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

AN ACT TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR
COMMENCING IN OCTOBER 1855.
/. BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and House
OF Representatives, now met and sitting in Cen
etai Assembly, and by authority of the sarnc,
That q tax for tho 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 is 10 say: sixty
cents al ralorem OH every hundred dollars of
the value Of all The lands granted i'll this State,
according to the existing classification as here
tofore established; seventy-6vc cents per head
on all slaves; two dollars OH each free|negro,
mulatto or mpstizo, Egyptians and Indians Gree
Indians IN amily with this government eSceptedO
between the ayes of fifteen and fifty Years, ex-
cept such rs snail bc clearly proved 10 tfs sat-
istaclon Of the collector 10 be incapable, from
mains or otherwise, Of procuring Il livelihood; !;
twenty-five cents at ral0rcm on every hundred
dollars of tho value of all lots lands and build
ines within any city, town, village or borough
in this State sixty cents per hundred dollars
on factorage, omployments, faculties, and pro-
fessions, including the profession of dentistry,
(whsthsr, in the profession of the law, the pro-
fits be derived from the coats of suit, fees, or
other sources Of professional income) excepting
elercymen, schoolmasters, schoOlmistresscs, and
mechanics, and on the amount Of commissions
received by rendue masters and commission
merchants; forty cents per hundred dollars on
the capital stock paid in on the first OF October
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-ive, of all
banks which for their present charters have not
paid bonus to the State; twenty cents per
hundred dollars on tho capital stock of all in
eorporated gas-fight 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, vares and merchandise, embracing all
the articles Of trade for sale, barter, or exchange
(the products of this State and the unmanufac-
tured products of any of the United States or
territories thereof cxcepted,) which any person
shall have made from the first day of January
Of tho present year, to the first day Of January
In The year of our Lord ono thousand eight
hundred and 6fty-sx, either on his, her, or their
capital, or borrowed capital, or on account Of
any person or persons rs agent, attorney, or
sonsignee; twenty-five cents upon every hun
drod dollar, 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; len
dollars per day for representing publicly, for
gain and reward, any play, comedy, tragedy,
intorlude, or force, or other employment 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 the Clerks Of the
Court respectively, who shall be bound to pay
the same into the public treasury, except in ca
scs where the same s now required by law to
ha maid to cornorstions OthcrwlSp
II. That all taxes levied on property, rs pre-
scribed 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.
III. in making assessments for taxes on the
value of taxable property used in manufacture
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
w. Tha, the Tax Collectors in the several
Districts and Parishes in this State, iii their re-
turns hereafter to be made, be and they are
hereby required and cnjoined TO state the pre-
else amount Of taxes collected by them, for the
purpose of supporting the police of the said
koversl Districts and Parishes aforesaid stating
the rates. per centum on the amounts of the
State tax collected for said District and Parish
police purposes; and the Comptroller GenSEl
shall raturn the snme in his rePQ9
V. That free negroes, muIal taess hustizoes,
Egyptians and Indians, Qree INSkiSI2s in amity
with this government excepted.) be, and they
are hereby rquired to make their returns, and
pay their taxes, during The month OF March.
W. Tint the lots and houses on Sulivan's
I.lnnd shall be returned 10 the tax collector of
the tax district in which they are situate, in the
same manner as other sown lots and houses:
and shall be liable to the same rate of taxation.
In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of
December, in the year ce our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ffty.hve, and in the
cislnieth year Of Tho sovcreisnty and indepcn-
drncr of tho United States Of America.
ROBERT F. ALLsToN
President Of The Senate.
JAMES SIMoHs
Speaker House of Rep.