Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-02-03
THE NEW SCHEDULE OF TAXES.

THE NEW SCHEDULE OF TAXES.
Enormous Inorense in the LevIes of
the Richmond Legislature.
We received yesterday copy of the
''Acts of the General Assembly of the State
OF Virginia. passed in lsGl-G2p at Rich.
InOnd. The copy vas captured recently by
our soldiers, and was forwarded to US from
CIarksburg. It is the most important doc
umeut that We have seen lately, and in
view OF what is now passing around US aud
Ia our midst, it Is a volume of the greatest
interest. We have spent such leisure as
we could command since receiving it in
looking through its two hundred aud fifty
pages, and Al almost every step OF the way
our atteation has been arrested by the en-
enactments bearing either directly or indi-
rec.ly upon Western Virginia. We propose
very briefly to call public attention TO some
very vital provisions which are we'll calcu-
lated to ssartle every citizen of West Vir-
gInia into serious reflection upon the fu
ture.
The very frat page of the volume starts
of with "au act for the support Of gov
ernment," and it is dated "March 9th,
1852" The second paragraph OF this act
increases the taxes on lands from the old
price of forty cents on the hundred dollars
to sixty cents. The third paragraph in.
crsRses the taxes on personal property from
forty to sixty cents on the hundred dollars
The fifth paragraph Increases the taxes on
white males from seventy cents to one
dollar and twenty cents. The sixth in-
CrCsses the tax on the interest or profit on
public bonds from six to ten per cent
"On dividends Of Savings Institutions
telegraph, steam bOnt insurance and such
companies from six to ten per cent. "Ou
dividends of companies not incorporated by
this State" from six to ten per cent. "On
income" the same Increase. non toll
bridges" the same. A heavy additional
assessment is made on the following COM
PAnies-viE: "InVernal improvement COM
pauies," "SIAtement Of railroad officers"
express companies A tax running from
one to i've dollars is assessed on suits nc.
cording to kind. A tax running from one
dollar and fifty cents to three dollars is
assessed on seals of "nOtNry publics," &c
On the probate of every will II tax of one
dollar aud fifty cents. The same on deeds.
There is tax of seventy. five dollars "on
every law Incorporating or ehartering or
re-ohRrtering any bank with a capital not
exceeding two hundred thousand dollars"
On capital over two and not exceeding
four hundred Thousand dollars, u tax
OF one hundred and fifty dollars
On over four and not over six hun
dred thousand tax of two hundred
aud twenty-five dollars. Aud go in the same
proportion until eight hundred thousand
dollars is reached when n tax of three hun.
drod dollars is levied. Goa every Law in
cooperating or re-chartcriug any oil, iron
or coal or manufacturing company, il the
maximum capital is one hundred thousand
dollars or less, there is tux of twenty Eve
dollars, and II the capital exceeds that
amount tax Of one hundred and fifty dol.
lars is levied. The same proportion of
taxes is laid on Gas companies aud ON pri-
waite corporations"
Passing over the details of the foregoing,
we come to the tax, laid on ordlnaries-
houses OF Private Entertainmcnt-Cook
shops and eating DEMONSTRATING allevs
&c. "on " license to keep any ordinary
the taxes arc raised to sixty dollars. This.
recOllect, is the State tax alone. If tho
yearly value OF such houses exceed on.
hundred dollars rental value, and is less
than two hundred, tax of seventy fly.
dollars is laid. This is an increase of over
twenty-five per cent. on the old law and an
Increase of exactly one hundred per cen.
on the new law passed through our House
OF Delegates the other day. If the rental
value of the ordinary exceeds two hundred
dollars twenty per cent is added to the
sixty dollars Aforesaid: and if the license
grants the privilege of retailing ardent spir.
Its, porter, ale or beer to bO drank elsewber.
than at such ordinary, there shall be
added seventy five dollars to the aforesaid
amounts on houses of "priva,e outertaip.
ment," a tax of ten dollars is laid. Ii the
yearly value thereof exceed one hun.
dred dollars, there shall be added fifteen
per cent. This is an increase of one hun.
drsd per cent over the law passed here the
other day. "Easing houses are taxed at
twenty-five dollars, and In addition there.
to- twenty-five per cent on SO much OF the
yearly valus as exceeds one hundred dol.
lars. This is an increase of nearly one
hundred per cent over the new law passed
here. Tho tar on bowling alleys is in-
creased to sevepty-6ve dollars, and twenty
i've dollars on each alley exceeding one
By our law here only fifty dollars license is
imposed, and fifteen dollars on each alley
exceeding one. On billiard tables, one Ia.
BILE. 4 tax of one hundred and ffrr hnllnn.