The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1855-01-24
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
Laws of South C;lrOlin;l, passed
;at the Session OF the General
Assembly of 1864.

Assembly of 1854.
AN ACT to raise supplies for the
year commencing in October, one
thousand eight hundred and fifty
four.
Sec. |. BE 1t enacted by tie Senate
and House Of Representatives nor met
and sitting IN General assembly ant
dy Tie authority Of tie same, That a
tax for the sums, and in the manner
hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised
and paid into the public treasury of
the State, for the use and service there.
of, that is to say: fifty cents ad puior-
en- OH every hundred dollars Of the
vaInc Of all the lands granted in this
State, according to lLe existing classi
tlcation rs heretofore established; one
half cent per acre on all lands lying
within the C,Lawbu Indian boundary
to be paid by each grantee or lessee
OF said Indian lands, until otherwise
directed by law; sixty cents per head
Oh all slaves; two dollars on each free
negro, .nn!atto or mcStixo betwcci
the ages of fifteen and~iifty years, cx
scept tsuch as shall:ibe clearly proved,
'Sto the satisfaction Of the collectors, to
be incapable, from mains or otherwise,
ofprocuring a livelihood: twenty cents
at valorem OH every hundred dollars
of the value Of ali lots, lands and
buildings within any city, town, village
or borough in the State; sixty cents
per hundred dollars on t;actorage en-
ploymcnts. faculties and professions.
including the profession Of dentistry.
(whe,hcr in the profession of the law
the profits be derived from the costs
Of suit, fees or other sources of pro
fcssional mooney excepting clergy
men, school-mastcrs, school. niistrcsscs
and mechanics, and on the amount of
commissions received by venduc mas
ters and commission merchants; thirty
cents per hundred dollars on the capi.
tai stock paid in on the first of Ocio
Der, one thousand eight hundred and
iitly,ionr, Of all banks which, for their
present CHARTERS, have not paid bo.
nus TO the State; twenty cents per hun
dred dollars on the capital stock of all
incorporated gas.light companies; one
per cent, on all premiums taken in
this State by incorporated Insurance
Companies, and by the agencies of In
surance Companies and underwriters
without the limits of this State; ten
cents upon every hundred dollars of
the amount of sales of goods, wares
and merchandise, embracing all the
articles of trade for sale, barter or cx.
change, the products of this State and
the manufactured products Of any
OF the United States or territories
thereof cxcepted,) which any person
shall have made from the first day OF
January, of the present year, to the
first day of January, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and fifty live, either on his, her or Their
capital, or borrowed capital, or OH &C
count Of any person or persons as
agent, attorney or c"nsigncc; twenty
cents upon every hundred dollars OF
this amount of sales Of goods, wares
and merchandise whatever, which any
transient person, nos resident in this
State, shall make in any house, stall or
public place; ten dollars per day for
representing publicly, for gain and
reward: any play, comedy, tragedy,
interlude or farce, or other employ.
melt 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 tho Clerks of
the Court respc. lively, who shall be
bound to pay the same into the pub.
lIc treasury, except in cases where the
same is now required by law to be
paid to corporations or otherwise.
SEC. 2. That all taxes levied on
property, as 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 locate
. SEc. 3. In making assessments for
taxes ON tliesvalue uf,uxablc property
used ia manufacturing or for railroad
purposes within this ;S.a.e, tho value