Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-12-28
A BILL,

To RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING
IN OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND FIFTY-THREE
Sec. /. Be it enacted by The, Senate and House
of Representatives no'o met and sitting in Gencr-
al Assembly, and by a,ehority Of the same, That
n tax for the sums, and in the manner herein
the public treasury Of this State, for the use end
service thereof. shat is to say: SO certs ad ral-
orean on every hundred dollars of the value Of
all the lands granted in this State, according to
the existing classification as heretofore estab-
lished; one half cent per acre on all lands lying
within the Catawba Indian boundary, 10 be paid
by each grantee or lessee of said Indian lands,
until otherwise directed by law; 60 cents per
head on all slaves; Two dollars on each free
negro, mulatto or mesizo between the ages of
Is and so years, except such rs shall be clearly
proved, to the satisfaction Of the collectors, TO
be incapable, from mains or otherwise of procu-
ring q livelihood 25 cts, ad raLorem on every
800 Of the value of all lots, lard and building
within any city, town, village or borough in this
State 60 cents per hundred dollars on factor-
age employments, faculties and professions,
(whether in the profession of the law, the profits
TO be derived from the costs Of suit, fees, or
other sources, of professional mcome)-excep-
ting ccrgymen, school-mastcrs, school-mislres-
ses, and mechanics, and 80 cents on the amount
of commissions received by vcnduc masters and
commission merchants 80 cents per hundred
dollars the capital stock Ist Oct. 1858, of all
banks which for their present charters have NOT
paid bonus to the State 80 cents per hundred
dollars on the capital stock Of all incorporated
Insurance Companies; 80 cents per hundred
dollars on the capital stock of all incorporated
Gaslight Companies; is cents per hundred dol
lars on all premiums taken in this State BY the
agencies Of insurance companies and underwri-
ters without the limits Of this State 90 cents
upon every hundred dollars of the amount of
sues of goods, wares, and merchandise embra-
cling all the articles of trade for sale, barter or
exchange (thc products Of this Stale and the
manufactured products of any of the United
States, or territories thereof eyceped,) which
any person shall have made from the lst day of
January, of the present year, to the lst day of
January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty four, either on his, her
or thcir capital, or borrowed capital, or on ac
count of any person or persons rs agent, atior-
ncy or consgnee % cents upon every hundred
dollars of the amount Of sales of goods, wares,
or merchandise whatsoever, which any transient
person, not resident in this State shall make in
nny house, stall or public place: 10 dollars per
dayfor representing publicly for gain and re-
ward, any play, comedy, tragedy, inerlude or
farce, or other employment of the Stage or any
part therein or for exhibiting WAX figures or
other shows of any kind whatsoever, to be paid
into the hands of the clerks of the court respec-
lively, who shall be bound to pay the same into
the public treasury, except in cases where the
same is now required by law to be paid to cor
peraions or otherwise.
Sec. II That all taxes levied on property, a.
prescribed in the first section of this Act, shall
be paid to the tax-collector for the district or
parish in which said property is located.
Sec. III. In making assessments for taxes on
the value of taxable property used in mannfac-
turing or for railroad purposes within this State,
the value of the machinery used therein shall
not be ircludcd, but only the value of the lots
and buildings as property merely.
Sec. ". That the tax collectors in the sever
al Districts and Parishes in this State, in their
returns hereafter to be made, be and they are
hereby required and enjoned to state the precise
amount of taxes collected by them, for the pur-
pose of supporting the police of the said sever
nj districts and parishes aforesaid, stating the
rates per centum on the amounts Of the State
tnx collected for said district and parish police
purposes; and the Comptroller General shall re-
turn the, same in his report.
SEC " That free negroes, mulattoes and
mestizocs be, and they hereby are, required to
make their returns, and pay their taxes during
the month of March.