Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-02-25

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respectively. who shall be bound to pay the
same into the Treasures OF the State OF South
Carolina. except in cases where the saline is
now required by Lag to he pail't" corpora
tioas or Otherwise one tenth of one per cent
on all ,uonics lvanela ne!iies ut interest, all
monies invested inihe: Stocksspr bonds of nny
Individual, State or corporation other than ~,
Bonds;or Stocks of this StateSo Of tho Con-.
federate States, and other than the Stocks
of the Banks and Railroad Companies Of this
State one dollar andslilly cents for-eyery
hundred dollars q grlss receipts of all Com
merciai ss,sgencics linai,sof this
State thirteen cents en- every pack Of playing
cards sold in this State fifteen doHars upon
every Billiard table within this State, used to
and for the purpose Of raising a revenue there
from one hundred cents on the hundred dol
lars Of all salaries, including public officers,
except officers Of the Army and Navy, and
on all wages, from whatever souroe derived,
except wages Of five hundred dollars or less
per annum.
II. Alltaxcs levied on property, as pre-
scribed in the first secticn Of this Act, shall
be paid to the Tax Collector for the lax d.s.
trict in which said property is located: Pro'
rided, that where negroes have been removed
from any Districts or Parishes by reason OF
the. dangers arising from the invasion or oc-
cupaiion thereof by the enemy, it shall be
lawful to pay tue taxes upon the same to the
the Tax Collectors df the Districts or Parish
cs from which sail negroes were removed
That all taxes leyied on property in this
State during the continuance Of the waT be-
J tween ,ie Confederate and United States o!
America, mar be paid in Confederate notes
or other current funds, and III" commissions TO
he received by tire various Tax Collectors OF
this State. for tic Year commencing on the
| frst day or October. one thorsani eight hun'
,Irel anil siAly-two, shall be at the rate oil
seventy per centuiu Of me commissions no"
allowed them by law. excep; such districts
and Parishes as pay an amount leSs than
eicLt Hundred dollars to the Collector.
III. The Tax Collectors in The several Dis
tr:cls and Parishes in this State. in Their re-
turns hereafter to b. made, are hereby re-
uuircd and eI joined TO state the prec'Sy
amounts ot taxes collected by them Tor sup
porting the police of the said several Pistrcis
and Parishes aforesaid. stating tle rates per
ccntr:n ~, thrs ar,crn.4 OF The -State tax col
lectca E5f se:d foies f'u-'
! poses, and the total aInoauss Of commission;
received by each and every OF such Tax Co.
l.rtprs. ard TIE rate per centum of h!s coin
missions, and the Comptroller General shall
return the same in his report.
". Free negroes, mulatoes and mestizoeS
are hereby required to make their returns and
nav their taxes during the month Of April
and the Tax Collector Of St. Phillips and
St. MichaeI's is allowed until the month OF
June to receive the taxes of white persons
Y Tb. lots and hnrses on Snllivan's la
land shall be freed from taxation during 'i''
existing war between the Confederate s'ate'
and the United States Of America, the famF
being used by the troops of the Confederate
States or ly The works ior defence.
VI. That the Tax Collectors he authorized
) to extend the time tor the receipt, and n'S'
for the payment Of taxes, and also Tor 'h'
. ,ayment thereof into the Treasury oi 'hi
: State. for a period Of thirty days beyond TIT
: neriods therefor hitherto allowed by law.
{ VII. That the sum. Of two hundred ant
fifty thousand dollars. received by "ilm"
t G peSaussure, as Agent Of the Stale, from
the Confederate Government, and by hin
f maid into the Treasury of this State, unde
: the resolution of the Confederate Congress re
u latiye to the coniiagratiun in the city
-borleston on the eleventh day Of December
T. 'ousand eight hundred and sixty-onf
o'c !, all such other sums Of money
ara a's'' ved from the Confederate Coz
may nc re''. 70 present year and place
eFhmeh' CURING u liect 10 such apprupri;
lh the l'eaSoiS' Nv g. the General Assem-
lions as may i,e made ny
IJv o( this Stale