Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-04-11
legislative.
AN ACT

To raise Supplies for Ae Year One Thou
sand Eight Hundred and Thirty Eight.
SECTION l. Belt therefore enacted, By
the honorable The Senate and House of
Representatives, no,0 met and sitting in
General assembly, and By the authority Of
the same. That Tax for the sums aud
in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall
be raised and paid into the Public Treasu-
ry Of this State, for the use and service
thereof, that is to say; Thirty cents ad
valorem on every hundred dollars Of the
value Of all lands granted in this Stale;
sixty cents per head on all slaves, two
dollars on each free negro, mula;toe, and
muslizoe, between the ages of fifteen and
fifty years, except such as shall be clearly
proved, to the satisfaction of the Collec-
tors, to be incapable, from mains or other
wise, of providing livelihood; Thirty
cents ad valorem on every hundred dollars
of the value Of all lois, lands and buildings,
within any city, town, village, or borough,
including all lots or portions of land, on
which buildings may be erected, in the
immediate vicinity of any city, town, vii
Iage. or borough in this State; Sixty cents
per hundred dollars on .aclorage, employ
ment, faculties, and professions, (whelher,
in the profession Of the law, the profits be
derived from COSTS of suit, fees, or other
sources!o: professional income,) and on The
amount ofcommissions received by vendue
masters and commission merchants, (cer-
gymen, school-mastcrs, school mistresses,
aud mechanics excepted, ITO be ascertained
and rated by The assessors and collectors
throughout this State, according to the
best OF their knowledge and information,
to be paidin specie, paper medium, or The
notes Of the specie paying banks Of this
State.
SEC. 9. The tax collectors of this State
are authorized and Required to issue their
executions against all such free negroes,
m:,aitocs, and mustizoes, as shall neglect
or refuse to pay the tax imposed by this
acl, directed to the Sheriffs of said State,
requiring them To sell, for term not
exceeding one year, the service of said
free negroes, mulaitoes, or mustizoes, to
meet the payment Of the tax imposed:
Provided, That the Sheriff shall not sell
the service of any sucf, person, for lou
ger term than shall be necessary to pay
the taxes due, aud costs.
SIC. 3 Every person entitled to auy
taxable property or estate in this State,
who resides without the limits of the Uni
ted States, shall pay, for the use of the
State, a double tax on The same; but this
clause shall not be construed to extend to
any person sent, or to be hereafter sent
abroad, in the service of this State, or
the United States, until one year after the
expiration Of his commission.
SEC. 4. All persons representing pub
licly, for gain or reward, any play. come
dy, tragedy, interlude, or farce, or other
employment Of the stage. or ary part
therein, or those who exhibit wax figures,
or shows of any kind whatsoever, shall pay
a tax of ten dollars per day, before making
such exhibitions, whick sum shall be paid
into the hands ofthe Clerks orthe Courts,
respectively, who shalLbe bound TO pay
the same into the Public Treasury anuu-
ally; and in case of non-paymeut, the
Clerk Of The Court. or any Justice of
,the Peace or Quorum, is hereby authors
zed and required, to issue an execution
for double the amount ofsaid tax, direc-
ted to any Sheriff or Constable of the Dis
trict. and against the body or goods of the
person or persons liable to pay the said
tax: Propided, that nothing herein con-
tanned. shall be construed to extend TO any
incorporated town or city.
Sec. S. Sixty cents shall be levied
upon every hundreddollars worth of goods