Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-04-19
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or sub agent of any insurance not chartered by
this STATE, if agency or sub agency be loca
ted in countyor corporate town ofless than
5000 nhabitants the tax shall be fifty dollars;
il at or within two miles of town whose pop.
ulaion is more than three thousand and less
thanf FIVE thousand the tax shall be one hun
dred dollars; ifthe population is more than
five thousand and less than ten thousand the
tax shall he one hundred and fifty dollars; If
The population be more than zen thousand x
less than twenty thousand the tax shall be
two hundred dollars;f the population be more
than twenty thousand the tax shall lie three
hundred dolarson every license To merchant
or mercantile firm, when specific tax is to be
paid thirty dollars: tho tax To be paid shall be
ten dollars; but this proviso shall only apply
10 persons taking out a license after the pass.
age of tins act, and shall not authorize any
such person to sell wine, ardent spirits. or
mixture thereof and when the tax is in pro.
portion to the sales, if under ono thousand
dollars, ten doars;if one thousand dollars md
under fifteen hundred, twelve dollars; if fiji
teen hundred dollars and under twenty FIVE
hundred dollars. sixteen dollars; If twenty-five
hundred dollars and under five thousand dol
lars, twenty four dollars; if five thousand dol
lars and under ten thousand dollars thirty eight
dollars; if ten thousand dollars aud under fiji
teen thousand dollars, forty eight dollars; If
fifteen thousand and under twenty thousand
dollars fifty six dollars; if twenty thousand
dollars and under thirty thousand dollars sew
under fifty thousand dollars. one hundred and
four dollars; if City thousand dollars and under
seventy five thousand dollars one hundred and
twenty eight dollars, and il seventy FIVE thous
and dollars, one hundred and sixty dollars,
with zen dollars added for each sum Of ten
dollars excess Of sales over seventy
five Thousand dollars. And in every case
IN which the license to a merchant mercan
tile firm includes permission to sell wine ar
dent spirits or a mixture thereof, by Wholesale
and retail, or by retail only, if such merchant
or firm commencing business for the first
tme) sell by Wholesale and retail, an addition.
al tax of seventy five dollars; and if by retail
only, twenty dollars; and if such license be TO
a merchant or mercantile firm to continue
the privilege of selling wine, ardent spirits or
u mixture thereof, by wholesale and retail, or
by retail only the tax shall be one half Of one
per centum on the amount of such sales for
the year next preceding the time Of obtaining
said license in addition TO the specific tax inn
posed on new beginners but said sales shall
not be estimated in ascertaining the amount
o n merchants license.
6. o every license to merchant or mer-
camille firm to sell provisions or agricultural
commodities. the growth or production OF this
stale or some Of the United States. if common
cling business, the tax shall be twenty dollars:
and if to continue the business after the same
has been carried on Tor year. the tax on such
license shall he one per centum on the amount
of commissions received, and the like per cent
on The profits on sales made by such merchant
or frm on his or their own account, durinr the
year next preceding the time Of obtaining g
such license; and this tax shall be in addition
to such tax as may be imposed on license to
such merchant or firm to sell groceries or othef
goods wares or merchandise
TO BE CONTINUED.