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

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respectively. who shpll be bound to pay the
san.einto the Treasures Of the State ofS"li'b
| Carolina. cyceu in cases where the 'Nainc is
now required by Law to he pailt" corpora
tons or Otherwise one tenth OK one per cent,
on all monics loanedat monies at interest. all
monies invested in It'd Stocks,or bonds of any
inlivitaal, Stale or corporation other than
Bonds or Stocks Of this State OF Of the Con-.
federate States, and other than the Stocks
of tie Banks and Railroad Companies of this
State; one dollar and fifty cents for;-eycry
hundred dollars u grass RECEIPTS of all Com
mercial 7tgencics wfrhin' tire limits of this
State thirteen cents en- every pack Of playing
cards sold in this State; fifteen dollars 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, incIuling public officers.
except officers Of the. Army and Navy, and
on all wages, from whatever sonroe derived,
except wages Of five hundred dollars or less
per annum.
II. AItaxcs levied on property. as pre-
scribed in the first secticn Of this Act, shall
be paid to the Tax Collector for the lax DIS
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 &C.
c~upaiion thereof by the enemy, it shall be
lawful to pay the taxes upon the same to the
the Tax Collectors df the Districts or Parish
cs from which said. negroes were removed.
That all taxes leYied GU property in this
State during the continuance Of the was be-
tween tie Confederate and United States %!
America, mar be paid in Confederate notes
or other current funds, aud III" com,nissionsto
be received by tire various Tax Collectors Of
this State, for tic year commencing on the
first day Of October. one thnisand eight hun.
bred and siAly-,wo, shall he ct the rate OF
seventy per ccntum Of me commissions no"
allowed them iy law, eScen, such districts
and Parishes Is pay All amount less than
eight l%nnArt,l 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-
uuired and eI pinned TO state the precise
nmornts %; taxes collected br I'm for sup
porting the police of the sal 7eal Districts
and Parishes aforesaid. 8 lting lie rates per
ccntrm or the a%rncrn.4> u lhe1State tax col
lGctea ff sa:afD rsracraud police pun.
poses, and the total a.noaat Of commissions
received by each and every OF such a Co.
lsctnrs, ard tie rate per centum ofhis cotn'
missions, and the Comptroller General shall
return the eame in his report.
~. Free negroes. mula;toes and mestizoeS
are hereby required to make their returns and
pav their taxes during the month Of April;
and the Tax Collector of St. Phillips md
81. Michacls is allowed until the month OF
June 10 receive tnt 'aAtS vi "'htN pNt'"N"'
Y. The lots and hurses on Snllivar's IL
land shall be freed from taxation daring 'i.c
~cyis,;ne war between the Confederate S!ates
and the United States Of America, The same
being used by the troops of the Confederate
States or by the works ior defence.
VI. That tie Tax Collectors he authorized
! to extend the time f"r the receipt, and ais"
c,r the payment Of taxes. and also for The
PAYMENT thereof into the Treasury Of this
State. for a period If thirty days bcYond the
perieds therefor hitherto allowed by law.
VII. That the sum. Of two hundred! and
fifty thousand dollars, received by Wilm"t
G. DeSaussure, as Agent Of the State, from
the Confederate Government, and by him
maid into the Treasury of this State, under
the resolution of the Confederate Congress re
latiye to the coniiagratiun in the city OF
rharleston on the eleventh day Of December,
T. ',ousaud eishc hundred and sixty-one,
u all such other sums OF money as
ana a'S'' we'd from the Confederate Gov,
may '' ','" 10 present year and placed
cri'h''' '!"r''r Iject to such appropria
IN t"e treasury ""e tue General Assem-
lions as may be made ny
bly, Of this State.