Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-09-19
NUMBER 81


those Of his partners, and name of the
association; the trade or occupation for
which license is asked; and the lace
where it is to be carried on. Rectifers
must state also the number of barrels
each intend to rectify. Peddlers,
whether they purpose travelling Tn foot,
or with one, two or more horses, and an
innkeeper, the annual rental of the
building to be occupied. If a person
follows more than one occupation, he
must obtain a license for each one of
them and for each place he carries on
his occupation query. Cana peddIer,
under one license, travel: WhazssssSS ~
lpleases, or is he limited to the colfectiion
district, or to any of its subdivisions?
Manufacturers must make statement,
under oath, of the place where the man.
utacture is to be carried on, the name Of
the article, the proposed market, whether
foreign or domestic, the quantities man.
ufactured, and the quantities sold or
delivered to others than agents. These
statements are to be made monthly.
All articles manufactured for home
consumption, OF when the annual pro
duct does not exceed 5000, are not
taxed.
AuctIoneers must make monthly
statements of the amount of their sales,
PERSONS carrying on slaughterinc
business must make like statement of
the number of cattle, calves, hogs and
sheep killed
Owners of railroads, steamboats, and
ferryboats must make such statement of
their gross monthly receipts.
All these statements are to be made
to the Assistant Assessor, but the fol-
lowing must be made to the Commis-
sioner of Internal Revenue at Washing
toh:
By railroad companies, of the interest
paid to bondholders and of dividends
to stockholders; by banks, of their div
idends and surplus contingent funds; by
trust companies and saving institutions,
of the same.
These reports are to be made every
six months. They must retain 3 per
centum as tax On these dividends and
surplus funds.
Insurance Companies, except for life,
or their agents, must report quarterly:
Publishers of newspapers, magazines,
&C., must make quartely reports of the,
gross receipts for advertisements, to the
Assistant Assessors, except newspapers
whose circulation does not exceed two
thousand copies, which are not taxed.
When the Assistant Assessor has
made his assessments he returns his
book to the Assessor, who notifies all
persons, by advertisement, of the time
and place in each county, that he will
hear complaints against the manner in
which they have been assessed These
complaints must be in writing, specify
ing the cause, matter or thing, to which
objection is taken.
The Assessor, after hearing these.
makes out copy of the assessment
book, which is placed in. the hands OF
the Collector
3. Duty cf C6Aectors-When these
tax lists have been received by the Col
lcctor, he must, aeithim ten days, give
notice by publication, in each county
in his district, that the tares hare become
due and payable, and stating the time
and place when he will be in the county
to receive them, which time must be
within ten days after such publication.
Thus we see that the taxes are due,
at the tarhest, within twenty days after
the lists have been received by the col
lector. This will be in the month of
October, the present year, and in the
month of June hereafter I have been
particular in stating this, because the
| people Of Indiana have been accustomed
to have certain stated day, the third
Monday in March, when their taxes be-
come due, and something like eight
months after the duplicate list is placed
in the hands of the Treasurer.
Ii the taxes are not paid when due,
ten per centum will be added to them,
and the collector, within twenty days,
must demand, personally, their payment,
and if not then paid, he must levy and
sell the effects of the delinquent tax
payer.
| The Collectors are charged with the
whole amount of the tax list, and to
obtain credit for delinquent taxes, they
must prove due diligence on their part,
and that there was no property out Of
which the taxes could be made. luz
diana tax payers will take notice of this
stringent provision, as it is very differ
ent from the loose practice of Indiana
Treasurers.
Land sold may be redeemed by pay
ment within one year of the purchase
money and twenty per centum thereon.
4. The operation Of the La,c-I learn
from member of Congress, that it was
Expected this law would yield from
$500, 100000 to S250,000,00O of reve-
nue.. If it yields from one-third to one
! half of that amount, it will be more than
| expect. ! pay taxes in Indiana to-
nearly $50, and will have none to pay
under this law So it will be with nearly
every farmer. 1t scai cely touches the
rural population. There Is no land tar.
\ carriage or any wagon on spring, not
used exclusively for the hauling of farm
produce, if worth over S75 with its har-
ness, is liable to be taxed Silver plate
over three and one-third pounds, Troy
weight, is also taxel. And these are
about all that the farmer has which can
be taxed under the law. Clocks:
watches, jewelry of all kinds that is worn
by the owner, pianos, and such things
that are usually taxed, are omitted in
this law. The burden of the law falls
directly on all manufacturers, aud most
Of manufactured articles, and on the
trades and occupations for which license
must be taken ogt.
The law does not tax articles manu-