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

10 RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR COMMENCING
IN OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND FIFTY-THREE
Sec. l. Be ii enacted bg he Senaie and House
of Representatives no,o met and sitting in Gsner-
al Assembly, and by a1G7tprity Of The same, That
q tax for the sums, and in the manner herein.
after mentioned, shall be raised and paid into
the public treasury Of this State, for the use snd
service thereof, chat is to say: SO certs ad ral-
orem on every hundred dollars of the value OF
NIL the lands granted in this State, according to
the existing classification rs heretofore estab-
lished; one 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; so cents per
head on all slaves; Two dollars on each free
negro, mulatto or mestizo 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 livelihood 25 cts, ad ralOrem on every
500 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 clergymen, school-mastcrs, scho0l-mislrcs-
ses and mechanics, and 80 cents on the amount
of commissions received by vcnduc masters and
commission merchants; 80 cents per hundred
dollars on the capital stock lst 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 Ill incorporated
Gaslight Companies; is cents per hundred dol
lars on all premiums taken in this State By the
agencies of insurance companies and underwrl-
ters without the limits Of this State ; 90 cents
upon every hundred dollars of the amount of
sales Of goods, wares, and merchandise embra-
cling all the articles of trade for sale, barter
exchange (he products Of this State and the
manufactured products of any Of the United
States, or territories thereof eXcepted0 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 their capital, or borrowed capital, or on &C.
count of any person or persons rs agent, atlor-
ncy or consgnee; 20 cents upcn 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
EHy mouse, Stail UT puUilc PElCe, ~ uoiitio Pe'
dayfo representing publicly for gain and re-
ward, any play, comedy, tragedy, interude or
farce, or other employment of the sage 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-
tivcly, 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, as
prescribed in tho first section of this Act, shall
be paid to the ,ax-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 rs property merely.
Sec. " That the tay.coIlectors in the sever
al Districts and Parishes in this State, in their
returns hereafter to be made, BE- and they are
hereby required and enjoined to state the precise
amount of taxes collected by them, for the pur-
pose of supporting the police of the said sever
al districts and parishes aforesaid, stating the
-rates per centum on the amounts of the State
Tux 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.