Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-27
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Tax payers WILDE rcluiredto rctarn on oath
tho income and profits derived from each person,
joint"Stock Company and. Corporation, from every
occupation, employment or business, whether reg
istered or not, in Which they may have been en-
gagged, and from every investment of labor, SKILL,
property, or money, or from any source whatever,
except salaries.
Alproft derived By any person from the sales
of all property, real or personal, in the year 1869,
wilt be returned and taxed as income, whether
these profits be made from the sales of lands and
negroes, or otherwise.
Ixtcrcst on Confederate, Corporate, or State
Bonds and Stocks is an income derived from the
investment of money, and therefore Is taxable.
So is the interest or interest bearing Treasury
Notes.
If the producer sells Cotton during the year,
the value of Cotton on the 1st Of January 1868,
will be deducted from the sales made during the
year, the balance will DO income. II the Cotton
sold, was held on the LIST Of July, and he paid
the tax OF S per cent. this amount will be deduct
ed from the proceeds of sale, and the balance
income subjsct.to tie tax.
All servants not engaged in agriculture, will BIO
estimated at a fair hire and taxed, and this in
cludcs all house and body servants, Gardeners,
Cooks, Nurses, &c. If negroes be engaged partly
in household and partly in planting, the vaiue OF
plrtnI N.rc LOT HOuSc0Oiu NOTh VIII uS hNSN ~
income.
Persuas owning dwelling houses or building
lots in = City, Town or Village, whether occupied
by the owner or not, will be taxed according TO
their estimated rate as income.
Physicians will return their profits as SO much
added to their income.
Sales made Of poultry, mutton, butter, oggs,
mclasses, Pork and ~nrticlc,. of Domestic manufac-
ture, arc liable 10 be taxed, and must be returned.
Taxpayers must return all profit made from
any calling, transaction, speculation, or made any
whatever and if it amounts in the whole to $500
they shall be taxed on it rs income.
Tar-on .S,laries.
All salariod persons, including Clergymcn and
Teachers, arc required to return fho amount Of
their salaries for tho ycarlSS3, (exroptthc saln-
ries OF. persons in The military and naval service,
aud salaries not exceeding $1,000 per aanum.)
Any person receiving two o. more salaries from
different sources, amounting together to marc
than 81 900 per annum, Though each salary may
be less, must return the aggregate nd pay tax
therein.
NcR Pork.
Tn returning tho amount Of Metz Pork, shall
require the hog to be weighed with tho feot
head, back. bone aid. all the leaf lard attach
cd that is to say, just as they src daily cl=r.
cd for sale in the market after beiag slaushta=d
and cleansed.
I shall also receive q=artOgly. returns from
registered taxpayers for the quarter cuaiag list
Dec, 1SG3.
There arc n number os Tax payers who have
not completed their Returns OF 'TaX in Kind"
l would be giad they would meet lie at my APP
poialments and DO so.
All persons who have f,ilsd to return their
Cattle, &c, are earnestly requested 'odo so, other
wise the penalty Of the law vii, be enforced
against them.
18th Col Dist.
Jan 18th, tt