The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1862-03-21


ly, speedily and cheaply by the local officers
already acting under state authority, who
may be supposed to "know the ropes" and
with whom the property owners are already
familiar. They would be glad to undertake
the collection of Uncle Sans taxes, under the
direction perhaps of one commissioner for
each state. There should be no such need
less friction, wear and tear as would be in
volved in maintaining two sets of machinery
for doing similar work over the same locali-
ties. The people are willing to stand the
taxes to any necessary amount for the preser-
vation of the Union; but they object to waste,
extortion, or the sustenance of a useless and
odious horde of office holders.
The provisions for collecting the taxes and
the penalties for evading or interfering with
their enforcement, fill forty-one sections
These penalties are SO stringent that at first
glance, a transgressor would seem to act
more wisely by giving up his property and
going to tie state prison at once. For in
stance, false swearing or fraudulent lists are
punished with $500 fine, and obstructing an
officer with the same; but on the other hand
officers guilty of extortion can be made to
pay $1,000 smart money.
The bill is to take effect May lst, 1862
Its leading assessments are as follows:
Licerses to bankers 800 per annum, bro
kers $50 to $50, auctioneers S2O,liquor deal
ers $40 to $50, rectifiers SO, brewers 500.
hotel keepers So to 5000 according to their
annual rent, eating houses $40, tobacconists
so, confectioners 49, circuses so. theaters
800, bowling alleys So for each alley.apoth-
ecaries SO, photographers $40. peddlers -
on foot, $40 to so with horses, ho.se deal
ers SO, soap makers SO, tallow chambers
all kinds $40
Manufactured articles are to pay an end
less variety of rates. Candles to l cent
per pound, oil cents per gallon, coal oil re-
fined 10 cents. burning fluid j cents, gas for
Illuminating % cents per 1000 feet where
manufactured by companies, tree for street
lamps, or if made on ones own premises) ar
dent spirits re-dis:iled first proof - cents
per gallon. wine made of grapes 10 cents,
vinegar cents, ground coffee or substitutes
ground pepper. cloves and ginger, prepared
cocoa and chocolate, all cent per pound,
saleratus mills, sugars mills, sugar can..y
> cents, starch y to 6 mills, snuff and tobacco
three to d cents, cigars 10 to 20 cents per
pound, gunpuwder to > cents, white lead
2j cents per cwt, oxide of zinc - cents, sui
phate of barytes 80 cents, paints and paint
er's colors j per cent ad valorem, printers
and other ink ) per cent, corn broomS IL
cents per dozen, wooden pals lO cents, straw,
palm leaf and grass hats. caps and bonnet>
20 to 30 cents per dozen. hats and caps Of
fur, felt, wool and silk p cents to 81 80 per
dozen, hoop skirts 81 to ~ per dozen, clocks
% to 30 cents, pins } to ten cents per dozen
papers, umbrellas 10 to % cents each, para
sols 5 to 10 cents each, wood screws to II
cents per pound, railroad iron 81 30 per ton,
bank note paper > cents per pound, writing
paper , cents, printing paper unsized mills,
printing paper sized, colored, or calendere,l
uncolored, and hanging paper j mills. paste
board, binders board and wrapping paper 3
mills, soap mills to 3 cents per pound, salt
I cents per cwt, pickles, canned fruits meats
and she'll fish D per cent. shoe or boot black
ing j per cent. glue and cement per cent
varn;sh p cents per gallon. leather to
cents per pouLd, morocco, goat or kid skins
- cents per dozen, sheep skins % cents,
wheat flour 10 cents per barrel unless made
at a mill for customers for their own con-
sumption, articles not otherwise specified o.
cotton, wool, silk, worsted, flax, hemp, lutte
India rubber, gu,ta percha, wood, glass pot
terry ware, leather, paper, iron. steel, lead, tIn
copper, zinc, brass, gold and silver, horn. iv-
oly, bone, bristles, wholly or in part, or of
other materials, excepting printed publica-
tions of all kinds (Which are not counted as
manufacturers ) per cent, patented articles j
per cent.
Slaughtered cattle 80 cents per head, hogs
10 cents, sheep e cents; but exemp: il
slaughtered by any person for home con.
sumption.
Pleasure carriages kept for use or hire 81
to so, gold watches 81, silver watches j(
cents, piano fortes 81, billiard tables $40
gold plate 80 cents per ounce. silver plate ]
cents per ounce, torty ounces of silver plate
or spoons. belonging to one person to be ex
empt.j
Steam railroads mills per mile each pas
scnger chose carried free to be exempt,
commutation tickets 3 per cent ad valorem
steamboats,, except ferries, mill per mil.
each passenger, horse railroads, omnibuse;
, and ferry boats 3 per cent on gross receipts
passage tickets by vessels from any port il
the United States to foreign ports 30 cents
to 81.
Advertisements or other published matte
I for which pay is received by newspapers
magazines, reviews, etc., per cent Of gros!
receipts.
Telegraphic dispatches cents each, ex
| cepting those for telegraph or railroad com
panies aud police or fire departments, which
are free.
Express packages, boxes or bundles of an,
description, conveyed by common carrier,
;. to 10 cents.
Patent medicines 3 cents for each box, via
or package costing % cents at retail, ) cent
if costing 30 cents, 10 cents if costing 81
and five cents for each 50 cents cost abov
r 81.
e Banks and saving institutions, insurance
companies and railroad bonds bearing inter
est, per cent on all dividends or prof
its.
An income duty of 3 per cent on all annu
al gains, profits or income exceeding $500 o
persons residing out of the I. S. Incom
from United States securities pays II pc
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