Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1851-01-25
AN AGW.
To raise supplies FOR th0 gear com
nencing IN Ocsober, one thousand

mencing IA October, one thousand
eight hundred and .15tty.
/ /. BE 1t enacted, BY the Senate and
House of Representatives, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by the authority OF the same That
a tax for II e sums, and in the man
nerhereinafler mentioned, shall be
raised and paidinto the Public Teas
ury of this State, for the use and SER
vice thereof, that is tosay: fifty-three
cents ad valorern on every hundred
| dollars of the value of all the lands
granted in this State, according to
| the existing classification heretofore
established; one-half cent per acre on
all lands lying within the Caiawba
/ Indian boundary, 10 be paid by each
grantee orlessee ofsaid Indian lands,
until otherwise directed by law; eigh-
| ty-6ve cents per head on all slaves;
Two dollars on each. free negro, mn-
latto, and mustizoe, between the
ages OF fifteen and fifty years, except
such shall be clearly proved, TO the
satisfaction of the collector, TO be. in
capable, from mains or otherswise.
Of procuring a livelihood; thnty-seven
and ope-haIf cents ad valorem on
every hundred dollars of the value of
all lots, lands, and buildings within
any city, town, village, or borough
in this State; ninety cents per hun
dred on factorage, emp!oyments, fac
unes, and professions, (whether in
The profession of tbe law, the profits
be derived from costs Of suit, fees, or
other sources of professional income }
and on the amount of commissions
received by veHdue ,isasters and com
mission, merchi nis, (schoolmasters,
schooimslressos, cIergymen, and me
chanics eXcepted) ninety cents upon
every hundred dollars worth of goods,
wares, and merchandise, embracing
1.-The articles oftrado, for sale barter,
or exchange, (the products OF any Of
The United States, or Territories there.
of excepled,) which any person shall
use or empi' y as articles Of trade,
sale, batter or exchange or have in
his her, or Their possession on the
first day of January, in the yearcf
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and filty-one, ether ON his, her, or
their own capital. or borrowed capital
oron account oGany person or persons
as agent, attorney, or conslgnee;
n,neiycents upon every hundred dol-
lars worth ofgoods, wares, merchan-
disc whatever. which any transient
person, not resident in The State.
hall sell or expose for sale IN any
house, stall, or public pace; one dol
lar and fifty cents on every hundred
dollars of interest Of profit raised or
derived on money loaned or employed
by private individuals IN shaving in
or discounting noies, bonds, jlldments
or execution; ten dollars per day for
representing publicly for gain and
reward any Hay. comedy, tragedy,
interlude or farce, or other employ
ment ofihe stage, on any part there
III, or for exhibiting wax figures, or
other shows OF any k nd whatsoever,
10 be paid into the hands Of The clerks
of the courts respectively, VINO shall
be hound TO pay the same into The
pubic treasury, except in cases
where The same is now required by
law 10 be paid TO corporations or
otherwise.
III. That all taxes levied on prop
erty, as prescribed il the first section
! of this act, shall be paid 10 the tax
collector for the district or parish in
which said property is located.
III. The goods which shall he inn
ported directly from Europe in any
vessel owned by citizens Of South
Carolina, shall be, exempt from taxes
in the hands of the original importer.
/ And il shall be The duty of Tie tax
collectors TO require every importer
making return of stock in trade to
produce The e'iginal invoice, when
ever an exemption from taxation
! shall de claimed under This section.
tgq w. IN making assessments for
taxes, the value oftaxable property
used in manufacturing within this
Stale, the value Of the machinery
used therein shall moi be included,
bur only the value of the lots and
buildings property merely,
a ": The tax collectorsall be entitled
onIyto a eonmission of two per cent
upon the increase of taxes raised by
this acf over those Of The last year
excepting, howeyer.t the lax collector
Of 81. Philips and ST. MichaeI's
who shall he entitled only TO the com.
mission specially provided for him.
1 VI That The tax collectors 10 The