Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-02-17

1a- on INO0n1eS.
Taxpayers will DO required to return on oath
the income aad profits derived from each porson,
Joint Stock Company and Corporation, from every
occupation, employment or business, whether reg
istered or not, in which thoy may have been en-
gagged, and from cry investment Of labor, skill,
property, or money, or from any source whatever,
except ~saTaries.
All profit derived By any person from the 'al0s
Of all property, real or personal, in the year 1853,
will be returned and taxed as income, whether
these profits 10 maae fron tAs ah!cs Of land. and
aesree.; " siho1wise.s
Interest OF Confederate, Corporate, or State
Bonds and Stocks is an income derived from the
investment OF money, and therefore IL taxable.
So is the int1fest or interest bearing Treasury
Notes.
If the producer sells Cotton during the year,
tic value Of Cotton on the LIST of January 1858,
will DO deducted from the snleS made during the
year, tho balance will DO income. If the Cotton
sold, WAS held on the 1st of July. aud no paid
the tax of 5 per cont. this amount will be deduct
ed from tho proceeds Of sale, and the balance
income subject to tho tax.
All servants not engaged In agriculture, will be
estimated at q fair hire and taxed, and this In
cludes all horse and body servants, Gardeners,
Cooks, Nurses, &c. If negroes he engaged partly
in household and'partly in planting, the value Of
ph[tlulQ lTO iO:. uOuSoQUlu hVlA UHh ~ -
income.
Persors owning dwelling houses or building
l,ts in a City, Town or Village, whether occupied
by the owner or not will be taxed according to
their estimated rats as income. IS
Physicians will return their profits as 80 much
added to their income
Sales made Of poultry, mutton, butter, eggs,
m~olasses. Pork and article, Of DQpestic manufac-
ture, are liable to be taxed, and must be returned.
Taxpayers must return all profit made from
any calling, transaction, spscnlation, or made any
money during the year 1859 from sny source
whatever and if it amount, in the whole to $500
they shall DO taxed on it as income.
Tax on Salariss.
All salaried persons, including Clergymen and
Tcachers, are required to retsrn tho rEopIt Of
their salaries for the year 1898, (rxcopt the sails
ries of peraons in tho military and naval service,
and ~salariey not exceeding $1,000 per annuu.)
Any person receiving two or mose salaries from
different sources, amounting together 10 nero
than 81, 600 per snnum, though each salary may
be less, must return the aggregate and pay tax
therein.
Nsa Pork.
In rcta.ninc tho amour. Of Nett Pork. T shall
resuire the hog To be weighed with the fost
bend. back bone and all the leaf lard attach
ed that il to sny, inst IS they are daily Offer
cd for sale in the market after being slaughtered
and clcanScd.
ahall also receive quarterly RETURNS from
registered taxpayers for the quarter ending Slst
Dee, 1853.
There ore q number Of Taxpayers who have
not completed their Returns Of "Tnx in Kind"
I would be glad they would meet me At my ap-
pointments and do SO.
All persons who have failed to rsturn their
Cattle, &C., are earnestly requested TO do go, other.
wise the penalty of the Law will DO enforced
R. C. GRIFFIN, Assessor
18th Col. Dist.
Jan 18th, If