Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1851-01-09
AN ACT =
To raise Supplies for the gear commencing n
Octr. one thousand eight hundred and JGtt,

To raise Supplies for The year commencing IN
Oct'r. one thousand eight hundred and Jit',.
7. Be IT ENACTED, by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting IN
General Assembly, and by the authority OF
the same, That Il tax for the sums, and IN the
manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised
and paid into the Public Treasury OF this
State for the use and service thereof, that Is
to say: fifty-threc cents ad valorem on every
hundred dollars of the value of all the lands
granted in this State. according to the existing
classification hcrct ofore established; onc-half
cent per acre on all lands lying within the
Catawba Indian Boundary, to be paid by each
grantee or lessee of said Indian Lands, until
otherwise directed by law; cighty-fivc cents
per head on all slaves; two dollars OH each
Free Negro, Mulatto and Mustizoe, between
the ages of fifteen and fifty years. except such
as shall be clearly proved, to the satisfaction
Of the Collector, to be incapable, from mains
or otherwise, of procuring livelihood; ttllr'
ty-sevcn and one-half cents I'D yalorem on er.
cry hundred dollars of the value of all lots
lands and buildings within any city, town.
village or borough in this State; ninety cents
per hundred dollars on factorage, employ
ments, faculties and professions, (whctller in
the profession of the law, the profits be de-
rived from costs of suit, fees or othcrsourccs
of professional incomcO and on the amount
of commissions received by Vcndue Masters
and Commission Merchants, (clergymen,
schoolmasters, schoolmistresses, and mechan-
les excepted; J ninety cents upon every hun
drcd dollars worth Of goods, wares and mer-
chandise, embracing all the articles of trade,
for sale, barter or exchange, Che products of
this State, and the unmanufactured products
of any of the United States, or Territories
thereof, cxceptrd,) which any person shall
use or employ as articles Of trade, sale, barter
or exchange, or have in his, her or their pos
session on the first day Of January in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-onc, either on his, her or their own
capital or borrowed capital, Or on account OF
any person or persons, as agent, attorney OF
consignce; ninety cents upon every hundred
dollars worth Of goods, wares and merchan'
disc, whatever, which any transient person
not resident in this State, shall sell or expose
for sale, in any house, stall or public place
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dollars Of interest or profit raised or derived
on money loaned or employed by private IN
diriduals in shaving or discounting Notes
Bonds, Judgments or Executions; ten dollar;
per day for representing publicly for gain
and reward, any play, comedy, tragedy, inter
ludc or farce, or other employment Of tit
stage, or any part therein, or for exhibiting
wax figures, or other shows, of amy kline
whatsoever, to be paid into the hands of thu
Clerks of the Courts respectively, who shal
be bound to pay the same into the Public
Treasury, except in cases where the same i
now required by law to be paid to corpora
tions, or otherwise.
ii. That all taxes levied on property, a
prescribed in the first section of this Act
Shall be paid to the Tax Collector for tn
District or Parish in which said property i
located.
III. The goods which shall be imported di
rcctly from Europe in any vessel owned b.
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