Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1864-01-27
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Tax. payers will BE rc1,5iredta return on gath
tho income and profits derived ftomecach$pcrson,
joint5Stoek Company nd,Corporat;nn,from every
occupation, employment or business, whether reg
istered or not, in Which they may have been en-
gagged, and from every inrcstnentof labor, skill,
property, or money, or from any source whatever,
except salaries,
Alfproft derived By any, person from the sales
of all property, real or personal, in tho year 1867,
will be returned and taxed as income, whether
thcse 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 tho 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 tho proceeds of saleJ and the balance
income subjectto the tax -,
Allrserrants not engaged in agriculture, will DO
estimated at a fair hire and taxed, and THIS ~
.cludcs all house and body servants, Gardeners,
Cooks, Nurses, &c. If negroes be engaged partly
III household and psrtly in planting, the value OF
partial hire for household work will be taxed as
income.
Persons owning dwelling houses or building
lots in City, Town or Village, whether occupied
by the owner or mot, 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, 1bustor, oggs,
molasses, Pork and a~rticlc,,o OF Domestic manufac-
ture, arc liable to be taxed, and must be returned.
Taxpayers must return all profit made from
any calling, transaction, speculation, or made any
money during the year 1853 from p source
Whatever and If it amounts in the whole to $500
they shalIbe taxed on II as income.
Tar.on Salaries.
All salariod persons, including .Clergymon and
Teachers, arc required to return mo amount of
their salaries for the ycnr1S63, (excepttthe sala-
RIGS Of persons in the military and naval, service,
aud salaries not exceeding $1,000 per aanum.)
Any person receiving two or more salaries from
different sources, amounting together to marc
than. 1000 per arnum, though each salary may
be loss, must return the aggregate and pay tax
therein.
NeR Pork.
In returning tho amount Of Nots Pork, I shall
require tho hog to he weighed with thc, feot
head, back. bone aid. all the leaf lard attach
ed that is to say, just as they arc daily cll=r-
cd Tor sale in the market after bciag Slaughtered
and -%cleansel.
I shall also receive qrartOSly. returns from
registered taxpayers for the quarter Gazing 3lst
Dec, 1853.
There arc a number of Taxpayers who have
not completed their Returns of "Tax in Kidd"
1 would be glad they would meet lie at my. mp
poialments aud DO SO.
All persons who have f.ilsd to return their
Cattle, &C., are earnestly requested to do so, other
wise the penalty of tho law will be enforced
R: C. GRIFFIN; Assessor
-l3th Col Dist.