CO129-013 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [8-12] — Page 44

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es rated, and that every such rate on Fax while unpaid shall be a lies or

charge.

m

the

property

charged therewith.

Charitable Institutions exempted from.

9.

Aumenta .

awned a

do 1 £40 41.4.

Provided- always, that all religious Edifices, hospitals, bemeteries, and- buildings, strietly and exclusively

And

appropriated to charitable purposes, not being weed as dwelling houses, shall be exempted from assessment under this

Ahinance.

Appointment of 10. And be it hereby enacted. and

Collectors.

ordained, that the Governor with the

advice of

the precutive founcil. shall -

of the

have power to appoint such-

officers as may

appoint such officer-

be deemed requisite for

му

the

the rate leviable under this

Collection.

of the

Ordinance, allowing hion or them as

13

Collectors to make.... //. And be it hereby enacted and_

annual Returns and ordained that.

provision for their publication.

Exemption

as doon.

after the first day

of January in each year-

may

be

found practicable the officer a persons

collecting the Assessment under this

Ordinanse shall prepare a detailed... Statement exhibiting the sums collected During

the preseding year, and the said Statement duly attested by the said Officer

shall be inserted_im

some

newspaper - published within this Colony.

as to 12. And it is hereby enacted- and

property not let recupied ordained that the owner-

or used.

L of any

land,

dwelling house, or premises, acrected,

which

may

not be let to

any

tenant

shall be deemed the occupies there of, provid

ided

always,

that

if

such Bumer can show

per-centage..

on the rate collected as to

remuneration.

for

this

service such a.

the

fit, who

Governor in founcil shall seem

shall also have full power to make.

such.

ad

regulations from

may

deem

to the paying

time to time-

fit to him, with

E respect

over to the public. Treasury

or to the said commissioners for

the

purposes of this ordinance. all monies

which

may

come to the hands of the said

Collectors in the discharge of their duties.

that the property has not been inhabited-

for a period of 3 months or

any year

upwards in

he shall be entitled to a

proportionate abatement of assessment

levied on-

the

Lame

for

the said

year..

13. And be it hereby enacted and nduwed

that

no

Assessment made under the

authority of this Adinance- shall be impeached or affected by

anistake in the name

liable to Assessment

chargeable

reaso

of any

of any person-

of any thing

with Assessment, provided the

directions

11.

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