Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-04-04

erysexhibition of menagerie, if within a
town or five miles thereof, 40
,doliars, if elsewhere, 2odollarsss
gi9. On every license permitting q busl
lard table TO be kept for asyeaf, 100 dot5i
lars provided that whereithere is4morei
than one such table kept Id one room, So
dollars each shall be chafged FOR tbs, >e&7
cess over one, and en- every 4icense per-
hitting bowling alleypr SALOON to be
kept for year, so dollars provided that
where there is more than one such alley
.k9ptiR any pne room, l5ldolarseacllishaA
be charged for the excess over one; pro>
vided that if such billiard tables or bowl
ing alleys or saloons are not Kept open.
more than four months, the taxes thereon.
Shall be only one third Of these rates.
:. go, On every. lice use to a physician,
surgeon or dentist, Eve dollars, and, on
every license Is an attorney at, lay Ave
dollars. If the yearly Income derived
from the practice Of any SUCH calling or
professions during the year next .precedet
ing the time Of obtaining. such license
shall exceed four hundred dollars, there
shall be an, additional tax, on the excess
thereof Of one half Of one per centum, =;
On every license to the, owner, Of a da-
guerrean. or ambrotype, gallery, if IN a
city or incorporated town, 40 dol, if else
where. 10 dol. i; and if the yearly income
derived from the practice Of said art ,ex>
coed 500 dol, an additional tax Of two
per centum on such excess, for the year
next proceeding the time: Of obtaining Ii
cense. ~ .. r,-.--..t
81. On the dividends declared by any
bank, the tax shall be six and two~thlrds
per centum upon, the amount thereof. g..
22. The taxes prescribed by the 18th.
18th, 18Th, 10th, 17th, and 18th sections
of the seth chapter of the Code. shall be
as follows, to wit When a suit com
menced in county or corporation court
/ dol; when an original suit or appeal,
writ Of error appeal or supersedeas is
commenced, If in the court of appeals, 5
dollars if in district court, $50 dol
lars if in the circuit court, / so dollars ;
when the seal of q court. ola notary public.
or the seal of the state is annexed to any
paper, Except in the cases provided for
by the l5:h section Of said chapter, and
and except on the transfer OF bounty land
warrants by the original holders, 2 dol
lars for the State seal, and 1,50 dollars
for any Of the other seals; provided, that
there shall be no: tax for affixing the seal
of a county or corporation, court to q
bond or other instrument for the purpose
of executing tie same on behalf Of the
county or, corporation in which such
court is held and upon every deed, will
or grant of administration, on which is to
be paid according to the said, chapter.
|. dollar. The first section, Of said chap;
ter is hereby repealed. -. '.r..: 49,,
%. Be it further. enacted, that any
person who shall violate the provisions OF
this act, latter having been furnished with
Il certificate of assessment by the COM
missioner of the revenue OF the amount Of
taxes imposed by law, by following any
occupation or profession without obtain
ing said license. shall be subject to the
same penalties, as hawkers anaipedlers are
for trading without license. .-. T.; fsg.r
"a, Be it, further enacted, that the j.
censes- authorized TO, be issued by this act
shall terminate at the time prescribed by
law !; and if the license be taken out for
part Of year, the tax, shall bear to that
sum the proportion which the unexpired
part of the year bears to the who'll year;
and the tax for the succeeding year shall
be a specific tax fs rst:.s. tgs,s- -AE
25, Any person enormously assessed
with license tax shall have the same re-
needles as for erroneous assessment 81
land or personal property, q - ......
And person. comm encing yany trade or
business, for which. license is required
by law, before making and obtaining
| such license from the commissioner of tie
revenue, shall lbe assessed with four times
the amount of the tax otherwise Imposed
| on, such license. - g. ~ e.. $50 ~
GO. Every railroad not exempted by
its charter from taxation, shall hereafter
report semiannually on the 5th day OF
April and October in each year to the
auditor of public accounts the number OF
passengers transported over said road, or
any part thereof and'the aggregate num-
Der of miles travelled by such passengers
thereon in the six months next preceding
the LIST day Of April and October in each
year. Such statement shall be verified
by the oaths of the president and super.
intendent Of transportation. Every COM
Jdu1 W SuOu
be fined 500 dollars. And at the time OF
making such report. the company shall
pay into the treasury, for every passen-
ger transported, tax at the rate of one
mill for every mile of transportation. Eve
ry railroad company paying such tax
shall not be assessed with any tax on
its lands, buildings or equipments; but if
it fails toPay this tax in any six months,
then its lands, buildings and equipments
shall be Immediately assessed, under the
direction OF the auditor of public accounts,
at the full cost Of construction and outfit,
and q tax shall be at once levied thereon,
as on other real estate. 10 be collented by