Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-01-07
THE TAX BILL.

At General Assembly, begun and holden at
Columbia ON the forth Monday OF Novem.
ber in tic year of our Lord one thousand |
eight hundred and fifty six, and from thence
continued by divers adjournmentS to the 10Th ,
day of December, in the same year
An Act to raise supplies for the year, COM
mencing in October, ono thousand eight h'ri-
dred and fifty six. !
l. Be 1t enacted by The Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES, noe met anil sitting IN Genlfdt
Assembly, and by The authority of The s0aae, hat
= tax, for the sums and in the manntr herein
after mentioned, hall be raiseds and paid into
the public treasury of this State, for tic 'c and
service thereof, that is to say :.sXty cents ri
rniorrm Oh every hundred dollars, Of the value
of all the lands granted IN this State, according
to the existing classification as heretofore eStab-
lished seventy ccnis per Lead on all slaves;
two dollars on each free negro, mulatto or mus
tizo, Egyptian and Indian (free Indians in alnI-
ty with this Government eXcepted.) between
the ages of fifteen and fifty years. except such
as shall be clearly proved to the satisfaction OF
the Collector to DC incapable, from mains or
otherwise, of procuring q livelihood twelve and
half cents ad rnbycm on every hundred dol
lars of the value of all lots lands and buildings
within any city, town, village or borough, i'll
this State; fifty cents per hundred dollars on
factoragc, empoyments, faculties and probes
sions, incluiling the profession OF dentistry,
whether in the profession of the Law, the
profit be derived from the costs OF suit, fees, or
other sources of professional income,) excepting
clcrgymcn, schoolmasterS, Schoolmlst1esSeS ana
mechanics and on t; c amount of commissions
recciyed by rcndue masters and commission mcr-
chants twenty-five cents per hundred dollars
on the capital stock paid in on the lst OF Octo-
her, one thousand eight hundred and lty-SiN,
of all banks, which, for their present charters,
have not paid bonus to the State; twenty-five
cents on every hundred dollars Of capital oi
banks of issue out Of this State, used and en-
ployed in this State by agents OF said banks,
between the first of October, one thousand eight
hundred and tfty-fve, and the first day oil Oc-
tober. one thousand eight hundred and titty-six,
efecting lones or discounts and dealing in en-
change or notes twenty cents per hundred dol
lars on the capital stock Of all Incorporated gas
light companies; one per cent on all premiums
taken in this State, by Incorporated insurance
companies, and by the agencies OF insurance
COMPANIES, and underwriters without the limits
of thi; State; fifteen cents on every hundred
dollars of the amount Of sales Of goods wares
and merchandise, eml racing all the articles Of
trade for sale barter or exchange, (the products
Of this State and the unmanufactured products
of any of the United States or Territories there
of excepted,) which any person shall have made,
from the first day of January in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fiity-
seven. either on his, her or their capital, or bor-
rowcd capital, or on account OF amy person or
persons as agent attorney orconsignec; twenty
five cents upon every hundred dollars of the
amount of sales of goods, wares and merchan-
die whatever, which any transient person not
resident in this Stale shall make. in any house,
stall or public place ten dollars per day for
representing publicly, for gain and reward, any
play. comedy, tragedy, interludc or farce, OF
other employment oil the stage, or any part
therein, or for exhibiting wax figures, or othel
shows of any kind whatsoevcr-to be paid into
the hands of the clerks of the court respective
w 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 COR
porations or otherwise.
3. That al the taxes levied on property a:
prescribed in the first section of this act shal
he Maid to the Tax Collector for the Tax Dis
trict in which said property is located.
3. In making assessments for taxes on th'
On, TOT It,r ,,ae fpiertr llScl in manufacturing
, value OF the machinery used therein shall mo-
be included. but only the value Of the lots ant
buildings as property merely.
t. That the Tax Collectors in the several Dis
tricts and Parishes in this State in their return
hereafter to be made, be, AMI they are hereby
required and enjoined to state the precise amoun
| of taxes collected by them for the purpose o
supporting the police Of the said several Dis
tricts and Parishes aforesaid, state the rates pc
ccntum on the amounts Of the State tax colec
ted for said Districts and Parish Police purpo
ses and the Comptroller General shall return
the same in his report.
, 5. That free negroes, muattocS, nustizoes
Egvptions and Indians (ree Indians in amity
with this government cXceptcd;) be, and they
are hereby required to make their returns ant
pay their taxes during the month of March.
.. That the lots and houses Oh Sullivan's Is
land shall be returned to the Tax Collector o
the Tax District in which they are situate in tho
same manner as other town lots and houses, AMI
shall bc liable to the same rates of taxation.
In the Senate House, tie twentieth day o.
December, i'll the year Of our Lord one thou.
sand eight hundred and Ii(ty->iS, and i'll tho
cigllty-first year Of the sovereignty and indie
pendence of tic United States Of America.
JAMES CIlESNUT, Jr,
President Of the Senate.
JAMES SlMuHs,
Speaker Of the House cof Representatives.