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S ATtJftl!) AT, Mtorch tym GEORGIA STATE GAZETTE - - * S’*''-,* N *.*■'*; - OR INDEPENDENT REGISTER. *i * ■' - i E— ■ - ' *••■■■» ■-,... £- FREEDOM of the PRESS, and TRIAL by JUK Y, to xemain inviolate forever. Confitution of Georgia* —■ ■ H f " v*' ' ■! —■ ... ■■■ ■ " ■ ■" ■ ■”■ I* AUGUST A: Printed by JOHN E. SM I I H, Printer to the htate ; i£ayr y Articles of Intelligence , Advertijements , &c, e /// be gratefully received, and ev-.rykina of Printing performed* t **!*s■*? * 0 wfb % , lAfljniJi ~—••• ■ t ~ . r- ~ ~ ■—- ' —■- -■ . An Aft For laying a Tax for the year orie tkoufand )even hundred and eighty-eight . X?E it Matled by the Reprefentati c vts of the Freemen of the State of Georgia , in Gene ral Ajfembiy met y and by the authority of the jame t That ai Tax Os twelve (hillings and six pence for every hundred pounds value of all lands within this State, granted to, or fur oeyed, for any person; as such lands rtiall be * eflimated, (hall be levied on the fame accord ing to the following mode, vjz. All tide swamp, (including islands) culti vated or uncultivated) of the firfli quality, (hall be rated at four pounds feveuteen (hiHings per acre. Os the second quality, three pounds. Os the third quality, one pound feveuteen (hillings All pine batren lands adjoining such swamp, dr contiguous thereto, and within three miles of water carriage, fifteen /hillings. All prime inland swamp, cultivated or un cultivated, at an average of three pounds k ten (hillings. Os the second quality, one pound seventeen (hillings. Os the third quality, at fifteen /hillings. All pine barren lands, adjoining or conti guous thereto, seven (hillings. Salt mar(h, at four (hiHings. High fiver swamp or low grounds, (includ ing iflahds,) cultivated or uncultivated, (in cluding such as are commonly called second low grounds) lying above Abercorn, and as high as the mouth of M‘Bcen’s creek, or Sa vannah river, of thgfirlf quality, tivo pounds twelve /hillings. Os the second quality One pound ten /hil lings; Os the third quality, fifteen /hillings. High river fwaihp or low grounds, (in fcluding iflahds) cultivated or uncultivated, (including such as art commonly called second Ibw grounds) lying above M‘Bean’s creek, and as high as the mouth of Rae’s creek, of the firft quality, three pounds fifteen /hil lings. Os the second quality two pounds twelve (hillings. Os the third quality, one pbund two /hil lings; High titer swamp, (including ifiands) cul tivated or uncultivated, from the mouth of Rae’S creek to the mouth of Broad river, ly ing on the river Savannah, Os thefifft quality, tWo pounds one (hilling. Os the second quality, one pound two ffiit jings. Os the third quality, seven fhilljngs. AH oak and hickory la/ojs, (including 1: ' T - t H I islands) cultivated of uncultivated, from the - mouth of Rae’s creek to the mouth of Broad raver, within one mile of Savannah river* of the firft quality, fifteen (hillings. Os the fecund quality, seven (hillings. Os the third quality, four (hillings. All oak and hickory lands, (including islands) cultivated or uncultivated, from the mouth of Broad river up Savannah river, within one mile of the fame, and up the Tu gab river to the mat ked line on said stream, of the fill! quality, at eleven (hillings. Os the second quality, at fix (hillings. Os the third quality, at three lh’lliijgs. All oak and hickory lands, ( ne'uding islands) cultivated or uncultivated, from the mouth of Broad river to the marked line or head thereof, of the firft quality, eleven (hil lings. Os the second quality, at fix lliillings - ; Os the third quality, at three (hillings - . AH high river swamp or low grounds, (in cluding iilan s') cultivated cr uncultivated, (including Inch as are commonly called se cond low grounds) lying above Fort Argyle, to the mouth of Buckhead creek on the river Ogechce, of the firft quality, at nineteen (hillings. Os the second quality, at eleven (hillings. Os the third quality, at four (hillings. All oak and hickory lands, (including islands) cultivated or uncultivated, from the mouth of Buckhead creek to the bead of Oge chee river, of the firft quality, at fifteen flail lings Os the second quality* at seven (hilling*. Os the third quality, at four (hillings. AH high river swamp or low grounds, ( in* eluding islands) cultivated or uncultivated, from the mouth of Buckhead creek to the head \ of Ogechee river, of the firft quality, at sis : teen (hillings. Os the fecund quality, at seven (hillings. Os the third quality, at four (hillings. ! All high river swamp or low grounds, (in ! eluding islands) cultivated or uncultivated, ' (including such as are commonly called second ' low grounds) from Cathead, on the river i Alatamaha, to the mouth of (Dconee river, of the firft quality, at on pound tw6 (hillings. Os the second quality, at eleven (hillings. Os the third quality, at foqr (hillings. Ail high river swamps or low grounds, (including islands) cultivated or Uncultivated, (including such as arc commonly called second low grounds) from the mouth of Oconee ri ver, along the northern (beams, and on the north fide of the Ihdian boundary line, to the confluence of the Oconee and Apalachy, or fouth fork, of the firft quality, at thirty (hil lings. Os the second quality, at fifteen (hillings. Os the third quality* at lour (hillings. All river swamp, (including islands) cul tivated or uncultivated, from the confluence | of the Oconee and Apalachy rivers* upwards 1 pfo. LXTV'T.> On the north fide of the Indian boundary lintt of the firit quality, at twenty (hillings. Os the second quality, at twelve (hitting* and fix-pence. Os the third quality, at seven (hilling*. All oak' and -nickory lands, (including iJlands) above the flowing of the tide, on all ' the rivers from Cathead, on the river Alata j main, to the river Saint Mary**, inclufive* to the marked line, of the firrt quality, at seven (hillings. Os the second quality, at four (hilling*. Os the third quality, at two (hillings. All other oak and hickory lands through out the (late, of the firft quality, at eleven j (hillings. Os the second quality, at fix (hillings. Os the third quality, at thre (hillings. All other pine lands throughout the (late* at two (hillings. All lands on the sea ifiands, or lying on of contiguous to the sea Ihore, usually cultivat ed or capable of cultivation in corn or indigo, of the fir A quality, at two pounds five (hillings. Os the second quality, at one pound two (hillings. Os the third quality, at eleven (lulling*. And be it enabled by the authority aforejaid * That the sum of five (hillings (hall be levied on all free ma e white persons from the age of twenty-one years and upwards in this flare; asdtbe sum of five (hillings on all Negroes and other (laves whatsoever within the limits the fame ; and the tom of twelve (hilling* and fix-pence for every one hundred pound* value of every lot, wharf, or other laadty and on aH buildings within the limits of any town, village, or borough within this date $ and the sum of four pounds on every four wheeled, and the sum of tw® pounds on every two wheeled carriage, (except waggons, carta and drays); and the sum of five (hillings upon all male free Negroes, Mulattoes, and Me ftizoes from twenty-one to sixty years of j age, over and above any taxable property they may be poflefled of 5 and the sum of twelve (hillings and fix-pence for every on* hundred pounds Value of every person’s flock in trade, of persons in trade, (hopkeepers, i and others, to be given in upon oath; amt the sum of five pounds on every Praftitionar of Law and Pbyfic ; and the sum of five pound* on all Fadorsi Brokers and Vendue-Mafter* throughout this (fete: Provided neterihr.ltft* That in cases of extreme indigence or infimi* ty, the Superior Court of each county (hall be, and they are hereby empowered to remit the poll-tax upon ftich indigent or infirm per* ton's claiming fticlf'indulgetfce. And be It enabled by the authority aforefaid t That hr case drffeitfty (hall arise in the imnd of any person with refpefl to the cJafiing of his land or valuing hW building*. then and if* that case it may be lawful for tod* I person to call In three freeholders, who stats } value and daf* the fame, and Mm catifictf#