Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1863-05-02
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sS6 y. =, HnOOMD FAX III
DUBtlC attention |; called g lie laws. u tAs
JIG Uaitsd 6tatss, approved July 1850, p rsletiea
70 The excise TAX, % AAd pe!ticuhtl! ~ -
that section Of the Law will Le observed that ths
law eontsnplates thetall psssons. sluall paVA 40
tional tax all gsins, pso6t9, % income, derived
from any source whatever, less $500, and except
- therein excepted. u the gaia, profit Of inceDs
exceed $500 40 - ~ esoesd ten thessasd del-
:ssh a: .S.s ns: sso y s CO =. os:s "a
above the said sun % aix h1Slre1 dollars ~ v
said income exceed the San of IN thousand dol.
| lars, duty Of Ave per cent1n 9von the amauat
thereof exceeding six hundred dellazp, aaA spoa
the snnuai gain, proats, u income, rests and av-
stocks owned 10 the United Siatss, By any eitisea
| Of the United States residing abroad, except %
therein excepted, .'there shall be levied coeeted
and paid duty Of Ave per centam.n. srs
The 9lst section rrovides: "Thstin sstlmaeing
said annual gains, profits, q income, .h.shss
per centum, or Of Eve per centum, ell other ma.
iona state and local tAxss lawfully assessed uDoa
the property or other sources Of income o. Say
person a. Aforesaid, which said aanustry ens's
profits or income Of such person 10 or sbeslt b
divided, shall be frat deducted from The ealns,
profits or income Of the pcrson persons Whe'ee-
tually pay the same" The public are rsfasssd 70
the section for other exceptions: 'And III 1uty
herein provided for shall be assesssd and ss!eeea
upon the income for the year endisg the thirty.
arst day Of December next preceding the tips Or !
levying and collecting said duty, that IL Is ~;
on the first day Of Nay, eighteen handrsa and
sixty-three, and In each year thersasss" spAese,,
to the proyiso in said section which l. ssese1 ~
The o2d section provides: /" That .shs yAuAlss .
on incomes herein imposed shall b. dattaA1st9E4 :,
able on Or before The thirtieth day Of Juas, 15e,
&C., with the penalties annexed upon aoa.psy4;
ment, which the public are respectfully rseSgif
to, and also, section g. In relation 70 Tie pzstieg
that should make returns, &c. 80 ~
From the above and the law, J. : apparent tk6s-
It will be the duty Of every Person or pssess 1a-
Die 70 the income tax to maks up bic Or their &C.
counts Of gains, profits, or income, from every .
source whatever, that they may DO enabled to rom
der to the assistant assessors, before the art
day Of May, 1863, an intelligent account Of their
gains, pro6ts and incomes from any and all sources
whatever. And particularly %, ~ each person
o true and faithful statement Of their eaiassss
profits, or income, whether derived from any kiad
Of property, rents, interests dividends, salary, ~
from any profession, trace, employment, or voea-'
ton, or from any other source whsteyer, iron ~
frat day Of January to the 3lst day Of Dec, 1857
both days included. It will DO observed that the
law does not intend to lay duty upon what ma
necessarily consumes In living, Il therefore u ]
wisely provided that GOO dollars shall Be sxenpe
from this tax, yet it 10 equally clear that msa
chooses u i've extravagantly, or otherwise $780,
sumo onexpend treble that amount, or the sntito
amount Of his gains, profits, income, he b SIN
liable to pay tax on all over 600 dollars. - s.
The income tax for the year 1862, 10 asssssahls
on the first day Of Nay, 1885, and 10 due and pap
able on or before the 3oth June, 1863, and asY
sums due and unpaid for thirty days afer the S0tq
June, Aforesaid, and ten days after demand By ~
Collector, Eve per centun will b added 70 III
amount unpaid. AS
JOHN G. SPARKS,
U. 8. Assessor for District Of washipltou Tee.
Office Of the U. 8. Assessor, for theA) -
District of Washington Territory,
Olympia, April II, 1858. )-ftiJ ~
The Washington Staiesman and Golden Ace win
copy the above one month, and forward tnsisae
counts to this office. (is-tfl I