Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-01-09

at Washington, the friendly forbearance of
the Southern Coufederacy is an important
point in our favor-London Post, Dec. 7.
An Act to Raise Supplies for the Year
Commencing in October, 1851.
Be 1t enacted By the Senate and House
Of Representatives, mow 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 Tresury of this
State, for the use aud service thereof, that
is to say one dollar and thirty cents al Ca
lorem on every hundred dollars Of the val
ue of all lands granted in this State accord
ing to the existing classification as hereto
fore established; one hundred and twenty
six cents per head on all slaves Provided,
That all lands or slaves in this State, now
in possession or under the control of the
enemy, and such other lands or slaves as
may be taken by the enemy, before the re.
turn of the said property to the tax collec-
tor, and also such other lands as shall have
been abandoned by the owners in conse
quence Of the action Of the military author
tiles, shall be exempt from taxation under
this Act; three dollars on each free negro,
mulatto or mestizo, between the ages of
fifteen and fifty years, except such as shall
clearly be proved to the satisfaction of the
collector to be incapable from mains or
otherwise of procuring livelihood, and
except those who now are or have at any
time been in the service of the army of this
State or Of the Confederate States in the
existing war twenty-five cents ad ualoren.
on every hundred dollars of the value of all
lots, lands and buildings within any city,
town, village or borough in this State
Provided, That tax on lands and build
ings in the city Of Charleston be assessed
on the value Of the lands only, where the
buildings and Improvements on the land
have been destroyed by the late conaagra.
ton: And provided further, That no taz
shall be levied on lots, lands and buildings
within any city, town, village or borough,
in this State, which have passed into the
possession or under the control of the enc.
my, or which may pass into the possession
or under the control Of the enemy, before
returns are made to the tax collectors /; one
hundred cents per one hundred dollars Oh
factorage, employments, faculties and pro
fessions, including the profession of deutis
try, and including herein Clerks of Courts
of Common Pleas and General Sessions
Sberifs, Masters and Commissioners in
Equity, Registers in Equity, Registers oi
Mesne Conveyance, Ordiuaries aud Coro
ners, whether in the profession or employ
ment Of law or equity the profits be derived
from the costs of suit, fees, or other source:
of professional income, except clergymen
schoolmasters, schoolnistresses and me-
chanics; one hundred cents on every hun
dred dollars Oh the amount of commissions
received by vendue masters and commission
merchants; fcrty cents per hundred dollar:
on the capital stock paid on the first of Oc
tober, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty one, of all banks, which for theil
present charters have not paid q bonus tt
the State; eighty cents per hundred dollar:
on the capital stock Of any bank of ISSUE
not incorporated by this State, paid in OIL
the first day of October, one thousand eigh'
hundred and sixty one, doing business ty
agents within the limits of this State; forty
cents per hundred dollars on the capita
stock of all Incorporated gas light coupa
pies; one and half per ceutqm on all pre-
miums taken in this State by incorporated
INSURANCE companies, and by the agencies
iu this State, acting in behalf Of insurance
coul pauies and underwriters without tn.
limits of this State; twenty TWO cents or
every hundred dollars of the amount o
sales of goods, wares and merchandise, em
bracing all articles of trade for sale, oarte
or exchange, (the products of this State
and the unmauufactured products OF any o
the States of the Confederate States excsp
lted,) which any person shall have made