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

THE TAX BILL.
At Genera. Assembly, begun and holden at
Columbia. on the forth Monday OF Novem.
ber, in tie year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty six, and from thence
continued by divers adjournments to the 2oth
day of December, in the same year.
An Act to raise supplies for the year, cpm-
.mencing in October, one thousand eight huh
dred and fifty six.
l. Be ii enacted by lle Senate and House Of
REPRESENTATIVES, nO'o, mel an,l sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority 9fthe same, That
a tax for tile sums and in the manncr herein
after mentioned, slal be raiseds and paid into
the public treasury OF this State for the Use and
service thereof, that is to say :.siXty cents Hd
ralorem on every hundred dollars, Of the value
of all the lands granted IN this State, according
to the existing classification as heretofore eStab-
lishcd seventy cents per lead ON all slaves;
two dollars on each free negro, mulatto or mus
tizo, Egyptian and Indian (free Indians in ami
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 be incapable, from mains or
otherwise, of procuring livelihood twelve and
half cents ad raborem on every hundred dol
lars of the value of all lots, lands and buildings
within any city, town, village or borough, IN
this State fifty cents per hundred dollars on
factoragc, employmcnts, faculties and protes-
sions, including 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
clergymen, schoolmasters, schoolnlistresseS and
mechanics, and on t. c amount of commissions
receiyed by rcndue masters and commission mer-
chants twenty-five cents per hundred dollars
on the capital stock paid in on the lst OF Octo-
her. one thousand eight hundred and liity-slH,
of all banks, which, for their present charters,
have not paid bonus to the State; twenty. five
cents on every hundred dollars of capital OF
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 tifty-fve, and the first day oil Oc-
tober. one thousand eight hundred and titty-sx,
effecting lones or discounts and dealing in eX-
I 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, emil racing oil the articles Of
trade for sale, barter or exchange, (the products
OF this State and the manufactured 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 fifty
seven, either on his, her or their capital, or bor-
rowcd capital, or on account OF any person OF
persons as agent, attorney or'consgncc; 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 State shall make, in any house
stall or public place ten dollars per day tol
representing publicly, for gain and reward, any
!, play, comedy, tragedy, interlude or farce, OF
other employment Of tile stage, or any par1
therein, or for exhibiting wax figures, or othel
shows of any kind whatsoeycr-to be paid int
the hands of the clerks of the court respective
ly whom shall be bound to pay the same int
the public treasury, except in cases where the
same is now required by law to be paid to cor
poratons or otherwise.
9. That all the taxes levied on property a
prescribed in the first section of this act shal
be paid tn the Tax Collector for the Tax Dis
trict in which said property is located.
3. In making assessments for taxes on til
o. TOT 1Ssstr trtits rSeI in manufacturing
value Of the machinery used therein shall no
be included, but only the value Of the lots ant
building. as property merely.
1. That the Tax Collectors in the several Dis
tricts and Parishes in this State in their return
hereafter to be made, be, and they are hereb,
required and enjoined to state the precise amour
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 collec
ted for said Districts and Parish Police purpo
ses and the Comptroller General shall return
the same in his report.
, 5. That free negroes, mulattoeS, nuStizoes
Egyptions and Indians (free Indians in amt.
with this government eXceptcd,) be, and they
are hereby required to make their returns ant
pay their taxes during tue month of March.
Q. That the lots and houses on Sulivan'S Is
land shall be returned to the Tax Collector 0
the Tax District in which they are situate in th'
same manner as other town lots and houses, ant
shall DC liable to the same rates of taxation.
In the Senate House, the twentieth day o
December, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and lilty-SiX, and in thu
cighty-first year of the sovereignty and indie
pendence Of the United States Of America.
JAMES CIIESNUT, Jr,
President Of the Senate.
JAMES SlMoNs,
Sneaker Of The House of Representatives.