CO129-033 - General Stavely - Lieut. Governor - 1850 [5-8] — Page 415

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of Land tax for that Couns

County,

determind and collect

by means of Assessors and follectors, the

proportions each landholder shall contribute .

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- regard to futura sales of land, lett

be marked off

the

68 ground

paper

as well on

Assessor's Officd,

to be

As Ow

the

fland,

iis convenient lots,

open to view at the

5 ground itself. Let

at a nominal price

the lots be put up at a-dollar)

of Lay

an

acre,

and

be

Sold to

the highest bidder, subject to the aferend

assessed

tae of seventeen per cont; the purchase money being paid at

oned, before

before delivery of the title; and let the lots to purchased be free from assessment for one year from the dates of purchase .

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: prevent speculators frous monopolizing land and from buying, up the lots for resale,

transfer of ground be made by the

let aro

first purchaser until the assessors, or a quarum of the Commissioners, shall havd viewed the lot for transfer, and shall have

eginow

their

certificate that, in their extimation, the direct

purchaser from Government to purchase &;

his

bona fide, for purpose of

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own site,

and not for

the

speculation, without due

improvement of the ground; failing such

certificate, let the

ground Revesh to

Assessors

ar

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Government Further, let the Commissioners have the power, at all times,

has clapted from the

aften, say one year

purchase of unimproved lots, to view such lots, and determind, at the

the option

of the proprietor, that the

· ground

E revert to

arbitrary

ment, or be taxed on an ar

Governme

assessment,

to be fixed by them. This, it is believed, would effectually, stop the speculation for which many had to pay dearly!"

The transfer of all lots should be

I

records

registered in the Afiesters Office, the scends of which should be open to the public without for; and the Chinese should be permitted to lodge there for security, anf

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