Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-04-18

ments in State bonds, bonds of public cor
pora,ions, or bonds OF certificates Of debt.
or stock of other States Of this Union, or
of foreign States; and imposes thereon
tax OF too per centum on all such interes;
or profits received duung the present year
next preceding the time fixed by law fer
listing the property by the commissioners
ofthe revenue. 1t pxempts minist rs OF
the gospel from any tax or income 6eriv
I'd from ericsl services. Imposes on
physicians. surgeons. dentists. or a,tor
neys ct las, (excepi those practising in
4 the eouf: Of appeals, # their prof ssh nal
| income exceeds tour hundr ID Il, liars and
is und'r one thousand dollars, TAX OF
! five dollars; il over thousand Hrs,
AK OF $40. On attorneys practis NJ ~
The court of appesls II their professional
income be less than two thousand o1llars,
a tx oi ten dulldts; and II more than Two
| thousand dollars, a tax of twenty dollars.
| The tax on bank dividends is reduced
| from two and a hsll To two per centum.
TIE &C, also subjects to tax all estates in
herited by, devised, or bquea,hed, TO
any Other person or incorp rated body
than a father, mother, brother, sister, hus.
band, wife, child, or Iineai descendant,
and imposes two per cent. on every hun
dred dollars Of the clear value OF such es.
tate. And deeds conveying real estate
in fee, Tor LIFE, for term OF years, or in
trust, or in deeds Of trust or mortgage,
conveying personal estate, admitted TO
record, are taxed fifty cents each, to be
paid by the person or persons for whose
benefit the same are presented ior regis
try. AL other taxes remain precisely as
imposed by the act Of lS43.
80. An act 10 establish a separate
election in each of the counties Of Sussex
and Pendleion. In Sussex, at the house
now occupied as tavern by William
Kirby, in the village of Liltleton; and in
Pendleton, in the village of Clrcleville.
80. An act approprlatlng the public
revenue; makes the usual annual appro-
prialions required by existing laws.
40. An act appropriutlDg a sum of mo-
ncy for payment of balances due on &C.
count of construction OF Prices turnpike
and Cumberland gap road; appropriatlng
five thousand and fifty dollars to that pur.
pose; provided the Board of Public Works
shall be satisfied that the road is finished
according to contract, and that the coun-
ties through which it passes shall have ac-
tualy paid in money two fifths OF the sum
now due for Its construction.
Al An act authorizing the payment
by the Board of Public Works OF sum
due on account of construction OF the
Northwestern turnpike road; authorizes
said board to pay TO Allen and Camden,
or their attorney, So, 100 and 81 cents
therefor, the same having been adjuged
TO them by q decree Of the Circuit Court
Of Frederick County, deducting tbereirom
the costs of the suit.
a.. An act increasing the allowance Of
the Attorneys for the Commonwealth in
the Circuit Courts of Norfolk county and
Norfolk borough; allows to said atsor-
Eevs, for each court, the sum Of one hun.
dred and fifty dollars per annum.
43. An act prescribing The mode of col
lecting the tax on deeds, wills and admin
straiions; provides that from and after
the lst day OF June next, no deed shall be
adm tied to record, until the tax imposed
by law shall be first paid to the clerk of
the county, by the alienee, cesius que trust,
or creditor for whose benefit the deed
may have been executed; that no will
shall be admitted to probat, nor letters oil
administration granted, until the tax shall
in like manner be paid, By the person of
fering the will for probat, or to whom
letters of administration shall be granted.
The act requires clerks of courts 10 furnish
TO the commissioners oil the revenue list
of deeds recorded of wills offered for pro.
bat, and administrations granted, from the
period when such lists have been hereto
fore furnished, up 10 the LIST of June next;
and directs the said commissioners 10
charge the same upon their property
books. The taxes received by the clerks
of courts, TO be accounted for by them ns
taxes on law process.
A. An act TO authorize two separate
elections in The county ct Hampshire; the
one at the house now the residence OF
John High, at the head Of Mill Creek; and
the other at the house now The residence
of Abraham Secrist, on the Great Caca,
pom river.
IS. An act authorizing the establish
ment Of poor house or houses IN the
county Of Essex; provides for the appoint
ment Of trustees 10 sell the bank stock
held by the parish of South Farnham is
the place of their glebe fund, and with the
proceeds 10 purchase farm, and erect
suitable buildings thereon for the accom-
mediation and maintenance OF the paot
within said parish, and to cause al the
pauners of the said parish to he removed
theret 20 elect officers, and establish
rules for the management Of the sat "a M
and the government and discipline OF tie
said poor. The act also gives authority
10 the freeholders and h0usekeepers OF
the parish Of ST. Anne's IN SAID county.
TO unite with the par sh of South farnham
n the establishment Of said farm and
poorHouse, or TO establish one OF Ike
character in their own parish.
fro BE CONTINUED.