
leven (Idling* per acre*
All oak and hickory lands (m»
eluding iiland ) cultivated or n •
culuvatcJ, abuve tins flow nj of
