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An Act to Raise Supplies

Yours truly, w. r. HEMpIiILL.
An Act to Raise Supplies
For the Year commencing IN October, one
thousand eight hundred and JytyJour..,
SEC. l. BE 1t tcnacted by tie Senate and
House Of Representatives., no,o met and SIT
ting IN General Isscnaby and by the authori-
tv Of the same, That tax for the sums, and
in the manner herein after mentioned, shall
be raised and paid into the public treasury
OF the State, for the use and service thereof,
that is to say: fifty cents ad Uaiorem on
every hundred dollars of the value of all the
lands granted i'll this state, according to the
existing classification as heretofore establish
ed; ono half cent per acre on all lands lying
within the Catawaba Indian lands. until
otherwise directed by law; sixty cents per
head Oh all slaves two dollars on each free
negro, mulatto or mcstizo, between the ages
of fifteen and fifty years, except such as
shall be clearly proved, to the satisfaction of
the collectors, to he incapable, from mains
or otherwise, of procuring a livelihood
twenty cents ut ratorcn, OH every hundred
dollars of the value of all lots, lands and
buildings within any city, town, village or
borough in the State; sixty cents per hun
dred dollars OH factorage employmcnts, facul-
ties and profession of dentistry, whether in
the profession of the law the profits to be
derived from the costs of suit, fees or other
sources of professional mooney excepting
clergymen, school-mastcrs, school-mistrcsscs
and mechanics, and on the amount of com
missions received by vendue masters and
commission merchants: thirty cents per
hundred dollars on the capital stock paid in
on the first of October, one thousand eight
hundred md fifty-four, of all banks which,
for their present charters, have not paid
bonus to the State; twenty cents per hun
drcd dollars on the capitol stock OF all i'll
corporatcd gaslight companies; one per cent
on all premiums taken in this State by in.
corporated Insurance Companies, and by the
agencies of Insurance Companies, and un-
derwritcrs without the limits of the State :;
ten cents npon every hundred dollars of the
amount Of sales of goods, wares and mer-
chandize, embracing all the articles of trade
for sale, barter or exchange, (thes products
Of the State and the uninanut;lctured pro-
ducts of any of the United States or Terri
tories thereof cxcepted,) which any person
shall have made from the first day of Janua-
ry5of the present year, to the first day of
January, i'll the year Of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ftty-fve, either OH
his, her or. their capital, borrowed capital, or
OIL {. account Of any person or persons as
agent, attorney! or consignce; twenty cents
upon every. hundred dollars Of the amount
OF sales goods, wares and merchandise what
ever, which any transient porson, not resi-
dent in this State, shall make in any house
stall or public place; ten dollars per day
for representing publicly, for gain and re-
ward, any play, comedy, tragedy, intcrlude
or farce, or othersemployment OF the stage,
or any part therein or for exhibiting wax
figures orNother shows of any kind whatso-
ever,sto be paid intothe hands of the Clerks
OF, the Court respectively, who shall be
bound to pay the same, into the public
treasury, except in cases where tlleSsamc is
now required by law to be paid to corpora
tons or otherwise. ~.
SEC. 2sThatsall;t taxes levied on property,
assprcscribed inst tile first section of this act,
shall be paid the tax collector for the dis
EtFict orsPafish'in which said propcEtYis To-
Gated.
SEC. 3. In making assessments for taxes
on the syalue Of taxable property used in
manufacturing or for railroad purposes with
in this State, tile value of the machinery
used therein shall not be included, butsonly
the valueo the lots and buildings rs prop
erty merely. ,,s!sS - ~ ~
.xsEc. 4. That the tax rs xscollectors in the sey-
era1 districts sand parishes in this State, In
their retdFhs hereafter to be made be and
they are hereby required and'Senjoined to
state the precise amount of taxes collected
by them, for the purpose of, supporting the
police Of the said several districts and par
ishes aforesaid, stating the rates per centim
ON the amounts Of the State tax collected
for said district and parish police purposes !;
and the Comptroller General shall return the
sameiI his report. .%}s8 " 80 49,.
sfssEos6. That free negroes, mlfattoes, mus
ttizoes aud they are hereby required to
max eSeiss rsNtiirns. y and pay their taxes du-
ring the 16nth Of March.
lii, House, the twenty.frst day
ZOE ecSGf In ythe year, Of our Lord
oHs thousand eight hundred and fifty-four,
and little seventy Year Of tie Sover.
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