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An Ordinance, To amend, and consolidate the different Ordinances for raising a fund for the support of a Watch in the City of Savannah) BE IT ORDAINED Bp the Mayor -and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, and it hereby is ordained by the authority oj the same, in conformity with the ad of the Le gislature in that case made and provided, That for fuppouing a public Watch in the city of Savannah, a 1 ax (hull be icviee on persons and property within the and jufisdi&ioii o i the said city, as fa!* Jow 6 —to wit: On all Houses, Buildings, Lou and Wharves, within the laid city, as well unimproved as improved, except ing lots held by lease from the Corpora tion, on every hundred dol lars value tneifebt to be alfsfscd and valueo as is hereafter provided for by virtue of this ordinance, and to be paid by the own er thereo! —on all houses, buddings, lots, and wharves, owned by persons ieliding out of the limits of this state, as well un improved as improved, fifty cents on ev ery hundred doltars value thereof, to b? paid by the owner thereof, his agent or at torney. 11. ‘And be it further ordained, That every person trading in this city, who re fit] ts therein, (hail pay twenty fire cents on eveiy hundred dollars value ol hi? •tuck in trade—& that every per fan trading in (his city, who hail; not paid or become fubjedi to the City Tax, ior the lad year, Hull pry twenty five cents ori every hun dred dollars value of his flock in trade. That every male whit? inhabitant, above the age of 2t years, who may not eth r?t wife be fubjeS to payment of a tax equal to three dollars by virtue of this ordi nance, shall psy an additional tax of two dollars, which lum (ball also be paid b) persons as above deferibed, who have ni taxable property. That each and every ftce negro or per son of colour inhabitant ol this city, and cxercifing any trade o: handicraft, or the business of a iiuckfter, caiter, or drayman, iliall pay a tax of ten dollars over and a bove their taxable property ; arid that each and every other tree negro or perfou of colour, males from the age of fifteen to loriy-five years, and females from the age of fourteen to foity-five years qf age, (hall pay a tax of five dollars over and above their taxable properly. That eveiy inhabitant within this city, shall pay a tax of twenty-Eve ceuts on each Have within the city, from the age of four teen to forty-five years, ol whom he or (he is the owpgr, or of whom he cr file may luve the care or management. Likewise the undermentioned firms cu Carriages of pleasure of the following deferiptions, tifed and employed within the city—viz : On every Coach, Chariot, Poll Chaise, Coachce, Phreton, or other four wheel car nage, and every Curricle, three dollars— On eveiy Chair, Chaise, Gig, Sulkey, or other two wheel carriages with top3, oris dollar, without tops feventy.five cents. And that each & eveiy Praftifioner ol Law and Physic, Fabot, Brooker and Commit, lion Merchant, (hall pay a tax of two dol lars. 111. And be it further ordained, That a tax of fitly cents (hall be levied on ali Goods, Wares, and Merchandize, not the produce ol this slate, and with the excep. tion of Rice, Cotton, Lumber, Corn, Tar, end unmanufactured Tobacco, the pro duce of South Carolina, which (hall be fold on commtfiion by any person refilling within the limits of the city (except such as shall be fold at public audiion) ou every hundred dollars fold, to be paid by the person felling the fame ; and it shall bf the duty of every Ccmmifiion Merchant or other person felling on comtntfiion, within the limits of this city, to make just and true returns thereof on oath, to the City Treasurer on the firft day of Janua tyandon the firft day of May in ever) year, alter the pairing of this Ordinance, and he or they (hail within ten days aftei making such returns, pay into the Treafu ty of this city, the amount cf tax to which the said goods and merchandise shall be fubjeft by virtue of this ordinance, aud in-default of making such return, it shall and may be lawful ior the City Treasurer. within twenty days thereafter, from the heft information which he can obtain, u ait-efs the value of all goods or merchan due which may bavabeen fold as aferefaii. by every loch petfon in default, and . warrant cf dtilreis and sale ior the amount, oi tax, conformably ta said effiefi* rnent. shall torthwith be ifTued by the Trea surer, diiefle I to the Cjty'Marfba! againfl the goods ar.d chattels pi eveiy such de faulter ; and also, agalnft the goods anc char tela pf every pcifon who shall make a return, but (hail negleß to pay the a mount of his, her or their ux as aforefaid, Sitfce tithe required, and thal such ether. proceedings Stall be had, as is hereafter di aled by virtue of this ordinance'. IV. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That a tax of fitly cents shall be levied and paid on every hundred dollars value of all goods or mer chandise which may arrive or he exposed to fa 1 e within the limims of this city, by any non.refidci t after the aiTeiTnteot (ball have Lean made and the Digest completed, such a >n.refident shall on his arrival, make such return on oath, and give feouiity to the Treasurer of the city, to pay the tax ac cruing on such goods a'ad merchandize within ten days after—and jn case any such nen-refident on his arrival utail negleO: or refufe to mate a retui’n and give Security as aforefaid, it shall be the duty of the Ci ty Treasurer to affitifs the value ol the said goods according -to the bell ol his informa tion, and such other proceedings (hail take place, tor fecuringand compelling the pay ment of the said tax, as are provided in and by this ordinance tor coileeling the tax of defaulting Comtntflion Merchants. V. And be it fur the.r ordained, That all j property and persons liable to taxation,] by virtue of this ordinance, (hall be aflefs- j ed by committees.appointed by Council, j wnofe duty it shall be, and they are hereby i authorized and acquired to make a jufland accurate (Element and retutu of all per form and property fuhject to the taxes a bove fpecified, and to a(fe!s arid ‘eft m-ue the value thereof by the best into, (nation which can be procured. VI. And be it further ordained, That it (liall be the duly of the said Committees refpcclively to proceed in each of the dis tricts above fpecified, to make the aflefs ments in ten days alter the palling of this ordinance, and to make returns thereof, certified ar.d figited by them, to the City Treasurer, which returns fliafi fpecity and enumerateibe pioperty afieffed clearly and diftmctly, and shall also contain and have annexed thereto the value by them (o as- Idled upon the said property, ar.d so focn as the laid Returns Ihall. have been made into the Treasurer’s Office, it shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to give public notice thereof by advertifeteent in two cl the public Gazettes within the city, that the returns ol affieffiment bave been made to his office, and that any person or per- Pens, who may ccaftder him, her or them, selves aggrieved by any valuation of bis, her or their property, which may have been so made and returned, may enter an appeal thereon in the tteafurer's office wtfhin ifen days after the publication of (uch notice, and the Treasurer shall be al lowed !ur the entry of such appeal twen ty-five cents to be paid by the appellant; aud the City Council ate hereby authoris ed and required, at the next regular meet ing, al.et the time limited tor entering ap peals as sforefsid (hail have expired, to decide on such appeals, and also, to decide on the valuations lo made and returned by adding to or deducting from any or cither of them, and that the said valuations and affieffiments so returned, whenrevifed, cor rected and decided on by the city conn, cil, shall be final and conciufive. VII, And be itfurther ordained. That after the said affieffiments (hall have been reviled, coirected and decided on, in the manner herein before directed : they (hall be delivered to the Treasurer uhofe duty it shall be to compile a digest therefrom, for which he (hail be allowed a cumpenfatton of eighty dollars, and conformably thaeto to receive the taxes foaffeffied, and fliall be allowed as a compeniotion for receiving and paying the money to bfe levied and railed by virtue of this ordinance, two and a half per centum out us the money so railed. VIII. And be it further ordained, That within thirty days after the Treasurer ha* given notice that the digefl is completed aud that he is ready to receive the taxes thereon, the persons fubjeclto taxation as above fpecified, shall pay the araouuts of their afieffitneats refpectivcly to him ; and if any owner of any house, building, lot, wharf, or other real property, or any- elhei Plen whatever fuhject to taxation by vir tue of this ordinance, (hall refufe to pay the affieffiments made as sforefaid, either upon such house. buildihg, lot, wharf, or other real property, a wai rant of difhefs md sale shall forthwith be iffiued by the Treasurer, again! any goods or chsuiet that ruay be found on the preruifes, and the fame shall be seized and (old at public auction, and so much shall be deducted from the amount of such sale, as will br fufficientto pay the affieffimeiu aforefaid, and to defray the cod and charges of such teisuieand laic, and the overplus, if any, shall be paid to the person whole goods or .battles shall have been seized, as aforefaid, & i 1 no goods or chditlescanbc found on the premiles, or if the fame he infufheient to iifeharge the whole amount due, ss afore faid, then the said house, building, !ot, wharf, cr other property, shall be sold a< public auction by the Treasurer, ia such manner and under fuck regtilaticas and reftrictiopycs ars infected by the lax Law of this slate. , . , t-i IX. And be it further ordained, a hat if any person fubjcct to the payment of a ny tax or affieffnicin by virtue cf ibis orai ‘nance, shall neglefil or rciufe to pay to ,iC Treasurer, within the time limited as alore faid, the amount of his or her tsx or meat, a warrant of diilrefs and fa! s (hat. be ififued and proceeded ou, ia the manner above pointed out, atnll the goods and chatties of such delinquents. And that in case any (tee negro, or free person of co lour, shall ueglect us rtfufe to pay lo the Treasurer, bis or her tax as aforeiai J, with in the time above limited, a warrant of diflrcfs andfale shall tffue against the goads and-chatties of such (ice negro or Iree person of colour, and (hall be proceed on, in the manner above pointed out ; but it no goods or chatties can be iour.d belong* mg to any free negro cr free person of co lour who may be delinquent as aferefaid, the Treasurer is authorised to issue an ex ecution against the body of such Iree negro or person of colour, and to commit hint or her ta the custody of the goaler, tv ho is here by required to receive the body of such (fee negro or person of colour until it:. or her tax, with Cull and charges be paid $ and every free negro and free person ol colom (hall to confoiruity with a public notifica tion to be given by the Treasurer, make a return of hh or her nufbe and age, arid o’i the names and ages oi Lis or her chtl<irC v '. and of his, her and their tcfpcctivc place of abode, and occupation to the Treasurer ‘ who (hall enter the fame in a book to b kept for that purpose ; and if any free ne gro or fice person of colour Shall neglect oi refufe to make (uch returns, within tin time and in the inznner above prefcitbed. or (hall give in a wrong name with an in tention to deceive the Treasurer, he o (he (hail in either case be doubly taxed and proceed again;! in the fame manner a above directed with rcgid u free negroe and per lons ol colour. X. And bcit further ordained, That a I ‘ real atidperfonal property vvithiu the tit) of Savannah, ful j.rct to taxation os ofore said, and difeoveied by the Treasurer al ter the assessment has been made, (hall liable to assessment at the fame rate, an< in ths fame proportion, arid fuhject to tb fame process and difpofitiori ts any !ik property in the city, of w hich an assess merit is mads, and the Treasurer is liercb) V£ -ftcd with the feme powers, aud charge, with the fame duties to enforce payment of taxes on propeny difeovered as afore said, as if they had been assessed by tin committees appointed by this ordinance. XI. And belt further ordained, That ir. all wamants ofdiftrcls and Lie, and exe cutions issued by the Treasurer, purfuan to this ordinance, Lu fiiali be eruitl- and tt fifty cents on each. XI!. And be it further ordained, That the ordinance entitled an ordinance to raise a fund for the fuppott of a Watch in the City of Savannah, passed ytii April, 1806, and the Ordinance entitled “ An Otdi nanceto amend an Ordinance, entitled an Ordinance to raise a fund ior the support of a watch in the city of Savannah, passed the sqth day of November, 1806, be and the fame are hereby repealed. In COUNCIL, Savannah, 30 tk Nov. tßoy. Passed, t L.S. i Wm. DAVIS, + T •*■++++++o-4-f-i Chairman. ATTEST, D. D. WILLIAMS, C. C. - MarfliaFs Sales. ON the firft Tusfday ia JaaLary uestj Will b# Sold at the Court-hcufe ia the Ci’tv of Savannah Oce NEGHO WOMAN and CHILD. Also, a nunk ter of Article* of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, levied on a* the property of Do est or Jam;, Ewcil, by virtue of aa execution’ obtained by C. N-tvell. BENJAMIN WALL, M. D G. November 30 gt CONTINUED Marshal’s Sales. On the firft TUESDAY in January next, At the Court-Hotife, will be fold, A variety of DRY GOODS, and fome GROCERIES ; levied on as the property of Jonn Hilton, at the futt of Robert 11. Jaownc. Conditions Calh. JBen. Wail, m. and. g. Nov. 30 si MarfhaTs Sale. On the firft Tuesday j s j January ncx. , will be fold at the Ccurt-r.oufe intiiii eity, between tnc hour* r. ten and three o'clock. The unexpired lease of a Two Story House and Bu'ldmga,on Harden'.(late Clark's) vchatf,balow the Bluit of Savannah-, Ute ia the occupancy or Benjamin Crook, aud taken in cx.ica m, tiis property, at the uit cl William MSgee. BLN, WALL. m. and. o. Novernbe; 17 p<s LOAN OFFICE* GEORGIA*. June Notice is hereby given, that in con formity with the provilions of the aft fupplcmentaxy to the aft, intitled - Arv act making provision for Ate redemp tion of the whole of the public debt ot the United States,” books will be open attheoffice of the cotnmifTioner of loane for Georgia, on the firft day of July next, to continue open until the teenth day of Match, iBcS, incldfiye, !y, the fourteen last days o each quat ter excepted, for the purpose of re ceiving fubferiptions for such pans of the old fix per cent, deferred fix per cent, and three per cent, stock, as may, on the day of fubfcripiion, (land on the books ol the said commiffioßer cf loans. Those proprietors of the old fix per cent, and deferred stocks, who may fubferibe, will receive in lieu thereof anew fix per cent, liock, equal to the unredeemed amount of the stock sur rendered, redeemable at the pleasure of tire United States, under a provifo* however, tha tno rcinaburfement shall he rrtr.de except for the whole amount of any such new certificate of Rocky nor till alter fix months previous no tice : and the proprietors cf the three per cent, stock who may fubffribiv will receive in lieti thereof, a fix pc. cent, flock, equal to fixty-five per cent, of the amount of three per cent, surrendered, redeemable in the fame manner as the new fix per cent, above mentioned but not reimbursable, how ever, without the aflfent of the holders, until after the whole of the new fix per cent, (given in exchange for old iix cr deferred as above mentioned) as well as the whole of the eight per cent, (lock of the United Skates, shall have been rcimburfed. it is also provided, that ia every reimburfemetn which may take place, it preference will be given to those creditors who may no tify their wish to be reimbursed; aud that if the applications to that efted shall at any time either exceed or fall tkort cf (he sum then applicable to that purpose, the priority of payment Ihall, so far as may be necdfaiy, be determined by lot. The prelent stock holders who re side in any part of Europe, and truy alfent to that modification, may, at their option, receive the inset est ac cruing on the new stock, either in the United States as heretofore, or in Lon don or Amfierdam, at par; in which last case, the intered will be paid there by the bankers of the United Auiw, .fix months subsequent to tire day oa which the fame would be payable ia the United Slates and fubjeft toco variation; ttor to any other deduction than a commHlioner to the bankers, of one half per cent, on the ii.tcvcd thus paid, JAMES ALGER, 1 Commissioner of NOTE . Proprietors of 1000 dol lars nominal fix per tent. (lock, fnbfcribed before tire Grot of ORobcr, IBo7> will be entitled to receive, G-l-C* 62 cf nev-’ (--■ tween the Gi ft, of Gdlober, and 81 ft December, 1807, 611-37 between the Ift January, Si 17th Match, ISO3. ‘ 619 03 —“* Proprietors cf 1000 dol lars nominal defined, fub feribed before the firft of October, 1807, will be enti tled to receive 855 78 ■*’ —— If fnbfcribed be tween the firft OAober, and 31st December, 1807, 853 62 - bewteen the lft January, and the 17th March, 1.808, . 831 4$ —/’ 13 ;h;g- the unredeemed amount of the cld i’s ou the Ift of J aly ar.d Gtlabcr ISO", f-’-d January, 1803, refpectivcly. Proprietors cf 1000 dollars three p-“ f ‘ v/iii be ettti'Jed to receive CJO dollait o; 1 * fix. VVanted Immediately, |f A r.M VLU NT-GS.O BOV .-Fof r jrt’en- r apply at taa DJicy at liie k'.tilligev.cr, „„ p;cem'’cr 6