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About The Augusta chronicle and gazette of the state. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1789-1806 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1790)
Tint all Un it er other property* *v«fted ,n Cbfann<fioners »r truitees, for puboc uie«» (hall not come wi:hm the purview or mean ing of thia aft.* And.provided al t Oy That no lale which (hall be made under this ad of the property of ofphahs having no guardian or tiultee, thall have any effeft. And 'whftai it has happened, and may fre quently happen, that between the day of re , ceiving the return and the day appointed for the payment of the said tax, marly persons have left the dis rids in which they refitle, and have been returned by the solvents, who had no property upon which the/ could levy and deftrain : Be it therefore enaSed by the authority uforfaid , That the Colleftor in every such counry, (hill be oblig ed to prove, in a fitisfaftory manner, to the Superior Court of the county in which he ads the indigence of inability of those whom he returns info'.vents having no property* And be it also enafted by the authority afore faidy That the taxes itnpofed bv this ad, (hall be preferred toall fecurtties and incumbrances ■whatever, and that in case any person or per sons, coming under the notice of this Ad, (hall die between the time of givfng in his, her oi their returns, to the receiver or re ' eelvers refpedively, and the paying of his, her or their tax, and any goods or chattels of the deceased, to*the value of the sum so tax ed, (hall come iuto the hands of his, her or their executors or or execu tors in their own wrong, such creditors or adminiflrators (hill pay the fum* by the time before limited, prior to all judgments, mort gages, or debts whatever, or otherwise a warrant of execution ftritll ilTue against the pro per goods and chattels of-fuch executor or adminiflrator; and if any person or persons, between the time of rendering the account of lift, her or their estate to the receiver afore fatd, and the time of his, her or their paying in the said tax, lhall be about to depart the county in which he, (he or they miy have im mediately then preceeding relided, the said Colledor or Collectors, is and are' hereby di reded and required forthwith to levy the fame, notwitbftaudipg the day of payment mav not then be come, unless such person or persons (hall and will find securities, to be approved of by the said Colledor or Collec tors refpedively, for the payment thereof at the day herein appointed. And be it further enadied, That all deeds of gift, conveyances, fales and af fignmcnts of goods, lands, tenements and chattels, of any kind of any person or per sons whatsoever, made with an intention to avoid paying the aforefaid tax, are hereby deemed and declared null and void : And in case any peifou who has bona fie mort gaged any part of his estate real or personal, (hall refufe or negled to pay the tax for the fame, the nrorgagee lhall be answerable and liable to pay the fame if inadual polfelhon of the premises. And be tt further enacted by the authority afore, aid y That the Treamier for the time being be, and he is hereby empowered and required, to s grant executions against all former Collectors of taxes who are or may be defaulters immediately after th‘e paffmg of this Aft. , .. . And be it further enacted , That the Trea surer for the time being be, and he is hereby required aud directed to proceed and prepare a general return, to be trade'by the* refpec trve receivers of tax returns, to be approved of by the Governor, and tranfmitjed by the Trealmcr without delay to the aforefaid ofc ficers. And be it further enacted, That where the Colleftor of the county finds no property real or personal therein of persons in arrears, to fatisfy the tax due by virtue of this or aur former Tax Aft, such Colleftor is hereby amhorifed and empowered to fell so 'much of the property of the peifon neglefting to pay av'aforefaid, as may be situate in any other county or counties, as will fatisfy the said tax, and arrears of tax aforefaid, and make titles thereto: Prorvidedy That thirty day* notice be previoufiy given of the time and place of such fate, by luch Colleftor, in the Public Gazette. And be it farther enabled by the authority afore faidy That the tax imposed by this Aft (ball be paid and collefted in the following manner, that is to fay, one half thereof in inciclaiiuoi* lice, at twelve Hulling* per bundled weight# in inserted ciup tobaau# • at fix'een Uiillings and fonr-penee per hundred weight, orfpede, and nothing else, any law to the contrary notwithstanding ; and the re maining moiety (hall be collected in the paper medium emitted under an Art palTetl the four teenth day of Augtrft, one thousand (even hundred and eighty-fix', and nothing elfe* Be it aim encUted by the authority aforefaid , That the said fpecific articles ftiall be deliver ed at the infpeftion in Savannah, Sunbury, Augusta, New-Savannah, Louisville, and CalHs warehoixfeb only ,-and that tobacco (ball he received in well coopered hogsheads, weighing not lefis than nine hundred and fifty pounds nett, and rice in well coopered bar rels, weighing not less than five hundred and twenty-five pounds nett. , And be it further enaQed hy the authority afore/aid, That the Governor (hall, on the ap pointment of the collertors and receivers of taxes of the several counties within this state, notify the fame in the inoft public manner, and rtiould it lo happen that any of the afore faid officers refufe or neglert to qualify with in twenty days after the notification so given as aforefaid, then and in that case, the Gover nor is hereby authorifed and required to fill upfuch vacancy or vacancies, SEABORN JONES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. N. of the Senate. Concurred Z)?c. 23, 1789. EDWARD TELFAIR, Governor . To the OBSERVER. S I R, IF you had the candour of at once acknow ledging yourfelf the advocate of the Al dermen, instead of afluming the incongruous appellation of «* An Observer,” you would have derived more credit from that alone, than you ever can hope by your merits as a writer: If you had-appealed to your con ference, for an impartial investigation of the true grounds of your argument, instead of exhibiting your elaborate and unfounded re marks; to gratify your own vanity and that of your party, ycnir produrtion would have been corfigned to oblivion, without ever receiving the smallest censure you are interested in the cause which you have undertaken to juftify, I make not the lead doubt; —that your peeing* are affected at the relation of the sim ple truth, I will not aver ; but that yourfenti ments are those of an illiberal and contrarted mind, is fully obvious from that petulant and infignificant irony which breathes throughout your sentences. —In becoming the hierling of a party, you are the dupe of your own folly ; and, by attempting to soar to the heighth of literary eminence, you betray those pedan tic flights of your imagination, which, had you remained silent, would not have render ed you ridiculous in the public eye. Although it may appear incompatible in me, as a citizen of the world, to be under the smallest concern about the police of Augusta; yet, when the well being and happiness of its inhabitants are placed uuder the jurifdirton of men, who, notwithstanding they are capable of walking without leading JiringSy ought not to hope for the confidence of being intruded with the leading firings of others ; who have chosen this cquntry, as their residence, not from motives of becoming valuable acquisi tions to its finances, but by drawing those fi nances chiefly to themselves j of whose pro bity of heart, or liberality of mind, they have never lhewn the smallest instance ; and whole late clandeftiue and despicable proceed ing fliould have rendered them degrading in the opinion of every w'ell wither to this coun try, surely I am juftified, without incurring the animadversion of any set of men, in of fering my sentiments upon a matter of so much importance to the community. With refpert to th c Jalutary counsel which I afforded the Aldermen, I have only to ob serve, that if they had adhered to that coun sel in due tune, they would have forfaken their present exalied station, to hide them from that ignominy, which roust (lain their characters, as Aldermen, to ihelateft moment of ihcir exigence. For, it is to be presum ed, that, if the gentlemen had remained in their rdpeftive countries, their triende in those place* would never hsve feleCted them to fill *u oftet hmtlar to that which they At present boUi and deficient as this place may be of men of political txpt- itnct, txaliedjta mm, and ((Undid acimpiijemcnts, still the electors might with .ome propriety exclaim, that, ,1 “ ’Tis best to bear those ills we have, « Than fly to others which we know not of. * The compliment which you are pleased to beflow on the inhabitants of Augusta, deserves their particular acknowledgments; and by considering the greater part of them as noth ing better than a mere canaille , f presume * they will receive this lpecimen of your can - j dour - and judgment , with that lefpect due to the rest of your performance. When you obierve the delicacy of feelings of which the Aldermen are poflefled, you i'urely draw a burlesque on their genuine cha racters. Had you exprefled youilelf in those terms i»i a part of the world where they were not knoVvn, your absurdities might have pat fed unnoticed j but vvhilft you hold forth the peddling reprefenutives of foreign faftors, in the garb of virtuous and reputable citizens, infamy bluftiea, and vice forgets its own empire. , The next thing you advance, rs the alacri ty with which those gentry contribute toward the public exigences ; but you forgot to men tion that this alacrity was only observable in cases where their interest laid. Your last argument does you credit; for I could not suppose that a man of your stamp would be capable of viewing the most incon siderable incident with any' degree of impar tiality. It is certain that there are many characters inverted with offices in the United States, who ought not to icceive the smallest profeflions of friendfhip from an American ; and while such undermining sycophants insi nuate themselves into the good graces of the unwary,’thole brave, but unhappy veterans, who fuffered in defence of American liberty, are left to the most sordid wretchedness, and the most piercing poverty. And here I muff: observe, that this partial diferimination is the greatest ftignta which can fall on the leading characters of this country. Having thus far adduced such arguments as are neceflary for the present, I cannot but take notice of the wbrd inaugotary , introduced in your poftfeript: This, and the word obviance . in a late publication*, I doubt not have come from the fame pen And from a writer of such a fertile genius, profound erudition, and refinea sentiments, the people of Augusta may auticip.te the period, when they can converse with each other, independent of that present corrupted, vulgar jargon, the Englilh tongue. A Citizen of the World . * Statement of the contested election for Aldermen, pubhlhed in the Augusta Chroni cle of the 16th January last. To the Eleflors of the Town of Augusta . Gentlemen , SINCE it is the wifii of the Observer to (hew, that your late happy choice of Aldermen has afforded general fatisfaCtion ; and lince every good citizen must with plea sure contemplate the various blejjings that will arise from the administration of so patriotic a body, to fill up rhe present vacancy, I beg leave to folicite your interest in behalf of a man,-who, I prefunie, is not less inadequate to the Herculean tajk y than feme of the elect ed. When I mention Mr. Titus Hollinger y a man of years and experience , I hope, Gentle men, ycu will not be djfpleafed at my choice; " and (hould he carry his election, I doubt not, but from such a jalutary addition to the pre sent corporation, the people of Augusta will o'ice more experience those halcyon days, to which they have been entire Jirangers lince the laic unfortunate revolution. A Citizen oj tie World . L O N DO N, Oflober 17. YESTERDAY all the Foreign Ambaflaj* dors had a meeting and conference as the lioufe of the Prefideni us the t'orpe Di plomatique, when they Mire assembled fe viril houtfi
