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only noticl that part op them which deaily proves it to be
he wish of the majoritij op the Iourn, stat te tax dhoude
belevied in the way te Commissaris had proposed.
Zour Memorialijk begleave te state to Jo
Honerable Court tte follaning reasons whi st appraars
to them that the Taxaught not to be levred at an egn
„rate on Let and Buuldings,
1.t That the expendituil fo nchich te money is to be
vaijed, was made at a time ihen not morl than half
te present buildings were putops, zp;was laid out in a
mannen tat did net add any particular valne to
ke Duildings.
2.e That ip Cas was te case by te last Tax) such hear
buitten all boid apon the buildings, na person, will
build in te Toun, & conse quenttij als improvoment
wid be stopped. Wearas ip an equal or greater bus
ten ss laid en tte land it wit induee persons to buitd
in order te denve interest for tten money.
Sthap been supprsea that the Tax op Six
per Cent on Lot kas peculuarly hardinpon Mr Cuming
and that thij ought net to be thecase as he has made
sacvisice to the Toun bi whieh it has been eeatty be„
resited! That Hete supposition are en twely erveneon
we hope te convince Iour Honnalle boust, & for thai
puipose becleave to state kat the onty concepions Mr
Cuming ean possibly besaid to have made are„
1.t Wlateren reght or titte te was supposid to be postessa
of te tte Mudor Water Lat.
2:e Hijright of Voting sor tia thied of te number of hie Loo
With regaed to te fist the Tonn wholly de
ny er bumning sleins popepad of such reght or title
aan, were ready to hane tried te questian by a regular
process op lawr had it not been gevenn, dit was only
te avord bitigatien thab theij at als allewede it to be coor
sidered al concepion: at mm natette Mude Loto
ail not so valwablen as kalfe been supposid, foe theel aal
vuysen ooho contractel fortem, iho weald not witling
rygive them is on being rid of the obligatien annexed
to hem of keeping up tte font dam.
Wilk regard te te secend, it is euly tempo-
rang, for if he proposia Tax i aklewed to be levied
ter Plant in agitation will be put in execution, & the
Sern will be se much inproved hat er berning
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wille in all probability beabler to disposie of his Lol to
advrantage, & in that case we apprekend te will not be„
anxieus about his number of Vetes.
Av an equivalent for thete concepions, or sup-
ssed concepions, toe Toion bave quen op te ee bumning
1.t Allaiears op Taxes due fromhum to he Teun in
consequenee op hij having pards on the sum of 25,000
Guilder instead of 81,000 zuilden, on te Taxes of Ten
and Ine da half pbent ameunting to —
ƒ 7428.16. —
V. Ihe differenee op the last Tax of 5 pci
2800.—
Cent, amnvanting to
5.o The difference of al snture Taxes
te belevied, and whrek,npon ste pre-
sent propesed tax onby, wauld amonnt
te
3360. —. —
the differenel between te equal rate of Taxatien, and
the proposed Tax of 6 fbert wid not t Mr buming
make mare kan a difference f at most 600 Guil der
And fuittur, Iour Memorialst beg
leave respectsully te observe te Peur Honorables Cout„
tat in all tte Tours, private property, such as
Kingston, Bridge-Toun, Dalysburgh, Vryburgh,
ard Charles = Toun, te regulation entered into by
te majoritij of the Proprietos hare been in van Aly
considered as binding open te minoritij, and adopted
ind acted apon accendingty.
Jou Memorialik kaving thuy as ther con-
cerie Jully answered all objection to tte levying of the Iax
agreeably to the mode proposid by the mojanrty op
Proprictors,
Humbly hope that Ieur Henorable Court weurd
be pleased te peseind yeur Instrchons is tem in
Ieu pesolution op te 3e November last, and that gen
wenld sanctien ten bevying a Tax of
Ine an a half Jer Cent onte Proprie-
ton op Buildings, accerding te the appranted Valne
of such buildings, and
Sij per Cent on the Proprieton of Lot
both buitt en and vacant on te original cost of
such Lot.