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


At Genera, Assembly, begun and holden at
Columbia. on the fourth Monday Of Novem-
ber, in the 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, ,cPgm-
mencing in October, one thousand eight ln-
dred and fifty six.
|. BE ii enacted By lte Senate and House OF
REPRESENTATIVES, no,g met and sitiiay in General
Assemble, and by tie authority otgihe same, That
a tax. for tic sums and in the manner herein
after mentioned, shall be raisedfand paid into
the public treasury OF this State, for the usc and
service thercof,rsthat Is to say.:.slxty cents aa
ralore,n. on every hundred dollars, of the value
Of all the lands granted IN this State, according
to the existing classification as heretofore eStab-
lisbed: seventy cents per head ON all slaves;
two dollars on each free negro, mulatto or mus
tizo, Egyptian and Indian Gree Indians IN ami
:tyvwith this Government excepted,) between
the ages Of fifteen and fiftySyears, except such
as shall be clearly proved to the satisfaction OF
the Collector to be incapable, from mains Or
otherwise, of procuring q livelihood twelve and
= half cents ad rabfem 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, employnlentsisfacnlti and proles-
.sions Sincluding the professioniaof 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 schoomasters, schoolmistrcsses and
mechanics, and on tt c amount of commissions
received by vendue masters and commission mer-
chants; twenty five cents pershundred dollars
on the capital stock paid in onthe lst OF octo-
Der, one: thousand eight hundred and fitty-slX,
of all banks, which, for their present charters,
have not paid abonus to the State; twenty. fVe
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 ffty-fve, and the first day oil Oc-
tober, one thousand eight hundred and tltty-slx,
effecting lones or discounts and dealing in eX-
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 f'thi; State fifteen cents on every hundred
dollars of the amount of safes of goods wares
and merchandise, embracing all the articles OF
trade for sale, barter or exchange, 1.-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 fifty
seven, either on his, her or their capital, or bor-
rowcd capital, or on account of any person or
persons as agent, attorney orconsignee; 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. fol
representing publicly, for gain and reward, any
play, comedy, tragedy, interlude or farce, OF
other employment Of the stage, or any part
therein, or for exhibiting wax figures or other
shows of any kind whatsoeyer-to be paid into
), the hands of the clerks of the court respective
ly 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
Q. That al the taxes levied on property o.
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.
:. 8. In making assessments for taxes on TIM
or rsrtr used in manufacture
value of the machinery used therein shall no
be included, but only the value Of the lots ant
buildings as property merely.
4. 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 hereby
required and enjoned 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
centum on the amounts of tue State tax collec
ted for said Districts and Parish Police purpo
ses; and the Comptroller General shall return
the same in bis report.
s. That free negroes, mulattoes, mustizoes
Egyptions and Indians (free Indians in amitJ
with this government eXcepted,) be, and they
are hereby required to make their returns ant
4 pay their taxes during tue month of March.
0. That the lots and houses on Sullivan's Is
land shall be returned to the Tax Collector o
the Tax District in which they are situate in the
same manner as other town lots and houses, ant
shall be 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 tifty-six, and in the
eighty-first year of the sovereignty and indie.
pendence of tue United States of America.
JAMES CHESNUT, Jr,
President Of the Senate.
JAMES SIMoNs,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
SEcnErAnr's OFFICE, COLUMBIA, Dec "A, 1856
| hnreby certify the furroing to be true