The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1855-01-16
Am Act to Raise Supplies.

Am Act to Raise Supplies.
For The. Year eommeacing IN OctOber, one Mou
sand eight hundred and .fflyt
Sec. l. Be. ii enacted By the Senate anc
House of Representatives., now met and sitin.
IN General Assembly and by the authority o
The sane, That a tax for the sums, and in the
manner hereinafter mentioned, shall lie rasct
and paid into the public treasury of the
State, for the use ard service thereof tha
is to say: fifty cents al ralorem on every lun
dred dollars of the value of all the lands grant
ed in this State, according to the existing elias
sifcation as heretofore established; one hal
cent per acre on all lands lying within the
Catawba Indian boundary, to he paid by eacl
grantee or lessee Of said Indian lands, unit
otherwise directed by law; sixty cents pei
head on AL slaves; two dullars on each free
negro, mulatto or meStizo, between tn" ages OF
fifteen and fifty years, except such as shall he
clearly proved, to the satisfaction of the col.
lect"rs, to be incapable, from mains or other.
wise, of procuring Il livelihood: twenty cents
at ralorem on every hundred dollars of the
value Of all lots, lands and buildings within any
city, town, village or borough in the State
/ SiNt1 NSHto pS' ENl!d'S Nll HClOIHnC
empl"yments, faculties and professions, inclu.
ding the profession of dentistry, (whe;her in
the profession of the law the profits to be de
rived from the costs Of suit, fees or other
sources Of professional mooney excepting
clergymcu, sch"ulmaSters, schuolmis,lcSscs
and mechanics, and Oh the amount OF com
missions received by vendue masters and com.
mission merchants: thirty cents per hundred
dollars on the capital stock paid i'll on tie first
OF October, one Thousand eight hundred and
! fny.f'ur, Of all bamks which, for their present
charters, bavc not paid Il bonus to the State
twenty cents per hundred dollars on the capi-
tai stock of all Incorporated gas-light comra
| nics; one per cent on all premiums taken in
; this State by incorporated Insurance Compa.
nies, and by the agencies Of Insurance Com.
panies and under writer; without the limits of
this State; ten cents upon every hundred dol.
lars Of the amount of sales Of goods, wares
end merchandze, embracing all the articles OF
trade for sale, barter or exchange, (the products
of this State aud the unn!auuiactured products
of any of the United States or Territories
thereof cxcepied,) which any person shall have
made from the first day of Janaary of the pre-.
! sent year, to the first day of January, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and liIlyiive either on his, her or their capital,
or borrowed capital, or on account Of any
person or persons as agent, attorney nr cnn-
signee; twenty cents upon every hundred dol.
lars of The amount OF sales of goods, WARES
aud merchandise whatever, which any tran.
sient person, not resident in this State, shall
make in amy house, stall or public place; len
dollars per day for representing publicly, for
gain aud reward, any play, comedy, tragedy,
interIude or farce, or other employment of the
stage, or any part therein; or for exhibiting
wax figures or other shows Of any kind what
soever, 10 be paid into the hands of the Clerks
of the Court respectively, who shall be bound
to pay the same into the public treasury, ex-
cept in cases where the same is now required
10y law by to be paid to corporations or other.
wise.
SEC. 2. That all taxes levied or 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 located.
SEC. 3. In making assessments for taxes on
the value Of taxable property used in manu-
featuring or for railroad purposes within this
State, the value of the machinery used therein
shall not be included, but only the value Of the
lots and buildings as property merely.
Sec. 4. That the tax collectors in the severa
districts and parishes in this State, in their re
turns hereafter To be made, be and they are
hereby required and cnjuiued to state the pre-
else amount Of taxes collected hy them, lo
the purpose Of supporting the police of the
said several districts and parishes aforesaid
stating the rates per centum on the amounts 0
the State tax collectedSfor said district an,
. parish police purposes and the ComptrolIe
General shall return the same in his report
!; SEC. 5. That free negroes, mnlaltoes, musti
zoes be aud they are hereby required to max
their returns, and pay their taxes duringsth
month Of March. o.
y in the Senate House, the twentssirst day O
t December, in the year Of our Lord one thou
j sand eight hundred and fifty iour, and in tn
f seventy ninth year of the Sovereignty an
r Independence of the United S,ales OF Amer
! ca. R. f. w. ALLsroN,
RI President Of the Senate.
4 JAMES SIMoNs,
! Speaker Of tie House Of Representatives.
e TROOPS FOR FLoRfDA.-A detachment
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