Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-08
An Act

To raise Supplies for the year commencing
III October. one thousand eight hundred
aud titty-eight.
/. he it enacted by the Senate and House
oi Representatives, now met and sitting i'm
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That II tax for the sums, and i'm
the manner hereinafter mentioned. shall be
raised and paid into the public treasury of
tins State, for the use and service thereof,
that Is To say cght-nne cents, at rdiorcHt, ,un
every hundred dollars Of the value of ali the
lands granted IN this State, according to the
existing classification as heretofore estub bi;sh-
cd; ninety-iive cents per head ON all slaves;
two dollars and se>eniy-iive cents on each
free negro. muiatto or meStizo, between the
ages OF liitoen and fifty years, except such
as shall he clearly proved To the satislactiun
Of The Collector, TO be incapable, from mains
or otherwise, of procuring Livelihood; sew
ehtech cents. dd Cuio"em, on every hundred
dollars of the value of all lots, lands and
buildings, within any city, town. village, or
borough III tins State; siXtycight cents epr
huhdred dollars OH iactornge, cmploymentS,
faculties and professions, including the pro-
fcSSi"n ni dentistry, (whethcr in the pruicS-
sion OF law. the profit be derived from the
costs of suit. fees, or other sources of prolcs-
si"mal income. excepting cIcrgymen, Schunl-
mastcrs, SchUulmistrcSs es ana iuurncymrn
mcchanics whose income ,epcmdS on Ghem
own manual labor, siXty-e slt cents on eve
ry hundred dollars on the amount of cunms-
slonS received by vcndue masters and com
mission merchants: thirty-iive cents per huu-
ired dollars on the capital stock paid in, Oh
tic first of October, one thousand eipht hum
drcd and iitty-cight. uf all banks which for
tner present charters have not paid II bonus
% the State ; thirtN-iuur cents ON every hun
"reI dollars "fcupital Of banks of issue out
81 TINS state, used and employed in this State
by W 'ntS of said banks between the first dnv
1T Otnbcr, in the year of our /. rd one thou
sand eight hundred and tifiy-scven. aud the
first day ofOct,bcr. in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ffiv-eight,
~ et2@:!;:s !";;:s G: d:aa";;s:a, aid dealing
IN exchange on notes: twenty-scven cents per
huhdred dollars on the capital stock of all IN
c'rpomled GaS-Lght Companies: one and
thirty-ive one hund. eds per cemtum ON all
prcmmms taken in this Safe by Incorporated
Insurance companies. and by the agencies of
insurance companies, and underwriters with
out the limits of this State twenty one cents
"ii every hundred dollars of the amount of
SAFES "l GnudS, wares and merchandise. elm
bracIng all articles for sale, barter or ex-
change (the products of this State, and the
unnunuiactur9d products of any uf the Uni
ted States or Territories thcre,f cxcepteh. \
which any person shall have made. from tho
hrst day nt January of the present year to
the hrs; day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ffly-
nine. etherOn his, her or their capital, or
borrowed capital or on accuuntnfany person
or persons, IA agent attorney or consionee;
lhlriy.tour cents upon every hundred dollars
of the amount of sales of goods. ware and
merchandise whatever, which any transient
person not resident in tlIs State. shall make
IN any house. stall or public place; furteen
dollars per day for repie Scnt ns publicly for
gam ana reward. any play, comedy, tragedy
interlnde or farce, or other. empIiyment of
tho stage. or any part therein. or for exhb-
itng wax figures, or other shows any kind
Whatsoever, to be paid intp the hands of the
Clerks of the Courts respectively, who shall
be bound to pay the same into the public
treasury. except in cases where the same il
now required by law to be paid to corpora
tiOns or otherwise.
III. That all taxes levied on property, as
prescribed in tho first section of this Act,
shall be aid tn the tax collector for the tax
district III which said property is located.
III. In making assessments for taxes on
the value of taxable property used in manu-
tncturing or for railroad purposes. within this
State, the value Of the machinery used there
in shall not be included. but only the value
OF the lots and buildings. rs property merely.
~. That tho Tax Collectors in the sever
al districts and parishes in this State. in their
returns, hereafter 10 be made, be, and they