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Reading and Pottsville Stage, leaves daily at 4 a m. for Reading, Harrisburg, Orwigsburg, Northumberland, Sunbury, Milton, and Williamsport; also, at 2 a. ni. by the northern route, for Reading, Lc- banon, Harrisburg, Blairsville, Pittsburg and Erie.
Sunbury and Northumberland Stage, from Niagara Stage office.
Blackwoodtown Stage, Reeves' ferry, upperside Market st. wharf.
Haddonfield Stage, do.
Leeds' Point, do.
New Egypt, clo.
Port Elizabeth, mail, do.
Woodbury, do.
Cape Island, do. via Mount
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Ephraim, Chew's Landing, Blackwood missory note, except bank notes, penal ur town. Tuckahoe. &c.
Pemberton or New Mills, do ..
Bridgetown, mail. Arch st. ferry.
Cape Island, mail, do. via Bridge- town, Millersville, Port Elizabeth, Den- nis' Creek, &c.
Lower Greenwich, do. via Bridge- town, Millersville, Port Elizabeth, Den- nis' Creek, &c.
Mount Holly, mail, do via Moores- town.
Salem, mail, do. via Moorestown.
Tuckerton and Little Egg Harbour, lower side of Market street wharf.
Doylestown, Sign of the Camel, Sec- ond above Race.
Frankford, Second street house, sec- ond above market. And also from the Buck, 130 north Second.
Frankford, Holmnsburg, and Bustleton Second street house, 2d above Market.
New Hope and Lambertsville, do. Germantown, Third above Market.
Downingstown, 284 Market.
Harrisburg, Pittsburg, Erie, Reading, Pottsville, and Northumberland, mail, 200 Market street.
Lancaster and Pittsburg, mail, 284 Market street, route through Harisburg and Chambersburg.
West Chester, 288 Market.
West Chester and West-town, 18 N. Fourth street.
Wilmington Stage, 80 Market street. Yellow Springs, 248 Market street.
Upper Ferry and Fair Mount, Sec- ond below Dock, and White Swan in Race above Third, daily at 9, 12, 2, and 4 o'clock.
By the Pennsylvania Legislature. AN ACT
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth it is, hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all personal estate and property within this commonwealth, hereinafter de- scribed, owned or possessed by any per- son whatever, that is to say : all ground rents. moneys at interest, and all debts due from solvent debtors, whether by pro-
single bill, bond, judgment, mortgage and stocks in corporations, (wherein shares have been subscribed in money,) and on which any dividend or profit is received by the boldler thereof, and public stocks, except the stocks issued by this commonwealth, and all pleas- ure carriages kept for use, shall be subject to a yearly tax of one mill upon every dollar of the value thereof ; to be assessed in the man- ner hereinafter prescribed, and collected as county rates and levies now are collected, and with like compensation to collectors, and paid into the treasury for the use of the com- monwealth, deducting therefrom compensa- tion to collectors.
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That the commissioners of each and every county, in their precepts to the respective township assessors, shall direct the said assessors to ascertain the amount, and description and value, of all personal property owned or possessed by any person subjected to fax by the first section of this act, and make return thereof to the said commission- ers ; and the compensation to assessors shall be the same daily allowance as is provided by existing laws for assessing county rates and levies, and shall be paid in like manner as assessors are paid.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That the assessors and assist- ant assessors of the city and county of Phil- adelphia, and the assessors of the other coun- ties in this state, respectively, on the receipt of the precepts issued by the commissioners, shall proceed to ascertain the amount, and de- scription and value, of the said personal pro- perty, taxable as afuresaid, from the owner thereof, or in case of his neglect or refusal to furnish the assessor with a full statement or account of said property, its amount, descrip- tion or value, it shall be the duty of the said assessors, from every information within their knowledge and power, to be enquired for and obtained by them to proceed to make out a full statement of such property ; and upon failure to obtain a special description thereof, shall return the aggregate amount thereof, as nearly as they can ascertain the same.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the au- Assessing a tax on personal property to be collected with the county rates and levies, for the use of the commonwealth. thority aforesaid, That all personal estate lia- ble to taxation, the value of which shall not have been specified by the affidavit of the person as hereinafter authorised, shall be es- timated by the assessors at its full value, as of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and they would appraise the same in payment ofa
just due from a solvent debtor.
Ssc. 5. And be it further enucted by the au- thority aforesaid, That if any person whose personal estate is liable to taxation, shall at any time before the assessors shall have com- pleted their assessments, make affidavit that the value of the personal estate owned by
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him, made taxable as aforesaid, does not ex- reed a certain sun, to be specified in the af- fidavir, it shall be the duty of the assessors to value such personal estate at the sums speci- fied in the affidavit, and no more.
Sic. 6. . And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That the assessors, after com- pleting said assessments, shall give notice to each of the persons so assessed, as required under the act, entitled, " An act to raise and collect county rates and levies," approved the eleventh of April, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and the several sup- plements thereto ; and at the same time as prescribed thereby, and the appeal and pro- . move said officer so neglecting or refusing to ceedings thereon shall be also regulated by give bond from his said office, and appoint some other person in the place of him so re- moved. said acts ; and each of the assessors, in addi- tion to the oath now required of them by law, shall be sworn or affirmed to perform the sev- eral duties enjoined upon him by this act, to the best of his ability and judgment, without favor or affection, hatred, malice, or ill will.
SEC. 7. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of each county to make out and file with the treasurer of the coun- ty, a statement, showing the valuation of the personal property made taxable, as aforesaid, with the statement of the sum assessed for the use of the commonwealth, with the ap- portionment of the same among the town- ships ; and also a similar statement shall be made out and certified, under seal, by the commissioners of the county, and transmitted to the Auditor General, on or before the first day of September, in each and every year.
SEC. 8. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer of each county, on or before the tenthi day of September in each and every year, to furnish to the Auditor General a statement of the amount received by him, for the use of the commonwealth, in pursuance of this act, and settle his account with the Audi- tor General in the same manner as public ac- counts are now settled; and it shall also be the duty of the treasurer of each county, upon the settlement of his account as aforesaid, to pay into the state treasury the amount so re- ceived by him, for which the treasurer of the county shall be allowed one per cent. upon the amount so paid by him.
SF.C. 9. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That the amount which shall be paid into the state treasury by virtue of this act, shall be vested in the commissioners of the internal improvment fund, and applied to the payment of interest chargeable upon said fund.
SE.C. 10. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesnul, That the aforesaid county treasurers previous to entering upon the du- ties enjoined upon them by this act, shall en- ter into bonds, with sufficient security, condi-
tioned for the faithful performance of their trust to the commonwealth, under the provi- sions of this act, according to the provision's of the act of fifteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight ; and the regula- tions prescribed by said act are hereby exten- ded to all bonds to be taken under this act; and in case the bonds required as above are not transmitted within one month after the appointment of the said city or county trea- surers, it shall be the duty of the Auditor General to give notice to the county commis- sioners, or other authority appointing said treasurer, who shall forthwith proceed to re-
SFC. 11. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth to make out and transmit to the commissioners of each county a certified copy of this act, for which the usual fees shall be allowed, to be settled and paid in the usual manner.
SEC. 12. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That this law shall continue in force for five years, from the date thereof. FREDK. SMITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS,
Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED-The twenty-fifth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
GEO. WOLF.
AN ACT
To increase the county rates and levies, for the use of the Commonwealth.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Penn- sylvania in General Assembly met, and it is here- by enacted by the authority of the same, That the commissioners of each and every county of this commonwealth be, and they are hereby autho- rised and required, immediately after the pas- sage of this act, and every year thereafter, du- ring the continuance of this act, to add to the county rates and levies, for the use of the com- monwealth, the sum of one mill upon the dol- lar of the adjusted valuation of all the real and personal property, persone, trades and occu- pations now made taxable by the laws of this commonwealth, for the purpose of raising county rates and levies; which said annual sum shall be apportioned among the townships, wards and districts of cach county, and collec . ted with and in like manner as county rates and levies now are, both as to seated and un- seated lands, and all other property, persons, trades and occupations, subject to county rates and levies, and be subject in all respects to the same regulations and the like compensation to
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collectors, to be paid into the county treasury with the county rates and levies.
SEC. 2. . And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the commissioners of each county to make out and file with the treasurer of the county, a statement, showing the adjusted valuation of the real and personal property, persons, trades and occupations, now made taxable as aforesaid, with the statement of the sum asses- sed for the use of the commonwealth, with the apportionment of the same; and also a similar statement shall be made out and certified, un- der seal by the commissioners of the county, and transmitted to the Auditor General, on or before the first day of March, in each and ev- erv year.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the treasurer of each county, on or before the first day of September, in each and every year, to furnish the Auditor General a state- ment of the amount received by him for the use of the commonwealth, in pursuance of this act and settle his account with the Auditor General in the same manner as public accounts are now settled; and it shall also be the duty of the treasurer of each county, upon the settlement of his account, as aforesaid, to pay into the state treasury the amount so received by him, for which the treasurer of the county shall be allowed one per cent. upon the amount so paid by him.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted by the autho- rity aforesaid, That the amount which shall be paid into the state treasury by virtue of this act, shall be vested in the commissioners of the internal improvement fund, and applied to the payment of interest chargeable upon said fund, and the internal improvement fund shall be charged with the same; and the school fund shall be credited with the amounts so paid, and with the interest; at five per cent. thereon, annually accruing, until the said school fund shall be sufficient to produce an annual interest, at the rate aforesaid, of one hundred thousand dollars; and the proceeds of said fund shall then be annually distributed and applied to the support of common schools in such a manner as shall be directed by law.
SEC. 5. And be it further enacted by the au- thority aforesuid. That in addition to the bonds now required to be given. the treasurer of the county shall give a bond to the com- monwealth, with sufficient security to be ap- proved of by the commissioners of the county, in such surn as the commissioners shall direct, conditioned that he will furnish, annually to the Auditor General a statement, and settle lis account for the money received by him, and pay the same into the state treasury, on or before the first day of September, in cach and every year, agreeably to the provisions of this act.
SEC. 6. And beit further enacted by the au- thority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, to make out and transmit to the commissioners of each county, a certified copy of this act, for whichi the usual fees shall be allowed to be settled and paid in the usual manner.
SEC. 7. . Andbe itfurther enacted by the au- thority oforesaid, That this law shall continue in force for five years, from the date thereof. FREDK. SMITH, Speaker of the House of Representatives. WM. G. HAWKINS, Speaker of the Senate.
APPROVED-the twenty-fifth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one.
GEO. WOLF.
Secretary's Ofice, Harrisburg, March 26, 1831.
This is to certify that the foregoing acts " for assessing a tax on personal property to be collected with the county rates and levies, for the use of the commonwealth," and "to increase the county rates and levies, for the use of the commonwealth," are true copies of the originals on file and of record in this office. Witness my hand and seal of office, this, the day, and year aforesaid.
SAMUEL M'KEAN.
William Penn's Deed from the Indians, in 1685.
THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, THAT-We, Packenah, Jarckhan, Sikals, Partquesott, Jer- vis Essepenauk, Felktroy, Hekellappan Eco- nus, Machloha Metthconga, Wissa Powey, Indian Kings, Sachemakers, right owners of all lands, from Quing Quingus, called Duck creek, unto Upland called Chester creek, all along by the west side of Delaware river, and so between the said creeks backwards as far as a man can ride in two days with a horse, for and in consideration of these following goods to us in hand paid, and secured to be paid, by William Penn, proprietary and governor of the province of Pennsylvania and territories thereof, viz 20 guns, 20 fathoms matchcoat, 20 fathoms stroud water, 20 blankets, 20 kettles, 20 pounds powder, 100 bars of lead, 40 tom- ahawks, 100 knives, 40 pair of stockings, 1 barrel of beer, 20 pounds of red lead, 100 fathoms of wampum, 30 glass bottles, 30 pew- ter spoons, 100 awl blades, 300 tobacco pipes 100 hands of tobacco, 20 tobacco tongs, 20 steels, 300 flints, 30 pair of scissors, 30 combs, 60 looking glasses, 200 needles, 1 skipple of salt, 30 pounds of sugar. 5 gallons of molasses, 20 tobacco boxes, 100 jewsharps, 20 hoes, 30 gimblets, 30 wooden screw boxes, 100 string of beads-Do hereby acknowledge &c. Given under our hands. &c. at New-Castle, 2nd day of the eightli month, 1685.
The above is a true copy from a copy taken from the original, by Ephraim Morton, form- erly a clerk in the land office.
1831.
TO BE CONTINUED ANNUALLY.
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