Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1843-04-06

sand dollars and under seventy five thou
sand dollars, eighty dollars, lf seventy
tive thousand dollars aud over, one hun
dred dollars, Protidcd, That all reta,
merchants who shall hvall themselves o
the privilege to sell by retail ardent spir
lis, under the provisions Of the act, enti
tied 'en ac, amending and reducing int
one act the several acts ard parts Of act
concerning the taxes on liceusvs TO keep
ers Of erdinaries and houses OF privat,
entertainment, to merchants, TO vendu,
tickets, to hawkers and pedlars, 10 exhib
Itors Of public shows, on law process, OF
notarial seals, and certain other subjects,
passed March the third, eighteen hundlee
and forty, shall pay an additional tax o
fifteen dollars, whether such merchants
store or stores be within or without an 10
corporated town, And prorided also
That nothing in this act contained shall
be 30 construed as to proven, in future any
farmer or planter from selling to his OF
her reighbors any spun cotton or cotton
yarn manufactured in this State, or in
any Of the U. States, when the same is
purchased us u return load, or part of a
return load, for his, her or their produce
or other property taken to market, with
out paying a tax, or obtaining license
thereof; nor shall i, be lawful for any
Commissioner Of the revenue to grant
licences TO any person 10 sell spirituous
liquors, or goods, wares, and merchan.
dlze of any description, on board of any
vessel within the tide waters OF the Com.
monwealth. On every license to a ven.
duemaster or auctloneer, according to the
following scale, viz: If his annual sales
are under twenty five thousand dollars,
seventy fivo dollars; if twenty FIVE thou.
snnd and under fifty thousand dollars, one
hundred md twenty-five dollars il fifty
thousand and under scyenty.five thousand
dollars, one hundred and seveniy.fve dol.
lars3 if seventy-fve thousand and under
one hundred Thousand dollars, two hundred
and twenty five dollars; if one hundred
thousand dollars, three hundred and
twent, five dollars; if one hundred and
fifty thousand and under two hundred
thousand dollars, four hundred and twen-
ty-6ve dollars If two hundred thousand
dollars, and over, FIVE hundred dollars
On every license to broker, five hum
dred dollars, which said licenses 10 ven
due mas,ers and brokers shall no, be
granted for less time than one year. On
every license 10 sell forign lottery tickets,
or lottery tickets in lotteries au,horizra
By the laws ofihis Commonwealth, in each
city, town, borough or county, on thou
sand dollars; which said licenrc TO sell
lottery tickets shall not be granted for n
less time than one year. On every license
to a hawkcr or pedlar to sell or batter
goods, wares, merchandise, and other
articles Of foreign or domestic growth,
production or manufacture, (hxcept the
article Of clocks IN each county or cor
poration where he or she shall sci! or bar
ter any of the aforesaid articles, Que hum
dred dollars: Pror,ded, houerer, That
hawkrrs or pedlars trading upon the Ohio
river, who shall pay tax of one hundred
dollars, and obtain a license MS such in
any one of the counties bordering upon
the OHIO river, shall DO authorized to sell
or barter goods, wares and merchand ze,
and any other Articles OF foreign or do.
nestle growth, production or manulnc-
ture, Except the article OF clocks, on
said liver, and at the shores thereof, with.
in the jurisdiction OF all the other coun-
ties bordering as aforesaid. o. every
license TO a hawker or pedlar, deal ling in
tin, pewter or cotton yarn, or either oil
them only, in each county or corporation
where no or she shall trade, ten dollars.
On every license 10 a hawker or pedlar,
dealing either wholly or partly in clocks, in
every county and corporation where he or
she shall trade, one hundred dollars: Pro-
pided, That but one hawker or pedlar oil
any kind whatsoever. shall trade ander
the same license nor shall j, be lawful
for any such 10 sell BY an agent, but all
such licenses shall be held and taken as a
personal privilege and authority 10 the in.
diydual in whose name the license shall
be issued nor shall any license be issued
to any firm or company oil hawktrs and
pedlars whatsoever And propidcd also,
Thatuny merchant or other persons here.
alter receiving on deposi,e any clock or
other article of merchandise, for sale or
barter, for the benefit Of any clock ped ar,
or persons dealing in clocks, and subject
to his or their order, shall be suhlec, to
the payment of the tax imposed by law
upon clock pedlar's license. On every
license to an exhibitor of any public show,
and every exhibition or performances for
reward, Except lectures on literary and
scientific subjects,) shall be so regarded,
sixty dollars in each county or corpora
ton where the same shall be exhibited.
That hereafter all agencies for Offices Of
insurance, of every description, nuthorl-
zed BY other States, kept 10 this state,
shall be subject TO tax Of one hundred
dollars each, to be assessed, levied AMI
paid in the same manner as the tax on
merchants licenses.
a. Be il further enacted, That there
shall also DO levied, collected and paid, in
the manner prescribed by law for other
taxable property in this Commonwealth,
on the several subjects hereinafter men.
toned, the following taxes, to wit !: On
every gold watch, to be paid By the own
or, one dollar; on ever patent lever or
Iepine silver watch, fifty cents, AMI on
every silver or metallic watch, other than