The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-01-07

8" NCSooef, oHe IHouSdnG Etyht HuR-
dred and Fifty. .Seyen.
l. Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives,, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That tax for the sums, and in
the manner hereinafter mentioned shall be
raised and paid into the public treasury oc
this State, for the use and service thereof,
that is to say sixty cents, ad valoren,, on
every hundred dollars Of the value of all
the lands granted in this State, according
to the existing classification rs heretofore
established; seventy cents per head on all
slaves two dollars on each free negro, mu-
latto or mcs'izo, between the ages of fifteen
end fifty years, except such as shall be
clearly proved to the satisfaction of the Col
lector to be incapable, from mains or other.
wise, of procuring livelihood; twelve-and-
a-half cents, al ralorcus, OF every hundred
dollars of the value OF all lots, lands and
buildings, within any city, twon, village or
borough, in this State; fifty cents per hun
dred dollars OH factorage, cmploymcnts,
faculties and professions, including the pro-
fession of dentistry, (whcthcr in the proles-
sion of law, the profits be derived from the
costs of suit, fees, or other sources of pro-
fessional mooney accepting clergymen,
schooImasters, schooImistrcsscs and me-
chanics, and on the amount of commissions
received by vendue masters and commits
sion merchants; twenty five cents per hun
dred dollars on the capital stock paid in on
the first Of October, one thousand eight
and fifty seven, Of I'LL banks which for their
present charters have not paid bonus to
the State; fifty cents on every hundred
dollars used or employed in this State by
any agent Of any bank of issue out of this
State, between the first of October, one
thousand eight hundred and firly-six, and
the first of October, ono thousand eight
hundred and fifty-scvcn, in c1ecting loans
or discounts, and dealing in exchange or
notes; twenty cents per hundred dollars on
the capital stock Of all incorporated Cas-
Light Companies; one per cent. on all pre-
miums taken in this State by incorporated
insurance companies, and underwriters,
without the limits of this State; fifteen
cents on every hundred dollars of the
amount of sales Of goods, wares and mcr-
chandisc, embracing all the articles of trade
for sale. barter or exchange, 0hc products
OF this State, and the unmanufacturcd pro-
ducts of any of the United States or Terri.
tories thereof excepted,) which any person
shall have made from the first day of Jan
uary, of the present year, to the first day
OF January, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty.eight.
either on his, her or their capital, or bor-
rowed capital, or on account of any person
or persons, as agcut, attorney or consignee:
twenty-five cents upon every hundred dol
lars OF the amount of sales of goods, wares
and merchandise whatever, which any tram
slent person, not resident in this State, shall
make in any house, stall or public place
ten dollars per day for representing publicly,
for gain and reward, any ploy, comedy,
tragedy, iuterludc or farce, or other employ
ment of the stage, or any other 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 re-
spectively, who 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 other
wise.
2. That all taxes levied on property. As
prescribed in the first section of this Act.
shall be paid to the tax collector for the
tax district. in which said property is
8. In mailing assessments for taxes on
the value of taxable property used in man
ufacturing or for railroad purposes, within
this State, the value of the machinery used
therein shall mot be included, but only the
value of .th!eQots and buildings, as property
merely a,s-&s.e4s::
4.sThat'tEe Tax Collectors in the several
districts and, parishes in this State, in their
returns hereafter to be made, be and tliey
are hereby required and enjoined, to state
the precise amount of taxes collected by
them for the purpose of supporting the
police Of the said several districts aid par par.
ishes aforesaid, stating the rates per celitum1jy
on the amount the State tax collected
for said district apd parish police purposes;
and the Comptroller General shall return
the same in his report s5' -. ~ ~
5.iThat free negroes, mulattoes and mes
tizoes, be and tb" Nhsysby required, to
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