Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-03-27

l. Be IL enacted by thr General Assembly, M INC
,ublir taxes r the year eighteen hundred anu i"rty
n1rr and for All subsrurnt years unless altered 80
mnd,frd by law shat hr Il follows: Gu tracts 81 ihhd
for every hundred dollars value ihtr-oi ~ a~rrih'"
he law len cents. On improved lots IN any city a.
town occupied by The proprietor, vi rented 80 ra,rh
ont tSu dollars aud nfty cents for every hundred 10"
lars Of yearly value thereof On lois ~ any
cty or town which are nninpfovrd, or whlch th"hsh
,noyrd are neither occupied by the proprietor, nor
rented or leased out, ten cents tor every hundred -"
lar. yatuc Thereof tn every save above 'ir ~ ~
twrly. wears except such n may be exempted ~ =
Comfy ~ Corporation Court, thuiy t"o cents ~
every morse mare mule, az ~ cot. racrt stii'ion,
81 lacks covering mares for compensation rh crh
r,rT, gold watch one dollar IN every pitrht IL
YER or epimr silver watch i'ty cents TN rStss SilN'i
or metallic watch other than gold. or p1t.h rS''W
lrpiar aiorr-aId,l twenty I'VE cents oh "'as> o.
other metallic clock, twh-thrr who 81 metal " nhN
in pau) twenty i've cents. On every olh'I ci"ck
lafcrns. ON gold or -llS'f pia'ci over
the value Of li;ty dollars whether IN n>- nt not Other
than pale kept shop or mandatory ii sde' ohe
and one half per c-ntuin on the value thereof.
D en- every riding ar pleasure carriage. whether
four.w hreIsd OF twowhr.iri, and whether sia-t
coach Jersey wagon, caHyail, .ia ~ bhsG! - eur"
~ am other name, with Ihr harnts' belonging 'ri'
ia and IN every piano forte or harp, onr.dHd a iia
prr ntum on tlr vaue thrirnf.
a an the interest and profits Of all moneys loaned
M, upon bonds other securities, Should snct
interest and profits In the aggregate exceed inr a!rft
gate Of SIX doafs and on the interest and rohts oi an
honds notes other securities acquired ~ purchase,
should such profits IN the aggregate exceed thr sum OF
=, dnIl,rs one and a half per crnun: Provided, That
No such tay shall be levied except upon SUCH Interest
or prorils shall have been received, converted into
PRINCIPAL or otherwise appropriated curing the year
next preceding the lime hIrd by law Tor Using pro-
merry by t,r colmls soners Of the revenue. On the
interest dividends or prohts derived from Investment
IN state bonds bonds oil any public corporation '51r
tered by The state, bonds OF certificates ~ dent, %
stock of other of tins Union o. foreign states
exceeding hundred dollars principal and IInn an
dividends declared BY every Incorporated JOINT stock
company on. ami half per crnium such dividends
rIts mt.np
four hundred dollars, derived from office Ur employ
mrnt IN The service nj The state government pubic ~
private corporations, partnerships or PROFESSIONS ~,
crpt the clerical profession, and upon all tees urrSeh
from any office calling profession, except where
specific imposed, one per erntum per annunl
on such excess over four hundred dollars: Provided
That every physician surgeon dentist shall pay i've
dollars each and mOre and shall not hr required to
Obtain separate licenses each Of these canGS. non
resident dentists practising III The State sha pay ~
each county, city or town, fve dollars: ANA provided
also That every attorney al law practising IN ihr coun
IL and CORPORATION courts and the circuit superior
courts OF law and chancrry, shall pay tax Of i've dol
lars and every attorney nj law practising IN the cour
Of appeals, snail pay tax Of ten dollars and no more
s. On all dividends declared upon the capital STOCK
Of every bank thi- commonwealth, there shall be
paid 4 tax of one and on--haf per centum, TO be &c
counted for according TO law.
g. On all rsiatrs inherited, bequeatied or devised
me ntioned in the law concerning the tax on Collateral
lnheritance,, there shall be levied collected and paid
according To law. a TAX of two per centum.
7. On every license 10 keep ordinary or house "
public entertainment not less than twenty dollars;
the yearly rent value Of such ordinary of mouse ~
public entertainment shall exceed Two hundred dol'i
an additional Tar of seven aud halrprf cf'''' VI
/ such excess Of yearly rent or annual value.
on every license To keep house OF PiNa,' ~,
taiument, not less than three dollars anu y va
rpnr.or value of such house Of private ente''an.
exceed ffty dollars an additional TAX o' n'e per e'h'
uln on such excrs. of yearly rent or Saihr. i.
T. On every license 70 merchant of ihriCdnsi,e 'l
commencing business twenty dollars ioi Tue mrs. war
I'm pvrry sucb license 10 a merchant OF mefcanue
6, co,,inuing busiurss II the sales o the pecsnlhg
wear m. under twenty-five hundred dollars, Ten dol'
lars. ,,, -. ,,,a.r So. thou
sanJ do,lors fifteen dollars.
r. five thousand dollars and under ten thousand DOT
lars twenty-five dollars. ,
iftrn thousand dollars, and under fifteen thousand
dollars thirty dollars
n fifteen thousand dollars, and under twenty thou
sand dollars thirty FIVE dollars.
tr twenty thous nd Dollars and under thlrty tnou-
sand dollars. forty five dollars
thirty thousand dollars, and under hfy thousand
dollars, siIty-ive dollars
n 6fty thousand dollars, and under seventy-hvr
tbousand dollars, eighty dollars.
Iseventy.ye thousand dollars or more, one hundred
And in every case in which the esn's'0 merchant