. .,..7. v'--.- VH'-..V:AAMjA;M v.';! M r I i BYAVTIlOniTY. . ato:bDi)e'aintteIi states, An Act ive ietsTnwt nd cction of l-iirta Ux?f iniero! duties $eit enrtedlj tbt Smote ciMcmtc tf ?f- Qxr tu AtnvUM. Tnxr for the parpo of usi ssing tnd cu!icc;iig dirccrlitxct and Interoal dutk, i1vtc ball bci, aad re bercbj cf esrna cd. an J ei'.abiishcd ibe fjltpwirj co IccUjo distfjctsf tu:wii : . The state of Newiijmp&hirr hil: ccctiin'Ovc collection .district y, asfol- J i Xhc first district shall consist, of i the "county, It- . kiahim ; tne. secona ef ihe'coon:? of StiiTord ZAht third of the count of Htlfsbrobh i the fourth of i be county oftheshitet and the fif h of the couoVus i f Grafton aii4 Coos, Tbc sute of MassschaicV-i hU con tsi3 eighteen, collection .districts, as fbl toTT : The firt district thill consist of the cocn:jr of.Waihington ; the jecond bfihc county f Hncock't tbe'third of the county orLiricoln ; the fourth cf the county of XennebeC ; the fifth vt the county ot Somexaet ; the six:h of the coonty flf OxJvTd ; the acren'b of the county of Cumberland; thccigU h cf the county o of Yoi k the 'ninth cf the county cf EsVs ; the ttnth cCtbr county of Mitidkex ; tbceltY.- nth yt the comity of Suir ; tbe twc( b cf the couniyof N tfot'i ; he tttlrtccnf. Icf the couuy of P-ynioutH ; thefoui tetn;h fthe caun y of Uristol; the fif uenih of the counties' if Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket hr a xieeuih cf the ccunjy: uf'Vorcesie: ; tnc icYen tcen:h of .the ecu tie 'f Rn:pshirvf Junklln atid Ilampdc, and :he ugh-ten-.hxjf the county of tJ-rehire. Tbe'stite of Vt rtnoM sh-Il cotitan t-x collection districts, as f'll w : Th. rtt shII cofuitt of 'the countiea of Ben nington and Rutland"; tu second of he ccuwy of.Wihdhim ; the third of he ccunues of Windsor und O -nge ; ;he burth'ofibe countiea of AJdisvn and Cfcii.erKjem tbc fifth of ihe cofOlies of Frsnkiin rid Grd Uk ; aod the sxth cf .he cc42nX.-acfCaledoc.i3i Estx and 0 ktns. ' . . , . The afureaiid counties compriied in thr said districts contained in the state 01 Vcrnont, shall be taken to compre hend such tefitory.at was imluded in the siid crunties respectively, p'rior ;o th- formation of the "county of J. iff. rson ii Siid state. . . The ita:e f Rh di Islnd aball con taiij three collection JWtricts,a follow : Th- 6 si thiJI.gln.-tst oi the coui.lies of Nc nor snd Bris.cl ; he second of the cuotT-f Proid. ncc'and the third of thr counties of Vthtogton and Kent. The state of Connecticut shall con fiinstTcncolleCiiiindijtticts, -sfo'.bw : Th. firs, shall ohsist of ibe county ot Ln.hfielrU-Ithc econcl of the county. ctl FairS 1 hr bird of" tbc county NfW.Havsn-thef urth of the county ci H4rtfordthe fifh f the county l N w.L.o.t n 'hesix'.hof the cuumy ot Mid-.hs.x h he seventh of the coun lie of Windham and Tolland. '. i The state f New-York' stull contain latniyigbt co-lection district as fol .'iw : The first sha-1 consist .of the ua ieicfSuff Ik, Qisensand Xinga ; kt sreondtsf .the city an J coumy of New Vo k ; the thtrd of the county of West hester ; be fourth of On. chess toty ; iht' fifih of '.he coun ic cf Or-' nd R cktand ; the six h of the cooties of Ulster and Sullivan ;, the v r.'h of the ccuoty of Schoharie ; ,h ugh b cf the cou'.ty of Columbia ilk ninth l th un'y f enSachcr ; 'entb ot 1 h county of Wasbtogtoo ; l- el. tenth of the county of Saia:oga ; l) ttrdfta of the ccua.iea of.Estx. c on, Frank'in t ilte thirteenth thc counties cf Albany and S"chcnec t the fourteenth cf the county of JcA'postrj ; ths Sf ctiV.hcf the cour-H-.ikinier ; .the'aiiteentji'of the y of Oneida ; thr arvenietnth of ccuniCs of Lew: i, J- fTrrion and Lwrtncef ihe cighretnih.of the -7 cf Otsto ; he ninetetrnth of the trtinty cf Chenango ( the twenlJeth ol cc,Jnty cf Madtson ; the ttveoty-Crst ihe counties of Tioga, 'Broome and w -xn ; the twtntr-second of the r-. c -.nuea of Onandago and CortUbd.i ;,c lwn:y third of the counties of fCay- d S.-nera ; the 'twenty fourth of county of Ontario; the twenty.fif h couour of Genesee, Niagara c-;q.t C.:r3gui and Allegany i -e -a- r.:: . v.h 0lbt counJ ofRich I mond Vilhe twraty -se.? tntK of. the, coqh I ry' of Grecn'tanoT; ttwenlffcigbth; of ine county otUiiawar t v The sut !pf . NcvjJersy?'' ijjall ton fain six'' collection disVricts,',.ai follow : Tbefi'it afulf, consist of he; countiea of licrgen anil . Es ex";'? tb'e second !bf inccounuca oi ousscx ana iuorni ioc third ; of the. counties of .'-Somerset and xiunicxaon ; me lounn ol ine counues f Midaicies'and Monmot;ib ; the fifth vfthe "counties of liu i lino ion' and' Gloii- :?stcr,',and (he 5ix:h' of 'hc'countles of Salem; Cumberland aind Cape May.-. Tbe itate of Pcnnnylvania shall eon- tain twentjr-three collection districts, as follow V The firt shall consist of the city of Philadelphia ; the accond of the county of Philadelphia ;,the third of the ctunuea of Chester an d Delaware ; the fourth of The cou n ty ' or M ont go mc i y ; ;hc fif h of the county "of ' Bucks ; the vxih ofche county of Lancaster -t the seventh of the counties cf York and A dams; the eighth ot "he counties of Northampton avd Wayne ; the ninth of the county of .Berks';' tbr- tenrh of 'hz c uny of D uoptiiti ; the eleventh f the conntic? of Cumberladnd FarkUri ; the twelfth of the county of N rthu'mr berlind ; i he thirteenth of the counties of Mi din and Huntingdon ; the four tccnth of the counties of Bedford, Sm meiset and Cambria; the fifteenth bf the counties of Fayette ffnd 'Cfreent ; the sixteenth of the county of Washing ton ; ihd seventeenth of he counties of Allegheny and Atmstrong ; thc.cigh- tecnth nf the counHts df Wes more'and Indiana ; the nineiecn;h of the coun- tics of Centre, C earfi:ld, P:tl:f, J-.f ferson and M'Kem : the tw.ntic'li tf the county of Luzrne ; ving.the same limits as it ha1 before the counties of Suquehannh an 1 Bra.iford were laid .ff ; the twenty first of, the counties (bf Lycominb and Tioga ; the same the limits as it was before the county of Bradf rd w laid off ; the twenty-sc-cnd if'-lTe counties of. Mercer, Buier a"d Beaver 'h afid th- :w nty-thlrd of the cuntits :f Crawford, Venango, E ric and Warren. Thr :it. nT n iiBr hal! rnntain L-hrec collection distr.ctf. as fjlbw : The first sludl coniistof the couuiy of Nrw Castle ; the secondof 'he county of Kent ; and the thrrd of the coui'ty cf Sussex. The state cf Maryland shall contain 1 1 ine collection districts, as follow ; The first shall consist of the counties of Somerset, Worcester and p rxhester ; j the second of the counties yf Taltot,j Qu en Anne and Cro n ; 'the third! of hc ccuntit sof Ket, Cecil and Hcrt-j fo d ; the f .mrth of 'he cify and county I of Baltimore ; the fifth of the counties j of Ane Arundel and Prince1 Ge rgc ; the sixth of the counties of Culvert, S .j Mary's and Charles ; the sven'h of the ! counties of Montgomery arid Frederick; the eighth of the county of Washing ton; and the ninth of the.courity of Al 1 gheny. V , : The state of Virginia shall contain wtnty.-MX coJlcctlon districts, as fol low : The i first shall . consist of the counties of L-e, RusselU Wasbing on, Wythe and Grayson ; the arCnd of the cquntics of Montgomery, Ti-xewcll, Gile, Monroe an t Botetourt ; the third of the counties of Greenbrlar, Kanhaw3, Cabell and Mason ; tbe fourth of the counties of Harrison, Wood end Ran dolph ; the fif b of the counties of Mo nongalia, Ohio and Brooke ; the sixth of the countiea cf Dath, Pendleton Har dy and Hampshire ; the seventh of the counties of R ckbridge antJ Augusta ; the eighth of thr counties of Rocking ham and bh-nandoah ; the ninth of the otuliea of Frederick, B;fkley and Jcf: Prson t tbe teripr" of . the coun ie of Bedfo d, Patrick, Htnry and Franklin ; the eleventh of ihcjCounties of Camp bell, 'ChstloltePiUa'y!vinia arid Halifax he twelfth of the counties of Meck lenburg, Lunenburg, Brunswick and Nttaway ; the thirteenth of the coun ties tf P.ince Edward, Buckingham, Cumberland c Amelia; the fourteenth of br counties of Powhatan, Chesterfield, D nwiddi- and Prince George; the, fif teenth of . be counties of-Greensville, Sussex S utha'mptori snd Surry-; tbe sixteenth of tbe counties of the "Isle of WigbtNansembnd, Norfolk arid Prin cess Anne ; the seventeenth of the coun ties of Elitabeth-City,AVafVickVYork, James City and New Kent ; the fcigh teenh of the counties of Charles City, Henri co, Goochland, and HanorEr ; the nineteenth of the counties of Amherst, Nelson, Albermarle and Fluvannah ; I the twentieth of the counties of Orange, flladison abd jCuIrjepreahetwentyf.Carapbein Roan, fl Ifirst of tbe'oaunties of FaaquierPrinlt fi rst of tbe' counties of Fauquier Prince . WiUiarn .and .Stafford ; - the twentv-se- cond of tbe Counties, of HouQn and TfairJj fx: thetwfmy third,' of j theeoumies of Shpt'sylvaniaV , Louisa and CarcJine ; the tweniyfpurth' ,of tbe mqrid, M6rt humberland ahdLancasterj ; the t went? fiP 'b bf the cntiesef iRLincr oicsexroiuucesier.'ana iviattnews j 'anc uc iwcuiy Mxin oi me couniict oi acco mack and Norrbammon.W1-;; , '4 i ATne-fate.of?foonh conuux, in, thirteen collection districts, tas 1 1 r : The first shall i consist 'of theli follow counties of p.irxi uckrCamden,Pasqlio Vahk, Pefquimans Gates Cfiowan aodi nertfor)) ; , the.secord of the counties-of Bertie, Ma. tin, Ngfthamnton, ahdH- in; , me iniro-o me counties oi wasn ingtonTyrrel, Hyde, PiM,' Edgecombe and B-aufoft : .the fourth of thcoun- ties of G een, Craven:; Carteret, Jones, Ltnoir, Johnston and WTne--a the fifth of the ''counties' of-Warren, Franklin', Nash atid Gnnville ; th? Sixth of the eintles of Onslow.'' Nsw Hanover. Dup'in, S mpon, Brunwi'jk, Bhdeo a;i Colu'fitus : th. seventh of thecoun ii s of Cumber!and. Jlobrson. -Mont gmery, Jttchmond and Moore; the cijrh'h ;T thicvUMties of Wi-ke, Qraner and Person ; thr riprh .'of the counties' of Rockiogh am, Caswell, Goilford'antl S.-.k'es ; thelenth of the counties of Rrjur.in, Randolph and Chatham ; the e lrv-mfi of thr countits of Lc In, Mecklenburtf and Cabarrus ; ;he twerf h A the counties of Bu icorbbc, Haywoxl, Burke and Ruth rfrd-; the thirtrenth of 'he countie ofSufry, Wilkes, Ire dell and Ashe. . i ' . The state of Ohio shall contain nint co'lectio ditricts, as follow :". .Tb- firsJl shall consist ot the counties of Hamil ton, Butler, Warren, Clinton'a d C er mont; the s cbnd of the -cdnnt cs of Green, Montgomery, Preble, Miami and Champaigns ; the third of tht counties of Pickaway, pranklfn, , Madi son, Delaware, Kn x Li.k ng and Fairr fi Id ; ihe fourth of the counies of Riss, Athens, GilHa, Sciota, A !ams, High land aud Fayette ; the ifth oftheco n tits of Washingt n. Mukinum,' Tus carawas and Guernsey ; the s xh of the counties of Belmont and. JrfTerSon ; the stventh of the -counties of Columbiana and Starke ; the eighth of the counties of Ttumbull and Ah abuh ; aud the nrnth of the coupties of Giauga, Caya nogo and P rtag. V Thy st t o mucky ?hall contain ii rst district snail consist ol tir. ronntis' bf Clarke, pstill Monigjmery, B. th, F t-mtug, Gr-enup'and Flyti itre se cond of the counties of-Fayette, Jr-ssa-mjne and Woodford ; the third of the counties of 5cott, Harrison, pvndlc to:;, C impbcK, iJo ne, GuVtri and Frank, tin ; the fouth of the counties of B )urr bon, Nicholas, BraikenJ lason and Lewis the fif.h -of the cou :tics of Li- . ..'4.. '. vingston, Caldwell, Christian Brecken ridge, Ohio, Grayson, Mbhlenburg,' Hendert.n, H rkins and Union ; the sixth of the counties of BarrpnJ War ren, Logan, BuT.V and Cumberland ; the seventh of the bounties of Mercer, Garrard, Madison and Clay ; theeigh h of the,, counties of 'Bullitt Jefferson, Hmry and Sh Iby; the ninth; of the 4ounties of Lif coin, Rockcastle, Xnox, Pula tiijWyne Adair and Csey ; and the tenth of the coun'ies f Hardin, Nelson, Wkhlngrnn and Green. ) . The state of Souih. 'Carolina shall consist of nine collection disTrcts, as follow : The first shall consist'of the district of Charleston ; the second of tbe districts ofCollston and' Beaufort : thel third of the districts of Barnwell, Oj angeburg, Lexirtgton arfd Richlafrd ; the fourth of districts of EdgeGelcJ and AbbeVl.Itf ; the fifh of the districts' of Pendleton and Greenville ; the sixth of " t ' Fairtifd i'fhe seven h of the districts, of J th j S;.artenburg,. , Union, - ..York v d Chester ;, the eighth of the districts of LancaVter, SumpteV, . Kerstiaw ; and Chesterfield ? and t"he ninth of trie dis trjets of Georgetown, 'Horry, Marion, Mtrlborough i 'Darlington and Wiilir amsbu'gh. ' . U- Vvf.-V"r v.1 ' Tfie. state of Tennessee "shall contain six collection districts,. as follow The first- sbalr consist of the counties of Washington,. SulIiTar' Green, Haw kins and Carter; the ' second of Jibe counties of Claiborn',' Grangert Jeffer son Knox, Cocke;' Sevier and Blount ; tie thirtjol thecoonties of Anderson, toiiteVrpWaWar the ourtJVsXJt- the vumtesot;Drniim ; j ic Ksoni .. ,nimer -. an ,vw imqo m tt&iti ibe coantieioiDawdsidnWiil! amspnivlRuKetfor dmr4ndi?J0itt Manry ; illes;; Hickmanf HtiroDhte bcrtsonf4' T; Te-'stalef of iG iot&4$$l' con tirl sixcoUectionTm'stridt?, as 'iollo'wVTn 5rst' "tUialf coflsist'df tricountiesi jofi .i'l i t Jik;-1- BuHocVand.Tatnatf Vi thesyconojf the. counties, of ;ScmenBu Jefferson ry re third'of. the;c4untje$ofiCQi:m bia, , Varrenr.Hancock :'and " Gj-eeneV; the, fourth of the counties, . bfi Lincoln Wilkes ElberiandVIfrah or ine counties pi AjgietpropejacK&on, Clark jind tMocgatji ; ancl t rje sixtr of kihson, . Telfair, wiggs,,."Bal4 win Jones, Putharri.and Jasper,formerly cal- And the state of tnuiKarxa shall con-r tain foUr collection drstriiitsVai; fblloyV; The" first shall consist of tlie .eodnties of Concordia.' Ouaciiitta. Nachiioherf an t Rapides '; . the second of the cbuh ties of Lfout chOpelousas and A)ta kapas ;v the third of the' countieKof O' -( leans," German C tas'Acattia,ribe-r5'iIle and P.ih'e Cpupfe ; and the fourth of fh. Parishes of - Feliciaria, East Baon Hpuge, Siint Helena and Saint Tani-j manvir' ' : , - The sever! counties iVand districts heretofore enumerated shall be held irt reference to this act tbte sucb arid with the same boundaries as they bacTatth time of takir.g the third census' op enu meration of the people of the United State? ; and whee any Hew coun'j-or district' shall hae been, , or hereafter .71 iy be fcjirmed within any, state, ouVof any one or. more of the counties or dis tricts coropdsini any one -of the said col leftion districs such new county or dis trict shall be considered as part of such collection district, j and if such n.w county sh illiiave been or heTeaf;eV;sh4U be formed out of, couotijtb lymg jn dif ferent collection districts, then the Se cretary of the Treasury shall determine to which of such collecticn disincli it shall belong. v .V; Stc. 2d $iit further enatttd That one collectorand one principal" as sessor shall be appointed foe eacfi of the said collection districts, who.shalf be a respectable freeholder, ad-refcl .'ivith1 in the same ; ancl if theappointment of the said collector or coy of them,' shall not b.? made during the presetit session of Congress, th Pres d-nt cf the Uni ted. States shall be, and is hereby ;em pow rr d, to m6e such appoiiitrhent dur riig; the recess of thtr Senatei by grnt ing commis ionV, which shall expire at the end of their. next session U j , Sec. 3l And if further eiiacUd That tacti f :h V pri ncipal '-' as feasor i snail Qtvme ms uist net. into a. convent, ent numher of assessment, districts within each oF which he shall appoint one respectable freeholder, 'oos assis tant assessor! PrbviatiSt Thal.ihe St-1 c etary of thVTreasury sbaUioe, ancl J hereby is a&borteedo Jrecfut'c thenu J ber of assessment districts i:j anjrcot lection district ir any statei; iOht(;numf be r shall appear tu hi m to be tobret and each essesidr so appotnUd, and ac cepting the appointment .shall,' before he eplers on ihe duUes ofisrapBtirif mentj take and subcribel before some coTivpetejnt m,ag'trate or some collec tor to be "appointed by- this act (who is hereby empowered to administer the same), the following oath or afruiation to wit I ..B. da swear or a&rra us the casemay ' be) thai J yfl fo7Tne beiT of knowledge, SKiil and judg ment, diligently and faithfully execute the office andduiies) of assessoV.Tor (na ming; the Sssesstiifent 6istric,t).wrhout favor of parality and that I wiirdoe qua! .rihtand jasucet in ' every, case in which - hairact as assessor' And a cef ificate 61 sucjr' : oath orlhrmation hall be rfdiverebto the cb'Ue'ctor of the tKstrictj'vlilbsocfi assessor bUt hi appointed t and everr .assessoracting in the said office without having taken the said oatfi or afBrxnatiocr, shall forfeit and pay one hundred dollars, one moiety to the use of the United . States and the othe tb him wrib shall first sue for the sariiei to be recovered with costs of suit i any court having coznpetent jurisdic tion. 7 That the SecretarrloftheKrressuryslJall esUbiishfeeulattons suitable ind.rietes TT enwiiieaitDVor rfunoer.xnu 4- v fnOlsprame ipsctions forthe'iiid , fa4wyelpVireUt be laid - .blieMtriOiitfr't States. ' Ja w lay ipgiuch, a tax,'du-ect and cause IJ1C V. distri aU' raadejjare.toiaxatipttiiunueranydirecr,, tak,stf laid bysUthbrM the 7nju - , $d; States, . by vmerirjce';.aSiweiI Ad anr. 1 iisis oi assessment: or collection, isxen undr the laws of thejfespecnve ttates,"; as to any otherrec? and by all otrer iawfulvays'and mearii I ;ind ijOvVaiae, -and ura.tiieVsaid ob jects of ;tax t ion . i rr' 1 ie tn an ne f pre $crb ' 4 cd by ihU'acfi and inconjotmity jjvith the, reguiattohs ancf ifoirdctf ' f Sec, s.n3itjth eneteiedt Thai whenever a directtaic shall be laid : ' 6tfite;amhori the srrtt shajrassesseA the val, eBfaij lands lots of ground with 1 their imprpveraents xjejling hoUes0: f ilavcs, which seIi )akatfpnj(lBn.b ed by the resriectj ve assessors ajjtbe rate f f ach,ofvthen?is worthy irur)iWeiV vided hQB)ficTt pf whart ver kif:d,;xmihg within any flf "'. the foregoing cJescttOnaiid belong; mi iu c viiiteo oyaiesjD any staie or -t pejrnaiientty orflpeially exemp)edTrojnv taxation ;5y,the;iiSof the satehere- Jn theVame may bev s1tatedaU(;b'J; eiemptedfrpmy hsrforesftxd cometa : lion ani wlualibf indfe tsxaforesaid. ' Sec; 6. 4wM$&!Ltte? WW? That t be respective -sistantsseiaors shall irnldiatelyaftefib as aforesaicli by: the principal aiseifiors p.rocec4HhjrGUgh evt j,pWtdHlieirsK pective diviricts,tjs per5oasbwrUnpossesst leJCf - innagejfneiri qf xrij Mi to auf oundj btjnng houses or slaves' ; lying; 4i.ssfricr where :t$fiKmij yiawey aid' U, ableto a irejct tai; as afpresaid to deU ver written Ustio shall bf riiaeinucn; mimner a$'may b; directed; by '1 ui.ipaf : '8SS&or i s nd as i"aV as practicable, cbnformably tp those which may be required for -ihe same purpcset under ibe authbritir ine rcpecuye states. .y i ' u StC'J.yJ&ndUitji That if arty person as afircsa cfr shall not be prepared to exhibit a written list when required; and jsbaWonstm.wd close the panicularspfaby and lU the l-nds,tts of ground with their jmprovtV ments, dwelling houses and slaves, tax able, as aforesaidj then and; insilch case it shall h be ) the duty - pt 4 the officer ' nake shch HstVwJf bein Idisfincly ' read and cnaenttrei 'sbal berreceiVed as ihe list ofuchrson5 ; yr aansuchjJtrnsha discldse to.4' any , assessor appointed Irt rjursuance,'ojf thsSactjd reqtxinogi; list orvlisj Safaris di'ny ! false or ' frauuljatOst, JwtthllntiuVt.td dtat or ' &?afet'o enUhieration feri v by renc,tb bad off. nding, and -beingnereor; convicted befo elanycourt having corptent ju- rtqushalrbevfinca exceeding B?e hundred rlpiiarsjnojesa hphehundr lion pfhcourrV arid shall pay all costs anu charges it , rosecuiiort .5 and the tajuatron . and enMme9ttion Vreu?recI bythis aif,-sh,uaval! stlch casesi be made as aforeidupon lis?s according to the form above described, to oe made ot bythe assieisrespec lists , thesald as3e$sorsrare hereby au- 4 Jngo lhe best information they cap ob-. tairifcT.tbeV purpose of making which theyare HeireVy authoriied to enter ing' Xo and upon all and aingularthe premi ses respectively ind from. the valuation r and enumeration so made, there shall " be no, appeal ... ' . - v' - Sec 9. And ii ii further enacted. That in case any person shall be absent from his !!ace of residence, at the time an assessor shall call to receive the list Continued in the &ib Pcgetj , 1 -.1 , 4f 9. .L- ;1.

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