Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-01-16
AN ACT TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR
COMM ENCING IN OCTOBER 1855,

AN ACG III RAlSE SUEfLlES FUN IHE 1EAh
COMM ENCING IN OCTOBER 1855.
l. BE IT EsAcrED by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting in Cen
vtal Assembly: and by authority of the s'rnc,
That tax for the sums, and in the manner
hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised and paid
into the public treasury of this State, fer the
use and service thereof. that i. to say: sixty
cents at ra!orem OH every hundred dollars of
the value Of all the lands granted III this State,
according to the existing classification as here
tofore established; srventy.hvc cents per head
on all slaves; two dollars OIL each free negro,
mulatto OF mvstizo, Egyptians and Indians Gree
Indians IN amily with this government excepted)
between the ayes Of fifteen and fifty years, eX.
cept such rs snail br clearly proved To ths SAT-
istaclon of the collector 10 be incapable, from
Mains or otherwise, of procuring livelihood;
twenty-five cents ad r0iorcm on every hundred
dollars of tho value of all lots, lands and build
ings within any city. town, village or borough
in this State sixty cents per hundred dollars
fessions, including the profession of dentistry,
(whsther, in the profession Of the law, the pro-
fits be derived from the costs Of suit, fees, or
other sources Of professional income.) excepting
elercymen, schoolnasters, schoolmistrcsscs, and
lQeCIilllCS, NIll Ol Tie VI
received by rendue masters and commission
merchants; forty cents per hundred dollars on
the capital stock paid in on the first Of October,
thousand eight hundred and fftv-fre, of all
banks which for their present charters have not
paid bonus to the State; twenty cents per
hundred dollars on the capital stock Of all ln-
corporated gas-light companies; one per cent.
on all premiums taken in this State By incorpo-
rated insurance companies, and by the agencies
of insurance companies and under" rites without
the limits of this State; twenty-five cents upon
every hundred dollars of the amount OF sales OF
goods, wares and merchandise, embracing all
the articles of trade for sale, barter exchange,
(!he products of this State and The unmanufac-
tured products of any of the United States or
territories thereof cxcepted,) which any person
shsll have made from the first day of january
Of tho present year, to The first day of january
In The year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and Efty.six. either on his, her, or their
capital, or borrowed capital, or on account Of
any person or persons as agent, attorney, or
sonsienee; twenty-five cents upon every hun
drcd dollars of tho amount of sales of goods,
wares, and merchandise whatever, which any
transient person, not 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,
interude, or force, or other employment Of the
stage or any part therein, or for exhibiting wax
figures or other shows of any kind whatsoever,
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, except in ra-
scs where the same is now required by law TO
be paid TO corporations or otherwise
II. That all take. levied on property, as pre-
scrbcd in the first section of this Act, shall be
paid to the Tax Collector for The District or
Parisl, in which said property is located.
III. In making assessments for taxes on The
value of taxable property used in manataclur-
Ing 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.
". That the Tax Collectors III the several
Districts and Parishes in this State, in their re-
turns hereafter to be made, be and they are
hereby required and cnjoined to state the pre-
ciso amount of taxes collected by them, for the
purpose of supporting the police of the said
sovorsl Districts and Parishes aforesaid, stating
tho rates per cen,nm on The amounts of the
State tax collected for said District and Parish
police purposes; and The Comptroller Gen8Eal
shall roturn the snme in his repqa
V. That free negroes, mulat s1es, RustlZoes,
Egyptians and Indians, (free INsisss in amity
with this government exceptcd) be, and they
nrc hereby rqnired 10 make their returns, and
pay their taxes, during the month of March.
vi. Tint the lots and houses on Sullivans
Island shall be returned TO the tax collector of
the tax district in which they are situate, in the
same manner ~ other sown lots und houses.
and shall be liable to the same rate Of taxation.
In the Scnatu House, tho nineteenth day "f
December, in the year of our Lord one thou
.,nd eight hundred and fiftv-hve, and in the
cigIlielh year Of tho sovereignty and indepcll-
dencc of tho United States Of America.
ROBERT +. ALLSToN
President of The Senate.
JAMES SMoNs.
Speaker House Of Rep.