The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-01-08
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D. fQt CUtanaotG, on TIE J0urfh tH0nduy or
Nouenbes, IN HE year of our Lord one
ythousa,,d eight hundred and .Jfifty sic,
- and from thcace continued By diuers ad-
jourN,sen,s to tie 2oM day Of December,
s~ The same gear.
81 An Act to raise supplies for tho year,
]. commencing in October, one thousand eight
Hundred and fifty-six.
1. Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
Of Repre- sentatiUes, sao,U met and sitting im
General assembly, and by the authority of
the sanse, That tax, for the sums and in
tho manner hereinafter mentioned, shall lie
raised and paid into the public treasury of
this State, for the use and service thereof,
that ia to say sixty cents dd vulorem on
every. hundred dollars, Of the value of all
,sha lands granted in this State, according to
: the existing classification as heretofore cs-
:. tnblished seventy cents per head on all
slaves; two dollars on each free negro,
,nulatto. or mustizo, Egvption and Indian,
: ,(free Indians in ;.mity with this Government
. excepted, between the ages of fifteen and iif-
.sty years, except such as shall he clearly
proved to the satisfaction of the Collector
to be incapable, from mains or otherwise,
Of procuring livelihood; twelve and n
half cents ad vnlorems on every hundred
dollars of the value of all. lots, lands aud
buildings wi.hin any city, town, village or
borough, in this State fifty cents per hun
drcd dollars on factorage, emp!oymeuts,
faculties and professions, including the pro-
fession Of dentistry, (whctl'cr in the profess
sion Of the Law, the profit be derived from
the costs Of suit, fees, or other sources Of
professional mooney excepting clergy,ncn
schoolinasters, schoolmistrcSses and meshan-
les, and on the amount Of commissions re-
ceived by vendue masters and commission
merchants; twenty-five cents per hundred
dollars on the capital stock paid in on the
lst Of October, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty y,six, Of all banke, which, for their
present charters, have not paid bonus 10
the State twenty-five cents on every hun
dred dollars Of capital of banks of issue out
Of this State, used and employed in this
State by agents Of said banks, between the
first Of October, one thousand eight hundred
and fifty five, and the first day of October,
one Thousand eight and fifty-six, effecting
loans or discounts and dealing in exchange
or notes twenty cents per hundred dollars
on the capital stock of all incorporated gas
light companies one per cent on all pre-
miums taken in this State, by incorporated
insurance companies, and by the agencies of
insurance companinies, and underwriters
without the limits of this State fifteen cents
on every hundred dollars of the amount Of
sales of goods, wares and merchandise, en-
bracing all the articles Of trade for sale, bar
ter or exchange, (tl,e products of this State
and the manufactured products of any of
the United States or Territories thereof en-
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from the fir.t day of January in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty either OH his, her or their capital,
or borrowed capital, or on account of any
person or persons as agent, attorney or con-
.ignee; twenty five cents upon every hun
dred dollars of the amount of sales Of goods,
wares and merchandise whatever, which
any transient pelson not resident in ills
State shall make, i'll any house, stall or pub
lie place; ten dollars per day for represen-
ting publicly, for gain and reward, any play,
comedy, tragedy, interlude or farce, or other
employment of the stage, or any part there.
in, or for exhibiting wax figures: or other
shows of any kind whatsoever-to be paid
into the hands of the clerks of the court re-
speciveiy, whom shall be bound to pay the
same into the public treasury, except in cases
where the same is now required by law to
be paid to corporations or otherwise.
2. That all the taxes levied on property
as prescribed in the first section of this act
shall he paid to the Tax Collector for tho
Tax District in which said property is loca-
ted.
3. In making assessments for taxes on
the value Of taxable property used in man.
nfacIuring or for Rail Road 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.
4. That the Tax Collectors in the several
Districts and Parishes III this State in their
return hereafter 20 be made, be, and they
arc hereby required and enjoined to state
the precise amount Of taxes collected by
them for the purpose Of supporting the po-
lice of the said several Disticts and Parishes
aforesaid, state the rates per centum on the
amounts uf the State tax collected for said
District and Parish Police purposes; and
fire Comptroller General shall return the
same in his report.
5. That free negroes, mulattoes, musti-
zoos, Egyptians and Indians (frce Indians in
amity with this government excepted) be,
and they are hereby required to make their
returns and pay their taxes during the montl,
of March.
9. That the lots and houses on Sullivan's
Island shall he returned to tile Tax Collector
Of the Tax District in which they are situate
in the same manner as other town lots and
houses, and shall be liable TO the same rates
of taxation.
In The Senate House, the twentieth day ol
December. in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty six, and
in the eighty-first year of the sovereignty
and Independence of the United States o
America.
JAMES CHESNUT, Jr,
President of the Senate.
JAMES SIMONS,
Speaker House Of Representatives.