The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1852-12-22
BILL.
To raise supplies for the year commenc-
ing in October, one thousand eight hun
dred and fifth-two.

DEC. i. DE u enucte0 0y me Senate
and House Of Representatives., mow met
and sitting IN Grneral assembly, and by
the authority Of the same, That a 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
cents, dd pdlorem, on every hundred dol
lars, of the value of all the lands granted
III this State, according to existing CLASH
iication, heretofore established; l-2 cent
per acre on all lands lying within the Ca
tawba Indian boundary,to be paid by each
grantee or lessee of said Indian lands, un-
til otherwise directed by law; 60 cents per
head on all slaves; 2 dollars Oh each free
negro, mulatto, and mustizoe, between
the ages of fifteen and fifty years, except
such rs shall be clearly proved to the sat
isfaction Of the Collector, to be incapable,
from mains or otherwise, of procuring a
livelihood; % cents, at paiorem, OH every
hundred dollars Of the value of all lots,
lands and buildings within any city, town,
village, or borough in this State; 60 cents
per hundred dollars on factoragc, employ
ments, faculties and professions, whether,
in the profession of the law, the profits
be derived from costs of suits, fees, or 9TH
er sources of professional incomc,) and on
the amount Of commissions received bv
vendue masters and commission mer-
chants, (clergymen, school masters, school
mlstresses, and mechanics cxccptedD 10
cents upon every hundred dollars of the
amount of sales of goods, wares and mcr-
chandise, embracing all the articles of
trade, for sale, barter or exchange, 1.-THE
products of this State, and the unmanu-
factured products of any of the United
States, or territories thereof exccpted0
which any person shall have made from
the first day of January, of the present
year, to the first day of January, i'll the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hum
dred and fifty-three, either OH his, her, or
their capital, or borrowed capital, or on
account OF any person or persons, as agent,
attorney or consignee; 10 cents upon eve
ry hundred dollars Of the amount of sales
of goods, wares and merchandise, what
ever, which any transient person, not re-
sident in this State, shall make in any
house, stall, or public place; 10 dollars per
day, for representing publicly, for gain,
and reward any play, comedy, tragedy.
'nterlude or farce, or other employment of
the stage, or any part therein, or for en-
hibiting wax figures, or other shows of
any kind whatsoever, to be paid into the
hands of the Clerks of the Courts respec-
lively, who shall be bound to pay the
same into public Treasury, except in cases
where the same is now required by law to
be paid to corporations, or otherwise. 81
l-2 on every 800 of Interest received on
notes and Bonds &c, Lost by being on
the table.
Sec. II. That all taxes levied OH proper
ty, rs prescribed in the first section of this
Act, shall be paid to the Tax Collectors
for the District or Parish in which said
property is located.
SEC. III. In making assessments for tan
es on the value Of taxable property, used
in manufacturing or for rail road purposes,
within this State, the value of the machn- |
cry used therein, shall not be included,
but only the value of the lots and build
ings, as property merely.
SEC. ". That the Tax Collectors in the
several Districts and Parishes, in this State,
in their returns hereafter to be made, be
and they arerequired and enjoined to state
the precise amount Of taxes collected by
them, for the purpose of supporting the
police of the said several Districts and Par
ishes aforesaid, stating the rate per CEN
tum on the amounts of the State tax col |
lected for said District and Parish police |
purposes and the Comptroller General
shall return the same in his report.